Usage:

  bbl                                         read Genesis 1 in the default Bible
  bbl gen 1                                   read a chapter of default bible
  bbl john 3:16                               show a specific verse
  bbl matt 7:24-                              from a verse to end of the chapter
  bbl matt 28:18-20                           read range of verses
  bbl john 3:16 in kjv                        read a verse in specific bible
  bbl john 3:16 in kjv tb                     compare kjv and tb
  bbl john 3:16 in kjv tb lsg ..              compare 3 or more translations
  bbl john 3:16 in en de fr es                specify language name or lang code
  bbl search Jesus Christ                     search entire bible by terms
  bbl s Jesus Christ limit 3                  specify number of search results
  bbl s Jesus Christ in kjv                   search in other version of bible
  bbl s Jesus Christ in romans                filter by a book
  bbl s Jesus Christ in rom 3                 filter by a chapter
  bbl s Jesus in rom 5-12                     filter by chapter range
  bbl s Jesus in rom 5-12 in kjv              chapter range and in other bible
  bbl s jews gentiles in paul                 filter by category i.e. set of books
  bbl s "Jesus wept"                          exact search by double quotation
  bbl s "your faith" in gospels               exact search filtered by category
  bbl rand (gospels|nt|ot|[category])         random verse from all or part of bible
  bbl list (translations|books|categories)    list bibles and filters
  bbl (install|uninstall) kjv                 download/delete one or more bible(s)
  bbl history (read|search|config)            show or filter past commands

Installation:

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nehemiaharchives/bbl
  sudo apt install bbl

or

  brew install nehemiaharchives/bbl/bbl

Translations:

  WEBUS  | World English Bible               | English    | 2000 
  KJV    | King James Version                | English    | 1611 
  RVR09  | Reina-Valera                      | Spanish    | 1909 
  TB     | Brazilian Translation             | Portuguese | 1917 
  DELUT  | Luther Bible                      | German     | 1912 
  LSG    | Louis Segond                      | French     | 1910 
  SINOD  | Russian Synodal Bible             | Russian    | 1876 
  SVRJ   | Statenvertaling Jongbloed edition | Dutch      | 1888 
  RDV24  | Revised Diodati Version           | Italian    | 1924 
  UBG    | Updated Gdansk Bible              | Polish     | 2017 
  UBIO   | Ukrainian Bible, Ivan Ogienko     | Ukrainian  | 1962 
  SVEN   | Svenska 1917                      | Swedish    | 1917 
  CUNP   | Chinese Union Version             | Chinese    | 1919 
  KRV    | Korean Revised Version            | Korean     | 1961 
  JC     | Japanese Colloquial Bible         | Japanese   | 1955 
  ABTAG  | Ang Biblia                        | Tagalog    | 1905 
  AYT    | The Opened Bible                  | Indonesian | 2024 
  KTTV   | Vietnamese Bible 1925             | Vietnamese | 1925 
  TH1971 | Thai Bible 1925                   | Thai       | 1971 
  IRVHIN | Indian Revised Version - Hindi    | Hindi      | 2019 
  IRVBEN | Indian Revised Version - Bengali  | Bengali    | 2019 
  IRVMAR | Indian Revised Version - Marathi  | Marathi    | 2019 
  IRVTEL | Indian Revised Version - Telugu   | Telugu     | 2019 
  IRVTAM | Indian Revised Version - Tamil    | Tamil      | 2019 
  IRVGUJ | Indian Revised Version - Gujarati | Gujarati   | 2019 
  IRVURD | Indian Revised Version - Urdu     | Urdu       | 2019 
  NPIULB | Nepali Unlocked Literal Bible     | Nepali     | 2019

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