Need Bible text for an app, website, or study tool without adding an account system just to fetch Scripture? The Midvash Bible API is a free, read-only REST API that requires no API key, authentication, or signup.^1 Its live catalog lists 119 versions in more than 60 languages, limited to texts Midvash is allowed to redistribute: public-domain works or openly licensed Creative Commons texts.^1
Start with a version or book list, then retrieve a chapter, a single verse, or a range by building the reference into the URL.^1 A batch endpoint accepts up to 50 references in one call, a parser turns free text such as "John 3:16-18" into a structured reference, and a verse-of-the-day endpoint supplies a daily passage.^1 The API publishes an OpenAPI 3.1 contract and interactive documentation, enables CORS for browser use, and serves immutable Bible content from Cloudflare's edge with stable ETags.^1 It states no rate limit, while asking clients to honor ETags and batch references where possible.^1
Rights are handled inside the response rather than left for each developer to reconstruct. Every text response carries the selected version's attribution, and Creative Commons licenses require that attribution to be shown with the text.^1 Versions whose rights are fully reserved are not served; when one is requested, the API returns a freely available version in the same language and identifies what it returned.^1 The underlying API code is open source under the MIT License.^1
Midvash is an independent Bible reading and study platform led by Neto Gregório, a theologian who runs the product day to day with help from contributors and translators.^3 The wider platform includes a web reader and native iPhone and Android apps, and its public API source is open for reuse by other Bible apps.^3 Gregório describes his calling in explicitly Christian terms, including caring for people with God's love and leading them toward Christ's redemption.^4
Notable- Free to use with no API key, authentication, signup, or stated rate limit.^1
- 119 Bible versions across more than 60 languages, drawn from public-domain or openly licensed texts.^1
- Version attribution travels in each text response, ready to display beside the Scripture.^1
- Open-source API code under the MIT License, with an OpenAPI 3.1 contract and interactive docs.^1
