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Read the Bible
A calm reader. Chapter and verse views, side-by-side translations, and a glossary of terms.
Books of the Bible
Pick a book to open it at chapter 1, verse 1.
Old Testament
39 booksThe first five books, attributed by tradition to Moses.
- Joshua24 ch
- Judges21 ch
- Ruth4 ch
- 1 Samuel31 ch
- 2 Samuel24 ch
- 1 Kings22 ch
- 2 Kings25 ch
- 1 Chronicles29 ch
- 2 Chronicles36 ch
- Ezra10 ch
- Nehemiah13 ch
- Esther10 ch
Israel's story from the conquest of Canaan through exile and return.
Songs, prayers, and reflections on the shape of a life before God.
The longer prophetic books, warning and consoling Israel and Judah.
- Hosea14 ch
- Joel3 ch
- Amos9 ch
- Obadiah1 ch
- Jonah4 ch
- Micah7 ch
- Nahum3 ch
- Habakkuk3 ch
- Zephaniah3 ch
- Haggai2 ch
- Zechariah14 ch
- Malachi4 ch
Twelve shorter prophetic voices, from Hosea to Malachi.
New Testament
27 booksFour accounts of the life, teaching, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
- Romans16 ch
- 1 Corinthians16 ch
- 2 Corinthians13 ch
- Galatians6 ch
- Ephesians6 ch
- Philippians4 ch
- Colossians4 ch
- 1 Thessalonians5 ch
- 2 Thessalonians3 ch
- 1 Timothy6 ch
- 2 Timothy4 ch
- Titus3 ch
- Philemon1 ch
Letters attributed to Paul to churches and individuals.
Letters from other apostolic voices to the wider church.
Apocrypha / Deuterocanon
10 booksSecond-temple histories included in Catholic and Orthodox canons.
Wisdom and prayer texts from the same second-temple tradition.
Versions
48 translations available across the reader. Default is KJV.
Popular & historically significant
15- BRENTON-ELBrenton Greek Septuagint (LXX)OT · Greek
- BRENTON-ENBrenton English SeptuagintOT · English
- CLEMENTINEClementine Latin VulgateLatin
- OJPSJPS TaNaKH (1917)OT · English
- WYCLIFFEWycliffe Bible (c.1395)Middle English
- DOUAYDouay-Rheims (1899 American)English
- TYNDALETyndale Bible (1525/1530)English
- GENEVAGeneva Bible (1599)English
- KJVKing James VersionEnglish
- NKJVNew King James VersionEnglish
- RV1885Revised Version (1885)English
- ASVAmerican Standard VersionEnglish
- NASB95New American Standard Bible 1995English
- CSBChristian Standard BibleEnglish
- BSBBerean Standard BibleEnglish
All other versions
33- DARBYDarby Bible (1890)English
- MURDOCKMurdock Peshitta NT (1852)NT · English
- YLTYoung's Literal TranslationEnglish
- ETHERIDGEEtheridge Peshitta NT (1849)NT · English
- WEBSTERWebster Bible (1833)English
- WEYMOUTHWeymouth NT (1912)NT · English
- MONTGOMERYMontgomery NT (1924)NT · English
- WEBWorld English BibleEnglish
- BBEBible in Basic EnglishEnglish
- OEB-USOpen English Bible (US)English
- WEBBEWorld English Bible (British)English
- ALMEIDAJoão Ferreira de AlmeidaPortuguese
- LSVLiteral Standard VersionEnglish
- KJVAKing James Version with ApocryphaEnglish
- KJVPCEKJV Pure Cambridge EditionEnglish
- AKJVAmerican King James VersionEnglish
- UKJVUpdated King James VersionEnglish
- RNKJVRestored Name King James VersionEnglish
- RWEBSTERRevised Webster (1833)English
- ACVA Conservative VersionEnglish
- CPDVCatholic Public Domain VersionEnglish
- JUBILEE2000Jubilee 2000 BibleEnglish
- NHEBNew Heart English BibleEnglish
- ROTHERHAMRotherham's Emphasised BibleEnglish
- OEB-CWOpen English Bible (Commonwealth)English
- ANDERSONAnderson NT (1864)NT · English
- COMMONCommon Edition NTNT · English
- GODBEYGodbey NT (1902)NT · English
- HAWEISHaweis NT (1795)NT · English
- LOLiving Oracles NT (1826)NT · English
- NOYESNoyes Translation (1869)NT · English
- TWENTYTwentieth Century NT (1904)NT · English
- WORSLEYWorsley NT (1770)NT · English
The English Bible — a lineage
Sources at the top, present-day translations at the bottom. Lines trace what each version inherits from.
Word-for-word ↔ Thought-for-thought
Where each translation sits on the spectrum from strictly literal (formal equivalence) to freely paraphrased (dynamic equivalence).
Glossary
Search 44 terms from Scripture and biblical scholarship.