The Holy Bible / free download

This is a Basic English translation of the Bible. Basic English is a version of the English language that uses a reduced vocabulary of about 1000 words.

The entire unabridged Bible is contained in a single jar file whose size is less than one megabyte. As a result, it can be installed in a very wide range of phones, including many recent Nokia Series 40 devices, as well as Series 60, most SonyEricsson and Motorola phones, and many more.

The small size is achieved through use of the advanced compression technologies of the CelBok eBook platform. The controls are simple. You can navigate directly to any verse, and fonts and colors are adjustable. The system requirements are:

Ability to install a 1 MB jar file and space to store it. Note that many older phones have restrictions on jar size, even if the device has plenty of storage available.

CLDC 1.0 and MIDP 2.0 or later.

512 KB RAM

Future releases will include additional features such as bookmarks, a search capability and the sending of quotes from the book via SMS, all in a 1MB package. If you'd like to support that effort, and the publication of other 1 MB versions, please make a donation. You can use your PayPal account or a credit card.

NOTE: This translation contains the following annotations:

...  indicates that the meaning of the Hebrew source is uncertain, and was not translated into Basic English.

*** indicates that one or more Hebrew words, necessary to the meaning, were missing.

[ ] mark additions made by later writers, after the primary translation.

( ) mark additions needed to making the meaning clear.

 You can learn more about Basic English and this translation