simplify: And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.

But when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, and the shining of his face, they would not come near him for fear.


simplify: then they shall begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us, and to the hills, Cover us; --

At that time people will begin to say to the mountains ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills ‘Cover us.’


simplify: Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Jehovah’s house which was toward the north; and behold, there sat the women weeping for Tammuz.

Then he took me to the door of the way into the Lord's house looking to the north; and there women were seated weeping for Tammuz.


simplify: And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?


rate difficulty: So the priest gave him the holy bread: there was no other, only the holy bread which had been taken from before the Lord, so that new bread might be put in its place on the day when it was taken away.

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simplify: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

And let the Most High God be praised, who has given into your hands those who were against you. Then Abram gave him a tenth of all the goods he had taken.


simplify: And when he had agreed with the laborers for a shilling a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden.


rate difficulty: And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, It is the men of Jabesh-Gilead that have buried Saul.

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rate difficulty: For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.

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rate difficulty: When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

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rate difficulty: And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure of wheat for a shilling, and three measures of barley for a shilling; and the oil and the wine hurt thou not.


simplify: Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the Lord do sanctify them.

But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar, because he is damaged; and he may not make my holy places common; for I the Lord have made them holy.


simplify: And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord.

And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, May the blessing of the Lord be with you: I have done what was ordered by the Lord.


rate difficulty: knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,

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simplify: And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

And the heavens will be rolled together like the roll of a book: and all their army will be gone, like a dead leaf from the vine, or a dry fruit from the fig-tree.


rate difficulty: `Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?

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rate difficulty: The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.


rate difficulty: Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

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simplify: but refuse profane and old wives’ fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness:

But have nothing to do with unclean and foolish stories. Give yourself training in religion:


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out to heaven, and all the land of Egypt will be dark, so that men will be feeling their way about in the dark.


simplify: And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah.

And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;


simplify: And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.


rate difficulty: Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

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simplify: And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;


rate difficulty: Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.


rate difficulty: And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to everyone as he was able; and he went on his journey.


rate difficulty: And made prayer to him; and in answer to his prayer God let him come back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh was certain that the Lord was God.

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simplify: And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, `What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth--from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? from their sons or from the strangers?'

“Yes,” answered Peter. But, on going into the house, before he could speak, Jesus said: “What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings take taxes or tribute? From their sons, or from others?”


rate difficulty: Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.

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simplify: The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The fifteenth Jeremoth, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


simplify: and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

And Nebo and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other names to the towns they made.


simplify: Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath (and they shall have their sides east and west), Dan, one portion.

Now these are the names of the tribes: from the north end, from the west on the way of Hethlon to the way into Hamath, in the direction of Hazar-enon, with the limit of Damascus to the north, by Hamath; and on the limit from the east side to the west side: Dan, one part.


simplify: The Spirit of Jehovah spake by me, And his word was upon my tongue.

The spirit of the Lord had voice through me, his word was on my tongue.


simplify: What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

And what if God, intending to reveal his displeasure and make his power known, bore most patiently with the objects of his displeasure, though they were fit only to be destroyed,


simplify: Though hishatred cover itself with guile, His wickedness shall be openly showed before the assembly.

Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.


simplify: Every beast which parteth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, is unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.

Every beast, in the horn of whose foot there is not a complete division, and whose food does not come back, is unclean to you: anyone touching one of these will be unclean.


simplify: And it shall come to pass that, when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of Jehovah; and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

And if anyone goes on acting as a prophet, then his father and his mother who gave him life will say to him, You may not go on living, for you are saying what is false in the name of the Lord; and his father and his mother will put a sword through him when he does so.


rate difficulty: And he wrote a letter after this form:

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simplify: and he said unto the woman, `Thy faith have saved thee, be going on to peace.'

But Jesus said to the woman: “Your faith has delivered you; go, and peace be with you.”


rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah came by Haggai the prophet, saying,


simplify: Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also; for thou hast saved us out of the hand of Midian.

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Be our ruler, you and your son and your son's son after him; for you have been our saviour from the hands of Midian.


simplify: And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

And Esau said to his father, Is that the only blessing you have, my father? give a blessing to me, even me! And Esau was overcome with weeping.


simplify: How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

As she gave glory to herself, and became more evil in her ways, in the same measure give her pain and weeping: for she says in her heart, I am seated here a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see sorrow.


rate difficulty: who moreover assayed to profane the temple: on whom also we laid hold:


simplify: verily I say to you, that over all his substance he will set him.

I tell you that their master will put them in charge of the whole of his property.


simplify: Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.

Say whatever I give you orders to say: and Aaron your brother will give word to Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go out of his land.


simplify: Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

Which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, did not take away, when he took Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, a prisoner from Jerusalem to Babylon, with all the great men of Judah and Jerusalem;


simplify: And he prayed unto him; and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah he was God.

And made prayer to him; and in answer to his prayer God let him come back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh was certain that the Lord was God.


simplify: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

Let him give me the kisses of his mouth: for his love is better than wine.


rate difficulty: And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

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rate difficulty: And I--with a voice of thanksgiving--I sacrifice to Thee, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation <FI>is<Fi> of Jehovah.

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rate difficulty: As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

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rate difficulty: And Hadarezer sent, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river; and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer [went] before them.


simplify: And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Teacher saith, My time is at hand; I keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.

And he said to them, Go into the town to such a man, and say to him, The Master says, My time is near: I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.


rate difficulty: And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,


rate difficulty: For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

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rate difficulty: And I will cast thee forth into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open field; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered; I have given thee for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens.

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rate difficulty: And the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to Jehovah.


simplify: and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah—

And Ziza, the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;


rate difficulty: `And ye see that Nahash king of the Bene-Ammon hath come against you, and ye say to me, Nay, but a king doth reign over us; and Jehovah your God <FI>is<Fi> your king!

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rate difficulty: And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another:

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rate difficulty: And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.

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rate difficulty: And in like manner also the chief priests, mocking with one another, with the scribes, said, `Others he saved; himself he is not able to save.

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simplify: Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:


simplify: and all the people saw him walking and praising God,

All the people saw him walking about and praising God;


rate difficulty: then shall he reckon the years since the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and so return unto his possession.

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rate difficulty: Those who made designs against him were Zabad, the son of Shimeath, an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, the son of Shimrith, a Moabite woman.

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rate difficulty: And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.

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rate difficulty: And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.


rate difficulty: And you have seen their disgusting doings, and the images of wood and stone and silver and gold which were among them:)

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simplify: If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

If you have knowledge that he is upright, it is clear to you that everyone who does righteousness is his offspring.


simplify: And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: and he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.

And he put up towers in the waste land and made places for storing water, for he had much cattle, in the low hills and in the table land; and he had farmers and vine-keepers in the mountains and in the fertile land, for he was a lover of farming.


simplify: And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

Then Jotham straight away went in flight to Beer, and was living there for fear of his brother Abimelech.


simplify: 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;

And have taken your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and with wonders and with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, causing great fear;


simplify: I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

I, the Lord, am watching it; I will give it water at all times: I will keep it night and day, for fear that any damage comes to it.


rate difficulty: God thundereth with His voice wonderfully, Doing great things and we know not.

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simplify: Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

But even now, says the Lord, come back to me with all your heart, keeping from food, with weeping and with sorrow:


rate difficulty: And from beyond the Jordan, of the Reubenite, and of the Gadite, and of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, with all instruments of the host for battle, <FI>are<Fi> a hundred and twenty thousand.

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rate difficulty: And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!

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rate difficulty: Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.

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simplify: Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:

Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Pallu, the son of Reuben, made themselves ready,


simplify: And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:

And you are to be guided by the decision they give in the place named by the Lord, and do whatever they say:


simplify: O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

Let the war-carriage be yoked to the quick-running horse, you who are living in Lachish: she was the first cause of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the wrongdoings of Israel were seen in you.


simplify: For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

For they came up regularly with their oxen and their tents; they came like the locusts in number; they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land for its destruction.


simplify: For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,


simplify: These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

This is the number of the sons of Merari, numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord.


simplify: The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

The Lord has become like one fighting against her, sending destruction on Israel; he has sent destruction on all her great houses, making waste his strong places: increasing the grief and the sorrow of the daughter of Judah.


simplify: For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

For these things I am weeping; my eye is streaming with water; because the comforter who might give me new life is far from me: my children are made waste, because the hater is strong.


rate difficulty: Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.

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simplify: Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

Now Peter and John were going up to the Temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer;


simplify: And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

I will make the land of Egypt a waste among the countries which are made waste, and her towns will be unpeopled among the towns which have been made waste, for forty years: and I will send the Egyptians in flight among the nations and wandering through the countries.


rate difficulty: Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:

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rate difficulty: And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

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simplify: in the body of his flesh through the death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before himself,

But now he has reconciled you to himself by the sacrifice of Christ’s earthly body in death — it has pleased God that you should stand in his presence holy, pure, and blameless,


simplify: And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

and then Jesus said to him: “Be careful not to say a word to anyone, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift directed by Moses, as evidence of your cure.”


rate difficulty: Watching from far away, for fear of her punishment, saying, Sorrow, sorrow for Babylon, the great town, the strong town! for in one hour you have been judged.


rate difficulty: And this town will be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth, who, hearing of all the good which I am doing for them, will be shaking with fear because of all the good and the peace which I am doing for it.

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simplify: But the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Gideon; and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together after him.

But the spirit of the Lord came on Gideon; and at the sound of his horn all Abiezer came together after him.


simplify: And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,


simplify: The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.

May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.


rate difficulty: But for the fear that their haters, uplifted in their pride, might say, Our hand is strong, the Lord has not done all this.

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simplify: And when he had given him leave, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with the hand unto the people; and when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, saying,

And when he let him do so, Paul, from the steps, made a sign with his hand to the people, and when they were all quiet, he said to them in the Hebrew language,


rate difficulty: And it opened its mouth for blasphemies againstGod, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, and those who have their tabernacle in the heaven.

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rate difficulty: And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.

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simplify: and he found there a certain man, Aeneas by name--for eight years laid upon a couch--who was paralytic,

There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years with paralysis.


simplify: For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.


simplify: The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.

The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy-four.


rate difficulty: Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.

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rate difficulty: Jehovah spake with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire

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rate difficulty: And they all took the same holy food;

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simplify: Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.


rate difficulty: And when the Pharisees put questions to him about when the kingdom of God would come, he gave them an answer and said, The kingdom of God will not come through observation:

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simplify: And having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.

And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.


simplify: Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.

And never again will I send the feet of Israel wandering from the land which I gave to their fathers; if only they will take care to do all my orders, and keep all the law which my servant Moses gave them.


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

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rate difficulty: And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.

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


rate difficulty: A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

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


rate difficulty: Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

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rate difficulty: And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.


rate difficulty: by the number of years after the jubilee thou dost buy from thy fellow; by the number of the years of increase he doth sell to thee;

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


rate difficulty: What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

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


rate difficulty: but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

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


rate difficulty: And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.


rate difficulty: And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

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


simplify: This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

This is the work of the family of the Gershonites in the Tent of meeting, and they will be under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.


rate difficulty: and it hath been--the man who doth not hearken unto My words which he doth speak in My name, I require <FI>it<Fi> of him.

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


rate difficulty: And when they draw near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sends two of his disciples,

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


simplify: For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

For, just as in the human body there is a union of many parts, and each part has its own function,


rate difficulty: But first, he will have to undergo much and be put on one side by this generation.


simplify: And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.

And from now, there will be no need for the House of the Lord, and the vessels used in it, to be moved about by the Levites.


simplify: For our citizenship is in the heavens, whence also a Saviour we await--the Lord Jesus Christ--

But the State of which we are citizens is in heaven; and it is from heaven that we are eagerly looking for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,


simplify: All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

All the towns of the Gershonites with their families were thirteen with their grass-lands.


rate difficulty: “Daughter,”he said, “your faith has delivered you. Go, and peace be with you; be free from your complaint.”


simplify: And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.


rate difficulty: And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by Urim and Thummim.

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


rate difficulty: And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

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


rate difficulty: His head is [as] the finest gold; His locks are flowing, black as the raven;

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


rate difficulty: Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

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


simplify: And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

Keep these words, which I say to you this day, deep in your hearts;


rate difficulty: and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

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


rate difficulty: I tell you that, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is a friend, yet because of his persistence he will rouse himself and give him what he wants.

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


simplify: then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.


rate difficulty: `And thou, if thou dost walk before Me as David thy father walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and My statutes and My judgments dost keep--

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: many also of those who did believe were coming, confessing and declaring their acts,

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


rate difficulty: But when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, and the shining of his face, they would not come near him for fear.


rate difficulty: Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

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


simplify: And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.

On their arrival at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, as well as by the apostles and the officers, and gave an account of all that God had helped them to do.


simplify: and they were all amazed, and did wonder, saying one unto another, `Lo, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?

They were utterly amazed, and kept asking in astonishment:   “What! Are not all these people who are speaking Galileans?


rate difficulty: According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the Lord thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.

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


simplify: And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me: and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

Then it became clear to me that God had not sent him: he had given this word of a prophet against me himself: and Tobiah and Sanballat had given him money to do so.


simplify: The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will save me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

The Lord will keep me safe from every evil work and will give me salvation in his kingdom in heaven: to whom be glory for ever and ever. So be it.


simplify: And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

And Baasha went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth at Tirzah; and Elah his son became king in his place.


rate difficulty: And it came about that when they were on the way to Jerusalem he went through Samaria and Galilee.

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


simplify: And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people came forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.

And he took his people, separating them into three bands, and was waiting secretly in the field; and when he saw the people coming out of the town, he went up and made an attack on them.


simplify: A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

As a bag of myrrh is my well-loved one to me, when he is at rest all night between my breasts.


rate difficulty: And this is the plague with which Jehovah Doth plague all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem, He hath consumed away its flesh, And it is standing on its feet, And its eyes are consumed in their holes, And its tongue is consumed in their mouth.

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


simplify: Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

Give now a cry for help; is there anyone who will give you an answer? and to which of the holy ones will you make your prayer?


rate difficulty: By day, before their eyes, take out your vessels like those of one who is taken away: and go out in the evening before their eyes, like those who are taken away as prisoners.

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


simplify: Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.

Silver hammered into plates is sent from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the expert workman and of the hands of the gold-worker; blue and purple is their clothing, all the work of expert men.


rate difficulty: And as to the stranger also, who is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand and thy stretched-out arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And Joshua sendeth the people away, each to his inheritance.

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


simplify: And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:

And on the fourth day ten oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark:


rate difficulty: If a man comes across his hater, will he let him get away safe? so may you be rewarded by the Lord for what you have done for me today.


rate difficulty: Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

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


simplify: For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

For Jerusalem has become feeble, and destruction has come on Judah, because their words and their acts are against the Lord, moving the eyes of his glory to wrath.


rate difficulty: He is the chief of the ways of God: Heonlythat made him giveth him his sword.

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


simplify: knowing that He who did raise up the Lord Jesus, us also through Jesus shall raise up, and shall present with you,

For we know that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with him, and will bring us, with you, into his presence.


simplify: And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass; and he rode thereon.

So the prophet said to his sons, Make ready an ass for me. So they made an ass ready, and he got on it,


rate difficulty: And the young girl got up straight away, and was walking about; she being twelve years old. And they were overcome with wonder.


rate difficulty: Sons of the gatekeepers; sons of Shallum, sons of Ater, sons of Talmon, sons of Akkub, sons of Hatita, sons of Shobai, the whole <FI>are<Fi> a hundred thirty and nine.

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


simplify: And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

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


rate difficulty: And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news,

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


simplify: But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock is carried away captive.

But if you do not give ear to it, my soul will be weeping in secret for your pride; my eye will be weeping bitterly, streaming with water, because the Lord's flock has been taken away as prisoners.


simplify: and not having found by what way they may bring him in because of the multitude, having gone up on the house-top, through the tiles they let him down, with the little couch, into the midst before Jesus,

but, finding no way of getting him in owing to the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him through the tiles, with his pallet, into the middle of the people and in front of Jesus.


rate difficulty: And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

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


simplify: And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him. And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith?

Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick. And the Lord said to him, How?


simplify: Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.

The heritage of Simeon was taken out of Judah's stretch of land, for Judah's part was more than they had need of, so the heritage of the children of Simeon was inside their heritage.


simplify: And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and smote Israel, and they possessed the city of palm-trees.

And Eglon got together the people of Ammon and Amalek, and they went and overcame Israel and took the town of palm-trees.


rate difficulty: I go up above the heights of a thick cloud, I am like to the Most High.

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


rate difficulty: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

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


simplify: Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.

And he put a great number of questions to him, but he said nothing.


rate difficulty: The Lord did not give you his love or take you for himself because you were more in number than any other people; for you were the smallest of the nations:

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak with thee.

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


simplify: Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly; for he went up from Gilgal all the night.

So Joshua, having come up from Gilgal all night, made a sudden attack on them.


rate difficulty: Waters of a siege draw for thyself, Strengthen thy fortresses, Enter into mire, and tread on clay, Make strong a brick-kiln.

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


rate difficulty: With a curse ye are cursed! And Me ye are deceiving--this nation--all of it.

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


simplify: Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.


simplify: And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.

And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.


rate difficulty: The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.


rate difficulty: Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: `And, now, lo, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as He hath spoken, these forty and five years, since Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, when Israel went in the wilderness; and now, lo, I <FI>am<Fi> to-day a son of five and eighty years;

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


simplify: And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.

Say to Archippus, See that you do the work which the Lord has given you to do.


rate difficulty: And the whole assembly said that they should be stoned with stones. And the glory of Jehovah appeared in the tent of meeting to all the children of Israel.


simplify: And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said.

And he sent for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Get up and go out from among my people, you and the children of Israel; go and give worship to the Lord as you have said.


simplify: so it is not will in presence of your Father who is in the heavens, that one of these little ones may perish.

So, too, it is the will of my Father who is in heaven that not one of these little ones should be lost.


rate difficulty: And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.

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


simplify: Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;


simplify: For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

For by wise guiding you will overcome in war: and in a number of wise guides there is salvation.


rate difficulty: so that let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of malice and wickedness, but with unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth.

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


simplify: And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the Lord your God.

But in the fifth year you may take the fruit and the increase of it for your food: I am the Lord your God.


rate difficulty: A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

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


simplify: And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water.


rate difficulty: a form of any beast which <FI>is<Fi> in the earth--a form of any winged bird which flieth in the heavens--

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


rate difficulty: I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.

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


simplify: For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:

For we have no need to make ourselves seem more than we are, as if our authority did not come as far as to you: for we came even as far as you with the good news of Christ:


simplify: That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

‘So that you may prosper and have a long life on earth.’


simplify: and ye shall say to the master of the house, The Teacher saith to thee, Where is the guest-chamber where the passover with my disciples I may eat?

and you will say to the owner of the house ‘The teacher says to you — Where is the room where I am to eat the Passover with my disciples?’


simplify: Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.


simplify: And he spake the saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

And he said this openly. And Peter took him, and was protesting.


simplify: That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

To let the Assyrian be broken in my land, and crushed under foot on my mountains: there will his yoke be taken away from them, and his rule over them come to an end.


rate difficulty: of Aminadab, of Aram, of Esrom, of Phares, of Juda,

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


simplify: And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

And do not keep the rules of the nations which I am driving out before you; for they did all these things, and for that reason my soul was turned against them.


rate difficulty: He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

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


simplify: Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice;

All joy be yours at all times in your union with the Lord. Again I repeat — All joy be yours.


simplify: And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

And Joseph took the body, folding it in clean linen,


simplify: if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful--the true who will entrust to you?

So, if you have proved untrustworthy with the ‘dishonest money,’ who will trust you with the true?


rate difficulty: Is this not David, who was named in their songs, when in the dance they said to one another, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands?

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


rate difficulty: And your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, will go back to their first condition, and Samaria and her daughters will go back to their first condition, and you and your daughters will go back to your first condition.

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


rate difficulty: But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stayed them from their purpose; and commanded that they who could swim should cast themselves overboard, and get first to the land;

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


rate difficulty: and with this the young woman hath come in unto the king, all that she saith is given to her, to go in with her, out of the house of the women, unto the house of the king;

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


simplify: And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.

And when Jesus went back, the people were glad to see him, for they were all waiting for him.


rate difficulty: And shake doth the land, and it is pained, For stood against Babylon have the purposes of Jehovah, To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.

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


simplify: The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

The war-carriages are rushing through the streets, pushing against one another in the wide ways, looking like burning lights, running like thunder-flames.


simplify: and having taken the hand of the blind man, he led him forth without the village, and having spit on his eyes, having put <FI>his<Fi> hands on him, he was questioning him if he doth behold anything:

Taking the blind man’s hand, Jesus led him to the outskirts of the village, and, when he had put saliva on the man’s eyes, he placed his hands on him, and asked him: “Do you see anything?”


simplify: And Paul being about to be led into the castle, saith to the chief captain, `Is it permitted to me to say anything unto thee?' and he said, `Greek dost thou know?

Just as he was about to be taken into the Fort, Paul said to the commanding officer: “May I speak to you?”   “Do you know Greek?” asked the commanding officer.


rate difficulty: But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

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


rate difficulty: And a chamber with the door thereof was by the posts at the gates; there they washed the burnt-offering.

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


simplify: He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.


simplify: And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

And the people will be crushed, every one by his neighbour; the young will be full of pride against the old, and those of low position will be lifted up against the noble.


simplify: Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But come what may, let me, I pray thee, also run after the Cushite. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou wilt have no reward for the tidings?

Then Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said to Joab again, Whatever may come of it, let me go after the Cushite. And Joab said, Why have you a desire to go, my son, seeing that you will get no reward for your news?


simplify: For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.

For as you have been drinking on my holy mountain, so will all the nations go on drinking without end; they will go on drinking and the wine will go down their throats, and they will be as if they had never been.


rate difficulty: — Six days thou shalt do thy work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger may be refreshed.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: God be thanked that, though you were once servants of sin, yet you learned to give hearty obedience to that form of doctrine under which you were placed.


simplify: And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

Now the servants of David and Joab had been out attacking a band of armed men, and they came back with a great store of goods taken in the fight: but Abner was no longer in Hebron with David, for he had sent him away and he had gone in peace.


rate difficulty: The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,

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


simplify: And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;

Jesus’ answer was: “Have not you read even of what David did, when he was hungry, he and his companions —


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Now the rest of the things which Ahaz did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?


simplify: Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

when he made known to us his hidden purpose. And it also accords with the goodwill which God purposed to exhibit in Christ,


rate difficulty: and Moses having seen did wonder at the sight; and he drawing near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord unto him,

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


simplify: We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;


simplify: `And after these things, about four hundred and fifty years, He gave judges--till Samuel the prophet;

For about four hundred and fifty years. In later times he gave them Judges, of whom the prophet Samuel was the last.


simplify: And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

Jesus was in the stern asleep on the cushion; and the disciples roused him and cried: “Teacher! Is it nothing to you that we are lost?”


rate difficulty: Jehovah hath done that which He devised, He hath fulfilled His saying That He commanded from the days of old, He hath broken down and hath not pitied, And causeth an enemy to rejoice over thee, He lifted up the horn of thine adversaries.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: The fruit that your soul craved is no longer within your reach, and all dainties and luxuries are lost to you, never to be found again.’

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


rate difficulty: A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.


simplify: Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

So the work of the house of God at Jerusalem came to an end; so it was stopped, till the second year of the rule of Darius, king of Persia.


rate difficulty: And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him.

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


simplify: And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.


simplify: I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.

Truly my desire is to be present with you now, using a changed voice; for I am troubled about you.


rate difficulty: The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.

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


rate difficulty: For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

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


rate difficulty: and they journey from Ezion-Gaber, and encamp in the wilderness of Zin, which <FI>is<Fi> Kadesh.

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


rate difficulty: Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

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


simplify: a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.

A gold bell and a fruit in turn all round the skirts of the robe.


simplify: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

The end of such people is ruin; for their appetites are their God, and they glory in their shame; their minds are given up to earthly things.


rate difficulty: And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal–peor.

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


simplify: O ye seed of Israel his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

O you seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.


simplify: He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him.

He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.


simplify: I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.

I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.


simplify: And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:

And for the unclean, they are to take the dust of the burning of the sin-offering, and put flowing water on it in a vessel:


rate difficulty: And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.

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


simplify: Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand?


rate difficulty: What <FI>is<Fi> man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?


rate difficulty: Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am Jehovah your God.

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


rate difficulty: And the south quarter <FI>is<Fi> from the end of Kirjath-Jearim, and the border hath gone out westward, and gone out unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah;

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


simplify: And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

And the sons of Shemida were Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam.


rate difficulty: And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the first-born of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans.

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


simplify: And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.


simplify: and take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

And get your father and your families and come back to me: and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, and the fat of the land will be your food.


simplify: And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

And they gave him part of a cake of figs and some dry grapes; and after the food, his spirit came back to him, for he had had no food or drink for three days and nights.


simplify: Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

But the wine-servant did not keep Joseph in mind or give a thought to him.


rate difficulty: For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.

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


simplify: And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.

And when David saw the angel who was causing the destruction of the people, he said to the Lord, Truly, the sin is mine; I have done wrong: but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand be against me and against my family.


rate difficulty: And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.

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


simplify: Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.

Now there was a discussion among them about which of them would be the greatest.


rate difficulty: The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.

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


rate difficulty: Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;


simplify: That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

And to do good, having wealth in good works, being quick to give, taking part with one another;


simplify: So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

In short, the one who consents to his daughter’s marriage is doing right, and yet the other will be doing better.


rate difficulty: and to those in Hormah, and to those in Chor-ashan, and to those in Athach,


rate difficulty: And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount ofGod.

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


simplify: The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain: the eleven curtains had one measure.

Every curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.


simplify: doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;


rate difficulty: I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an opened door, which no one can shut, because thou hast a little power, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

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


rate difficulty: But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof:

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


rate difficulty: And if thou present an oblation of thy first-fruits to Jehovah, thou shalt present as the oblation of thy first-fruits green ears of corn roasted in fire, corn beaten out of full ears.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: She has done what she was able: she has put oil on my body to make it ready for its last resting-place.


simplify: And they could not answer again unto these things.

And they had no answer to that question.


simplify: But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

Yet she will be happier if she remains as she is — in my opinion, for I think that I also have the Spirit of God.


rate difficulty: Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? I awoke thee under the apple-tree: There thy mother brought thee forth; There she brought thee forth [that] bore thee.

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


rate difficulty: For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;

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


simplify: And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah’s people.

And Jehoiada made an agreement between the Lord and all the people and the king, that they would be the Lord's people.


simplify: And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.

And Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, went out from Mizpah with the purpose of meeting them, weeping on his way: and it came about that when he was face to face with them he said, Come to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam.


simplify: Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:


rate difficulty: When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

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


rate difficulty: The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

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


rate difficulty: and Haman recounteth to Zeresh his wife, and to all his friends, all that hath met him, and his wise men say to him, and Zeresh his wife, `If Mordecai <FI>is<Fi> of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou art not able for him, but dost certainly fall before him.'

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

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


simplify: Salute the brethren that are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church that is in their house.

Give my love to the brothers in Laodicea and to Nymphas and the church in their house.


rate difficulty: and he hath ministered with his brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and doth not do service; thus thou dost to the Levites concerning their charge.'

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


simplify: And they seized him, and led himaway, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed afar off.

And they made him a prisoner and took him away to the house of the high priest. But Peter went after them at a distance.


rate difficulty: And I have given fire against Egypt, Greatly pained is Sin, and No is to be rent, And Noph hath daily distresses.

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


simplify: And they could not answer him again to these things.

And they could not make any answer to that.


simplify: For Jehovah hath called thee as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off, saith thy God.

For the Lord has made you come back to him, like a wife who has been sent away in grief of spirit; for one may not give up the wife of one's early days.


simplify: Therefore Jehovah established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he had riches and honor in abundance.

So the Lord made his kingdom strong; and all Judah gave offerings to Jehoshaphat, and he had great wealth and honour.


simplify: And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

And so down to Jordan, stretching to the Salt Sea: all the land inside these limits will be yours.


simplify: When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

When Joab and his men came, news was given them that Abner, the son of Ner, had come to the king, who had let him go away again in peace.


rate difficulty: Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

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


rate difficulty: The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto you.

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


simplify: The sons of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

The sons of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Hamran and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.


simplify: And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, Up! Balak, and give ear; give attention to me, O son of Zippor:


simplify: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the sea-lands.


rate difficulty: Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

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


simplify: And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants’ flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.


simplify: Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years: and at his death he was not regretted; they put his body into the earth in the town of David, but not in the resting-place of the kings.


rate difficulty: Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?


simplify: Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.

Who sends out the war-carriages and the horses, the army with all its force; they have come down, they will not get up again; like a feebly burning light they are put out.


rate difficulty: But Peter sent everybody out of the room, and knelt down and prayed. Then, turning to the body, he said: “Tabitha! Stand up.”  She opened her eyes, and, seeing Peter, sat up.

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


simplify: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.


simplify: And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

And make an altar of hard wood, a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high.


rate difficulty: Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

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


rate difficulty: Them other of Sisera looketh out at the window, And crieth through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the trampings of his chariots?

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


simplify: And if Jehovah thy God enlarge thy border, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

And if the Lord your God makes wide the limits of your land, as he said in his oath to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he undertook to give to your fathers;


simplify: There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

Let there not be seen among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter go through the fire, or anyone using secret arts, or a maker of strange sounds, or a reader of signs, or any wonder-worker,


rate difficulty: While he was still in the Temple Courts, some blind and some lame people came up to him, and he cured them.

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


simplify: And from thence the brethren, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns; whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.

And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.


simplify: and having sent them to Beth-Lehem, he said, `Having gone--inquire ye exactly for the child, and whenever ye may have found, bring me back word, that I also having come may bow to him.'

and, sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and make careful inquiries about the child, and, as soon as you have found him, bring me word so that I, too, can go and worship him.”


rate difficulty: And the people journeyed from Kibroth–hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.

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


simplify: And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them.

Though they take cover on the top of Carmel, I will go in search of them and get them out; though they keep themselves from my eyes in the bed of the sea, I will give orders to the great snake there and he will give them a bite:


simplify: And it came to pass that, when the Jews that dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times from all places, Ye must return unto us.

And it came about that when the Jews who were living near them came, they said to us ten times, From all directions they are coming against us.


rate difficulty: Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child.

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


simplify: And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:

And you, son of man, say as a prophet, This is what the Lord has said about the children of Ammon and about their shame: Say, A sword, even a sword let loose, polished for death, to make it shining so that it may be like a flame:


simplify: But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and saith unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

But he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest questioning him said, Are you the Christ, the son of the Holy One?


rate difficulty: While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?

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


rate difficulty: And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they forded the Jordan before the king.

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


simplify: For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;

For his eyes go to the ends of the earth, and he sees everything under heaven.


simplify: Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.

Now the king of Aram had given orders to the captains of his war-carriages, saying, Make no attack on small or great, but only on the king of Israel.


rate difficulty: For these are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a grain-floor when it is stamped down; before long, the time of her grain-cutting will come.

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


simplify: And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.

And every man's holy things will be his: whatever a man gives to the priest will be his.


simplify: I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,

I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,


simplify: And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

And I said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these? And he said to me, These are the horns which have sent Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem in flight.


rate difficulty: And Abram said to Lot, I pray thee let there be no contention between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren.

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


rate difficulty: But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

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


simplify: And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.

As they traveled from town to town, they gave the followers the decisions which had been reached by the apostles and officers of the church at Jerusalem, for them to observe.


rate difficulty: The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

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


simplify: Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,

At this the high priest was roused to action, and he and all his supporters (who formed the party of the Sadducees), moved by jealousy,


simplify: And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.

And from the middle of the day they went on with their prayers till the time of the offering; but there was no voice, or any answer, or any who gave attention to them.


rate difficulty: And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

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


rate difficulty: But if you say, We have no desire to go on living in this land; and do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God,

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


simplify: Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

Who puts himself against all authority, lifting himself up over all which is named God or is given worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, putting himself forward as God.


simplify: And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai–roi.

Now after the death of Abraham, the blessing of God was with Isaac, his son.


simplify: And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:

And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house:


simplify: And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah to accomplish a vow, or for a freewill-offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.

And whoever makes a peace-offering to the Lord, in payment of an oath or as a free offering, from the herd or the flock, if it is to be pleasing to the Lord, let it be free from any mark or damage.


simplify: these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and their fathers’ houses increased greatly.

These, whose names are given, were chiefs in their families, and their families became very great in number.


rate difficulty: The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim,

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


rate difficulty: and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness.


simplify: And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.

And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: they were the children of Esau's wife Basemath.


simplify: Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.


simplify: Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.

Then he came across another man, and said, Give me a wound. And the man gave him a blow wounding him.


rate difficulty: So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard sent, and Nebushazban, chief chamberlain, and Nergal-sharezer, chief magian, and all the king of Babylon's princes,

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


simplify: They moved him to jealousy with strange gods; With abominations provoked they him to anger.

The honour which was his they gave to strange gods; by their disgusting ways he was moved to wrath.


simplify: Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.


simplify: And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

And the Lord said to the Satan, See, I give all he has into your hands, only do not put a finger on the man himself. And the Satan went out from before the Lord.


simplify: These are they that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers’ house.

These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe.


rate difficulty: Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.


simplify: Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.


rate difficulty: And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the trouble that hath befallen us,

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the Lord hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

The same day he gave them a sign, saying, This is the sign which the Lord has given: See, the altar will be broken and the burned waste on it overturned.


simplify: And ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and shall praise the name of Jehovah your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you; and my people shall never be put to shame.

You will have food in full measure, and give praise to the name of the Lord your God, who has done wonders for you:


simplify: 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.

And while they were drinking wine the king said to Esther, What is your prayer? for it will be given to you and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.


rate difficulty: So let us go to Jordan, and let everyone get to work cutting boards, and we will make a living-place for ourselves there. And he said to them, Go, then.

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


simplify: And the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thy house upon thee with fire.

Now the men of Ephraim came together and took up arms and went over to Zaphon; and they said to Jephthah, Why did you go over to make war against the children of Ammon without sending for us to go with you? Now we will put your house on fire over you.


rate difficulty: in order that the righteous requirement of the law should be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to flesh but according to Spirit.

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

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simplify: having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

and keeping your consciences clear, so that, whenever you are maligned, those who vilify your good and Christian conduct may be put to shame.


simplify: The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.

To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.


simplify: And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer: for as thou hast testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.


rate difficulty: and at the same time also, they learn <FI>to be<Fi> idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not;

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rate difficulty: The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.


simplify: And the famine was sore in the land.

Now the land was in bitter need of food.


simplify: For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

And the children of Ammon and Moab made an attack on the people of Mount Seir with a view to their complete destruction; and when they had put an end to the people of Seir, everyman's hand was turned against his neighbour for his destruction.


simplify: I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments.


simplify: And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.

And Pharaoh said to him, Go away from me, take care that you come not again before me; for the day when you see my face again will be your last.


rate difficulty: Now when Pharaoh sends for you and says, What is your business?


rate difficulty: Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, and Judaea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

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