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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)[reply]

Appreciate, but

I like the simplicity of the template, but it has two (relative) drawbacks, depending on what the user wants:

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).

Alternatives are offered, though, under see also. Nice work! --Dampinograaf (talk) 13:48, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

404 at blb.org

Halp! At time of writing (2013-09-12), this is broken. The example, the example {{bible|Genesis 1:1}} 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?

To editors Sburke, Wikitanvir and Headbomb: Today I tried to use it with Leviticus 11:35, 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)[reply]

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