The main window is divided into three frames:  1) the text of the Bible (center), 2) a dictionary frame (bottom) and 3) a commentary frame (right).  Any of these frames can be maximized to fill the screen. In addition, there is a Bible "tree" along the left side which lets you quickly and easily select a book and chapter.  By dragging the frame boundaries, you can resize the frames. Various layout options allow you to redesign the placement of these features to your own taste.

When you are viewing a translation that includes Strong's numbers, you can place the cursor over a number and a tootip will appear with the text from Strong's dictionary for that word.  Similarly, you can place the cursor over a scripture reference in the commentary frame, and a tootip will display the text of the verse.

The commentary frame includes two additional tabs at the top, labeled Study Notes and Topic Notes. Each one lets you write your own commentary on a given passage or topic, and supports "rich edit" features--selectable font face, color and style, indentation, line and paragraph spacing, etc.--to give your notes a very professional look.  In addition, there are numerous books and documents you can download and view in the Topic Notes, including the Westminster Confession, Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Calvin's Institutes and works by such authors as Josephus and Alfred Edersheim.

Other design features include 

• a built-in prayer calendar where you can keep a list of prayer requests and can schedule each one to be displayed just once, or on a regular basis.
• a built-in daily devotional tool which shows you the devotion(s) for the current day.  You can also browse devotions for other days.  Various devotional collections, such as Spurgeon's Morning and Evening, are available for download.  You can select which collection to view via tabs at the top of the window.
• a built-in Bible reading tool, including a wizard that lets you select which books or passages of scripture you wish to include in your reading plan.  You can set it to come up automatically when you start up e-Sword, or bring it up at any time while the program is running, and it will start with the chapter following the one you finished reading the last time you used this tool.  You can save multiple Bible reading plans, and bring up the one you wish to use.  This could be useful for different family members, or if you want to read through the Old and New Testaments in parallel.
• a graphics viewer, that lets you view maps and photos.  Zoom and pan functions are supported.  The e-Sword website has numerous collections you can download, and, once installed, you can select which collection you wish to view by selecting its tab along the top of the window.  Then, you can choose which map or photo you wish to view from a drop-down list.  When you select an image to view, an associated narrative is displayed in a scrollable text box on the right side of the window.
• a STEP Reader, which lets you view electronic books, including those from other software programs that support the STEP format.

Available Bible translations include: ESV, KJV, KJV with Strong's numbers, KJV with Apocrypha, ASV, NASB (for a fee), Darby, Amplified, Analytical-Literal New Testament, Bible in Basic English, CEV, Douay-Rheims, Geneva Bible, Good News Translation, International Standard Version (with maps), The Message, World English Bible, Webster, Weymouth, Young, and several others.  Also, there are numerous foreign language Bibles available.

There are also several ancient language texts available, including numerous Greek texts (TR, Wescott-Hort, etc.), Hebrew OT, LXX (Septuagint) and Latin Vulgate.  Many of these include Strong's numbers, which make it easy to look up words in the selected dictionary.  The Westcott-Hort Greek text includes N27/UBS4 variants and complete parsing information for each word.
 

If you are willing to spend a few dollars, you can order the Bible Library Suite, Platinum Edition CD, which adds, among other things, the NASB, NIV, Strong's dictionary, B-D-B Hebrew Lexicon and Thayer's NT Greek Lexicon.  The lexicons and Strong's dictionary are all linked via Strong's numbering to the KJV.  Also included in this library is narration by James Earl Jones., and many other valuable tools—over 70 in all!  Other CD's are available as well.

In addition to the public domain translations (KJV, ASV, Darby, Webster, Apocrypha, etc.), you can also purchase unlock codes to access a modern copyrighted translation, such as the NASB, NIV, NKJV, NLT, etc.

What I like most about the Online Bible is the vast number of really good resources available:  Including major works by A. W. Pink, John Gill, C. H. Spurgeon and John Bunyan, as well as great creationist materials by Ken Ham and Henry Morris.

Note: Other Bible texts (NIV, NASB, NKJV, Greek, Hebrew, Latin) can be unlocked by paying a fee to Logos Research Systems.

The NASB was updated in 1995.  This new revision of the NASB preserves the accuracy and objectivity for which the original is known, but eliminates the use of Elizabethan English ("Thee", "Thou", etc.) in prayers.
 

• the language is brought up to date (it eliminates "Thee", "Thou", "hadst", etc.)
• it is based on the best manuscript evidence currently available (this is not a "Textus Receptus" translation)
• it avoids the Anglican biases that tainted the KJV (e.g. translating "overseer" as "bishop")

Here is how the preface describes the translation philosophy behind the ESV:

The ESV is an "essentially literal" translation that seeks as far as possible to capture the precise wording of the original text and the personal style of each Bible writer. As such, its emphasis is on "word-for-word" correspondence, at the same time taking into account differences of grammar, syntax, and idiom between current literary English and the original languages. Thus it seeks to be transparent to the original text, letting the reader see as directly as possible the structure and meaning of the original.
In contrast to the ESV, some Bible versions have followed a "thought-for-thought" rather than 'word-for-word" translation philosophy, emphasizing "dynamic equivalence" rather than the "essentially literal" meaning of the original. A "thought-for-thought" translation is of necessity more inclined to reflect the interpretive opinions of the translator and the influences of contemporary culture.
Every translation is at many points a trade-off between literal precision and readability, between "formal equivalence" in expression and "functional equivalence" in communication, and the ESV is no exception. Within this framework we have sought to be "as literal as possible" while maintaining clarity of expression and literary excellence. Therefore, to the extent that plain English permits and the meaning in each case allows, we have sought to use the same English word for important recurring words in the original; and, as far as grammar and syntax allow, we have rendered Old Testament passages cited in the New in ways that show their correspondence. Thus in each of these areas, as well as throughout the Bible as a whole, we have sought to capture the echoes and overtones of meaning that are so abundantly present in the original texts.
As an essentially literal translation, then, the ESV seeks to carry over every possible nuance of meaning in the original words of Scripture into our own language. As such, it is ideally suited for in-depth study of the Bible. Indeed, with its emphasis on literary excellence, the ESV is equally suited for public reading and preaching, for private reading and reflection, for both academic and devotional study, and for Scripture memorization.

My chief complaint is that it lapses into gender-neutralization at Psalm 8:4-6, where the word "man" is translated "human race", "him" is pluralized to "them", "son of man" is rendered "mankind", etc.  Thankfully, this does not occur at the parallel passage in Hebrews 2:6-8, where the context applies the Psalm to Christ, and the phrase "son of man" is preserved, keeping the identification with Christ intact.

The NET website offers the NET in numerous formats, including:

• Free! download in HTML Help format or as Word files
• Printed form (leather bound)
• As software for your Palm Pilot or Pocket PC
• In the Logos Library System for your PC

• Evangelical Gleanings, a magazine published 6 times a year.

• FreeGrace Broadcaster, a magazine published quarterly, with articles by Spurgeon, the Puritans, etc.
• Printed sermons and articles by C. H. Spurgeon, A. W. Pink, and others. 

• Tracts by Jim Elliff and others.

• Credenda Agenda, a magazine published bimonthly, with articles by Douglas Wilson, Douglas Jones, and others.

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