Here are PDFs, plain text files, desktop publishing files, and a
database file, all described more at the bottom of this help. If the
screen of your device is wide enough you'll see an in-page viewer
for PDFs and text files, but on narrow devices these files open in
a new browser tab. Desktop publishing files and the database file
can't be viewed in the browser so you have to download third-party
software to use them, as described at the end of this help.
The PDF, TXT, and SLA file formats each offer many options and so
they're organized into multi-level lists. You can go to any level
of a list, but the actual files are only at the bottom levels. All
files here are free, but you can get files under a "Tagged" level
only if you're logged in. Learn about Bible tagging by reading
the help on the POS Tags page.
If you're logged in you'll also have a link called "Your
Own" which lists any custom Bible files you've created. To
learn how to create custom Bible files see the help on the Generate page. If you haven't
created any Bible files then the each link under Your Own area
will give a "Not Found" error message.
- PDF
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Portable Document Format
PDF files are designed for printing, but can also be viewed in
your web browser or in a third-party PDF viewer app. Probably
the most popular app is Adobe Acrobat Reader, but there are
others. It's likely that viewing directly in the web browser
is all you'll need, but for some advanced uses, like booklet
printing, you might need to open the PDF in Adobe Reader or
some similar app.
- TXT
-
Plain Text
TXT files are the source files from which other the file formats
were generated. They can be viewed in your web browser and they
can be downloaded or copied and pasted into any new files that
you want create outside of this site.
- SLA
-
Scribus Layout
Scribus is the backend software used by this site to generate
PDFs, and it's also available to install on your computer as
a stand-alone app. If you're up for the challenge of desktop
publishing and you want to customize a Bible beyond what can be
generated on BibleStudy.tools, install Scribus on your computer,
then download an SLA file from this site and open it in Scribus.
Scribus is not associated with BibleStudy.tools. Download
their software from their site at the Scribus download page.
- bible.db
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SQLite
bible.db presents the Bible as an SQL database, and viewing it
requires a third-party SQLite app. If you want to stay in your
web browser you can try sqliteviewer.app, or
if you want more features and don't mind downloading and
installing a stand-alone database program on your computer,
there's sqlitebrowser.org. To view the Bible database
download it from this site to your device, and then upload it
into the third-party viewer.
Beyond these two viewers, a variety of SQLite apps are available
for many devices. Check the app store or software library for
your device. No SQLite app is associated with BibleStudy.tools.
Inside a database you'll see several tables. Table names
indicate the grammatical fragment type that's stored in that
table, from an individual word up to a complete sentence. Table
names also use these terms:
- sp
- Self-Pronouncing
- nsp
- Not Self-Pronouncing
- wr
- With References
- wor
- Without References
- punct
- Punctuation