Free Bible Version
Welcome to the
Free Bible Version
The full Free Bible Version is available as the latest version 5.2 (October 2025). See the links below to the individual books in PDF format. Since it has also been placed in the United Bible Societies' Digital Bible Library it is now available on apps such as YouVersion and websites such as bible.com and ebible.org
Go to either the App Store or Google Play and download the YouVersion app, and
then select
the FBV as one of your Bibles.
Thanks to all for
spreading the good news!
A
reminder: the Free Bible Version though
copyrighted is made available
to all under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (BY-SA) 4.0
International license which allows use and
redistribution as
long as it is identified as the Free Bible Version, any changes are
identified, and derivatives are issued with the same license as the
original. For a full legal description of the license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode
Free—available to anyone
Copying—with
no limit
No cost—no
charge for downloading and use
TEXT (Version 5.2)
Old Testament books (PDF format)
For the
Free Bible Version in multiple formats go here: https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=engfbv
Libros en espa�ol (formato PDF) [SPANISH (PDF format)]
Para la Versi�nBiblia Libre en m�ltiples formatos haga clic aqu�: https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=spavbl
Livros em portugu�s brasileiro (formato PDF) [PORTUGUESE (PDF format)]
AUDIO (old version 1)
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expenses of running this ministry, including printing, you can do so HERE: Donate
The Free Bible Version is a new translation into modern English from
the standard Greek and Hebrew texts. Its intent is to be as faithful to the original
meaning without being awkward or misleading. The style is contemporary English
without using slang or colloquialisms, speaking to our modern society in a way
people will understand.
This is an ongoing project that expects change and development. If you
come across any glitches that need to be fixed, please let us know! You are
encouraged to copy and share this resource, subject to the limitations of the
license (see above).
Free
Finally, a truly free Bible—free in terms of availability,
free in terms of use, and free in terms of cost for download from the Internet.
What does this mean?
The Free Bible Version is freely
available. This means it can be viewed online, re-posted on other websites, and
printed. It is free for use not only in the sense it doesn’t cost anything to
use, but that the whole of the Free Bible Version can be used without any
restrictions as to quantity and books.
This contrasts with almost all other
modern English language translations available today. Most people (including
church leaders) are not aware that modern copyrighted English versions limit
the amount of text you can use. This is often set at a specific number of
verses, and also that no complete single book of the New Testament can be
copied. Technically this would mean that you could not copy out the book of
Philemon say for your Bible study class, even though it only comprises 25
verses.
A brief review of modern English
versions reveals that the maximum number of verses that can be reproduced is
usually between 250 and 500 in total. Limits are invariably placed on how much
of a Biblical book can be published, such as up to 50%. Otherwise you have to
ask for written permission and may have to pay royalties.
No
such limits are placed on the use
of the Free Bible Version. You are free to republish the whole text,
complete
books, or as long quotes as you wish. The only stipulation is that you
identify
the Free Bible Version, that any changes are identified, and that any
derivatives are issued with the same license as the original.
So now you can use the Bible as freely
as you want—producing booklets for Bible study on specific books, making the
Bible available for viewing and/or download on your website, using it for
personal Bible study on your phone or iPad or computer as you wish.
Let your church know. Let your
minister know. And may this free version of the Bible be a blessing to all as
God intended.
Yours in our gracious God,
Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, translator
The Free Bible Version is a project of Free Bible Ministry
