diff --git a/misc/bible-kjv/Makefile b/misc/bible-kjv/Makefile
index b414828bd750..fdec053c2525 100644
--- a/misc/bible-kjv/Makefile
+++ b/misc/bible-kjv/Makefile
@@ -1,48 +1,48 @@
 PORTNAME=	bible-kjv
-PORTVERSION=	4.30
+PORTVERSION=	4.38
 CATEGORIES=	misc
 MASTER_SITES=	DEBIAN
 DISTNAME=	bible-kjv_${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk
 COMMENT=	Interactive King James Bible
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 
 USES=		readline shebangfix perl5
 USE_PERL5=	build
 
-# Upstream makefile does unsafe things with recursive sub-makes for
-# building its build tools. Parallel build randomly fails.
-MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=yes
-
-WRKSRC=	${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}
-
 # makeindex2 asks for bash, but contains no shell construct more
 # complex than an if...then, so use sh instead.
 
-bash_CMD=	/bin/sh
 SHEBANG_FILES=	makeindex2 makeconc.pl
+bash_CMD=	/bin/sh
 
 # We don't really need all the warning options that the port uses.
 PORT_CFLAGS=	-DDESTLIB=\\\"${DATADIR}\\\"
 
 MAKE_ARGS=	DEST="${PREFIX}" \
 		CFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} ${PORT_CFLAGS}" \
 		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 
+# Upstream makefile does unsafe things with recursive sub-makes for
+# building its build tools. Parallel build randomly fails.
+MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=yes
+
+WRKSRC=	${WRKDIR}/work
+
 post-build:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} 's=/usr/=${PREFIX}/=g' ${WRKSRC}/bible.1
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 		${CC} ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -o randverse debian/randverse.c
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/bible ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/randverse ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/bible.data ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/bible.data.conc ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/bible.1 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/man/man1
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/debian/randverse.1 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/man/man1
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/bible-kjv/distinfo b/misc/bible-kjv/distinfo
index 6057d2dd2082..21f94c4e6850 100644
--- a/misc/bible-kjv/distinfo
+++ b/misc/bible-kjv/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1580855102
-SHA256 (bible-kjv_4.30.tar.gz) = 138ca15baedcfaccc99da3663a6bcfdc493fabf4aa90554e056a2a829778f4a0
-SIZE (bible-kjv_4.30.tar.gz) = 1412282
+TIMESTAMP = 1690682208
+SHA256 (bible-kjv_4.38.tar.gz) = 890b4d16fa2c0a9930fd4e6df22c6182b696ac0c1c47d12dc513227c62d8f249
+SIZE (bible-kjv_4.38.tar.gz) = 1413504