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bbl

A command line Bible. Bible CLI for reading and full-text search in 26 languages. Offline, single binary.

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A command line Bible. Bible CLI for reading and full-text search in 26 languages. Offline, single binary.

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Observed mentions: 2022-01-27 08:48:59 UTC to 2026-06-29 11:24:39 UTC.

0122022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 2 submissions, 0 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20242025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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hokuto-joel-ide·Jun 29, 2026Submission

Show HN: bbl – a command line Bible to read and search, 26 languages, offline

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
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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 Search is powered by Apache Lucene port lucene-kmp. Works offline. Single binary.
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hokuto-joel-ide·Oct 13, 2022Submission

Show HN: bbl – Bible command line reader

bbl is a set of commands to read and search bible, works in macos, ubuntu, and windows. I'm a Christian programmer/devops. When I am working in command line, I did not want leave there to open web browser or other desktop/mobile app to read bible. Rather just wanted to type some git like commands to output texts of the Bible in the console like this: bbl john 3:16-18 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. bbl matt 6:9-13 in kjv 9 After this manner therefore pr
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ay ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. bbl search Jesus Christ in romans 5 romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: romans 5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. bbl rand nt 2 Peter 2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. bbl is an open source software, built with Kotlin language with clikt. Search is powered by apache lucene. Pull requests and posting issues are welcomed.
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