diff --git a/src/propers/bible-plan.ts b/src/propers/bible-plan.ts
index 7898153..e6c261b 100644
--- a/src/propers/bible-plan.ts
+++ b/src/propers/bible-plan.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,37 @@ function citationLabel(citation: ScriptureCitation): string {
   return citation.verses ? `${book} ${citation.chapter}:${citation.verses}` : `${book} ${citation.chapter}`;
 }
 
+/** Collapses consecutive same-book, whole-chapter passages (e.g. Job 34, 35,
+ * 36, 37 — the source data authors one entry per chapter) into a compact
+ * "Book start-end" range, since `citationLabel` alone would otherwise
+ * produce a separate "Book N" for each chapter. Verse-qualified citations
+ * never merge into a range. */
+function formatCitationLabel(passages: ScriptureCitation[]): string {
+  const segments: string[] = [];
+  let i = 0;
+  while (i < passages.length) {
+    const start = passages[i]!;
+    if (start.verses) {
+      segments.push(citationLabel(start));
+      i++;
+      continue;
+    }
+    let j = i;
+    while (
+      j + 1 < passages.length &&
+      passages[j + 1]!.book === start.book &&
+      !passages[j + 1]!.verses &&
+      passages[j + 1]!.chapter === passages[j]!.chapter + 1
+    ) {
+      j++;
+    }
+    const book = start.book.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + start.book.slice(1);
+    segments.push(j > i ? `${book} ${start.chapter}-${passages[j]!.chapter}` : `${book} ${start.chapter}`);
+    i = j + 1;
+  }
+  return segments.join('; ');
+}
+
 function isGospelReading(passages: ScriptureCitation[]): boolean {
   return passages.every((p) => GOSPEL_BOOKS.has(p.book));
 }
@@ -76,7 +107,7 @@ function resolveReading(record: BiblePlanReadingRecord, bookIndex: number): Bibl
     la: text.la ? 'verified' : 'missing',
     en: text.en ? 'verified' : 'missing',
   };
-  const label = record.passages.map(citationLabel).join('; ');
+  const label = formatCitationLabel(record.passages);
   const firstBook = record.passages[0]?.book;
   const responsory = firstBook ? getResponsoryForBook(firstBook, bookIndex)?.text : undefined;
   return {
diff --git a/tests/hours/matins.test.ts b/tests/hours/matins.test.ts
index 138c6ea..3150d65 100644
--- a/tests/hours/matins.test.ts
+++ b/tests/hours/matins.test.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ describe('resolveOrdo("matins", ...) ferial (1-nocturn) branch', () => {
     // commemorated saint here) — see the next test for the 3-reading case.
     expect(lessons).toHaveLength(2);
     const citations = lessons.map((l) => (l as { text: { citation?: { en?: string } } }).text.citation?.en);
-    expect(citations).toEqual(['Isa 6; Isa 7', 'Sap 2']);
+    expect(citations).toEqual(['Isa 6-7', 'Sap 2']);
     // The Vulgate/Douay-Rheims bulk import (2026-09-03) landed the real
     // text for these passages.
     expect((lessons[0] as { text: { status: { en?: string } } }).text.status.en).toBe('verified');
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ describe('resolveOrdo("matins", ...) ferial (1-nocturn) branch', () => {
     const lessons = commemoratedOrdo.parts.filter((p) => p.kind === 'lesson' && !p.label);
     expect(lessons).toHaveLength(3);
     const citations = lessons.map((l) => (l as { text: { citation?: { en?: string } } }).text.citation?.en);
-    expect(citations).toEqual(['Isa 6; Isa 7', 'Sap 2', undefined]);
+    expect(citations).toEqual(['Isa 6-7', 'Sap 2', undefined]);
     expect((lessons[0] as { text: { status: { en?: string } } }).text.status.en).toBe('verified');
   });
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ describe('resolveOrdo("matins", ...) Sunday (3-nocturn) branch', () => {
   it("resolves the user's own bible-plan reading (Tobit/Sirach) for Nocturn 1", () => {
     const lessons = ordo.parts.filter((p) => p.kind === 'lesson');
     const citations = lessons.map((l) => (l as { text: { citation?: { en?: string } } }).text.citation?.en);
-    expect(citations).toContain('Tob 1; Tob 2');
+    expect(citations).toContain('Tob 1-2');
     expect(citations).toContain('Sir 45');
   });
 
diff --git a/tests/propers/bible-plan.test.ts b/tests/propers/bible-plan.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bb61ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/propers/bible-plan.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { getBiblePlanReadings } from '../../src/propers/bible-plan';
+
+describe('getBiblePlanReadings citation labels', () => {
+  const readings = getBiblePlanReadings('post-pentecost-14', 'thursday', '2026-09-17');
+
+  it('collapses a consecutive multi-chapter run of the same book into a range', () => {
+    expect(readings[0]?.citation.la).toBe('Job 34-37');
+    expect(readings[0]?.citation.en).toBe('Job 34-37');
+  });
+
+  it('leaves a single-chapter reading unchanged', () => {
+    expect(readings[1]?.citation.la).toBe('Sir 42');
+  });
+
+  it('leaves a verse-qualified citation unchanged, never merged into a range', () => {
+    expect(readings[2]?.citation.la).toBe('Luke 18:1-23');
+  });
+});