Bible Study Software

We have an abundance of applications, available to support you in your Bible studies on many different platforms. Several of these applications are cross platform. All applications in this section use the same module library and most store their library in the same place on your computer. All are based on The SWORD Project. You can therefore try several and see which one you end up liking best:

Look at the whole range of applications or choose the icon for your platform:

Linux software Windows software MacOS software Handhelds and Mobile Phones Web based software
Linux Windows MacOS Mobile Web-based

Bible Software for Apple Macintosh MacOS

Eloquent

Eloquent Screenshot Eloquent (formerly known as MacSword) brings the power and versatility of The SWORD Project to users of OS X, along with a beautiful Aqua interface.
Jump to the Eloquent website.

BibleTime for Qt/KDE

BibleTime Screenshot BibleTime is a Bible study application with a long history on Linux/Unix. Now built with the Qt framework, it runs on Linux/Unix, Windows, and OS X. Its window layout is very versatile, and BibleTime makes working with even large numbers of text modules easy.
Jump to BibleTime's website.

BibleDesktop

BibleDesktop Screenshot BibleDesktop is a powerful Bible study application based on Java technology with a unique layout. BibeDesktop lets you study several translations and commentaries in parallel and without artificial chapter/passage length limitations. The search facility is fast and powerful. Translated into English, German, Chinese and Farsi.
Jump to BibleDesktop's website.

Ezra Bible App

Ezra Bible App Screenshot Ezra Bible App is a user-friendly bible study tool focussing on topical study based on keywords/tags. This program can help you to easily manage your topical verse lists and verse-based notes. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.
Jump to Ezra Bible App's website.
Get it on Google Play

AlKitab for Java

Al Kitab Screenshot Alkitab Bible Study is an open source and free desktop bible study software. It supports single/parallel view, commentaries, lexicons, dictionaries, glossaries, daily devotions, etc. It also comes with powerful search capability. It features rich and user friendly bible software study tools. Alkitab is translated into English and Indonesian.
Jump to Alkitab's website.

FireBible - A Bible study add-on for Firefox / FireBible for Firefox

FireBible logo FireBible is a Firefox add-on for Bible study on Windows and Linux. The FireBible toolbar allows you to easily load multiple Bibles for side by side comparison, and Strong's numbers, word morphology, crossreferences/footnotes and commentaries are supported. Its Ubiquity integration can be used for fast verse lookup, across multiple Bibles. FireBible also supports general book, dictionary, map and daily devotional modules. It adds the bible:// and sword:// protocols to Firefox so your Bible study experience is as easy as surfing the net; content is loaded in tabs alongside regular browser tabs but it works even when offline.
Jump to FireBible's website.

FlashCards

FlashCards FlashCards is a simple tool to help with memorization. The package includes a quizzer and a lesson editor. Keyboard input methods include Greek, Hebrew, and Latin.
Jump to the FlashCards project page.