DRB & CPDV Bible Data

This repository provides structured JSON versions of two complete Catholic Bible translations:

• Douay–Rheims Bible (DRB)
• Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

Each translation has been normalized into a unified schema for ease of use in web and application projects.

Format

Both JSON files share the same structure:

{
{
 "Genesis": {
  "1": {
   "1": "In the *beginning God created heaven and earth.",
   "2": "*And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved over the waters.",
   "3": "And God said: *Be light made. And light was made.",

• books: Ordered array of all canonical books.
• chapters: Each book contains numbered chapters.
• verses: Each chapter contains an array of verses with number and text.

Usage

• Ideal for Bible search engines, comparison tools, or personal study apps.
• The JSON is human-readable and easy to parse in most programming languages.
• Both DRB and CPDV are in the public domain.

Attribution

I forget where I got DRB json but it was public domain CPDV - https://bitbucket.org/sbruno/cpdv-json-encoder/src/master/ I originally prepared the JSON files from other sources but they were flawed. I added databases since then though.

Prepared and structured by Thomas Hansen. Translations are in the public domain and free to use without restriction.

License

This repository is dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0.