diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e1e68d1..6a63723 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-## HOW TO USE THIS SCRIPT
+# HOW TO USE THIS SCRIPT
 
-**You can call it directly with a query like this:**
+### You can call it directly with a query like this
 
 ```bash
-/bin/bash <(/bin/curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getbible/getverse/master/src/chapter.sh) "John 3:16-18"
+bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getbible/getverse/master/src/chapter.sh) "John 3:16-18"
 ```
 Will return:
 ```text
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ Will return:
 ```
 > each verse per line, with the line number as the first value in the line.
 
-**Other translations, use as a second argument the abbreviation of the translation.**
+### Other translations, use as a second argument the abbreviation of the translation.
 
 ```bash
-/bin/bash <(/bin/curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getbible/getverse/master/src/chapter.sh) "John 3:16-18" textusreceptus
+bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getbible/getverse/master/src/chapter.sh) "John 3:16-18" textusreceptus
 ```
 Will return:
 ```
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Will return:
 > each verse per line, with the line number as the first value in the line.
 
 ```bash
-/bin/bash <(/bin/curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getbible/getverse/master/src/chapter.sh) "John 3:16-18" korean
+bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getbible/getverse/master/src/chapter.sh) "John 3:16-18" korean
 ```
 Will return:
 ```
@@ -49,7 +49,23 @@ https://getbible.net/v2/aov/books.json
 
 Here is a list of [translations](https://github.com/getbible/v2/blob/master/translations.json) available.
 
-#### Todo
+### You are able to also make queries with the book number like this
+
+```bash
+bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getbible/getverse/master/src/chapter.sh) "43 3:16-18"
+```
+
+### You are able to also make queries with the book number to get its name like this
+
+```bash
+bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getbible/getverse/master/src/name.sh) "43 3:16-18"
+```
+Will return:
+```
+John 3:16-18
+```
+
+### Todo
 
 - validate queries
 - Increase the various ways to query verses
diff --git a/src/name.sh b/src/name.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..15936a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/name.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Do some prep work
+command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+  echo >&2 "We require jq for this script to run, but it's not installed.  Aborting."
+  exit 1
+}
+command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+  echo >&2 "We require curl for this script to run, but it's not installed.  Aborting."
+  exit 1
+}
+# set the query (default: 1 John 3:16-18)
+QUERY="${1:-62 3:16-18}"
+# set the translation (default: kjv)
+VERSION="${2:-kjv}"
+# get the name from the query TODO: find better filter
+BOOKNAME=$(echo ${QUERY%%[0-9]?:*} | xargs echo -n)
+BOOKNAME=$(echo ${BOOKNAME%%[0-9]:*} | xargs echo -n)
+# check if the name was given by number
+re='^[0-9]+$'
+if [[ "$BOOKNAME" =~ $re ]]; then
+  # get the list of books from the API to get the book number
+  BOOKS=$(curl -s "https://getbible.net/v2/${VERSION}/books.json")
+  BOOK_NAME=$(echo "$BOOKS" | jq -r ".[] | select(.nr == ${BOOKNAME}) | .name")
+  # get chapter and verses numbers
+  NUMBERS=$(echo "${QUERY/$BOOKNAME/}" | xargs echo -n)
+  # get chapter and verses numbers
+  echo "${BOOK_NAME} ${NUMBERS}"
+else
+  echo "$QUERY"
+fi
+
+exit 0