Inline Interlinear Custom Colors and Themes Now Available!

Our inline interlinear was released a few years ago and has become one of our most popular language tools. As a quick refresher, Blue Letter Bible has always had these language tools, but our team wanted to make it more accessible. And so, they began working on a horizontal variant of the interlinear which came to be known as the "inline interlinear." It contains the same information as the standard interlinear, but the English reads horizontally and can be viewed as a complete chapter. And now, you can customize how that information is displayed.

From an inline interlinear page, you can select the "Colors" button to open a menu that gives you access to five themes. The first four are presets, but the fifth "Custom" tab allows you to select whatever colors you would like for the ten parts of speech. There are two colors: Fill and Text. Fill will select the color of the parsing code's background while Text changes the font color. You can type in a specific six-character hex code or click on the colored circle to use a color wheel.

Any changes you make to your colors in the inline interlinear will also carry over to the standard interlinear, showing your selected colors for the parsing. As an additional feature, these colors also carry over into Hebrew parsing information. If you hover over the inflected form of a Hebrew word, it will highlight both that form and its corresponding code in the selected parsing color.

We have been so blessed by our skilled team of developers that have worked diligently on maximizing the potential of the tools that we have. If you want to start using the inline interlinear today, you can start by heading over to John 1.

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (TSK), found in the "Cross-Refs" tab of our Tools button, is one of the most powerful cross-referencing tools that BLB offers. While English cross-references connect English words that match and Strong's cross-references connect original language words that match, the TSK identifies biblical and theological topics from the passage, showing other places in Scripture where those same topics exist.

The original formatting followed the published TSK, which generally highlighted only the first word or two of a referenced phrase. Sometimes, it was difficult to know how much of the phrase was related to the cross-references. Our development team worked hard to improve the tool by highlighting the entire portion of the phrase to the cross-reference results below it. Here is John 3:16 as an example:

As you can see, the original Cross-Refs tool only had one or two words in red. This means that the cross-references related to those words. However, the cross-referenced verses actually relate to entire phrases, as seen in the "After" screenshot. With that in mind, we have updated over 66,000 TSK entries on our site and mobile apps to display the content that is being cross-referenced more accurately. We pray that the time we have spent with this powerful tool makes it easier to use and enhances your time in God's Word.

Geneva Bible Study Notes Now Available

The Geneva Bible is one of the most important versions in the history of Bible translation. It stands as a milestone in the development of biblical annotation and commentary. First published in 1560 by Protestant scholars in Geneva, Switzerland, this work was notable for being the first English translation to implement several things. Among these are textual and explanatory study notes in page margins. That is what we are excited to now offer on Blue Letter Bible.

The study notes included in the Geneva Bible were compiled from the work of Reformation leaders including John Calvin, John Knox, and others. Their Reformed theological perspective enhanced the reading of the Scriptures and promoted purposeful study of the text by laymen. These notes were comprehensively vast, covering theological, historical, and practical aspects of the text. These will be accessible from the Study tab under Bible Study Notes.

The Geneva Bible has laid the groundwork for modern study Bibles, which themselves served as the inspiration for applications and websites such as Blue Letter Bible. In the spirit of the Geneva Bible, our ministry desires to give our users the ability to study the written Word in order that they may better understand the living Word, Jesus Christ. We pray that both these study notes from Reformers and the plethora of other resources and tools we offer will benefit your time in God's Word.