SwordSearcher Bible Software Version 5 For Windows With Theology,Maps,Commentary: King James, Wycliffe, Darby,Textus Receptus, Luther, Easton, Fausset, Hitchcock,Strong,Spurgeon,Albert Barnes,Burkitt Clarke, Jamieson-Fausset-Brown,Keil and Delitzsch,Newell,Poole,Scofield,Spurgeon,John Wesley,Larkin, and more

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Product Features

• 2007 People's Choice award winner! Bible search instantly: You will find Bible verses instantaneously, immediately seeing every verse you are looking for with any given word, group of words, or phrase.
• Instantly find all relevant study material by verse reference: You will research references on a Bible verse or passage quickly, because SwordSearcher's library is indexed by Bible verse. All you do is tell SwordSearcher's Verse Guide the verse or passage you need indexed, and instantly you will have every entry in each book, topical guide, dictionary, or commentary that references that verse.
• Know what is available at a glance: You will see at a glance the available reference material for each verse, because SwordSearcher displays links to relevant reference material next to each verse.
• Easily share Bible verses in email or other documents: You will improve your productivity by allowing SwordSearcher to copy Bible verses into your documents for you. Whether you are writing a letter in Word or composing an email, inserting the text of a verse is just a few key presses away.
• Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/VISTA

Product Details

• ASIN: B0009G2K12
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 17, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,603 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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Product Description

Product Description
Whether you are a accomplished Bible scholar or reading the scriptures for the very first time, you'll find SwordSearcher to be a fantastic resource. For one thing it is really, really fast. You can easily search for specific Bible verses, words, or phrases instantly, without even reading the tutorial or help file.

There's an absolute wealth of information at your disposal. Not only can you quickly view passages, but you can keep lists of verses, margin notes, etc.

The interface is incredible easy to use. There's a wealth of information contained within this program. It's obvious that the author (Brandon Staggs) has been studying, collecting, and categorizing these resources for years.

Not only is the King James Version included, but also Strong's Links, the American Standard, Darby's translation, Dutch Statenvertaling, Geneva Bible, King James 2000, Luther German, Louis Segond French version, Spanish Reina Valera,Textus Receptus, Tyndale's, World English Bible, Westcott-Hort Critical Text, Wycliffe translation, and Young's Literal Translation. You can compare versions, show book reference links.

You can reference commentary from some of the most notable sources: Wesley, Abbot, Burkitt, Clarke,Darby, Scofield, Spurgeon and others. This is a very comprehensive collection.

You can set bookmarks so that you can return easily to your favorite passages, or quickly find your place during your course of study.

And the illustrations are fascinating! SwordSearcher contains hundreds of illustrations, maps and charts. Some entries have links to the illustrations which you can view while reading them. Or you can scan through the Rightly Dividing the Word illustrations, Easton illustrations or the incredible collection of maps, which really helps you understand the the scripture within the ancient geographical boundaries.

You can also copy verses, or write your own commentaries, for sermons, Bible study classes or for your own personal use.

SwordSearcher also features daily devotionals, where you read select scripture verses for a morning and evening devotional. You could also select a particular day, and print these up for a Bible class study. You can also read the Proverb of the Day.

SwordSearcher is a comprehensive yet easy to use Bible resource for anyone who wants to attain a better understanding of the Scriptures and learn as much as possible during the time devoted to Bible study.

Product Description
SwordSearcher Bible Software is the 2007 Peoples Choice Award Winning software, voted on by thousands of people in the general public in over 80 different countries at the annual Software Industry Conference. SwordSearcher Bible Study Software provides users with many tools to enhance Bible study. SwordSearcher has an intuitive interface that is easy to learn and use, for both devotional and in-depth Bible study. Now there are additional library resources, including the original 1611 edition of the King James (Authorized) Bible, Matthew Poole's complete Bible commentary, and more for students of Christianity. In addition to making Bible searches fast and simple, SwordSearcher includes a Topic and Verse Guide function designed to make accessing a vast amount of library material as simple as typing in a verse reference or subject. A user of the software can specify any verse reference or passage to study, and SwordSearcher will instantly show them every book, commentary, topical, or dictionary resource that references the verse or passage. SwordSearcher's Bible display presents Bible text in a columnar format with links to reference material to the side of each verse. While browsing Bible text, any verse that inspires desire for further study can be deeply researched with just a few clicks, often completely removing the need for text searching altogether. All text in SwordSearcher is tightly integrated so that navigating between resources and verses is seamless. SwordSearcher's library includes over 50 library resources, including commentaries, topical guides, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other books, and hundreds of maps, charts, and illustrations.

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33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Huge Bible study library, May 5, 2005

By	Brandon Staggs (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Bible Texts:
King James Version
Optionally displays words of Christ in red lettering.
King James Version with Strong's Lexicon Links
Each English word is linked to definitions for Hebrew and Greek words from Strong's Concordance.
King James 1611 Edition
The 1611 edition retaining original spellings.
Wycliffe Translation
The first complete English translation ever made, by John Wycliffe. Completed in 1382 and revised in 1388, taken from an 1850 printing retaining the original form of English used.
Tyndale Translation
The first English New Testament translated from Greek by William Tyndale. Also includes Tyndale's translation of the Pentateuch and Jonah. Retains the original form of English used.
Geneva Bible
Another early translation that was a precursor to the KJV.
Bishops Bible
Published in 1568.
American Standard Version
John Darby's Translation
World English Bible
Young's Literal Translation
King James 2000
Textus Receptus Greek New Testament
Greek New Testament, Stephens 1550 edition with Scrivener 1894 variants as footnotes.
Critical Greek New Testament
Greek New Testament, Wescott & Hort 1881 edition with NA27/UBS4 variants as footnotes, included for comparison purposes.
Reina-Valera
Spanish, 1909
Luther Bible
German, 1912
Louis Segond
French, 1910
Statenvertaling
Dutch, 1637

Dictionaries:
American Tract Society Dictionary of the Holy Bible
M.G. Easton's Bible Dictionary
Third edition. Includes 277 maps and illustrations.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By the co-author of the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown commentary, Andrew Robert Fausset.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
One of the largest Bible encyclopedias.
The King James Bible Companion
Defines over 500 words as used in the King James Bible.
Morrish Bible Dictionary
Published by George Morrish, 1899.
Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language
Over 60,000 word definitions, frequently using Scripture as examples. Far more useful in Bible study then more recent editions.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
The complete work as prepared by William Smith. "Every subject, place and event mentioned in the Bible-- carefully identified and accurately defined."
Strong's Hebrew and Greek Lexicons
James Strong's popular lexicon of Hebrew and Greek. Used in connection with the KJVSL SwordSearcher Bible text, linking each definition to the English words.
Books:
Rightly Dividing the Word
Including 55 charts and illustrations. Clarence Larkin, 1920.
Andrew Miller's Church History
by Andrew Miller (1810-1883), published circa 1881.
Osborn's Biblical History
H. S. Osborn's Classbook of Biblical History and Geography.
Bounds on Prayer
Necessity of Prayer, Essentials of Prayer, Reality of Prayer, Purpose in Prayer, Weapon of Prayer, Power of Prayer, and Prayer and Praying Men. By Edward M. Bounds (1835-1913).
Charles Finney's Systematic Theology
Lectures by Charles Finney
Crowned With Glory
The Bible from Ancient Text to Authorized Version, by Dr. Thomas Holland. Traces the history of the Bible from inspiration to translation.
Great Preaching of the Faith
458 sermons and 450 subject indexes, from Calvin, Edwards, Finney, McCheyne, Moody, Morrison, Sunday, Torrey, Wesley, and Whitefield.
Spurgeon Sermons
Over 700 sermons preached by C.H. Spurgeon.
Fox's Book of Martyrs
The classic work chronicling slain believers throughout the history of the Church. Edited by William Byron Forbush.
Seven Books by Sir Robert Anderson
The Coming Prince, Forgotten Truths, The Gospel and its Ministry, The Lord from Heaven, Redemption Truths, The Silence of God, and Types in Hebrews. By Sir Robert Anderson.
Books by Alfred Edersheim
Sketches of Jewish Social Life and The Temple: Its Ministry and Services
Commentaries:
John S. C. Abbott and Jacob Abbott's Commentary on the New Testament
Albert Barnes' Notes on the New and Old Testaments
By Albert Barnes, published 1832-72.
William Burkitt's Expository Notes on the New Testament
By William Burkitt, 1703.
Calvin's Commentaries
Verse-specific commentary from the Calvin Translation Society edition of John Calvin's Commentaries.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible
By Adam Clarke, 1826.
John Darby's Chapter Synopses
A commentary focusing on each chapter, rather than each individual verse, of the Bible. By John Nelson Darby.
Family Bible Notes
Geneva Bible Commentary
Commentary from the 1599 edition of the Geneva Bible.
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
By John Gill (1690-1771).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, and David Brown; Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
Keil and Delitzsch Old Testament Commentary
By Karl Keil and Franz Delitzsch, 1866.
Larkin's Commentaries on Daniel and Revelation
The Book of Revelation, 1919; The Book of Daniel, 1929. Clarence Larkin. Includes 61 charts and illustrations.
Lightfoot's commentary on the Gospels
Gospel commentaries in From the Talmud and Hebraica by John Lightfoot.
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary
The entire commentary by Matthew Henry.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Matthew Henry's smaller devotional commentary.
Newell's Romans, Verse by Verse
The People's New Testament Commentary
New Testament Explanatory Notes by B. W. Johnson. (Published originally in two volumes, 1889 and 1891.)
Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy Bible
English Annotations on the Holy Bible, by Matthew Poole, 1685.
C.H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening Devotional
Quite possibly the best daily devotional ever published, by C. H. Spurgeon.
Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Published in 1917, C. I. Scofield's commentary on the Bible.
The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
McGarvey and Pendleton's Gospel commentaries, and J.W. McGarvey's commentary on Acts.
C.H. Spurgeon's Treasury of David
C. H. Spurgeon's mammoth seven-volume commentary on the Psalms, unabridged version.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
500,000+ cross-references, specially designed for understanding the Biblical usage of words.
A. T. Robertson's New Testament Word Pictures
John Wesley's Bible Notes
By John Wesley.
Topical Bible Guides:
Harmonies and Chronologies
Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia
A. S. Johnson, 1896. "Designed for those who have but little time for study."
Thompson Chain Topics
Possibly the most popular topical Bible ever published.
Nave's Topical Bible
R.A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook
by Reuben Archer Torrey, 1897
The Fundamentals
Edited by R.A. Torrey, published 1917. Various essays on Biblical doctrines.

Maps and Illustrations:
30 Color Maps
From J. L. Hurlbut's Historical Geography of the Bible.
100+ Illustrations by Clarence Larkin
Included with Rightly Dividing the Word and Larkin's Commentaries on Daniel and Revelation, by Clarence Larkin.
277 Maps and Illustrations from Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Included with the text of the third edition of Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Bible Software, January 9, 2006

By	J. Foster "ThreePea" (Deeeeetroit, Michigan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

In my personal categorization of Bible Software there are three main classes - First, you have the commerical "bigwigs" - Logos, QuickVerse, Bibleworks, etc. Some of these are good, some are bad. Most cost hundreds of dollars.

Second, you have "commercial but affordable software", usually written by one person or a small group of people. There are actually very few Bible software packages that fall into this class that I could find, though SwordSearcher is one of them.

Third, you have freeware and shareware packages, also usually written by a small group of people. Packages in this class range from awful to very good, with the best one being eSword.

In my experience, for the average lay person wanting to engage in a deeper study of Scripture, the quality of software in the latter two classes often rivals that of the big commercial hotshots. I found out the hard way. After spending $200 on one of the big packages I found myself continuously frustrated attempting to do even the basics - searching, cross referencing, storing of my own notes, etc. I held out longer than I should have simply because I spent so much money on the dumb thing. But in the end the pain won out and I sold it to some poor soul on eBay.

But now what to do? SwordSearcher to the rescue! For the money, SwordSearch is one of the best values out there. It's strengths are its clean and efficient interface and its search options. The effectiveness and ease of Swordsearcher's various search and indexing features simply wipes the floor with any other package I've used, freeware, shareware, or commercial. Its the only product I found that allows you to search for a specific word, topic, or verse reference across all Bibles, books, commentaries, and personal study notes with one fell swoop.

Another nice feature is it's Verse List, which consolidates all the verses from a search, or from a particular book entry, into its own pane. This allows you to actually do more with the verses without losing sight of the original list or having to work around a search results popup window.

It comes with a wide range of commentaries, dictionaries, and books, some more useful than others. However, the software is KJV-only, so if you're looking to compare various translations you won't find it here. This may or may not be a negative for you. The only other real negative that I could find is the included maps and images - they are old and archaic, and seem very out of place in such an otherwise fine product. This is easily remedied, however, by visting the swordsearcher_help yahoo group and downloading some updated maps and images. These are the only two reasons it did not garner a 5-star rating from me.

Even though I am not a "KJV-only" person, I have found SwordSearcher to be such a compelling product that I use it almost exclusively for my day-to-day study and collection of my personal commentary, notes, and illustrations. I usually only hop out of SwordSearcher to eSword when I want to do a translation comparison with some modern translations.

All in all, I highly recommend SwordSearcher.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Bible Study Software, February 26, 2006

By	Jeff "JEF" (Titusville, Florida) - See all my reviews

I ordered this product via the Amazon.com site, but it was shipped from the retailer. I had it shipped at the slow 5 to 9 day rate, but it was still delivered two days after I ordered it. Apparently, the retailers, Study Lamp, provide excellent customer service.

The software itself is outstanding. There are a variety of Bibles and even Hebrew and Greek interpretation. Plus, there are numerous reputable concordances and commentaries on Biblical text. It makes doing Bible research both easy and enjoyable.

What I also liked about this software is that you can install it directly on your hard drive, and then store the CD away. I always hated having to hunt down the CD and pop it in the CD-Rom every time I wanted to access a program.

I would not hesitate to purchase from these vendors again. Thanks Study Lamp and thank you Amazon.com.