Zondervan Bible Search is a free, powerful, and flexible Bible search tool from Zondervan that allows you to search for words and phrases, look up verses, and read whole passages. Multiple English translations are instantly accessible, and you can compare two translations side-by-side. You can set preferences and register (for free) so that the program remembers your preferences when you use it. Click here to access this tool: Zondervan Bible Search.

For a quick search or for looking up a verse in an English translation, this is one of the handiest tools we have found. You can copy and paste directly from Zondervan Bible Search into your Word document, but please note: small caps are not preserved when copying and pasting so LORD comes out Lord.

Here is the main screen. Do not let it fool you; there is a lot more to this program, which is an online version of Zondervan's powerful Pradis® Bible software.

Here is a list of the available English translations.

Here are the partial results of a sample search.

You can compare two translations side-by-side.

Here are the Passage tab options.

Here is the Manage All Preferences dialog.

The program includes six pages on online help. Here is a sample.

In the Passage mode, full information about the current translation is available.

The Keyword dialog offers a host of search-related options to enable you to customize searches and how search results are displayed.

The Passage dialog is used for going directly to a verse in the Bible.

Clicking the Open Book icon allows you to read an entire chapter of the Bible.

Clicking the Forward Chapter icon positions you at the next chapter.

Clicking the Forward Book icon positions you at the next book.

Search results can be displayed in different ways. Here is an example of the Concordance Mode.

This handy tool can save you a lot of time. If you copy and paste verses and passages from it, you will ensure that what you copy and paste is free from spelling and punctuation mistakes. Please keep in mind what we noted above, when copying and pasting into Word, small caps are not preserved so LORD comes out Lord.

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