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 numbers show where published translations part ways, so a familiar wording does not quietly become the only one you know.
Customise verses smoothly
Verse Locks keep your chosen rendering for a verse - allowing you to mix-and-match your bible translation to best reflect the nuance of the original language.
Learn source-language words
Word Locks tie Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words behind the English translation to a chosen rendering, reinforcing your expanding vocabulary as you read!
Read with manuscript context
Textual certainty markers bring scholarly manuscript-confidence information into your everyday reading awareness.
Free Premium until 3 March 2027
Everyone with an account receives free Premium automatically until 3 March 2027 after signing in. The founding offer is about 50% off the first paid year: exact 50% on web and Google Play, and Apple's closest local price point.
You can also gift a year of Premium with the same 50% founding discount — A$12 instead of A$24 until 3 March 2027.
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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 layers are still filling in: the explanations behind translation differences, and word-by-word links to the Hebrew and Greek. Where a chapter has no data yet, the app shows nothing rather than a guess. See current status for live coverage.
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
Four 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 currently explains the replacement AISE Bible (Study Edition), AIRE Bible (Reader Edition), and AIDE Bible (Dynamic Edition) taking shape; no AI Bible wording is published there yet. 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 let you 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 My OpenScripture → 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 My OpenScripture → Lock Appearance you can choose Verse Lock first instead.
Word Locks are great for language learning: keep seeing the same chosen rendering each time that source word appears.
Built for close reading
OpenScripture is for everyone — pastors, teachers, students, and everyday readers who want translation choices, source-language links, and manuscript confidence to be visible without getting in the way.
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