BibleGateway.com has a passage search -- helpful to find
a specific verse -- and a keyword search -- helpful if you are looking for one or
more words or phrases. See:
http://www.biblegateway.com/ They offer access to 17 Bible
translation, including the KJV, NASB, NIV, NLT, CEB.
BibleStudyGuide.org allows you to search for a passage
(e.g. Genesis 1:1) or search for a word or phrase. See:
http://www.biblestudyguide.org/bibles/index.htm They support dozens of
translations of the Bible in both English and many other languages.
Crosswalk.com has a wide range of English translations of the Bible
online, including NAS, ASV, KJV, NLT, NRSV, RSV. See:
http://bible.crosswalk.com/
LeadershipU allows you to enter a specific passage, and then
displays it and the surrounding verses so that you can see the verse that
you requested in context. See:
http://www.leaderu.com/menus/verse.html
Search for a word or phrase in the Bible:
Bible on the Web has provided the following
free feature. It allows you to search
through either the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) or the Christian Scriptures
(New Testament) or then entire Bible for a specific word or phrase. You can
choose among the King James Version, the Revised Standard Version and the Darby
Translation of the Bible.
The World Wide Study Bible is
an amazing information source. You select a book and chapter. The web site
provides access to articles about that book, the biblical text as it appears in
many translations, audio scripture, commentaries, sermons, meditations, hymns,
study guides, and lectures.
SwordSearcher is
multipurpose software that displays Bible text, several commentaries,
dictionaries, "encyclopedias, topical guides, and regular books,
" maps, charts, etc. It is downloadable in a free trial version as
shareware.
Search for an exact or close match to a topic or word:
Crosswalk.com has a number of very useful, free, online Bible study tools:
Nave's Topical Bible at: http://www.biblestudytools.net/Concordances/NavesTopicalBible/
You can enter a word (e.g. faith) and click on the Lookup box to find a
list of Bible passages containing faith: (e.g. faith, faithful, faithfully,
faithfulness, etc.) There is also a Find Similar box that also searches for
similar topics. Finally, there is an alphabetical list of topics available.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance at: http://www.biblestudytools.net/Concordances/
It works in a similar manner to Nave's, except that it searches for a word rather than a
topic.
Crosswalk.com has many onlinecommentaries, including Matthew
Henry Concise Commentary; Matthew Henry Complete Commentary; Geneva Study Bible; Jamieson,
Fausset, Brown Commentary; Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; Wesley's Explanatory Notes;
People's New Testament; and Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament. See: http://www.biblestudytools.net/
Unfortunately, all of these documents are written from a very conservative
Christian perspective. To our knowledge, there are no liberal Christian commentaries
online.
Online Bibles, study tools, etc:
BibleKeeper.com
is a free online Bible study resource for anyone who is interested in
reading and researching scripture on the Internet. They offer the Bible in
28 different languages, including basic English, Bulgarian, Cebuano, three
Chinese languages, Greek, Hungarian, Korean, Latvian, Maori, Rumanian, and
Unranian. They also have many English translations and tools to search the
Bible for specific words or verses. See:
http://www.biblekeeper.com/
Bible 4U contains an enormous number of lists of Bible study
software, online Bible study, Bible readings, games, Ebay Bible listings,
etc. See: http://www.bible-4u.com/
