diff --git a/internal/check-poster-prints.mjs b/internal/check-poster-prints.mjs
index c3f15377a..e5962470e 100644
--- a/internal/check-poster-prints.mjs
+++ b/internal/check-poster-prints.mjs
@@ -128,7 +128,14 @@ const r = await pg.evaluate(async ({ src, frame, packetRender, cardRender, qr, s
   out.packetSheets = pdoc.querySelectorAll('.sheet').length
   out.packetCards = pdoc.querySelectorAll('.card').length
   out.packetWheel = pdoc.querySelectorAll('svg path[fill^="hsl"]').length
-  out.packetMark5 = /Gadarenes/.test(pdoc.body.innerText)
+  // ⚠ NOT /Gadarenes/. That is an ENGLISH proper noun from the World English Bible
+  // text, so this assertion would go RED on a CORRECTLY TRANSLATED packet and passes
+  // today only because point4_passage is still English in all ten non-English blocks
+  // (DECIDE-MARK5-SCRIPTURE-IS-ENGLISH-IN-EVERY-TRANSLATED-PACKET). The check and the
+  // bug were locked together — the same fix already applied in check-packet-render
+  // and check-packet-browser. Assert the passage BLOCK and its length, which holds in
+  // any language.
+  out.packetMark5Len = (pdoc.querySelector('.p4-passage') || { textContent: '' }).textContent.trim().length
 
   // ── without a provider: must FAIL HONESTLY, not throw ────────────────────
   const noProv = usePosterPrints({ label: (i) => i.label })
@@ -155,13 +162,19 @@ if (!/no records provider/i.test(r.noProvMsg)) {
 if (r.packetSheets !== 4) fails.push(`the packet printed ${r.packetSheets} sheets, expected 4`)
 if (r.packetCards !== 2) fails.push(`the packet printed ${r.packetCards} people cards, expected 2`)
 if (r.packetWheel !== 12) fails.push(`the prayer wheel has ${r.packetWheel} segments, expected 12`)
-if (!r.packetMark5) fails.push('the packet is missing Mark 5:1-20 in full')
+// The English passage is 2,141 chars; 1,200 is a floor no truncation or placeholder
+// survives, with room for languages that render the same text more compactly.
+if (r.packetMark5Len < 1200) {
+  fails.push(r.packetMark5Len === 0
+    ? 'the packet is missing Mark 5:1-20 in full (no .p4-passage block)'
+    : `Mark 5:1-20 looks truncated: ${r.packetMark5Len} chars`)
+}
 if (errs.length) fails.push(`${errs.length} page error(s): ${errs[0]}`)
 
 console.log(`  list print        : ${r.listRows} rows, checkbox=${r.listHasCheckbox}`)
 console.log(`  without provider  : phase=${r.noProvPhase} "${r.noProvMsg.slice(0, 60)}"`)
 console.log(`  packet            : ${r.packetSheets} sheets, ${r.packetCards} cards, `
-  + `${r.packetWheel} wheel segments, Mark5=${r.packetMark5}`)
+  + `${r.packetWheel} wheel segments, Mark5=${r.packetMark5Len} chars`)
 console.log(`  page errors       : ${errs.length}`)
 
 if (fails.length) {