OpenScripture
A customisable, translation-aware Bible app for comparing published translations, learning source-language words, and seeing manuscript certainty in context.
Spot translation differences
Circled symbols show where published translations part ways, helping familiar wording avoid becoming an unnoticed bias.
Customise verses smoothly
Verse Locks keep your chosen rendering for a verse inside a translation-aware Composite reading experience.
Learn source-language words
Word Locks tie Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words to a chosen rendering, reinforcing vocabulary as you keep reading.
Read with manuscript context
Textual certainty markers bring scholarly manuscript-confidence data into everyday reading where data exists.
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OpenScripture now has full reader data for the current reader-visible catalogue, so you can read, compare, search, and study across complete books.
Two deeper layers are still expanding: the full set of translation-difference explanations, and complete word-alignment/interlinear coverage across every translation. Where those layers are not finished yet, OpenScripture keeps the reader honest and shows what data is available.
Comparison
Translation difference symbols
Circled numbers mark places where translations diverge in meaning. They help protect against unnoticed bias by showing when one familiar wording is not the only responsible way the passage has been rendered.
Publisher footnotes stay visually separate: each translation's own letters, numbers, or symbols appear inside a small muted square. You should never have to guess whether a mark is a comparison cue or a publisher note.
Manuscript context
Textual certainty markers
Textual certainty markers introduce scholarly-level manuscript data into everyday reading. Where imported scores exist, OpenScripture marks wording that rests on more debated manuscript evidence.
Stable readings stay quiet. More uncertain places become visible at the level you choose in Reading Options, so the reader remains useful for devotional reading and serious study.
the only begotten God
John 1:18 — stronger underlines indicate lower manuscript confidence.
Reading experience
Translation-aware reading modes
Four reading modes let you choose how much comparison sits in front of you for supported passages. Composite is the flagship: one smooth reading surface shaped by Verse Locks and Word Locks while the rest follows your baseline translation.
Published mode reads one translation as originally published. AI Translation generates from source-language texts with selectable style and emphasis where AI data is available. Interlinear aligns Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek script with transliteration and English where word data exists.
Composite
Build your own Bible with Verse Locks and Word Locks. To set a Verse Lock, choose the translation you want in the verse drawer and tap "Lock it in". To create a Word Lock, tap a word, open Word Study, and tie that Strong's word to your chosen rendering (for example logos, λόγος, or Word). Verse Locks set the full verse, and Word Locks guide matching words elsewhere.
Original languages
Learn source-language words
Learn the original languages as you read. Where word data exists, tap a word to see its original form, transliteration, Strong's number, morphology, concise definition, and frequency across Scripture.
You can also open the same entry in Blue Letter Bible or BibleHub when you want a fuller article or parallel translations on those sites.
Try Word Study (interactive demo)
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Click any highlighted word above to preview Word Study details.
Customisation
Word Locks and Verse Locks
Verse Locks provide unprecedented customisation: choose the published rendering you want for a verse and keep it inside a smooth, translation-aware Composite reading flow.
Word Locks are a language-learning tool. Tie one source-language word (by Strong's) to your chosen rendering across aligned Composite verses, then keep seeing that vocabulary choice as you read.
Free and Guest mode include two active Word Locks and five Verse Locks. Guest locks stay on that device and do not sync anywhere; signed-in Free accounts sync the same allowance.
A Word Lock can show transliteration (logos), original script (λόγος), or English. When both lock types apply to the same verse, Word Lock first is the default; you can switch to Verse Lock first under Profile → Account → Lock appearance.
Try locks (interactive demo)
In the beginning was the Word.
This preview uses the app default: when both are on, your word substitution still appears inside the verse-locked wording. Under Profile → Account → Lock appearance you can choose Verse lock wins instead.
Word Locks are great for language learning: keep seeing the same chosen rendering each time that source word appears.
Built for Careful Reading
OpenScripture is for pastors, teachers, students, and everyday readers who want translation choices, source-language links, and manuscript confidence to be visible without getting in the way.
The traditions presented here are generalisations — starting points for exploration, not portraits of every individual who holds these views. The richest engagement with these questions happens not on a website but in respectful conversation with gentleness and humility, seeking truth together with fellow followers of Christ.
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