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GET /v1/random

A random verse

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Custom headers (optional)
api.oanor.com/bible-api

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/bible-api/v1/random" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/bible-api/v1/random", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/bible-api/v1/random");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/bible-api/v1/random",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "verse": {
            "book": "Joshua",
            "text": "the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;",
            "verse": 19,
            "chapter": 12,
            "reference": "Joshua 12:19",
            "translation": "World English Bible"
        }
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-05-31T15:47:04.938Z",
        "request_id": "7bab2ae7-9f7b-4eb0-b9a2-778e37e25311"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Random verse retrieved",
    "success": true
}