Bolls Bible is a web-based Bible reader designed to keep the focus firmly on scripture while providing useful reading and study facilities.
It offers multiple Bible translations and lets you display translations in parallel or compare passages between versions. Search facilities help locate passages across the selected translation.
Dictionary integration provides access to definitions including Strong’s numbers. Translations and dictionaries can be downloaded for offline use, while bookmarks provide a convenient way to return to passages.
The interface also supports synchronized parallel reading, commentary data where available and a random verse facility.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Read from multiple Bible translations.
- Display two translations in a synchronized parallel view.
- Compare passages across different Bible versions.
- Search Bible text.
- Access Bible dictionaries and Strong’s definitions.
- Download translations and dictionaries for offline use.
- Create and manage bookmarks.
- Display commentary where available.
- Jump to a randomly selected verse.
Website: github.com/Bolls-Bible/bain
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Developer: Bohuslav Pavlyshynets
License: GNU General Public License version 3.0
The frontend is written in Imba, with a Python/Django backend.
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