Translations and original languages
English Bible translations, the Hebrew behind the Tanakh, Arabic with tafsir for the Quran, and graded Hadith narrations.
Bible translations
Every Bible verse carries 6 English translations. BSB (Berean Standard Bible) is the default: modern English, translated from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, and displayed first in results.
| Version | What it is | When to reach for it |
|---|---|---|
| BSB | Berean Standard Bible | Default. Clear modern English, close to the original languages |
| KJV | King James Version (Pure Cambridge Edition) | Traditional wording, familiar phrasing |
| ASV | American Standard Version | Very literal, formal equivalence |
| JPS | JPS Tanakh 1917 | Jewish translation of the Hebrew scriptures |
| NIV | New International Version | Widely used in churches, readable balance |
| WEY | Weymouth New Testament | Modern English — New Testament only |
Switching versions happens in the verse panel: open a verse, pick a version from the dropdown, and the text swaps in place.
The original text
- Hebrew — selecting JPS on an Old Testament verse reveals the Hebrew text beneath the English, displayed right-to-left.
- Arabic — Quran results show the Arabic verse with the surah name, plus the tafsir (classical commentary) where one exists for that ayah.
- Hadith — narration in Arabic and English, with its authenticity grade shown as a badge.
Hadith coverage
Hadith is curated rather than exhaustive: 432 narrations, cross-referenced to the Quran and the Bible. They come from three collections — Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and Sunan Abu Dawud — each carrying its traditional authenticity grade: Sahih (sound), Hasan (good), or Daif (weak).
That curation is deliberate. The narrations included are the ones that carry context the Quran and Bible alone do not, such as Bukhari 4:584 on the Zamzam spring, which explains the “barren valley” of Quran 14:37.
What is in the database
| Text | Verses or narrations |
|---|---|
| Old Testament / Tanakh | 23,145 |
| New Testament | 7,957 |
| Quran | 6,236 ayat |
| Hadith | 432 narrations |
37,770 passages, all searchable from a local index and all held in the app rather than fetched per search.