# Modern copyrighted scripture translations

Use this note when a user asks for a downloadable modern Bible or other copyrighted scripture translation.

## Verification workflow

1. Identify the exact translation and revision year; do not substitute a similarly named edition.
2. Check the copyright notice on an official reading page. A publicly readable text is not automatically downloadable or redistributable.
3. Search the publisher, rights holder, official Bible society, and official mobile-app pages before third-party PDF/EPUB sites.
4. Distinguish three delivery forms:
   - browser reading;
   - offline content downloaded inside an official app;
   - an exportable PDF/EPUB file.
5. Resolve tracking/redirect links to their final App Store or Google Play URL and verify the destination loads.
6. Confirm that the requested extra-canonical books are actually present by opening representative books on the official service.
7. If no authorized standalone file can be verified, say so plainly and offer the official app/offline route rather than linking an unsourced copy.

## Canon terminology

Do not treat “Apokryphen” as unambiguous. For a Catholic translation such as the German Einheitsübersetzung, users often mean the deuterocanonical books (for example Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, 1–2 Maccabees, and additions to Esther and Daniel). Broader collections may also mean works such as 1 Enoch, Jubilees, or 3–4 Maccabees, which are not automatically included. State the scope and invite clarification only if it changes the requested edition.

## Output pattern

Give the verified direct download/store links first, then the official browser-reading link. State whether offline use requires registration and whether the content remains app-contained. Add one short copyright sentence explaining why an unverified free PDF/EPUB is not supplied.