The Online Bible (OLB) is a
Bible
The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...
Reference software package created in 1987
by Larry Pierce, who believed the Bible should be freely shared.
Online Bible also provides a Mac version (for OS X 10.1 above) of its software.
[ ] As of 2015, Online Bible is also available in
App Store
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and
Play Store
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.
Features
* Multiple translations, commentaries
* Unicode support for displaying foreign languages.
* 650,000 cross references that automatically display according to the verse being researched.
* Built–in search feature.
* Basic package now runs in Linux Ubuntu using WineHQ.
* PocketPC version is included with the free basic package.
Version history
* Version 1: 1987
* Version 2: January 19, 2005
* Version 3: October 20, 2009, with
Pocket PC
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program
* Version 4: Support Unicode
* Version 5: January 5, 2016, with OlbLite for Mobile Devices
See also
*
SABDA - Indonesian Online Bible
References
External links
Official WebpageMac and Linux OLB
Electronic Bibles
Classic Mac OS software
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