Answer this honestly: Have you read the Bible? The whole Bible — all the way
through, from Genesis to Revelation? If not, 2007 is your year. You can even read it online.

Bibleplan.org has a list of 13 Bible reading plans: whole Bible in a year; Old Testament in a year; New Testament in a year; Old Testament in two years; words of Jesus 4 times in a year; whole Bible chronologically in a year; whole Bible chronologically in a year #2; New Testament Letters 3 times in a year; New Testament & Proverbs twice, Psalms once in a year; New Testament & Psalms twice, rest of Bible once in a year; Proverbs in a month; Gospels in a month; Psalms in a month. (I like chronological.)

The site offers many translations: Amplified Bible; American Standard Version; Contemporary English Version; Darby Translation; English Standard Version; 21st Century King James Version; King James Version; The Message; New American Standard Bible; New International Version; New International Version – UK; New King James Version; New Living Translation; New Life Version; Young’s Literal Translation. (For studying, a word-for-word translation like NASB is better; for reading, a thought-for-thought translation like NIV is an easier read. The Message is not a literal translation, it’s the Bible written in contemporary language, almost like a novel, without verse numbers, and is very readable, but is not intended as a study Bible.)

Besides English, Bibleplan.org also has the Bible in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Latin, Nederlands, Norsk, Portuguesa, Russian, Svenska.

If you use a feed reader (like Bloglines), you can also use it to read through the Bible in a year. Scroll down this page for various RSS feed options.

If you want to study the Bible more in depth, I suggest BlueLetterBible.org, which includes Strong’s numbers and gives the original languages for every verse (Hebrew, Greek) and includes concordance, commentary (including Matthew Henry) and devotionals (including Spurgeon.) It’s an amazing web site.

My favorite site for quickly looking up verses and passages is BibleGateway.com, which has the Bible in multiple versions and languages, and has passage, keyword, and topical search, among other features.

Happy reading!

Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven.
Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
You established the earth, and it abides.
They continue this day according to Your ordinances,
For all are Your servants.
Unless Your law had been my delight,
I would then have perished in my affliction.
I will never forget Your precepts,
For by them You have given me life.

Psalm 119:89-93

Update, 01/04/07: I confess that I’d rather curl up with a book than a computer, so I do most of my reading offline. And I wanted to share this printable chronological Bible plan with you. Print it and keep it in your Bible. Check off the readings as you go. If you miss a day, or if you want to read ahead, you can easily keep track of where you are. :)

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