What's your favourite Bible software-package and why do you use it?

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dear Community,

What’s your favourite Bible software-package and why do you use it?

i look for a comparison - an online overview -but i did not have found one so far.

I’ve tried bibleworks but i did not have tried others.

And now I’m learning more and more. the optins are pretty great: The Corresponding Notes & Highlights that offers bibleworks is just great: so that’s really nice. but - there are more programs out there - i have heard about many others - but did not try any of them. here below a little collection of programs i have heard of: i heard lots of others such as the following:

**Logos, **without a doubt, a program that offers allmost the most functionality and has the most available resources out there. However, it is incredibly bloated and resource-intensive - and i heard that it is pretty expensive.
Well- it is told that they do have a number of free resources as well, but the things that I want and use are not among those. I’m not working on detailed exegeses or writing sermons or working with the original languages in an in-depth fashion.

I liked bibleworks but this project stopped years ago - i do not know why, Still, it’s a powerful program with excellent support for Greek and Hebrew, and with a large number of available resources.

**e-sword: **i have seen e-sword out there _ but i do not know it very well. … and we ve got another program:

verbum: it is a program with multiple translations, multiple commentaries, and yes with multiple Greek lexicons/interlinears: this is pretty interesting:

**Olive Tree ** is is told to be independence from the internet. it offers lots of different Bibles and sufficient search capacity for the general user - such as me.
Olive Tree - the program itself is free and is told to be easy to use.
pro: Packages are pretty small and also cheap,
con: complex lexical searches like Logos are not offered but - this might be okay for me.

**The sword: **a great package that is free and pretty good as far as I have heard. Some of my friends use this: it has got many many of free bibles and modules. It should work like a charm even on linux (which is /(i mentioned it above) a must for me).

Yes: - above all _ i want to have a program that runs on Linux - so this makes it hard for me - to find a appopiate one. Which one to take!`?

**question: **What’s your favourite Bible software-package and why do you use it?

look forward to hear from you

regards

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Not sure what the point of this question really is. I put some lines in bold/underline, because it seems like you:

  • Want us to put together a comparison list for you
  • Want us to go to the program websites to find programs that run on Linux for you

There isn’t ever an (your words) appropriate program to suggest to anyone else. You have to use them to find out the ones that you like and want to use and have the features you want. And you do THAT by actually doing the research involved and some work of your own, meaning looking up specs, doing searches, and downloading/installing the ones that you want to try. Same as with any other piece of software.

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If this is not a request for technical help but rather more a recommendation for different apps, should this be posted in the “Looking for Something Other than Support” Forum?

TSU

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I usually use https://www.biblegateway.com/ or whatever Google serves up. Is there any advantage to any installed Bible software package over websites other than usable while offline?

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And regardless of the software package in question, asking people for their opinions for software they’ve found is perfectly reasonable.

There’s no reason to respond to an inquiry from someone looking for input in this manner.

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Certainly didn’t mean to offend anyone, truly. But the two things noted indicate they have not put any effort into things before posting. Just by visiting the respective websites (and any others they could find from a Google search for bible software), they could get the things they requested:

  • If they did, they’d know which ones run on Linux, removing one of their questions.
  • Mentioning that they haven’t found any comparison guides or overviews further indicate they haven’t looked at the specs for anything they mentioned, removing their other request.

Many other of the OP’s threads follow this pattern. I am very happy to help others, and it would be far different if the question was: “I have loaded X,Y,Z software, and none of them really fit my needs. <LIST MISSING FEATURES RESPECTIVELY>. Does anyone know a way to enable these things, or of any others that run on Linux?” That shows the OP has tried things and is asking a question that at least has a chance of being answered.

Again, no offense intended just frustrated at times.

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This really isn’t open for debate. There’s no reason to reply if you have nothing to add - just scroll past and let people who want to participate in that discussion do so.

There’s always a “woulda/coulda/shoulda” potential in any question that’s asked. The more important thing is, if one is going to engage, is to engage in a constructive way, and to do so not to vent frustration, but to genuinely be looking to help. “Do your own research” is not particularly helpful.

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I think that Logos is the best for technical language work. I use it in a Windows 10 virtual machine under QEMU/KVM, which works great. There are Android and web app versions as well. The web app works perfectly in Linux. The Android version is OK, but it usually needs a Net connection to get to resources. Both the Android and web app have selective access to your library, apparently because of licensing limitations. The Windows version is absolutely outstanding. I’ve been using it since version 2.0 under Windows 95. I thought about dropping it when I switched from Windows to Linux back in 2007, but renewed my interest when they came out with the web app. I’ve lobbied in vain since 2007 for an OS-agnostic version.

My favorite on my Android phone and Chromebook is Olive Tree. The references are stored locally so always with me, even when I don’t have good or any Internet connections. The library is only limited by your storage space. Olive Tree also has a Windows app, which works well. I run it in the same VM as Logos. Plus, the Olive Tree folks are great to work with. Full disclosure - I used to test for Olive Tree years ago.

For native Linux, I use BibleTime in KDE. It uses the Sword library, which is OK. It can do light language work. I use it to find things in a hurry and don’t have time to bring up Logos or Olive Tree.