[xiphos-users] Looking for legitimate NKJV and ESV modules, paid or free.

[Chuck Hast]

Karl,
Why do they do this? I expect this on technical stuff I deal with but if
someone is willing to pay for the
work, why not release it so we can use it?

I just do not understand people being a stumbling block to the propagation
of God's Word.

On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM Karl Kleinpaste <karl at kleinpaste.org> wrote:

> hikari writes:
> > I just would like to know if there are any for these two translations
> that work with xiphos.
>
> There has never been NKJV available for Sword apps, just as there is no
> NIV or several other requested translations. We have pursued such things in
> the past (I wrote a request re: NIV many years ago), but we have never
> gotten a positive result from publishers such as thomasnelson.com or
> zondervan.com.
>
> We formerly had ESV available, but its owner removed distribution
> permission from Crosswire. So it is no longer distributable, either. I
> don't know the implications of "legitimate" if someone already having ESV
> were to give you a copy.
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