Bible by Midvash MCP Server

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Bible by Midvash is answering right now. Last checked moments ago. It exposes 11 tools. Last commit 30 Jul 2026.

Free, no-key Bible MCP server — 86 translations in 32 languages, from any MCP client.

Uptime history 39 hours of history

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Tools

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108 ms

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last commit 30 Jul 2026

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 0 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add bible --transport http https://mcp.midvash.com/mcp/registry

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bible": {
      "url": "https://mcp.midvash.com/mcp/registry"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.bible]
url = "https://mcp.midvash.com/mcp/registry"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bible": {
      "url": "https://mcp.midvash.com/mcp/registry"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bible": {
      "url": "https://mcp.midvash.com/mcp/registry"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 11

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

bible

search_bible

Searches the Bible text for words or an exact phrase and returns matching verses ranked by relevance. Matching ignores letter case and accents; wrap the query in double quotes for an exact phrase. Use this for discovery questions like "find verses about love". For a known citation, use get_passage or get_verse.

books

list_books

Lists the 66 canonical Bible books with localized names, slugs, abbreviations, testament grouping, and chapter counts. Use this when an agent needs valid book identifiers or localized display names before calling lookup tools.

chapter

get_chapter

Fetches a full Bible chapter from a specific version, formatted in Markdown with numbered verses. Use this when the user needs chapter-level context instead of an isolated verse.

commentary

get_commentary

Fetches the Midvash commentary for the chapter a reference points to — what the chapter is about, its context and its main movements. Every one of the 1,189 Bible chapters has one, in 9 languages. Use this for "what is this chapter about" questions. For the text itself, use get_passage. Returns a summary with a link to the full commentary.

compare

compare_passage

Compares the same Bible passage across multiple Bible versions and returns a Markdown side-by-side style comparison. Use this for translation comparison, sermon preparation, or study questions. For a single version, use get_passage.

cross

get_cross_references

Finds other Bible passages that relate to a given verse, ranked by how widely the link is attested. This answers "what else in Scripture speaks to this?" — the standard next step in study after reading a verse. Returns each related passage with its text, so no follow-up lookup is needed.

passage

get_passage

Fetches Bible passages from natural-language references such as "John 3:16-18", "Psalm 23", "Romans 8:1-9:5" (crossing chapters) or "John 3:16; Romans 8:1" (several at once). This is the primary lookup tool when the user gives a citation instead of structured book/chapter/verse fields.

strongs

get_strongs

Looks up a word in Strong's lexicon — 8,674 Hebrew and 5,523 Greek entries — by Strong's number ("H430", "G2316") or by the word itself, in the original script or transliterated ("elohim", "θεός"). Returns the lemma, transliteration, definition and senses, translated into the requested language. Use it when the question is what an original-language word means.

study

search_study

Searches Midvash's Bible study library: chapter commentaries, Bible characters, dictionary entries, and theology articles, in 9 languages. Use this for background and explanation — who a person was, what a term means, what a chapter is about. For the biblical text itself, use search_bible or get_passage. Results are summaries with a link to the full article.

verse

get_verse

Fetches one exact Bible verse or a contiguous verse range from a specific version. Use this when the book, chapter, verse, and version are already known. For natural references such as "John 3:16-18", prefer get_passage.

versions

list_versions

Lists Bible versions available to the current MCP connection, automatically respecting URL filters such as ?v=nvi,kjv and ?lang=pt-br,en. Use this before lookup, search, or comparison when the user has not specified a version.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.midvash.com/mcp/registry	streamable-http	answering	75 ms	0 min ago

Bible by Midvash — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Bible by Midvash do?

It exposes 11 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: compare_passage, get_chapter, get_commentary, get_cross_references, get_passage, get_strongs and 5 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Bible by Midvash working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 108 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Bible by Midvash?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Bible by Midvash need an API key?

No. Bible by Midvash completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 11 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Bible by Midvash?

It answers our handshake in 108 ms on average, which is faster than 81% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Bible by Midvash open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.