King James Bible Online

Bible.com is owned by Christian Worldwide Marketing, Inc. It's purpose is to promote the sale of Bibles, however, the site does offer Bible resources, readings, forums, including a prayer room.

PROS: Professionally designed site.
CONS: Bible reading is not easily accessible. The website appears to focus on marketing Bibles and products to visitors. Interface for Bible reading is inadequate.

Owned by the Salem Web Network, which manages multiple, nicely designed, religious-themed websites. Their vision, as posted on their 'about' page is: We are a for-profit religious corporation dedicated to building up the Church, which is the Body of Christ. Some of the sites, such as Crosswalk, feature a nice Christian radio listening area, however, it requires a login and password.

PROS: Professionally designed site with multiple topics and articles.
CONS: Requires multiple clicks to read the Bible, requires registration, and hosts several distracting banner ads.

The Blue Letter Bible is managed by Sowing Circle, a small, non-profit ministry organization.

PROS: Simple website and easy to access Bible reading. Includes an 'institute' which has free online course material and MP3s to listen to.
CONS: Site is slow and does not have as many resources as other websites.

eBible is owned by Godspeed Computing and is a small for-profit business. eBible strives to integrate the Web 2.0 social media trend, allowing user interaction through comments and a rating system, and through some AJAX usability features. It is a for profit business and upgrading to a premium membership is pushed.

PROS: Simple, but well designed Web 2.0 site. Allows reader interaction through comments and voting.
CONS: Fancy scrolling features are more distracting than they are useful. Advertisements also pollute the otherwise clean and simple feel of the website.

Heartlight, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) religious non-profit organization. Heartlight produces an online magazine that provides resources for daily Christian living. Besides the online Bible, they have daily articles, devotionals, inspirational images, electronic greeting cards, and discussion boards.

PROS: The site conveniently has the concordance, dictionary, encyclopedia, and lexicon at the right side for easy reference while reading a specific Bible passage. It gives free Greek and Hebrew fonts for downloading and viewing original scriptures online.
CONS: Website is slow to load and has some distracting graphics and ads on the top and right-side.