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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
I'd like to take an informal poll. In your opinion, what is the overall best free online Bible site?
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My vote is for
Bible Hub, hands down. Aside from just the selection of Bibles, the
interlinear pages are better and easier to use than anything else, including software I've paid for. In my opinion, the others pale in comparison.
The ones I didn't vote for:
Spoiler:
- Bible Gateway, which you mentioned. Nice interface, the ads have become a bit intrusive.
- Biola's Unbound Bible. Great search interface and has downloads (plain Unicode, not formatted as ebooks).
- ESV.org is Crossway's online ESV. The site offers free access to the ESV, the ESV Global Study Bible, and a Greek interlinear. You can still buy access to a few other ESV-based study Bibles or get access on a subscription basis, but I haven't really seen it marketed in a long time.
- The United States Conference of Cathoic Bishops offers the New American Bible (a modern Catholic translation) online. They used to have the catechism online as well, but I no longer see a link to it.
- The Holy See has the Catholic RSV, papal writings, writings of the Church Fathers, and a ton of other Catholic stuff online at clerus.org. The site is no longer be actively maintained, though, and it's littered with broken links and images.
- Jehovah's Witnesses have Online Bible with two editions of The New World Translation (1984 and the 2013 revision) and a few other translations (ASV, KJV, "Bible in Living English"). There's also a decent Greek interlinear.
- Mormon scripture, including KJV, Book of Mormon, D&C, Pearl of Great Price, Topical Guide, and Bible Dictionary.
I'm not sure why you excluded online versions of desktop apps, but I sometimes use these in exactly the same way that I use Bible Hub. None of these would beat Bible Hub, but I prefer Biblia and Tecarta to any of the others above.
- Biblia.com is the online version of Logos software. If you login using your Logos account, you get access to all of your Logos resources. Otherwise, you still have access to a pretty impressive list of Bibles, including several Greek New Testaments and a Latin Vulgate. Multiple windows can be linked, so you can scroll multiple translations at the same time. If you don't have a Logos account and create a new one, you get access to a few more.
- Tecarta Bible now has an online version. Most modern English translations are online for free and a big selection of contemporary study Bibles is available for a 7-day trial period. I don't know if the trial is tied to cookies or IP, but something about my browser settings means my trial period never expires. One benefit of Tecarta (which is the same as the app) is that you can read study Bible notes alongside a different translation (NIV Study Bible with the ESV or NRSV, for example). There are no translations with the Apocrypha.
- Jehovah's Witnesses have Online Library, which is the online version of their desktop software.