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You may have noticed some slight differences in the Blue Letter Bible. We've recently completed a massive overhaul of the programming that crouches behind the page processing your requests and delivering you the information you're looking for. The good thing is that for the most part, you won't notice that anything has changed. The better thing is that most of the things you will notice are very nice improvements. There will, of course, be a thing or two to get used to, but we'll save that for the end.

Here are some of the features that you can now enjoy on the BLB:

My Preferred Bible:
You can set the BLB to default to the preferred version of your choice. Does your church use the ESV in its service? Now you can have the ESV as your normal Bible version. ^[SCREENSHOT]

Using Different Versions:
Up until now, you could only use our tools in conjunction with the KJV—while sliding over to the Reading Version in order to see the Bible in your translation of choice. No longer. Now you can look up verses in the NIV, check the concordance in the NKJV, and find cross-references in the NASB. Or whichever translation you choose. (And yes, the Reading Version is still available from the right-side nav bar.)^[SCREENSHOT]

Improved Greek and Hebrew:
Now all three of our Greek texts feature accents and our Hebrew text features vowel points. As well, these original-language texts are presented in unicode as copy/pastable text, rather than as individual images.^[SCREENSHOT]

A New Tab for Word Searches:
In addition to the Primary and Secondary Results tabs which we added last year, we've added a new LexiConc tab, automatically adding in the LexiConc search results and saving your time as you search the Scriptures in your study time.^[SCREENSHOT]

Subscribe to Devotionals:
Whereas previously you could only subscribe to Bob Hoekstra's Day by Day by Grace devotional, now subscriptions are available to our BLB Daily Promises and Spurgeon's Morning and Evening devotionals as well.

Of course we realize that not everyone takes to change as well as others. Some will find things like the absence of the Old Search (which we've been gradually phasing out since April of 2007) disorienting. In order to help you better survive this change, we've prepared this short video comparing the Old Search with the current one. Our aim is to point out the difference and help you to see how the new search may actually be easier for you to manage than the old.

Blue Letter Bible for Smartphones is now available. Information on this new resource may be found here.

Blue Letter Bible CDs may be requested online. Not just for missionaries, the BLB CD is designed for software based Bible study. It operates as a stand alone tool for any one, at any time, and any where a personal computer can be used. We invite you to request a copy today!

The Blue Letter Bible Institute is pleased to present a new course entitled Servanthood. This course of study is composed of thirty-two lessons primarily taught and moderated by Chuck Smith. It also includes various guest speakers who represent untold decades of pastoral experience and insight. It is the intention of each instructor to accomplish the goal of leadership by, "equipping the saints for the work of ministry" (cf. Ephesians 4:12). The course content defines essential elements of Christian maturity that range from personal brokenness and humility, to holiness and spiritual boldness. Every believer will benefit from studying the many aspects of servanthood that are examined herein.

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Blue Letter Bible CDs may be requested online. Not just for missionaries, the BLB CD is designed for software based Bible study. It operates as a stand alone tool for any one, at any time, and any where a personal computer can be used. We invite you to request a copy today!

Daily Bible Promise. Each day of the year, read a different promise from the Bible!

Our Study Tools section is filled with charts and study guides to assist the student of Scripture; helping to put biblical events into better perspective.

Search through our Theological FAQs by keywords.

For every verse, see the interlinear Hebrew / Greek (including the Septuagint) by using the  button. And by using the  button you can see nine English translations plus the Latin Vulgate. In addition, you can print up to a full chapter by using the "Printer Friendly" menu near the top.

Over 2,700 Hymns are available, indexed to the appropriate Bible verses! Look for the  button next to over 1,400 verses in the Bible. Example.

Daily Devotionals by Spurgeon, Chambers, and Hoekstra. Subscribe!

Have you ever used our Dictionaries? Over 10,000 topics and over 249,000 links to Dictionary helps, from most verses. Go to the Bible and use the  button.

Several thousand audio messages are available. View our Audio / Video Menu or click the  button next to any verse.

View the Map / Images Library with lots of maps and beautiful engravings. Use the  button.

Free Search Tools! including Phrase Search. Add them to your own website.

The Blue Letter Bible has MP3 versions of three translations, performed by world renown voice actor, Stephen Johnston. Available are the New King James Version (dramatized), the New Living Translation (dramatized) and the King James Version (narrated). There is an audio link on each of the Bible pages for these translations. The files play in a specially designed player. Please note that these are subject to copyright and are at this time only available for web streaming. We ask you to respect the copyright. Here are a few examples:

Review our Help Pages to learn how to use the Blue Letter Bible.

Be sure to visit the Blue Letter Bible Institute (BLBi), which currently has a total of nine courses for your study of God's Word. All the courses are free and may be completed at your convenience.

Passover and Resurrection Day Page. Read day-by-day through the Passion Week, or view illustrations, or experience The Passion of Our Lord (a ten-minute image player and related audio readings of the scripture), or watch the Special Israel video and lots more!