bible-data

Sources & Licensing

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Summary table

Lang Slug Name Year License Reader
ar svd الكتاب المقدس فان دايك (Smith-Van Dyck) 1865 public-domain open
cs bkr Bible kralická 1613 public-domain open
da dansk1931 Dansk Bibel 1931 1931 public-domain open
de elb1905 Elberfelder Bibel 1905 1905 public-domain open
de luth1912 Lutherbibel 1912 1912 public-domain open
en asv American Standard Version 1901 public-domain open
en dra Douay-Rheims American Edition 1899 public-domain open
en geneva1599 Geneva Bible 1599 1599 public-domain open
en kjv King James Version 1769 public-domain open
en web World English Bible 2000 public-domain open
eo lsb La Sankta Biblio 1926 public-domain open
fr darby-fr Bible Darby Française 1885 public-domain open
fr lsg Louis Segond 1910 1910 public-domain open
fr martin1744 Bible David Martin 1744 1744 public-domain open
gr tr Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550) 1550 public-domain open
he aleppo Aleppo Codex 1000 public-domain open
he wlc Westminster Leningrad Codex 2008 wlc-license open
hu kar Károli Biblia 1908 public-domain open
it diodati Bibbia Diodati 1649 1649 public-domain open
it riveduta Bibbia Riveduta 1927 1927 public-domain open
la clem Clementine Vulgate 1592 public-domain open
la vulg Biblia Sacra Vulgata 405 public-domain open
nb nb1930 Norsk Bibel 1930 1930 public-domain open
nl dutch1917 De Heilige Schrift 1917 1917 public-domain open
pl bg Biblia Gdańska 1632 public-domain open
pt almeida-livre Almeida 1819 (Bíblia Livre) 1819 public-domain open
ro vdc Biblia Cornilescu 1924 public-domain open
ru synodal Синодальный перевод 1876 public-domain open
sv sv1917 Bibeln 1917 1917 public-domain open
uk kp Куліш-Пулюй (1905) 1905 public-domain open
vi vi1934 Kinh Thánh 1934 1934 public-domain open
zh cuv 和合本 (Chinese Union Version, Traditional) 1919 public-domain open
zh cuvs 和合本 (Chinese Union Version, Simplified) 1919 public-domain open

License tags

Tag Meaning
public-domain Text is in the public domain in the source jurisdiction and most others.
cc0 Released under Creative Commons Zero (effectively public domain).
cc-by Creative Commons Attribution.
cc-by-sa Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike.
wlc-license Westminster Leningrad Codex license — free copy, distribute, modify.

Jurisdictional notes

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