Credits & Data Sources
Explain Bible AI is built on generous open data. Everything below is used with gratitude and in accordance with its license.
Scripture texts
- World English Bible (WEB) (Public domain)
Default Bible text across the site
- King James Version (KJV) (Public domain)
Selectable Bible text
- Berean Standard Bible (BSB) (Public domain)
Selectable Bible text and word-level Greek and Hebrew data for word studies
- HelloAO Free Bible API (MIT)
Fallback Scripture text service
- YouVersion (Used under YouVersion Platform terms)
Scripture text for YouVersion-provided translations
Commentary and confessions
- Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary (Public domain (CC0 compilation))
Commentary grounding for AI explanations
- Historical Christian Commentaries compilation (Public domain authors only)
Church Fathers excerpts (Chrysostom, Augustine, Origen, Ambrose) grounding AI explanations
- Creeds.json (Public domain confessions only)
Reformed confessions and catechisms with proof texts (Westminster, Heidelberg, and others)
Community and reference data
- OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0)
Topical verse rankings, reader-voted cross references, and biblical place coordinates and photos
- CrossReferences.org (CC BY 4.0)
Phrase-anchored Treasury of Scripture Knowledge cross references
- Nave's Topical Bible and Torrey's New Topical Textbook (Public domain works; MIT digitization)
Curated study outlines on topic pages
- Open Scriptures Strong's Dictionaries (CC BY-SA)
Greek and Hebrew dictionary entries in word studies
Bible knowledge graph
- Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse / Viz.Bible) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
People, family relationships, and place data behind the Bible people pages
- Easton's Bible Dictionary (Public domain)
Biographies of Bible people shown on the people pages
Maps and archives
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Map tiles for passage maps
- Leaflet (MIT)
Interactive map rendering
- Historical Bible maps (Public domain)
Historical atlas plates previously featured; retained credit for past use
Modified or excerpted texts are our responsibility, not that of the original publishers. If you represent one of these projects and have a question about our usage, please reach out via the contact page.