sword-converter

SWORD Converter

Generate JSON Files and SQLite Databases of Bible Texts from SWORD Modules

The SWORD project provides modules freely for common Bible translations in different languages.

Sample Output

1. JSON

{
  "name": "King James Version (1769) with Strongs Numbers and Morphology  and CatchWords",
  "abbreviation": "KJV",
  "books": {
    "ot": [
      {
        "number": 1,
        "name": "Genesis",
        "abbreviation": "Gen",
        "chapters": [
          {
            "number": 1,
            "verses": [
              {
                "number": 1,
                "text": "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "nt": [
      {
        "number": 40,
        "name": "Matthew",
        "abbreviation": "Matt",
        "chapters": [
          {
            "number": 1,
            "verses": [
              {
                "number": 1,
                "text": "The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham."
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

2. SQLite

• Translations

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+
|name                                                                         |abbreviation|
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+
|King James Version (1769) with Strongs Numbers and Morphology  and CatchWords|KJV         |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+

• Books

+-----------+------+-------+------------+---------+
|translation|number|name   |abbreviation|testament|
+-----------+------+-------+------------+---------+
|1          |1     |Genesis|Gen         |ot       |
+-----------+------+-------+------------+---------+

• Chapters

+----+------+
|book|number|
+----+------+
|1   |1     |
+----+------+

• Verses

+-------+------+------------------------------------------------------+
|chapter|number|text                                                  |
+-------+------+------------------------------------------------------+
|1      |1     |In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.|
+-------+------+------------------------------------------------------+

Installation

Using pip

pip install sword-converter

Using poetry

poetry add sword-converter

Usage

Output file will be saved in the same directory as the sword module.

sword-converter source module -f {json,sqlite}

sword-converter /home/user/Downloads/KJV.zip KJV -f json

sword-converter /home/user/Downloads/KJV.zip KJV -f sqlite