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Full licenses allow a small set of devices per person. Sharing one login across a church staff is not supported.

NOTE: You can extend your free trial once only. If this is your first time, please find the case below that applies to you and follow the steps accordingly. (Re-installing Discovery Bible Software on the same computer is not going to extend your free trial.) Case 1: If your free trial has not expired yet... Until your free trial expires, you will find a line on the front page of Discovery Bible Software that reads:  "Click here if you need more time" (please click this blue link in the software, a couple of days before your free trial expires). [While your free trial is active, every time you re-open the software, you will also be reminded of the blue link above in a pop-up dialog box containing a green "Buy Now" button. (Please ignore this purchase button as the link is broken.)] Case 2: If your free trial expired already (and you did not extend it before it expired)... Sign up for the Bible Reading Accelerator as it comes with a 14-day extension of your free trial and much more. Click here to sign up.  After signing up, please click over to the digital worksheet or look for an email with the link.  On the digital worksheet look for the “Download Discovery Bible” heading. Click on “Click here if you’ve already used your trial” and follow the instructions on the webpage. Just click the button on the page and you'll be taken to another page where you need to click "Complete Order". Don't worry... there are no payment details required. This process simply generates a license for you which will be sent to your email. Case 3: You already requested a free trial extension but do not know what to do next. After redeeming your free trial extension voucher, click here to watch a video if you need help with locating your 14-day license and activating it. (If you can't find the email with your license, click here.)

We are a ministry first and do not turn anyone away because of cost.  You are welcome to apply for sponsorship by clicking here.  (Sponsorship is especially suited for those who serve the Lord in a lower income country. But we regularly extend this to all who are in need, no matter where they live.)

Subscriptions are monthly payments that continue indefinitely (with no end date). We do not currently offer subscriptions for The Discovery Bible. Installments are monthly payments with an end date. Currently we offer 12-month installment plans for the full edition of The Discovery Bible on Windows or Mac. The recurring installments are non-refundable and cannot be interrupted or cancelled. A 12-month license is provided for the entire installment period. Once all your monthly payments are completed, you will receive a lifetime license.

You can contact us by emailing hello@discoverybible.com or just creating a support ticket. We love hearing from our users or other interested parties!

Click here to visit our donate page.  To give a monthly donation:  Click here to donate via PayPal (or click the yellow "Donate" button on our donate page).  Enter the desired USD amount. Check the box "Make this a monthly donation". Click the blue button "Donate with PayPal" (and just follow the onscreen instructions until the end).  (If you do not have a PayPal account, you can still give a one-time donation. Just click the “Donate with a Debit or Credit Card” button. However if you use an email address that is linked to a pre-existing PayPal account, this option will not work.) Many thanks for your support!

[Important: If a computer on which your Discovery Bible Software (DBS) license was installed, no longer works or was reformatted, please click here. If you still have access to that computer, please keep reading.] If you wish to deactivate your license from your original computer(s), e.g. if you are no longer using the DBS on one or more previous computer(s), please submit a ticket to confirm the following in writing: “I have permanently stopped using DBS on my original computer on which I had activated my license and uninstalled DBS from that computer permanently on [enter date here in YYYY-MM-DD format]. (I also confirm that this is the first time I am confirming this particular incidence for that computer.)” If your original computer is no longer functional, please submit a ticket to confirm with:  “I am no longer using DBS on my original computer on which I had activated my license because that computer is no longer functional.  (I also confirm that this is the first time I am confirming this particular incidence for that computer.)” We will then update your DBS license activation count on our server accordingly.

The full version of Discovery Bible Software contains the following: OT and NT Over 7,000 Pages of Word Studies found nowhere else Action Symbols to communicate original meaning lost in translation Action symbol expanded explanation Original language emphasis highlights Expanded explanation on emphasis Prophecy Symbols Commentaries Englishman's Concordance NAS Exhaustive Concordance KJV & NASB Versions Parsed Interlinear Word Treasury The above consists of all available resources in Discovery Bible Software. There are currently no extra modules or expansion packs. The free version of Discovery Bible includes the following: 14 Day Free Trial of Full Version Psalms & 1 John Word Studies (1 John only) Action Symbols to communicate original meaning lost in translation Original language emphasis highlights Prophecy Symbols Commentaries Englishman's Concordance NAS Exhaustive Concordance KJV & NASB Versions Parsed Interlinear The following is a list of features/content present in the full version but not in the free version: Books of the Bible other than Psalms and 1 John Large portion of 7,000 pages of word studies Action symbol expanded explanation Expanded explanation of emphasis Word Treasury

You may be getting an activation error with your Discovery Bible Software (DBS) license because it was already activated 3 times or more. Your DBS license should not be activated on more than 3 computers (or 1 computer if it was a gift license). Once you reach a maximum of 3 activations for your license, you will get an activation error. Please submit a ticket with answers to the following questions, so we can check our records for your license and guide you further: 1. Are you able to confirm that your DBS license was activated on 3 computers? (If the answer is “no”, please explain.) 2. Would you still want to use your DBS license on another computer that you own, if that means uninstalling it from one of your original computers permanently? 3. Could you please list every computer and the owner for each on which your DBS license has been running before you contacted us? (Please only mention instances of DBS license activations we have never told you were transferred and/or deactivated .) 4. Do you own all of the computers in each of the earlier questions that apply? (If not, please give details.) NOTE: If your answers to Q1 & Q2 above are "Yes", please click here for instructions on how to remove a previous license activation.

From the reader, open Help → Send feedback. In-app feedback becomes a CRM ticket automatically.

Here’s how we get back into print… Discovery Bible Hardcopy There are a lot of steps involved in printing a Bible, but we believe God will provide the finances to make this dream come true. The first step is typesetting. It’ll cost approximately $8,312 USD to typeset the file used for printing the Bibles, so to make sure all the costs are covered, we want to raise $10,000. There are a few extra steps involved, but this is an important start to getting this project off the ground. If you want to support this project, you can go to discoverybible.com/donate.

All courses offered are accessible online. There are numerous recorded lessons so students can go through the material at their own pace. The new login page is here. (To read more about the recent changes, click here.) If you are already a student, please check your email about recent changes for accessing the course and how to log in again using your new login details. The email was sent from noreply@discoverybible.com on Oct 31, 2023 with the subject line "Welcome". If you know the registered email address you used for the course, you can access it without entering a password... Follow each of the following steps in the order given: Go to the new student login page here. Click the white "Login with secure code" button (not the red "Login" button). Enter the registered email address you used for the course.  If you do not enter a registered email, you will see the error message "User not found". Check for secure login code at the email account you entered in step 3.  If you are unable to find an email with a valid secure code, please check EVERY corner of your inbox (and the SPAM / JUNK, and any other folders or tabs too) for an email from noreply@lc.helpsmin.com.  If you have multiple email accounts, please select your profile image or initial (usually seen at the top right) to make sure you are looking for the email at the email account you entered in step 3.  Enter the secure code. Click the blue "Verify" button. If your secure code did not get entered correctly or if it expired after 15 minutes, you will see the error message "The security code is not correct or has been used. Try with a new code." If you wish to search for the email mentioned above... Click one of the options below to filter all emails in your mailbox from noreply@discoverybible.com, especially if you have an email address with either: Gmail, or Yahoo If you are unable to find the email mentioned above... Check EVERY corner of your inbox (and the SPAM / JUNK, and any other folders or tabs too). TIP: If you’re a Gmail user, you might need to move our first email from your “Updates” (or “Promotions”) tab to your “Primary” tab (your inbox) so you don’t miss anything important. As mentioned above, our emails come from: noreply@discoverybible.com