diff --git a/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ParatextProjectTextUpdaterBase.cs b/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ParatextProjectTextUpdaterBase.cs
index 1289f3f4c..3445dde68 100644
--- a/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ParatextProjectTextUpdaterBase.cs
+++ b/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ParatextProjectTextUpdaterBase.cs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public string UpdateUsfm(
 
                 ScrVers rowsVersification = UpdateUsfmParserHandler.GetRowsVersification(rows);
                 ScrVers parseVersification = _settings.Versification;
-                if (rowsVersification != _settings.Versification)
+                if (!rowsVersification.IsEquivalentTo(_settings.Versification))
                 {
                     var converter = new ConvertUsfmVersificationHandler(rowsVersification);
                     UsfmParser.Parse(tokens, converter, _settings.Stylesheet, _settings.Versification);
diff --git a/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ScrVersExtensions.cs b/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ScrVersExtensions.cs
index 9fae902d4..620074a68 100644
--- a/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ScrVersExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ScrVersExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using SIL.Extensions;
 using SIL.Scripture;
 
 namespace SIL.Machine.Corpora
@@ -58,5 +61,34 @@ public static bool HasCrossBookMappings(this ScrVers scrVers, ScrVers referenceV
             }
             return false;
         }
+
+        public static bool IsEquivalentTo(this ScrVers scrVers, ScrVers other)
+        {
+            if (scrVers.Equals(other))
+                return true;
+
+            // If all verses in the versifications are 1) equal (accounts for mapping)
+            // and 2) graphically identical in regard to book, chapter, and verse, then the versifications are equivalent
+            foreach (
+                (VerseRef thisVerse, VerseRef otherVerse) in scrVers
+                    .AllIncludedVerses()
+                    .Concat(new VerseRef())
+                    .Zip(other.AllIncludedVerses().Concat(new VerseRef()))
+            )
+            {
+                if (
+                    !(
+                        thisVerse
+                            .ChangeVersificationWithSegments(ScrVers.Original)
+                            .Equals(otherVerse.ChangeVersificationWithSegments(ScrVers.Original))
+                        && thisVerse.BBBCCCVVVS == otherVerse.BBBCCCVVVS
+                    )
+                )
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/ConvertUsfmVersificationHandlerTests.cs b/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/ConvertUsfmVersificationHandlerTests.cs
index 12e48867f..3c9bbe4b5 100644
--- a/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/ConvertUsfmVersificationHandlerTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/ConvertUsfmVersificationHandlerTests.cs
@@ -974,24 +974,10 @@ private static void AssertUsfmEquals(string target, string truth)
         Assert.That(target, Is.Not.Null);
         string[] targetLines = target.Split('\n');
         string[] truthLines = truth.Split('\n');
-        // Assert.That(targetLines.Length, Is.EqualTo(truthLines.Length));
+        Assert.That(targetLines, Has.Length.EqualTo(truthLines.Length));
         for (int i = 0; i < truthLines.Length; i++)
         {
-            Assert.That(
-                targetLines[i].Trim(),
-                Is.EqualTo(truthLines[i].Trim()),
-                message: string.Join(
-                    "\n",
-                    [
-                        "Expected vs. \n\tActual",
-                        .. truthLines
-                            .Zip(targetLines)
-                            .Select(pair =>
-                                $"\n{pair.First}\n\t{(pair.First.Trim() != pair.Second.Trim() ? "***" : "")}{pair.Second}"
-                            ),
-                    ]
-                )
-            );
+            Assert.That(targetLines[i].Trim(), Is.EqualTo(truthLines[i].Trim()), message: $"Line {i}");
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/ScrVersExtensionsTests.cs b/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/ScrVersExtensionsTests.cs
index ea5caba92..54644b04d 100644
--- a/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/ScrVersExtensionsTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/ScrVersExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -43,4 +43,68 @@ public void HasCrossBookMappings()
             Assert.That(ScrVers.Vulgate.HasCrossBookMappings(ScrVers.English));
         }
     }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void IsEquivalentTo()
+    {
+        ScrVers customVrs1;
+        using (CorporaUtils.VersificationLock.Lock())
+        {
+            string src = "MAT 1:2 = MAT 1:1\nMAT 1:1 = MAT 1:2\n-EXO 25:6\n-EXO 28:23";
+            using var reader = new StringReader(src);
+            customVrs1 = Versification.Table.Implementation.Load(reader, "vers.txt", ScrVers.English, "custom1");
+            Versification.Table.Implementation.RemoveAllUnknownVersifications();
+        }
+
+        ScrVers customVrs2;
+        using (CorporaUtils.VersificationLock.Lock())
+        {
+            string src = "MAT 1:1 = MAT 1:2\nMAT 1:2 = MAT 1:1\n-EXO 28:23\n-EXO 25:6";
+            using var reader = new StringReader(src);
+            customVrs2 = Versification.Table.Implementation.Load(reader, "vers.txt", ScrVers.English, "custom2");
+            Versification.Table.Implementation.RemoveAllUnknownVersifications();
+        }
+
+        ScrVers customVrs3;
+        using (CorporaUtils.VersificationLock.Lock())
+        {
+            string src =
+                "MAT 1:1 = MAT 1:2\n# This is a comment\nMAT 1:2 = MAT 1:1\nMAT 1:2 = MAT 1:1\n-EXO 25:6\n-EXO 28:23";
+            using var reader = new StringReader(src);
+            customVrs3 = Versification.Table.Implementation.Load(reader, "vers.txt", ScrVers.English, "custom3");
+            Versification.Table.Implementation.RemoveAllUnknownVersifications();
+        }
+
+        ScrVers customVrs4;
+        using (CorporaUtils.VersificationLock.Lock())
+        {
+            string src = "&MAT 1:2-3 = MAT 1:2\nMAT 1:4 = MAT 1:3\n-EXO 25:6\n-EXO 28:23";
+            using var reader = new StringReader(src);
+            customVrs4 = Versification.Table.Implementation.Load(reader, "vers.txt", ScrVers.English, "custom4");
+            Versification.Table.Implementation.RemoveAllUnknownVersifications();
+        }
+
+        ScrVers customVrs5;
+        using (CorporaUtils.VersificationLock.Lock())
+        {
+            string src = "";
+            using var reader = new StringReader(src);
+            customVrs5 = Versification.Table.Implementation.Load(reader, "vers.txt", ScrVers.English, "custom5");
+            Versification.Table.Implementation.RemoveAllUnknownVersifications();
+        }
+
+        using (Assert.EnterMultipleScope())
+        {
+            Assert.That(ScrVers.English.IsEquivalentTo(ScrVers.English));
+            Assert.That(!ScrVers.English.IsEquivalentTo(ScrVers.Original));
+            Assert.That(ScrVers.Original.IsEquivalentTo(ScrVers.Original));
+            Assert.That(!ScrVers.Original.IsEquivalentTo(ScrVers.English));
+            Assert.That(customVrs1.IsEquivalentTo(customVrs1));
+            Assert.That(customVrs1.IsEquivalentTo(customVrs2));
+            Assert.That(customVrs1.IsEquivalentTo(customVrs3));
+            Assert.That(!customVrs1.IsEquivalentTo(customVrs4));
+            Assert.That(!customVrs1.IsEquivalentTo(customVrs5));
+            Assert.That(customVrs5.IsEquivalentTo(ScrVers.English));
+        }
+    }
 }