The Word for Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Let your steadfast love come to me, O Lord, your salvation according to your promise.
Psalm 119:41 (ESV)
In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you, says the Lord, your Redeemer.
Isaiah 54:8 (ESV)
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- We are unable to know God, our Creator, by our own means.
- But through the Bible, God speaks to us.
- The Bible declares that we have been separated from God by our own fault.
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BiblePix - The Word on a background image
(LINUX, WINDOWS) BiblePix shows The Word in many languages, as a Desktop background image, in e-mail signatures, in the terminal, randomly changing images and languages, slide show. (linuxpeter)Windows
For Windows: Logoskop - Offline Viewer For The Word
Logoskop daily shows The Word under Windows, multiple Bible editions, with optional integrated download of more Bible editions or texts for other years. (HSteeb)Windows
The Word Screensaver Windows
Shows The Word as screen saver under Windows The Word as a Screensaver - in three steps: install TheWordOrganizer (0,4 MB) install the Screen saver (0,1 MB) activate the screen saver in Windows (HSteeb)Apps for The Word
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Please find the program on the page of George Ruinelli. (GRuinelli)iOS 
The Word for iOS (iPhone)
With the app iLosungen you can now read The Word on the iPhone. (DFriedrich)The Word for WebOS
The app shows The Word (as an application or in presentation mode). You do not need an internet connection each day to show the daily verses, only once a year for download of the whole yearly packet. (HJochmann)The Word on your website
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HTML Package
The Word in HTML for your homepage or mobile phone. This archive contains one HTML file per day. A central CSS file is included, simply adapt it to customize the layout of all texts. (HSteeb)
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You would like to display The Word in your website at an arbitrary position? (HSteeb)HTML
The Word on your Web Site
Include the following HTML code into your site: <iframe ...> (HSteeb)WordPress 
The Word Widget for WordPress
A WordPress plugin that shows "The Word" in a widget: two selected Bible verses for each day, available in over 10 languages. The plugin lets you select the Bible edition in the WordPress dashboard, gets the verses for the selected Bible edition and the current day remotely from bible2.net and shows them in a WordPress widget area. (HSteeb)eBook
eBook for The Word
The Word as an eBook, for Kindle and other devices. Each book contains The Word for one year and one Bible edition. (HSteeb)Misc
For Software Developers: Online retrieval of The Word (.twd 1.1) files
You may retrieve a list of available .twd files. Each item includes a link (URL) to download an individual .twd file. The list is available as HTML, Atom, CSV and JSON. (HSteeb)Bible Editions Available (.twd Files)
List of Bible editions in which The Word is available, for the current year and (starting in October) for the year to come. (HSteeb)For Software Developers: The Word XML file description
Description of the ”.twd” 1.1 XML file format used for “The Word”, includes document type definition in .dtd and .html format, a RelaxNG (.rnc) schema and a .html description of elements. (HSteeb)Bible Editions and Languages
English
English Standard Version
The English Standard Version (ESV) is an essentially literal translation of the Bible in contemporary English. Created by a team of more than 100 leading evangelical scholars and pastors, the ESV Bible emphasizes word-for-word accuracy, literary excellence, and depth of meaning. Read more at https://esv.org.
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About us
Who we are
- We are a number of Christians from all over the world.
- We love the Word of God.
- Many people rightly take offense at Christians, churches or religion in general, rejecting them all. Indeed, the ground staff of God has failed miserably.
- But God never fails – God is love! By means of "The Word" we invite you to meet with the Creator on a personal basis.
The Idea of the "Bible 2.0" Project
- An important principle of Bible study is: “Scripture explains itself”.
- This happens, for example, when you find a related verse and jot it down in the side margin of your Bible.
- On our site bible2.net we collect such pairs of complementing Bible verses (cross-references) and use them for "The Word".
- The term "2.0" means "working together via Internet": Christians share their knowledge of the Bible, and this will eventually benefit readers of other languages.
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From the Team
Thomas Böhme
is a software developer by profession (Java, C++, XML) and lives with his wife in Böblingen in southern Germany. His spiritual home is the free protestant church, where he passionately preaches and makes music.
By his study of theology at Regent College (Vancouver) he discovered his love for the original languages of the Bible. In his spare time, he translates and publishes books, including a German translation of the New Testament.
Helmut Steeb
organizes preparing Bible verses and software for the Bible 2.0 project.
By profession, he develops software for the automobile industry. He lives with his family near Stuttgart in southern Germany.