How to set the Bible book language

3/14/2014

You may want to display the Bible book names in the same language as the Bible.
For example, you may want a Spanish Bible to display its books in Spanish.

Usually, VideoPsalm displays the Bible book names in the same language as its menus.
If you set the VideoPsalm language to English, the Bible book names will be displayed in English.
In the following screenshot, VideoPsalm is in English, and displays the Spanish Bible books in English:

However, some Bibles have the book names in their own language.

To enable a Bible to display its book names in its own language:
1. Click on the Bible button, to display its properties in the middle panel:

2. In the middle panel, deselect the option “Display the book names in English”:

Your changes are immediately reflected and you get the Bible books in Spanish:

When you leave VideoPsalm, it will remind you to save your changes:

By default, VideoPsalm only reminds you to save changes that you made to your songbooks.
It will not remind you of unsaved changes to Bibles, unless you specifically set this in the settings:

You can also save your changes to songbooks and Bibles anytime, via the save button:

In case the Bible does not contain book names in the proper language, you can edit each book name in the book property panel:

1. Click the book that you want to rename (for example “Lamentacion”, which should be “Lamentaciones” in Spanish):

2. This displays the book properties in the middle panel, where you can correct the spelling:

This works similarly with a wide range of VideoPsalm's items:
1. Click on an item.
2. This displays the item properties in the middle panel, where you can edit them.

This mechanism works similarly for the Testament names.
Click on a Testament:

Adjust its name in the middle panel:

See also the “How to” section, where you will find answers to common questions.

You can also ask more specific questions via the site's contact form.

25 Comments

Bart

1/7/2015 10:12:57 pm

Dear Sir,

Can you add Bible in a Ghanaian language? Akan Twi or Akuapem?

Regards,

Bart

VideoPsalm link

1/8/2015 12:54:55 am

Hi Bart,

About the Akan Twi or Akuapem Bible translations, do you know where these translations are available somewhere online on the internet?

Are these Bible translations, or others that you could need, available here:
http://www.bible.com/

Thanks,
Marc

hillary

2/22/2016 07:00:39 am

how can you download video psalm in english. not in french

VideoPsalm link

3/6/2016 04:36:32 am

Hi Hillary,

You can download VideoPsalm at the following address:
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/download.html
VideoPsalm is available in English, and in around 40 other languages.

When you start VideoPsalm for the first time, it will open in English or in the language that your PC uses.
From within the VideoPsalm options, you can switch to another language anytime.

In case of any difficulty, please use the contact form from where we can safely exchange email.
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/contact.html

Juan Berrios

8/29/2016 02:21:23 pm

Hello! How can I display only one verse of the bible? Actually the program shows 3 verses

VideoPsalm link

4/8/2017 03:54:58 am

The reason why VideoPsalm displays the same verse twice is because the second Bible is set as to "Always display dualy (bilingual)".

This is how to remove the second verse:
1. Click on the second Bible, to select it.
2. In the middle panel, deselect the check-box "Always display dualy (bilingual)".
3. Save your changes.

Does this work for you?

Josh

12/8/2024 05:22:03 am

How can I only display two different languages of the same verse. My main two are NIV(english) and LSG(french) but when the pastor needs a different version like KJV and I put the verse, it shows all three instead of just the two I need at that instant(KJV and LSG).

Olivier Wenger

4/14/2017 08:49:22 am

Hi guys, thanks for the great work!
On the french version, the 'display the book names in french' function is inverted and the option must not be selected to obtain the book names in french! I assume this appears in other non-english versions and the problem must be that the expression 'in english' from the option must be translated 'in english' in the menu language and not 'in the menu language'. I mean the right translation for for my french version would be 'en anglais' and not 'en français'!!!

VideoPsalm link

4/14/2017 09:29:07 am

Hi Olivier,

VideoPsalm can display the Bible book names
1) in the language that VideoPsalm uses to display the menus.
or
2) like they are labelled (embedded) in the current Bible translation.

Let's say that you use VideoPsalm in English (its menus are in English).
Then:

1) For a specific Bible, the option "Display book names in English" is selected.
-> The Bible book names will be displayed in English, even for a French Bible. These book names come from the VideoPsalm translation, not from the embedded Bible book names.

2) The option "Display book names in English" is not selected.
-> The Bible book names will be displayed like they are defined in the Bible, normally in French for a French Bible.

As far as I know, all French Bibles have embedded book names in French, and all English Bibles have embedded book names in English.

We added this Bible option because some VideoPsalm non English Bibles have their embedded book names in English, while the corresponding VideoPsalm translation has the correct (non English) Bible book names. This makes it easy to display the book name in the correct language.
For example in Dutch or Indonesian.

The opposite situation also happens.
For example someone using VideoPsalm in English needs to display a French Bible with book names in French. He achieves this by deselecting the "Display book names in English" option.

Does this make sense?

VideoPsalm link

4/14/2017 09:32:36 am

The option could have been labeled "Use Bible embedded book names", but this is less clear.

Olivier Wenger

4/14/2017 09:58:21 am

Ok but my French version displays the option "Afficher le nom des livres en Français" and when I select this option, the book names are displayed in English! So if I've understood you right, this option works the wrong way for me!?
I've tested it with an English and a German bible and the option remains labeled the same "Afficher le nom des livres en Français".
In fact it's just a translation problem of the program. The option should appear as "Afficher le nom des livres en Anglais".
In my French version (1.16 from 25th May 2015), the option displays always English book names.
I will test that with another version of the software...

Olivier Wenger

4/14/2017 10:12:51 am

Ok tested also in German and in English and works fine.
Finally the option is correctly labeled in the French version but functions the wrong way. When the option is selected, the book names are always displayed in English and not in French as they should.
I suppose the French language package has a bug.

VideoPsalm link

4/14/2017 04:39:49 pm

Hi Olivier,

From what I understand, you use VideoPsalm in French.
In this case, it is not useful to select "Afficher le nom des livres en Français" checkbox for French Bibles.
Following French Bibles have this checkbox checked by default: Colombe, NEG79 and TOB.

Like said, when this checkbox is selected, VideoPsalm uses its own language Bible book names and not the Bible embedded book names. This enables for example someone who uses VideoPsalm in English to display Bible book names from a Spanish Bible in English.

Checkbox label
in English: Display the book names in English
in German: Zeigt den Namen der Bücher in Deutsch
in French: Afficher le nom des livres en Français

Does this make sense for you?

See also:
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/blog/how-to-translate-videopsalm-into-your-own-language

Olivier Wenger

4/15/2017 01:12:56 am

Hi again and thanks for your patience,

I'm ok with all you're saying about the checkbox functionality and I've tested it on two different PCs running W7ProSP1.

1) When I use Videopsalm in English, checking the box displays book names in English for either English, German or French bibles.

2) When I use Videopsalm in German, checking the box displays book names in German for either English, German or French bibles.

3) When I use Videopsalm in French, checking the box displays book names in English for either English, German or French bibles and this is not correct. I'm ok that I don't need to check the box for French Bibles but it can be useful for my English or German bibles. There's a problem with my French version of Videopsalm!

I'm investigating the problem and so far I can remember, I think this happend for the first time when I downloaded, through the Videopsalm import interface, the language package named "Comments". And I don't know how to remove that package from my software. Is there a way to do that?

VideoPsalm link

4/16/2017 03:09:51 pm

Hi Olivier,

Thank you for the details, however I failed to reproduce the problem.

Please try the following:
1. Open the Import assistant.
2. Import the French language.

Does this solve the problem?

Olivier Wenger

4/18/2017 01:34:13 am

Hi,

By importing the French language package again, the problem was actually fixed and I can't reproduce the phenomenon anymore. In fact I didn't know that a package could be downloaded several times...
So thank you very much for your time and expertise!

SA. James

8/24/2017 12:35:36 pm

Hi,
Thank you for this great wonderful software. Everyone in the media department of my church fell in love with VideoPsalm the first day I installed it.
Please, can Bible version be made available for download for these languages Ibibio and Efik?

VideoPsalm link

8/24/2017 02:21:44 pm

Hi James,

Thank you for requesting the Ibibio and Efik Bible translations.
Do you know where these translations are available?

Please contact me via the contact form, where we can safely exchange email:
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/contact.html

10/22/2017 06:43:50 am

Is there a way to split bible verses in 2? and to highlight and underline a word or a phrase in a bible verse?

VideoPsalm link

10/22/2017 01:52:12 pm

Hi PK,

To split a Bible verse in two, or merge two short Bible verses:

1. Add them to the agenda.

2. Right-click on the agenda item and select "Convert the Bible passage into a song".

3. Edit the resulting Bible verse" song.

The following article describes these steps more in details:

How to put several Bible verses on a single slide or split a long verse in two slides
http://myvideopsalm.weebly.com/blog/how-to-put-several-bible-verses-on-a-single-slide

Stan

9/14/2021 12:43:57 am

Hi,
is there any option to show the bible verse in two languages in the header when using the bilingual method? It's showing only the current scripture in base language in the header..

Thank you very much!

VideoPsalm link

1/12/2024 01:59:33 pm

Hi Stan,

Version 1.27 improves this, by displaying the Bible names in the footer.
Thank you for your suggestion of displaying both book names in the header.
I added your suggestion to the list of things to do.

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GAG

10/21/2023 07:23:04 am

HOW TO DISPLAY THE BOOK NAME IN TAMIL

VideoPsalm link

1/12/2024 01:55:08 pm

Hi Gag,

Let me know if the following article describes well enough how to get your Bible book names in Tamil:
https://videopsalm.wixsite.com/videopsalm/forum/_tips/how-to-edit-the-book-names-of-the-bibles

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Annette link

2/26/2025 03:33:52 pm

Your tutorial, "How to Set the Bible Book Language," provides a clear and practical guide for users seeking to display Bible book names in their native languages within VideoPsalm. By offering step-by-step instructions accompanied by visual aids, you make the process accessible even to those less familiar with the software. Your attention to detail, including tips on saving changes and customizing book names, reflects a deep understanding of user needs. Thank you for creating such a valuable resource that enhances the multilingual capabilities of VideoPsalm, thereby enriching the worship experience for diverse communities.

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