BibleQL

A GraphQL API for reading the Bible. One endpoint, dozens of translations, and references that work in the language of the translation — John 3:16 or Juan 3:16, whichever fits.

query {
  passage(translation: "eng-web", reference: "John 3:16") {
    reference
    text
    translationName
  }
}

Start here

Quickstart	Your first request in about two minutes
Authentication	API keys, headers, and how to keep them safe
API Reference	Every query, type and enum, generated from the schema
SDKs	Official clients: bibleql-ruby and bibleql-js

What it can do

• Passage lookup — single verses, ranges, multi-ranges, whole chapters (guide)
• Localized book names — query Spanish translations with Spanish book names (guide)
• Text search — fast substring matching across a translation (guide)
• Semantic search — find verses by meaning using embeddings (guide)
• Concordance — exhaustive, canonically ordered word study with keyword-in-context snippets (guide)
• Verse of the day — a curated daily verse in any translation (guide)
• Structure discovery — books, chapters and verse counts per translation (guide)

Try it without writing any code

The interactive playground runs against the live API and includes a headers panel for your key. It is the fastest way to explore a query before wiring it into anything.

On translations and licensing

BibleQL serves public domain and freely licensed translations. Each one carries its own license in the note field — always check it before redistributing text. See Bible Translations.