English Bible translations
Bible in Basic English
The Bible in Basic English is an English edition available as an optional text download in the app. Download its text while connected before reading offline.
Availability in the app
- Language
- English
- Text coverage
- 1,189 of 1,189 chapters
- Recorded audio coverage
- 1,189 chapters
- Offline text
- Download in the app before reading offline
The app text library covers all 66 books of this edition’s canon.
Read and learn more
This page introduces the edition. For text reading, choose it in the app; the website’s current chapter reader uses the World English Bible.
Availability checked 2026-10-30. Text and recording availability are separate.