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Kenneth Amis
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November 5, 2014 - 2:11 am

I was wondering if anyone has an iPad (or Android) Bible app recommendation. What I would be looking for is a bible app that does the following:

  1. offers a download of both New Revised Standard Version & KJV
  2. allows for side-by-side reading of the different translations (I’d like to compare these two translations)
  3. allows for highlighting of verses
  4. can print/email all user notes/bookmarks
Ken
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leering

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December 8, 2014 - 9:25 pm

Ken,

If you have not already downloaded it, the Bible Gateway app meets most of your requirements.

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Also the Bible app is similar.

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I am unsure as to whether it will allow parallel reading for Android descriptions are not complete.. Parallel study can easily be accommodated by the following:

  • either migrate to something like a Samsung Note 4 or other Android product which will allow true multitasking of apps. The screen on my Note 4 Android phone is large enough to allow two reading apps to be open side by side.
  • purchase or upgrade to an Android device that is running Lollipop, the just released update of Android. It is just rolling out as an update and not all devices will receive it. Check with your device manufacture to see if your device will qualify for the update.
  • Also, look into using the functionality of Evernote or Onenote for maintaining organization within your research projects. You will never have to play 52 Card Pickup again. They are bot cross platform programs and applications.

The Bible Gateway app will allow you to sync all of your notes and highlights to the cloud.

If you have a desktop or newer laptop and have not moved to multiple monitors yet, then you are missing out on a new world in the ability to research. I am a senior citizen and have three monitors ranging from 24″ to 32″ and the synergies to accomplish research more than offsets the investment. Besides it looks really impressive so people think that I know what I am doing. ;-)  

JMTCW

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Lef

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October 4, 2015 - 9:04 am

Leering:

Thanks, reading your post reminded me to revisit Evernote which is a huge help to organise.

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RAhmed

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October 13, 2015 - 5:29 pm

This isn’t related exactly to what you asked, but since this thread is called Bible study tech, I actually put out an interactive Bible family tree app which can come in pretty handy when reading through the Bible.  You can select any two people to see their relationship to one another.  By double-tapping on them you can see where the person first appears, read their wiki article within the app, and see a list of the person’s direct relatives (parents, siblings, children, cousins, and grand kids).   Here’s a link if anyone is interested ** you do not have permission to see this link **

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October 13, 2015 - 8:42 pm

RAhmed said
This isn’t related exactly to what you asked, but since this thread is called Bible study tech, I actually put out an interactive Bible family tree app which can come in pretty handy when reading through the Bible.  You can select any two people to see their relationship to one another.  By double-tapping on them you can see where the person first appears, read their wiki article within the app, and see a list of the person’s direct relatives (parents, siblings, children, cousins, and grand kids).   Here’s a link if anyone is interested ** you do not have permission to see this link **

That is very handy indeed!  Thanks for posting the link.  I was afraid you were going to say you had an app to let people trace their family trees back to Adam!  Some amateur “genealogists” do make that claim…..

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RAhmed

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October 13, 2015 - 8:49 pm

Lol that would be quite the claim.  Coincidentally my family tree is traced back to Muhammad (not that I believe it’s accurate).  I took that and connected him back up to Abraham using Ibn Ishaqs genealogy of Muhammad (which again I don’t actually believe is accurate at all).  I then took that and hooked it up to Adam using the genealogy in the Bible (which I don’t believe is accurate either).  So yes, I can claim to be the 116th generation from Adam! 😉

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