Just to make things interesting, I’ll explain how I discovered YouVersion. Google Reader grabbed a post from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) which detailed an iPhone app written by the folks at YouVersion, and I followed the link back to the YouVersion website. Ah, information!

Anyway, YouVersion is a very cool idea that leverages Web 2.0 ideas and software to create an online Bible collaboration tool. YouVersion is still in beta, and there is a lot of functionality that isn’t up and running yet. Still, you can add text, links, audio or video to any reference or group of references you want. You can keep your ideas private or allow the entire community to see them. I wouldn’t count on this as a sermon prep tool at this point because of its beta status, but it is very cool nonetheless. One last thing that I consider important with any Bible study tool, YouVersion supports several high quality translations including: New International Version, New American Standard Bible, English Standard Version and Holman Christian Standard Bible. In addition, there are three Spanish versions as well as German, French, Swedish and Chinese translations.

A revolutionary online Bible that enables community and collaboration like never before.

• Organize - YouVersion empowers you to organize the content that’s important to you!
• Share - Simply share meaningful content with anyone, anytime, anywhere.
• Community - YouVersion makes it easy to connect and collaborate with others.
• Contribute - With YouVersion you have the power to share your content with your closest friends, family, or anyone online!