If you’re reading this, you’re probably invested in being able to read your Bible, and you’d like to use Verbum to facilitate your Bible reading and Bible study in some way. You might think that wouldn’t need any instruction. Opening your Bible and reading it is a simple task in Verbum. But it’s worth taking some time to learn about how Verbum helps you do more with your Bible.
Note: This feature is available to all users.
Open a Bible
Verbum is Bible study software, and there are literally dozens of different ways you can get to your Bible. Here are two simple ways you’ll use to open your Bible to a specific place.
- Click the Bible icon
on the main toolbar to open your preferred Bible to the most recently opened passage.
- (1) Enter a Bible reference in the Command Box - and then (2) select the option in the dropdown menu to open your preferred Bible to that place
If you want to use a different Bible you can specify that in the command box, and you can "promote" another Bible to be your preferred one by using the command set preferred Bible and selecting the command from the dropdown.
If you want the Bible to take up the whole screen, you can grab the edge of its panel and extend it, or select the single panel layout from the Layouts menu.
Navigate within a Bible
Once you have your Bible open, you have several different ways to navigate it. You can scroll using the up and down arrow keys, or using your mouse. You can also use the following:
- The reference box displays your current reference and you can enter a new reference there to update your position in the Bible
- Toggle the Table of Contents on and off by selecting
Contents from the Home tab in the dynamic toolbar. Click a chapter to navigate to it.
- The history navigation icons
to the left of the reference box allow you to navigate back to a previous location and back again.
- The article navigation icons
on the Home tab allow you to navigate to the next or previous article, books, chapter, verse, etc.
- The Paged View option on the View tab enables you to switch between a simple scrolling view and a paged view where the text is laid out in multiple columns. In Paged View, using the Space bar will move the Bible to the next page.
Change How Your Bible is Displayed
Customizing the appearance and layout of your digital Bibles allows you to see the text in fresh ways, and Verbum makes it easy to create the look that suits your purposes. You can view the words of Jesus in red, change the font, adjust the layout of the text, and more.