Usage: bbl read Genesis 1 in the default Bible
bbl gen 1 read a chapter of default bible
bbl john 3:16 show a specific verse
bbl matt 7:24- from a verse to end of the chapter
bbl matt 28:18-20 read range of verses
bbl john 3:16 in kjv read a verse in specific bible
bbl john 3:16 in kjv tb compare kjv and tb
bbl john 3:16 in kjv tb lsg .. compare 3 or more translations
bbl john 3:16 in en de fr es specify language name or lang code
bbl search Jesus Christ search entire bible by terms
bbl s Jesus Christ limit 3 specify number of search results
bbl s Jesus Christ in kjv search in other version of bible
bbl s Jesus Christ in romans filter by a book
bbl s Jesus Christ in rom 3 filter by a chapter
bbl s Jesus in rom 5-12 filter by chapter range
bbl s Jesus in rom 5-12 in kjv chapter range and in other bible
bbl s jews gentiles in paul filter by category i.e. set of books
bbl s "Jesus wept" exact search by double quotation
bbl s "your faith" in gospels exact search filtered by category
bbl rand (gospels|nt|ot|[category]) random verse from all or part of bible
bbl list (translations|books|categories) list bibles and filters
bbl (install|uninstall) kjv download/delete one or more bible(s)
bbl history (read|search|config) show or filter past commands
Installation: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nehemiaharchives/bbl
sudo apt install bbl
or brew install nehemiaharchives/bbl/bbl
Translations: WEBUS | World English Bible | English | 2000
KJV | King James Version | English | 1611
RVR09 | Reina-Valera | Spanish | 1909
TB | Brazilian Translation | Portuguese | 1917
DELUT | Luther Bible | German | 1912
LSG | Louis Segond | French | 1910
SINOD | Russian Synodal Bible | Russian | 1876
SVRJ | Statenvertaling Jongbloed edition | Dutch | 1888
RDV24 | Revised Diodati Version | Italian | 1924
UBG | Updated Gdansk Bible | Polish | 2017
UBIO | Ukrainian Bible, Ivan Ogienko | Ukrainian | 1962
SVEN | Svenska 1917 | Swedish | 1917
CUNP | Chinese Union Version | Chinese | 1919
KRV | Korean Revised Version | Korean | 1961
JC | Japanese Colloquial Bible | Japanese | 1955
ABTAG | Ang Biblia | Tagalog | 1905
AYT | The Opened Bible | Indonesian | 2024
KTTV | Vietnamese Bible 1925 | Vietnamese | 1925
TH1971 | Thai Bible 1925 | Thai | 1971
IRVHIN | Indian Revised Version - Hindi | Hindi | 2019
IRVBEN | Indian Revised Version - Bengali | Bengali | 2019
IRVMAR | Indian Revised Version - Marathi | Marathi | 2019
IRVTEL | Indian Revised Version - Telugu | Telugu | 2019
IRVTAM | Indian Revised Version - Tamil | Tamil | 2019
IRVGUJ | Indian Revised Version - Gujarati | Gujarati | 2019
IRVURD | Indian Revised Version - Urdu | Urdu | 2019
NPIULB | Nepali Unlocked Literal Bible | Nepali | 2019
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