7 Bible Study Websites You May Not Know About

The internet has a ton of resources for anything, let alone Bible study websites. But you may not know about these Bible study websites, so I will show them to you in my review.

In my last review of Online Bible Study Tools, I looked at 7 Free Bible Reference Study Tools. In this review, I’m looking at another 7 Bible study websites that may be less well-known to you.

I’m always looking for more resources to study the Bible in-depth. So far as I have reviewed Bible study websites I have been pleasantly surprised. Let’s keep looking at these Bible study tools on the web and see what gems we can find to help us

Biblia from Faithlife

You probably read my review for Logos Bible Study, and this Bible study website is similar. Biblia is from the same company, Faithlife. It offers the major Bible versions with some versions in other languages. It also offers a few commentaries, the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the Faithlife Study Bible, and other resources.

The interface is easy to use for this website. I logged out of my account to see what it offers someone without an account. You can create a free account and be able to choose your favorite Bible, resources, etc. If you are Logos user, your books and resources will be available to you if you are logged in.

Biblia

It offers nice features like sinking the panels together so your study Bible commentary will follow your Bible. I don’t know exactly what resources you get if you get a free account, but you can check it out and see what you think. I think being able to use Lexham Bible Dictionary for free is worth it all in itself.

STEP Bible

the next Bible study website I looked at is the STEP Bible, an interesting website you can use to look at different Bible versions and some commentaries. I like being able to choose my layout, or make a layout that suits me best. Here’s an example of what the website looks like:

STEP Bible

I really like the analysis tool that shows you all the words in your chapter. It shows the original language word, a short gloss of its meaning, and how many times it appears in the Old or New Testament. That’s helpful information you usually have to look up in a lexicon.

The commentaries are in the public domain, and therefore older scholarship. But you couldn’t ask for much more than this if you need to look at the text and get a quick commentary note about it. The website also offers other resources in the Resources tab like a harmony in the Gospels, miracles in the Bible, names of God, and more.

Lumina on Bible.org

On my list of Bible study websites is Lumina. Lumina is a study tool produced by Bible.org. I like the layout of this online Bible study tool. It starts out with the Net Bible but you have several versions to choose from. I tried to show you what menu options are available. Here’s what it looks like:

Lumina

On the left side, you have the Bible and you can choose which version you want to see. On the right side, you have notes like a commentary. You can choose which commentary notes are displayed. It’s a nice feature that they sync with the Bible on the left.

Depending on whether you are in the Old or New Testament, you have access to a Greek or Hebrew text on the right. This is a nice feature of the website. The library tab shows you free works you can look at, books and other resources by scholars that deal with the Bible.

There is also a search tab but I had trouble figuring out how to search. It looks like you can do a lot of detailed searching but I don’t know how to use it at a glance. It was not very intuitive. If you stop by this website, you can look at the tour found on the left menu.

Worldwide Study Bible on Christian Classics Ethereal Library

The next Bible study website I looked at is the Worldwide Study Bible available through Christian Classics Ethereal Library. I will cover the CCEL in a later review. Here’s what this website looks like:

Worldwide Study Bible

Compared to some of the other Bible study tools I have reviewed on the web, this one offers a straightforward and simple approach. On the right-hand side, you can choose from one of three commentaries (Matthew Henry’s commentaries offered fully or in a concise version).

On the left, you have the Bible version options of American Standard, Darby, King James, New International, New and revised Standard, World English Bible, Young’s Literal, Hebrew Old Testament, SBL Greek New Testament and French Darby.

The Bible Tool by Crosswire Bible Society

The Bible Tool is another interesting online Bible study website. It has more versions and translations then I think I have seen on any other website. It even has ways to save your preferences in your preferred Bible and commentary. Here is what it looks like:

The Bible Tool

There are numerous commentaries. They are all public domain, older commentaries, but they are free for the studying of your Bible. Although I couldn’t quite get the hang of it, you can put version together to compare in the parallel menu tab.

It also offers a stronger search engine than I have seen from other websites. There are daily devotions and a harmony of the Gospels. One reason it offers more books and resources and nurses because of the OSIS Library put together by CrossWire Bible Society.

It is a neat website to do Bible study with. The Preferences is a powerful feature I have not seen on other websites unless you have a login. You can even pick what kind of background you want to view the website with.

Bible Study Planet

Bible Study Planet is a different kind of Bible study website. It is a hub for a community of people who want to study the Bible together. As such, the website’s main features are a blog you can follow, Bible studies done by people with ways to join live Bible studies, and Bible reading plans.

Bible Study Planet

I like the communal nature of people learning about the Bible together. There are certainly opportunities if you want to be part of a community of people studying the Bible instead of just on your own. This is one website that will help you do that.

Bible Project

Bible Project is one of my favorite and unique Bible study websites on my list. It’s a different kind of Bible study than you might be used to. But for this generation, it is the perfect Bible study tool. Almost everything on the Bible Project website is a podcast or video.

Don’t think this is just a website for teenagers and kids. Adults can learn a lot from this website. The creators put their heart and soul, and awesome videography talents to work to benefit all groups of people.

Bible Project

One of my favorite video series is to go into the Old Testament or New Testament videos that give Bible book intros. These are extremely well done. They give you a snapshot of what each book of the Bible is about. Sometimes I use these instead of delving into my Bible handbooks and other books to get a good quick intro to a Bible book.

But there’s so much more than that. They have whole series devoted to parts of the Bible or Bible concepts. Some of them are cultural concepts you would miss if you didn’t know the information found in the videos. I highly recommend this website to you as a different way to study, and be entertained too.

Final Thoughts

Every one of the Bible study websites I have reviewed here can be helpful in different ways. If you’re looking to lineup Bible text and maybe even look at the original languages, Biblia, STEP Bible, and Lumina are great resources.

If you want interesting and new ways to stay in the Bible, something that will stir up your Bible study and maybe give you a fresh look at the Bible, give websites like The Bible Tool, Bible Study Planet, and Bible Project a go.

The only website that did not impress me was the Worldwide Study Bible. But you will find Christian Classics Ethereal Library impressive for other reasons as I will show in another review. The point is that these websites might give you a different kind of Bible study you may need if you are getting too used to the way you are studying the Bible now. A fresh perspective and fresh tools may give you a new love for Bible study.

Check out my other reviews of Online Bible Study Tools:

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