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e-Sword
An unbelievable amount of free stuff for your PC. Excellent quality and easy to use. I highly recommend this!
--quote from Online Research Tools | Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary Library
• www.e-sword.net - a program, free, in English, and easy to use.
It has additional Bibles, commentaries, maps, etc.
It can compare a single text against the other versions and to copy the results to your favorite program.
You can read it, search, copy, print, etc.
Organize your comments by verse.
This free software is an excellent resource for your Microsoft® Windows PC (there's a Pocket PC version, too) that becomes a biblical student's library when the add-ons are downloaded and installed.
The application installs with the King James Version of the Holy Bible keyed to Strong's Greek and Hebrew Concordance (which it also comes with).
With e-Sword, you can
- Set both the font and the size of the font; and there's a built-in magnifier.
- Set different fonts for Bibles, Commentaries, etc.
- Run up to four bibles in parallel while reading.
- Select a particular verse and see it displayed in every version of the bible you have loaded.
- Copy verses is a function that allows you to paste verses by one of seven different formats.
- Print verses, or large selections of a bible, or whole bibles (load up on ink cartridges and paper...)
- A virtual highlighter allows you to highlight verses with any color that Windows can display! (There are six default colors, plus white, plus the whole palette).
- Search verses for a particular word, partial word, phrase or even Strong's number.
- Have many dictionaries concurrently loaded, from Strong's numbers, to Thayer's Greek, to two King James dictionaries, to Webster's 1828 dictionary of the English language, in case you can't remember what "kine" are.
- Search through the dictionaries.
- When scripture is refered to, get a hyperlink which can either pull up the scripture in the reader or can pop-up a tool-tip displaying the verses.
- Have many commentaries concurrently loaded. Search through the commentaries, too.
- Have many topic notes loaded (one at a time), which are supplemental, or extra-biblical writings which are stored in a fairly easy to access area.
- Write study notes and save them for future reference. e-Sword can import rich text and text files, and can export them. It also has a built-in spell-checker and thesaurus.
- View Biblical maps, from modern NASA shots of the holy land, to public domain maps.
- Use the tools menu to access several daily devotionals, create a Bible reading plan using either the Old and/or New Testaments, in the version of the Bible you want.
- Manage prayer requests electronically.
- e-Sword can display a random Bible verse at startup or start with a devotional reading.
Usage Tip:
The first time you download it, it is a large file. But always make sure you're running the latest version. The program updates are typically 1/3 of the whole program download.
Windows users: No problem; there's an installation already for you!
PocketPC users: No problem; there's an installation already for you!
Linux users: read Frank Hendriksen's original information on how to run E-Sword under Linux using the Windows Emulator (WINe - recommended to be Wine version 20050111 or later) - frankscorner.org; it's in the home and education section http://frankscorner.org/index.php?p=e-sword
Mac Users: To run e-Sword you need to be able to run Windows apps.
- If you have an Intel processor (example: MacBook not an iBook), you can use Parallels, (15 day trial, $79.99 to buy and you also need a copy of Windows XP or Vista) or you could try Crossover Mac - there's a 30 trial, and it's $59.95 to buy (and you don't need a copy of Windows, either!).
- Now my iBook G4 (which has a PPC processor) won't run either of those, but I could use Virtual PC for Mac which doesn't work on an Intel PC, but runs mostly fine on recent-vintage Macs.
Additional English Bible versions available for free download:
- American Standard Version (1901)
- Analytical-Literal Translation of the New Testament
- Bible in Basic English
- Bishops' Bible, 1568
- Contemporary English Version
- Darby Bible
- Douay-Rheims Bible (w Deuterocanon)
- English Majority Text Version
- English Standard Version
- Geneva Bible, 1587
- God's Word
- Good News Translation
- Hebrew Names Version (English Text)
- International Standard Version (includes maps)
- James Murdock New Testament
- Jewish Publication Society Old Testament ( hebrew bible in English)
- King James Version (w/o Strong's numbers)
- King James Version (Red Letter)
- King James Bible, 1611
- KJV with Apocrypha
- Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
- Messianic Renewed Covenant
- Modern King James
- THE MESSAGE- The Bible in Contemporary Language
- The World English Bible
- Webster Bible
- Weymouth New Testament
- Young's Literal Translation.
Non-English Bible versions available for free download:
- Afrikaans
- Arabic Smith & Van Dyke Bible
- Bulgarian Bible
- Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)
- Czech Bible Kralická
- Finnish
- French Darby Bible
- French Louis Segond Bible
- German Elberfelder Bible
- German Luther Bible
- German Neue Evangelistische Übertragung
- Greek New Testament (w/ or w/o variants)
- Greek: Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Greek New Testament (w Strong's Numbers)
- Greek: Scrivener Textus Receptus (w/ or w/o Strong's Numbers)
- Greek: Textus Receptus Greek New Testament (w Strong's Numbers)
- Greek: Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament (w Strong's Numbers)
- Greek Old Testament (Septuagint)
- Hebrew Old Testament (Jewish Tanach/The Hebrew Bible )
- Hungarian Károli Bible
- Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari
- Indonesian Terjemahan Baru
- Italian Riveduta Luzzi Bible
- Korean King James Version
- Korean Revised Version
- Latin Vulgate (w Deuterocanon)
- Modricker Somali Bible
- Norwegian
- Polish Biblia Gdanska
- Portuguese João Ferreira de Almeida Atualizada
- Romanian Dumitru Cornilescu Translation
- Romanian Orthodox Bible
- Russian New Testament (w Strong's Numbers)
- Russian Synodal Text
- Spanish La Biblia de las Americas version (con letras rojas)
- Spanish Reina-Valera Bible (1909)
- Spanish Sagradas Escrituras Bible
- Swedish
- Tagalog Ang Biblia
- Thai King James Version
- Turkish Kutsal Kitap
- Ukrainian Bible by Ivan Ogienko
- Vamvas Modern Greek Bible
- Y Beibl Cymraeg Newydd Argraffiad Diwygiedig (The Revised New Welsh Bible)
Free Bible Commentaries:
- Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible
- Albert Barnes Notes on the Bible
- Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentary
- John Darby's Synopsis of the Bible
- John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
- John Wesley's Notes on the Bible
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
- Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible
- Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament
- Scofield's Reference Notes
- The People's New Testament (B. W. Johnson)
- The Treasury of David (Charles Haddon Spurgeon)
- Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
- Vincent's Word Studies.
Free Daily Devotionals:
- Day-By-Day By Grace (Bob Hoekstra)
- Devotional Sermons (George H. Morrison)
- Morning & Evening (Charles Haddon Spurgeon)
- and Our Daily Walk (F. B. Meyer).
Free Dictionaries:
- Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions
- Easton's Bible Dictionary
- Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- Hitchcock's Bible Names
- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- King James Concordance
- King James Dictionary
- Nave's Topical Bible
- Noah Webster's Dictionary of American English
- R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook
- Smith's Bible Dictionary update
- Thayer's Greek Definitions.
Free Topic Notes:
- 2000 plus Bible Illustrations
- Absolute Surrender (Andrew Murray)
- All of Grace (C. H. Spurgeon)
- Ante-Nicene Fathers (9 Volumes)
- Antiquities of the Jews (Flavius Josephus)
- Concerning Christian Liberty (Martin Luther)
- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia (Ashley S. Johnson)
- Creeds of Christendom (Philip Schaff)
- Doctrinal Works in the Reformed Tradtion
- Fox's Book of Martyrs (John Fox)
- History of The Christian Church (Philip Schaff)
- Hymns of Faith
- In His Steps (Charles M. Sheldon)
- Institutes of the Christian Religion (John Calvin)
- Jesus From Seven Sources (an interwoven harmony)
- Psalms of David in Metre
- Sketches of Church History (J. C. Robertson)
- Sketches of Jewish Social Life
- St. Paul the Traveler (William M. Ramsay)
- Systematic Theology (Charles G. Finney)
- The Complete Writings of E. M. Bounds on Prayer
- The Deeper Christian Life (Andrew Murray)
- The Imitation of Christ (Thomas Kempis)
- The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah (A. Edersheim)
- The Practice of the Presence of God (Bro. Lawrence)
- The Pursuit of God (A. W. Tozer)
- The Temple - Its Ministry and Service (A. Edersheim)
- The Training of the Twelve (A. B. Bruce)
- Tortured for Christ (Richard Wurmbrand)
- Wars of the Jews (Flavius Josephus)
- Westminster Confession w/ Catechisms.
Additonally, there are free maps and graphics. Some other Bible versions that require purchase are also available; and the Step Reader is free but its modules are for purchase.
- ESword User Files
- A Conservative Version
- An Understandable Version - NT
- Common Edition, New Testament (CENT) (1865)
- Complete Apostles' Bible, The - NOTE: The Apostles' Bible (OT) & the EMTV (NT) combined. (by Paul Esposito)
- King James 2000 (KJ2000) (2000)
- King James Bible, Clarified NT (KJC) (1998)
- King James Version with Tense, Voice and Mood
- Living Oracles New Testament (LONT) (1835)
- New English Translation - NOTE: This resource is located on the publisher's web site.
- Revised 1833 Webster Bible with Strong's (RWebster+) (1833)
- Revised Young's Literal Translation of the NT (RYLT-NT) (1898)
- The Scriptures - NOTE: This resource is located on the publisher's web site.
- Twentieth Century New Testament (TCNT) (1904)
- 1534 Tyndale Bible
- Tyndale New Testament (Modernized) - NOTE: This resource is located on the module creator's web site.
- Tyndale (Rogers, Coverdale) Bible - NOTE: This resource is located on the module creator's web site.
- Updated Bible Version - NOTE: This resource is located on the publisher's web site.
- Voice in the Wilderness - NOTE: This resource is located on the publisher's web site.
- Willam's New Testament (1937) -
- Worsley's New Testament (WorNT) (1770)
- 1385 Wycliffe New Testament
- and many more...
- Yahoo! Groups e-sword - note that you need to sign into your (free) Yahoo! account. Lists a variety of e-sword stuff.
- pastorthroop.com - has some downloads for e-sword including a powerpoint tutorial to help you get the most out of e-sword.
- The Original Language Library - e-sword modules in Aramaic, Ethiopic, Coptic, Greek, Latin, Syriac -- even Gothic!
- Institute for Scripture Research offers an eSword installation of the Scriptures '98; In 1994 the Institute published the first edition of The Scriptures. This translation of the Hebrew and Messianic Scriptures was a major achievement. The Scriptures was the first English translation of the complete Bible which re-arranged the books of the Tanakh according to its original Hebrew division.
- Biblos - Biblos is a piece of software for importing text files into e-sword's database format. "imports a plain text file and makes the file compatible with Microsoft Access. It was developed to help in the creation of Bible modules for the e-Sword program." It also lets you edit the Bibles made with it or other programs if they are in Access 97 format. Joaquín Fernández's other Biblos site, You have to register to download. but it offers a newer version, and the page is in Spanish. To register, look for "Logeo" and you'll need to follow the "¿Todavía no tienes una cuenta? Puedes crearte una." link to create a new user. The downloads (Descargas) include Biblos in Spanish; the program can display in English by downloading a Language file (Idioma). If it saves as "english.abi.txt" just rename it to "english.abi" and place the language file in the same directory/folder as the executable. He also has a place for downloading Commentarios (Español, Otros idiomas) and Diccionarios en Español (nothing so far; nada está allí todavía).
- Christian File Center - Offers a lot, including a King James Version of the Bible Keyed to Strong's Concordance, complete with Tense, Voice, and Mood (note that you have to download both the KJVTVM Bible and KJVTVM Dictionary, which replaces/overwrites your existing Strong's Concordance [both are called strong.dct; so if you want to keep a copy of your old file, rename your existing strong.dct to strong.old before extracting this file] ), as well as a small but growing collection of Bibles; Books & Sermons; Dictionary; Commentaries by Book; Topic notes and e-Sword Editors, Templates & Tools.
- e-Sword User Modules - Topic Notes by J.P. Boyce, John Gill, Philo of Alexandria, J.C. Robertson and A. W. Pink. More bibles including: 1534 Tyndale Bible, Updated Bible v2.02, 1385 Wycliffe New Testament, Metaglottisis Greek Bible (Spyros Karalis) and more. And John Lightfoot's New Testament Commentary.
- Grace Bible Church - various topic notes: The Blood, Inheritance, presumptious sin, redemption, and more.
- Index of /kas354/eSword - offers Bible import tools and more.
- Michael Diguido's e-Sword files - organizes a list of many e-sword resources
- yirmeyah.net - a growing collection of e-sword downloads, including a Phillipine translation of the Bible. The site offers a lot more than e-sword.
- La Reina Valera Gómez Biblia - The Reina Valera Gómez Bible for e-Sword which is derived from the Textus Receptus.
- Biblias en Espanol - Site in the Honduras with Spanish Bibles and e-Sword Dictionaries. En este sitio hay biblias en Espanol para e-sword:
- Reina Valera 1960
- Reina Valera 1995 (incluye comentarios)
- Reina Valera Actualizada 1989
- Dios Habla Hoy (incluye comentarios)
- Lenguaje Sencillo (Nuevo Testamento)
- Jerusalén (incluye apócrifos)
- Nueva Versión Internacional (incluye comentarios)
- Biblia de las Américas
- Versión del Oso
- Reina Valera 1909
- Versión Biblia al Día
- Versión Castellano Antiguo (Nuevo Testamento)
...y Diccionarios en Espanol para e-sword
- Diccionario Hitchcock
- Diccionario de Nombres Basado en Reina Valera 1909
- e-Sword Exchange - (requires registration) Mostly topic notes, but some bibles, etc. Martian Luther Galatians Commentary, Greek New Testament - Transliterated with Variants, a translation of the Apology of Aristides submitted to Emperor Hadrian and more.
- General Baptists Net - offers A History of the English Baptists by Joseph Ivimey; A History of the Baptists by J. T. Christian; and A Sermon on the New Birth by Benoni Stinson.
- Immanuel Baptist Church - Immanuel Baptist Church (Bloomington-Normal, Illinois) offers many downloads, including many for e-sword, such as new topic files with Coty Pinckney and John Piper.
- More Topics - from a medical account of the crucifixion to Manuscript evidence to bible history.
- Thailand links - appears to be associated with the Korat Baptist Church and Baptist International Missions, Inc. (Chattanooga, TN) offers a plethora of Thai-language downloads for e-sword, including a Thai KJV.
- The Chan - (requires registration) - Chinese Language e-Sword modules, Interlinear Greek/English e-Sword module, and Multimedia hymnal
- e-Sword Modules on the Holy Trinity
- The Trinity Study Site - topic notes: Augustine of Hippo (345-430) On the Trinity - Books I & II, Boethius (480-524) The Trinity is One God - Not Three, JW Info Line Jehovah´s Witnesses and the Holy Trinity, John Owen (1616-1683) A brief Declaration and Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) An Unpublished essay on Trinity, and Mike Ediger - Scriptural Basis for the Doctrine of the Trinity.
- The Updated Version of the Bible - offers its bible in e-Sword format, downloadable from this page. According to that site, The UPDV Bible is based on the American Standard Version of 1901 (ASV). The name “Yahweh” (a personal name for God) and "Yah" (a contracted form of Yahweh) are used instead of what is rendered in many versions as LORD. Plus signs are used next to words such as you+ and your+ when they refer to a group of two or more. This is done to improve accuracy. Gender has generally been translated literally. Words such as man, woman, son, daughter, he, she, him, and her are generally left in the same gender as they were in the original texts. There is no overall effort to remove such distinctions or to make this a gender inclusive translation.
- Trying to install e-Sword on Linux? - check out WINe HQ (WINe is short for Linux's Windows emulator, and has nothing to do with alcohol, although the site's logo is a half-empty Wine glass).
- Voice in the Wilderness - according to the site, What it 'is' is a concerted, diligent effort to provide an English edition that actually says 'what' God said. It is compiled from out of the NKJV, LITV and KJV texts.
Commercial Resources For e-Sword:
- The Lockman Foundation - provides bibles for e-Sword which do have a charge, but are worth mentioning; these versions include the NASB (New American Standard Bible), The Amplified Bible, La Biblia de las Américas and Nueva Biblia de los Hispanos.