The power of the e-Sword
Posted by twotalents on March 3, 2006
Yesterday I installed e-Sword, a free software program. To call e-Sword a Bible program would be less than fair. Not only is it that, it’s also a study program for the Christian faith. The basic e-Sword download comes with the King James translation, complete with Strong’s numbers and the words of Christ in red text. It also comes with Strongs Bible dictionary. However, there are a myriad of other files that can be added to the basic program, all of which is free (there are a handful which cost but most are free, including some user-contributed files). Allow me to list the components that I installed with the basic e-Sword program:
- Young’s Literal Translation of the Bible
- John Darby’s commentary
- John Gill’s commentary
- Matthew Henry’s commentary (the big one; the concise version is also available)
- The NET (New English Translation); a deal between the NET Bible folks and e-Sword
- The NET notes (which are extensive indeed)
- Thayer’s Greek definitions
- Rev. Clarence Larkin’s charts
- 2000+ Bible illustrations
- 9 volumes of the Ante-Nicene fathers
- Encyclopedia of Bible facts
- Philip Schaff’s “History of the Christian Church”
- Spurgeon’s “Morning and Evening” devotions
- A.W. Pink, collection #1
- Three studies of John Piper
Great stuff….and totally free! Plus, e-Sword has functions for Scripture memory verses, tracking prayer requests, comparing Bible translations, paralleling translations, creating your own study or topic notes a much, much more. It’s a fantastic program. I prefer the NASB, but you have to pay the Lockman Foundation a fee to unlock that download. Since I’m not fond of the KJV I’m glad the NET Bible folks have allowed it to be available with e-Sword. You have to go to bible.org and register for free to get it (and the notes), but it’s worth the slight effort. If you desire a solid software program for the Bible (and more) that has numerous options–and is FREE–give e-Sword a try.
