diff --git a/.changeset/slick-worlds-rule.md b/.changeset/slick-worlds-rule.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fe9db4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/slick-worlds-rule.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+'@youversion/platform-react-ui': minor
+'@youversion/platform-core': minor
+'@youversion/platform-react-hooks': minor
+---
+
+feat(ui): add dark mode theme support to BibleTextView and BibleReader
+
+- Add theme prop (light/dark) to BibleTextView for text theme control
+- Implement theme inheritance from YouVersionProvider via useTheme hook
+- Add data-yv-sdk and data-yv-theme attributes for CSS styling
+- Pass theme prop from BibleReader to BibleTextView
+- Add yv:bg-background wrapper to all BibleTextView Storybook stories
+- Rename prop from 'background' to 'theme' for semantic clarity
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/bible-reader.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/bible-reader.tsx
index fa8529b..f10dbef 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/bible-reader.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/bible-reader.tsx
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ function Content() {
     currentFontFamily,
     lineHeight,
     showVerseNumbers,
+    background,
   } = useBibleReaderContext();
   const { books } = useBooks(versionId);
   const { version } = useVersion(versionId);
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ function Content() {
       </h1>
 
       <BibleTextView
+        theme={background}
         reference={usfmReference}
         versionId={versionId}
         fontFamily={currentFontFamily}
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/verse.stories.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/verse.stories.tsx
index df13b54..62eacf6 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/verse.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/verse.stories.tsx
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ const meta = {
   },
   tags: ['autodocs'],
   argTypes: {
+    theme: {
+      table: {
+        disable: true,
+      },
+    },
     reference: {
       control: 'text',
       description: 'USFM reference (e.g., "JHN.3.16", "JHN.3.16-17", "JHN.3")',
@@ -226,3 +231,33 @@ export const FootnoteInteraction: Story = {
     });
   },
 };
+
+export const DarkMode: Story = {
+  args: {
+    reference: 'JHN.3.16',
+    versionId: 111,
+    renderNotes: true,
+    theme: 'dark',
+  },
+  argTypes: {
+    // The `theme` control is disabled across all of the Bible verse text
+    // components, stories, except the dark mode one.
+    theme: {
+      table: {
+        disable: false,
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  render: (args) => (
+    <section className="yv:flex yv:flex-col yv:gap-4 yv:max-w-lg">
+      <p className="yv:text-muted-foreground yv:font-sm">
+        Important: The background and padding for this Story was added manually to showcase the text
+        being influenced by the theme prop for the BibleTextView component. Otherwise, the text on a
+        light theme would be white on white (aka unreadable)
+      </p>
+      <div className="yv:[&>div]:bg-background yv:[&>div]:p-4 yv:[&>div]:rounded-[8px]">
+        <BibleTextView {...args} />
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  ),
+};
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/verse.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/verse.tsx
index 0e1936d..d0fed8b 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/verse.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/verse.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { useEffect, forwardRef, useState, useRef, type ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { createRoot, type Root } from 'react-dom/client';
 import DOMPurify from 'isomorphic-dompurify';
-import { usePassage } from '@youversion/platform-react-hooks';
+import { usePassage, useTheme } from '@youversion/platform-react-hooks';
 import { Popover, PopoverContent, PopoverTrigger, PopoverClose } from '@/components/ui/popover';
 import { Button } from './ui/button';
 import { Footnote } from './icons/footnote';
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ export type BibleTextViewProps = {
   versionId: number;
   showVerseNumbers?: boolean;
   renderNotes?: boolean;
+  theme?: 'light' | 'dark';
 };
 
 /**
@@ -429,6 +430,7 @@ export const BibleTextView = ({
   versionId,
   showVerseNumbers,
   renderNotes,
+  theme,
 }: BibleTextViewProps): React.ReactElement => {
   const { passage, loading, error } = usePassage({
     versionId,
@@ -436,42 +438,50 @@ export const BibleTextView = ({
     include_headings: true,
     include_notes: true,
   });
+  const providerTheme = useTheme();
+  const currentTheme = theme || providerTheme;
 
   if (loading) {
     return (
-      <Verse.Html
-        html={'<span>Loading...</span>'}
-        fontFamily={fontFamily}
-        fontSize={fontSize}
-        lineHeight={lineHeight}
-        showVerseNumbers={showVerseNumbers}
-        renderNotes={renderNotes}
-      />
+      <div data-yv-sdk data-yv-theme={currentTheme}>
+        <Verse.Html
+          html={'<span>Loading...</span>'}
+          fontFamily={fontFamily}
+          fontSize={fontSize}
+          lineHeight={lineHeight}
+          showVerseNumbers={showVerseNumbers}
+          renderNotes={renderNotes}
+        />
+      </div>
     );
   }
 
   if (error) {
     return (
+      <div data-yv-sdk data-yv-theme={currentTheme}>
+        <Verse.Html
+          html={'<span class="wj">We have run into an error...</span>'}
+          fontFamily={fontFamily}
+          fontSize={fontSize}
+          lineHeight={lineHeight}
+          showVerseNumbers={showVerseNumbers}
+          renderNotes={renderNotes}
+        />
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div data-yv-sdk data-yv-theme={currentTheme}>
       <Verse.Html
-        html={'<span class="wj">We have run into an error...</span>'}
+        html={passage?.content || ''}
         fontFamily={fontFamily}
         fontSize={fontSize}
         lineHeight={lineHeight}
         showVerseNumbers={showVerseNumbers}
         renderNotes={renderNotes}
+        reference={passage?.reference}
       />
-    );
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <Verse.Html
-      html={passage?.content || ''}
-      fontFamily={fontFamily}
-      fontSize={fontSize}
-      lineHeight={lineHeight}
-      showVerseNumbers={showVerseNumbers}
-      renderNotes={renderNotes}
-      reference={passage?.reference}
-    />
+    </div>
   );
 };