simplify: And Agrippa said unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.

And Agrippa said to Paul, A little more and you will be making me a Christian.


simplify: Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

Do you go near: and after hearing everything which the Lord our God has to say, give us an account of all he has said to you, and we will give ear, and do it.


rate difficulty: And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only.

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simplify: For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

For I am the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so be you holy, for I am holy.


simplify: Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.

A second time the owner sent some servants, a larger number than before, and the tenants treated them in the same way.


simplify: For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.

For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.


rate difficulty: Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour’s wife: and shall ye possess the land?

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simplify: For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.


rate difficulty: and Timnath hath been concubine to Eliphaz son of Esau, and she beareth to Eliphaz, Amalek; these <FI>are<Fi> sons of Adah wife of Esau.

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


rate difficulty: The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

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


rate difficulty: Now therefore make confession unto Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.

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


simplify: And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.

The men who ate were four thousand in number without counting women and children.


rate difficulty: And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices forGod; and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law in the presence ofGod.

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


simplify: and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.

And beryls and jewels to be cut for the ephod and for the priest's bag.


simplify: Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it.


simplify: My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:


rate difficulty: They come in as through a wide breach: amid the confusion they roll themselves onward.

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


simplify: And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

And Laban got together all the men of the place and gave a feast.


rate difficulty: Because of this I say to you, all whatever--praying--ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it shall be to you.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


simplify: knowing me before from the first, (if they may be willing to testify,) that after the most exact sect of our worship, I lived a Pharisee;

and they have always known — if they choose to give evidence — that, in accordance with the very strictest form of our religion, I lived a true Pharisee.


simplify: And Miriam answered them,  Sing ye to Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously; The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

And Miriam, answering, said, Make a song to the Lord, for he is lifted up in glory; the horse and the horseman he has sent into the sea.


rate difficulty: And he commandeth him who <FI>is<Fi> over his house, saying, `Fill the bags of the men <FI>with<Fi> food, as they are able to bear, and put the money of each in the mouth of his bag;

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


rate difficulty: How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.


rate difficulty: But the chief priests and the councillors persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to kill Jesus.


simplify: Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;

Then he will say to those on his left ‘Go from my presence, accursed, into the ‘permanent fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels.’


simplify: And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.


rate difficulty: Behold, a people cometh from the north, and a great nation. And many kings shall arise from the uttermost parts of the earth.

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


rate difficulty: And Abdon and Zichri and Hanan


simplify: When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the Lord, then the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

When Jacob and his sons had come into Egypt, and were crushed by the Egyptians, the prayers of your fathers came up to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who took your fathers out of Egypt, and he put them into this place.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses, in the waste land of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt,


rate difficulty: and didst bring forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren–happuch.

And he gave the first the name of Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch;


simplify: And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

So, too, those meant by the seed sown on the rocky places are the people who, when they have heard the message, at once accept it joyfully;


simplify: They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

They will no longer be building for the use of others, or planting for others to have the fruit: for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and my loved ones will have joy in full measure in the work of their hands.


simplify: And without the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south; one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.

And he took me into the inner square, and there were two rooms in the inner square, one at the side of the north doorway, facing south; and one at the side of the south doorway, facing north.


rate difficulty: according as it hath been written, `Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.'

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


simplify: Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?

Have I given orders for such a day as this? a day for keeping yourselves from pleasure? is it only a question of the bent head, of putting on haircloth, and being seated in the dust? is this what seems to you a holy day, well-pleasing to the Lord?


simplify: And after the uproar ceased, Paul having sent for the disciples and exhorted them, took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia.

And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.


simplify: And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.

It was in obedience to a revelation that I went; and I laid before the apostles the good news that I am proclaiming among the Gentiles. I did this privately before those who are thought highly of because I was afraid that I might possibly be taking, or might have already taken, a course which would prove useless.


rate difficulty: And all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you have wealth in Ephrathah, and be great in Beth-lehem;

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


rate difficulty: For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.

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


rate difficulty: And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king:

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


rate difficulty: He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;

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


rate difficulty: And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over the Jordan with the king, to conduct him over the Jordan.

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


rate difficulty: For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

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


rate difficulty: `And now, write for you this song, and teach it the sons of Israel; put it in their mouths, so that this song is to Me for a witness against the sons of Israel,

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


simplify: and he sent messengers before his face, and having gone on, they went into a village of Samaritans, to make ready for him,

On their way, they went into a Samaritan village to make preparations for him,


simplify: And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,

“Go at once,”said the Lord, “to the ‘Straight Street’, and ask at Judas’s house for a man named Saul, from Tarsus. He is at this moment praying,


simplify: And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.


simplify: And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.

And he said to them, Make the house unclean, make the open places full of dead: go forward and send destruction on the town.


rate difficulty: but for Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in the judgment than for you.


simplify: Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.

A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.


rate difficulty: And it was then that he went and preached to the imprisoned spirits,


simplify: For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

For truly, the earth will be dark, and the peoples veiled in blackest night; but the Lord will be shining on you, and his glory will be seen among you.


simplify: Howbeit there were not made for the house of the Lord bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the Lord:

But the money was not used for making silver cups or scissors or basins or wind-instruments or any vessels of gold or silver for the house of the Lord;


rate difficulty: Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what then is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

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


simplify: Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.

Then I got up and went out into the valley; and I saw the glory of the Lord resting there as I had seen it by the river Chebar; and I went down on my face.


simplify: And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

And, when he had taken the book, the four Creatures and the twenty-four councillors prostrated themselves before the Lamb, each of them holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense. (These are the prayers of Christ’s people.)


rate difficulty: They are like some little children who are sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another — ‘We have played the flute for you, but you have not danced; We have wailed, but you have not wept!’

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rate difficulty: and Jesus having seen the reasoning of their heart, having taken hold of a child, set him beside himself,

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,


simplify: and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over, and set in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River, and so forth.

And the rest of the nations which the great and noble Osnappar took over and put in Samaria and the rest of the country over the river:


rate difficulty: and of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, the prince Kemuel son of Shiphtan;

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


simplify: Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.

For a long time Joshua made war on all those kings.


rate difficulty: For by fire and by his sword will Jehovah enter into judgment with all flesh: and the slain of Jehovah shall be many.


simplify: At my first defence no one took my part, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their account.

At my first meeting with my judges, no one took my part, but all went away from me. May it not be put to their account.


simplify: In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:

At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:


simplify: Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Are the bands of the Pleiades fixed by you, or are the cords of Orion made loose?


rate difficulty: for Eliashib the eleventh, for Jakim the twelfth,

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


simplify: And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

And that day Gad came to David and said to him, Go up, and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.


simplify: Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.

Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.


simplify: So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.


simplify: Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.

Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.


simplify: Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

Who does great things not to be searched out; yes, wonders without number.


rate difficulty: The sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.


rate difficulty: The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.

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


simplify: And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.

Now Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a loose woman and went in to her.


simplify: for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.

For the four chief door-keepers, who were Levites, had a special position, looking after the rooms and the store-houses of the house of God.


rate difficulty: I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.


simplify: And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

And Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Eleazar and Uzzi and Jehohanan and Malchijah and Elam and Ezer. And the makers of melody made their voices loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.


simplify: That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.

so that none of you should be shaken by the troubles through which you are passing. You yourselves know that we are destined to meet with such things.


rate difficulty: then shall the lame [man] leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and torrents in the desert.


simplify: But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

while Mary treasured up all that they said, and thought about it often in her thoughts.


rate difficulty: such great crowds gathered around him, that he got into a boat, and sat in it, while all the people stood on the beach.

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


simplify: Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.


simplify: and the hand of the Lord was with them, a great number also, having believed, did turn unto the Lord.

The power of the Lord was with them, so that a great number who had learned to believe came over to the Lord’s side.


simplify: If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;


rate difficulty: And Jehovah magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him royal majesty such as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


simplify: so, then, comfort ye one another in these words.

Therefore, comfort one another with what I have told you.


rate difficulty: The Lord will send disease after disease on you, till you have been cut off by death from the land to which you are going.

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


simplify: And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.

And you will again give ear to the voice of the Lord, and do all his orders which I have given you today.


rate difficulty: So now, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's store-house at Babylon, to see if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us word of his pleasure in connection with this business.

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


rate difficulty: and when Jehovah thyGod shall give them up before thee and thou shalt smite them, then shalt thou utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: “Have not you read,” replied Jesus, “what David did, when he and his companions were hungry —

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rate difficulty: And Samuel saith unto Saul, `I do not turn back with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth reject thee from being king over Israel.'

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


simplify: For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

If anyone gives you a cup of water because you belong to Christ, I tell you, he will assuredly not lose his reward.


simplify: For which cause I remind thee to stir up the gift of God that is in thee through the putting on of my hands,

And that is my reason for reminding you to stir into flame that gift of God, which is yours through your ordination at my hands.


simplify: And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

And any other offspring which you have after them, will be yours, and will be named after their brothers in their heritage.


rate difficulty: Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

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


simplify: My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.

My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.


simplify: And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.

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


rate difficulty: And Abel gave an offering of the young lambs of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord was pleased with Abel's offering;

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


simplify: I will show thee, hear thou me;  And that which I have seen I will declare

Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:


rate difficulty: I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.”


rate difficulty: And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.

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


simplify: And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said unto her.

Then the woman became with child and gave birth to a son at the time named, in the year after, as Elisha had said to her.


simplify: And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.

So all the people got branches, every man cutting down a branch, and they went with Abimelech at their head and, massing the branches against the inner room, put fire to the room over them; so all those who were in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women, were burned to death with it.


simplify: And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall stand still in the Jordan.

And you are to give orders to the priests who take up the ark of the agreement, and say, When you come to the edge of the waters of Jordan, go no further.


simplify: and they said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

And said to him, See now, you are old, and your sons do not go in your ways: give us a king now to be our judge, so that we may be like the other nations.


simplify: A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.


simplify: And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am Jehovah) instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

And give to me the Levites (I am the Lord) in place of the first sons of the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites in place of the first births among the cattle of the children of Israel.


simplify: And I sought for a man among them, that should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.

And I was looking for a man among them who would make up the wall and take his station in the broken place before me for the land, so that I might not send destruction on it: but there was no one.


simplify: Verily I say to you, that this generation may not pass away till all these things may come to pass;

I tell you that even the present generation will not pass away, until all these things have taken place.


simplify: So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

So Abijah went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David, and Asa his son became king in his place; in his time the land was quiet for ten years.


rate difficulty: And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.

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


simplify: The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

She makes a sound like the hiss of a snake when they come on with strength; they go against her with axes, like wood-cutters.


simplify: And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

And when she came back her mother-in-law said to her, How did it go with you, my daughter? And she gave her an account of all the man had done to her.


rate difficulty: Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.


rate difficulty: no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And make holy robes for Aaron your brother, so that he may be clothed with glory and honour.

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


rate difficulty: And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

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


rate difficulty: O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

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


rate difficulty: And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness unto her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,


simplify: For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

For in the fire of my wrath I have said, Truly, in that day there will be a great shaking in the land of Israel;


rate difficulty: and let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

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


simplify: The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

The small and the great are there, and the servant is free from his master.


simplify: And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.

And when he came to the place, he said to them, Make a prayer that you may not be put to the test.


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

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


simplify: The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.


rate difficulty: So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.

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


simplify: And many brought gifts unto Jehovah to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

And great numbers came to Jerusalem with offerings for the Lord, and things of great price for Hezekiah, king of Judah: so that he was honoured among all nations from that time.


rate difficulty: And they said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are strong, and the birth takes place before we come to them.

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


simplify: And the fourth messenger did pour out his vial upon the sun, and there was given to him to scorch men with fire,

Then the fourth angel emptied his bowl on the sun; and he was permitted to scorch men with fire;


simplify: Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.

Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called Olivet, which is about three quarters of a mile from the city.


rate difficulty: And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation.

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


rate difficulty: Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

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


simplify: And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

And any male who does not undergo circumcision will be cut off from his people: my agreement has been broken by him.


simplify: Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

Then she said, In the old days, there was a saying, Let them put the question in Abel and in Dan, saying, Has what was ordered by men of good faith in Israel ever come to an end?


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.

And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out over the sea, and the waters will come back again on the Egyptians, and on their war-carriages and on their horsemen.


simplify: And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.

And after he had sent them away, he went up into a mountain for prayer.


rate difficulty: Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!

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


rate difficulty: The children of Bigvai, two thousand and fifty-six.

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


simplify: And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.


simplify: whose fan is in his hand, thoroughly to cleanse his threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.

In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned in the fire which will never be put out.


simplify: Seven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

For seven days you are to make offerings for the altar and make it holy, so that it may become completely holy, and anything touching it will become holy.


simplify: And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

and, while they were eating, he said: “I tell you that one of you will betray me.”


rate difficulty: Because that Tyre hath said of Jerusalem: Aha, she hath been broken, the doors of the peoples, She hath turned round unto me, I am filled--she hath been laid waste,

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers--itching in the hearing,

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


simplify: And in the day when ye wave the sheaf, ye shall offer a he-lamb without blemish a year old for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah.

And on the day of the waving of the grain, you are to give a male lamb of the first year, without any mark, for a burned offering to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And the Egyptians buried those whom Jehovah had smitten among them, all the firstborn; and upon theirgods Jehovah executed judgments.

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


simplify: And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, his brother, and came into the town. Then Joab came back to Jerusalem.