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Public domain
The Berean Standard Bible is a complete modern-English translation produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. It was dedicated to the public domain on April 30, 2023 — no permission is needed to read, copy, quote, or memorize it, which is why it is Whetstone’s default and the only translation with narrated audio.
Licence termsPublic domain
The King James Version is in the public domain in the United States — its copyright expired long ago. No permission is needed to read, copy, or quote it.
Licensed
The publisher’s notice arrives with the text itself. Open a chapter in NLT — or come back online — and it will appear here.
Licensed
The publisher’s notice arrives with the text itself. Open a chapter in NKJV — or come back online — and it will appear here.
Licensed
The publisher’s notice arrives with the text itself. Open a chapter in NIV — or come back online — and it will appear here.
Licensed
Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Used here for non-commercial personal study.
www.esv.orgPublic domain
Public domain, marked CC PD Mark 1.0. No permission is needed to read or quote it.
CC PD Mark 1.0Public domain
Public domain, marked CC PD Mark 1.0. No permission is needed to read or quote it.
CC PD Mark 1.0Public domain
Public domain, marked CC PD Mark 1.0. No permission is needed to read or quote it.
CC PD Mark 1.0Public domain
Public domain, marked CC PD Mark 1.0. No permission is needed to read or quote it.
CC PD Mark 1.0Public domain
Public domain, marked CC PD Mark 1.0. No permission is needed to read or quote it.
CC PD Mark 1.0Licensed
Not public domain — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Shared here under that licence, which requires attribution and share-alike.
CC BY-SA 4.0Chapter narration is the Berean Standard Bible recordings served by the HelloAO Free Use Bible API. No licensed translation carries narrated audio — none of those publishers offer a feed, and their licences don’t permit a synthesized voice to stand in for one.