rate difficulty: And I say unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

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


simplify: He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.

He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.


simplify: That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,


simplify: When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil!

When my steps were washed with milk, and rivers of oil were flowing out of the rock for me.


rate difficulty: When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

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


simplify: And having waked up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, `Peace, be stilled;' and the wind did lull, and there was a great calm:

Jesus rose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: “Hush! Be still!”Then the wind dropped, and a great calm followed.


rate difficulty: Be strong and courageous, for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I have sworn unto their fathers to give them.

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


rate difficulty: And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

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


simplify: and an opinion in this do I give: for this to you <FI>is<Fi> expedient, who not only to do, but also to will, did begin before--a year ago,

I am only making suggestions on this matter; for this is the best course for you, since you were a year before others, not only in taking action, but also in showing your readiness to do so.


rate difficulty: If therefore David call him Lord, how is he his son?


rate difficulty: All the instruments of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

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


rate difficulty: neither give place to the devil.

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


simplify: But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

But Jeroboam had put some of his men to make a surprise attack on them from the back, so some were facing Judah and others were stationed secretly at their back.


simplify: And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.

Anyone touching anything on the bed or on the thing on which she has been seated, will be unclean till evening.


rate difficulty: And if his oblation be a goat, then he shall offer it before Jehovah:


rate difficulty: And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.

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


rate difficulty: But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed.

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


rate difficulty: But we will be glad to hear from you what your views are, for, with regard to this sect, we are well aware that it is spoken against on all sides.”

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


simplify: but a certain one, having risen up in the sanhedrim--a Pharisee, by name Gamaliel, a teacher of law honoured by all the people--commanded to put the apostles forth a little,

But Gamaliel, a Pharisee, who was a Doctor of the law and who was held in universal respect, rose in the Council, and directed that the men should be taken out of court for a little while.


simplify: And there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also--Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother--and Saul;

Among the members of the church at Antioch there were several prophets and teachers — Barnabas, Simeon who was known by the name of ‘Black’, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, foster-brother of Prince Herod, and Saul.


simplify: Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cutting off the skin of her son's private parts, and touching his feet with it, she said, Truly you are a husband of blood to me.


rate difficulty: Sons of Uzza, sons of Paseah, sons of Besai,


rate difficulty: And they gave him the parts of the burned offering, in their order, and the head, to be burned on the altar.

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


rate difficulty: and the chief priest and the principal men of the Jews made manifest to him <FI>the things<Fi> against Paul, and were calling on him,

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


rate difficulty: Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

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


rate difficulty: Do you mean to make away with me as you did yesterday with that Egyptian?’

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


simplify: And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.

Peter, who had followed Jesus at a distance into the courtyard of the high priest, was sitting there among the police officers, warming himself at the blaze of the fire.


simplify: The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.


simplify: And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

Keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: for this is why I give you orders to do this.


simplify: The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

The lowest line of them being five cubits wide, the middle six cubits wide and the third seven cubits; for there was a space all round the outside walls of the house so that the boards supporting the rooms did not have to be fixed in the walls of the house.


simplify: And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

And then I saw seven other heads, dry, thin, and wasted by the east wind, coming up after them:


rate difficulty: But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;

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


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

And Moses did as the Lord said, and all the people came together at the door of the Tent of meeting.


rate difficulty: And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.

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


simplify: By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

While your hand is stretched out to do works of mercy; so that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.


simplify: Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers: and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments.

Then Pharaoh sent for the wise men and the wonder-workers, and they, the wonder-workers of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts.


rate difficulty: Do not wonder, friends, if the world hates you.

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


rate difficulty: Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.


simplify: `I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.

So, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one outcast who repents, than over ninety-nine religious people, who have no need to repent.


simplify: yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.


rate difficulty: then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and shall bring her oblation for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is a meal-offering of jealousy, a meal-offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

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


simplify: And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.

And if a woman has a flow of blood from her body, she will have to be kept separate for seven days, and anyone touching her will be unclean till evening.


rate difficulty: And they took all the flocks and herds, and driving them in front of him, said, These are David's.

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


simplify: He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

He has put off my glory from me, and taken the crown from my head.


simplify: and he said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you:

And he said to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, I took Israel out of Egypt, and made you free from the hands of the Egyptians and from all the kingdoms which kept you down:


rate difficulty: And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

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


rate difficulty: Then his brothers and his father's people came down and took him up and put his body to rest in the earth between Zorah and Eshtaol in the resting-place of Manoah his father. And he had been judge of Israel for twenty years.

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


rate difficulty: Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them;

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.

This is what the Lord has said to these bones: See, I will make breath come into you so that you may come to life;


simplify: Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God:

But going against the order of the Lord your God, you would not go up:


rate difficulty: But Peter began and set forth [the matter] to them in order, saying,


rate difficulty: After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.


rate difficulty: While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn;

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


simplify: and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire,

And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,


simplify: Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

Having knowledge that because Christ has come back from the dead, he will never again go down to the dead; death has no more power over him.


simplify: And the king made of the algum-trees terraces for the house of Jehovah, and for the king’s house, and harps and psalteries for the singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

And with the sandal-wood the king made steps for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody; never before had such been seen in the land of Judah.


simplify: `Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;

“Strive to go in by the small door. Many, I tell you, will seek to go in, but they will not be able,


rate difficulty: And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them.

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


rate difficulty: And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

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


simplify: One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;


simplify: we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;

We realize that we come from God, while all the world is under the influence of the evil one.


simplify: But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

But the Pharisees, hearing of it, said, This man only sends evil spirits out of men by Beelzebub, the ruler of evil spirits.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

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


simplify: in reference to dishonour I speak, how that we were weak, and in whatever any one is bold--in foolishness I say <FI>it<Fi> --I also am bold.

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


rate difficulty: But keep me in mind when things go well for you, and be good to me and say a good word for me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison:

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

in order than, just as sin had reigned in the realm of death, so, too, might Loving-kindness reign through righteousness, and result in eternal life, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.


rate difficulty: For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;

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


simplify: And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;

May that man be like the towns overturned by the Lord without mercy: let a cry for help come to his ears in the morning, and the sound of war in the middle of the day;


simplify: And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart;

Then Samuel said to the people, Have no fear: truly you have done evil, but do not be turned away from the Lord; be his servants with all your heart;


simplify: Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

Now, since all these things are in the process of dissolution, think what you yourselves ought to be — what holy and pious lives you ought to lead,


rate difficulty: And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man ofGod bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of corn in his sack. And he said, Give to the people that they may eat.

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


rate difficulty: And he came and took her by the hand, lifting her up; and she became well, and took care of their needs.

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


simplify: His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

‘Well done, good, trustworthy servant!’ said his master. ‘You have been trustworthy with a small sum; now I will place a large one in your hands; come and share your master’s joy!’


rate difficulty: These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: By me the yoke of the king of Babylon has been broken.


rate difficulty: And he put the table in the Tent of meeting, on the north side outside the veil.


rate difficulty: He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.

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


rate difficulty: And they came into the land of Egypt; for they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord: and they came to Tahpanhes.


rate difficulty: Till I come and take you away to a land like yours, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vine-gardens, a land of oil-giving olives and of honey, so that life and not death may be your fate. Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The Lord will keep us safe.

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


simplify: And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.


rate difficulty: The eleventh Azarel, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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


simplify: So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord.

So after they had taken food and wine in the guest room, Hannah got up. Now Eli the priest was seated by the pillars of the doorway of the Temple of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And I went out by night, through the doorway of the valley, and past the dragon's water-spring as far as the place where waste material was put, viewing the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down, and the doorways which had been burned with fire.

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


rate difficulty: and the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south border.

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


rate difficulty: But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;

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


rate difficulty: From thence they have journeyed, and encamp beyond Arnon, which <FI>is<Fi> in the wilderness which is coming out of the border of the Amorite, for Arnon <FI>is<Fi> the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorite;

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


simplify: For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.

For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God.


simplify: And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:

and not only that, but he has been elected by the churches to accompany us on our journey, in connexion with this expression of your love, which we are personally administering to the honor of the Lord, and to show our deep interest.


rate difficulty: Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith Jehovah: shall I that cause to bring forth shut the womb? saith thy God.

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


simplify: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.


rate difficulty: Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were asure word. [Selah Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.


simplify: And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

‘The nations walk by the light of it; and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it.


rate difficulty: `Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, less he come and have smitten me--mother beside sons;

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


simplify: And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

Every one of them went straight forward; wherever the spirit was to go they went; they went on without turning.


simplify: and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath;

And the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, looking east, from Baal-gad under Mount Hermon as far as Hamath:


rate difficulty: there salute you all the saints, and specially those of Caesar's house;

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


rate difficulty: And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!


rate difficulty: They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the same Dathan and Abiram who had a place in the meeting of the people, who together with Korah made an outcry against Moses and Aaron and against the Lord:


simplify: So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the Lord commanded them: the Lord also accepted Job.

And Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did as the Lord had said. And the Lord gave ear to Job.


rate difficulty: So Jephthah went over to the children of Ammon to make war on them; and the Lord gave them into his hands.

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


rate difficulty: Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.


rate difficulty: They will not see the land about which I made an oath to their fathers; not one of these by whom I have not been honoured will see it.


simplify: And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come.

And I saw when the Lamb undid one of the stamps, and the voice of one of the four beasts came to my ears, saying as with a voice of thunder, Come and see.


rate difficulty: Let them be fixed to your fingers, and recorded in your heart.


rate difficulty: And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

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


rate difficulty: And he is to take a vessel full of burning coal from the altar before the Lord and in his hand some sweet perfume crushed small, and take it inside the veil;

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


rate difficulty: But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

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


simplify: And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

And they will be building houses and living in them; planting vine-gardens and getting the fruit of them.


rate difficulty: In that day shall Egypt be like unto women; and it shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Jehovah of hosts, which he shaketh over it.


rate difficulty: In that day doth man look to His Maker, Yea, his eyes to the Holy One of Israel look,


rate difficulty: Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

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


simplify: Be confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished.

The farmers are shamed, the workers in the vine-gardens give cries of grief, for the wheat and the barley; for the produce of the fields has come to destruction.


simplify: And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came to Jerusalem,

After the birth of Jesus at Bethlehem in Judea, in the reign of King Herod, some astrologers from the East arrived in Jerusalem, asking:


simplify: Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wresting of judgment: for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah seeth not.

Then he said to me, The sin of the children of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is full of blood and the town full of evil ways: for they say, The Lord has gone away from the land, and the Lord does not see.


simplify: And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.


rate difficulty: I say what is true in Christ, and not what is false, my mind giving witness with me in the Holy Spirit,


rate difficulty: And the priest is to take one of the male lambs and give it as an offering for wrongdoing, and the log of oil, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord;


rate difficulty: Now these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon’s servants.

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


rate difficulty: She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.

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


rate difficulty: There will be signs, too, in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth despair among the nations, in their dismay at the roar of the sea and the surge.


rate difficulty: And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)


rate difficulty: He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming, I will give to him to eat from the hidden manna, and will give to him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, that no one knew except him who is receiving <FI>it<Fi> .

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


simplify: and if the fall of them <FI>is<Fi> the riches of a world, and the diminution of them the riches of nations, how much more the fulness of them?

And, if their falling away has enriched the world, and their failure has enriched the Gentiles, how much more will result from their full restoration!


rate difficulty: And I will leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowl of the heavens to settle upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

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


simplify: Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.


rate difficulty: 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.

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


rate difficulty: And they took all the property of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and departed.

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rate difficulty: And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying,

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


rate difficulty: The cup of blessing which we take, does it not give us a part in the blood of Christ? and is not the broken bread a taking part in the body of Christ?


rate difficulty: The next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met Jesus.


rate difficulty: But he denied, saying, I know not nor understand what thou sayest. And he went out into the vestibule; and a cock crew.

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rate difficulty: Then do not go after false gods, as some of them did; as it is said in the holy Writings, After resting and feasting, the people got up to take their pleasure.


rate difficulty: Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all he did, and his sins, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

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rate difficulty: And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan.

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


simplify: Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband.


rate difficulty: Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord.

Say to them, If any man of all your seed through all your generations, being unclean, comes near the holy things which the children of Israel make holy to the Lord, he will be cut off from before me: I am the Lord.


simplify: And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

The third, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;


simplify: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

and a man on the housetop must not go down to get the things that are in his house;


simplify: But the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.

But the tents of the Levites are to be round the Tent of meeting, so that wrath may not come on the children of Israel: the Tent of meeting is to be in the care of the Levites.


rate difficulty: Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

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


simplify: and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats;

And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper.


rate difficulty: How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?


rate difficulty: And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go back to your mothers' houses: may the Lord be good to you as you have been good to the dead and to me:


simplify: The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.

The mountains were shaking before the Lord, before the Lord, the God of Israel.


rate difficulty: And on the limit of Reuben, from the east side to the west side: Judah, one part.


simplify: And it became known to all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch that in their language that field was called Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.)

And this came to the knowledge of all those who were living in Jerusalem, so that the field was named in their language, Akel-dama, or, The field of blood.)


rate difficulty: He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

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rate difficulty: and he feareth, and saith, `How fearful <FI>is<Fi> this place; this is nothing but a house of God, and this a gate of the heavens.'

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


simplify: Jehovah will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

The Lord will send on you the disease of Egypt, and other sorts of skin diseases which nothing will make well.


rate difficulty: And leaving on the morrow, we came to Caesarea; and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was of the seven, we abode with him.

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


simplify: And thou shalt make settings of gold,

And you are to make twisted frames of gold;


rate difficulty: And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

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rate difficulty: They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

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


rate difficulty: And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: medium


simplify: But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?

For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.


simplify: Cast away from you all your transgressions, wherein ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Put away all your evil-doing in which you have done sin; and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: why are you desiring death, O children of Israel?


simplify: Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.

Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he.


simplify: He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; Buthe that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.


rate difficulty: But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.


simplify: so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!

So is it with the tongue. Small as it is, it is a great boaster. Think how tiny a spark may set the largest forest ablaze!


simplify: for all the law in one word is fulfilled--in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

Indeed, the whole law has been summed up in this one precept —  ‘You must love your neighbor as you love yourself.’


simplify: But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

But the people kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.


simplify: Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and, lo, I must die.

Then Saul said to Jonathan, Give me an account of what you have done. And Jonathan gave him the story and said, Certainly I took a little honey on the end of my rod; and now death is to be my fate.


simplify: And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the Lord shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

While I, though I am crowned king, have little strength, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are out of my control: may the Lord give to the evil-doer the reward of his evil-doing!


rate difficulty: A gracious woman obtaineth honor; And violent men obtain riches.

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rate difficulty: And the prophet, and the priest, and the people, That saith, The burden of Jehovah, I have seen after that man, and after his house.

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


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.

For this reason the Lord has said, See, I will put stones in the way of this people: and the fathers and the sons together will go falling over them; the neighbour and his friend will come to destruction.


simplify: This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

This Moses, whom they would not have, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God sent to be a ruler and a saviour, by the hand of the angel whom he saw in the thorn-tree.


simplify: For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

For it is the purpose of the Lord of armies, and who will make it of no effect? when his hand is stretched out, by whom may it be turned back?


simplify: Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

You are cursed with a curse; for you have kept back from me what is mine, even all this nation.


simplify: `And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray;

Many false prophets, also, will appear and lead many astray;


rate difficulty: And they passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia.

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


simplify: But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.

But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.


simplify: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. So be it.


rate difficulty: and all the people have seen the pillar of the cloud standing at the opening of the tent, and all the people have risen and bowed themselves, each at the opening of his tent.

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


simplify: Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.

Seven thousand, one hundred of the children of Simeon, great men of war;


simplify: And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

And on all the high mountains, and on all the hills which are lifted up;


simplify: And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

And I will send punishment on Bel in Babylon, and take out of his mouth what went into it; no longer will the nations be flowing together to him: truly, the wall of Babylon will come down.


rate difficulty: Thus cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;

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


rate difficulty: for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck;

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


rate difficulty: — Because of the multitude of the fornications of the well-favoured harlot, mistress of sorceries, that selleth nations through her fornications, and families through her sorceries,

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.


simplify: Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,

And you, son of man, let your face be turned against the daughters of your people, who are acting the part of prophets at their pleasure; be a prophet against them, and say,


simplify: And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

and he is the head of the church, which is his body. The first-born from the dead, he is to the church the Source of its life, that he, in all things, may stand first.


simplify: And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

“Do you see these great buildings?”asked Jesus. “Not a single stone will be left here on another, which will not be thrown down.”


rate difficulty: When they had crucified him, they divided his clothes among them by casting lots.

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


rate difficulty: And foreigners shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favor have I had mercy on thee.

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


rate difficulty: There failed not aught of any good thing which Jehovah had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

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


simplify: And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

And, when he prayed again, the clouds brought rain, and the land bore crops.


simplify: but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

However, for you individually, let each love his wife as if she were himself; and the wife be careful to respect her husband.


rate difficulty: He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he shaketh the kingdoms. Jehovah hath given a commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof,

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


simplify: so that ye became an ensample to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.

So that you became an example to all those who have faith in Christ in Macedonia and Achaia.


rate difficulty: All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.

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simplify: And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.


simplify: And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

But the chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we are to give bread to your army?


simplify: Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.

“You may have a guard,” was Pilate’s reply; “go and make the tomb as secure as you can.”


rate difficulty: Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;

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


simplify: And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.


simplify: Of Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings, they are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

About Damascus. Hamath is put to shame, and Arpad; for the word of evil has come to their ears, their heart in its fear is turned to water, it will not be quiet.


rate difficulty: Neither doth one press upon another; they march every one in his path; and fall amid weapons, but are not wounded.

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


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

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simplify: But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

But I will make clear to you of whom you are to be in fear: of him who after death has power to send you to hell; yes, truly I say, Have fear of him.


simplify: and not having found him, they turned back to Jerusalem seeking him.

and then, as they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching everywhere for him.


rate difficulty: And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

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


simplify: And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.

And so the seven good years in Egypt came to an end.


simplify: And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.

They were all so amazed that they kept asking each other: “What is this? What is this strange teaching? He gives his commands with authority even to the foul spirits, and they obey him!”


rate difficulty: and now, go, and I--I am with thy mouth, and have directed thee that which thou speakest;'

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


simplify: and so cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.

So causing sin to come on them when they take their holy things for food: I am the Lord who make them holy.


rate difficulty: Let each of us please our neighbor for our neighbor’s good, to help in the building up of their character.


simplify: Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;

Not for one day only, or even for five or ten or twenty days;


rate difficulty: Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom, Give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah,

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


rate difficulty: Causing sin to come on him, then he will have to give back the thing he took by force or got by cruel acts, or the goods which were put in his care or the thing he came on by chance,

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


simplify: and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings--commands of men.'

but vainly do they worship me, For they teach but human precepts.’”


simplify: And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.

And when this order, given by the king, is made public through all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give honour to their husbands, great as well as small.


simplify: And Jesus called unto him his disciples, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat: and I would not send them away fasting, lest haply they faint on the way.

And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.


simplify: And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered up the kine for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah.

And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and came to a stop there by a great stone: and cutting up the wood of the cart they made a burned offering of the cows to the Lord.


rate difficulty: and with them their brethren, the seconds <FI>in rank<Fi> , Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah; and Obed-Edom and Jeiel the gatekeepers;

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


rate difficulty: This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:

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simplify: And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud.


rate difficulty: Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

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


simplify: For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judæa in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;

For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;


rate difficulty: He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], And setteth me upon my high places.

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


simplify: Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:


rate difficulty: and he maketh its horns on its four corners; its horns have been of the same; and he overlayeth it with brass;

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


simplify: The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

The vision of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, which he saw about Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.


simplify: And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

And he had them numbered in Bezek: the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.

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


simplify: But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.


simplify: And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.

All these things you are to do to Aaron and his sons as I have given you orders: for seven days the work of making them priests is to go on.


simplify: If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into your house, and give him no greeting:

If anyone comes to you not having this teaching, do not take him into your house or give him words of love:


simplify: For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

For scripture says — ‘“As surely as I live,” says the Lord, “every knee will bend before me; and every tongue will make acknowledgment to God.”’


rate difficulty: And some of the Gadites, siding with David, went to his strong place in the waste land, great and strong men, trained for war, expert in the use of arms, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were quick-footed like roes on the mountains;

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


simplify: Then said Jesus unto them, `I will question you something: Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save or to kill?'

and Jesus said to them: “I ask you, is it allowable to do good on the Sabbath — or harm? To save a life, or let it perish?”


rate difficulty: And the sons of Shechaniah: Shemaiah; and the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Jigeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.

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


simplify: And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

So must the Beast that was, but is not. He counts as an eighth king , although he is one of the seven, and is on his way to destruction.


simplify: And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

And a man will be hated by those of his house.


rate difficulty: And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

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


rate difficulty: and <FI>one<Fi> hath lifted up of it with his hand from the flour of the present, and from its oil, and all the frankincense which <FI>is<Fi> on the present, and hath made perfume on the altar, sweet fragrance--its memorial to Jehovah.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject unto us in thy name.

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


rate difficulty: and by the front of the gate of the entrance, by the front of the porch of the inner gate, fifty cubits;

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


simplify: And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

Blessed is the person who finds no hindrance in me.”


rate difficulty: But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.

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


rate difficulty: The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.

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


simplify: And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

Now on the ninth day of the fourth month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.


simplify: And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

Happy indeed is she who believed that the promise which she received from the Lord would be fulfilled.”


rate difficulty: And I saw another strong angel coming down out of the heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the rainbow upon his head, and his countenance as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire,

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


simplify: And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.


simplify: Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

So now, let me make a suggestion, so that you may keep your life safe and the life of your son Solomon.


simplify: And when any will offer a meat offering unto the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:

And when anyone makes a meal offering to the Lord, let his offering be of the best meal, with oil on it and perfume:


simplify: And Jesus having called near a child, did set him in the midst of them,

Jesus called a little child to him, and placed it in the middle of them, and then said:


simplify: Give us day by day our daily bread.

Give us each day the bread that we will need;


rate difficulty: Thy way and thy doings have done these to thee, This <FI>is<Fi> thy vexation, for <FI>it is<Fi> bitter, For it hath struck unto thy heart.

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


simplify: For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

While they make up heavy loads and pile them on other people’s shoulder’s they decline, themselves, to lift a finger to move them.


rate difficulty: And they went back and got ready spices and perfumes; and on the Sabbath they took their rest, in agreement with the law.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to Moses, How long will you go against my orders and my laws?


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


rate difficulty: Then he got ten of the responsible men of the town, and said, Be seated here. And they took their seats.


rate difficulty: And the king saith, `This <FI>one<Fi> saith, This <FI>is<Fi> my son, the living, and thy son <FI>is<Fi> the dead; and that <FI>one<Fi> saith, Nay, but thy son <FI>is<Fi> the dead, and my son the living.'

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


rate difficulty: He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid <FI>it<Fi> upon him.

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


simplify: And herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the capitals thereof; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar-work.

And herds will take their rest in the middle of her, all the beasts of the valley: the pelican and the porcupine will make their living-places on the tops of its pillars; the owl will be crying in the window; the raven will be seen on the doorstep.


simplify: And Ziklag, and Beth–marcaboth, and Hazar–susah,

And Ziklag and Beth-marcaboth and Hazar-susah


rate difficulty: What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

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


simplify: and he, having heard these things, became very sorrowful, for he was exceeding rich.

But the man became greatly distressed on hearing this, for he was extremely rich.


simplify: And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, so that you may take the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place which I have made ready for it.


simplify: And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you allow on earth will be held in heaven to be allowed.”


simplify: (for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven);

(For Solomon had made a brass stage, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the middle of the open space; on this he took his place and went down on his knees before all the meeting of Israel, stretching out his hands to heaven.)


rate difficulty: Or, Who will go down into the deep? (that is, to make Christ come again from the dead:)


simplify: And when all things have been subjected unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subjected to him that did subject all things unto him, that God may be all in all.

And when all things have been put under him, then will the Son himself be under him who put all things under him, so that God may be all in all.


simplify: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.


simplify: Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.

Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.


simplify: Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.

Then Menahem sent destruction on Tappuah and all the people in it, and its limits, from Tirzah, because they would not let him come in; and he had all the women who were with child cut open.


simplify: And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

And the earth gave help to the woman, and with open mouth took up the river which the dragon sent out of his mouth.


simplify: And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.

And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.


rate difficulty: Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.

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


simplify: And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;


simplify: And Jesus withdrew with his disciples unto the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea,

Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the Sea, followed by a great number of people from Galilee.


simplify: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, greets the twelve tribes that are living abroad.


simplify: And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the public places, and upright behaviour may not come into the town.


rate difficulty: So we were waiting in the valley facing Beth-peor.


simplify: Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.


rate difficulty: He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark.

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


simplify: And thou shalt kill the bullock before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting.

And you are to put the ox to death before the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, Go back to Egypt, for all the men are dead who were attempting to take your life.

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


rate difficulty: And that day Joshua made them servants, cutting wood and getting water for the people and for the altar of the Lord, in the place marked out by him, to this day.

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


rate difficulty: And these <FI>are<Fi> the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt with Jacob; a man and his household have they come;


simplify: And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

And the king, hearing the words of the book of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief;


simplify: Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy grain, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand;

In your towns you are not to take as food the tenth part of your grain, or of your wine or your oil, or the first births of your herds or of your flocks, or anything offered under an oath, or freely offered to the Lord, or given as a lifted offering;


rate difficulty: Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.


rate difficulty: These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

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


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

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


simplify: But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.

But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.


simplify: And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,


simplify: Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

Three times in the year you are to keep a feast to me.


simplify: and did swear in Him who doth live to the ages of the ages, who did create the heaven and the things in it, and the land and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it--that time shall not be yet,

and swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, and the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it,’ that time should cease to be.


rate difficulty: And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

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


simplify: this one was instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in the Spirit, was speaking and teaching exactly the things about the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John;

He had been well-instructed in the cause of the Lord, and with burning zeal he spoke of, and taught carefully, the facts about Jesus, though he knew of no baptism but John’s.


rate difficulty: Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

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


rate difficulty: And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, ye peoples, all of you.

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


simplify: Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew the sacrifices.

There were four tables on one side and four tables on the other, by the side of the doorway; eight tables, on which they put to death the beasts for the offerings.


rate difficulty: [It is] sufficient for the disciple that he should become as his teacher, and the bondman as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?

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


simplify: But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken unto you rather than unto God, judge ye:

But Peter and John in answer said to them, It is for you to say if it is right in the eyes of God to give attention to you more than to God:


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

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


simplify: Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these.

And Jesse made his seven sons come before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not taken any of these.


simplify: And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

And these are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon: she was the mother of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.


simplify: Jehovah thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice.

The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out.


simplify: and they were crying with a great voice, saying, `Till when, O Master, the Holy and the True, dost Thou not judge and take vengeance of our blood from those dwelling upon the land?'

They cried in a loud voice — ‘How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, before you will give judgment and avenge our blood on all who are living on the earth?’


rate difficulty: And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

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


rate difficulty: `And Jehovah speaketh unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and lo, a people stiff of neck it <FI>is<Fi> ;

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


rate difficulty: O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.

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


rate difficulty: Their feet are swift to shed blood;

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


rate difficulty: It gives me great joy to see you answering to my good opinion of you in every way.


rate difficulty: The words of a tale-bearer <FI>are<Fi> as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down <FI>to<Fi> the inner parts of the heart.

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


rate difficulty: And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.

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


simplify: Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

And every nation made gods for themselves, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in the towns where they were living.


rate difficulty: After these things, when the king's feelings were calmer, the thought of Vashti and what she had done and the order he had made against her, came back to his mind.

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


rate difficulty: Handle not, nor taste, nor touch


rate difficulty: And they went out, they and all their armies with them, a great people, in number like the sand on the seaside, with horses and war-carriages in great number.


simplify: When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”


rate difficulty: And his disciples came, and took up the corpse, and buried him; and they went and told Jesus.


simplify: And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house, unto this day.

The altar of Baal was pulled down and the house of Baal was broken up and made an unclean place, as it is to this day.


rate difficulty: You have made them very glad, increasing their joy. They are glad before you as men are glad in the time of getting in the grain, or when they make division of the goods taken in war.

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


rate difficulty: They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.


rate difficulty: Jesus saith to them, `Did ye never read in the Writings, A stone that the builders disallowed, it became head of a corner; from the Lord hath this come to pass, and it is wonderful in our eyes.


simplify: The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:

The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishment on Amon of No and on Pharaoh and on those who put their faith in him;


simplify: But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

But Jesus said: “They need not go away, it is for you to give them something to eat.”


rate difficulty: Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

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


rate difficulty: And he sent messengers to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house with which I have war; andGod has told me to make haste: keep aloof fromGod who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

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


rate difficulty: And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of his fathers’ house.

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


rate difficulty: And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

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


simplify: This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

This man was taken by the Jews, and was about to be put to death by them, when I came on them with the army and took him out of danger, having knowledge that he was a Roman.


simplify: So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

Their hands and feet are to be washed. so that they may be safe from death: this is an order to them for ever; to him and his seed from generation to generation.


simplify: And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.


rate difficulty: How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.


simplify: It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.


simplify: Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

Then they will be crying to the Lord for help, but he will not give them an answer: yes, he will keep his face veiled from them at that time, because their acts have been evil.


rate difficulty: And departing thence he came to the house of a certain [man], by name Justus, who worshippedGod, whose house adjoined the synagogue.

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


rate difficulty: Only be certain that, if you put me to death, you will make yourselves and your town and its people responsible for the blood of one who has done no wrong: for truly, the Lord has sent me to you to say all these words in your ears.

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


simplify: For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?


rate difficulty: Now he who makes our faith strong together with you, in Christ, and has given us of his grace, is God;

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


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

And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.


rate difficulty: He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

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


simplify: When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts: now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child.


rate difficulty: These evil people who say they will not give ear to my words, who go on in the pride of their hearts and have become servants and worshippers of other gods, will become like this band which is of no use for anything.

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


rate difficulty: `And this <FI>is<Fi> the heave-offering which ye take from them; gold, and silver, and brass,

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


simplify: And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

My people are given up to sinning against me; though their voice goes up on high, no one will be lifting them up.


simplify: And those that encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

And those whose tents are to be placed on the east side of the House in front of the Tent of meeting, looking to the dawn, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, who will do the work of the holy place for the children of Israel; and any strange person who comes near will be put to death.


rate difficulty: Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And broom-roots <FI>is<Fi> their food.

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


simplify: wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;

Therefore, have done with all filthiness and whatever wickedness still remains, and in a humble spirit receive that message which has been planted in your hearts and is able to save your souls.


simplify: For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;

For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off:


rate difficulty: And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the Lord’s tribute was thirty and two persons.

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


simplify: As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.

As for our friend Apollos, I have often urged him to go to you with the others. He has, however, been very unwilling to do so as yet; but he will go as soon as he finds a good opportunity.


simplify: The hope of the righteousshall begladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.


simplify: And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, Jehovah is able to give thee much more than this.

Then Amaziah said to the man of God, But what is to be done about the hundred talents which I have given for the armed band of Israel? And the man of God in answer said, God is able to give you much more than this.


rate difficulty: And said to me, Truly, I will make you fertile and give you increase and will make of you a great family of nations: and I will give this land to your seed after you to be their heritage for ever.


rate difficulty: I will pass through all thy flock to-day, to remove thence all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and [that] shall be my hire.

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


simplify: By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.

The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.


simplify: Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction.


simplify: And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

And the chiefs of the people, out of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the meeting of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen armed with swords.


rate difficulty: As for the woman whom you saw, she is the great city that holds sway over all the kings of the earth.’

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


simplify: And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.

And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.


simplify: And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.


simplify: But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

He is subject to the control of guardians and stewards, during the period for which his father has power to appoint them.


simplify: And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because thy way is perverse before me:

And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why have you given your ass blows these three times? See, I have come out against you to keep you back, because your purpose is not pleasing to me.


simplify: Nowthere wasa certain man in Cæsarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, the captain of the Italian band of the army;


simplify: unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,

To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;


rate difficulty: And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Cæsar’s.

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


rate difficulty: These <FI>are<Fi> those numbered of the sons of Israel by the house of their fathers; all those numbered of the camps by their hosts <FI>are<Fi> six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty.

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


simplify: And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.


rate difficulty: And Ahithophel hath seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddleth the ass, and riseth and goeth unto his house, unto his city, and giveth charge unto his household, and strangleth himself, and dieth, and he is buried in the burying-place of his father.

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


simplify: Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children.

Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.


rate difficulty: Kings came, — they fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan; At Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; They took no spoil of silver.

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


simplify: And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

In them is being fulfilled that prophecy of Isaiah which says —  ‘You will hear with your ears without ever understanding, and, though you have eyes, you will see without ever perceiving,


simplify: And he said to his disciples that a little boat may wait on him, because of the multitude, that they may not press upon him,

So Jesus told his disciples to keep a small boat close by, so that the crowd would not crush him.


rate difficulty: For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.


simplify: So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.

So the priests and the Levites took the weight of silver and gold and the vessels, to take them to Jerusalem into the house of our God.


rate difficulty: 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 the governor said, `Why, what evil did he?' and they were crying out the more, saying, `Let be crucified.'

“Why, what harm has he done?” he asked. But they kept shouting furiously: “Let him be crucified!”


rate difficulty: But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.

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simplify: And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.

And the king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken away prisoner from his land.


simplify: And they, having come near unto Jesus, were calling upon him earnestly, saying--`He is worthy to whom thou shalt do this,

When they found Jesus, they earnestly implored him to do so. “He deserves the favor from you,” they said,


rate difficulty: But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.


rate difficulty: And every wise-hearted man among those that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of twined byssus, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] cherubim of artistic work did he make them.

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simplify: And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

He will go before him in the spirit and with the power of Elijah, ‘to reconcile fathers to their children’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, and so make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”


simplify: Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.


simplify: And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

And Moses said to the Lord, See, you say to me, Be this people's guide on their journey, but you have not made clear to me whom you will send with me. But you have said, I have knowledge of you by name, and you have grace in my eyes.


simplify: So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

So we went on building the wall; and all the wall was joined together half-way up: for the people were working hard.


rate difficulty: When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man:

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simplify: And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

And the second, Chileab, whose mother was Abigail, the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom, son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur;


rate difficulty: And they made themselves servants of disgusting things, though the Lord had said, You are not to do this.

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simplify: and, lo, he hath laid shameful things to her charge, saying, I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.

And now he has put shame on her, saying that she is not a virgin; but here is the sign that she is a virgin. Then they are to put her clothing before the responsible men of the town.


simplify: As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things therein: therefore have I made it unto them as an unclean thing.

As for their beautiful ornament, they had put it on high, and had made the images of their disgusting and hated things in it: for this cause I have made it an unclean thing to them.


simplify: Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen.


rate difficulty: And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

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simplify: And as many as shall walk by this rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

And on all who are guided by this rule be peace and mercy, and on the Israel of God.