What’s New in Paratext 9.3

Paratext 9.3 released Oct 7, 2022

It is our great privilege to announce to you the availability of Paratext 9.3! On behalf of the entire development team, we hope that this software is a blessing to you in your work.

What's New Video

Here is a demo video to introduce the new features that have been added to Paratext 9.3. We wanted to show you what is available in the latest beta version of Paratext.

Please note that this video was made with a test version of Paratext 9.3.

See below for written descriptions of these new features.

What Changed Since Paratext 9.2?

Paratext Live users can now choose either to use the old server from 9.0 and 9.1 or use the new Paratext Live server that was introduced in 9.2 (more info here). Now all users are free to upgrade to Paratext 9.3 regardless of whether they need to do live sessions with older versions!
Study Bible Additions now have a compare versions feature.
Help files have been localized into several gateway languages. These help files will improve as we correct mistakes from the machine translation process. Machine translations of help files have been supplied for Spanish, French, Chinese (Simplified), German, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), and Russian.
Scripture references can be copied/pasted between Paratext and other programs (like Logos or Bible Gateway). Just copy or paste from the Scripture reference control on the main toolbar.
Numerous usability improvements were made to the parallel passage interface to make the information clearer. For example, the Greek and Hebrew text rows can now be collapsed or expanded:
You can now open a text collection directly from the main menu:
Synchronized scrolling with Logos or other compatible applications is now ON by default.
In addition to arranging windows in columns, you can now also arrange them in rows:
Floating windows now have a project dropdown that allows you to switch to a different project or resource:
Now supports the Bible Modules feature to honor chapter markers in extra books.
RegEx Pal is now available in the Project > Advanced menu.
The Paratext plugin API has been expanded to include:
- Access to Text Collections
- Access to Resources (protected by an API key)
Support for DC books in an Enhanced Resource (RSV52+).

Paratext 9.3 has had a lot of behind the scenes work on components that are not user-facing features but which will vastly improve our ability to:

write Paratext help topics
localize the user interface into more gateway languages
improve the speed of language updates
localize the help files into more gateway languages

Many bugs were fixed since the debut of Paratext 9.3 Beta.

Compatibility with Previous Paratext 9 Versions

Paratext 9.3 is fully compatible with 9.0 – 9.2, although the new features will only be accessible from the newer versions. Paratext 9.3 will also work with Paratext 8, but we encourage you to upgrade to Paratext 9 as soon as possible.

God Bless Your Translation Work!

We are grateful to the many translation teams who work hard to make the Word of God available to all people throughout the world. We hope this software will bless your work and help make Jesus known throughout the nations!

Yours in Christ,

The Paratext Development Team (UBS/SIL)

Important information for Paratext Live users

Paratext 9.3 includes changes to Paratext Live so that you can use it with either the newer 9.2 version of Paratext Live OR the older 9.1 version of Paratext Live.

Important note: In order to be in the same Paratext Live session, all of the users must select the same server.

For more info, see the Paratext Help topic How do I start or join a Paratext Live session?

Regardless of how you use Paratext Live, all users can upgrade to 9.3 and use the version of Paratext Live that best suits the team. Note: this does not affect Send/Receive, which still functions normally between all versions of Paratext.