ubs: Bible Search package

ubs

ubs is a free Bible Search package for UNIX, OS/2, and other platforms. It provides a flexible method for searching the Bible by regular expression or by complete words. It will output your search results in several formats, including plain ASCII, LaTeX, and HTML. One of its most powerful features is a user interface which integrates it with the Emacs text editor. It also includes support for creating a Bible search engine for your Web site. The structure of ubs lends itself to the creation of other user interfaces, including GUIs. The primary supported translation is the Project Gutenberg King James Version, although preliminary support for other translations is included in the package. You may download the KJV and several other translations here. Please send me your feedback about ubs!

Translations

 As I mention above, ubs is designed around the Project Gutenberg KJV, but has provisions for supporting other translations. I have searched the Web for additional free plain-text English Bibles, and I've found the American Standard Version, Darby Translation, and Young's Literal Translation. All of these translations are in the Public Domain. I have converted all of these translations to ubs format. You may download them here. If you find any other free translations, please let me know.

I do not want to charge for ubs, so I have no plans to buy licensing rights for copyrighted translations. If only a Bible publisher or Bible society would allow free download of their text while continuing to sell printed copies, life would be wonderful, but that doesn't seem to be the way things work. Therefore, I doubt that I will be adding a link that says Download the NIV any time soon. :-( If you want this situation to change, please write your favorite Bible publisher or society and say so!

Downloads

Sample output from ubs

 A DVI viewer is required to view the DVI files, whereas a Postscript viewer is required to view the Postscript files. A number of different viewers may be used to read the PDF files, but they will probably look nicest when viewed by the Adobe Acrobat Reader. The DVI files were created by LaTeX. The Postscript files were created by running dvips against the DVI files. The JPG files were created from the first page of the DVI files, and should give an idea of how the LaTeX output would appear if it were printed.

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