diff --git a/app/bibleview-js/src/components/TextEditor.vue b/app/bibleview-js/src/components/TextEditor.vue
index 268f74840b..fd69ee9f6e 100644
--- a/app/bibleview-js/src/components/TextEditor.vue
+++ b/app/bibleview-js/src/components/TextEditor.vue
@@ -126,7 +126,10 @@ const bibleLink = {
             while (parsed === "" && text !== null) {
                 text = await inputText.value!.inputText(text, error);
                 if (text !== null) {
-                    parsed = parse(text)
+                    parsed = await android.parseRef(text)
+                    if(parsed === "") {
+                        parsed = parse(text)
+                    }
                     if (parsed === "") {
                         error = strings.invalidReference;
                     } else {
diff --git a/app/bibleview-js/src/composables/android.ts b/app/bibleview-js/src/composables/android.ts
index 011c26d464..5333fd20a9 100644
--- a/app/bibleview-js/src/composables/android.ts
+++ b/app/bibleview-js/src/composables/android.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export type BibleJavascriptInterface = {
     requestMoreToBeginning: AsyncFunc,
     requestMoreToEnd: AsyncFunc,
     refChooserDialog: AsyncFunc,
+    parseRef: (callId: number, s: String) => void,
     saveBookmarkNote: (bookmarkId: IdType, note: Nullable<string>) => void,
     saveGenericBookmarkNote: (bookmarkId: IdType, note: Nullable<string>) => void,
     removeBookmark: (bookmarkId: IdType) => void,
@@ -402,6 +403,11 @@ export function useAndroid({bookmarks}: { bookmarks: Ref<BaseBookmark[]> }, conf
         window.android.openDownloads();
     }
 
+    async function parseRef(s: string): Promise<string> {
+        const result = await deferredCall((callId) => window.android.parseRef(callId, s))
+        return result ?? ""
+    }
+
     function updateOrderNumber(
         labelId: IdType,
         bookmarks: StudyPadBibleBookmarkItem[],
@@ -536,6 +542,7 @@ export function useAndroid({bookmarks}: { bookmarks: Ref<BaseBookmark[]> }, conf
         speakGeneric,
         helpDialog,
         onKeyDown,
+        parseRef,
     }
 
     if (config.developmentMode) return {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/bible/android/view/activity/page/BibleJavascriptInterface.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/bible/android/view/activity/page/BibleJavascriptInterface.kt
index a460888a68..bbdca89cdb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/bible/android/view/activity/page/BibleJavascriptInterface.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/bible/android/view/activity/page/BibleJavascriptInterface.kt
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ class BibleJavascriptInterface(
         bibleView.requestMoreToEnd(callId)
     }
 
+    @JavascriptInterface
+    fun parseRef(callId: Long, s: String) {
+        Log.i(TAG, "Request more text at end")
+        bibleView.parseRef(callId, s)
+    }
+
     @JavascriptInterface
     fun refChooserDialog(callId: Long) {
         scope.launch {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/bible/android/view/activity/page/BibleView.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/bible/android/view/activity/page/BibleView.kt
index 5550db150b..a88ee9fbce 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/bible/android/view/activity/page/BibleView.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/bible/android/view/activity/page/BibleView.kt
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ import net.bible.android.database.IdType
 import net.bible.android.database.bookmarks.BookmarkEntities
 import net.bible.android.database.bookmarks.KJVA
 import net.bible.android.database.json
+import net.bible.android.misc.wrapString
 import net.bible.android.view.activity.base.DocumentView
 import net.bible.android.view.activity.base.IntentHelper
 import net.bible.android.view.activity.base.SharedActivityState
@@ -1925,6 +1926,11 @@ class BibleView(val mainBibleActivity: MainBibleActivity,
         super.onFocusChanged(focused, direction, previouslyFocusedRect)
     }
 
+    fun parseRef(callId: Long, s: String) {
+        val ref = wrapString(linkControl.resolveRef(s, (firstDocument as? BibleDocument)?.swordBook)?.osisRef)
+        executeJavascriptOnUiThread("bibleView.response($callId, $ref);")
+    }
+
     var onDestroy: (() -> Unit)? = null
 
     private val TAG get() = "BibleView[${windowRef.get()?.displayId}]"