The World English Bible (WEB)

A bound and printed New Testament plus Psalms and Proverbs is now available.

The Old Testament

The 5 books of Moses -- the Law

• Genesis *6*
• Exodus *6*
• Leviticus *3*
• Numbers *2*
• Deuteronomy *1*

History

• Joshua *1*
• Judges *1*
• Ruth *1*
• 1 Samuel *1*
• 2 Samuel *1*
• 1 Kings *1*
• 2 Kings *1*
• 1 Chronicles *1*
• 2 Chronicles *1*
• Ezra *1*
• Nehemiah *1*
• Esther *1*

Wisdom Literature

• Job *5*
• Psalms *7*
• Proverbs *7*
• Ecclesiastes *5*
• Song of Songs *5*

The Prophets

• Isaiah *2*
• Jeremiah *1*
• Lamentations *1*
• Ezekiel *1*
• Daniel *1*
• Hosea *5*
• Joel *5*
• Amos *5*
• Obadiah *5*
• Jonah *5*
• Micah *5*
• Nahum *5*
• Habakkuk *5*
• Zephaniah *5*
• Haggai *5*
• Zechariah *5*
• Malachi *5*

The New Testament

The Life of Jesus and the Early Church

• Matthew *7*
• Mark *7*
• Luke *7*
• John *7*
• Acts *7*

Letters from the Apostle Paul

• Romans *7*
• 1 Corinthians *7*
• 2 Corinthians *7*
• Galatians *7*
• Ephesians *7*
• Philippians *7*
• Colossians *7*
• 1 Thessalonians *7*
• 2 Thessalonians *7*
• 1 Timothy *7*
• 2 Timothy *7*
• Titus *7*
• Philemon *7*

General Letters from Apostles and Prophets

• Hebrews *7*
• James *7*
• 1 Peter *7*
• 2 Peter *7*
• 1 John *7*
• 2 John *7*
• 3 John *7*
• Jude *7*

Prophecy - messages from God for the present and the future

• Revelation *7*

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The World English Bible is available for download in various formats:

• webhtm.zip contains HTML
• webtxt.zip contains plain ASCII text
• webrtf.zip contains Rich Text Format (import into Microsoft Word or other word processors)
• webgbf.zip contains General Bible Format (from which the other formats are generated)
• webtex.zip contains LaTeX files
• web.pdf (whole Bible) and webnt.pdf (New Testament + Psalms + Proverbs) are Adobe Portable Document Format files.
• web_olb.zip contains a one verse/line ASCII database without poetry/prose formatting
• WEBforTR.zip contains text for TomeRaider for Win 95/98 and Psion EPOC32 devices.
• MP3 format audio files from AudioTreasure.com

You can use Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) and MD5SUM to verify the integrity of the above .zip archives. Revision status is given in seal.txt.

A bound, printed copy of the New Testament plus Psalms and Proverbs of the World English Bible is now available.

The World English Bible is a Modern English update of the American Standard Version of 1901. The translation and review is currently in progress, so please check back from time to time for updates. If you find any typos or have any comments on this translation, please send email to editors@eBible.org.

This translation is in the Public Domain, so feel free to copy, publish (for free or for a price), and use it. You don't need to pay any royalties or even to ask for any additional permission. You already have permission to publish, copy, and distribute the World English Bible as much as you want to in any form (spoken, written, paper, electronic, etc.). We do ask that you update your copy that you publish periodically until the World English Bible editing is done, as a courtesy to your readers (and not as a requirement). If you make any changes to the text of the World English Bible, we do ask that you not call it the World English Bible any more, to avoid confusion, unless you get specific permission from us to do so.

For more information on this translation, please see the World English Bible Frequently Asked Questions.

The World English Bible may also be found on other www sites, such as the Biblical Prophecy Resource Center and Biola University's site.

Since the World English Bible is still a work in progress, the numbers after the book names indicate the approximate status of each book:
*1* Automated conversion from the ASV of 1901 completed: no quotation marks, and some of the grammar is still archaic.
*2* In the process of its first manual revision.
*3* First manual revision completed.
*4* - *6* Proofreading & accuracy check in progress.
*7* "Done" (but not frozen) and stable enough to commit to print (but please tell us if you find a typo or translational issue anyway, and we will make any well-justified corrections).

Look for the meanings of words like cubit, selah, and denarius in the Glossary. These words are not common Modern English, but are necessary to preserve the historical and literary form of the Holy Bible.

. This page was last updated 21 October 2000. Please see seal.txt for the revision date of the Bible files.

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