Status:  Shareware, searches Old Testament and gospels.  The rest of the New Testament is available for
perusal, but not searches until after the shareware fee is paid.  ($14.00).

Programmed in:  Visual Basic 6.0

What it is:      This program is a simple text searcher that can search for any words or
                               phrases found in the Bible.  It comes with three translations, although
                               they are very similar to each other, and the wording in some verses may
                               be identical.  The three are King James, American Standard, and the
                               World English Bible (tm).  The World English Bible (WEB) is the most
                               modern version of these three.  It is based on the American Standard
                               version (written around 1900).  If you want to learn more about the
                               WEB, read on...  Otherwise, skip on down to the instructions.
                              
                               The World English Bible is based on the American Standard version.  
                               The reason I used these three translations is because they are  not tied 
                               down with copyright laws.  Therefore, I could make and distribute this 
                               program  much more economically than Bible programs that have to
                               charge you  for copyright  fees, which are required of anyone using the
                               NIV or NASB or  most other  modern english versions. 
                               The modern english version, (called World English Bible ^TM ), has been
                               compiled by Rainbow Missions,  Inc.  Their project has been to modernize
                               the language in the American Standard Version from the  early 1900s and
                               make available one of the few (if not the only) modern english  version that
                               is public domain.  It is an on-going project.  Some of the books of
                               the O.T. have not yet been modernized and still use the archaic grammar of
                               American Standard version from 1900.  See their web site if you want
                               more information about their project.     http://eBible.org

New in version 3.3   More exclusion words can be entered as a search criteria.  A text file
                                authentication system has been added as a guard against tampering or
                                any other form of text file corruption.

Registration:     Both the Old and New Testaments of all translations may be
                               examined freely using this program without registering, BUT the search
                               functions are limited to the Old Testaments and four gospels only (of
                               all translations) until a $14 shareware fee is paid and a password entered.  
                               The program has instructions about how to do this.  No information would
                               be required from you other than an email address and your name so I
                               can contact you.  I do not give these out to anybody.  I respect
                                your privacy.  


Minimum system     Windows 95/98/ME/ XP systems with a standard display, mouse,
Requirements:          and 13 MB of free hard disk space. I would recommend at least a
                                    pentium processor 166 MHz or faster, with at least 32 Mb of RAM,
                                    though I have run it successfully on older systems.  Most modern
                                    computers should run it as fast as you could wish.  

                                    I have now tested this program on a Windows 2000 platform and
                                    it ran successfully -- and on XP as well.
                                  
                                                    
Installation
Instructions:      Click on the download link below, and then click on 'Run from
                                   this location', (or Netscape users click on 'open using').  Then
                                   click okay, and the installation process should take over and guide
                                   you through the rest of it.  Internet Explorer users will get a security
                                   warning -- this is normal.  Disregard it (by clicking 'Yes') if you
                                   decide that you trust this source.

Click here to
  download:                  download Bible Text Searcher      (6.1 MB file)

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