# How to I get an xml bible for the ESV?

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**Created:** [December 16, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://quelea.discourse.group/t/how-to-i-get-an-xml-bible-for-the-esv/311 "2019-12-16T23:11:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![brumac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/46a35a/32.png) [@brumac](https://quelea.discourse.group/u/brumac)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://quelea.discourse.group/t/how-to-i-get-an-xml-bible-for-the-esv/311/1 "2019-12-16T23:11:26Z")

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I was hoping it would be available on their website, but could not find it.

Next step?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![PRBC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/quelea.discourse.group/prbc/32/186_2.png) [@PRBC](https://quelea.discourse.group/u/PRBC)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://quelea.discourse.group/t/how-to-i-get-an-xml-bible-for-the-esv/311/2 "2020-08-25T05:28:47Z")

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I’m (also) interested in being able to efficiently display verses from the ESV Bible in Quelea. It’s looking like Crossway may have modified access to their Bible version in such a way that an xml format is not generally available for that purpose. Perhaps there is a way to use the REST Interface they mention on their website to allow Quelea to display the ESV Bible within their updated parameters.

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**Author:** ![PRBC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/quelea.discourse.group/prbc/32/186_2.png) [@PRBC](https://quelea.discourse.group/u/PRBC)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://quelea.discourse.group/t/how-to-i-get-an-xml-bible-for-the-esv/311/3 "2020-09-10T15:14:08Z")

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A solution found! It’s based on another contributor’s helpful response that works for the NIV Bible:

> [@Niv bible in xml](https://quelea.discourse.group/t/niv-bible-in-xml/355/2):
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> Here is where you can download the NIV Bible. [http://www.opensong.org/home/download](http://www.opensong.org/home/download) Scroll down the page past where it talks about going to other sites regarding downloading bibles. Find the link for New International Version This will prompt you do download the NIV in a Zip file Once the file is downloaded, you will need to go and Extract the NIV files In order for Quelea to find the file, you have to do one more thing. In the folder where you extracted the NIV file, you will see that it does…

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**Author:** ![Samuel\_Kamau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@Samuel\_Kamau](https://quelea.discourse.group/u/Samuel_Kamau)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://quelea.discourse.group/t/how-to-i-get-an-xml-bible-for-the-esv/311/4 "2020-10-23T11:45:12Z")

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This is where i found the XML ESV Bible

[https://www.ph4.org/\_dl.php?back=bbl&a=Bible\_English\_ESV&b=zefania&c](https://www.ph4.org/_dl.php?back=bbl&a=Bible_English_ESV&b=zefania&c)