Bible CLIScripture in your terminal.

Read and search the World English Bible offline, with a fast command-line interface that works naturally in shell pipelines.

Install Bible CLI

Read the guide

Offline by default

Read, navigate, and search the bundled translation without an account, API key, or network connection.

Built for the shell

Human-friendly terminal output becomes stable plain text automatically when redirected or piped.

One small binary

Download a checksummed release for macOS or Linux and start reading without installing Go or a database.

Start with a passage

console

$ bible read "John 3:16-21"
$ bible search "living water"
$ bible random

Bible CLI understands common book aliases, lets you navigate between chapters, and includes the tools you need to discover books, translations, and shell completion.

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Bible CLIScripture in your terminal.

Offline by default

Built for the shell

One small binary

Start with a passage ​

Start with a passage