When you half-remember a verse — “something about God so loving the world” — you need it found and readable in seconds, not buried in a study app with accounts and paywalls. This Bible verse lookup does exactly that: type a reference such as John 3:16, a range like Romans 8:28-30, or a whole chapter like Psalm 23, choose from five classic public-domain translations, and the passage appears, cleanly formatted verse by verse. It opens with a verse of the day chosen by a fixed daily rotation, the same for every reader. The texts come from bible-api.com, a free service built on translations that belong to everyone.
How to write a reference
References follow the pattern Christians have used for centuries: book name, chapter, then verse — John 3:16 means the Gospel of John, chapter 3, verse 16. You can widen or narrow the net freely. A single verse gives you the famous lines in isolation. A range, written with a dash (Lamentations 3:22-23), returns exactly those verses together, which is how verses are usually quoted in context. A chapter with no verse at all (Psalm 23) returns the whole chapter, ideal for reading a complete psalm or parable rather than a fragment. Book names can be written in full (“1 Corinthians”) and common abbreviations usually work too. If a reference is not found, check the spelling of the book and that the chapter and verse exist — John has 21 chapters, so John 22:1 will politely fail.
Which translation should you choose?
All five translations here are public domain, which is why they can be offered freely. The World English Bible (the default) is a modern-language revision of the American Standard Version — accurate and easy to read, the best starting point for most readers. The King James Version (1611) is the classic of English literature, beloved for its poetry, with older pronouns and phrasing. The American Standard Version (1901) was long considered the most literal English translation of its era. The Bible in Basic English uses a deliberately limited vocabulary, which makes it a kind choice for new readers and English learners. The Darby Bible is a careful, literal 19th-century translation still valued for study. Switching translations on the same passage is one of the best free study habits there is: differences in wording often unlock the meaning.
The verse of the day
Every time this page opens, it first loads a verse of the day from a rotation of thirty-one beloved passages — John 3:16, Psalm 23:1, Philippians 4:13, Isaiah 40:31 and their peers. The rotation is fixed by date, so every visitor reads the same verse on the same day, and over a month the set covers comfort, courage, gratitude and trust. It is designed as a small daily anchor: read it, sit with it for a moment, and then look up whatever it brings to mind. Churches, families and study groups can use it as a shared reading without any coordination at all.
Bible Verse Lookup — common questions
Is this the whole Bible? The lookup covers all 66 books of the Protestant canon through bible-api.com, in the five translations listed. The Spanish version of this page (linked below) offers the full text in Spanish in the Palabra de Dios para Ti translation.
Why these translations? They are public domain, so the text can be shared freely and legally — the same reason they power many free Bible tools.
Can I read a whole book? Chapter by chapter, yes — request each chapter in turn. For a single verse or passage, one lookup is enough.
Is it free? Completely, with no account and no limits.
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