| Application
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Operating Systems
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Window Layout
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Several texts open at same time?
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Text Display
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Ancillary texts
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Parallel display
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Daily Devotion
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Search Features
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Dictionary Look-up
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Verse Lists
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Localization Support
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GUI Languages
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RtoL Language Support
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Portable
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Special Features
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| Alkitab Bible Study
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Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
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Two-pane with tabs and library navigation on right
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yes
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verse, block, poetry layout
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no
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yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| BibleDesktop (JSword)
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Any system with Java (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
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Two-pane with tabs and library navigation on right
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yes
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verse, block, poetry layout
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no
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yes - including commentaries
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yes
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Bible search with wildcards
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Manual look-up
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Lists in left-hand pane
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Yes
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English, German, Farsi, Chinese, Vietnamese
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Yes
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Portable version
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word-by-word comparison of Bible versions
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| BibleTime (see also Kio-Sword)
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Linux
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Multiple windows with flexible arrangement and library navigation on left
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yes
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Search in open modules; Strong's number or lemma search
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Strongs, parsing (automatic)
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Yes
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Yes
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| BPBible (wxPython)
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Windows, Linux
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1-7 tiled subwindows, repositioning/hiding of panes.
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no
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verse, block, poetry layout
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no
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no
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no
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regex and wildcard searches, indexed searches (similar to clucene) cross-verse proximity searches.
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Strongs Parsing (automatic) full list of topics with topic entry box
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Verse lists and verse tagging
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Incomplete (no RtoL)
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No
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PortableApps.com edition
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gospel harmonies; Guess the Verse game; display Strong's headwords;
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| FireBible (JSword/FireFox)
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Firefox web browser in Windows, Mac, Linux
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1 or 2 panes (library navigation in Firefox sidebar)
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no
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Bible search with wildcards
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Manual look-up
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Yes
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English
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Yes
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| MacSword
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version 1.3.x Mac OSX 10.3+, version 1.4.x Mac OSX 10.4+
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Multi-window, each module gets it's window
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yes
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verse, block layout
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yes
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yes
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wildcard, phrase search, logic operators, grouping, Strongs, Morph, Apple SearchKit
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Strongs, Morph (automatic)
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| The SWORD Project for Windows
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Windows
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Three-pane with tabbed library navigation
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verse, block layout
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yes
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yes
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wildcard, regex and clucene searches
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Strongs + parsing (automatic) and glossary (on click)
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Yes (incomplete: no RtoL)
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Yes
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Yes
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| Xiphos (GNOME) (formerly GnomeSword)
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Windows, Linux
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Four-pane with library navigation, verse lists, etc. on left
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yes
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verse, block, poetry layout
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pre-book, pre-chapter and pre-verse content
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yes
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yes
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clucene, wildcard and regex searches
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strongs +parsing automatic
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Yes
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English, German, French, Finnish, Farsi, Czech, Hebrew, Dutch, Portugues, Swedish
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Yes
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Read Aloud
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