Text provenance and rights
Bible Text and Permissions
Exactly which Bible text STUDstudy displays, where it came from, and what STUDstudy does—and does not—claim to own.
Bible text used
- Translation
- King James Version
- Edition
- Standardized 1769 text
- Collection
- 66-book Protestant canon
- Electronic source
- eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society — King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
- Source version
- eng-kjv2006 source files dated 2026-08-19; CrossWire KJV source lineage version 3.1
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-24
- Source file
- eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip (USFM)
- Downloaded archive SHA-256
aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007- Normalized corpus SHA-256
09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2
The production module contains the 39 Old Testament and 27 New Testament books. It does not include the Apocrypha. The electronic source's Strong's numbers, morphology, notes, headings, and other non-Scripture metadata are not shown as Bible text.
United States status
The underlying King James Version text is public domain in the United States. STUDstudy may reproduce complete passages on this United States-based digital site. This conclusion does not include modern publisher-created notes, introductions, maps, headings, cross-references, typography, or study material.
United Kingdom note
The Authorized Version is subject to special Crown rights in the United Kingdom. STUDstudy does not claim that the KJV is public domain everywhere. A future UK print publication, UK import project, or UK-specific publishing operation must receive separate legal review or permission.
AI-generated explanations
The KJV Scripture text displayed by STUDstudy is imported from the pinned Bible-text source described above; it is separate from the AI-generated STUDstudy commentary.
STUDstudy commentary and explanations are AI-generated. They may contain errors, omit important context, or state a disputed interpretation too confidently. They are not guaranteed to be correct. Readers should examine the complete passage, inspect the cited sources, and consult qualified pastoral or biblical scholars when a question is important.
What STUDstudy owns
King James Version Scripture text: public domain in the United States. STUDstudy does not claim copyright in the underlying KJV text.
Original STUDstudy work: commentary, explanations, organization, interface content, code, and design may be protected separately.
How the text is used
The KJV is the reader-facing display text. Interpretation still tests the immediate argument, whole-book context, Greek or Hebrew wording, material translation differences, relevant history, and responsible scholarship. One English rendering does not settle every interpretive question.
A Bible book's text may exist in the shared text module before its contextual commentary module is complete.
Verify the record
This page records the project's working rights conclusion and source provenance. It is not legal advice.