The 'Works Manual' Links

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Read the Bible Online | Background Info Online | Download Bible Software| Download the Bible | Bible Version Abbreviations | About This Page

Works manual? The Bible? eh?? - well, the manual for a piece of equipment contains all the maker's instructions and recomendations on how to use it. The Bible is the maker's (i.e. God's) instruction book for people - you and me. It's our 'works manual'.

If you don't believe me, do some reading. The 4 gospels (books called Matthew, Mark, Luke and John after their authors) are a good place to start. Go for a modern translation - the NIV (New International Version) is very popular and well accepted. Oh, and do ask God to help you understand what you're reading.

Read the Bible Online

Bible Gateway   lookup verses & search for words - NASB / NIV / YLT / WEB &tc also German, Swedish, French, Spanish, etc.	http://bible.gospelcom.net
Crosswalk Bible Study Tools   lookup verses & search for words - BBE / NASB / NKJV / NLT / WEB / YLT &tc	http://www.biblestudytools.net
Book of Jesus   The 4 accounts of Jesus' life brought together into one account	http://www.bookofjesus.com
Yeshua - The Rembrance (Messianic Bureau Int'l)   The 4 accounts of Jesus' life brought together into one account - from a Jewish perspective	http://www.messianic.com/... yeshua/index.htm
Sovereign Grace Publishers   lookup verses - MKJV	http://www.mkjvonline.com/ mkjv/mkjv.htm

Background Info Online

Crosswalk Bible Study Tools   commentaries, dictionaries, lexicons, church history	http://www.biblestudytools.net
World-wide Study Bible   commentaries, notes, sermons, bibles, and much more	http://www.ccel.org/wwsb
Christian Classics Ethereal Library   an astounding collection of everything from the early church fathers onwards	http://www.ccel.org
Jews-for-Jesus   defences of the Bible; the NT from a Jewish viewpoint	http://www.jewsforjesus.org/believe/... qa/4_bible.htm

Download Bible Software

All these links refer to The Word, a piece of software from the Online Bible people. This is good, free-download software for Mac and PC. It is available in many language versions in addition to English.

• many (mostly older) English Bible versions are free to download - BBE / KJV / YLT &tc
• there are also a good few modern translations that require unlocking (££s / $$s / etc.) - NASB / NIV / NLB &tc

There is a vast collection of background literature available as well.

PC - start here ... Online Bible (US site)   this has the latest software and 'official' downloads files of bible versions and background literature	http://www.onlinebible.net
PC - second stop ... TOLBSS (The Online Bible Software Source)   unofficial, user-run site, with links to all the 'official' downloads, and a vast pile of user-made ones.	http://www.ccel.org/olb
Mac - start here ... Online Bible (US site)   latest Mac software, bible versions, &tc, reside here.	http://www.online-bible.com/ maconlinebible.html
Online Bible (european site)   mulitlingual - Dutch / English / French / German	http://www.onlinebible.org
Cross Country Software   some different downloads	http://www.online-bible.com/ winonlinebible.html
Dave Pohl   alternative site to Cross Country Software	http://www.davepohl.com/ maconlinebible.html http://www.davepohl.com/ winonlinebible.html

Download the Bible

It's usually a better idea to download some bible software - gives the ability to do complex searching, compare versions, link to reference books, and other things. That said, here are some links.

start here ... MKJV   A rather good update of the traditional English bible	http://www.mkjvonline.com/mkjv/download.htm
Book of Jesus   The 4 accounts of Jesus' life brought together into one account	http://www.bookofjesus.com
WEB   Another good update	http://ebible.org/bible/WEB/index.htm
HNV   As the WEB, but with Hebrew names used instead of English	http://ebible.org/bible/hnv
BBE / KJV / YLT &tc   Various other bible versions	http://www.bf.org/bfetexts.htm
MP3 audio versions of the WEB and AV	http://www.audiotreasure.com/

Bible Version Abbreviations

Here's what the various version abbreviations stand for. I've no intention whatsoever of getting involved in the question of which is best on this page.

About This Page

This page has two reasons for existing

• to provide me with useful references when I'm away from my own PC
• to allow others to benefit from the time I've spent hunting around the net

Hence it is a personal selection - what I think are some of the highlights of what's available on the web ...

• inclusion implies I think the linked page is OK (though I may not agree with everything on the site).
• exclusion implies nothing ... to list everything would make the page too big to be useful or maintainable.

If there's anything really good that I'm missing (or dud links), please email me.

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