The Online Bible has been developed as a tool to aid in studying the Bible. Whether you are a pastor, Sunday School teacher or just looking for a program to "dig into" the scriptures, you will find everything you need in this software.
Program Description
To view the enlarged screenshot click on the thumbnail image on the left.
Please note that you will have to download and install the advance starter pack to have all of the material shown in the screen shots.
View of the program
- The Bible passage window is in the upper right window
- Cross-references are in the upper centre window.
- The lower right window shows the Theme Index
- The lower left is Spurgeon's Morning and Evening Devotional.
Searching
- The search feature is very useful to find any word or phrase in any of the material and is easily opened by pressing F7.
- You can limit your search to Old or New Testament, a book or even a section of verses.
- Search Bibles only or all of the material loaded such as books and/or commentaries.
- Wildcard searches are also possible.
Passage Window
- Open the view passage window from the program by clicking on the upper left icon in the tool bar or Ctrl + F1.
- Easily locate a verse anywhere by clicking on the book, chapter and verse or type in the book name, chapter and verse number.
- Select the translation you want to open in the upper right.
- For infomation about a translation click on the "Read Me" button.
Copy Verses to Clipboard
- Easily accesible by pressing the function key F8.
- This feature will let you copy any number of verses to the clipboard and from there paste into your favourite word processor.
- You also have the option of copying the text formatted and then pasting into a rich text document.
- Various options let you copy or leave out footnotes, variants and/or Strongs.
Floating Window lookup
- By moving the mouse pointer over a word that is in the dictionary, the definition will be displayed in a "floating window".
- This option is also available for Strongs numbers. Moving the pointer over a number in the AV Bible displays the Strongs definition.
- This feature may be turned on or off at any time.
Annotate a Bible Verse
- This feature allows you to mark up any passage in the Bible.
- Highlight all or a part of the verse and add your choice of colour and font style.
- To use this feature click on the verse you want to mark up and press 3 (hotkey).
- The annotated verses may also be backed up for safe-keeping.
Program Settings
- Various options are available to let you adapt the program to your liking.
- Background colours, display fonts, toolbar settings are just some of the items that may be changed.
- To open go to "Tools > Customise Settings" in the menu.
Other Features
- Buttons on the tool bar can be re-assigned to a different function. Extra buttons may be added beside the existing buttons.
- You can add your own books, topics, dictionaries or notes set. Detailed instructions on how to do this are included in the helps.
- Material may be backed up for safe keeping.
- Notes may be added to each Bible verse.
- A text editor has been included so you can edit any text file.
- A wide variety of material is available as add-ons from our site.
