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Scripture copyright and attribution

The translations used in Word for Word, their licensing status, and the attribution required for each.

  • World English Bible (WEB)

    Public domain

    A modern-English revision of the American Standard Version, dedicated to the public domain. Used as the default translation.

  • King James Version (KJV)

    Public domain in most jurisdictions

    In the United Kingdom the KJV is subject to Crown copyright; use there is permitted under the terms administered by the Crown's patentee.

  • American Standard Version (ASV)

    Public domain

    Published 1901; copyright expired.

How translations are labelled

Every passage shown anywhere in the app carries its translation abbreviation. Exported and printed material carries the same attribution, along with any notice a licence requires.

Adding licensed translations

Copyrighted translations will only be added where we hold the necessary licence, and each will be listed here with its required copyright notice and any limits the licence places on quotation length or export.

Scripture is never generated

Verse text is retrieved from a stored library and returned unchanged. Language models are not used to produce, paraphrase, or reconstruct the text of Scripture.