Thomson Bible

Read and listen to the Charles Thomson Bible: the 1808 translation by Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress, and the first published English translation of the Greek Old Testament, the Septuagint.

LISTEN
• Every chapter read aloud, with each verse lighting up as it is spoken
• Seven narrators, all built in, with no internet needed
• Background music and nature sounds, a sleep timer and adjustable speed

READ
• Turn pages like a real book, or scroll without stopping
• On iPad, two facing pages when you turn it sideways
• The words of God and of Christ in blue, and Old Testament quotations in bold, as printed in this edition
• Decorated chapter initials, as in the printed edition
• Adjustable text size and line spacing, in light or dark

STUDY
• Tap any verse to see the Greek it was translated from: the Septuagint for the Old Covenant, the Textus Receptus for the New
• Tap any word to see the Greek word behind it, with its meanings
• Small letters in the text link the Old and New Covenants: what a verse quotes, where it is quoted, and passages to compare
• Search the whole Bible and keep your own notes

READING PLANS
• The whole Bible, the New Covenant, the Gospels, the Psalms and more, at your own pace
• Optional daily reminders

VERSE OF THE DAY
• A new verse every day, on your Home Screen with the widget

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account, no ads, no tracking. Everything stays on your device.

The text is from Calvin Breda's 2026 edition of the Charles Thomson Bible, checked word for word against the source.