Selah vs Study by A1

Selah is the parallel Bible study app that lets you compare 20+ English translations side by side, explore in depth persona based analysis on any passage or verse. Take notes and listen hands-free with voice commands — all for free, with no ads. COMPARE 20+ TRANSLATIONS SIDE BY SIDE Tap any verse to instantly see how it reads across translations — from the 1611 King James to modern paraphrases like The Message. Curated presets help you pick the right set: Word-for-Word, Thought-for-Thought, Catholic & Orthodox, and more. Each preset explains why those translations were chosen. PERSONA-POWERED SCHOLARLY PERSPECTIVES Go deeper with analysis from 14+ distinct viewpoints: Academic Theologian, Evangelical Pastor, Catholic Scholar, Jewish Scholar, Secular Historian, even Atheist and Agnostics. Get perspective and read how the same verse looks through completely different lenses - all with a single click. AUDIO MODE WITH VOICE COMMANDS Listen to any chapter read aloud verse by verse. Control playback hands-free: "pause," "skip," "compare," "analyze this," "take a note." Built for commutes, workouts, and winding down. Voice selection to choose your favorite voice to read to you. PERSONAL NOTES & SEARCH Highlight insights with per-verse notes. Search across all cached translations instantly — even offline. WORKS OFFLINE Bible chapters are cached locally after first load. Read without an internet connection. SYNC ACROSS DEVICES Optionally sign in to sync your reading position, notes, settings, and selected translations across all your devices. FREE. NO ADS. NO PAYWALLS. Every feature is available to everyone. Translations include: KJV, NIV, ESV, NASB, NLT, NKJV, CSB, MSG, AMP, ASV, WEB, BBE, YLT, NET, BSB, NRSVCE, DRA, DBY, LSV, FBV.

Study by A1:8 is a free Bible study app for people who want to go deeper than a verse of the day. Read in five translations side by side. Pull up nineteen classic commentaries — Matthew Henry, Jamieson-Fausset-Brown, Adam Clarke, Albert Barnes, John Wesley, Charles Spurgeon, Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Scofield and more — on the passage in front of you, without leaving it. Look up a word in any of twenty-five dictionaries. Follow a reading plan. Keep what you find. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Read five Bible translations, with parallel view • Study nineteen commentaries, verse by verse • Search twenty-five-plus Bible dictionaries and word studies • Take notes on any verse, and keep them • Highlight in multiple colours, and organise highlights into collections • Write longer thoughts and full messages in a proper editor • Bookmark passages and build collections • Follow reading plans and track your progress • Search across everything you have written WORKS OFFLINE Download translations, commentaries and dictionaries to your device and use them with no connection at all — on a plane, in a basement, anywhere. Notes, highlights and messages you write offline are saved on the device and sync the moment you are back. Nothing waits on a signal. EVERYTHING SYNCS Sign in once and your notes, highlights, bookmarks and messages follow you between your phone, your tablet and the web. Start a thought on your phone and finish it on a laptop. FREE, WITH NO PAYWALL The app is free. There is no subscription, no trial, no locked chapters and no ads. Everything described above is included. Study is part of the A1:8 family of tools for churches and the people in them. "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses... to the end of the earth." — Acts 1:8