The NET Bible Reader’s Edition

Free NET Bible with no verse numbers

I was looking for a good, free (or cheap) Bible with no verse numbers or chapter headings for that part of Bible study when you’re just reading through getting context. I knew the NET Bible was available for free, so I downloaded the eBook and removed the verse numbers and chapter headings myself. The good folks over at bible.org were kind enough to give me permission to distribute the eBook from my website!

So if you’re looking for a free download of a good modern translation of the Bible without verse numbers, then you’ve come to the right place. I’ve called it the Reader’s Edition.

eBook Reader Download Link md5 Hash
Amazon Kindle Mobi df1151119fa74d33d8502483af09f6b9
Barnes & Noble Nook, Adobe Digital Editions, Sony Reader, PC, Mac, and basically every non-kindle e-reader known to man ePub cdb9b48bc315c71de883005200802693
Microsoft Word, Open Office, and basically every word processor known to man RTF

Feel free to download this and use it for personal use. If you’d like to re-distribute it in any way, please check the copyright information (provided in the eBook or at bible.org/ministryfirst). You can also contact them via their website if you need special permission.

Edit 10-20-2011: A couple verse numbers slipped through on the original, so this page now offers the fixed versions with ALL verse numbers removed. The hashes have been updated to reflect these changes.

12 Responses to “The NET Bible Reader’s Edition”

  1. Paul Says:
    October 19th, 2011 at 9:04 am

    Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for and in the exact version I was looking for. Perfect!

  2. payton Says:
    October 24th, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    Thanks, brother!

  3. freewillgiver Says:
    November 11th, 2011 at 3:25 am

    Jesus bless you friend I will share this
    With many people. For your efforts to
    Assist the body of Christ You will receive rewards
    In Jesus! I have been looking for this kind
    Of free resource to share for years. When
    I have told ten people I will attempt to let
    You know.

  4. Stevish Says:
    November 11th, 2011 at 1:00 pm

    Freewillgiver,

    Thanks for the encouragement, and offering to share this. Don’t forget to thank the folks at Bible.org, as they’re the one’s who funded the translation, and made the NET Bible available online for free. All I did was spend an hour or two editing the eBook that they spent years putting together. I’m glad you were blessed by my efforts specifically though, it means a lot to me.

  5. Matt Gubala Says:
    January 10th, 2012 at 11:09 am

    Thank You the NET bible {readers} text edition reads great on my kindle touch with TTS!!

  6. Charlie Brent Says:
    September 18th, 2012 at 8:16 am

    This is fantastic! The index in your version is vastly superior to my Kindle version with notes. I would love to have an e-pub with the notes based on your index system. It would be much more usable.

    This version has been great with text-to-voice.

    Thanks so much!

    Charlie

  7. Dano The Mano Says:
    September 29th, 2012 at 12:23 pm

    This has helped me A LOT. It’s so much better reading a book of the Bible without the arbitrary divisions. Thank you so much for building off the work of the folks who made the NET Bible. I know as you mentioned in an earlier comment that they deserve the credit for their hard work, but you need to know that God used what you did with this to help a fellow believer in great ways (and that fellow believer would be me). He is good, and I’m thankful for the way He worked through you!!! You’re awesome!!!!

  8. Ryan McCullough Says:
    October 11th, 2012 at 7:11 am

    Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. This is absolutely awesome. Our church uses the NET all the time and this will help for adding scripture text to slideshows, not to mention my personal reading. Huge blessing. Thank you.

    -Ryan McCullough
    Boise, Idaho

  9. Shaun Says:
    October 15th, 2012 at 6:04 pm

    Awesome! Do you happen to have it in a word doc? I don’t have an e-reader, but would love to print out a whole book to study as a whole.

    -Shaun
    Houston, TX

  10. Stevish Says:
    October 15th, 2012 at 8:39 pm

    Good thought, Shaun. I just put up the .rtf version.

  11. MR Quimba Says:
    February 9th, 2013 at 6:26 pm

    perfect, thanks brother!

  12. MR Quimba Says:
    February 9th, 2013 at 6:32 pm

    I should add one thing. This is a wonderful version for people who are reading impaired. Text to Speech is a great tool but is distracting when listening to the Bible because of all the footnotes and chapter/verse numbers. This way, it’s one smooth translation.

    Again, my gratitude for your work.

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