Study the King James Bible

The whole Bible on one page, with the tools to study it.

Search every verse in seconds. Look behind the English to the Hebrew and Greek. Read ten classic commentaries beside the text. Build handouts for your group.

No installNo accountWorks offline

A small sample of eleven verses. The full app searches all 31,102.

66books, each with an overview and outline
10commentaries, verse by verse
~3,000people, with family trees
~1,200places on an interactive map
316Old Testament quotations in the New

What it does

One verse opens onto everything known about it.

Under each result are buttons for the next step. Click any word in a verse for its dictionary entry, its topic, a word study, or the modern meaning of an old word.

Look behind the English

See the original words and how the sentence is built.

  • Hebrew and Greek words with Strong's numbers, pronunciation and meaning
  • A verse breakdown: thou or ye (one or many), verbs, clauses, who speaks to whom
  • Hebrew accent marks that show how the Masoretes divided each verse
  • Word studies and side-by-side word comparisons

Read with the commentators

Open a second column beside the chapter and the notes follow your place.

  • Ten works, from Matthew Henry and John Gill to Calvin, Clarke, Wesley and Scofield
  • Search about thirty million words of commentary at once
  • See which notes elsewhere cite the verse you are reading
  • Your own study notes appear at the same verses

Follow the story

Dates, places and people tied to the text.

  • Ussher's date beside every verse, plus four interactive timelines
  • A map of the Bible lands with 18 journeys, including Paul's voyages
  • Family trees, including both lines of Christ in Matthew and Luke
  • Weights, measures and money worked out in modern terms

Compare passages

Parallels and quotations side by side, with shared words marked.

  • A harmony of the Gospels in 185 sections and 52 parables
  • Kings beside Chronicles, or any two to four passages you choose
  • All 316 New Testament quotations of the Old, ready to present
  • Lists of miracles, prophecies fulfilled, types and titles of Christ

Read your way

A reader with paragraph or verse layout and reading plans.

  • Whole Bible in a year, in order of events, or in 90 days
  • Gospels, Psalms or Proverbs in 30 days
  • Listen to a chapter read aloud
  • Red letters, translators' notes and old words explained

Keep what matters

Your work stays on your device.

  • Save verses, add notes, highlight in four colors
  • Your own colored tags, searchable like any word
  • Memorize with hidden words, in five levels of difficulty
  • Turn any verse into a shareable picture

Mind maps

See the shape of a whole book, then turn it in 3D.

A mind map draws a book as a ring of its parts and sections, with the themes that join them. Groups such as the Gospels, the prophets and the letters open as one constellation you can lay out by time and place, or stack by book and turn with your mouse or finger.

Study notebook

Write the lesson where the Bible is.

The notebook is a document editor made for Bible study: true outlines, references that become links, notes kept for the leader only, a handout, a presenter mode, and Word and PDF export. Your own lines then appear beside the verses wherever you read.

For pastors and group leaders

A study notebook that prepares the lesson and runs the room.

Prepare

  • Collect passages, comments, headings and notes in the order you teach them
  • Outline a book with true I. A. 1. a. numbering that keeps its shape
  • Type a reference such as Rom 5:8 and write the verse text under it with one key
  • Import an existing outline from Word, PowerPoint or PDF
  • Mark notes as leader-only so they never reach the group

Teach and share

  • Present full screen in large type, one point at a time, with a separate leader's window and timer
  • Print a clean handout, or save as PDF or Word
  • Send a study file that anyone using the app can import and add to
  • Keep a backup of every study in one file

The library inside

Reference works, all in the public domain.

Easton's Bible DictionaryClick any word for its entry.
Nave's and Torrey's topical BiblesEvery verse on a subject.
Hitchcock's Bible NamesWhat about 2,600 names mean.
Strong's numberingHebrew and Greek behind the English.
Textus Receptus (Scrivener)The Greek behind the King James New Testament.
Westminster Leningrad CodexThe Hebrew Old Testament with morphology.
Morgan's Analyzed BibleOutlines behind the interactive mind maps.
Ussher's chronologyThe dates printed in many King James margins.

Get started

Five steps, then you are studying.

  1. SearchType a word, a phrase or a reference such as John 3:16 in the box at the top.
  2. ReadChoose Read, then pick a book and chapter. Step through with the arrow keys.
  3. Study a verseUse the buttons under any result: Context, Cross-refs, Greek or Hebrew, Commentary.
  4. Click a wordGet its dictionary entry, topic, word study or older meaning.
  5. Keep itSave the verse, add a note or tag, and find it again under Saved.

Everything else is under the More menu, grouped by purpose and searchable. The full manual is always one press of F1 away. Press / anywhere to jump to the search box.

Download the appKJVExplorerPro.zip

Questions

Before you try it

Does it need the internet or an account?

No. It is one page that runs in your browser, with nothing to install and no sign-in. Your saved verses, notes, tags and studies stay in your browser and are never sent anywhere.

How do I keep my notes safe?

Use More, then Back up my notes and highlights, to save everything in one small file. Restore it on another computer or browser. Clearing your browser's site data erases your notes, so back up now and then.

Which Bible text does it use?

The King James Version is built in, and the study tools were prepared for it. You can load another text from a file in the same format, though some tools switch off for it.

Are the commentaries on the same page?

The commentaries and the mind maps are kept in separate folders because of their size, and the app reads only the book or map you open. On the published page there is nothing to set up. If you host your own copy, upload those folders beside the main file.

Can I use it with a group?

Yes. Present a study on a projector, print a handout, or send a study file. Each person opens their own copy of the app and imports it.