scripture.vims

Bible reader with historical sources

Bible reader: manuscripts, AI translation

Read scripture from the original sources — Codex Vaticanus, the Masoretic Text, the Peshitta, the Septuagint, Tyndale, the true 1611 King James — and translate any of them on demand.

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What it does

Scripture is a three-panel Bible reader built like the rest of VIMS: a book/chapter/verse tree on the left, the passage in the center, and the AI study assistant on the right. What makes it different is the source model — pick the historical manuscript or edition itself, then read a published translation descended from that tradition or a fresh on-demand AI translation of its own text. Seventeen public-domain texts are bundled offline — Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Syriac, Aramaic, Gothic, Middle English — and sources with no freely licensed digitization render an honest provenance card instead of fake text.

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Source-first readingChoose the manuscript or edition — Codex Vaticanus, Latin Vulgate, Masoretic Text, Targum Onkelos, Samaritan Pentateuch, Stephanus 1550, Peshitta, Wycliffe, Gothic, the 1611 King James — and read its actual text.
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Honest translation lineagesPreloaded translations state their real descent (the KJV from the Masoretic and Textus Receptus, Douay–Rheims from the Vulgate); on-demand AI translations are badged as machine output, never conflated with published editions.
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On-demand AI translationTranslate any chapter from its source language — modern English, Spanish, French, German, Latin, and more — through your configured model.
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Seventeen bundled textsKing James (1611 original spellings and 1769), Vulgate, Clementine, WLC, Aleppo, Textus Receptus, Douay–Rheims, Geneva 1599, Brenton Septuagint, Peshitta, Tyndale, Swete Vaticanus, Wycliffe, Gothic, Onkelos, Samaritan — all offline.
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The complete 80-book 1611The Apocrypha is included, with per-tradition coverage: 14 books in the 1611, 12 in the Septuagint, 11 in Vaticanus, 9 in Wycliffe.
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Provenance disciplineThe Dead Sea Scrolls, Codex Sinaiticus, and print editions with no freely licensed transcription show what they are and why their text is absent — never invented text.

How it works

  1. Open Scripture from the VIMS launcher
  2. Pick a book, chapter, and verse in the tree
  3. Choose a source, then a translation or an on-demand AI render

FAQ

Which sources have their actual text?

Seventeen, all public domain or Creative Commons. The Dead Sea Scrolls, Codex Sinaiticus, and a few early print editions have no freely licensed transcription, and the app says so.

Is the Apocrypha included?

Yes — the complete 80-book 1611 Bible, plus the Septuagint and Vaticanus deuterocanon in the same catalog.

Does the AI assistant know what I am reading?

Yes — the study assistant receives the current passage, source, and translation as context, and answers about the text on screen.

How does VIMS Scripture connect to the rest of VIMS?

It shares your identity from keys.vims.com and is reachable by agents through MCP and Flow, so it works alongside every other VIMS app.

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Bible reader: manuscripts, AI translation

Scripture is a three-panel Bible reader built like the rest of VIMS: a book/chapter/verse tree on the left, the passage in the center, and the AI study assistant on the right. What makes it different is the source model — pick the historical manuscript or edition itself, then read a published translation descended from that tradition or a fresh on-demand AI translation of its own text. Seventeen public-domain texts are bundled offline — Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Syriac, Aramaic, Gothic, Middle English — and sources with no freely licensed digitization render an honest provenance card instead of fake text.

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