Does anybody have the KJV docx for PBB?

David Burton
David Burton Member Posts: 4
edited November 20 in English Forum

I am looking for a PBB version of the ESV or KJV in docx (ideally with milestones, though it is fine if without) for a basis of a personalized study Bible. God bless.

Edit: I was unaware about the copyright of the ESV, I am still curious about the KJV (or another academic translation if public domain) in specifically PBB format, because I feel it will make the study far more in depth.

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  • Calvin Habig
    Calvin Habig Member Posts: 439 ✭✭

    David:

    While I'm certain many other people will respond to this, I would say that since the ESV is under copyright, it would be both illegal and unethical for someone to share a PBB of the ESV text    The KJV (at least versions of the text before the mid-1920s) are pretty freely available online, but any (like the NKJV) that are since then are likewise most likely under copyright. 

  • DMB
    DMB Member Posts: 3,087

    While I'm certain many other people will respond to this, I would say that since the ESV is under copyright, it would be both illegal and unethical for someone to share a PBB of the ESV text 

    First, Calvin, thank you for all your MANY contributions.

    But just as a fine-point, copyright is not the issue ... permissions is. And many of the modern translations allow (and apparently even encourage) personal-use (aka non-commercial).

    As a result, thru the years, my own Bible software has an array of Bible version choices. But that said, I'd assume the 2 translations run afoul of Logos' own product offering (to include value-added). Don't know.

  • Calvin Habig
    Calvin Habig Member Posts: 439 ✭✭

    You are correct.  It is not a simple matter of copyright but getting permission from the copyright holders. 

    You are also correct: it runs afoul of the forum's policy of not sharing or posting works that are offered for sale by Logos. I should have mentioned that one, too.

    (I actually didn't expect correction on the copyright issue.  I expected pushback on whether the four "editions" of the KJV were really editions [of which the NKJV purported to be the fifth] of if they were just "updates and corrections." and the KKJV was a totally new translation).

    (I chucked when you thanked me for my MANY contributions when I note you have even more than me.   We just chime in when we think we can be a help.  Sometimes more of a help, sometimes less [as in this post perhaps!]).

  • Justin Gatlin
    Justin Gatlin Member Posts: 1,993 ✭✭✭

    What would a personal book do that the built-in notes tool would not do? I think that, while you can find many docx files of the KJV online, you can probably do what you want in a much easier way otherwise.

  • NB.Mick
    NB.Mick Member, MVP Posts: 15,838 ✭✭✭

    I am looking for a PBB version of the (....) KJV (or another academic translation if public domain) in specifically PBB format

    I wonder if ASV 1901 will work for you, see this old thread: https://community.logos.com/forums/t/42950.aspx - but as others wrote, the point of a study bible is in the notes, not the translation itself, and you could attach your notes (or even build a large PB-commentary with milestones running alongside the bible) to any existing bible in Logos.

    Have joy in the Lord! Smile

  • I am looking for a PBB version of the ESV or KJV in docx (ideally with milestones, though it is fine if without) for a basis of a personalized study Bible. God bless.

    Which KJV ? Wikipedia article about King James Version printing => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version#Printing includes "He" and "She" variants in Ruth 3:15 (along with more anomalies: e.g. the Wicked edition that left out a NOT).

    Logos Blog has => You've Probably Never Seen the Real King James Version

    Faithlife offers their 2012 Lexham English Bible (LEB) for free => Lexham Intro Collection (5 vols.)

    Also Free is Logos 9 Basic that includes a 1900 KJV with Reverse Interlinear (RI), which is quite helpful for Bible Study.

    Keep Smiling [:)]