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 DomainPrimary Bible translation. Full text of all 66 books, Old and New Testament.
Source: scrollmapper/bible_databases
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Public DomainModern 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 DomainAn 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 DomainBrenton'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 DomainSir 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 DomainByzantine 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 4.0Complete 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 4.0Complete 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 4.0Definitions 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 Domain5,320 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 Domain622 doctrinal and thematic topics compiled by R.A. Torrey in 1897.
Source: neuu-org/bible-topics-dataset
Easton's & Smith's Bible Dictionaries
Public DomainDefinitions 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 BYOver 340,000 cross-references linking related verses across the Bible.
Source: openbible.info
Liturgical Works
Book of Common Prayer (1662)
Public DomainThe 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 DomainIdentification 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.