Template talk:Bible

Documentation
It would be nice to have some documentation. I could figure something out, but it would be better for the original author to do so. --David.alex.lamb 16:56, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Appreciate, but
I like the simplicity of the template, but it has two (relative) drawbacks, depending on what the user wants: Alternatives are offered, though, under see also. Nice work! --Dampinograaf (talk) 13:48, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * it links necessarily to the New International Version, who is not everyone's favorite.
 * it results in a whole chapter being shown, not the desired verse(s).

404 at blb.org
Halp! At time of writing (2013-09-12), this is broken. The example, the example &#x7B;&#x7B;bible|Genesis 1:1&#x7D;&#x7D; links to http://blb.org/cgi-bin/index.pl?type=pf&translation=NIV&handref=Genesis+1%3A1, which is a 404. This template's docs says "The template links to pages at http://www.blueletterbible.org/", but it does not. (Note: at time of writing, Template:Bibleref does work.) ''[The above was apparently written by Sburke. — Geekdiva.]''

No more 404: fixed or not?

 * Today I tried to use it with, and although it didn't take me to verse 35, it did take me to Lev. 11. So... Is it semi-fixed? I don't know; my browser sometimes won't take me to the correct anchor, so it might be all the way fixed!
 * To those who work on this template, I suggest using a verse when testing that would be very low on the page like I did, or else you might get a false positive. Thanks! — Geekdiva (talk) 07:45, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Updated to BlueLetterBible's new domain
Updated template to use their new domain, for example https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/preSearch.cfm?Criteria=Luk%2017:20&t=KJV

This does not change the inputs for the template do I have not changed the documentation.

You will still get a 404 at blueletterbible.org if you ask for a version they do not have, for example NRSV.

Robert Badgett