Sources

The texts and datasets behind Kingdom Reader

Kingdom Reader is built on freely available, openly licensed Bible texts and scholarship. Every source listed below is either in the public domain or released under a permissive license. We believe Scripture and the tools to study it should be accessible to everyone.

Bible Translations

King James Version (KJV)

Public Domain

Primary Bible translation. Full text of all 66 books, Old and New Testament.

Source: scrollmapper/bible_databases

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Public Domain

Modern English translation from the original Hebrew and Greek (completed 2020 by a team funded by Bible Hub). Dedicated to the public domain (CC0) on 2023-04-30. Used for search indexing, passage structure, and section headings.

Source & public-domain dedication: berean.bible/terms.htm

World English Bible (WEB)

Public Domain

An update of the 1901 American Standard Version into contemporary English (1994–2020). The "World English Bible" name is a name trademark of eBible.org — the text itself is fully public domain.

Source: ebible.org/eng-web · licensing FAQ

Septuagint in American English (LXX2012)

Public Domain

Brenton's 1851 Septuagint translation updated to contemporary American English by Michael Paul Johnson (2012). Brenton's original is public domain by age; Johnson's edits are explicitly dedicated to the public domain.

Source: ebible.org/eng-lxx2012 · copyright statement

Brenton Septuagint Translation (1851)

Public Domain

Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton's 1851 English translation of the Greek Septuagint, based primarily on Codex Vaticanus. Public domain by age.

Source: ebible.org/eng-Brenton · copyright statement

Majority Standard Bible (MSB)

Public Domain

Byzantine Majority Text variant of the BSB — the BSB Old Testament plus a New Testament translated from the Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Majority Text. Dedicated to the public domain (CC0) on 2023-04-30 alongside the BSB.

Source: majoritybible.com · public-domain dedication

Interlinear Texts & Lexicons

STEPBible Greek New Testament (TAGNT)

CC BY 4.0

Complete Greek New Testament with word-by-word interlinear display — Strong's numbers, transliteration, glosses, morphology, and text-critical variants.

Attribution: Tyndale House, Cambridge · STEPBible-Data

STEPBible Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT)

CC BY 4.0

Complete Hebrew Old Testament with word-by-word interlinear display — Strong's numbers, transliteration, glosses, morphology, and Qere/Ketiv variants.

Attribution: Tyndale House, Cambridge · STEPBible-Data

STEPBible Hebrew & Greek Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG)

CC BY 4.0

Definitions for every Hebrew and Greek lemma in the Bible, keyed by Strong's number.

Attribution: Tyndale House, Cambridge · STEPBible-Data

Topical & Reference Works

Nave's Topical Bible

Public Domain

5,320 topics covering themes, people, places, and doctrines across the entire Bible. Originally compiled by Orville J. Nave in 1896.

Source: neuu-org/bible-topics-dataset

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Public Domain

622 doctrinal and thematic topics compiled by R.A. Torrey in 1897.

Source: neuu-org/bible-topics-dataset

Easton's & Smith's Bible Dictionaries

Public Domain

Definitions for biblical terms, people, and places. Easton's (1893) and Smith's (1863).

Source: neuu-org/bible-topics-dataset

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Cross-References)

CC BY

Over 340,000 cross-references linking related verses across the Bible.

Source: openbible.info

Liturgical Works

Book of Common Prayer (1662)

Public Domain

The 1662 Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England. Includes the liturgical calendar, all Sunday and holy day collects, the full orders for Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer, and occasional prayers and thanksgivings.

Source: Church of England

Other Data

Red Letter Markup

Public Domain

Identification of the direct words of Jesus for red-letter display, derived from KJV OSIS markup.

Source: seven1m/open-bibles

Licensing

All sources used by Kingdom Reader are either in the public domain or released under Creative Commons licenses that permit free use with attribution. We are grateful to the scholars, translators, and open-source communities who have made these resources available.

CC BY 4.0 materials are used in accordance with their license terms. Attribution is provided above and in the application where applicable.