Category: Partnerships

The makers of Glo Bible, innovative Bible exploration software for PC, Mac and iPad, wanted to make it easy for our YouVersion community to use tools from the Bible App™ and YouVersion.com. So, in what’s likely to be one of many such collaborations, Glo has become the first of YouVersion’s partners to integrate our community directly within their software. This means that you can link your YouVersion account with the latest release of Glo Bible, synchronizing all your bookmarks and notes between both applications! For the first time, you can use YouVersion notes and community tools within a desktop application.

Every month, millions of us in the YouVersion community add bookmarks and save notes in YouVersion. Whether you’re jotting private reflections, sharing your insights on certain passages, or simply thinking aloud, notes are a great way to capture what God’s Word seems to be speaking to you at a specific moment in time. Of course it goes without saying that there’s no better way to “mark your place” to jump back than with a quick bookmark. And now, no matter where you’re engaging with God’s Word, whether inside your Glo Bible, at YouVersion.com, or on the go using the Bible App, you’ll always have easy access to your favorite passages and notes.

You can learn more about Glo Bible at their website and on their YouTube channel.

Faster than ever before, we’ve been making new Bible versions and languages available in the Bible App for mobile devices and at YouVersion.com. Less than two weeks ago, YouVersion had 54 Bible versions in 24 languages. Today, you can find almost 110 versions of the Bible, representing 40 languages! And we’re just getting started. Our goal is for every person to be able to freely, easily engage with God’s Word in their own “heart language.” So in the coming weeks and months, expect to see a lot of new additions.

For now, check out YouVersion’s first Thai, Danish, Armenian and Ukrainian Bibles. There are even three ancient Greek New Testaments (SBLG, TR1624, TR1894) for the scholars among us! But with far too many new Bibles to list, we’d encourage you to go explore the list for yourself. Versions are sorted by language, so you can quickly drill down to find one you might enjoy. Also, please encourage your friends and loved ones to try out the variety and diversity YouVersion has to offer. There’s something for everyone.

We’d like to specifically thank the following Bible publishers for providing their Bibles free for our YouVersion community to use. This is just a partial list of some of these recent additions:

• From United Bible Societies:
  • Reina Valera 1995 (RVR95). The 1995 version of the popular classic.
  • 2009-10 Reina Valera Contemporánea (RVC). A more modern Reina Valera.
  • Dios Habla Hoy Con Deuterocanόnicos (DHH)
  • Traducciόn En Lenguaje Actual (TLA). A modern Spanish favorite, and
  • Traducción En Lenguaje Actual Con Deuterocanónicos (TLAD). The TLA including the deuterocanonical books.
• Biblica, the same organization that brought us the NIV, presents:
  • Slovo Zhizny (RSZ). YouVersion’s first modern Russian language version.
  • 현대인의 성경, or Korean Living Bible (KLB). An easy-to-read modern translation for YouVersion’s ever-growing Korean community.
  • New International Version Anglicized (NIVUK). The NIV in proper English.
  • Het Boek (HTB). A modern Dutch language Bible.
  • La Bible Du Semeur (BDS). A very popular French Bible, and
  • Hoffnung für Alle (HFA). A favorite modern German language version.
• La Maison De La Bible brings us:
  • Nuova Riveduta 1994 (NR94). YouVersion’s first modern Italian version.
  • Nouvelle Edition de Genève (NEG79). A French Bible, and
  • Schlachter 1951 (SCH51). A Ger/man Bible.

But wait, there’s more! Here are several other new additions:

• 中文标准译本圣经, or Chinese Standard Bible (CSB). A joint project of Asia Bible Society and Holman Bible Publishers.
• 新譯本（繁體字版） Chinese New Version (Traditional) (CNV). From The Worldwide Bible Society Limited.
• Nueva Traducción Viviente (NTV). An easy-to-read, modern language Spanish Bible from Tyndale.
• Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB). An English translation by Artists for Israel International Inc.
• พระคัมภีร์ภาษาไทยฉบับ Thai King James (TKJV). A Thai translation of the King James Version by Dr. Philip Pope.
• Biblia ya Kiswahili Toleo la Muungano (SUV). The Swahili Union Version of the Bible by Arthur Buliva and Ndungi Kyalo in Kiswahili.
• Kitaabka Quduuska Ah (KQA). The Bible in Somali from the Society for International Ministries.
• Верен (VBG). A 2010 revision of the Bulgarian Veren Bible.
• Ostervald (OST). A French translation by Swiss pastor Jean-Frederic Osterwald.

If you have used any of the more than 130 Reading Plans from YouVersion, then you already know that they are a terrific way to help you engage with the Bible, providing an easy schedule where you read just a little each day. As you begin to apply the things you feel God speaking to you through His Word, your life is transformed as He draws you closer. Now, Rick Warren, founding pastor of Saddleback Church and author of the best-selling book, The Purpose-Driven Life, has developed a reading plan exclusively for YouVersion—designed to help you accomplish just that.

Featuring 365 unique daily devotionals, the brand new “Rick Warren’s Daily Devotional” leads you through practical steps each day that can help you discover (and answer) God’s unique calling for your life. In just one year, Warren will help you chart a path to the place where God ultimately wants to lead you—spiritually, financially, emotionally, relationally and physically.

Rick Warren’s Daily Devotional is available now on all YouVersion platforms. All you need to start is a free YouVersion account. You can find it under the Devotional category of Reading Plans, whether you will be reading on your mobile device or at YouVersion.com. Today is a great day to start with that first step toward the fulfilled life Jesus has in store for you.

Through partnerships with Bible organizations literally around the world, we’re very excited to be announcing four new translations of the Bible today, available immediately at YouVersion.com and in the Bible App™:

• SFB Svenska Folkbibeln. The SFB, a widely read and loved version of the Scriptures in Swedish, represents our second translation available in this language. (We also offer the SVEN Svenska 1917.)
• SSV Sväté Písmo (katolícky preklad). A Catholic version of the Bible, the SSV is our first available translation in the Slovak language.
• ZIV Zokam International Version. The ZIV is our first version of the Bible translated into the Zokam language, envisioned for Zo People in India, Burma, Southeast Asia and across the world. You can learn more about the ZIV at their website.
• CCB 当代译本. A brand new translation of Scriptures in Chinese provided by Biblica, the CCB, or Chinese Contemporary Bible, makes the Bible available in Standard Mandarin, or Putonghua, a modern, easily understood Chinese language spoken by more than 870 million people. You can read all about the CCB at Biblica’s website.

With this announcement, the Bible App and YouVersion now offer 54 translations in 23 languages. If you have friends who might benefit from any of these versions of the Bible, please let them know, whether in person or on Facebook and Twitter. The Bible App is a completely free application, available on all of the following platforms:

• iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod touch): App Store and iTunes
• Android: Android App Market
• BlackBerry: BlackBerry App World
• Windows Phone 7: Windows Marketplace for Mobile
• HP/Palm webOS: Direct download from YouVersion.com
• Other: Direct download from YouVersion.com