Terms & Conditions

PERMISSION NOTICES

Our Standard Use Guidelines allow for the AVB/ESV texts to be quoted in print, and digital formats, up to and inclusive of one thousand (1,000) verses of AVB without express permission of Borneo Sabda Limited, and up to and inclusive of five hundred (500) verses without express written permission of Crossway, provided that the verses quoted do not amount to more than one-half of any one book of the Bible or its equivalent measured in bytes, nor do the verses quoted account for twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total text of the work in which they are quoted.

Notice of copyright must appear as follows on the title page or copyright page of works quoting from texts from AVB or ESV, or in a corresponding location when the text is quoted in other media:

AVB: “Alkitab Versi Borneo © 2015 Borneo Sabda Limited. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The AVB text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license.  Users may not copy or download more than 1000 verses of the AVB Bible or more than one-half of any book of the AVB Bible."

ESV: “Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.  Users may not copy or download more than 500 verses of the ESV Bible or more than one-half of any book of the ESV Bible.”  

When more than one translation is quoted in printed works or another media, the foregoing notice of copyright should begin as follows: 

·      “Unless otherwise indicated, all Scriptures are from . . . [etc.]”; or 

·      “Scripture quotations marked [AVB, ESV] are from . . . [etc.].”

The “AVB” and “Alkitab Versi Borneo” are registered trademarks of Borneo Sabda Limited. Use of either trademark requires the permission of Borneo Sabda Limited.

The “ESV” and “English Standard Version” are registered trademarks of Good News Publishers. Use of either trademark requires the permission of Crossway.

When quotations from the AVB or ESV texts are used in non-saleable print and digital media, such as church bulletins, orders of services, posters, transparencies, or similar media, a complete copyright notice is not required, but the initials — “AVB” or "ESV" — must appear at the end of a quotation. 

Publication of any commentary or other biblical reference work produced for commercial sale that uses the Alkitab Versi Borneo must include written permission for the use of the AVB text.

Permission requests that exceed the above guidelines must be directed to Borneo Sabda Limited via https://www.alkitabversiborneo.org/support, or Crossway via http://www.crossway.org/permissions/

The AVB Bible, ESV Bible and related resources are available for free access online and on mobile devices everywhere worldwide at www.AlkitabVersiBorneo.org or www.ESV.org