diff --git a/src/components/iq/IqDailyCard.jsx b/src/components/iq/IqDailyCard.jsx
index ff1866f..8278825 100644
--- a/src/components/iq/IqDailyCard.jsx
+++ b/src/components/iq/IqDailyCard.jsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 // Home card: today's verse and Spurgeon's Morning & Evening reading, both from IQ Bible.
-import { useState } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { useApp } from '../../context/AppContext.js';
 import { useIq, useIqAvailable } from '../../hooks/useIq.js';
 import { bookOptions } from '../../utils/bibleUtils.jsx';
+import { READER_TRANSLATIONS, fetchChapter } from '../../utils/bibleText.js';
 
 export default function IqDailyCard() {
   const on = useIqAvailable();
@@ -11,8 +12,26 @@ export default function IqDailyCard() {
 }
 
 function Card() {
-  const { jumpToReaderVerse, openBibleReader } = useApp();
+  const { jumpToReaderVerse, openBibleReader, readerTranslation } = useApp();
+  // Today's verse is chosen by IQ Bible (the same for everyone); its words come from the Bible you pick.
   const votd = useIq('bibles/eng_kjv/verse-of-the-day');
+  const [chosen, setChosen] = useState(() => { try { return localStorage.getItem('votd-translation') || ''; } catch { return ''; } });
+  const translation = READER_TRANSLATIONS.some((t) => t.id === chosen) ? chosen : (readerTranslation || 'BSB');
+  const pick = (id) => { setChosen(id); try { localStorage.setItem('votd-translation', id); } catch { /* storage unavailable */ } };
+  const ref = votd.data?.data;
+  const [text, setText] = useState({ key: '', value: '', error: false });
+  const key = ref ? `${translation}/${ref.book_usfm}/${ref.chapter_number}/${ref.verse_number}` : '';
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!ref) return undefined;
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    fetchChapter(translation, ref.book_usfm, ref.chapter_number, { signal: controller.signal })
+      .then(({ verses }) => {
+        const found = verses.find((v) => v.number === ref.verse_number)?.text;
+        setText({ key, value: found ?? '', error: !found });
+      })
+      .catch(() => { if (!controller.signal.aborted) setText({ key, value: '', error: true }); });
+    return () => controller.abort();
+  }, [key]); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   const dev = useIq('devotionals/today');
   const [part, setPart] = useState(() => (new Date().getHours() < 15 ? 'morning' : 'evening'));
   const verse = votd.data?.data;
@@ -23,10 +42,21 @@ function Card() {
     <section className="mb-4 rounded-2xl border border-[var(--r-line)] bg-[var(--r-bar)] p-5" aria-label="Daily verse and devotional">
       {verse && (
         <div>
-          <p className="text-[11px] uppercase tracking-wide text-[var(--r-sub)]">Verse of the day · KJV</p>
-          <p className="mt-1 font-serif text-[15px] leading-relaxed">{verse.text}</p>
+          <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
+            <p className="text-[11px] uppercase tracking-wide text-[var(--r-sub)]">Verse of the day</p>
+            <select aria-label="Verse of the day translation" value={translation} onChange={(e) => pick(e.target.value)}
+              className="rounded-lg border border-[var(--r-line)] bg-[var(--r-bg)] px-2 py-0.5 text-xs">
+              {READER_TRANSLATIONS.map((t) => <option key={t.id} value={t.id}>{t.id}</option>)}
+            </select>
+          </div>
+          {/* the translation's text; the KJV from IQ Bible is the fallback if that Bible can't be loaded right now */}
+          <p className="mt-1 font-serif text-[15px] leading-relaxed">{text.key === key && text.value ? text.value : text.key === key && text.error ? verse.text : '…'}</p>
+          {text.key === key && text.error && translation !== 'KJV' && <p className="text-[11px] text-[var(--r-sub)]">Couldn’t load {translation} just now, so this is the KJV.</p>}
           <button type="button" onClick={() => { jumpToReaderVerse(verse.book_usfm, verse.chapter_number, verse.verse_number); openBibleReader(); }}
             className="mt-1 text-xs font-medium text-[var(--r-accent)] hover:underline">{name(verse.book_usfm)} {verse.chapter_number}:{verse.verse_number} — read in context</button>
+          {text.key === key && text.value && READER_TRANSLATIONS.find((t) => t.id === translation)?.notice && (
+            <p className="mt-2 text-[10px] leading-snug text-[var(--r-sub)]">{READER_TRANSLATIONS.find((t) => t.id === translation).notice}</p>
+          )}
         </div>
       )}
       {reading && (
diff --git a/src/components/iq/iq.test.jsx b/src/components/iq/iq.test.jsx
index 2814eae..161af14 100644
--- a/src/components/iq/iq.test.jsx
+++ b/src/components/iq/iq.test.jsx
@@ -139,3 +139,23 @@ describe('IqPlanExport', () => {
     expect(container).toBeEmptyDOMElement();
   });
 });
+
+describe('IqDailyCard', () => {
+  test('shows the verse of the day in the chosen translation, remembers it, and falls back to the KJV', async () => {
+    const { default: IqDailyCard } = await import('./IqDailyCard.jsx');
+    routes['/api/iq/bibles/eng_kjv/verse-of-the-day'] = { data: { book_usfm: 'JHN', chapter_number: 3, verse_number: 16, text: 'KJV text of John 3:16' } };
+    routes['/api/iq/devotionals/today'] = { data: {} };
+    routes['https://bible.helloao.org/api/BSB/JHN/3.json'] = { chapter: { content: [{ type: 'verse', number: 16, content: ['BSB text of John 3:16'] }] } };
+    routes['https://bible.helloao.org/api/eng_net/JHN/3.json'] = { chapter: { content: [{ type: 'verse', number: 16, content: ['NET text of John 3:16'] }] } };
+    const { AppContext } = await import('../../context/AppContext.js');
+    const ctx = { jumpToReaderVerse: vi.fn(), openBibleReader: vi.fn(), readerTranslation: 'BSB' };
+    render(<AppContext.Provider value={ctx}><IqDailyCard /></AppContext.Provider>);
+    expect(await screen.findByText('BSB text of John 3:16')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    await userEvent.setup().selectOptions(screen.getByLabelText('Verse of the day translation'), 'NET');
+    expect(await screen.findByText('NET text of John 3:16')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(localStorage.getItem('votd-translation')).toBe('NET');
+    await userEvent.setup().selectOptions(screen.getByLabelText('Verse of the day translation'), 'NLT'); // not reachable in this test
+    expect(await screen.findByText('KJV text of John 3:16')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Couldn’t load NLT just now/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});