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The Bible.
Seventy-three books, one story, and every page points to Jesus. Plain modern English, the Douay-Rheims one tap away, and links to the lessons that quote each verse.
New to the Bible? See the whole story in seven acts
Old Testament
- Genesis 50 ch.
- Exodus 40 ch.
- Leviticus 27 ch.
- Numbers 36 ch.
- Deuteronomy 34 ch.
- Joshua (Douay: Josue) 24 ch.
- Judges 21 ch.
- Ruth 4 ch.
- 1 Samuel (Douay: 1 Kings) 31 ch.
- 2 Samuel (Douay: 2 Kings) 24 ch.
- 1 Kings (Douay: 3 Kings) 22 ch.
- 2 Kings (Douay: 4 Kings) 25 ch.
- 1 Chronicles (Douay: 1 Paralipomenon) 29 ch.
- 2 Chronicles (Douay: 2 Paralipomenon) 36 ch.
- Ezra (Douay: 1 Esdras) 10 ch.
- Nehemiah (Douay: 2 Esdras) 13 ch.
- Tobit (Douay: Tobias) 14 ch.
- Judith 16 ch.
- Esther 10 ch.
- Job 42 ch.
- Psalms 150 ch.
- Proverbs 31 ch.
- Ecclesiastes 12 ch.
- Song of Songs (Douay: Canticle of Canticles) 8 ch.
- Wisdom 19 ch.
- Ecclesiasticus 51 ch.
- Isaiah (Douay: Isaias) 66 ch.
- Jeremiah (Douay: Jeremias) 52 ch.
- Lamentations 5 ch.
- Baruch 6 ch.
- Ezekiel (Douay: Ezechiel) 48 ch.
- Daniel 14 ch.
- Hosea (Douay: Osee) 14 ch.
- Joel 3 ch.
- Amos 9 ch.
- Obadiah (Douay: Abdias) 1 ch.
- Jonah (Douay: Jonas) 4 ch.
- Micah (Douay: Micheas) 7 ch.
- Nahum 3 ch.
- Habakkuk (Douay: Habacuc) 3 ch.
- Zephaniah (Douay: Sophonias) 3 ch.
- Haggai (Douay: Aggeus) 2 ch.
- Zechariah (Douay: Zacharias) 14 ch.
- Malachi (Douay: Malachias) 4 ch.
- 1 Maccabees (Douay: 1 Machabees) 16 ch.
- 2 Maccabees (Douay: 2 Machabees) 15 ch.
New Testament
- Matthew 28 ch.
- Mark 16 ch.
- Luke 24 ch.
- John 21 ch.
- Acts 28 ch.
- Romans 16 ch.
- 1 Corinthians 16 ch.
- 2 Corinthians 13 ch.
- Galatians 6 ch.
- Ephesians 6 ch.
- Philippians 4 ch.
- Colossians 4 ch.
- 1 Thessalonians 5 ch.
- 2 Thessalonians 3 ch.
- 1 Timothy 6 ch.
- 2 Timothy 4 ch.
- Titus 3 ch.
- Philemon 1 ch.
- Hebrews 13 ch.
- James 5 ch.
- 1 Peter 5 ch.
- 2 Peter 3 ch.
- 1 John 5 ch.
- 2 John 1 ch.
- 3 John 1 ch.
- Jude 1 ch.
- Revelation (Douay: Apocalypse) 22 ch.
About the translations
Reading text: the World English Bible, Catholic edition, a modern public-domain translation in plain English with all 73 books (from eBible.org). For Mass, the Church in the United States uses the NABRE, published by the USCCB. The World English Bible is always the default; every chapter also offers the Douay-Rheims as an option you can switch on. Esther follows the Greek order of the World English Bible: the passages the older Latin order gathered at the end as chapters 11 to 16 (Mordecai’s dream, the royal letters, the prayers of Mordecai and Esther) appear in their places inside chapters 1 to 10, and the old chapter addresses lead there. Psalms in the modern text follow the Hebrew numbering, usually one higher than the Douay-Rheims.
Douay-Rheims: Douay-Rheims Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate. The New Testament was first published by the English College at Rheims in 1582 and the Old Testament at Douay in 1609 and 1610. Bishop Richard Challoner revised the whole text in 1749 to 1752. Public domain. This is the traditional English Catholic translation. We quote the World English Bible throughout the site, and the Douay-Rheims only where a quotation is labeled Douay. Our text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #1581.