SwordSearcher Version 10 Now Available!

For all upgrade details, see the Upgrade FAQ and the Revision History.

Natural Language Bible Search

SwordSearcher 10 introduces a powerful new way to search the Bible: natural language search. Instead of thinking in keywords, just describe what you're looking for—in your own words.

Search for ideas, topics, and concepts using everyday language and questions:

• help in hard times
• comfort for those who are grieving
• verses about God's love for sinners
• God cares for me more than the birds

This is a semantic search that finds verses by meaning, not just keywords. It's also incredibly useful when you vaguely recall a verse and want to find it. Results are ranked by relevance, with the best matches shown first.

Find Verses About is a dedicated search window for natural language Bible searching. Verse matches update instantly as you type, and you can load results into a full verse list panel for deeper study.

Natural language search is also integrated into the main search bar. Type a phrase like "verses about forgiveness" and SwordSearcher automatically detects it as a natural language query. Your searches are completely private and never leave your computer.

Text-to-Speech

SwordSearcher 10 includes built-in text-to-speech that can read aloud the contents of any panel. Each panel has a speaker button to start playback, or use the right-click menu.

• Verse-level highlighting and auto-scrolling during playback in Bible and Verse List panels.
• Paragraph-level highlighting and scrolling in Commentary and Book panels.
• Pop-up control window with play/pause, volume, and speed controls.
• "Read aloud from here" lets you start from any verse or paragraph via the right-click menu.

Find Similar Verses

The Find Related Verses tool has been renamed to Find Similar Verses and now includes a new "By Similarity" tab that uses semantic search to find similar verses—in addition to the existing keyword-based method.

New Study Library Modules

• Hymns and Spiritual Songs — A collection of nearly 1,500 hymns from the 18th and 19th centuries, with full lyrics, author attribution, and scripture references integrated with SwordSearcher's cross-referencing system.
• Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments — by Rev. Joseph Benson (1749–1821). Once the official commentary of the Methodist church.
• Hamilton Smith's Expository Bible Commentary — Compiled from the published works of Hamilton Smith (1862–1943), covering 56 of 66 Bible books.
• William Kelly's Bible Commentary — Compiled from the lectures and expository notes of William Kelly (1821–1906), spanning nearly the entire Bible.

Visual and Interface Improvements

• Rounded corners for docking panels and a cleaner, more modern appearance.
• Improved dark mode window borders and main menu on Windows 11.
• Support for ultra-high DPI scaling above 225%.
• Verse widgets have a cleaner, more modern appearance, and you can now choose any Windows emoji as your favorite commentary widget.
• Undocked panels now behave as full top-level windows with minimize, maximize, and taskbar support.

What else is new?

See the complete list of changes in the detailed revision history.

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