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Yes, we hear there is a way to run PC Study Bible on the Apple Macintosh (Mac) and it works great. (See below.)
No, Biblesoft has not written a version of PC Study Bible specifically for the Apple Macintosh operating systems (OS). If you are currently running PC Study Bible through a Windows OS emulator on the Macintosh, any technical support through Biblesoft will be based on the Windows version you are using.
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This article is not an endorsement of any product or company. However, we have learned from users that PC Study Bible will operate successfully with certain Windows OS emulators running on the Mac OS. Since Biblesoft doesn't support the Mac, these user reports/suggestions have not been verified or tested by Biblesoft.
So how do I run PC Study Bible on a Mac?
The Intel Macs have the speed for running PC Study Bible. Parallels software rather than Bootcamp is the best option for Intel-based Mac users since it allows for both operating systems to be running at the same time. This means cutting and pasting from PC Study Bible to a Mac program is easy. Parallels costs about $80, but the user must also have a copy of Windows meeting PC Study Bible technical requirements installed and operating as well, (e.g. Windows XP). Fusion is another product similar to Parallels, and is preferred by many users.
There have also been reports of PC Study Bible running successfully using WineBottler. See
http://winebottler.kronenberg.org
There is another website that has cross over software available called Code Weaver. Click on the link below to be directed to their website which has more information on how to install PC Study Bible:
http://www.codeweavers.com/via/pcstudybible5
We have an online App that will work on a Mac operating system.
You can try the Full Version out for 14 days at no cost and still have access to the Free Reader, that will be available with all your previously purchased content and include some features once we get that ready, at the end of the trial period. If you have a registered account with us already, then try using that login information first to start your trial and let us know if you have any problems.
To get access to our Full Version, you will need to purchase one of our Monthly Subscription, starting out at $3.95, go to:
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Click on the link below to access the App and create a free account by go to the icon in the top right corner:
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ONLINE BIBLE WILL NOT WORK WITH MOJAVE or LATER
Apple has announced that macOS High Sierra will be the “last macOS release to support 32-bit apps without compromises.”
The Online Bible for the Mac is a 32-bit app, and we will not be able to re-write it to be 64-bit compatible.
If you are looking for the most cost effective, high quality Bible program available for your Macintosh, you need look no further. Our Online Bible program, and many of its Bible, Lexicon, Note and Topic modules (detailed below), can be downloaded and used free of charge. And many of our users who own some of the higher priced Bible study programs for the Mac have told us they prefer and use the Online Bible.While our Starter Pack and many modules can be freely downloaded, we also offer two CDs containing significantly more material and offering a great value. The Deluxe CD (for $79.95) includes all of the material shown on this page except the Amplified Bible and RVR60, while the Classic CD (for $39.95) includes all of the material shown on this page except the, NAS95, NASB, NIV, NLT, NRSV, Amplified, and RVR60. We offer a special $25 upgrade price (plus shipping) for owners of a previous Classic or Deluxe CD. If you order the latest Deluxe CD at the special price, we will include a mailer for you to return your old Deluxe CD (required because of the royalty versions included). To place an order for either CD, please visit our store.
One of the primary reasons for the version 4.2 update, was to make several new Bible versions available, such as ESV, HCSB, Message & Amplified, and to remove the restrictions on the number of modules that can be loaded at any one time. The program was also updated so, upon launch, it automatically checks to see if a new release is available and, if so, notifies you. Because we prepay the royalties for ESV, HCSB, NKJV & Message, we only make them available on our version 4.2 (or later) CDs. To get these newer translations, you must buy a CD containing them. If you own a version 4.2 (or later) CD you may pay the royalty for the Amplified and/or RVR60 modules in our store and we will send the module(s) to you by email.
If you have one of the newer Macs that does not have an optical disc drive, we can supply products on a USB flash drive for an additional fee of $10. To order, go to our store, or for additional information, contact Dave Pohl (davidpohl@gmail.com).
We hope you will download and try our free Starter Pack It allows any English speaking Bible student to easily get started studying God’s Word. You can even later download and add several additional modules at no charge.
The Starter Pack (65.7 MB) is a simplified Installer package containing the Online Bible application, King James Version Bible, Thayer's Greek Lexicon, Brown Driver Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Clarke's commentary on the Bible and Smith's Bible dictionary.
If you have any problems while using the Online Bible program, you should first consult the Online Bible Help (available via the Online Bible’s Help menu). Next, you may wish to consult the Frequently Asked Questions listed below. Of course, if either of these do not answer your questions, feel free to contact us by sending an e-mail message to Dave Pohl (davidpohl@gmail.com).
Below, grouped according to their principal language, is a listing of the modules available for use with the Online Bible for the Macintosh. Each language is subdivided by module type—for example: Bibles, Cross References, Lexicons, Notes (Commentaries), Topics (Apocrypha) and/or Topics (Books).
A Notes module contains the contents of a commentary or a set of user notes, and each individual note is always directly associated with a particular Bible verse. When the default Note set contains a comment for a particular verse, an asterisk appears next to that verse number in every Bible window, and you can click on that asterisk to open and read that note. Topics, on the other hand, contain a book or set of loosely related articles. A Topic is never associated with a specific verse—although it may contain one or more Bible references that can be clicked on to open a window allowing you to view a referenced passage—, but Topics are instead divided up by topic name. They typically contain a table of contents detailing the topics in the topic set.
All of the modules shown below are included on both CDs (except the NAS95, NASB, NIV, NLT, and NRSV, which are only on the Deluxe CD; and the Amplified and RVR60 which are on neither CD and only available by special order).
| Abbr. | Description | Download |
| Bibles | ||
| BHM | Biblia Hebraica – The Hebrew Old Testament consonantal text in a morphologically-separated format, with Strong’s numbers. | Download (1.8 MB) |
| BHS | Biblia Hebraica – The Hebrew Old Testament consonantal text according to the Leningrad MS B19A; normal form, with Strong’s numbers. | Download (2 MB) |
| Byz | 1991 Byzantine/Majority Textform – The New Testament in the Original Greek. Includes Strong’s Numbers from Englishman’s Greek Concordance plus Verb Parsings. | Download (1.6 MB) |
| ITR | Interlinear Textus Receptus – The Stephens 1550 Greek New Testament. English Interlinear following Greek is displayed as footnotes. Includes Strong’s Numbers from Englishman’s Greek Concordance plus Verb Parsings. | Available only on CD |
| LXX | The Greek Septuagint – edited by Alfred Rahlfs. Variant readings for Joshua, Judges, and Daniel are included. | Available only on CD |
| Tis | Tischendorf’s 1872 Greek New Testament. | Available only on CD |
| TR | The Stephens 1550 Greek New Testament. Includes Strong’s Numbers from Englishman’s Greek Concordance plus Verb Parsings. Also includes the Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus Greek New Testament (designated TR=). | Download (1.4 MB) |
| Vulg | Jerome’s 405 Latin Vulgate. | Available only on CD |
| WH | The Westcott-Hort 1881 Alexandrian Text Greek New Testament. Includes Strong’s Numbers from Englishman’s Greek Concordance plus Verb Parsings. Also includes (as variants) the Nestle 27/UBS 4 Alexandrian Text Greek New Testament (designated WH=). | Download (1.6 MB) |
| Topics (Apocrypha) | ||
| LXXA | The Greek Septuagint of the Apocrypha – edited by Alfred Rahlfs. | Available only on CD |
| VulgA | Jerome’s 405 Latin Vulgate of the Apocrypha. | Available only on CD |
| Abbr. | Description | Download |
| Bibles | ||
| Amplified | The Amplified Bible uses explanatory alternate readings and amplifications to assist the reader in understanding what Scripture really says. You must have a version 4.2 (or later) CD of the Online Bible to order this module. It is not available as a download nor included on either CD. To order this module you can pay the $15 royalty in our store and we will send you the module by email. | Royalty Version, Order Through Store |
| ASV | 1901 American Standard Version, with footnotes. | Download (3 MB) |
| BBE | 1964 Bible in Basic English, printed in 1965 by Cambridge Press in England, is not simply another example of the Bible story put into present-day English. The language used is Basic English This number has been increased to 1000 words for the purpose of putting the Bible into Basic English. | Download (4.6 MB) |
| BLXX | 1851 Brenton’s English Septuagint An English translation of The Septuagint, by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, with footnotes, originally published in 1851. | Available only on CD |
| Dby | 1890 Darby Translation - A literal translation by John Nelson Darby. This is an extremely literal translation. F.F. Bruce said it was the most accurate English translation in print. | Download (3 MB) |
| DRV | The 1899 edition of the Challoner Revision of the Douay Rheims Bible. | Available only on CD |
| ED | 1864 Emphatic Diaglott, translated and published by Benjamin Wilson. | Available only on CD |
| ESV | 2001 The English Standard Version is one of the most used newer versions. It stands firmly in the King James tradition and is based directly on the 1971 Revised Standard Version. It requires version 4.2 (or later) of the Online Bible. Because we prepay the royalty for this, we only make it available on our CDs. To get this translation you must buy one of the (version 4.2 or later) CDs. | Available only on CD |
| GLT | 1993 Green’s Literal Translation of the Holy Bible, by Jay P. Green, Sr. | Available only on CD |
| HCSB | The Holman Christian Standard Bible is a trusted, original translation of God’s Word. The translators had two ideals with every translation decision: each word must reflect clear, contemporary English and each word must be faithful to the original languages of the Bible. It requires version 4.2 (or later) of the Online Bible. Because we prepay the royalty for this, we only make it available on our CDs. To get this translation you must buy one of the (version 4.2 or later) CDs. | Available only on CD |
| HNV | The Hebrew Names Version, with footnotes, is based on the World English Bible with Hebrew names used instead. | Available only on CD |
| KJ21 | 1994 21st Century King James Version by Deuel Enterprises, Inc. | Available only on CD |
| KJV | The 1769 Authorized Version, commonly known as the King James Version. Includes Strong’s Numbers from Englishman’s Greek and Hebrew Concordances plus Verb Parsings. | Download (2.9 MB) |
| LO | 1826 Living Oracles: A Translation of the New Testament, translated by George Campbell, James Macknight, and Philip Doddridge, and edited by Alexander Campbell. Includes an indexed topic set that contains prefaces, various emendations and an appendix . | Available only on CD |
| Message | The goal of The Message is to engage people in the reading process and help them understand what they read. This is not a study Bible, but rather “a reading Bible.” The Message tries to recapture the Word in the words we use today. It requires version 4.2 (or later) of the Online Bible. Because we prepay the royalty for this, we only make it available on our CDs. To get this translation you must buy one of the (version 4.2 or later) CDs. | Available only on CD |
| MKJV | The 1993 Modern King James Version of the Holy Bible. This is a language update of the King James Version. | Available only on CD |
| MNT | The 1924 Montgomery New Testament in Modern English, by Helen B. Montgomery. | Available only on CD |
| Mur | 1851 Murdock New Testament = A translation of the Peshito Syriac New Testament into English by James Murdock. | Download (2.2 MB) |
| NAS95 | The 1995 New American Standard Bible, by The Lockman Foundation. Includes Strong’s numbers (taken from the New American Standard Exhaustive Concordance) and footnotes. Also contains cross references, a Hebrew lexicon, a Greek lexicon, and integrated Notes. | Available only on the Deluxe CD |
| NASB | The 1988 New American Standard Bible, by The Lockman Foundation. Does not include Strong’s numbers, footnotes, cross references, lexicons, or integrated Notes. | Available only on the Deluxe CD |
| NIV | The 1984 New International Version, with footnotes, by International Bible Society. | Available only on the Deluxe CD |
| NKJV | The 1982 New King James Version, with footnotes, by Thomas Nelson, Inc. This was previously only available on our Deluxe CD but we now also include it on the Classic CD. Because we prepay the royalty for this, we only make it available on our CDs. To get this translation you must buy one of the CDs. | Available only on CD |
| NLT | The 1996 New Living Translation, with footnotes, by Tyndale Charitable Trust. | Available only on the Deluxe CD |
| NRSV | The 1989 New Revised Standard Version, with footnotes, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. | Available only on the Deluxe CD |
| Phil | The 1972 New Testament in Modern English, with footnotes, by J.B. Phillips. | Available only on CD |
| RSV | The 1973 Revised Standard Version, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. | Available only on CD |
| RWB | Revised Webster Bible A revision of the 1833 Webster Bible, by Noah Webster. Includes Strong’s Numbers from Englishman’s Greek and Hebrew Concordances plus Verb Parsings. | Available only on CD |
| TCNT | 1904 Twentieth Century New Testament, Revised Edition, by Fleming H Revell Company. | Download (2.2 MB) |
| WB | The 1833 Webster Bible, by Noah Webster. | Available only on CD |
| WEB | The World English Bible, with footnotes. | Available only on CD |
| Wes | The 1790 New Testament, by John Wesley, originally printed in London. | Available only on CD |
| Wey | The 1912 Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, by Richard F. Weymouth. | Download (2.2 MB) |
| YLT | The 1898 Young’s Literal Translation, by Robert Young, who also compiled Young’s Analytical Concordance. This is an extremely literal translation that attempts to preserve the tense and word usage as found in the original Hebrew and Greek writings. | Available only on CD |
| Cross References | ||
| CXRef | CXRef contains the cross-references as found in “The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.” if you are short of disc space. | Download (1 MB) |
| TSK | The TSK note set contains the cross-references and comments as found in “The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge” and is required for searching cross references. Originally published in 1836 it includes a matching indexed topic set to reference the notes. | Download (5.4 MB) |
| Lexicons | ||
| BDB | This lexicon consists of English definitions taken from Brown, Driver, and Briggs as well as Gesenius Hebrew Aramaic lexicons and has been arranged according to Strong’s numbers. Word derivations come from Strong’s Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary. Page references to the “Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament” (TWOT). It is used with a Bible text, such as the KJV, which has been keyed to Strong’s numbers. | Download (1.9 MB ) |
| NAS95 | 1995 New American Standard Lexcions are included with the NAS Bible module. | Available only on the Deluxe CD |
| Strong | Strong’s - Hebrew Chaldee and Greek English Lexicons consists of English definitions published in 1890. It should be used in conjunction with a Bible text, such as the KJV, which has been keyed to Strong’s numbers. | Available only on CD |
| Thayer | Thayer’s - Greek English Lexicon consists of English definitions and has been arranged according to Strong’s numbers. Word derivations come from Strong’s Greek Dictionary. Page references to the “Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament” (TDNT) and the part of speech (noun, verb, etc.) are also included. | Download (1.5 MB) |
| Notes (Commentaries) | ||
| Barnes | Barnes’ Notes on the New Testament note set consists of the New Testament portion of the 14 volume commentary known as Barnes’ Notes on the Bible. It was authored by Albert Barnes, Frederic Cook, and James Murphy. | Available only on CD |
| Beet | Commentaries on Paul’s Epistles note set consists of commentaries on Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon by J. Agar Beet. A matching topic set contains prefaces, introductions, and dissertations. | Available only on CD |
| Calvin | The Commentaries note set consists of commentaries on selected books of the Bible written by John Calvin between 1540 and 1563. Incomplete. | Available only on CD |
| Clarke | Commentary on the Bible note set consists of Adam Clarke’s Commentary on the Bible published in 1832. Includes an indexed topic set that contains prefaces and introductions. | Download (23.9 MB) |
| ENT | Eclectic Notes notescompiled by John Greenhalgh consists of an anthology of commentaries on Genesis, Exodus, Matthew, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 John, 2 John, and 3 John. Incomplete. | Available only on CD |
| Family | The Family Bible Notes, by Justin Edwards DD, was published in 1861 by the American Tract Society. | Available only on CD |
| Geneva | Geneva Bible Notes contains the marginal notes found in the 1599 Geneva Bible, written at the time of the reformers. | Download (6.4 MB) |
| Gill | An Exposition of the Old and New Testament consists of the unabridged version of John Gill’s nine volume commentary on the Bible originally published in 1809. One of the most comprehensive commentaries ever written. A matching topic set contains prefaces along with a biography. | Available only on CD |
| Henry | An Exposition of the Old and New Testament consists of the unabridged version of Matthew Henry’s six volume commentary on the Bible originally published in 1721. A matching topic set contains prefaces along with a biography. | Available only on CD |
| JFB | Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary covers the Old and New Testaments. By Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, and David Brown, originally published in 1871. | Available only on CD |
| McGarvey | Commentaries and Topical Studies is a combined note and topic set consisting of several works by J.W. McGarvey. Included are “The Fourfold Gospel”, “A Commentary on Acts of Apostles”, “A Series of Fifty-Two Bible Lessons”, “A Guide to Bible Study”, and “Class Notes on Sacred History” volumes 1 - 4. | Available only on CD |
| PNT | The People’s New Testament Commentary with Explanatory Notes, by B.W. Johnson and published in 1889. A matching topic set contains book introductions, tables, lists, and special notes on the book of Revelation. | Download (4.3 MB) |
| Poole | The note set designated Poole contains the 1700 edition of “Annotations upon the Holy Bible” by Matthew Poole. Incomplete. | Available only on CD |
| Psalms | Treasury of David is Charles Spurgeon’s complete commentary on the Psalms. It was originally written over a period of 20 years and published as 7 volumes. | Available only on CD |
| RWP | A.T. Robertson’s “Word Pictures in the New Testament” published between 1930 and 1933. A matching topic set contains the preface along with book introductions. | Download (7.4 MB) |
| TTN | The Textual and Translation Notes on the Gospels, by Jay P. Green, Sr. | Available only on CD |
| Wesley | John Wesley’s Notes on the Old and New Testaments published in 1767. | Available only on CD |
| Young | Concise Commentary on the Holy Bible”, by Robert Young. Incomplete. | Available only on CD |
| Topics (Apocrypha) | ||
| DRVA | The Douay Rheims Version of the Apocrypha. | Available only on CD |
| KJVA | The Oxford Edition of the Apocrypha. It was not included in the 1769 version of the King James Version. | Download (3.2 MB) |
| RSVA | The Revised Standard Version of the Apocrypha. | Available only on CD |
| Topics (Books) | ||
| Bunyan | This topic set consists of three books written by John Bunyan: “The Pilgrim’s Progress,” “The Holy War,” and “Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners.” | Available only on CD |
| Daily | Daily Light on the Daily Path: A Devotional Textbook for Every Day of the Year, In the Very Words of Scripture, morning and evening Bible readings prepared by Jonathan Bagster and other members of his family. | Available only on CD |
| Easton | Easton’s Bible Dictionary. Originally published in 1897 by Thomas Nelson. | Download (4.8 MB) |
| Hitchcock | Hitchcock’s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible, by Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1874, contains more than 2500 Bible and Bible-related proper names and their meanings. | Available only on CD |
| ISBE | The original 4 volume unabridged edition of the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE), originally published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. | Available only on CD |
| M&E | Morning and evening devotional readings by Charles Spurgeon for the whole year. Also, on each morning reading, we have included daily Bible readings to take you through your Bible in one year. | Download (3.7 MB) |
| Maps | This module consists of a combined picture and indexed topic set containing 30 color maps and diagrams by the Review and Herald Publishing Association. | Available only on CD |
| Naves | This indexed topic set contains “Nave’s Topical Bible” produced by Orville J. Nave. Nave’s topics were originally published in the early 1900’s. This work consists of 20,000+ topics and subtopics, and 100,000 references to the Scriptures. | Available only on CD |
| RSBD | This indexed topic set contains the single volume edition of Smith’s “Dictionary of the Bible.” Revised and updated by R.N. & M.A Peloubet. Links to the various illustrations are included along with links to the related lexicon definitions. Includes pictures. | Available only on CD |
| Sabbath | This module contains the 1873 edition of “History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week”, by J.N. Andrews. Other items in this module include pamphlets on righteousness by faith, baptism, God’s law, the Sabbath, Christ’s nature, God’s foreknowledge, etc. | Available only on CD |
| Science | The Science and the Bible module consists of several books dealing with science as it relates to the Bible. They include “Biblical Archaeology”, by Clifford Wilson, “The Lie: Evolution”, by Ken Ham, “Facts of Life”, by Gary Parker, “The Answers Book”, by Ken Ham, Andrew Snelling & Carl Wieland, “The Young Earth”, by John Morris, “The Bible has the Answer”, by Henry Morris & Martin Clark, and “The Revised Quote Book” edited by Andrew Snelling. Includes pictures. | Available only on CD |
| Smith | This indexed topic set contains the 4 volume unabridged 1868 edition of Dr. William Smith’s “Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising its Antiquities, Biography, Geography, and Natural History.” | Download (63.3 MB) |
| TCR | This indexed topic set comes from Frank Thompson’s 1917 “The New Chain-Reference Bible.” | Available only on CD |
| Temple | This module contains the 1874 edition of “The Temple: Its Ministry and Services As They Were at the Time of Jesus Christ”, by Alfred Edersheim. | Available only on CD |
| Torrey | This indexed topic set contains R.A. Torrey’s 1897 “New Topical Textbook.” | Available only on CD |
| Abbr. | Description | Download |
| Bibles | ||
| Lei | The 1912 Dutch Leidse Vertaling Bible. | Available only on CD |
| Lu | The 1933 Dutch Lutherse Vertaling Bible. | Available only on CD |
| Palm | The 1997 Dutch Palm-editie Staten Vertaling New Testament. | Available only on CD |
| SV | The 1750 Dutch Staten Vertaling Bible. Includes Strong’s Numbers from Englishman’s Greek and Hebrew Concordances plus Verb Parsings. | Download (4.9 MB) |
| Cross References | ||
| TSKD | The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge cross-references with notes in Dutch. | Available only on CD |
| Lexicons | ||
| Grieks | Thayer’s Greek Lexicon in Dutch. | Available only on CD |
| Hebreeuws | The Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius - Hebrew Aramaic Lexicon in Dutch. (Incomplete: Only the first 4000 definitions are included.) | Available only on CD |
| Abbr. | Description | Download |
| Bibles | ||
| Creole | EBEX (Ecole Biblique par Extension) Bib la tank ou “Online Bible” Teks pa Sosyete Bib a Yisen Nan Trav pa Mark Emerson (pou EBEX) ak Raymond Haliton (pou Biblesoft) ak Larry Pierce (pou Online Bible) | Available only on CD |
| Drb | The 1991 French Bible by J.N.Darby. | Download (3.3 MB) |
| LSg | The 1910 French Louis Segond. Includes Strong’s Numbers from Englishman’s Greek and Hebrew Concordances plus Verb Parsings. | Download (5 MB) |
| NEG | La traduction de L. Segond, nouvelleédition de Geneve 1979. | Available only on CD |
| Cross References | ||
| TSKF | “Les trésors de la connaissance des Ecritures,” i.e., The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge cross-references with notes in French. | Available only on CD |
| Lexicons | ||
| Grec | Thayer’s Greek Lexicon in French. | Available only on CD |
| Hébreu | The Brown Driver Briggs Gesenius Hebrew Aramaic Lexicon in French. | Available only on CD |
| Notes (Commentaries) | ||
| PNTF | 1889 People’s New Testament Commentary in French by B.W.Johnson | Available only on CD |
| Topics (Books) | ||
| M&S | Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Devotions in French | Available only on CD |
| Thèmes | La traduction des thèmes bibliques “Thompson” (1917). | Available only on CD |
| Abbr. | Description | Download |
| Bibles | ||
| Bgl | 1905 German Unrevidierte Elberfelde - Die Bengel NT 1974. | Available only on CD |
| Elb | 1871 German Elberfelder Bible, with footnotes. | Download (3.5 MB) |
| Lut | 1912 German Luther Bible. Includes Strong’s Numbers from Englishman’s Greek and Hebrew Concordances plus Verb Parsings. | Available only on CD |
| Sch | The 1951 German Schlachter Bible. The Old and New Testament translated from the original text of F.E.Schlachter. New revision 1951 Geneva Bible Society. | Available only on CD |
| ULut | The 1545 German Luther Bible. | Available only on CD |
| Cross References | ||
| TSKG | The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge cross-references with notes in German. (Incomplete: Only the New Testament is completed.) | Available only on CD |
| Lexicons | ||
| Griechisch | Thayer’s Greek Lexicon in German. | Available only on CD |
| Abbr. | Description | Download |
| Bibles | ||
| Diodati | The Italian 1649 Giovanni Diodati | Available only on CD |
| LND | The Italian 1991 La Nuova Diodati. | Available only on CD |
| NRV | The Italian 1994 La Sacra Biblia Nuova Riveduta. | Available only on CD |
| Riveduta | The Italian 1990 Riveduta Version. | Download (3.5 MB) |
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| Abbr. | Description | Download |
| Bibles | ||
| BLH | The 1998 Portuguese Bíblia na Linguagemde Hoje. | Available only on CD |
| BRP | 1994 Translated into Portuguese by Joän Ferreira de Almeida. | Available only on CD |
| RA | The 1997 Portuguese Almeida Revista e Atualizada with Strong’s numbers. | Download (5.1 MB) |
| RC | The Portuguese 1997 Portuguese Almeida Revista e Corrigida. | Available only on CD |
| Abbr. | Description | Download |
| Bibles | ||
| RV | 1909 Spanish Reina-Valera by the United Bible Societies. | Download (3.4 MB) |
| RVA | 1989 La Santa Biblia, Version Reina-Valera Actualizada | Available only on CD |
| RVR60 | The 1960 Reina-Valera has been the basic text most used by the evangelical Spanish-speaking church. It is the most beloved translation of Spanish-speaking Christians because it retains the traditional style of the Spanish language. You must have a version 4.2 (or later) CD of the Online Bible to order this module. It is not available as a download nor included on either CD. To order this module you can pay the $5 royalty in our store and we will send you the module by email. | Royalty Version, Order Through Store |
| SEV | 1569 Version Antigua. Translated from the original texts in Hebrew and Greek into Spanish (1569). Leaning on the New Testament of Francisco de Holm (1543) and the New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs of Juan Perez de Pineda (1556), then collated with the review of Cipriano de Valera (1602) and subsequent revisions to update the spelling and grammar without losing the sense of the original translation. | Available only on CD |
| Abbr. | Description | Download |
| Bibles | ||
| Alb | 1994 New Diodati. Albanian Bible. Copyright by Novell Brindisi La Buona Press. | Download (3.5 MB) |
| Bangala | 1995 Biblia Makomi Santu Ya Nzambe. Kondimana Ya Kala Mpe. Kondimana Ya Sika. Na Bangala ya sika. | Download (3.4 MB) |
| BIS | The 1994 Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari. | Download (3.4 MB) |
| CEB | 1982 Philippine Bible Ang Balaan Nga Kasulatan. Nasudlan sa Daan ug Bag-Ong Tugon. Nga Gihubad sa Bibisaya Nga Cebuano. | Download (3.3 MB) |
| Dansk | The 1933 Danish Bible. Den gamle og den nye pagts hellige Skrifter 1933. | Download (3.6 MB) |
| Finn | 1933 Finish Bible Pyha Raamattu; Vanha Testamentti XI 1933 Uusi Testamentti XII 1938 | Download (3.3 MB) |
| Károli | Hungarian Károli Bible | Download (4.6 MB) |
| MGreek | The modern Greek Bible used by most Protestant churches in Greece. | Download (3.3 MB) |
| Norsk | 1930 Norwegian Bible | Download (3.4 MB) |
| Rom | The Cornilescu Version of the Romanian Bible. (When using this text module, be sure to select a font that matches the character mapping as defined by Apple in their Romanian system software. Three basic screen fonts—Romanian Chicago, Romanian Geneva, Romanian Monaco—and a true type font RoMonaco are included.) | Download (4.4 MB) |
| RST | The 1876 Russian Synodal Translation, 1956 Edition. Text keyed to Englishman’s Strong’s numbers. (When using this text module, be sure to select a Cyrillic font that matches the character mapping as defined by Apple in their Russian system software. Three basic screen fonts—Russian Chicago, Russian Geneva, and Russian Monaco—are included.) | Download (5.9 MB) |
| Sango | 1966 Le Sainte Bible en Sango. | Download (3.1 MB) |
| Shuar | The 1982 Shuar of Equador, New Testament. Translated by Gospel Missionary Union. | Download (2.2 MB) |
| Swahili | The Swahili New Testament. | Download (2.2 MB) |
| Swed | The 1917 Swedish Bibeln. | Download (3.4 MB) |
| TB | The 1994 Terjemahan Baru. | Download (3.4 MB) |
| Turk | The Turkish New Testament. (When using this text module, be sure to select a font that matches the character mapping as defined by Apple in their Turkish system software. Three fonts—Turkish Chicago, Turkish Geneva, and Turkish Monaco—are included.) | Download (3.2 MB) |
| Ukr | 1940 Ivan Ogienko Ukrainian Bible. (When using this text module, be sure to select a Cyrillic font that matches the character mapping as defined by Apple in their Russian system software. Three basic screen fonts—Russian Chicago, Russian Geneva, and Russian Monaco—are included.) | Download (4.8 MB) |
| Viet | The 1934 Kinh Thanh Tiang Vietnamese Bible. Text supplied by Mr. Phien Nguyen. (When using this text module, be sure to display it using one of the VNI fonts provided.) | Download (5.7 MB) |
The following are the minimum system requirements for the Online Bible:
- A Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G4 or G5 processor, or an Intel processor.
- The Online Bible application can run on Mac OS X version 10.4 or later, but the installer requires an Intel-based Macintosh computer, or a PowerPC-based computer running Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later.
- At least 512 MB of free hard disk space for installation.
- 512 MB of random-access memory (RAM) installed.
- CD-ROM drive (required for installation using the Classic or Deluxe CDs). For those without an optical drive, we can supply the Classic or Deluxe CDs on a USB flash drive for an addition fee.
If you are having any kind of issue with any version of the Online Bible for the Mac prior to v.4.1, you should (assuming your system meets the minimum requirements) update to the latest version; it is free. Of course, anyone having any kind of issue may want to review these commonly asked questions to see if one of them has the answer to your problem. (The questions shown here are more up to date than those contained in the included Online Bible Help.)
- Q: Will there be a version of the Online Bible for the iPad? iPhone/iPod-Touch? iOS?
A: There is now a version available for iOS and Android.
- Q: Do you have a module for the New English Translation? Or, the Peshitta Syriac New Testament? Or, <name your favorite translation, commentary, etc.>?
A: This webpage should be considered the authoritative list of the currently available modules for the Online Bible for the Mac. It is one of our goals to have the Online Bible for the Mac ultimately use the same modules (and module format) as the Online Bible for Windows. The future of the Online Bible for the Mac could certainly use your continued prayer!
At the present time we have a new version of our Universal (Windows/Macintosh/Linux) DVD that has all the material from our Windows DVD but runs under an emulator called Wine on Macintoshes running Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or higher. This version is not as intuitive as our Mac native programming (which is what this webpage supports) but does have the benefit of including additional material.
- Q: I purchased one of the CDs and I thought it came with some particular module listed on this webpage, however, after I ran the Installer, I could not find the module within the Online Bible.
A: This webpage can be considered an authoritative list of the currently available modules for the Online Bible for the Mac. However, the default installation does not install all of the modules from a particular CD to your hard drive; it only installs the most popular modules.
To install (or reinstall) any module (or the whole app), rerun the Online Bible Installer and click the Customize button in the bottom left corner of the Installation Type pane. From the resulting list, choose only those modules you want to install/reinstall and then click the Install button. (It doesn’t hurt to run the Installer multiple times, but it is something of a waste of time to reinstall something that is already installed—unless, of course, you are having issues with that module and you are trying to fix the issues by reinstalling it.)
- Q: How do I use <some feature>? When I use <some feature> I cannot get it to do what I want. What am I doing wrong?
A: Have you tried to solve your problem(s) using the Online Bible Help (available via the Online Bible’s Help menu)? Although the first two chapters of the Online Bible Help—an Introduction and a Tutorial—are geared toward getting new users started with the Online Bible for the Mac, the Online Bible Help also contains chapters that offer assistance for every command in every menu of the Online Bible, including the contextual menus and the Toolbar. The Online Bible Help is also searchable!
If you hope to become proficient with the Online Bible, we highly recommend you spend some time reading its Help documentation. Of course, if you do not find an answer to your question in the Online Bible Help, feel free to contact us by sending an e-mail message to the support address shown in the Support section of this page.
- Q: I really miss the old F-key where, when working on a document in another application, I could type a few keystrokes and get a dialog box that allowed me to insert Bible verses by specifying a passage. Can this still be done?
A: Although the old fashioned F-keys went away with the introduction of Mac OS X, the ability to easily Copy Bible Verses into documents that are open in other applications *is* still available. This functionality now comes via each application’s Services submenu—a submenu many Mac users tend to overlook. The Services submenu is always in the Application menu (i.e., the menu named after the frontmost application, just right of the Apple menu). The Copy Bible Verses command will typically have Cmd-7 as its keyboard equivalent, but its availability depends on whether or not the frontmost application can accept text from the Copy Bible Verses command.
There is also, however, another caveat: In some versions of the Mac OS, you may have to enable this functionality before you see it. (Installing a new version of the Mac OS may also, contrary to your will, disable this functionality.) The easiest way to enable this service is to, from any Services submenu, choose “Services Preferences”. This will open the Keyboard System Preferences. In the resulting window, on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)—other versions of the Mac OS may differ slightly—, you then select Services on the left, and in the list on the right, locate and place a checkmark next to “Copy Bible Verses” (which will be in the “Text” subsection). The “Copy Bible Verses” command should then appear in the Services submenu of every application that knows how to interact with it. If in doubt, look in TextEdit. Because TextEdit knows how to accept verses from the Copy Bible Verses command, TextEdit will list “Copy Bible Verses” in its Services submenu when you have that command enabled.
Please note, however, some Microsoft products—especially older ones—do not appear to know how to work with the Services submenu.
- Q: I upgraded my Mac (or my Mac operating system) and now, when I try to open the Online Bible, it crashes as soon as I launch it. How do I correct this?
A: You have very likely encountered a known problem related to the older way in which the Online Bible reads and writes its preferences. The solution to this problem is to throw away your existing Online Bible preference files. Your Online Bible preference files are located at ~/Library/Preferences/, where “~” means “your Home folder.” They are titled: “Online Bible Prefs” and “Online Bible Winds”. On Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) and later, to open your Library folder, hold down the Option key while using the Go menu in the Finder. (The Option key makes the Library menu command appear.)
- Q: I am running version 4.x of the Deluxe (or Classic) Online Bible, however, I see there is a newer version available. Should I upgrade? And what is the cheapest/best way to do so?
A: Newer versions always fix known bugs in older versions and often introduce new features. And because the latest version is always (freely) available from our website, it is a good idea to keep current (assuming your system meets the minimum requirements for the latest version.) You can bring yourself up to date by downloading the Starter Pack from above. Once it is downloaded, open it and double click the Installer package. This will launch the pre-installer, which will in turn launch the installer. Simply follow the onscreen instructions.
Installing the latest Starter Pack does *not* remove older modules from any already existing Online Bible folder (in your Applications folder), therefore you will *not* lose modules from a previous Classic or Deluxe installation by installing a newer version of the Starter Pack over your older version. However, neither does the Starter Pack add newer versions (e.g. ESV, HCSB, NKJV or Message). As shown above, the Starter Pack comes with only the KJV. Those other versions are only available (royalty paid) on our CDs. To get these newer translations you must buy one of the (version 4.2 or later) CDs.
- Q: I have been running the Online Bible version 3.x for years, and I just purchased a new Mac. What is the best way to proceed?
A: Older versions of the Online Bible—prior to v.4.1.x—are known to crash on Snow Leopard and Lion. However, the latest version of the Online Bible for the Mac is always (freely) available from our website.
If you have a version 3.x CD, the best way to proceed is to:
- Download the (free) Starter Pack from our website.
- Once you have the Starter Pack downloaded, open it and double click the Installer package. This will launch the pre-installer, which will in turn launch the installer. Follow the onscreen instructions.
- Once the Installer has finished, you will find a folder named Online Bible in your Applications folder. Next, insert your v.3.x CD, and open it. You will see several folders that have language names (including one named Ancient). Open any and all of these language folders that you wish, and manually drag the module folders you desire from these folders (on the CD) into the new Online Bible folder in your Applications folder. (Each module folder must be directly in the same folder that the Online Bible application is in. When the Online Bible application starts up, it looks for modules that are in the same folder it is in.) You do **not** want to copy anything from the Locked, Share, Extras, Desktop, or Trash folders (on the v.3.x CD), nor do you want to copy any of the other non-folder items. The only things on the version 3.x CD that still have value with version 4.x are the contents of the various language folders—and they are actually the majority of the contents of the CD).
- Next, you may encounter a known problem mentioned in a previous question. The solution to the known problem is to throw away your old Online Bible preference files. Consult the previous question for directions on how to do this.
- You will probably want to make a backup of the Starter Pack just in case you need to reinstall again at some future date. (You already have a back up of the various modules in the form of your v.3.x CD.
- Q: I have a version of the Online Bible for Mac prior to version 3.0, and I cannot get my modules to work with the latest software. Is there any hope?
A: The format for modules changed between version 2.x and version 3.0, and the newer software cannot read the older format. You can order a replacement at the special $25 price (plus shipping) for owners of a previous CD on our ordering page. If you prefer, you can contact Dave Pohl (davidpohl@gmail.com).
- Q: The Online Bible for the Mac is known to have issues running on macOS 10.13.x (High Sierra). What are they and what can I do?
A: The following issues have been reported when running the Online Bible on macOS 10.13.x (High Sierra):
- Restarting your Mac causes the operating system to be unable to read your Online Bible Preference settings (such as font and font size for each Bible module). (If you do not shutdown or restart your machine, however, the Preferences appear to be properly saved when quitting and relaunching the app; it is the restart that causes the OS difficulties, forcing you to reset your preferences.)
- Consistently, after you restart your computer, when you open the Online Bible, the Online Bible re-asks if you would like to use the CD or hard disk. (It is trivial to always choose to use the hard disk, but the fact that it does not remember after a restart is annoying.)
- Throughout the program, those menus that list the various Bible, Topic, and Note modules no longer appear in alphabetic order (although their non-alphabetic order does appear to remain consistent for a given machine).
All these issues seem related to an important new feature in High Sierra, viz., Apple’s new APFS file system. Unfortunately, if your Mac has a FlashDrive or an SSD (Solid State Drive), Apple does not give you a choice when you update to High Sierra and they automatically upgrade your drive’s file system to APFS. Old fashioned hard drives and Fusion Drives do not get upgraded automatically (as of January 2018).
What can be done? For now, avoid Apple’s APFS file system. (Our’s is not the only software having issues.)
If you have a FlashDrive or an SSD, when you upgrade to High Sierra you will begin seeing these issues with the Online Bible; we know of no way to avoid them. If you do not want these problems, do not upgrade to High Sierra. If you have already upgraded to High Sierra, we know of no way to go back; you will have to learn to live with these issues in the Online Bible; e.g., minimizing restarts will help.
If you have an old fashioned hard drive or Fusion Drive, you can (as of January 2018) safely upgrade to High Sierra but there is no way to predict whether Apple will force the APFS file system on you later or not. (We do not anticipate Apple easily discarding something they have spent so much money developing. Whether Apple intends to fix the cause of these issues is also unknown.) We recommend caution if you hope to keep using the Online Bible without these issues.
- Q: When I attempt to run the Online Bible Installer, the Online Bible Pre-Installer fails. As directed, I contacted Online Bible for support and they pointed me to this FAQ to work around the failure.
A: Because the Pre-Installer fails on your system (for reason(s) we have been unable to duplicate on ours), you must manually perform what the Pre-Installer was designed to do. The Pre-Installer accomplishes two tasks:
- It locates and hides (by compressing them) every copy of the “Online Bible.app” visible to your computer, and
- It then launches the actual Online Bible Installer.
The first task is necessary because the Installer will overwrite the first copy of the app it finds, regardless of where it finds it (even if it is in the Trash), making it unpredictable to locate the newly installed app.
You must therefore manually search—use the Finder’s File>Find command—your computer for all copies of the “Online Bible.app”. If you find any copies and they are on an external drive, you can eject the drive to hide them; or you can compress them and move the original to the Trash (and then empty the Trash).
Once there are no more uncompressed copies of the app installed on your computer, you should then launch the Installer app using the Online Bible installer package. Follow these steps to do that:
- Insert the Online Bible installer CD/thumbdrive, thereby causing it to mount on your desktop. (If you downloaded the Starter Pack from our website, double clicking the downloaded disk image will cause it to mount its disk on the desktop.) Mounting the disk should also open the Online Bible installer window making visible both the “Online Bible Installer.app” and “ReadMe.rtf” files (as shown below).
- Launch the Terminal app. The Terminal app is provided by Apple and is located in the Utilities folder, which is in the Applications folder. (In our illustrations here, the Terminal window is yellow; yours may be white or some other color.)
- In the Terminal window, type: ‘cd ’ (i.e., ‘c’ ‘d’ <space>). (This is the beginning of the Change Directory command.)
- Then, with the mouse, drag the disk icon from the title bar of the Online Bible installer window onto the Terminal window as shown here. The Terminal window will signal it is ready to receive your drop by placing a blue outline around the inside of the Terminal window (as shown). That is the time to release the mouse button. This drag-n-drop operation inserts the path to the Online Bible installer window after the previously typed ‘cd ’ (completing the Change Directory command).
- Now, ensure the Terminal window is still frontmost (if not, click on it to bring it to the front) and then press the Return key. This will execute the Change Directory command in the Terminal, and the cursor will go to a new line. Your windows should look something like this:
- Next, in Terminal, type ‘open .Hidden’ (i.e., ‘open’ <space> <period character> ‘Hidden’ [with an uppercase ‘H’]) and then press the Return key. This will open a (normally hidden) folder on the Online Bible installation disk, which contains two items:
- Finally, double click the “OLB Installer.mpkg” item in the window and follow the Installer’s instructions normally.
- Please note: Before ejecting the Online Bible installation disk, you will have to Quit Terminal. (Terminal is holding onto the disk and quitting Terminal causes it to release the disk.)
Caveat Emptor
Some of the material for use with the Online Bible for the Mac is of an interpretive nature. As such, you may or may not agree with the views expressed. You are encouraged to “prove all things” and “hold fast that which is good.” 1Th 5:21. Let the Scriptures be your guide in this matter. “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Isa 8:20.
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You may share the Starter Pack and other downloadable modules with other Mac users. However, Online Bible modules may not be shared nor used with other Bible study programs—including the Online Bible for Windows.
Notice: The above material is published for use with the Online Bible for the Mac, which retains the electronic rights. Commercial use of this material is prohibited without written permission.