bible

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bible

A command line bible written in go

Usage

Usage of ./bible:
  -compare string
    	Translations to compare passage against, set to 'all' for all translations in the database, or use a space seperated list
  -db string
    	Bible database to use (default "database/bible-sqlite-jmainguy.db")
  -generateTests
    	Whether to generate and print tests to stdout
  -listBooks
    	List all books of the bible and their number of chapters
  -listTranslations
    	List all translations in database
  -passage string
    	Passage to return. Can be given in following syntax. 'John', '1 John 3', 'John 3:16', or for a range in the same book '1 John 1:1 - 3:16' (default "John 3:16")
  -translation string
    	Bible translation to use (default "t_kjv")

Example

Single verse from the NASB

[jmainguy@jmainguy bible]$ ./bible  --passage "Obadiah 1:21" -translation t_nasb
Obadiah 1:21 - New American Standard Bible
  The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion To judge the mountain of Esau, And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.

Compare multiple verses, against multiple translations.

[jmainguy@jmainguy bible]$ ./bible  --passage "Philippians 3:13 - 3:14" --compare "t_kjv t_leb t_nasb"
Philippians 3:13 - King James Version
  Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

Philippians 3:14 - King James Version
  I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:13 - Lexham English Bible
  Brothers, I do not consider myself to have laid hold of it. But I do one thing, forgetting the things behind and straining toward the things ahead,

Philippians 3:14 - Lexham English Bible
  I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of  God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:13 - New American Standard Bible
  Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,

Philippians 3:14 - New American Standard Bible
  I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

PreBuilt Binaries

Grab Binaries from The Releases Page

Install

Homebrew

The formula requires sudo, as it places the database in /opt/bible/bible.db

brew install jmainguy/tap/bible

yum / dnf

You can install the rpm frmo the The Releases Page

# For example, to install 0.0.0-1
dnf install https://github.com/Jmainguy/bible/releases/download/v0.0.0/bible-0.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm

deb

There is a debian package in The Releases Page, I have not used apt / apt-get lately, but I imagine it supports installing from a random url, follow the same idea as yum / dnf above

Build

export GO111MODULE=on
go build