simplify: And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

And Sihon would not let Israel go through his land; but got all his people together and went out against Israel into the waste land, as far as Jahaz, to make war on Israel.


simplify: And I will save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the grain, and will multiply it, and lay no famine upon you.

And I will make you free from all your unclean ways: and at my voice the grain will come up and be increased, and I will not let you be short of food.


simplify: And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.

Then he said, And what did Samuel say to you?


rate difficulty: Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:

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simplify: He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

He who went down is the same who went up far over all the heavens so that he might make all things complete.)


rate difficulty: I, a ruler in the church, send word to the well loved Gaius, for whom I have true love.

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rate difficulty: He built even Beth–lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

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rate difficulty: If he gives his field from the year of Jubilee, the value will be fixed by your decision.

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simplify: On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

On the south side is the flag of the children of Reuben, in the order of their armies, with Elizur, the son of Shedeur, as their chief.


rate difficulty: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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rate difficulty: The Lord says to the man of his selection, to Cyrus, whom I have taken by the right hand, putting down nations before him, and taking away the arms of kings; making the doors open before him, so that the ways into the towns may not be shut;

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simplify: if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead.

If in any way I may have the reward of life from the dead.


simplify: And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

And looking round on all of them, he said to him, Put out your hand. And he did so: and his hand was made well.


rate difficulty: On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.

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rate difficulty: There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is unmeaning,


rate difficulty: these having taken, be purified with them, and be at expence with them, that they may shave the head, and all may know that the things of which they have been instructed concerning thee are nothing, but thou dost walk--thyself also--the law keeping.

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simplify: And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.

And you will not get away from him, but will certainly be taken and given up into his hands; and you will see the king of Babylon, eye to eye, and he will have talk with you, mouth to mouth, and you will go to Babylon.


rate difficulty: But Sarai was barren; she had no child.


simplify: Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.


simplify: And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? then shalt thou say unto them, What burden! I will cast you off, saith Jehovah.

And if this people, or the prophet, or a priest, questioning you, says, What word of weight is there from the Lord? then you are to say to them, You are the word, for I will not be troubled with you any more, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

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simplify: And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

And now, this is what I will do to my vine-garden: I will take away the circle of thorns round it, and it will be burned up; its wall will be broken down and the beasts of the field will go through it;


simplify: And it came to pass, when he drew nigh unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples,

And it came about that when he got near Beth-phage and Bethany by the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,


rate difficulty: Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

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simplify: They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.

And they will go down with him to the underworld, to those who have been put to the sword; even those who were his helpers, living under his shade among the nations


rate difficulty: And there was given to every one a white robe, and they were ordered to take their rest for a little time, till the number was complete of the other servants, their brothers, who would be put to death, even as they had been.

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rate difficulty: You, I say, disowned the holy and righteous one, and asked for the release of a murderer!


rate difficulty: All those from thirty to fifty years old who are able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.


rate difficulty: And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months.

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rate difficulty: And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.

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


rate difficulty: Ye observe days, and months, and seasons, and years.


simplify: For thou hast made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

For you have made a town a waste place: a strong town a mass of broken walls; the tower of the men of pride has come to an end; it will never be put up again.


simplify: Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

Go on now with your secret arts, and all your wonder-working, to which you have given yourself up from your earliest days; it may be that they will be of profit to you, or by them you may put fear into your attackers.


simplify: When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

When anyone hears the message of the kingdom without understanding it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in their mind. This is the person meant by the seed which was sown along the path.


rate difficulty: where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched;


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard thereof, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

Now Jabin, king of Hazor, hearing of these things, sent to Jobab, king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,


simplify: Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.

Is the law then against the words of God? in no way; because if there had been a law which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.


rate difficulty: And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.

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simplify: And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

And Cain said to his brother, Let us go into the field: and when they were in the field, Cain made an attack on his brother Abel and put him to death.


simplify: thirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.

Thirty camels with their young ones, forty cows, ten oxen, twenty asses, and ten young asses.


rate difficulty: If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

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simplify: have ye not known that we shall judge messengers? why not then the things of life?

Do not you know that we are to try angels — to say nothing of the affairs of this life?


simplify: But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

But they put their disgusting images into the house which is named by my name, making it unclean.


rate difficulty: And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah;

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simplify: nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

But you yourself will not be the builder of my house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.


simplify: for Jehovah our God, he it is that brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and that did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed;

For it is the Lord our God who has taken us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house, and who did all those great signs before our eyes, and kept us safe on all our journeys, and among all the peoples through whom we went:


simplify: Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

Why do not you yourselves decide what is right?


simplify: Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.


simplify: And speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, `To you it was necessary that first the word of God be spoken, and seeing ye do thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the life age-during, lo, we do turn to the nations;

Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly, and said:   “It was necessary that the message of God should be told to you first; but, since you reject it and reckon yourselves not worthy of the eternal life — we turn to the Gentiles!


simplify: Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words.

Naphtali is a roe let loose, giving fair young ones.


simplify: I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

I will not keep quiet about the parts of his body, or about his power, and the strength of his frame.


simplify: And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.

And Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah, the son of Judah, was the king's servant in everything to do with the people.


simplify: Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?


rate difficulty: And he shall offer an oblation of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram; and oil, a hin for an ephah.


rate difficulty: `Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

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simplify: The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.

The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were listed as heads of families; and the priests, when Darius the Persian was king.


rate difficulty: For the grace of God has come, giving salvation to all men,


rate difficulty: Our eyes still failed for our vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did not save.

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


rate difficulty: for already some are turned aside after Satan.


simplify: Therefore is my harpturnedto mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.

And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.


rate difficulty: Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

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rate difficulty: No, my sons, the account which is given me, which the Lord's people are sending about, is not good.

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rate difficulty: And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

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rate difficulty: In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

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rate difficulty: If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

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simplify: and their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he became unseen by them.

Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him; but he disappeared from their sight.


simplify: And there happened also a strife among them--who of them is accounted to be greater.

And a dispute arose among them as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.


rate difficulty: And further, my son, take note of this: of the making of books there is no end, and much learning is a weariness to the flesh.


simplify: And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.


simplify: And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

And her father said, It seemed to me that you had only hate for her; so I gave her to your friend: but is not her younger sister fairer than she? so please take her in place of the other.


rate difficulty: A man's pride bringeth him low; but the humble in spirit shall obtain honour.

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rate difficulty: And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.


simplify: And I will make them to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

They will go away with your haters into a land which is strange to you: for my wrath is on fire with a flame which will be burning on you.


rate difficulty: and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering, — besides the continual burnt-offering and its oblation, and their drink-offerings.

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simplify: A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.

He will not let a crushed stem be quite broken, and he will not let a feebly burning light be put out: he will go on sending out the true word to the peoples.


rate difficulty: I smite it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it.'

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simplify: And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.

And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.


simplify: Behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him.

See, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go into a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.


simplify: Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

For this cause I will put thorns in her road, building up a wall round her so that she may not go on her way.


rate difficulty: I am in distress for thee, my brother Jonathan, Very pleasant wast thou to me; Wonderful was thy love to me, Above the love of women!

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simplify: Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Orof them that are sureties for debts.

Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:


simplify: And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.

And if it gives you back an answer of peace, opening its doors to you, then all the people in it may be put to forced work as your servants.


rate difficulty: and the law is not by faith, but--`The man who did them shall live in them.'

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simplify: And they rehearsed the things that happened in the way, and how he was known of them in the breaking of the bread.

And they gave an account of the things which had taken place on the way, and how, when he gave them bread, they had knowledge of him.


rate difficulty: And he said, You have taken my gods which I made, and my priest, and have gone away; what is there for me now? Why then do you say to me, What is your trouble?


simplify: Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?


rate difficulty: And when the time comes for you to go to your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.

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rate difficulty: `See, therefore, how ye hear, for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever may not have, also what he seemeth to have, shall be taken from him.'

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simplify: And ye shall defile the overlaying of thy graven images of silver, and the plating of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as an unclean thing; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

And you will make unclean what is covering your pictured images of silver, and the plating of your images of gold: you will send them away as an unclean thing, saying, Be gone!


rate difficulty: Therefore he that resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they that withstand shall receive to themselves judgment.

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simplify: So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.


rate difficulty: And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?

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


rate difficulty: And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

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


simplify: And he took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands upon them.

And he took them in his arms, and gave them a blessing, putting his hands on them.


simplify: Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat, asking no question for conscience’ sake;

Whatever meat may be had at the public market, take as food without question of right or wrong;


simplify: But Jesus no more answered anything; insomuch that Pilate marvelled.

But Jesus gave no more answers, so that Pilate was full of wonder.


simplify: There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.

There is Elam and all her people, round about her last resting-place: all of them put to death by the sword, who have gone down without circumcision into the lowest parts of the earth, who were a cause of fear in the land of the living, and are put to shame with those who go down to the underworld:


simplify: The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field:


simplify: And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.


rate difficulty: The other guests began to say to one another: “Who is this man who even pardons sins?”

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rate difficulty: Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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


simplify: And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.

And Abdon, the son of Hillel, came to his death, and his body was put to rest in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.


simplify: And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.

And while he kept his hands on Peter and John, all the people came running together to the covered way which is named Solomon's, full of wonder.


simplify: `The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened;

The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is unclouded, your whole body, also, is lit up; but, as soon as your eye is diseased, your body, also, is darkened.


simplify: And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of the place:

Then the men said to Lot, Are there any others of your family here? sons-in-law or sons or daughters, take them all out of this place;


simplify: And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son?

And he said to them, Why do they say that the Christ is the son of David?


rate difficulty: And it was divinely communicated to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death before he should see [the] Lord's Christ.

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rate difficulty: And ye shall keep and do them; for that will be your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the peoples that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Verily this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

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


rate difficulty: For this I thrice besought the Lord that it might depart from me.


rate difficulty: By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.


simplify: Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?

Then Ahimelech answering said to the king, Who among all your servants is so true to you as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is a captain of your armed men, and has a place of honour in your house?


simplify: Then he returned, and walked in the house once to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

Then he came back, and after walking once through the house and back, he went up, stretching himself out on the child seven times; and the child's eyes became open.


simplify: let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give them.

Let seven men of his family be given up to us and we will put an end to them by hanging them before the Lord in Gibeon, on the hill of the Lord. And the king said, I will give them.


rate difficulty: Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

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


simplify: So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.

So Hanamel, the son of my father's brother, came to me, as the Lord had said, to the place of the armed watchmen, and said to me, Give the price and get my property which is in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: for you have the nearest relation's right to the heritage; so get it for yourself. Then it was clear to me that this was the word of the Lord.


rate difficulty: For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

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simplify: And they journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians,

On the fifteenth day of the first month they went out from Rameses; on the day after the Passover the children of Israel went out by the power of the Lord before the eyes of all the Egyptians,


simplify: O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.

O earth, earth, earth, give ear to the word of the Lord!


simplify: `And then, if any may say to you, Lo, here <FI>is<Fi> the Christ, or, Lo, there, ye may not believe;

“And at that time if anyone should say to you ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ ‘Look, there he is!’, do not believe it;


simplify: Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

Then the captain whose arm was supporting the king said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.


simplify: And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.

And the unclean spirit, shaking him violently, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.


simplify: I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith Jehovah of hosts.

And I will make you a heritage for the hedgehog, and pools of water: and I will go through it with the brush of destruction, says the Lord of armies.


simplify: But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

But now you go on glorying in your pride: and all such glorying is evil.


rate difficulty: And I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Beth-Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith Jehovah.

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


simplify: And Jesus answering said unto him, `Simon, I have something to say to thee;' and he saith, `Teacher, say on.'

But, addressing him, Jesus said: “Simon, I have something to say to you.”   “Pray do so, teacher,” Simon answered; and Jesus began:


simplify: And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.


simplify: They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.

They will send out the word for the people to come to the mountain, taking there the offerings of righteousness: for the store of the seas will be theirs, and the secret wealth of the sand.


simplify: And I stayed in the mount, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights: and Jehovah hearkened unto me that time also; Jehovah would not destroy thee.

And I was in the mountain, as at the first time, for forty days and forty nights; and again the ears of the Lord were open to my prayer, and he did not send destruction on you.


rate difficulty: And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

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


rate difficulty: And what <FI>is<Fi> the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?


rate difficulty: Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.

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


rate difficulty: David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.


simplify: Proclaim ye this among the nations; prepare war; stir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.

Give this out among the nations; make ready for war: get the strong men awake; let all the men of war come near, let them come up.


rate difficulty: Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou take the right hand, then I will go to the left.

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


simplify: And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order:


rate difficulty: and, on the following day, threw out the ship’s tackle with their own hands.


rate difficulty: And they shall make an ark of acacia-wood; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

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


rate difficulty: and Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

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


simplify: A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.


rate difficulty: And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; but the damsel's father said, Refresh thy heart, I pray thee. And they lingered until the afternoon, and they did eat both of them.

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


simplify: And they straightway left the nets, and followed him.

And straight away they let go the nets and went after him.


simplify: For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.


simplify: I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

I am writing to you, my children, because you have forgiveness of sins through his name.


rate difficulty: You are to make the altar of the Lord your God of uncut stones; offering on it burned offerings to the Lord your God:

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


rate difficulty: They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

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


simplify: And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.

And nearest to him will be the tribe of Issachar, with Nethanel, the son of Zuar, as their chief.


simplify: And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

and through him to reconcile all things to himself (making peace by the shedding of Christ’s blood offered on the cross) — whether on earth or in heaven.


simplify: And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.


rate difficulty: And they said a number of other evil things against him.


rate difficulty: Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?

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


rate difficulty: The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.


simplify: And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which 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.


rate difficulty: Fears have come on me; my hope is gone like the wind, and my well-being like a cloud.

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


rate difficulty: These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.


rate difficulty: and Jehovah hath brought [it about] and done according as he said; for ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not hearkened unto his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

And Azel had five sons, whose names are: Azrikam, his oldest, and Ishmael and Sheariah and Obadiah and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.


simplify: And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath–arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,

And for the daughter-towns with their fields, some of the men of Judah were living in Kiriath-arba and its daughter-towns, and in Dibon and its daughter-towns, and in Jekabzeel and its daughter-towns,


simplify: And I saw a great white throne, and Him who is sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven did flee away, and place was not found for them;

Then I saw a great white throne, and him who was seated on it. ‘The earth and the heavens fled from his presence; no place was left for them.’


simplify: Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.

Do not take a purse with you, or a bag, or sandals; and do not stop to greet anyone on your journey.


rate difficulty: I have sent destruction on them and given them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.


simplify: Let all your things be done with charity.


simplify: But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.


rate difficulty: Thou dost prepare for thee the way, and hast divided into three parts the border of thy land which Jehovah thy God doth cause thee to inherit, and it hath been for the fleeing thither of every man-slayer.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: In view of all this, will you still do nothing, O Lord? will you keep quiet, and go on increasing our punishment?


simplify: and his mouth was opened presently, and his tongue, and he was speaking, praising God.

and immediately Zechariah recovered his voice and the use of his tongue, and began to bless God.


rate difficulty: In the tent of meeting outside the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall dress them from evening to morning before Jehovah: [it is] an everlasting statute, for their generations, on the part of the children of Israel.

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


simplify: Jesus having seen that a multitude doth run together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, `Spirit--dumb and deaf--I charge thee, come forth out of him, and no more thou mayest enter into him;'

But, when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly collecting, he rebuked the foul spirit: “Deaf and dumb spirit, it is I who command you. Come out from him and never enter him again.”


rate difficulty: And having let away the multitudes, he went into the boat, and did come to the borders of Magdala.

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


simplify: And Peter began to say to him, `Lo, we left all, and we followed thee.'

“But we,” began Peter, “we left everything and have followed you.”


simplify: And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, before the new court;

And Jehoshaphat took his place in the meeting of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord in front of the new open space,


simplify: I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord.

And I will have the locks of the door of Damascus broken, and him who is seated in power cut off from the valley of Aven, and him in whose hand is the rod from the house of Eden; and the people of Aram will go away as prisoners into Kir, says the Lord.


simplify: And David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering in their service.

And David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, made distribution of them into their positions for their work.


rate difficulty: What will ye do in the day of assembly, and in the day of the feast of Jehovah?

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


simplify: Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

Then I said, Ah, Lord! they say of me, Is he not a maker of stories?


rate difficulty: And when the disciples saw it they were surprised, saying, How did the fig-tree become dry in so short a time?

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


rate difficulty: For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

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


simplify: From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

From the Shihor, which is before Egypt, to the edge of Ekron to the north, which is taken to be Canaanite property: the five chiefs of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites, as well as the Avvim;


simplify: But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

But it is through the love of God that I am what I am, and the love that he showed me has not been wasted. No, I have toiled harder than any of them, and yet it was not I, but the love of God working with me.


simplify: And when they received it, they murmured against the householder,

And when they got it, they made a protest against the master of the house,


simplify: And he brought the bullock of the sin-offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock of the sin-offering.

And he took the ox of the sin-offering: and Aaron and his sons put their hands on the head of the ox,


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

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: `And in the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, <FI>is<Fi> the passover to Jehovah;


rate difficulty: I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: The friends who escorted Paul took him as far as Athens, and, after receiving a message for Silas and Timothy to join him as quickly as possible, they started on their return.

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


rate difficulty: But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for Jehovah. So they made him ride in his chariot.

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


simplify: And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.

And let him take from the children of Israel two he-goats for a sin-offering and one male sheep for a burned offering.


simplify: And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.

And he went forward a little, and falling down on the earth, made request that, if possible, the hour might go from him.


rate difficulty: And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.


simplify: And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.

Then Delilah said to Samson, See, you have been making sport of me with false words; now, say truly how may you be put in bands?


simplify: Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.


rate difficulty: The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.


rate difficulty: And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-Gilead.

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


simplify: Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.


rate difficulty: Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer–sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

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


rate difficulty: But Paul said to the captain and his men, If you do not keep these men in the ship, you will not be safe.

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


simplify: In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.

In the fifteenth year of the rule of Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, ruling for forty-one years.


rate difficulty: Without counsel purposes are disappointed; but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

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


simplify: Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together.

They make noises like asses among the brushwood; they get together under the thorns.


rate difficulty: And the man Elkanah with all his family went up to make the year's offering to the Lord, and to give effect to his oath.

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


simplify: That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

So that the land may not put you out from it, when you make it unclean, as it put out the nations which were there before you.


rate difficulty: And the fifth angel sounded [his] trumpet: and I saw a star out of the heaven fallen to the earth; and there was given to it the key of the pit of the abyss.

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


simplify: And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.

And on the east side the space is to be fifty cubits wide.


rate difficulty: Again, I tell you that, if but two of you on earth agree as to what they will pray for, whatever it be, it will be granted them by my Father who is in heaven.

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


simplify: delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,

And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,


simplify: He that spareth his words hath knowledge; And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.


simplify: for I through law, did die, that to God I may live;

I, indeed, through law became dead to law, in order to live for God.


simplify: suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; men that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their deceivings while they feast with you;

For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy;


rate difficulty: and he questioned him in many words, but he answered him nothing.


simplify: And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

And on the seventh day, after washing your clothing, you will be clean, and then you may come into the tent-circle.


rate difficulty: That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.

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


rate difficulty: Straight away the father of the child gave a cry, saying, I have faith; make my feeble faith stronger.


rate difficulty: Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king had sent, did accordingly with all diligence.

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


rate difficulty: Then Saul cast the spear at him to smite him; and Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to put David to death.

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


rate difficulty: Under the burning sun they are cut off, and come to nothing because of the heat.


simplify: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

but in your whole life show yourselves to be holy, after the pattern of the Holy One from whom you received your call.


simplify: And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

And Esther said, Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.


simplify: `And now, lo, I--bound in the Spirit--go on to Jerusalem, the things that shall befall me in it not knowing,

And now, under spiritual constraint, I am here on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,


simplify: One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.


rate difficulty: And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.


rate difficulty: No man of the seed of Aaron the priest that hath defect shall come near to present Jehovah's offerings by fire: he hath a defect; he shall not come near to present the bread of hisGod.

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


simplify: But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.


simplify: Now when Jehoram was risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.

Now when Jehoram had taken his place over his father's kingdom, and had made his position safe, he put all his brothers to death with the sword, as well as some of the princes of Israel.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,


rate difficulty: She sees that her marketing is of profit to her: her light does not go out by night.

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


simplify: And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.

And there was honey on the face of the field, and all the people came to the honey, the bees having gone from it;


rate difficulty: And Hadad findeth grace in the eyes of Pharaoh exceedingly, and he giveth to him a wife, the sister of his own wife, sister of Tahpenes the mistress;

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: He measured on the south side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

And he went round and took the measure of it on the south side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.


rate difficulty: The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

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


rate difficulty: the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;


simplify: Wherefore I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood which they had poured out upon the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols;

So I let loose my wrath on them because of those whom they had violently put to death in the land, and because they had made it unclean with their images:


simplify: and every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ <FI>is<Fi> Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

and that every tongue should acknowledge JESUS CHRIST as LORD — to the glory of God the Father.


simplify: Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.

Uthai, the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the sons of Perez, the son of Judah.


simplify: Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:


rate difficulty: Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

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


simplify: greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.

Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to hear from time to time that the lives of my children are guided by the truth.


rate difficulty: And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.

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


simplify: But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.

But when Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came up into the land, we said, Come, let us go to Jerusalem, away from the army of the Chaldaeans and from the army of the Aramaeans: and so we are living in Jerusalem.


simplify: Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; gold, and silver, and brass,

Take from among you an offering to the Lord; everyone who has the impulse in his heart, let him give his offering to the Lord; gold and silver and brass;


simplify: And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.

And Sharon will be a grass-land for the flocks, and the valley of Achor a resting-place for the herds: for my people whose hearts have been turned back to me.


simplify: His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.


simplify: And I came this day unto the fountain, and said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:

And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if it is your purpose to give a good outcome to my journey,


simplify: For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and he is more to be feared than all other gods.


rate difficulty: And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return to Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: And Boaz said to Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from here, but keep here with my maidens.

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


rate difficulty: Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto his disciples, Sit ye here, while I go yonder and pray.

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


simplify: and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;

And a separate tenth part for every one of the seven lambs;


simplify: Jehovah our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

The Lord our God made an agreement with us in Horeb.


simplify: I have surely built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in for ever.

So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.


rate difficulty: Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

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rate difficulty: A son of twenty and one years <FI>is<Fi> Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother <FI>is<Fi> Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah,

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: none is greater in this house than I, and he hath not withheld from me anything, except thee, because thou <FI>art<Fi> his wife; and how shall I do this great evil? --then have I sinned against God.'


rate difficulty: So, then, where God wills, he takes pity, and where he wills, he hardens the heart.


rate difficulty: For there is one God and one peacemaker between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,


rate difficulty: but, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice rather that your names were written in the heavens.'

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simplify: the <FI>son<Fi> of Naggai, the <FI>son<Fi> of Maath, the <FI>son<Fi> of Mattathias, the <FI>son<Fi> of Semei, the <FI>son<Fi> of Joseph, the <FI>son<Fi> of Juda,

Mattith, Mattithiah, Shimei, Joseph, Josheh,


simplify: Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

Everyone, therefore, who will publicly acknowledge me, I, too, will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven;


simplify: Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

Do not you remember how, when I was with you, I used to speak to you of all this?


simplify: And I will set my glory among the nations; and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

And I will put my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see my punishments which I have put into effect, and my hand which I have put on them.


rate difficulty: And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.


rate difficulty: And if the man said unto him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would say, Nay, but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;


simplify: Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto Jehovah; come near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of Jehovah. And the assembly brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt-offerings.

Then Hezekiah made answer and said, Now that you have given yourselves to the Lord, come near and take offerings and praise-offerings into the house of the Lord. So all the people took in offerings and praise-offerings: and those whose hearts were moved, took in burned offerings.


simplify: The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

The children of Elam, a thousand, two hundred and fifty-four.


simplify: And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

Above all things, my friends, never take an oath, either by heaven, or by earth, or by anything else. With you let ‘Yes’ suffice for yes, and ‘No’ for no, so that you may escape condemnation.


rate difficulty: `And to you I say, and to the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as have not this teaching, and who did not know the depths of the Adversary, as they say; I will not put upon you other burden;

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


simplify: For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.

For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete.


simplify: Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

To this you were called by the good news which we brought you, to attain to the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.


rate difficulty: For Issachar hath the fourth lot gone out, for the sons of Issachar, for their families;

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


simplify: How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

How is the hammer of all the earth cut in two and broken! how has Babylon become a waste among the nations!


simplify: But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?


simplify: These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

These twelve Jesus sent out as his messengers, after giving them these instructions — “Do not go to the Gentiles, nor enter any Samaritan town,


simplify: Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Then take care that you keep your hearts true to the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.


simplify: So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

So the prophet went away, and pulling his head-band over his eyes to keep his face covered, took his place by the road waiting for the king.


rate difficulty: And after that, the regular burned offering and the offerings for the new moons and all the fixed feasts of the Lord which had been made holy, and the offering of everyone who freely gave his offering to the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: His eyes as doves by streams of water, Washing in milk, sitting in fulness.

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


rate difficulty: And she saith, `Give to me a blessing; when the land of the south thou hast given me, then thou hast given to me springs of waters;' and he giveth to her the upper springs and the lower springs.

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


simplify: The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;

The sons of Simeon: Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;


rate difficulty: And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed; for Jehovah God, even my God, is with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah be finished.

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


simplify: If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.

If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.


rate difficulty: And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

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


simplify: And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

And over the doorway of Ephraim and by the old door and the fish door and the tower of Hananel and the tower of Hammeah, as far as the sheep door: and at the doorway of the watchmen they came to a stop.


simplify: And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth–car.

And the men of Israel went out from Mizpah and went after the Philistines, attacking them till they came under Beth-car.


simplify: So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

So Solomon made the building of the house complete.)


rate difficulty: And again, Isaiah saith,  There shall be the root of Jesse, And he that ariseth to rule over the Gentiles; On him shall the Gentiles hope.

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


rate difficulty: As well as the first of our sons and of our cattle, as it is recorded in the law, and the first lambs of our herds and of our flocks, which are to be taken to the house of our God, to the priests who are servants in the house of our God:

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

Now when the meeting was ended, a number of the Jews and of the God-fearing Gentiles who had become Jews, went after Paul and Barnabas: who put before them how important it was to keep on in the grace of God.


simplify: wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say the word, and my servant shall be healed.

And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well.


rate difficulty: Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.


simplify: My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.

My wrongdoing is corded up in a bag, and my sin is shut up safe.


simplify: And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.


simplify: They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.

They were full of desire, like horses after a meal of grain: everyone went after his neighbour's wife.


simplify: And at the east side four thousand and five hundred reeds, and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.

And at the east side, four thousand five hundred by measure, and three doors, one for Joseph, one for Benjamin, one for Dan;


rate difficulty: And I have cleansed them from every stranger, and appoint charges to priests and to Levites, each in his work,


simplify: For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith Jehovah was wroth against you to destroy you. But Jehovah hearkened unto me that time also.

For I was full of fear because of the wrath of the Lord which was burning against you, with your destruction in view. But again the Lord's ear was open to my prayer.


simplify: There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.


rate difficulty: and he called one of the servants and asked what it all meant.

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


rate difficulty: But he answering said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.

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


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:

And this is the certain faith which we have in God through Christ:


simplify: O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

O Lord, there is no one like you, and no other God but you, as is clear from everything which has come to our ears.


simplify: Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.


rate difficulty: But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we might inquire of him?


simplify: Let me sing for my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

Let me make a song about my loved one, a song of love for his vine-garden. My loved one had a vine-garden on a fertile hill:


simplify: And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.

So some of our number went to the tomb and found everything just as the women had said; but they did not see Jesus.”


simplify: that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said, My name shall be there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place.

That your eyes may be open to this house night and day, to this place of which you have said, My name will be there; hearing the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.


simplify: And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,


rate difficulty: if according to the death of all men these die--or the charge of all men is charged upon them--Jehovah hath not sent me;

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


simplify: the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

The tenth Shimei, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


rate difficulty: And Mine eye hath pity on them--against destroying them, And I have not made of them an end in the wilderness.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: John said to him, Master, we saw one driving out evil spirits in your name: and we said that he might not, because he is not one of us.

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


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, wherewith I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were ye sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.

This is the word of the Lord: Where is the statement which I gave your mother when I put her away? or to which of my creditors have I given you for money? It was for your sins that you were given into the hands of others, and for your evil-doing was your mother put away.


rate difficulty: And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

But he made his request more strongly, so they went with him into his house; and he got food ready for them, and made unleavened bread, of which they took.


simplify: There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

In the reign of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the division called after Abijah. His wife, whose name was Elizabeth, was also a descendant of Aaron.


rate difficulty: Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

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


simplify: But since ye say, The burden of the Lord; therefore thus saith the Lord; Because ye say this word, The burden of the Lord, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord;

But if you say, The word of weight of the Lord; this is what the Lord has said: Because you say, The weight of the Lord, and I have sent to you, saying, You are not to say, The weight of the Lord;


rate difficulty: On the eleventh day, the prince of the sons of Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran; --

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


rate difficulty: and brought forth the columns out of the house of Baal, and burned them;

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


rate difficulty: and write them upon the posts of thy house, and upon thy gates;

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


simplify: Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another.


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

And Rehoboam went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David; and Abijah his son became king in his place.


simplify: Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.


rate difficulty: and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,


simplify: yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:

Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead:


rate difficulty: `And bread and roasted corn and full ears ye do not eat until this self-same day, until your bringing in the offering of your God--a statute age-during to your generations, in all your dwellings.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Now let them put their loose ways and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, and I will be among them for ever.

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


rate difficulty: Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.


rate difficulty: And all thy sons are taught of Jehovah, And abundant <FI>is<Fi> the peace of thy sons.

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


simplify: And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.

And Samuel said, How is it possible for me to go? If Saul gets news of it he will put me to death. And the Lord said, Take a young cow with you and say, I have come to make an offering to the Lord.


rate difficulty: Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, I beseech thee then, father, that thou wouldest send him to the house of my father,

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


simplify: And he spake also a parable unto them: No man rendeth a piece from a new garment and putteth it upon an old garment; else he will rend the new, and also the piece from the new will not agree with the old.

And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old.


rate difficulty: And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;


rate difficulty: Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; Let the field exult, and all that is therein.


simplify: And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.

And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.


simplify: But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

But, having been found worthy by God to be entrusted with the good news, therefore we tell it; with a view to please, not people, but God who proves our hearts.


simplify: Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

And it came about in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah that Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the walled towns of Judah and took them.


rate difficulty: Do not give what is sacred to dogs; they will turn and maul you. Do not throw your pearls before pigs; they will trample them underfoot.

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


rate difficulty: Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;

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


simplify: Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.

And Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were opposite them in their watches.


simplify: And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

And the land itself has become unclean; so that I have sent on it the reward of its wrongdoing, and the land itself puts out those who are living in it.


simplify: And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

So, as he would not be persuaded, we said no more to him, only adding — “The Lord’s will be done.”


rate difficulty: For thus said Jehovah: Sing, O ye to Jacob, <FI>with<Fi> joy, And cry aloud at the head of the nations, Sound ye, praise ye, and say, Save, O Jehovah, thy people, the remnant of Israel.

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


simplify: Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.

Bel is bent down, Nebo is falling; their images are on the beasts and on the cattle: the things which you took about have become a weight to the tired beast.


simplify: And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.

And they gave Solomon word of it, saying, See, Adonijah goes in such fear of King Solomon, that he has put his hands on the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon first give me his oath that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.


simplify: That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries.

So that I may give my lovers wealth for their heritage, making their store-houses full.


simplify: Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

Then they all set on Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and beat him in front of the Bench, but Gallio did not trouble himself about any of these things.


rate difficulty: Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.


simplify: And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.


simplify: Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.

Your teeth are like a flock of sheep which come up from the washing; every one has two lambs, and there is not one without young.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass in the evening, that the quail cometh up, and covereth the camp, and in the morning there hath been the lying of dew round about the camp,

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.


simplify: For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

For ‘everyone who invokes the name of the Lord will be saved.’


rate difficulty: Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

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


simplify: The voice of tidings, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.

News is going about, see, it is coming, a great shaking is coming from the north country, so that the towns of Judah may be made waste and become the living-place of jackals.


rate difficulty: Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.

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


simplify: And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah.

In the twentieth year that Jeroboam was king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.


simplify: Get thee up unto the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

Go up to the top of Pisgah, and turning your eyes to the west and the north, to the south and the east, see the land with your eyes: for you are not to go over Jordan.


simplify: And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

And when they came out of the Synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.


simplify: And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

And they took Jesus away to the high priest; and there came together with him all the chief priests and those in authority and the scribes.


rate difficulty: Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.

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


rate difficulty: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.  The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.

And straight away when he became king and took his place on the seat of the kingdom, he put to death all the family of Baasha: not one male child of his relations or his friends kept his life.


simplify: And he came near unto her; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thy handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

And he came near, and the woman said, Are you Joab? And he said in answer, I am. Then she said, Give ear to your servant's words. And he said, I am giving ear.


simplify: Wherefore are we counted as beasts, Andare become unclean in your sight?

Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?


rate difficulty: Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

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


simplify: and no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if not--the new wine doth burst the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine into new skins is to be put.'

And no one ever puts new wine into old wine-skins; if they do, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins are lost. But new wine is put into fresh skins.”


simplify: And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.

And five for the boards on the other side of the House, and five for the west side of the House at the back.


rate difficulty: and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine clothing, and say, Sit thou here in a good place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit under my footstool;

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


rate difficulty: And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

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


simplify: Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your resting-place; because of uncleanness that destroyeth, even with a grievous destruction.

Up! and go; for this is not your rest: because it has been made unclean, the destruction ordered will come on you.


simplify: Whosoever shall receive one of such little children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever receiveth me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.

Whoever will give honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour not to me, but to him who sent me.


rate difficulty: But Judah shall abide for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

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


simplify: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

And they gave a great cry, saying, How long will it be, O Ruler, holy and true, before you take your place as judge and give punishment for our blood to those on the earth?


rate difficulty: that saith of Cyrus, [He is] my shepherd, and he shall perform all my pleasure; even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

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


rate difficulty: The honour of God <FI>is<Fi> to hide a thing, And the honour of kings to search out a matter.

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


simplify: Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

Every one who is named by my name, and whom I have made for my glory, who has been formed and designed by me.


simplify: And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

And Elisha the prophet sent for one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Make yourself ready for a journey, and take this bottle of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.


simplify: among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:—

Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.


simplify: Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

Like meat they take the flesh of my people for their food, skinning them and crushing their bones, yes, cutting them up as if for the pot, like flesh inside the cooking-pot.


simplify: And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

and like to have the place of honor at dinner, and the best seats in the Synagogues,


simplify: And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the Lord delivered Chushan–rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan–rishathaim.

And the spirit of the Lord came on him and he became judge of Israel, and went out to war, and the Lord gave up Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia, into his hands and he overcame him.


rate difficulty: `And I have given peace in the land, and ye have lain down, and there is none causing trembling; and I have caused evil beasts to cease out of the land, and the sword doth not pass over into your land.

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


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

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


simplify: And Jehovah called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And Eli perceived that Jehovah had called the child.

And for the third time the Lord said Samuel's name. And he got up and went to Eli and said, Here am I; for you certainly said my name. Then it was clear to Eli that the voice which had said the child's name was the Lord's.


rate difficulty: the sixth <FI>to<Fi> Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

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


rate difficulty: But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take forethought for the flesh to [fulfil its] lusts.

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


simplify: And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

And three days after the birth of my child, this woman had a child: we were together, no other-person was with us in the house but we two only.


simplify: For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.

For he was aware that it was out of jealousy that the chief priests had given Jesus up to him.


rate difficulty: For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

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


rate difficulty: Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

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


rate difficulty: For, He put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he saith, All things are put in subjection, it is evident that he is excepted who did subject all things unto him.


rate difficulty: The person who, when speaking, uses the gift of ‘tongues’ is speaking, not to people, but to God, for no one understands them; yet in spirit they are speaking of hidden truths.


rate difficulty: And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name--thou <FI>art<Fi> Mine.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers that are beyond the River, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done with all diligence,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: and a spirit of justice to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that turn back the battle at the gate.

And a spirit of wisdom to the judge, and strength to those who keep back the attackers at the door of the town.


simplify: who did give himself a ransom for all--the testimony in its own times--

who gave himself as a ransom on behalf of all men.  This must be our testimony, as opportunities present themselves;