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There's room at the table

These projects grow through people who give a little of what they know. Find the way that fits you.

For scholars

Review a translation

Check Open Word Bible drafts against the Hebrew or Greek and approve them under your name.

What you'll do

  • Read a passage and its reasoning
  • Approve it or suggest changes
  • Flag decisions that need a footnote

What you need

  • Biblical Hebrew or Greek
  • A few unhurried hours
Offer to review

For bilingual readers

Check a language

Make sure a translation reads naturally in your language, whether a verse in Open Word Bible, a classic in Ochorus or the words on a button.

What you'll do

  • Read drafts in your language
  • Suggest clearer wording
  • Check interface text

What you need

  • Fluency in the language
  • Care for clear, natural writing
Offer your language

For developers and designers

Build the tools

Fix a bug, improve accessibility or take on a feature. Open Word Bible and Ochorus are on GitHub.

The stack

  • Python and Django
  • SvelteKit
  • Plain HTML and CSS

Where to start

  • Each repository's README
  • Its open issues
Open Word Bible on GitHub ↗Ochorus on GitHub ↗

For churches and missions

Partner with us

Use our texts in your app or ministry, ask for a language, or tell us what tool your people are missing.

Ways to partner

  • Use the open texts
  • Request a language
  • Try a project with your people

What it costs

  • Nothing. It's all free.
Start a conversation

For everyone

Pray and share

Pray for the reviewers, the readers and the languages still waiting. Tell a friend who would use one of the apps.

Stay in touch

  • The journal and its feed
  • News of each release
Read the journal

Questions

Before you write to us

Do I need to be a professional?

To review the Hebrew or Greek, you need real fluency in the original language. To check a reader language, build or share, you don't. Care and attention matter most.

Will my name appear on my work?

Reviewers are named on the work they approve. That's how readers know a person, not only a machine, has checked it.

Can I use your texts in my own project?

Open Word Bible is in the public domain (CC0), so yes, with no permission needed. The classics in Ochorus are public domain too. For anything else, ask us.