How to get a random Bible verse?

Question

JavaScript

Help write a function that will receive a random verse from the Bible. And tell me in what form is it better to store the Bible on the server for this task?

Answer 1

Found the Bible in JSON format.
Wrote this code:

let wrapper = document.querySelector('.wrapper')
let request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('GET', 'http://127.0.0.1:5500/rst.json');
request.responseType = 'text';
request.send();
function random(min, max) {
   return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min) + min)
}
request.onload = function () {
   var superHeroesText = request.response;
   var superHeroes = JSON.parse(superHeroesText)
   for (let key in superHeroes) {
      let getAllBooks = superHeroes[key]
      let getBook = getAllBooks[random(0, 66)]
      let getAllChapters = getBook['Chapters']
      let getChapterLength = getAllChapters.length
      let getChapter = getAllChapters[random(0, getChapterLength)]
      let getAllVerses = getChapter['Verses']
      let getVersesLength = getAllVerses.length
      let getVers = getAllVerses[random(0, getVersesLength)]
      let point = getVers['Text']
      console.log(getBook);

      wrapper.innerHTML = `<div class="bible-text">${point}</div>`
      wrapper.innerHTML += `<div class="bible-scr">(${getBook['BookName']} ${getChapter['ChapterId']}:${getVers['VerseId']})</div>`
   }
}

Everything works great, thanks everyone!

Answer 2

You can imagine the bible as an array, and the verses will be the components of this array. How to organize it all is described in detail HERE!

Answer 3

You can store the Bible line by line (verse = line).
Let's say
Бытие 1:3

And God said: let there be light. And there was light.

in Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, יְהִי אוֹר; וַיְהִי-אוֹר

Can be represented as Книга Глава:Стих
Chapter:Verse (chapter:verse) can be represented (encoded) with both literal and numerical values, depending on the language.
If you do not need to go through the chapters-verses in order, then it is enough to store 3 columns in the DBMS: bible_version, book, verse_reference.
bible_version - Synodal translation of
book - Genesis
verse_reference - 1:3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapters_and_verses_...