‘The Word’ Bible program: screenshots (up. 1/30)

I’m uploading a couple of screenshots of The Word and will post them to twitter, so people can get a feel for how powerful this free Bible software is. This is a very exceptional gift that Costas has given the Body. And if you can help support the outreach by purchasing some paid modules through him, that’s great. But even if not, this is a great way to read and study the Word.

First, a general shot of my latest layout. Click on the pic for full size.

Main interface That’s a Search window in the upper left, then a Bible window in the upper middle. The upper right is taken by a Strong’s dictionary and Tense-Voice-Mood of the Greek verbs. The bottom row has another two Bible windows, and then the excellent Guzik commentary. There’s a floating Bible window barely showing up from the bottom, which I pull into focus when I want to read something without disturbing the other Bible windows.

The Word - popup And now a shot of a popup. Merely hovering over any word calls up a keyed popup. In this case, the word referenced is “flesh” at the top left corner of the popup (in 2Cor 10.3). This feature makes looking through the English text, into the original language, so easy that a mouse click isn’t even needed.

Read away.... Lastly, here’s a shot of a floating Bible window. I keep this one big and I drag it into place from being mostly off-screen when I want to do unimpeded reading with full Bible context.

For more on The Word, including where to get it and free modules for it, click on the Bible Software tag below or in the right column.

Many “official” screenshots here.

A handy online Bible utility

I just came across on Twitter a very neat Bible utility that you might find handy. If you want to link to any Bible passage, you can quickly write it in the format: http://scrip.ly/bk:vss. Here’s an example:

http://scrip.ly/jer29:11-13

This saves looking up a URL from an online Bible and then perhaps shortening it. It’s a pretty intelligent engine, recognizing split passages such as:

http://scrip.ly/jer29.11;13

And note that my preferred use of the period rather than colon is recognized as well (this is easier on the Dvorak keyboard layout).

One drawback at this time is that one cannot browse the Bible at the scrip.ly site, except by writing in an enlarged passage (which really isn’t too hard):

www.scrip.ly/jer29

Maybe some day scrip.ly will make the Chapter tab clickable. That will be a good way to encourage visitors to hang around and do further Bible reading. The URL above also shows the shorter “www.” syntax, which works because it is redirected to the default. The “www” arrangement is easier to type, but Twitterers be aware that many third party Twitter clients that I have used, including the popular TweetDeck and HootSuite (my favorite), do not mark up this syntax into a clickable link.

Scrip.ly is a clever idea and a great service for spreading the Word!

Hint: click on this blog’s ‘bible software” tag in the sidebar for more articles relating to Bible programs and modules.

Separately, I came across a great brief exhortation to prayer. I’ve been devoting more time to prayer, and have been seeing amazing breakthroughs, but opposition comes, and this piece came at a good time. See who is praying three hours a day and what it will do.

Be blessed,
Paul

Even MORE free software modules

It was bound to happen. A free Bible program as good as The Word is going to draw a lot of dedicated talent willing to transcribe resources to go into it. And quality content creators are going to give permission for their work to be transcribed.

I just came across another cache of modules for The Word, and it’s a dandy. It’s well-organized by genre, the titles are high quality, including many highly-desired classic resources, and everything is free, and to my knowledge, cleared in terms of copyright.

The site is here. I’m downloading now as I type, amazed at such an amount of quality Bible resources, and it’s all free. A big thanks to everyone who has been involved in this effort, and may the Lord bless it to spread Saving Knowledge of Him throughout the world.

Also, I received confirmation directly from David Guzik just now that his commentary has been released for free use in The Word.

Dear Paul:

Thanks for your email and your inquiry.

Yes, it is OK with me that my commentary is used as a module for e-
Sword and other related programs. I'm happy for it to have as wide a
distribution as possible.

Thanks for asking.

Blessings

David Guzik

It’s at the site I listed in a recent article here. Try out this gifted expositor’s commentary for fresh, really good insight into the Word.

The addition of these standard reference works and study tools elevates the The Word package into the ranks of the best commercial Bible software packages, in my opinion. And it’s all FREE! There also are some commercial modules available, and more will be coming, undoubtedly. That’s a good thing, as the worker is worthy of his wage, and some resources can only be produced if there is remuneration. Still, there now is no excuse for everyone to have quality access to modern Bible study tools.

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More on Bible software

First –  Yes, this is still the same Following Christ blog. I thought it was time for a theme change. When things aren’t changing I begin to get confused!

I’ve been spending time getting acquainted with and adding modules to The Word, which I introduced in an article below, and from helpful people at The Word’s forums I have come across a couple of helpful links I’d like to pass along.

For reviews and ratings of many Windows Bible programs, see Jerry Foster’s page. These reviews are done from the point of view of most readers will find most helpful – intelligent but not top-level scholarly. He covers an awful lot of ground, is very perceptive, and his evaluations are spot-on, as far as my own experience with Bible software goes.

“The Word” Bible software

I’d like to make everyone aware of new free Bible software. The Word is totally free, uses few computer resources, so that even older computers should be able to run it, and is a delight in terms of functionality, design and aesthetics.

I’ve been searching for such a program for a long time. I have Logos, which while being very powerful and offering many resources, is not user-friendly, uses a lot of computer resources, and is expensive. For in-depth study, I will still use it.

TW is young, and at this point its resource base is small. But this program is so well thought out, and so visually appealing, that it can’t help but grow in popularity and available resources. And its author actively engages with the user base on a continuing basis. For normal reading and study I am switching over to it.

There are other free Bible programs available. They are good, and some have a fairly sizable resource base. But none of them in my experience approaches the excellence of The Word. Maybe when I’ve used this program for a while I’ll do a review of it here.

I have no connection to The Word or its author. I’m just trying to pass on something that I think can help a lot of people in their study of God’s word.

There’s a portable flash drive edition available as well, also free.

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