Guides: Religion: Finding Bibles

Online Bibles

Common Engish Bible
The Common English Bible is a translation of the scriptures intended to be a comfortable reading level for over half of all English readers. It attempts to substitute more traditional biblical terminology with more natural wording.

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Twenty different versions of the English Bible, including 12 full Bibles, five New Testament texts, two versions of the Gospels only, and William Tyndale's translations of the Pentateuch, Jonah, and the New Testament.

Bible Gateway
The Bible Gateway is a tool for reading and researching scripture online, in the language or translation of your choice. It provides advanced searching capabilities, which allow readers to find and compare particular passages in scripture based on keywords, phrases, or scripture reference. It offers versions such as the ESV, HCSB, NIV, and many other translations in various languages, but not the NRSV.
Oremus Bible Browser
This online Bible offers the NRSV in both American and Anglicized (British) editions. It also provides access to the books included in a Catholic Old Testament that are not in a Protestant Old Testament.
Oxford Biblical Studies Online
In addition to valuable references sources, Oxford Biblical Studies Online includes the texts of several versions of the Bible, including the Oxford Annotated Bible and the New Revised Standard Version.

Print Bibles

You can find various versions of the Bible in print in the BS125 - BS198 sections in both the general circulating collection as well as in the reference collection in Payson Library.

The HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version
Call Number: Available in Reserves
ISBN: 0060655801
Publication Date: 2006
Additional print copies in Payson Library Main Stacks BS191.5.A1 2006 S26
The Scofield Study Bible: English Standard Version
Call Number: BS191.5.A2 N4 2006
ISBN: 0195278755
The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha (New Revised Standard Version) by Michael David Coogan; Marc Zvi Brettler; Carol A. Newsom; Pheme Perkins
Call Number: Reference BS191.5.A1 2007 .O94
ISBN: 9780195288803
Publication Date: 2007-02-02
Features single column annotations at the foot of the pages, in-text background essays, charts, and maps, a page number-keyed index of all the study materials in the volume, and Bible charts, diagrams and maps.
King James Bible by Gordon Campbell; Oxford Staff (Editor)
Call Number: Oversize BS185 1611 O9 2010
ISBN: 9780199557608
Publication Date: 2010-10-26
The 1611 edition of the King James Bible differs from modern editions in thousands of details, and this edition is the most authentic version of the original text that has ever been published. The volume also includes genealogies, maps, lists of readings and the translator's preface.

Accordance Digital Bible Tools

Accordance
Accordance Software is on Macs on the first floor of Payson Library. Accordance equips you with original language tools, interactive 3D maps, a dynamic interlinear, drag-and-drop graphical searching and more.