The Holy Bible

As the audio or video narration plays, the verse currently being spoken is softly highlighted on screen — a gentle gold glow that guides your eye through the chapter in perfect sync with the narration. Especially helpful for older readers, new Bible readers, or anyone who benefits from hearing and seeing scripture together.

• 💡AI-generated verse timing — all 1,189 chapters have been processed by OpenAI Whisper, a professional speech-recognition model, to produce precise word-level timestamps. The highlight engine uses this data to know exactly when each verse begins and ends during playback.
• 💡Soft gold glow — the active verse receives a subtle gold-tinted background highlight — noticeable enough to guide the eye without interrupting reading concentration or the beauty of the KJV text.
• ▶Verse-Follow toggle — a dedicated 💡 Verse Follow button in the media bar activates or deactivates the feature independently of audio and video controls. Your preference is remembered as you navigate between chapters.
• ♪Works with audio narration — the highlight follows the Alexander Scourby audio narration for all 66 books of both the Old and New Testament.
• 🎦Works with video narration — the verse highlight also syncs with the Scenic Wonders Bible video narration for all 27 New Testament books.
• ▶Accounts for music & pauses — the timing data was generated against the full narration track including background music and dramatic pauses, so the highlight never loses its place during silent or musical passages.
• 🏛Accessibility aid — designed to support readers of all abilities, particularly those who benefit from audio-visual reinforcement when reading scripture, or those encountering the King James language for the first time.