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by kcleworth

V1.0 Nov 9, 2006 1:13:46 AM

This little widget displays random verses of scriptured. It was requested by somebody on the operawatch.com forum.

Doesn't cover the entire bible, many more verses will be added as I update!

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I think that this widget is a good one for people that would be interested in the public domain version of the Bible.

By PMGorilla, # Sep 29, 2008 3:08:20 PM

King James is actually a very good translation, but of a corrupt original text. The authoritative version of Scripture at that time was the Vulgate, the Latin Bible. The Old Testament was the translated into Latin from what was called the Septuagint, a Greek translation of the original Hebrew. Erasmus, a 16th century humanist, decided to create a Bible from the best available original sources, so he used the Tanach, the Hebrew Old Testament, and for the New Testament he gathered together as much as he could of the scraps of the Greek New Testament (hundreds of fragments were available at that time. Many, many more have since been discovered.) and for the missing pieces (the passages and, in some cases, nearly entire books for which there was no extant Greek text at the time) he did an interesting thing: he translated the Vulgate (the Latin, which, originally was translated from the Greek) back into Greek. The 1611 KJV, the "authorized version" was then a beautiful Elizabethan translation of: the original Hebrew for the OT and, for the NT, a hodgpode of Greek and Latin which had been translated from Greek which was then retranslated back into Greek. The only thing "authorize

By revcp, # Sep 9, 2008 4:43:37 PM

great widget

By kabat1, # Sep 6, 2008 11:27:34 AM

thank you, so much

By malade, # Sep 4, 2008 1:38:08 PM

Oh wow! This is a great fictional story! Really enjoyed it!

By Rilenator, # Sep 4, 2008 0:02:14 AM

haha. are you guys out of your mind LOLOLOL

By uelizino, # Aug 23, 2008 7:03:50 PM

Cant download the software on my nokia 6230.

By emmasikes, # Aug 3, 2008 0:05:43 AM

tanks

By giorsb, # Jul 21, 2008 8:17:30 PM

I cannot change the version. I wanted the Good News translation, or the Jerusalem Bible or the New American Bible. Even the Douay Rheims would've been nice. I guess until you change the versions, I am going to go elsewhere. Its hard to find affordable Bible study software that includes Catholic Bibles.

By seremina, # Feb 16, 2008 2:11:14 AM

magal8a

By emedicine, # Feb 9, 2008 8:27:19 AM

I know this will fall on deaf ears but unless you have the original Greek, Hebrew or Aramaic text, ALL others are translations or revisions. People do the best they can with the language they are using in their time and place. In some instances there are no direct or perfect translations from the original languages. I use the KJV along with other translations but remember, the Bible was written long before 1611. Study the original text and see for yourself.

By Canon30D, # Dec 3, 2007 4:35:02 AM

I'm looking for Bible software, not really sure if this is what I'm looking for, but I currently use a Bible in HTML format from johnhurt.com, think I'll continue looking for the moment.

By mytearsarereal, # Oct 31, 2007 3:39:15 PM

Any chance of a version for us pastifarians?

By Hairball, # Sep 21, 2007 8:44:31 PM

I wonder if you could use the http://www.greekbiblestudy.org/ database... It has great study capabilities. You could probably partner with http://www.biblememory.us/ to send memory verses by widget, too.

Personally, I don't find the random verses concept all that useful (I already have the BibleMemory.us Emails), especially since no memory (like that of BibleMemory.us's) or study (like GreekBibleStudy.org's) tactic is applied. But don't think that I disagree with your endeavor; press on!

By Jesdisciple, # Aug 18, 2007 6:11:38 AM

Marvelous, indeed..wish Firefox had something like this. I'm new to Opera, the more I see I like it alot. It seems to be more stable than FF at times. One thing, Please , I beg you, in the name of Jesus, stay with only the KJV, all other versions are perversions.

By kwgpc, # Jun 19, 2007 10:15:02 PM

Thanks guys. I've never posted a comment on here back to you all. I'm glad you like the widget.. I'm going to have a little go at updating and expanding it.. to make it look nicer and to perhaps add a little search box where you can search verses! But i'm a bit busy at the moment with school work and my upcoming exams.. Keep checking back though!

By kcleworth, # May 30, 2007 4:03:26 PM

Hey I love this widget. Could you make it "multi-versioned"?
Also, I don't know about everybody else, but comments (like from Florian7 and JoanRC) shouldn't be put here. Just because they don't agree with this widget, doesn't mean that it shouldn't exist.

Anyway, You go kcleworth! Keep the faith!

By cjow88, # May 1, 2007 1:15:03 AM

dued thanks a whole bunch can you look verses up?

By mikeoo92, # Apr 25, 2007 4:30:12 AM

Florian7 is quite right. Unfortunately, religion is becoming more politicized these days. I think the best way to combat religion is by studying religion. Therefore, I have downloaded the free bible software from eSword. This software allows the user to compare several dozen different translations, along with the translator's notes from a few. I have also bookmarked sites that allow me to view different versions of the Tao Te Ching as well.

I would suggest that the widget stick with the King James version simply because it is the mostly widely available version.

Anyone who wants to argue about the reliability of any version of the Bible should try to match wits with Farrell Till in his biblical errancy newsletter.

By JoanRC, # Apr 17, 2007 6:41:24 AM

By far the most literal version is NASB, I prefer it over any other, a few i would use are the King James version and the New King James Version. Romans 10:9 that if you confess with you mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;

By mrbrownt, # Apr 14, 2007 0:34:54 AM

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