We live in an amazing time!
First Century Christians treasured the apostles’ letters, hand-copying passages onto scraps of papyrus to share with one another. Today, our smartphones give us hundreds of complete Bibles in our pockets. And those early believers would be astonished to see us speak into the air… and then hear God’s inspired Word read back to us!
Our latest update to the Bible App for Voice makes it more amazing than ever. If you’ve already enabled Bible on your Amazon devices, then you can immediately start trying everything you see below. But if you haven’t, just tap this button (or use your Amazon Alexa App to enable the Bible Skill).
(You’ll need to sign in with your Amazon.com account.)
Add Verse of the Day to your Flash Briefing.
Alexa’s Flash Briefing offers pre-recorded updates on things you’d like to know as you go about your day, such as news, weather, and traffic. And now, for the first time ever, you can get the Verse of the Day!1
In your Amazon Alexa App:
- Tap Settings > Flash Briefing.
- Tap Get more Flash Briefing content.
- Search for “YouVersion verse” (without quotes).
- Select Verse of the Day.
- Tap the Enable button.
Once you’ve added Verse of the Day, just ask:
1 Verse of the Day for Flash Briefing is currently only available in the NIV.
Enjoy the richness of God’s Word in professionally recorded audio Bibles.
The Bible App for Voice now offers four versions that feature audio recorded by professional narrators. To switch versions, just try asking:
All of these Bibles include professional audio:
- English Standard Version (ESV)
- King James Version (KJV)
- New International Version (NIV)
- New Living Translation (NLT)
You can even ask Alexa to read to you.
The Bible App for Voice also offers seven additional versions that are “as read by Alexa.” To change to one of these, just ask:
Here’s the complete list of Bibles Alexa can read to you:
- American Standard Version (ASV)
- Amplified Bible (AMP)
- Good News Bible (GNB)
- Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
- The Message (MSG)
- New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- New King James Version (NKJV)
Try asking for what you want, in the way you want.
Now you can ask the Bible App to read you verses and passages in several new, natural ways. Just try asking:
Here are some examples of new phrases you can use:
- I want to hear…
- I want to listen to…
- Give me…
- Tell me…
(You’ll need to sign in with your Amazon.com account.)