While a lot of tech only serves our desires to be entertained and distracted, sometimes it comes through with a helping hand. Such is the case with a couple of great extensions for the Firefox web browser.

One of Firefox’s greatest advantages is the huge list of add-ons. There’s something for just about everything you do online. There are two that make sense for me to post on this site. The first is the ESV (English Standard Version) search engine. With a quick download and install you can add this additional search engine to the standard one’s that come with Firefox. Now you can search the ESV (words, passages, restrictions included) . If your shortcuts are working, you can just click Command+K (CTRL+K on a PC) and type. I’ve found it very useful for study and also teaching. I can have the text up on a projected screen and quick search to any verse/passage. If you don’t have Bible software (Logos, Bibleworks etc), it’s a great option.

The second one I just ran across today. It’s a toolbar for Biblegateway.com. Same function as the ESV search engine – but it also includes the option of parallel searches…including other languages. With this toolbar I can read common English translations alongside the Hungarian translation. Well…I wouldn’t say I’m “reading” the Hungarian yet…but working on it!