WJohnson brought up on WikiEN-L that Bible quotes were pointing to (a) external sites (b) that made fraudulent claims of copyright over public domain translations.
After a bit of discussion, Magnus Manske hacked together the BibleBay! A given chapter and verse range, listed in all translations on WikiSource.
Suggested additions: 1. The original Hebrew or Greek the section is translated from. 2. Links to an external site with the New International Version. 3. The future canonical version.
Update: Greek and NIV links added. And … try this.
That’s nice, but it’s useless to me until it includes the LOLCat Bible:
“So liek teh Ceiling Kitteh lieks teh ppl lots and he sez ‘Oh hai I givez u me only kitteh and ifs u beleeves him u wont evr diez no moar, k?'”
Er, disregard that comment. This is teh best app EVAR!
Nicely done. Personally I’d prefer links to the New Revised Standard Version. The NIV is a very popular version, but as a translation it’s really very good, and tends to reflect mainstream Christian biases in giving an interpretive translation. When I was reading in this area many years ago, I noticed that more scholarly writers, and even the more intelligent books for a popular audience, tend to quote the NRSV rather than the NIV.