![]() ![]() Here’s my list of recommended alternatives to BibleWorks. So what should you do if you want a program that’s functional and comes from a company that should support the software for a long time into the future. That’s like buying the 2018 model of a car after the manufacturer says their closing down the company. They say you can update to version 10 for $200, but don’t. If you don’t own version 10 already, you will not even get compatibility updates. Then plan to keep the forums and their Knowledge Base up after that date, but I wouldn’t count on this. After June 15 you can’t get any support for the program. They hope to “continue to provide compatibility fixes for BibleWorks 10 well into the future.” Make sure you get a working copy installed now and download all of your content if you don’t already have it. QuickVerse and Pradis and other Bible software owners probably felt as shocked when their chosen company’s operations ceased or sold out to another company which then shut down development.īibleWorks said that you can continue to use the software. You buy permission to use THEIR software, regardless of what they say. It’s a painful reminder that your Bible software may feel like yours, but it’s really not. I’m sure other long time users of the software feel or will feel the same way when they learn the news. I cannot exaggerate, and you can’t imagine, the investment of research and work I have in Dan Phillips June 1, 2018 He tweeted the morning of the announcement:ĭon’t ask me what to do. BibleWorks power user Dan Phillips joined us to demo the new features. ![]() We covered the release of Bibleworks 10 with a lot of excitement a few years ago. We know that you will have many questions going forward and we will do our best to answer some of them here. We make this announcement with sadness, but also with gratitude to God and thankfulness to a multitude of faithful users who have stayed with us for a large part of their adult lives. Accordingly as of JBibleWorks will cease operation as a provider of Bible software tools. But it has become increasingly apparent over the last few years that the need for our services has diminished to the point where we believe the Lord would have us use our gifts in other ways. The email, which you can read on the BibleWorks website, included the following statement from owner Michael Bushell:īibleWorks has been serving the church for 26 years by providing a suite of professional tools aimed at enabling students of the Word to “rightly divide the word of truth”. Many BibleWorks users got a shocking email on June 1 from the maker of one of the best original language Digital Bible Study tools on the market today. ![]()
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