Bible for MeAll of these texts are public domain or openly licensed, which is what lets us include every one of them in the free app with no per-translation purchase. Where a text is New Testament only or partial, the table says so.
English
| Translation | Abbr. | Audio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| World English Bible | WEB | Narrated | Modern English, public domain. The default reading and listening translation. |
| King James Version | KJV | Narrated | The 1769 standard text. About the KJV audio Bible. |
| American Standard Version | ASV | Narrated | 1901. Literal, formal, and the base for many later translations. |
| Young's Literal Translation | YLT | Text | Word-for-word rendering that keeps the original tenses. |
| Bible in Basic English | BBE | Text | A limited-vocabulary translation, easy for new readers and non-native speakers. |
| Douay-Rheims | DRA | Text | The traditional Catholic English Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate. |
| Webster's Bible | WBT | Text | Noah Webster's 1833 revision of the KJV with updated vocabulary. |
| Weymouth New Testament | WNT | Text | New Testament only. A readable early-1900s translation. |
| Tyndale Bible (1525) | TYN | Text | Partial. The first printed English New Testament and the Pentateuch. |
| Wycliffe Bible (1395) | WYC | Text | The first complete English Bible, in Middle English. |
Other languages
| Language | Translation | Abbr. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Čeština (Czech) | Bible kralická | BKR | The classic Czech Protestant Bible. |
| Dansk (Danish) | Danske Bibel | DAN | |
| Deutsch (German) | Luther Bibel (1545) | LUT | Martin Luther's translation in its 1545 edition. |
| Ελληνικά (Greek) | Νεοελληνική Μετάφραση | GRM | Modern Greek. |
| Ελληνικά (Koine Greek) | Tischendorf | TIS | New Testament only. The original-language Greek text, useful for study. |
| Español (Spanish) | Sagradas Escrituras (1569) | SSE | The Reina "Biblia del Oso" text, ancestor of the Reina-Valera. |
| Français (French) | Bible Martin (1744) | MAR | |
| Hrvatski (Croatian) | Hrvatska Biblija | CRO | |
| Italiano (Italian) | Riveduta (1927) | RIV | |
| Kiswahili (Swahili) | Biblia Takatifu | SWA | New Testament, partial. |
| Latina (Latin) | Vulgata Clementina | VUL | The Clementine Vulgate. |
| Magyar (Hungarian) | Károli Biblia | KAR | |
| Nederlands (Dutch) | Statenvertaling | SVV | |
| Norsk (Norwegian) | Bibelselskap (1930) | NOR | |
| Polski (Polish) | Biblia Gdańska | PGD | |
| Português (Portuguese) | João Ferreira de Almeida | ALM | |
| Português (Portuguese) | Bíblia Livre | BLT | A modern Brazilian Portuguese translation. |
| Русский (Russian) | Синодальный перевод | SYN | The Synodal translation. |
| Suomi (Finnish) | Pyhä Raamattu (1933/38) | FIN | |
| Svenska (Swedish) | Svenska Bibeln (1917) | SV17 | |
| Tagalog | Ang Biblia (1905) | TGL | |
| Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese) | Kinh Thánh Tiếng Việt (1934) | VIE | |
| Українська (Ukrainian) | Переклад Огієнка | UKR | The Ohienko translation. |
| עברית (Hebrew) | Westminster Leningrad Codex | WLC | Old Testament. The original-language Hebrew text. |
| 中文 (Chinese, Traditional) | 和合本 (繁體) | CUT | Chinese Union Version. |
| 中文 (Chinese, Simplified) | 和合本 (简体) | CUS | Chinese Union Version. |
| 日本語 (Japanese) | 口語訳聖書 | JKG | The Colloquial Japanese Bible. |
| 한국어 (Korean) | 개역한글 | KOR | Korean Revised Version. |
How translations work in the app
- One tap to switch. Tap the translation badge at the top of the reader, or set a default in Settings. Your chapter, highlights, and plan progress stay put.
- Read in one, listen in another. If you're reading a text-only translation and tap Listen, the app narrates the same chapter from your audio translation and shows both. Handy for hearing English while reading Spanish, or the reverse.
- Original languages for study. The Hebrew (WLC) and Greek (Tischendorf) texts are included, and word study on any verse shows the Hebrew or Greek behind the English with Strong's definitions.
- Search works in every translation, by reference or by word.
Why public-domain translations?
Modern copyrighted translations like the NIV, ESV, and NLT require licensing fees per app and often per user, which is one reason many Bible apps charge subscriptions or show ads. Bible for Me is built on public-domain and openly licensed texts so that all 38 translations can be free, bundled, and offline for everyone. The World English Bible in particular is a careful modern-English revision of the ASV, and it reads naturally out loud.