simplify: Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

Who are these coming like a cloud, like a flight of doves to their windows?


simplify: Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.


simplify: And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.

and went to Iconium, leaving the disciples full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.


rate difficulty: and they take Lot, Abram's brother's son (seeing he is dwelling in Sodom), and his substance, and go away.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: and the Philistines pursue after Saul, and after his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-Shua, sons of Saul.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

Then the twenty-four councillors and the Four Creatures prostrated themselves and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, crying — ‘Amen, Hallelujah!’;


rate difficulty: Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall crush thy head, and thou shalt crush his heel.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: medium


simplify: which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God’s own possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Which is the first-fruit of our heritage, till God gets back that which is his, to the praise of his glory.


simplify: And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:

And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers;


simplify: And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.


simplify: Behold, here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not any such folly.

See, here is my daughter, a virgin, and his servant-wife: I will send them out for you to take them and do with them whatever you will. But do no such thing of shame to this man.


rate difficulty: and he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat: Thus saith Jehovah unto you, Fear not ye, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Come up to me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon; for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,


simplify: Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.


simplify: And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.


rate difficulty: One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers’ houses of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.

And those who were in front made protests and said to him, Be quiet: but he said all the more, O Son of David, have mercy on me.


rate difficulty: If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before thine altar in this house;

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

And the king said, Do as he has said and make an attack on him there, and put his body into the earth; so that you may take away from me and from my family the blood of one put to death by Joab without cause.


rate difficulty: the son of Amminadab, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,


simplify: Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman is an adulterer, and the man who marries a divorced woman is an adulterer.


simplify: And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

And when she saw them she was full of desire for them, and sent servants to them in Chaldaea.


simplify: behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which is gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial whereon it was gone down.

See, I will make the shade which has gone down on the steps of Ahaz with the sun, go back ten steps. So the shade went back the ten steps by which it had gone down.


simplify: And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;

Then the people in answer said, Never will we give up the Lord to be the servants of other gods;


simplify: The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.

The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.


simplify: Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

Their arrows give certain death, they are all men of war.


simplify: And Jehud, and Bene–berak, and Gath–rimmon,

And Jehud and Bene-berak and Gath-rimmon;


rate difficulty: `Now, lo, thou hast trusted for thee on the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; which a man leaneth on, and it hath gone into his hand, and pierced it! --so <FI>is<Fi> Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those trusting on him.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.

Such as all the different sorts of locust.


simplify: And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,

And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,


rate difficulty: And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the Lord.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, What is this thou hast done? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of Jehovah: for he had told them.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were gone; and there was no more sea.


rate difficulty: And from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thyGod, and thou shalt find him, if thou shalt seek him with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: For David said, Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath given rest unto his people; and he dwelleth in Jerusalem for ever:

For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever;


simplify: Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.

Anyone touching the body of a dead man without making himself clean in this way, makes the House of the Lord unclean; and that man will be cut off from Israel: because the water was not put on him, he will be unclean; his unclean condition is unchanged.


rate difficulty: And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father unclothed, and gave news of it to his two brothers outside.


rate difficulty: for so shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.


rate difficulty: And Abraham said to him, Beware that thou bring not my son thither again.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she rose up and ministered unto them.


simplify: But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.

But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.


rate difficulty: Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,


rate difficulty: And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou <FI>art<Fi> , and unto dust thou turnest back.'

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 11 | difficulty: hard


simplify: I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

I am using words in the way of men, because your flesh is feeble: as you gave your bodies as servants to what is unclean, and to evil to do evil, so now give them as servants to righteousness to do what is holy.


simplify: Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.

Of this, a square five hundred long and five hundred wide is to be for the holy place, with a space of fifty cubits all round it.


rate difficulty: And his soul fastened on Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the maiden, and spoke consolingly to the maiden.


simplify: The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundredandeighteen.

The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand, eight hundred and eighteen.


simplify: For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who are turned away from him.


rate difficulty: and on the faith of his name, this one whom ye see and have known, his name made strong, even the faith that <FI>is<Fi> through him did give to him this perfect soundness before you all.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: and to all the nations it behoveth first that the good news be proclaimed.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life


simplify: For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:


simplify: And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.

And of the sons of Immer, Hanani and Zebadiah.


rate difficulty: Is not Esau Jacob's brother? --an affirmation of Jehovah, And I love Jacob, and Esau I have hated, And I make his mountains a desolation, And his inheritance for dragons of a wilderness.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent.

Five of these curtains are to be joined together, and the other six are to be joined together, the sixth being folded over to make a hanging in front of the tent.


rate difficulty: Not taking credit to ourselves for what is not our business, that is, for the work of others; but having hope that, with the growth of your faith, we may get the credit for an increase which is the effect of our work,

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: There were more than forty in the plot;


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup, which is deep and large; thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.

Then the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Send out the men who have come to you and are in your house; for they have come with the purpose of searching out all the land.


rate difficulty: But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: As to the words which have come to your ears,

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

But all the female children who have had no sex relations with men, you may keep for yourselves.


simplify: The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.

The young men were crushing the grain, and the boys were falling under the wood.


simplify: And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all players on instruments of music.


simplify: And as he thus made his defence, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning is turning thee mad.

And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced.


simplify: For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we will do this and that.


simplify: Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

The nations of which the Lord had said to the children of Israel, You are not to take wives from them and they are not to take wives from you; or they will certainly make you go after their gods: to these Solomon was united in love.


rate difficulty: Let your doors be open, O Lebanon, so that fire may be burning among your cedars.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: and thou hast taken of the blood which <FI>is<Fi> on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and hast sprinkled on Aaron, and on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him, and he hath been hallowed, he, and his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.

How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts and the birds; because they said, God does not see our ways.


rate difficulty: Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And he said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves as touching these men, what ye are about to do.

And he said to them, Men of Israel, take care what you do about these men.


simplify: And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

And said to them, Give ear to me, O Levites: now make yourselves holy, and make holy the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and take away everything unclean from the holy place.


simplify: But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.


rate difficulty: `But--if ye at all turn back and have cleaved to the remnant of these nations, these who are left with you, and intermarried with them, and gone in to them, and they to you,

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.

And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.


rate difficulty: He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, [bringeth] only to want.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look thereon:

And I was very sad, because there was no one able to get the book open or to see what was in it.


simplify: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

A person is in every case tempted by their own passions — allured and enticed by them.


simplify: Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

Then some people took little children to him, so that he might put his hands on them in blessing: and the disciples said sharp words to them.


rate difficulty: `Glory in the highest to God, and upon earth peace, among men--good will.'

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And behold, a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.

And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit.


simplify: And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:

The one went away from me, and I said, Truly he has come to a violent death; and from that time I have not seen him,


simplify: And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord.

And Moses made clear to the children of Israel the orders about the fixed feasts of the Lord.


simplify: Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.

Make this come to the minds of the nations, make a statement openly against Jerusalem, that attackers are coming from a far country and their voices will be loud against the towns of Judah.


rate difficulty: and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under another board.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: Jehovah is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have done evil this time: the Lord is upright, and I and my people are sinners.


simplify: There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

There is a beauty of the sun, and a beauty of the moon, and a beauty of the stars; for even star differs from star in beauty.


simplify: And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal–berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.

And they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech got the support of a number of uncontrolled and good-for-nothing persons.


simplify: Then opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures;

Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds.


simplify: And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

And a mixed band of people went with them; and flocks and herds in great numbers.


simplify: Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man.

Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.


simplify: And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and become a devoted thing like unto it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.

And you may not take a disgusting thing into your house, and so become cursed with its curse: but keep yourselves from it, turning from it with fear and hate, for it is a cursed thing.


simplify: And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.

And let the gold and silver vessels from the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple at Jerusalem to Babylon, be given back and taken again to the Temple at Jerusalem, every one in its place, and put them in the house of God.


simplify: And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him to come into his house;

Then there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler in the Synagogue: and he went down at the feet of Jesus, desiring him to come to his house;


rate difficulty: And I went down on my face before the Lord, as at the first, for forty days and forty nights, without taking food or drinking water, because of all your sin, in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord and moving him to wrath.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Son of man, set thy face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord Jehovah before David my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

And to Abiathar the priest the king said, Go to Anathoth, to your fields; for death would be your right reward; but I will not put you to death now, because you took up the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and you were with him in all his troubles.


rate difficulty: The word which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.


rate difficulty: But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

And he went back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which they had given him at Ramah when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to Jezreel to see Jehoram, the son of Ahab, because he was ill.


rate difficulty: `Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests and scribes,

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

to make her holy, after purifying her by the washing with the water, according to his promise;


rate difficulty: And all the years of Enosh were nine hundred and five: and he came to his end.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And put the carcases of the sons of Israel before their idols, And scattered your bones round about your altars.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.

Have no joy, O Israel, and do not be glad like the nations; for you have been untrue to your God; your desire has been for the loose woman's reward on every grain-floor.


simplify: And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.

And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;


rate difficulty: And even as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also withstand the truth; men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, went over Jordan.


rate difficulty: Thus shall the things be unto thee wherein thou hast labored: they that have trafficked with thee from thy youth shall wander every one to his quarter; there shall be none to save thee.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And for the north side a hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

And for the north side. hangings a hundred cubits long, on twenty brass pillars in brass bases, with silver hooks and bands.


rate difficulty: There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of disease in a number of places, and men will be without food; and there will be wonders and great signs from heaven.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: and he cried with a great voice, as a lion doth roar, and when he cried, speak out did the seven thunders their voices;

and he cried in a loud voice like the roaring of a lion. At his cry the seven peals of thunder spoke, each with its own voice.


rate difficulty: for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me?


rate difficulty: And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Is it, in thine eyes, to honour thy father that David has sent comforters to thee? Is it not to search the city and to spy it out, and to overthrow it, that David has sent his servants to thee?

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: The depths covered them; they sank to the bottom as a stone.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.

The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.


simplify: He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.

Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk.


simplify: He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.


simplify: And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the Lord.

And they will not take from you a stone for the angle of a wall or the base of a building; but you will be a waste place for ever, says the Lord.


simplify: Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

Which you have made ready before the face of all nations;


simplify: that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.


rate difficulty: I admit, to my shame, that we have been weak. But whatever the subject on which others are not afraid to boast — though it is foolish to say so — I am not afraid either!


simplify: Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

And Jehoshaphat went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David. And Jehoram his son became king in his place.


simplify: For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

For whoever wishes to save their life will lose it, and whoever, for my sake, loses his life — that person will save it.


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?

And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child?


rate difficulty: And David was the youngest; and the three eldest had followed Saul.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: I John, your brother and partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patiencewhich arein Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.


simplify: For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.

But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.


simplify: according as it hath been written, `God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' --unto this very day,

The rest grew callous; as scripture says — ‘God has given them a deadness of mind — eyes that are not to see and ears that are not to hear — and it is so to this very day.’


rate difficulty: And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.


simplify: and, <FI>coming<Fi> from the market-place, if they do not baptize themselves, they do not eat; and many other things there are that they received to hold, baptisms of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and couches.

When they come from market, they will not eat without first sprinkling themselves; and there are many other customs which they have inherited and hold to, such as the ceremonial washing of cups, and jugs, and copper pans).


rate difficulty: He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: But he spake exceeding vehemently, If I must die with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner also said they all.

But he said with passion, If I have to be put to death with you, I will not be false to you. And they all said the same.


simplify: `And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,

The servant who knows his master’s wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;


simplify: that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

That in those days, when King Ahasuerus was ruling in Shushan, his strong town,


simplify: And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel.

And they said, That is not true; now give us his story. Then he said, This is what he said to me: The Lord says, I have made you king over Israel.


rate difficulty: And the glory of Jehovah mounted up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Jehovah’s glory.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man of wealth to come into the kingdom of God.


simplify: And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the great deep and a great chain in his hand.


rate difficulty: The word [is] faithful; for if we have died together with [him], we shall also live together;

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates.

And say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, seated on the seat of David, you and your servants and your people who come in by these doors.


rate difficulty: in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the fortress,

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, What is this that thou hast done? For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Jehovah, because he had told them.

And the men were in great fear, and they said to him, What is this you have done? For the men had knowledge of his flight from the Lord because he had not kept it from them.


simplify: Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

And she came in, and went down on her face to the earth at his feet; then she took her son in her arms and went out.


simplify: And this is the law of the trespass-offering: it is most holy.

And this is the law of the offering for wrongdoing: it is most holy.


rate difficulty: A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?

And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not?


simplify: and bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

And take these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are and come back with a sign to say how they are.


simplify: And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En–rogel,

And the line goes down to the farthest part of the mountain facing the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is on the north of the valley of Rephaim: from there it goes down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite on the south as far as En-rogel;


rate difficulty: And of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah--he <FI>is<Fi> Kelita, --Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.


rate difficulty: And anyone who, for the sake of my name, welcomes even one little child like this, is welcoming me.


rate difficulty: And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

I entreat you, then, friends, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, for this is your rational worship.


simplify: The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.


rate difficulty: O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria.


simplify: And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

We beg you, friends, to value those who toil among you, and are your leaders in the Lord’s service, and give you counsel.


rate difficulty: He is like a vine whose grapes do not come to full growth, or an olive-tree dropping its flowers.


rate difficulty: `And he said, No, lest--gathering up the darnel--ye root up with it the wheat,

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath–jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.

And the ark was in Kiriath-jearim for a long time, as much as twenty years: and all Israel was searching after the Lord with weeping.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: But I had no faith in what was said about you, till I came and saw for myself; and now I see that it was not half the story; your wisdom and your wealth are much greater than they said.


rate difficulty: The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: the fire went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

And between the living beings it was like burning coals of fire, as if flames were going one after the other between the living beings; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went thunder-flames.


rate difficulty: Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilean.

But at these words Pilate said, Is the man a Galilaean?


rate difficulty: You are the men who have stood by me in my trials;


rate difficulty: And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Half of it he hath burnt in the fire, By <FI>this<Fi> half of it he eateth flesh, He roasteth a roasting, and is satisfied, Yea, he is warm, and saith: `Aha, I have become warm, I have enjoyed the light.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

but Peter added: “I have no gold or silver, but I give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk.”


simplify: And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:

And a certain young man went after him, with only a linen cloth about his body; and they put their hands on him;


rate difficulty: and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before Jehovah, before the veil of the sanctuary.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

At that time, of two men on a farm one will be taken and one left;


simplify: We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;


simplify: The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.

The music-makers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and twenty-eight


rate difficulty: And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Be it known unto you therefore, brethren, that through this man is proclaimed unto you remission of sins:

And so, let it be clear to you, my brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is offered to you:


rate difficulty: And ye shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you, neither shall ye fear othergods;

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: medium


simplify: I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

I had knowledge of you in the waste land where no water was.


rate difficulty: and he looketh on the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and on all the face of the land of the circuit, and seeth, and lo, the smoke of the land went up as smoke of the furnace.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

But the king of Israel, after reading the letter, was greatly troubled and said, Am I God, to give death and life? why does this man send a leper to me to be made well? is it not clear that he is looking for a cause of war?


rate difficulty: And as they went out they begged that these words might be spoken to them the ensuing sabbath.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

And looking up, he saw by his head a cake cooked on the stones and a bottle of water. So he took food and drink and went to sleep again.


simplify: But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.


simplify: And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth–el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

And at Beth-el the sons of the prophets came out to Elisha and said, Has it been made clear to you that the Lord is going to take away your master from over you today? And he said, Yes, I have knowledge of it: say no more.


rate difficulty: May God, who inspires our hope, grant you perfect happiness and peace in your faith, until you are filled with this hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

Are the comforts of God not enough for you, and the gentle word which was said to you?


rate difficulty: We have become as those who were never ruled by you, on whom your name was not named.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,

If you were made free, by your death with Christ, from the rules of the world, why do you put yourselves under the authority of orders


simplify: For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

Although I was entirely free, yet, to win as many converts as possible, I made myself everyone’s slave.


simplify: but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living;

But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy;


simplify: Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Therefore, when you do acts of charity, do not have a trumpet blown in front of you, as hypocrites do in the Synagogues and in the streets so that people will praise them. There, I tell you, is their reward!


simplify: And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

And all the people said to Samuel, Make prayer for us to the Lord your God so that death may not overtake us: for in addition to all our sins we have done this evil, in desiring a king.


simplify: The king of Babylon hath heard the tidings of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

The king of Babylon has had news of them, and his hands have become feeble: trouble has come on him and pain like the pain of a woman in childbirth.


rate difficulty: And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

Anyone who does not take their cross and follow in my steps is not worthy of me.


rate difficulty: and they draw out Jeremiah with cords, and bring him up out of the pit, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And Joses, who was surnamed by the apostles Barnabas--which is, having been interpreted, Son of Comfort--a Levite, of Cyprus by birth,

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.

And make these into a holy oil, a perfume made by the art of the perfume-maker; it is to be a holy oil.


simplify: The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham and Joel, three.


simplify: But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

But if the bright mark keeps in the same place and gets no greater, it is the mark of the old wound, and the priest will say that he is clean.


simplify: And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.

And the man said to me, Son of man, see with your eyes and give hearing with your ears, and take to heart everything I am going to let you see; for in order that I might let you see them, you have come here: and give an account of all you see to the children of Israel.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Then you are to take the man or woman who has done the evil to the public place of your town, and they are to be stoned with stones till they are dead.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

But Moses said, Keep where you are and have no fear; now you will see the salvation of the Lord which he will give you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you will never see again.


simplify: Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.

Then I will let you go on living in this place, in the land which I gave to your fathers in the past and for ever.


rate difficulty: Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples,

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And upon the skirts of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the skirts thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:

And round the skirts of it put fruits in blue and purple and red, with bells of gold between;


simplify: And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:

They made twenty boards for the south side of the House:


rate difficulty: `And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people stood by Moses from the morning to the evening.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?


simplify: And those who heard, said, `And who is able to be saved?'

“Then who can be saved?” asked those who heard this.


rate difficulty: And Bezaleel maketh the ark of shittim wood, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height;

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Jehovah brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: Consider the work ofGod; for who can make straight what he hath made crooked?


rate difficulty: and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the spice perfume,

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.


rate difficulty: And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the Lord they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the Lord they journeyed.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to me, Give out these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Give ear to the words of this agreement and do them.


simplify: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

For I was in need of food, and you gave it not to me; I was in need of drink, and you gave it not to me:


rate difficulty: Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted;

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And there riseth after him Jair the Gileadite, and he judgeth Israel twenty and two years,

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.

And as a saviour he will come to Zion, turning away sin from Jacob, says the Lord.


simplify: Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.


rate difficulty: Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; no manner of work shall ye do: it is the sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth–gilead, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliver it into the king’s hand.

And all the prophets said the same thing, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and it will go well for you, for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.


rate difficulty: Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?


simplify: And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

And the king said to Barzillai, Come over with me, and I will take care of you in Jerusalem.


simplify: And Micaiah said, Therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

And he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, with all the army of heaven in their places round him at his right hand and at his left.


rate difficulty: And as for the sons of Aaron, the priests, living in the country on the outskirts of their towns, every different town there were men, marked out by name, to give their part of the goods to all the males among the priests, and to all who were listed among the Levites.

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simplify: A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

A servant will not be trained by words; for though the sense of the words is clear to him, he will not give attention.


simplify: And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us  In the house of his servant David

Lifting up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,


simplify: Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

Go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them;


simplify: Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more.

So take your rest here this night, till I have knowledge what more the Lord has to say to me.


simplify: And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

And when the Tent of meeting goes forward, the Levites are to take it down; and when it is to be put up, they are to do it: any strange person who comes near it is to be put to death.


rate difficulty: and if thus Thou art doing to me--slay me, I pray Thee; slay, if I have found grace in thine eyes, and let me not look on mine affliction.'

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simplify: The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

The virgin of Israel has been made low, never again to be lifted up: she is stretched out by herself on her land; there is no one to put her on her feet again.


simplify: Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or the present, or the future — all things are yours!


simplify: For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

For the guides of this people are the cause of their wandering from the right way, and those who are guided by them come to destruction.


simplify: And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.


rate difficulty: Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight;

And the Lord said to Moses, Take sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, with the best frankincense, in equal weights;


simplify: Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:

This is the word of the Lord your master, even your God who takes up the cause of his people: See, I have taken out of your hand the cup which overcomes, even the cup of my wrath; it will not again be given to you:


rate difficulty: And the supports for the lights with their lights, to be burning in the regular way in front of the inmost room, of the best gold;

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rate difficulty: And Moses did as the Lord commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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rate difficulty: At [my] right hand rise the young brood; they push away my feet, and raise up against me their pernicious ways;

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rate difficulty: to Timotheus, [my] true child in faith: grace, mercy, peace, fromGod our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.


simplify: And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.


rate difficulty: Now in the morning, about the time when the offering was made, they saw water flowing from the direction of Edom till the country was full of water.

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simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

The city has no need of ‘the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God illuminated it,’ and its Lamp was the Lamb.


simplify: But that it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

But so that it may not go farther among the people, let us put them in fear of punishment if they say anything in future in this name.


simplify: and another messenger did come, and he stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given to him much perfume, that he may give <FI>it<Fi> to the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar that <FI>is<Fi> before the throne,

Next, another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer in his hand; and a great quantity of incense was given to him, to mingle with the prayers of all Christ’s people on the golden altar before the throne.


simplify: But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.


rate difficulty: And the watchman stood on the tower in Jizreel, and saw Jehu's company as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?


rate difficulty: Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

When you come to a town, before attacking it, make an offer of peace.


simplify: Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

So then, give comfort to one another with these words.


rate difficulty: As these are undeniable facts, you ought to keep calm and do nothing rash;

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rate difficulty: And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;

And we have kept the rules of Jonadab, the son of Rechab our father, in everything which he gave us orders to do, drinking no wine all our days, we and our wives and our sons and our daughters;


rate difficulty: And Jehovah shall inherit Judah [as] his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

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rate difficulty: and the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they <FI>are<Fi> naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make to themselves girdles.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And he saith to them, `Of my cup indeed ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but--to those for whom it hath been prepared by my father.'

“You will indeed drink my cup,” he said, “but as to a seat at my right and at my left — that is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”


rate difficulty: And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the Lord: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: and the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.


simplify: Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

Therefore do not grow thoughtless, but try to understand what the Lord’s will is.


simplify: Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men,


simplify: As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

Since, therefore, you have received Jesus, the Christ, as your Lord, live your lives in union with him —


simplify: And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;

Lifting up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,


rate difficulty: and Abimelech commandeth all the people, saying, `He who cometh against this man or against his wife, dying doth die.'

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simplify: And after the ceasing of the tumult, Paul having called near the disciples, and having embraced <FI>them<Fi> , went forth to go on to Macedonia;

When the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and, with encouraging words, bade them goodbye, and started on his journey to Macedonia.


rate difficulty: And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


simplify: all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.

Everything on the dry land, in which was the breath of life, came to its end.


simplify: Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.

From Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni;


simplify: Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says:


simplify: And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

Now let Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, come near from among the children of Israel, so that they may be my priests, even Aaron, and Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, his sons.


rate difficulty: The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

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rate difficulty: And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spoke with Moses on mount Sinai.

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simplify: And they were bringing to him children, that he might touch them, and the disciples were rebuking those bringing them,

Some of the people were bringing little children to Jesus, for him to touch them; but the disciples found fault with those who had brought them.


rate difficulty: and the God of our fathers did raise up Jesus, whom ye slew, having hanged upon a tree;

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: and whenever the fruit may yield itself, immediately he doth send forth the sickle, because the harvest hath come.'

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

But he was not without witness, because he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and times of fruit, making your hearts full of food and joy.


rate difficulty: The lion hath roared, — who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken, — who can but prophesy?

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simplify: The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.

The tents of the Gershonites are to be placed at the back of the House, to the west.


simplify: And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.

And when the ruler comes in, he is to go in through the covered way of the doorway, and he is to go out by the same way.


rate difficulty: for if the casting away of them <FI>is<Fi> a reconciliation of the world, what the reception--if not life out of the dead?

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simplify: And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.

And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord, and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.


simplify: Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

Now there was a long war between Saul's people and David's people; and David became stronger and stronger, but those on Saul's side became more and more feeble.


simplify: And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

And David made answer to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, By the living Lord, who has kept me safe from all my trouble,


rate difficulty: But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And if thus I say to the young man, Lo, the arrows <FI>are<Fi> beyond thee, --go, for Jehovah hath sent thee away;

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rate difficulty: And Absalom's answer was, See, I sent to you saying, Come here, so that I may send you to the king to say, Why have I come back from Geshur? it would be better for me to be there still: let me now see the king's face, and if there is any sin in me, let him put me to death.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom?


rate difficulty: And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts unto me, saying:

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for thee,

Ah Lord God! see, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm, and there is nothing you are not able to do:


simplify: And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them.


simplify: And when the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

And when the ark of the Lord's agreement came into the tent-circle, all Israel gave a great cry, so that the earth was sounding with it.


rate difficulty: Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.

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simplify: And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

And when your children say to you, What is the reason of this act of worship?


rate difficulty: And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, toward the east of Eden.

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simplify: As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

And, just as the weeds are gathered and burnt, so it will be at the close of the age.


rate difficulty: And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

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simplify: Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.


simplify: And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

And for a long time Ephraim their father went on weeping for them, and his brothers came to give him comfort.


simplify: then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

Then we will give our daughters to you and take your daughters to us and go on living with you as one people.


simplify: But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

But, hearing that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod as king of Judea, he was afraid to go back there; and having been warned in a dream, he went into the part of the country called Galilee.


rate difficulty: See, the things said before have come about, and now I give word of new things: before they come I give you news of them.


simplify: Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: Also our couch is green.

See, you are fair, my loved one, and a pleasure; our bed is green.


simplify: They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

They will be for the birds of the mountains, and for the beasts of the earth: the birds will come down on them in the summer, and the beasts of the earth in the winter.


simplify: And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

And your sons, even your offspring, will they take away to be unsexed servants in the house of the king of Babylon.


simplify: My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.

My glory will be ever new, and my bow will be readily bent in my hand.


simplify: But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.


simplify: The labor of the righteoustendethto life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.

The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.


rate difficulty: and Elasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum,

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simplify: But Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart:

But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:


rate difficulty: And Abraham saith unto him, `Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause my son to turn back thither;

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

They will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well.


simplify: There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;

There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring;


rate difficulty: Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


simplify: As the nations that Jehovah maketh to perish before you, so shall ye perish; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God.

Like the nations which the Lord is cutting off before you, so you will be cut off; because you would not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God.


simplify: And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

And when I went down on the earth, a voice came to my ears saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?


simplify: Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them.

Now, it is my desire, brothers, that you will take note of those who are causing division and trouble among you, quite against the teaching which was given to you: and keep away from them.


rate difficulty: and their brethren, mighty men of valour, a hundred and twenty-eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel the son of Gedolim.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at nightfall, is the Lord's Passover;

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

And if you still go against me and will not give ear to me, I will put seven times more punishments on you because of your sins.


simplify: Behold, I will press you in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.

See, I am crushing you down, as one is crushed under a cart full of grain.


simplify: And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

Then David overcame Hadadezer, king of Zobah, near Hamath, when he was going to make his power seen by the river Euphrates.


simplify: If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, JEHOVAH THY GOD;

If you will not take care to do all the words of this law, recorded in this book, honouring that name of glory and of fear, THE LORD YOUR GOD;


simplify: And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab–hesed, five.

And Hashubah and Ohel and Berechiah and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.


rate difficulty: If any man has ears, let him give ear.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And it came to pass when the army of the Chaldeans was gone up from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh's army,

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simplify: And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

So I wrote as I did because I was afraid that if I had come, I should have been pained by those who ought to have made me glad; for I felt sure that it was true of you all that my joy was in every case yours also.


rate difficulty: And Paul said, `I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia, of no mean city a citizen; and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.'

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.


simplify: Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

Let no woman be numbered among the widows who is under sixty years old, and only if she has been the wife of one man,


simplify: And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

but, as to the spirit of holiness within him, was miraculously designated Son of God by his resurrection from the dead.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.


rate difficulty: And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with Midian? And they did chide with him sharply.

And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him.


simplify: Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

And Satan came into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve.


rate difficulty: Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, only themselves would they keep safe by their righteousness, says the Lord.

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simplify: and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.

And if Christ did not come again from the dead, then our good news and your faith in it are of no effect.


simplify: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

From the first he destined us, in his goodwill towards us, to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ,


rate difficulty: There some people brought to him a paralyzed man on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man: “Courage, child! Your sins are forgiven.”

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

Who sent out from the east one who is right wherever he goes? he gives the nations into his hands, and makes him ruler over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as dry stems before the wind to his bow.


rate difficulty: Sons of Parosh: two thousand a hundred and seventy and two.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;

If it is in the threads of the linen or of the wool, or in leather, or in anything made of skin;


simplify: And he made thereunto four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.

And they made four pillars for it of hard wood plated with gold: they had hooks of gold and four silver bases.


simplify: Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;


simplify: Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Still, I will be glad in the Lord, my joy will be in the God of my salvation.


simplify: For thus saith Jehovah of the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:

For the Lord says, As for the unsexed who keep my Sabbaths, and give their hearts to pleasing me, and keep their agreement with me:


rate difficulty: Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: but make your way rather to the lost sheep of Israel.


simplify: In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;


simplify: And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; for a full year shall he have the right of redemption.

And if a man gives his house in a walled town for money, he has the right to get it back for the space of a full year after he has given it up.


simplify: And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the Lord.

And for the drink offering give a third part of a hin of wine, for a sweet smell to the Lord.


simplify: And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;


simplify: Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.

Is it not clear to you that Abner, the son of Ner, came with deceit to get knowledge of your going out and your coming in and of all you are doing?


rate difficulty: And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Then, turning his eyes to Amalek, he went on with his story and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his part will be destruction for ever.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;

One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;


rate difficulty: wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things;

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.

Giving the people their orders, and saying, When you see the ark of the agreement of the Lord your God lifted up by the priests, the Levites, then get up from your places and go after it;


simplify: Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.

Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.


simplify: And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.


rate difficulty: And vain men, sons of Belial, gathered to him and strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, and Rehoboam was young and faint-hearted, and did not shew himself strong against them.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode [there].

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.

And when the sun went down, they were taken down from the trees, by Joshua's orders, and put into the hole where they had gone to be safe; and great stones were placed at the mouth of the hole, where they are to this day.


rate difficulty: And David said to his son Solomon, Be strong and of a good heart and do your work; have no fear and do not be troubled, for the Lord God, my God, is with you; he will not give you up, and his face will not be turned away from you, till all the work necessary for the house of the Lord is complete.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: and ye are having been puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he may be removed out of the midst of you who did this work,

Instead of grieving over it and taking steps for the expulsion of the man who has done this thing, is it possible that you are still puffed up?


simplify: And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and Shillem.


simplify: Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing to them in all things; not gainsaying;

Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;


simplify: Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereof, he shall be cut off from his people.

Whoever makes any like it, for its sweet smell, will be cut off from his people.