diff --git a/.changeset/bible-card-max-width.md b/.changeset/bible-card-max-width.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3be100d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/bible-card-max-width.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+'@youversion/platform-react-ui': minor
+---
+
+`BibleCard` now caps its painted shell at 700 px by default — one measure that
+the header, scripture, and footer share, matching the Swift SDK — instead of
+stretching to fill a wide host. The card still fills a narrower host and centers
+itself in a wider one.
+
+A new optional `maxWidth?: number | '100%'` prop controls the cap:
+
+- Omit it for the default 700 px shell; the inner column fills that shell (only
+  the card's padding is the inset).
+- Pass a number to cap the shell at that many CSS px; the inner column fills it.
+- Pass `"100%"` for a full-bleed shell that fills its parent; the inner text
+  column then stays capped at 600 px so scripture keeps a column.
+
+Breaking for full-bleed layouts: hosts that relied on `BibleCard` growing to
+fill a wide container must now pass `maxWidth="100%"`.
diff --git a/packages/ui/README.md b/packages/ui/README.md
index 43c67395..42643af3 100644
--- a/packages/ui/README.md
+++ b/packages/ui/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,29 @@ By default the version picker offers Bible versions in every available language.
 
 Language tags are BCP 47 (`en`, `es`, `zh-Hans`). Version ids are YouVersion Bible version ids. An unusable id is refused everywhere — lists, picker, and `versionId` on reader/card/text/VOTD — and surfaces the existing forbidden error. Core-only hosts can set the same lists on `YouVersionPlatformConfiguration`.
 
+### `BibleCard` width
+
+`BibleCard` caps its painted shell at **700 px by default** — one measure that the header, scripture, and footer share, matching the Swift SDK. The card still fills a narrower host (`width: 100%`) and centers itself in a wider one. Control the cap with the optional `maxWidth` prop:
+
+| `maxWidth` | Painted shell | Inner text column |
+|------------|---------------|-------------------|
+| _omitted_ (default) | caps at 700 px | fills the shell (only the card's padding is the inset) |
+| a number, e.g. `480` | caps at that many CSS px | fills the shell |
+| `"100%"` | full-bleed — fills the parent | stays capped at 600 px so scripture keeps a column |
+
+```tsx
+{/* Default: shell caps at 700, centered on a wide host */}
+<BibleCard reference="JHN.3.16" versionId={3034} />
+
+{/* Tighter shell */}
+<BibleCard reference="JHN.3.16" versionId={3034} maxWidth={480} />
+
+{/* Full-bleed shell (the inner text column still caps at 600) */}
+<BibleCard reference="JHN.3.16" versionId={3034} maxWidth="100%" />
+```
+
+Only a number or `"100%"` is accepted. If your layout needs a full-bleed card shell, pass `maxWidth="100%"` — otherwise the shell will not grow past 700 px.
+
 ## Styling
 
 All component CSS is automatically injected when you wrap your app with `YouVersionProvider` — no extra imports or build steps needed. Under the hood, it uses React 19's [`<style precedence>`](https://react.dev/reference/react-dom/components/style) to hoist styles into `<head>` with built-in deduplication and SSR/Suspense support.
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/bible-card.stories.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/bible-card.stories.tsx
index 61de60d9..1db27a48 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/bible-card.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/bible-card.stories.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ const meta = {
       control: 'boolean',
       description: 'toggle version picker',
     },
+    maxWidth: {
+      control: 'text',
+      description:
+        'Caps the painted card shell. Omit for the default 700 px (one measure, ' +
+        'like Swift; the inner column fills that shell). Pass a number for a ' +
+        'custom px cap, or "100%" for a full-bleed shell (inner text column ' +
+        'stays capped at 600 px).',
+    },
   },
 } satisfies Meta<typeof BibleCard>;
 
@@ -80,23 +88,63 @@ export const WideContainer: Story = {
 
     const card = canvasElement.querySelector('section[data-yv-sdk][data-yv-theme]');
     const contentGroup = canvasElement.querySelector('section[data-yv-sdk][data-yv-theme] > div');
-    const bibleText = canvasElement.querySelector('[data-slot="yv-bible-renderer"]');
+    const host = canvasElement.querySelector('div[style]');
 
     await expect(card).not.toBeNull();
     await expect(contentGroup).not.toBeNull();
-    await expect(bibleText).not.toBeNull();
 
-    const cardWidth = card?.getBoundingClientRect().width ?? 0;
-    const contentGroupRect = contentGroup?.getBoundingClientRect();
     const cardRect = card?.getBoundingClientRect();
-    const leftWhitespace = (contentGroupRect?.left ?? 0) - (cardRect?.left ?? 0);
-    const rightWhitespace = (cardRect?.right ?? 0) - (contentGroupRect?.right ?? 0);
-    const bibleTextWidth = bibleText?.getBoundingClientRect().width ?? 0;
+    const cardWidth = cardRect?.width ?? 0;
+    const contentGroupRect = contentGroup?.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const hostRect = host?.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const leftWhitespace = (cardRect?.left ?? 0) - (hostRect?.left ?? 0);
+    const rightWhitespace = (hostRect?.right ?? 0) - (cardRect?.right ?? 0);
+
+    // Default (no maxWidth): the painted shell caps at 700 (one measure, like
+    // Swift), and is centered in the wide host. The inner column fills that
+    // shell — no 600 cap on this path — so it is wider than 600.
+    await expect(cardWidth).toBeLessThanOrEqual(700);
+    await expect(cardWidth).toBeGreaterThan(600);
+    await expect(contentGroupRect?.width ?? 0).toBeGreaterThan(600);
+    await expect(Math.abs(leftWhitespace - rightWhitespace)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
+  },
+};
 
+export const FullBleed: Story = {
+  args: {
+    reference: 'LUK.1.39-45',
+    versionId: 111,
+    maxWidth: '100%',
+  },
+  tags: ['integration'],
+  parameters: {
+    layout: 'fullscreen',
+  },
+  render: (args) => (
+    <div className="yv:p-8" style={{ width: 900 }}>
+      <BibleCard {...args} />
+    </div>
+  ),
+  play: async ({ canvasElement }) => {
+    const canvas = within(canvasElement);
+
+    await waitFor(async () => {
+      await expect(canvas.getByText(/at that time mary got ready/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    const card = canvasElement.querySelector('section[data-yv-sdk][data-yv-theme]');
+    const contentGroup = canvasElement.querySelector('section[data-yv-sdk][data-yv-theme] > div');
+
+    await expect(card).not.toBeNull();
+    await expect(contentGroup).not.toBeNull();
+
+    const cardWidth = card?.getBoundingClientRect().width ?? 0;
+    const contentGroupWidth = contentGroup?.getBoundingClientRect().width ?? 0;
+
+    // maxWidth="100%": the painted shell fills the wide host (Come and See), but
+    // the inner text column stays capped at 600 so scripture keeps a column.
     await expect(cardWidth).toBeGreaterThan(800);
-    await expect(contentGroupRect?.width ?? 0).toBeLessThanOrEqual(600);
-    await expect(bibleTextWidth).toBeLessThanOrEqual(600);
-    await expect(Math.abs(leftWhitespace - rightWhitespace)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
+    await expect(contentGroupWidth).toBeLessThanOrEqual(600);
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/bible-card.test.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/bible-card.test.tsx
index c34fcd14..d4d6daf5 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/bible-card.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/bible-card.test.tsx
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ function renderCard(
     versionId?: number;
     highlights?: Highlight[];
     onVersionChange?: (id: number) => void;
+    maxWidth?: number | '100%';
   } = {},
 ) {
   const {
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ function renderCard(
     versionId = 3034,
     highlights,
     onVersionChange,
+    maxWidth,
   } = extra;
   return render(
     <HookOverrideProvider
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ function renderCard(
         onFootnotePress={onFootnotePress}
         highlights={highlights}
         onVersionChange={onVersionChange}
+        maxWidth={maxWidth}
       />
     </HookOverrideProvider>,
   );
@@ -161,19 +164,60 @@ describe('BibleCard - Delayed spinner', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it('should let the card fill its container while centering the content group', () => {
+  it('omit maxWidth: section caps at 700, inner column fills it (no 600 cap), p-6 stays', () => {
     const { container } = renderCard(passageResult({ passage: mockPassage, loading: false }));
     const card = container.querySelector('section');
     const contentGroup = container.querySelector('section > div');
     const bibleTextView = container.querySelector('[data-slot="yv-bible-renderer"]')?.parentElement;
 
+    // Section stays width: 100% and centers, but caps at Swift's 700 measure.
     expect(card).toHaveClass('yv:w-full');
     expect(card).not.toHaveClass('yv:max-w-md');
     expect(card).toHaveClass('yv:box-border');
-    expect(contentGroup).toHaveClass('yv:card-content');
+    expect(card).toHaveClass('yv:p-6');
+    expect(card).toHaveStyle({ maxWidth: '700px', marginInline: 'auto' });
+    // Inner column fills the section — no 600 cap on this path.
+    expect(contentGroup).not.toHaveClass('yv:card-content');
+    expect(contentGroup).toHaveClass('yv:w-full');
     expect(bibleTextView).not.toHaveClass('yv:max-w-[600px]');
   });
 
+  it('maxWidth number: section caps at that px, inner column fills it (no 600 cap)', () => {
+    const { container } = renderCard(passageResult({ passage: mockPassage, loading: false }), {
+      maxWidth: 480,
+    });
+    const card = container.querySelector('section');
+    const contentGroup = container.querySelector('section > div');
+
+    expect(card).toHaveClass('yv:w-full');
+    expect(card).toHaveStyle({ maxWidth: '480px', marginInline: 'auto' });
+    expect(contentGroup).not.toHaveClass('yv:card-content');
+    expect(contentGroup).toHaveClass('yv:w-full');
+  });
+
+  it('maxWidth="100%": section fills the parent, inner column keeps the 600 cap', () => {
+    const { container } = renderCard(passageResult({ passage: mockPassage, loading: false }), {
+      maxWidth: '100%',
+    });
+    const card = container.querySelector('section');
+    const contentGroup = container.querySelector('section > div');
+
+    expect(card).toHaveClass('yv:w-full');
+    expect(card).toHaveStyle({ maxWidth: '100%', marginInline: 'auto' });
+    // Full-bleed shell keeps a 600 text column (Come and See / YPE-2573).
+    expect(contentGroup).toHaveClass('yv:card-content');
+  });
+
+  it('parent narrower than the cap: section stays 100% of that parent', () => {
+    const { container } = renderCard(passageResult({ passage: mockPassage, loading: false }), {
+      maxWidth: 480,
+    });
+    const card = container.querySelector('section');
+
+    // The cap is a ceiling; the section still fills a narrower parent.
+    expect(card).toHaveClass('yv:w-full');
+  });
+
   it('should hide inline verse numbers in the bible renderer', () => {
     const { container } = renderCard(passageResult({ passage: mockPassage, loading: false }));
     const bibleRenderer = container.querySelector('[data-slot="yv-bible-renderer"]');
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/bible-card.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/bible-card.tsx
index 22faa4e1..53e61bde 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/bible-card.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/bible-card.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ import { AnimatedHeight } from './animated-height';
 type PassageResult = ReturnType<typeof usePassage>;
 type VersionResult = ReturnType<typeof useVersion>;
 
+/**
+ * Default cap for the painted card shell, in CSS px. Matches Swift's
+ * `BibleCardView.maximumContentWidth` / `BibleReaderView.readerMaxWidth` so the
+ * React card is one 700 measure, not a 700 shell around a 600 column.
+ */
+const DEFAULT_MAX_WIDTH = 700;
+
 export type BibleCardProps = {
   reference: string;
   versionId?: number;
@@ -41,6 +48,23 @@ export type BibleCardProps = {
    * references paint the whole chapter.
    */
   highlights?: Highlight[];
+  /**
+   * Caps the painted card shell (the `<section>`). CSS-px number or `'100%'`.
+   *
+   * This is one measure, matching Swift's `BibleCardView.maximumContentWidth`:
+   * header, scripture, and footer share it, and only the card's `p-6` is the
+   * inset. The section stays `width: 100%` and is centered with
+   * `margin-inline: auto`, so it fills a narrow host and caps on a wide one.
+   *
+   * - Omit: the section caps at 700. The inner column fills the section.
+   * - Number: that value (in CSS px) caps the section. The inner column fills it.
+   * - `'100%'`: the section fills its parent (full-bleed shell). The inner text
+   *   column then stays capped at 600 so scripture does not run edge to edge.
+   *
+   * Only a number or `'100%'` is accepted — `'none'`, `'700px'`, `'65ch'`, and
+   * other strings are rejected by the type.
+   */
+  maxWidth?: number | '100%';
 };
 
 /**
@@ -139,6 +163,7 @@ export function BibleCard({
   onVersionPickerPress,
   onFootnotePress,
   highlights,
+  maxWidth,
 }: BibleCardProps): React.ReactNode {
   // Controlled only when both versionId + onVersionChange are provided.
   // versionId alone seeds uncontrolled state, preserving backwards compatibility
@@ -168,13 +193,23 @@ export function BibleCard({
   const isRefetching = passageLoading && passage !== null;
   const showSpinner = useDelayedLoading(isRefetching);
 
+  // The painted <section> owns the cap (one measure, like Swift). It stays
+  // width: 100% and is centered, so it fills a narrow host and caps on a wide
+  // one. A number is CSS px; '100%' makes the shell full-bleed.
+  const isFullBleed = maxWidth === '100%';
+  const sectionMaxWidth = maxWidth === undefined ? DEFAULT_MAX_WIDTH : maxWidth;
+  // Default / number: the inner column fills the section (only p-6 is the inset).
+  // '100%': keep the shared 600 cap so full-bleed shells keep a text column.
+  const contentClassName = isFullBleed ? 'yv:card-content' : 'yv:w-full';
+
   return (
     <section
       data-yv-sdk
       data-yv-theme={theme}
       className="yv:w-full yv:flex yv:flex-col yv:grow yv:bg-card yv:p-6 yv:rounded-2xl yv:box-border"
+      style={{ maxWidth: sectionMaxWidth, marginInline: 'auto' }}
     >
-      <div className="yv:card-content">
+      <div className={contentClassName}>
         <div className="yv:flex yv:w-full yv:justify-between yv:items-center yv:mb-4">
           {/*
             The error branch stays separate rather than folding into the loading
