Comments on: The Current state of Bible reading on the Kindle http://www.kindlechat.com/amazon-kindle/kindle-1/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/ News, Reviews, and Helpful Tips for the Amazon Kindle Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:42:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: anthony Baker http://www.kindlechat.com/amazon-kindle/kindle-1/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-583 anthony Baker Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:22:23 +0000 http://www.kindlechat.com/2007/12/12/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/#comment-583 osnova, Very cool that you can verse jump and chapter navigate. Looks so much better. Buying that now. By any chance are there different versions of the bible with these features? I really like the NKJV and The Message versions. Thanks! osnova, Very cool that you can verse jump and chapter navigate. Looks so much better. Buying that now. By any chance are there different versions of the bible with these features? I really like the NKJV and The Message versions.

Thanks!

]]> By: anthony Baker http://www.kindlechat.com/amazon-kindle/kindle-1/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-582 anthony Baker Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:18:14 +0000 http://www.kindlechat.com/2007/12/12/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/#comment-582 Oh this is a real blessing I found this page. I was so dissapointed when I recieved my Kindle. The very first thing i did was download the NKJV Bible and start reading but was then smacked in the face with the navigational nightmare of working your wat around books and chapters and verses. ugh! Very daunting and extremely lacking in fnctionality. I mean, how does one even find Romans 1:5 for example. Jumping straight to a book, chapter and verse...? impossible! Then when you finally are in the scripture you want to be in, there is nothing on the top of the page telling me where I am, just a criptic location number. Very dissapointing. Bible reading is the only reason why I bought the Kindle in the first place. At first I was thinking this was the lack of the Kindle. But I am seeing now after reading the above, some of it is because of the bible kindle version itself. osnova , thanks for posting those links. I will check that out immediately and hope it helps. Right now I hate my Kindle. Hoping that will change. The font adjusting and the way the text looks on the screen is fabulous but the navigation is a nightmare. Oh this is a real blessing I found this page. I was so dissapointed when I recieved my Kindle. The very first thing i did was download the NKJV Bible and start reading but was then smacked in the face with the navigational nightmare of working your wat around books and chapters and verses. ugh! Very daunting and extremely lacking in fnctionality. I mean, how does one even find Romans 1:5 for example. Jumping straight to a book, chapter and verse…? impossible! Then when you finally are in the scripture you want to be in, there is nothing on the top of the page telling me where I am, just a criptic location number. Very dissapointing. Bible reading is the only reason why I bought the Kindle in the first place.

At first I was thinking this was the lack of the Kindle. But I am seeing now after reading the above, some of it is because of the bible kindle version itself. osnova , thanks for posting those links. I will check that out immediately and hope it helps. Right now I hate my Kindle. Hoping that will change.

The font adjusting and the way the text looks on the screen is fabulous but the navigation is a nightmare.

]]> By: Jared http://www.kindlechat.com/amazon-kindle/kindle-1/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-580 Jared Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:42:59 +0000 http://www.kindlechat.com/2007/12/12/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/#comment-580 What you're looking for is an <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%255Fss%255F0%255F17%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dinterlinear%2520bible%2520hebrew%2520greek%2520english%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Dstripbooks%26sprefix%3DInterlinear%2520Bible&tag=akchat-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" title="search for Interlinear Bibles" rel="nofollow">interlinear Bible</a>. Unfortunately, I've not been able to find a good interlinear for the Kindle. However, there are many good resources available as a hardback or paperback. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%255Fss%255F0%255F17%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dinterlinear%2520bible%2520hebrew%2520greek%2520english%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Dstripbooks%26sprefix%3DInterlinear%2520Bible&tag=akchat-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" rel="nofollow">Interlinear Bibles at Amazon</a> What you’re looking for is an interlinear Bible. Unfortunately, I’ve not been able to find a good interlinear for the Kindle. However, there are many good resources available as a hardback or paperback.

Interlinear Bibles at Amazon

]]> By: C Barnard http://www.kindlechat.com/amazon-kindle/kindle-1/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-579 C Barnard Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:11:10 +0000 http://www.kindlechat.com/2007/12/12/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/#comment-579 I am looking for a bible for the Kindle in Hebrew as well as English. Any suggestions? I am looking for a bible for the Kindle in Hebrew as well as English. Any suggestions?

]]> By: Thomas http://www.kindlechat.com/amazon-kindle/kindle-1/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-576 Thomas Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:42:12 +0000 http://www.kindlechat.com/2007/12/12/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/#comment-576 Here is a free version of the KJV for Kindle. It does have navigation for books and chapters. Sufficient for my uses. If I am going to preach I'll take my "real" Bible. http://believingthomas.org/uncategorized/bible-kjv-in-kindle-format-for-free Here is a free version of the KJV for Kindle. It does have navigation for books and chapters. Sufficient for my uses. If I am going to preach I’ll take my “real” Bible.

http://believingthomas.org/uncategorized/bible-kjv-in-kindle-format-for-free

]]> By: osnova http://www.kindlechat.com/amazon-kindle/kindle-1/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-565 osnova Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:21:30 +0000 http://www.kindlechat.com/2007/12/12/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/#comment-565 Clint, After my version of KJV (see above), I have just finished converting the NET Bible with all of its 60,000 notes (Greek text and all) to the Kindle format with the Direct Verse Jump navigation. They will be posting it soon to Amazon. If ESV does something similar (or if they ask me to do it), navigation cannot be easier. Each note is hyperlinked within the text. Once you finish reading the note, you can return to the text by pressing "Back" In my version, all cross-references in the notes are hyperlinked to the main text, so it is much easier to jump from verse to verse just by following the hyperlinks and then returning to where you started by pressing "Back." If you need a new starting position, all you need to do is enter something like "jn.3.16" or "1co.13.4" in the search window and press twice on the "find" icon and you are there. Clint,

After my version of KJV (see above), I have just finished converting the NET Bible with all of its 60,000 notes (Greek text and all) to the Kindle format with the Direct Verse Jump navigation. They will be posting it soon to Amazon. If ESV does something similar (or if they ask me to do it), navigation cannot be easier. Each note is hyperlinked within the text. Once you finish reading the note, you can return to the text by pressing “Back” In my version, all cross-references in the notes are hyperlinked to the main text, so it is much easier to jump from verse to verse just by following the hyperlinks and then returning to where you started by pressing “Back.” If you need a new starting position, all you need to do is enter something like “jn.3.16″ or “1co.13.4″ in the search window and press twice on the “find” icon and you are there.

]]> By: Clint http://www.kindlechat.com/amazon-kindle/kindle-1/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-560 Clint Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:28:38 +0000 http://www.kindlechat.com/2007/12/12/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/#comment-560 I know this is an older post, but how about an update on the blog about this topic? Do you use the Kindle for bible reading more than a regular one at this point? Have you tried the ESV Study Bible for Kindle? I'm intrigued by that one, because that's the one I use regularly in book form. The idea of having that (which is very, very thick and heavy) on a Kindle seems amazing, but I wonder how the experience of going between the text and study notes will work. I know this is an older post, but how about an update on the blog about this topic? Do you use the Kindle for bible reading more than a regular one at this point? Have you tried the ESV Study Bible for Kindle? I’m intrigued by that one, because that’s the one I use regularly in book form. The idea of having that (which is very, very thick and heavy) on a Kindle seems amazing, but I wonder how the experience of going between the text and study notes will work.

]]> By: osnova http://www.kindlechat.com/amazon-kindle/kindle-1/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-554 osnova Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:53:15 +0000 http://www.kindlechat.com/2007/12/12/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/#comment-554 We have just released what we believe is the most useful electronic Bible currently available on the Kindle for $1.99. For the first time, it incorporates the Direct Verse Jump navigation method. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002TG4P8Q To get a free sample and to learn how to use all of its features, please visit: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=631067 We have just released what we believe is the most useful electronic Bible currently available on the Kindle for $1.99. For the first time, it incorporates the Direct Verse Jump navigation method.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002TG4P8Q

To get a free sample and to learn how to use all of its features, please visit:

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=631067

]]> By: Bible Verses http://www.kindlechat.com/amazon-kindle/kindle-1/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Bible Verses Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:51:52 +0000 http://www.kindlechat.com/2007/12/12/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/#comment-12 Superior post.Preserve the smashing work,You should definitely have to keep updating your site Superior post.Preserve the smashing work,You should definitely have to keep updating your site

]]> By: Kathy Ewing http://www.kindlechat.com/amazon-kindle/kindle-1/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Kathy Ewing Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:37:37 +0000 http://www.kindlechat.com/2007/12/12/the-current-state-of-bible-reading-on-the-kindle/#comment-11 I'm delighted to find another Kindle devotee interested in the current state of the bible on Kindle. When I read at home, I prefer to have several translations, a decent commentary for the book I'm reading, bible dictionary, plus prayer notebook and pen. Obviously, I have to have a nest for all that. I do not expect Kindle at this early stage to offer all the "helps." Having your review comparing the NIV and TNIV is helpful. What I'm really looking for is a Bible in a Year in any translation. That sort of format is readable when I'm away from home and a valuable adjunct to my personal quiet time. Have you heard any "talk" about offering one of the Bible in a Year formats for the Kindle? If not, would it be best for me to contact Bible.org.? I have no idea where to start. God bless, Kathy I’m delighted to find another Kindle devotee interested in the current state of the bible on Kindle. When I read at home, I prefer to have several translations, a decent commentary for the book I’m reading, bible dictionary, plus prayer notebook and pen. Obviously, I have to have a nest for all that. I do not expect Kindle at this early stage to offer all the “helps.” Having your review comparing the NIV and TNIV is helpful. What I’m really looking for is a Bible in a Year in any translation. That sort of format is readable when I’m away from home and a valuable adjunct to my personal quiet time. Have you heard any “talk” about offering one of the Bible in a Year formats for the Kindle? If not, would it be best for me to contact Bible.org.? I have no idea where to start.

God bless,

Kathy

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