Offline Bible App — Many Translations, Many Languages

PewPad ships with four public-domain Bible translations installed on device: the King James Version (KJV), the World English Bible (WEB), the American Standard Version (ASV), and the Berean Standard Bible (BSB). Each translation is stored as a local SQLite database with FTS5 full-text search, so search runs instantly even on a plane or in a basement sanctuary.

You can read full chapters, jump to a passage, switch translations with a single tap, and compare two translations side by side without ever opening a browser.

Licensed modern translations, such as the Amplified Bible, come built in and appear in every translation picker. Each chapter you open is saved on your device for 30 days, so it reads offline afterwards.

Settings → Bible lists more than 500 open Bibles in other languages — Yoruba, Swahili, Hausa, Igbo, Twi, Chinese, Korean, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Arabic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and many more. A downloaded Bible works fully offline, searches in its own language (by keyword, and by meaning with the optional Bible search model), and opens references typed or spoken in that language.

In the editor — for church notes, studies, devotionals, and sermons — a Bible panel sits beside the page. Insert a Bible reference inline, tap a chip to open the verse, or pull a fresh passage to drop into the body of the sermon. References stay live — when you click one in your notes weeks later, the passage opens on the same translation.

During preaching, the same Scripture panel appears in Delivery Mode beside your notes, opened by tap or voice.

PewPad includes a commentary browser with public-domain commentary providers, search by reference or keyword, and on-demand downloads. A cross-reference dataset and topical Scripture index help you trace a theme across the canon. For original-language study, PewPad ships Greek and Hebrew lexicon resources with occurrence lists, gloss data, and contextual examples — so you can verify a word in 30 seconds without breaking your writing flow.

An offline-first Bible is not a fallback feature — it is the foundation of PewPad's privacy posture and a lifeline when connectivity isn't there. No login, no streaming, no "servers down" notice during the only twenty minutes of the week you cannot afford one.