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

[oldschoolcowboy]

publishers; like the Pharisees are just in it for the money; true followers of the Christ will not be a stumbling block;

plus Karl is not the one who can answer that question; the publishers can.

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On Monday, October 6th, 2025 at 12:08, Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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