BibleGateway.com
Current logo for BibleGateway.com
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Screenshot of BibleGateway.com homescreen
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| Web address | www |
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| Commercial? | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Available in | 47 Languages |
| Owner | Gospel Communications (1995-2008) Zondervan (2008) |
| Created by | Nick Hengeveld |
| Launched | 1993 |
| Current status | Online |
BibleGateway.com is a website designed to allow easy reading and searching of the Christian Bible in many different versions and translations, including English, French, Spanish, and other non-English languages (see below). The website is free for anyone to use. It is currently owned by Zondervan.[1]
Contents
History
Started by Nick Hengeveld in 1993[2] at Calvin College, Bible Gateway was initially planned as a static HTML presentation of the Bible.[3] In 1995, the site moved to the new Gospel Communications Network (a part of Gospel Communications International). The Bible Gateway website was originally written as a CGI script in Perl. Later versions were written in C++, PHP and Ruby.
Bible Gateway gradually expanded its database by acquiring the rights to more English and foreign language translations, including translations published by International Bible Society, The Lockman Foundation and Wycliffe Global Alliance.
In late 2008, Zondervan (the Evangelical Christian publisher of the NIV and TNIV Bible and a wholly owned subsidiary of HarperCollins) acquired Bible Gateway from Gospel Communications.[4] The sale of the site came after two years of continued financial difficulties on the part of the donation-driven GospelCom ministry.[5]
News Feed
Bible Gateway news feed updates are now able to do a quick search of the Scriptures, and the website supports a tab for any translation version. The website also gives a daily new verse to read and new translations to keep people up to date. The website's owners also created a blog spot on which people can have questions answered and discuss the Bible. The website also has an online book store at which people can buy Christian books. The books are sponsored by Christianbook.com.[6] The purpose of this update was to syndicate Bible Gateway's contents from other website addresses or from users' email addresses.[7]
In June 2009, Joseph Park was hired as president of BibleGateway.com.[8][9] Park was co-founder and former CEO of Kozmo.com,[10] which was the subject of the documentary film e-Dreams. He was also co-founder and former CEO of Askville,[11] which is now owned by Amazon.com.[11]
In May 2010, Rachel Barach replaced Park (who became Senior Vice President of Consumer Products at parent company HarperCollins Digital, Consumer) as General Manager of Bible Gateway.[12]
English-language versions
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- 21st Century King James Version
- American Standard Bible
- Amplified Bible
- BRG Bible
- Bible in Worldwide English (New Testament)
- Common English Bible
- Complete Jewish Bible
- Contemporary English Version
- Darby Translation
- Disciples’ Literal New Testament
- Douay-Rheims Bible
- Easy-to-Read Version
- English Standard Version
- Expanded Bible
- 1599 Geneva Bible
- God's Word Translation
- Good News Translation
- Holman Christian Standard Bible
- International Standard Version
- J.B. Phillips New Testament
- King James Version
- Knox Bible - Removed on August 15, 2013
- Lexham English Bible
- The Living Bible
- The Message
- Modern English Version
- Mounce Reverse-Interlinear New Testament
- Names of God Bible
- New American Bible Revised Edition
- New American Standard Bible
- New Century Version
- New English Translation (NET Bible)
- New International Readers Version
- New International Version 2011 / 1984 / UK - The 1984 Edition of the NIV was removed on February 28, 2013.
- New King James Version
- New Life Version
- New Living Translation
- The Orthodox Jewish Bible
- New Revised Standard Version
- New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
- Revised Standard Version
- Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
- The Voice
- World English Bible
- Today's New International Version - Removed on February 28, 2013
- Worldwide English New Testament
- Wycliffe's Bible
- Young's Literal Translation
Other languages' versions
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- Albanian
- Amharic
- Amuzgo
- Arabic
- Bulgarian
- Cebuano
- Chinanteco
- Chinese
- Creole
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- Dholuo
- French
- German
- German, Low
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Hiligaynon
- Hungarian
- Icelandic
- Italian
- Japanese
Korean- Removed August 2010- Kurdish
- Latin
- Macedonian
- Maori
- Malaysian
- Nahuatl
- Southern Ndebele
- Norwegian
- Persian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Slovakian
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Swahili
- Tagalog
- Thai
- Ukrainian
- Vietnamese
References
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