Free & open — read any chapter with no account. Make a free account when you want to save your place.
A lamp for your reading
Scripture, lit
word by word.
Nehr reads the Bible aloud and glows each word as it's spoken — so you can listen in the dark, follow with your eyes, and never lose your place.
No account needed. Create a free account to save your place.
Word-by-word audio
The line you're hearing lights up as it's read. Close your eyes and just listen, or read along and let the glow keep your place. This is the heart of Nehr.
Study, on tap
Long-press any word for the dictionary, concordance, and cross-references — right where you're reading. Go deep, then slip back into the chapter.
Many translations
Read the version you love — KJV, WEB, ASV, YLT — or set two side by side. Switch without losing your spot.
Reading plans
Gentle, finishable plans — a Gospel in a month, the Psalms by candlelight, the whole story in a year. No streak guilt.
Listen together — coming soon
Read a chapter in sync with a friend, a small group, or your family — the same words glowing on every screen. One Word, heard together.
How it works
Open a chapter
Pick a book and a translation. Tap play. No sign-up, no paywall.
Listen as it lights up
Each word glows as it's spoken. Read along or close your eyes.
Go deeper anytime
Long-press a word to study it — then slip right back into the reading.
Read free. Keep what matters.
Reading never needs an account. But the moment you want your place, your streak, and your notes to be there tomorrow — and on every device — a free account holds it all.
Pick up where you left off
Your place is saved and follows you to your phone, tablet, and laptop.
Streaks & plan progress
Keep a gentle reading streak and track how far you've come in any plan.
Bookmarks, highlights & notes
Mark a verse, color a line, jot a thought — and find it all again later.
Your settings travel with you
Voice, speed, and translation stay just how you like them, everywhere.
Free to read and hear.
Every chapter, every translation, the word-by-word highlight — free, always.
Nehr+ adds offline downloads, premium voices, side-by-side translations, and the full study library, for about the price of a coffee a month.
Light the page tonight.
Open Scripture, press play, and let the first word glow.
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” — Psalm 119:105