Traverse Bible

Read Scripture closely. Explore the writings around it. Keep a full study library with you, even offline.

Traverse Bible brings twelve English translations, Hebrew and Greek study tools, and connected reference works into one free iPhone app. Follow a word, compare a passage, or save a note without losing your place.

NEW IN 1.2.0

• Early Christian Writings — Read 28 entries from the Apostolic Fathers and Early Apologists in a separate historical library. Search them alongside Scripture, with clearly labeled results and context about authorship, dating, and reception.
• Surviving Evidence — Explore what survives for all 116 Bible-book and historical-writing entries. Read a survival summary and known limits for each entry, including manuscripts, languages, textual forms, and gaps in the evidence. Greek Septuagint, Hebrew, and other witnesses are distinguished from modern editions and translations.
• Book Introductions — Open a book's guide from the reader for introductions and surviving evidence. Introductions share a consistent reading style, with links for explicit verse references.

READ AND COMPARE

• Twelve translations, including KJV, ASV, WEB, the 1599 Geneva Bible, and the Berean Standard Bible. Compare passages across translations that contain them.
• Apocrypha and Ethiopian books, including 1 Enoch and Jubilees, whose complete forms are preserved in Ge'ez, and the Rest of the Words of Baruch with Greek text. Book collections vary by edition and tradition.
• Eleven study guides covering the Bible, canon traditions, manuscripts, languages, translations, and study tools.

FOLLOW THE CONNECTIONS

• Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament texts with transliterations and glosses, plus the Greek Septuagint and two Greek New Testament editions.
• Strong's, Abbott-Smith, Thayer's, Brown-Driver-Briggs, and Liddell-Scott-Jones lexicons, with links to word occurrences.
• More than 340,000 cross-references, available in both directions.
• Over 4,000 biblical people and places, with family links, name meanings, reference articles, and map locations.
• Topics from Nave's and Torrey's, connected to the verses they cite.
• Nine commentaries and study-note collections, available as a free optional download.

MAKE IT YOUR STUDY LIBRARY

• Color-coded bookmarks, formatted notes, custom tags, and reading history. Private iCloud sync when available, with backup export.
• Search across translations, historical writings, lexicons, names, topics, and your notes.
• Seven free downloadable recordings: KJV, ASV, WEB, Douay-Rheims, Berean, 1 Enoch, and Jubilees. Follow the highlighted verse, adjust playback speed, use lock-screen controls, or set a sleep timer. On-device text-to-speech is also available.

No ads, purchases, subscriptions, or Traverse account. Bundled texts and study tools work offline. Optional audio, commentaries, and place photos require a download before offline use. iCloud sync and opening external links require a connection.