Bible API on GitHub 🇸🇦 🇨🇳 🇩🇪 🇬🇷 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇺🇳 🇪🇸 🇫🇮 🇫🇷 🇰🇷 🇧🇷 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇷🇺 🇻🇳

Description

This repository provides a simple API to access verses from the Bible directly from GitHub. The verses are available in JSON format.

Postman

Check out the API versions here: API on Postman

Endpoints

Bible

To access the Bible translations, use the following endpoint:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maatheusgois/bible/main/versions/{language}/{bible-version}.json

Try:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maatheusgois/bible/main/versions/pt-br/arc.json

Books

To access specific books within a Bible version, use this endpoint:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maatheusgois/bible/main/versions/{language}/{bible-version}/{book-id}/{book-id}.json

Try:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MaatheusGois/bible/main/versions/pt-br/arc/gn/gn.json

Chapter and Verse

To access specific chapters and verses within a book, use the following endpoint:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maatheusgois/bible/main/versions/{language}/{bible-version}/{book-id}/{chapter}/{verse}.json

Try:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maatheusgois/bible/main/versions/pt-br/arc/2ch/2/1.json

Index

To get all available Bible versions and books, use this endpoint:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maatheusgois/bible/main/sumary/index.json

Try:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maatheusgois/bible/main/sumary/index.json

Summary

To get a summary of all available Bible versions and books, use this endpoint:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maatheusgois/bible/main/sumary/ids.json

Try:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maatheusgois/bible/main/sumary/ids.json

Languages and Versions

The summary endpoint provides an overview of available languages and versions. For detailed information, refer to the specific endpoints provided above.

Arabic 🇸🇦

Language ID	Version Name	Version ID
ar	The Arabic Bible	svd

Chinese 🇨🇳

Language ID	Version Name	Version ID
zh	Chinese Union Version	cuv
zh	New Chinese Version	ncv

German 🇩🇪

Language ID	Version Name	Version ID
de	Schlachter	schlachter

Greek 🇬🇷

Language ID	Version Name	Version ID
el	Modern Greek	greek

English 🇺🇸🇬🇧

Language ID	Version Name	Version ID
en	Basic English	bbe
en	King James Version	kjv

Esperanto 🇺🇳

Language ID	Version Name	Version ID
eo	Esperanto	esperanto

Spanish 🇪🇸

Language ID	Version Name	Version ID
es	Reina Valera	rvr

Finnish 🇫🇮

Language ID	Version Name	Version ID
fi	Finnish Bible	finnish
fi	Pyhä Raamattu	pr

French 🇫🇷

Language ID	Version Name	Version ID
fr	Le Bible de I'Épée	apee

Korean 🇰🇷

Language ID	Version Name	Version ID
ko	Korean Version	ko

Portuguese 🇧🇷🇵🇹

Language ID	Version Name	Version ID
pt-br	Almeida Revisada Imprensa Bíblica	aa
pt-br	Almeida Corrigida e Revisada Fiel	acf
pt-br	Nova Versão Internacional	nvi
pt-br	King James Fiel	kja
pt-br	Almeida Revista e Corrigida	arc

Romanian 🇷🇴

Language ID	Version Name	Version ID
ro	Versiunea Dumitru Cornilescu	cornilescu

Russian 🇷🇺

Language ID	Version Name	Version ID
ru	Синодальный перевод	synodal

Vietnamese 🇻🇳

Language ID	Version Name	Version ID
vi	Tiếng Việt	vietnamese

Book IDs

The table below lists the IDs and names of the books available in the API:

ID	Name
gn	Genesis
ex	Exodus
lv	Leviticus
nm	Numbers
dt	Deuteronomy
js	Joshua
jud	Judges
rt	Ruth
1sm	1 Samuel
2sm	2 Samuel
1kgs	1 Kings
2kgs	2 Kings
1ch	1 Chronicles
2ch	2 Chronicles
ezr	Ezra
ne	Nehemiah
et	Esther
job	Job
ps	Psalms
prv	Proverbs
ec	Ecclesiastes
so	Song of Solomon
is	Isaiah
jr	Jeremiah
lm	Lamentations
ez	Ezekiel
dn	Daniel
ho	Hosea
jl	Joel
am	Amos
ob	Obadiah
jn	Jonah
mi	Micah
na	Nahum
hk	Habakkuk
zp	Zephaniah
hg	Haggai
zc	Zechariah
ml	Malachi
mt	Matthew
mk	Mark
lk	Luke
jo	John
act	Acts
rm	Romans
1co	1 Corinthians
2co	2 Corinthians
gl	Galatians
eph	Ephesians
ph	Philippians
cl	Colossians
1ts	1 Thessalonians
2ts	2 Thessalonians
1tm	1 Timothy
2tm	2 Timothy
tt	Titus
phm	Philemon
hb	Hebrews
jm	James
1pe	1 Peter
2pe	2 Peter
1jo	1 John
2jo	2 John
3jo	3 John
jd	Jude
re	Revelation

Formatting

npx prettier --write .

Contributing

This repository is open to contributions. Feel free to propose improvements or add new features. To contribute, please submit a pull request with your changes.

If you encounter any issues or have suggestions, please open an issue to discuss.

License

This project is distributed under the MIT license.