rate difficulty: and when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision were contending with him,

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simplify: And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

And their dead bodies will be in the open street of the great town, which in the spirit is named Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was put to death on the cross.


rate difficulty: And David said, As Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.

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simplify: And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth–horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath–baal, which is Kirjath–jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.

And the limit is marked as coming round to the south on the west side from the mountain which is south of Beth-horon, and ending at Kiriath-baal (which is Kiriath-jearim), a town of the children of Judah: this is the west part.


simplify: And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto Jehovah: seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread.

And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread; for seven days let your food be unleavened bread.


simplify: And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the Lord of hosts their God.

And the families of Judah will say in their hearts, The people of Jerusalem have their strength in the Lord of armies, their God.


rate difficulty: The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.

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rate difficulty: So Eli said to Samuel, Go back: and if the voice comes again, let your answer be, Say on, Lord; for the ears of your servant are open. So Samuel went back to his bed.

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

But Mary kept all these words in her heart, and gave much thought to them.


rate difficulty: Hear, ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye, unchanging foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

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rate difficulty: Not pass over into it doth a foot of man, Yea, the foot of beast doth not pass into it, Nor is it inhabited forty years.

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simplify: for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;


simplify: and only they were hearing, that `he who is persecuting us then, doth now proclaim good news--the faith that then he was wasting;'

all that they had heard was — ‘The man who once persecuted us is now telling the good news of the faith of which he once made havoc.’


simplify: And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,

In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah;


rate difficulty: For he clave to Jehovah; he departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses.

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simplify: And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.

And when they came up with him, they said to him, Everyone is looking for you.


rate difficulty: And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,

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rate difficulty: For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even lovingkindness and mercies.

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simplify: And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and God saw that it was good.


rate difficulty: besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.

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simplify: And if they were all one member, where were the body?

And if they were all one part, where would the body be?


simplify: because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? This he said, making all meats clean.

Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.


simplify: As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

(As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the earliest times,)


rate difficulty: Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

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simplify: having known that whatever good thing each one may do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether servant or freeman.

for you know that everyone will be rewarded by the Master for any honest work that he has done, whether he is a slave or free.


simplify: and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.'

The rain poured down, the rivers rose, the winds blew and struck against that house, and it fell; and great was its downfall.”


rate difficulty: But Solomon was the builder of his house.

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simplify: But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

But the Lord was by my side and gave me strength; so that through me the news might be given out in full measure, and all the Gentiles might give ear: and I was taken out of the mouth of the lion.


simplify: A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God.

The beginning of the good news about Jesus Christ.


rate difficulty: We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,


rate difficulty: Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

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simplify: And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

In those days the opinions of Ahithophel were valued as highly as if through him a man might get direction from God; so were they valued by David as much as by Absalom.


simplify: But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.


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


simplify: Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?


simplify: And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, like frogs.


simplify: The breaker is gone up before them: they have broken forth and passed on to the gate, and are gone out thereat; and their king is passed on before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.

The opener of the way will go up before them: forcing their way out they will go on to the doorway and out through it: their king will go on before them, and the Lord at their head.


rate difficulty: And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Beth-el), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether.

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simplify: And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

Then Moses, with the responsible men of Israel, went back to the tent-circle.


simplify: Notwithstanding, the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

But the king's order was stronger than Joab and the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the king, to take the number of the children of Israel.


simplify: And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

Give orders to the children of Israel to give you clear olive oil for the lights, so that a light may be burning there at all times.


simplify: And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his father had done.


rate difficulty: But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

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rate difficulty: The woman herself died last of all.

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simplify: And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before Jehovah his God.

This Hezekiah did through all Judah; he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God.


simplify: Hear, O Israel: thou art to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

Give ear, O Israel: today you are to go over Jordan, to take the heritage of nations greater and stronger than yourselves, and towns of great size with walls as high as heaven;


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

And when Jesus had come to the end of these stories he went away from there.


rate difficulty: And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quietly and without thought of danger, and they put them to the sword without mercy, burning down their town.

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rate difficulty: But they became more violent than before, saying, He has made trouble among the people, teaching through all Judaea from Galilee to this place.

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simplify: And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

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


rate difficulty: Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar–boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:

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simplify: And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord.

These are the numbers of the chiefs of the armed men, ready for war, who came to David at Hebron, to give the kingdom of Saul into his hands, as the Lord had said.


simplify: And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.


rate difficulty: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

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simplify: who shall not receive manifold more in this time, and in the world to come eternal life.

Who will not get much more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.


simplify: for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offenceless--to a day of Christ,

until you are able to appreciate all moral distinctions. And I pray, too, that you may be kept pure and blameless against the day of Christ,


rate difficulty: ThenGodis gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.

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rate difficulty: Are all Apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? have all the power of working wonders?

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simplify: And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he beholdeth a tumult, and many weeping and wailing greatly.

And they came to the house of the ruler of the Synagogue; and he saw people running this way and that, and weeping and crying loudly.


simplify: Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

Now that you have done with all malice, all deceitfulness, insincerity, jealous feelings, and all backbiting,


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 went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.

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rate difficulty: And Shaphan carried the book to the king. And moreover he brought the king word again saying, All that was committed to the hand of thy servants, they do;

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simplify: even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ unto all them that believe; for there is no distinction;

That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another,


rate difficulty: Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

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simplify: And this I do because of the good news, that a fellow-partaker of it I may become;

And I do everything for the sake of the good news, so that with them I may share in its blessings.


simplify: If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:

If any man among you becomes unclean through anything which has taken place in the night, he is to go out from the tent-circle and keep outside it:


rate difficulty: And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the Lord:

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rate difficulty: And put the gold altar for burning perfumes in front of the ark of the law, hanging the curtain over the doorway of the House.

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simplify: and having rehearsed all things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.

And having given them an account of everything, he sent them to Joppa.


rate difficulty: But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee,


simplify: And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.


simplify: Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

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


simplify: But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

But this seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry.


simplify: Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.

Our ancestors had the tent where they worshipped God in the desert, constructed, just as he who spoke to Moses had directed him to make it, after the model which he had seen.


simplify: that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

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


rate difficulty: Even now, it is because of my hope in the promise given by God to our ancestors that I stand here on my trial —

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simplify: For I shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God.

For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.


simplify: When I brake the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.

When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.


rate difficulty: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

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


simplify: And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

And Isaac was a hundred and eighty years old.


simplify: So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.

Then they gave the men soup from the pot. And while they were drinking the soup, they gave a cry, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot; and they were not able to take any more food.


simplify: And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

These things will come on you and on your seed, to be a sign and a wonder for ever;


simplify: Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;

For this reason, O you keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord;


rate difficulty: And ye shall present a burnt-offering for a sweet odour to Jehovah: two young bullocks, one ram, seven yearling lambs;

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rate difficulty: And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

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simplify: And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baal–hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:

Baal-hanan the Gederite was responsible for the olive-trees and the sycamore-trees in the lowlands; and Joash for the stores of oil;


rate difficulty: but thou shalt eat them before Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.

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simplify: And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto them, Why is it that ye are returned?

And the men he had sent came back to the king; and he said to them, Why have you come back?


rate difficulty: Then they said one to another, We do not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king’s household.


rate difficulty: and all the congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; for in respect of all the people it was done unwittingly.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

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rate difficulty: You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

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


simplify: And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

And Isaac took Rebekah into his tent and she became his wife; and in his love for her, Isaac was comforted after his father's death.


rate difficulty: They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword; draw her away and all her multitudes.


simplify: And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water.


simplify: and had a rebuke of his own iniquity--a dumb ass, in man's voice having spoken, did forbid the madness of the prophet.

but was rebuked for his offense. A dumb animal spoke with a human voice, and checked the prophet’s madness.


simplify: He who is sowing doth sow the word;


simplify: And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.

And he put up the buildings of Tadmor in the waste land, and of all the store-towns in Hamath;


simplify: When I blow the trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, For Jehovah and for Gideon.

At the sound of my horn, and the horns of those who are with me, let your horns be sounded all round the tents, and say, For the Lord and for Gideon.


simplify: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

Who gave witness of the word of God, and of the witness of Jesus Christ, even of all the things which he saw.


rate difficulty: Or may one go on lighted coals, and his feet not be burned?


rate difficulty: And she said, Oh, my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto Jehovah.

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rate difficulty: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, the wall of Babylon--The broad one--is utterly made bare, And her high gates with fire are burnt, And peoples labour in vain, And nations in fire, and have been weary!

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simplify: Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them.

And you are to make a House for me, with ten curtains of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman.


simplify: If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.

If he is able to have a fight with me and overcome me, then we will be your servants: but if I am able to overcome him, then you will be our servants and do work for us.


simplify: And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:

After this I saw that the inmost shrine of the tent of testimony in heaven was opened,


rate difficulty: And Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

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simplify: And he lighted the lamps before the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.

Lighting the lights before the Lord, as the Lord had given him orders.


rate difficulty: And howled have songstresses of a palace in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Many <FI>are<Fi> the carcases, into any place throw--hush!

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simplify: The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,

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


rate difficulty: and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

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

And Micaiah said, If you come back at all in peace, the Lord has not sent his word by me.


simplify: But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

And the other Jews in every division of the kingdom came together, fighting for their lives, and got salvation from their haters and put seventy-five thousand of them to death; but they did not put a hand on their goods.


simplify: These twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to them, saying, `To the way of the nations go not away, and into a city of the Samaritans go not in,

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


simplify: And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.

Then Samuel went up from Gilgal and the rest of the people went up after Saul against the men of war, and they came from Gilgal to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin: and Saul took the number of the people who were with him, about six hundred men.


rate difficulty: And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea.

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simplify: and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah that are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

And their fate will be used as a curse by all the prisoners of Judah who are in Babylon, who will say, May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, who were burned in the fire by the king of Babylon;


rate difficulty: “For in the book of Psalms,” Peter continued, “it is said —  ‘Let his home, And let no one live in it’;  and also —  ‘His office let another take.’


simplify: And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, saith Jehovah of hosts.

And the evil-doers will be crushed under you, they will be dust under your feet, in the day when I do my work, says the Lord of armies.


rate difficulty: Come from Lebanon, come thou in. Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Shenir and Hermon, From the habitations of lions, From the mountains of leopards.

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simplify: And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

And it will come about on that day that I will take in hand the destruction of all the nations who come against Jerusalem.


simplify: And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

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


simplify: And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah.

He went in the ways of his father Asa, not turning away, but doing right in the eyes of the Lord.


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

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simplify: And the border went up to Beth–hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth–arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:

Then the line goes up to Beth-hoglah, past the north of Beth-arabah, and up to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben;


simplify: After this manner ye shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of the offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah: it shall be offered besides the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof.

In this way, every day for seven days, give the food of the offering made by fire, a sweet smell to the Lord: it is to be offered in addition to the regular burned offering, and its drink offering.


simplify: He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.


simplify: The men of Beth–azmaveth, forty and two.


simplify: For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian hath oppressed them without cause.

For the Lord God says, My people went down at first into Egypt, to get a place for themselves there: and the Assyrian put a cruel yoke on them without cause.


rate difficulty: But if thou art named a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast inGod,

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simplify: And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

Do not go after other gods to be their servants and to give them worship, and do not make me angry with the work of your hands, causing evil to yourselves.


simplify: I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.

I did not send these prophets, but they went running: I said nothing to them, but they gave out the prophet's word.


simplify: If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

If the fire puts an end to any man's work, it will be his loss: but he will get salvation himself, though as by fire.


simplify: And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the towns which Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them.


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

And if the man said to him, First let the fat be burned, then take as much as you will; then the servant would say, No, you are to give it to me now, or I will take it by force.


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

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


simplify: Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the Lord.

Then on the fourteenth day of the second month they put the Passover lambs to death: and the priests and the Levites were shamed, and made themselves holy and took burned offerings into the house of the Lord.


simplify: then it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth; and having come, it findeth <FI>it<Fi> unoccupied, swept, and adorned:

Then it says ‘I will go back to the home which I left’; but, on coming there, it finds it unoccupied, and swept, and put in order.


simplify: So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.

So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for the Lord gave him rest on every side.


rate difficulty: Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, and ye say, Wherein have we wearied [him]? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is theGod of judgment?

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rate difficulty: And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took unto him his wife;

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rate difficulty: Thus Esau dwelt in mount Seir; Esau is Edom.

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


rate difficulty: And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

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simplify: Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Such is their building that if a fox goes up it, their stone wall will be broken down.


rate difficulty: And the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.

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simplify: Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

What then is the law? It was an addition made because of sin, till the coming of the seed to whom the undertaking had been given; and it was ordered through angels by the hand of a go-between.


simplify: And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.

But Jesus said to them: “Let us go somewhere else, into the country towns nearby so that I can make my proclamation in them also; for that was why I came.”


simplify: Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.


simplify: Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

... For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.


simplify: Or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

For what could a person give that is of equal value with their life?


simplify: two women shall be grinding in the mill, one is received, and one is left.

of two women grinding with the hand-mill one will be taken and one left.


rate difficulty: And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, answering the king, said, So be it: and may the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say so.

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


rate difficulty: Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.

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


simplify: And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.

And all the money in Egypt and in the land of Canaan which had been given for grain, came into the hands of Joseph: and he put it in Pharaoh's house.


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.

For this cause the Lord has said, See, I am against you, O Tyre, and will send up a number of nations against you as the sea sends up its waves.


simplify: That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

So that you may take of the comfort flowing from her breasts, and be delighted with the full measure of her glory.


rate difficulty: For who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord, so as to be his teacher? But we have the mind of Christ.


simplify: And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.


rate difficulty: Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

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


simplify: The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,


rate difficulty: And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.

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simplify: For he was numbered among us, and received his portion in this ministry.

For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.


simplify: They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

Even to this day their hearts are not broken, and they have no fear, and have not gone in the way of my law or of my rules which I gave to you and to your fathers.


rate difficulty: For many days remain do the sons of Israel without a king, and there is no prince, and there is no sacrifice, and there is no standing pillar, and there is no ephod and teraphim.

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rate difficulty: Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:

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


simplify: And to his father he sent after this manner: ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.

And to his father he sent ten asses with good things from Egypt on their backs, and ten she-asses with grain and bread and food for his father on the journey.


simplify: And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.

But a blessing will be on King Solomon, and the kingdom of David will keep its place before the Lord for ever.


rate difficulty: And the liers-in-wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers-in-wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

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


simplify: And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.

But the teachers of the law and the Pharisees were goaded to madness, and consulted together what they could do to Jesus.


rate difficulty: And when a man or a woman hath in the skin of the flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;

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


simplify: For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.

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


simplify: Straightway the father of the child cried out, and said, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

And at the sound of a long note on the horns, let all the people give a loud cry; and the wall of the town will come down flat, and all the people are to go straight forward.


simplify: The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

A watch is kept on my sins; they are joined together by his hand, they have come on to my neck; he has made my strength give way: the Lord has given me up into the hands of those against whom I have no power.


simplify: And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying — ‘Come out of her, my people, so that you may not participate in her sins, and that you may not suffer from the curses inflicted on her.


simplify: For he hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city: he layeth it low, he layeth it low even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

For he has made low those who are lifted up, all the people of the town of pride: he makes it low, crushing it down to the earth; he makes it low in the dust.


rate difficulty: And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.


rate difficulty: `Observe for thyself that which I am commanding thee to-day: lo, I am casting out from before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite;

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


simplify: Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the chiefs of Judah, who had come together in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, The Lord has said, Because you have given me up, I have given you up into the hands of Shishak.


simplify: So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by the borders thereof; and the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them:

So the distribution of the land and its limits was complete; and the children of Israel gave Joshua, the son of Nun, a heritage among them;


simplify: And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:

Then the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear and do not be troubled: take with you all the fighting-men and go up against Ai: for I have given into your hands the king of Ai and his people and his town and his land:


rate difficulty: And this seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.

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rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.


rate difficulty: And Saul discerneth the voice of David, and saith, `Is this thy voice, my son David?' and David saith, `My voice, my lord, O king!'

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


simplify: He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

He went in the ways of the family of Ahab, for his mother was his teacher in evil-doing.


rate difficulty: If others partake of this right over you, should not rather we? But we have not used this right, but we bear all things, that we may put no hindrance in the way of the glad tidings of the Christ.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord God; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

This is what the Lord has said: I will put an end to great numbers of the people of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.


rate difficulty: The man threw off his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.


simplify: And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

And Balak did as Balaam said, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.


rate difficulty: And he said unto him, `In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?'

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


simplify: The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:

And the sons of Elpaal: Eber and Misham and Shemed (he was the builder of Ono and Lod and their daughter-towns);


simplify: For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

for everyone else here put in something from what he had to spare, while she, in her need, has put in all she had to live on.”


rate difficulty: We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.


simplify: And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

And when the Philistine, taking note, saw David, he had a poor opinion of him: for he was only a boy, red-haired and good-looking.


rate difficulty: Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

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simplify: Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.

They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;


rate difficulty: and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and byssus, and goats' [hair],

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


rate difficulty: For of old thou hast broken thy yoke, [and] burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not serve. For upon every high hill, and under every green tree, thou bowest down, playing the harlot.

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simplify: There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest’s, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

No outside person may take of the holy food, or one living as a guest in the priest's house, or a servant working for payment.


rate difficulty: So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

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


rate difficulty: And in the valley, Beth–aram, and Beth–nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

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simplify: And it came to pass, that he abode many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.

And he was living in Joppa for some time with Simon, a leather-worker.


rate difficulty: Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

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


simplify: whom also having seized, he did put in prison, having delivered <FI>him<Fi> to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the passover to bring him forth to the people.

After seizing Peter, Herod put him in prison, and entrusted him to the keeping of four Guards of four soldiers each, intending, after the Passover, to bring him up before the people.


rate difficulty: Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.

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simplify: And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see our desire upon Zion.

And now a number of nations have come together against you, and they say, Let her be made unclean and let our eyes see the fate of Zion.


rate difficulty: and they say to him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority, that thou shouldest do these things?

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


rate difficulty: For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

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


simplify: And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: `Happy the poor--because yours is the reign of God.

Then, raising his eyes and looking at his disciples, Jesus said:  “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.


rate difficulty: And he that had the right of redemption said to Boaz, Buy for thyself; and he drew off his sandal.

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


simplify: in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street, and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire.

For you have made your arched room at the top of every street, and your high place in every open place; though you were not like a loose woman in getting together your payment.


simplify: and he having come unto us, and having taken up the girdle of Paul, having bound also his own hands and feet, said, `Thus saith the Holy Spirit, The man whose is this girdle--so shall the Jews in Jerusalem bind, and they shall deliver <FI>him<Fi> up to the hands of nations.'

He came to see us, and, taking Paul’s girdle, and binding his own feet and hands with it, said: “This is what the Holy Spirit says — ‘The man to whom this girdle belongs will be bound like this by the religious authorities in Jerusalem, and they will give him up to the Gentiles’.”


simplify: And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.

And when he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem came round him, and made all sorts of serious statements against him, which were not supported by the facts.


rate difficulty: The responsible men of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth without a word; they have put dust on their heads, they are clothed in haircloth: the heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are bent down to the earth.


simplify: Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God;


simplify: therefore, behold, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even unto the border of Ethiopia.

See, then, I am against you and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt an unpeopled waste, from Migdol to Syene, even as far as the edge of Ethiopia.


rate difficulty: And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.

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


rate difficulty: And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

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


simplify: Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

See; my hands and my feet: it is I myself; put your hands on me and make certain; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.


simplify: and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

Whoever exalts themselves will be humbled, and whoever humbles themselves will be exalted.


simplify: Therefore are they before the throne of God; and they serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall spread his tabernacle over them.

This is why they are before the high seat of God; and they are his servants day and night in his house: and he who is seated on the high seat will be a tent over them.


rate difficulty: And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

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simplify: for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

The commandments, ‘You must not commit adultery, You must not kill, You must not steal, You must not covet,’ and whatever other commandment there is, are all summed up in the words — ‘You must love your neighbor as you love yourself.’


simplify: And there they abode long time with the disciples.

and at Antioch they stayed with the disciples for a considerable time.


simplify: But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.


rate difficulty: And has given mercy to me before the king and his government and before all the king's great captains. And I was made strong by the hand of the Lord my God which was on me, and I got together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

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


rate difficulty: and the king saith to Esther the queen, `In Shushan the palace have the Jews slain and destroyed five hundred men, and the ten sons of Haman; in the rest of the provinces of the king what have they done? and what <FI>is<Fi> thy petition? and it is given to thee; and what thy request again? and it is done.'

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


rate difficulty: Go, say unto them, Get you into your tents again.

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


simplify: And to Him who is able to establish you, according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, in the times of the ages having been kept silent,

Now to him who is able to strengthen you, as promised in the good news entrusted to me and in the proclamation of Jesus Christ, in accordance with the revelation of that hidden purpose, which in past ages was kept secret but now has been revealed


simplify: And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.

And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.


rate difficulty: because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer;

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


simplify: And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.


simplify: For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

For their wings were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and its rods.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to Moses, Let every chief on his day give his offering to make the altar holy.

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


simplify: And Sarah died in Kirjath–arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

And Sarah's death took place in Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan: and Abraham went into his house, weeping and sorrowing for Sarah.


rate difficulty: However there were not made for the house of Jehovah basons of silver, knives, bowls, trumpets, nor any utensil of gold or utensil of silver, of the money that was brought [into] the house of Jehovah;

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: and certain women, who were healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary who is called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone forth,

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


simplify: Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.

As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.


rate difficulty: Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.


simplify: For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass; and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.

For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.


rate difficulty: And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

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


rate difficulty: In all the signs and the wonders, which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,

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


simplify: Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

In conclusion, friends, pray for us — pray that the Lord’s message may spread rapidly, and be received everywhere with honor, as it was among you;


simplify: And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things, and evil-speakings, and there was given to it authority to make war forty-two months,

The Beast was given ‘a mouth that spoke proudly’ and blasphemously, and it was empowered to work its will for forty-two months.


rate difficulty: and their sons, who have not known, do hear, and have learned to fear Jehovah your God all the days which ye are living on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.'

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:

One comes to his end in complete well-being, full of peace and quiet:


rate difficulty: The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.


simplify: And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

and our hope for you remains unshaken. We know that, as you are sharing our sufferings, you will also share our consolation.


simplify: And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.


rate difficulty: in those days there is no king in Israel, each that which is right in his own eyes doth.

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


rate difficulty: To you firstGod, having raised up his servant, has sent him, blessing you in turning each one [of you] from your wickedness.

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


simplify: In that day shalt thou not be put to shame for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me; for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proudly exulting ones, and thou shalt no more be haughty in my holy mountain.

In that day you will have no shame on account of all the things in which you did evil against me: for then I will take away from among you those who were lifted up in pride, and you will no longer be lifted up with pride in my holy mountain.


rate difficulty: And his sons did to him according as he had commanded them;


simplify: And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.

But after three years, two of the servants of Shimei went in flight to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And word was given to Shimei that his servants had gone to Gath.


simplify: Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.


rate difficulty: and, now, make confession to Jehovah, God of your fathers, and do His good pleasure, and be separated from the peoples of the land, and from the strange women.'

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


simplify: These likewise cast lots even as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers’ houses of the chief even as those of his younger brother.

Selection was made of these in the same way as of their brothers the sons of Aaron, David the king being present, with Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites; the families of the chief in the same way as those of his younger brother.


simplify: now then do it; for Jehovah hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

For the Lord has said of David, By the hand of my servant David I will make my people Israel safe from the Philistines, and from all who are against them.


simplify: Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:


simplify: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.

The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.


rate difficulty: For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

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


rate difficulty: Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

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


simplify: But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and gat them up to the roof of the tower.

But in the middle of the town there was a strong tower, to which all the men and women of the town went in flight and, shutting themselves in, went up to the roof of the tower.


rate difficulty: And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;

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


simplify: But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

But Paul said to them, They have given us who are Romans a public whipping without judging us, and have put us in prison. Will they now send us out secretly? no, truly, let them come themselves and take us out.


simplify: For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

For how may you be certain, O wife, that you will not be the cause of salvation to your husband? or you, O husband, that you may not do the same for your wife?


simplify: And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been showed thee in the mount.

And you are to make the House from the design which you saw on the mountain.


rate difficulty: He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming--I will give to him to eat of the tree of life that is in the midst of the paradise of God.

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


rate difficulty: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the harmony of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

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


rate difficulty: of Zerah the family of the Zarhite; of Shaul the family of the Shaulite.


simplify: Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

Joiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah, made good the old doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods.


rate difficulty: And you must be patient also, and not be discouraged; for the Lord’s coming is near.


simplify: Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

Perhaps you will say to me — ‘How can anyone still be blamed? For who withstands his purpose?’


simplify: This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

This is the heritage of the children of Zebulun by their families, these towns with their unwalled places.


simplify: Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Watch and pray so that you don't fall into temptation. True, the spirit is eager, but human nature is weak.”


simplify: But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.

Saul’s influence, however, kept steadily increasing, and he confounded the Jewish people who lived in Damascus by the proofs that he gave that Jesus was the Christ.


simplify: So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

So they sent and got together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its place, so that it may not be the cause of death to us and to our people: for there was a great fear of death through all the town; the hand of God was very hard on them there.


simplify: God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.


rate difficulty: The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword; and these shall go into captivity.

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


simplify: And David sent ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

And David sent ten young men, and said to them, Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and say kind words to him in my name;


simplify: And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

And Adam had connection with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name of Seth: for she said, God has given me another seed in place of Abel, whom Cain put to death.


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock: that the shepherds may feed themselves no more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

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


rate difficulty: And all the prophets from Samuel and those who came after, every one of them, gave word of these days.

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


simplify: And Pharaoh-necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

And Pharaoh-necoh put him in chains at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he might not be king in Jerusalem; and took from the land a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.


rate difficulty: and he shall bring his trespass-offering to Jehovah for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the small cattle, a sheep or doe goat, for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him [to cleanse him] from his sin.

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


rate difficulty: These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, the holy days of worship which you will keep at their regular times.

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


simplify: I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:

I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:


simplify: the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;

The Pharisee stood forward and began praying to himself in this way — ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men — thieves, rogues, adulterers — or even like this tax-gatherer.


simplify: and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye may remove them far from their border;

And the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem you have given for a price to the sons of the Greeks, to send them far away from their land:


rate difficulty: They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

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


rate difficulty: But the earthen vessel wherein it is boiled shall be broken; and if it be boiled in a brazen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water.


simplify: Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

So Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, sent to Hoham, king of Hebron, and to Piram, king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia, king of Lachish, and to Debir, king of Eglon, saying,


rate difficulty: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.


simplify: Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?

Have you eyes of flesh, or do you see as man sees?


rate difficulty: For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

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


rate difficulty: Moreover, Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll; but he would not hear them.


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

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


rate difficulty: You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly.


simplify: And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.

And the men of the town got up early in the morning, and they saw the altar of Baal broken down, and the holy tree which was by it cut down, and the ox offered on the altar which had been put up there.


simplify: And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit, and with the voice of a prophet said these words:


simplify: and he went away with him. And there was following him a great multitude, and they were thronging him,

So Jesus went with him. A great number of people followed Jesus, and kept pressing around him.


simplify: ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality, which worketh through us thanksgiving to God.

Your wealth being increased in everything, with a simple mind, causing praise to God through us.


simplify: Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.

He was honoured over the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three: and David put him over his servants.


simplify: To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

Keeping back his soul from the underworld, so that he may see the light of life.


rate difficulty: for, if having escaped from the pollutions of the world, in the acknowledging of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and by these again being entangled, they have been overcome, become to them hath the last things worse than the first,

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


simplify: And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard.

And when the time came, he sent a servant to get from the workmen some of the fruit of the garden.


simplify: And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.

And he who is to be made clean will have his clothing washed and his hair cut and have a bath, and he will be clean. And after that he will come back to the tent-circle; but he is to keep outside his tent for seven days.


simplify: For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.

Indeed, the king knows about these matters, so I speak before him without constraint. I am sure that there is nothing whatever of what I have been telling him that has escaped his attention; for all this has not been done in a corner.


rate difficulty: for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did believe him, and ye, having seen, repented not at last--to believe him.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: every one passing over unto those numbered, from a son of twenty years and upwards, doth give the heave-offering of Jehovah;

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


rate difficulty: if his sin, which he hath sinned, be made known to him, then he shall bring for his oblation a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.

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


simplify: For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

For Nature was made subject to imperfection — not by its own choice, but owing to him who made it so —


rate difficulty: three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses,

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


simplify: According to the commandment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the Lord commanded Moses.

At the order of the Lord they were numbered by Moses, every one in relation to his work and to his part in the transport; so they were numbered by Moses at the order of the Lord.


rate difficulty: The stones were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, cut on the stones.

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


simplify: Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee? and, What hath the Lord spoken?

This is what you are to say to the prophet, What answer has the Lord given to you? and, What has the Lord said?


simplify: And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.

Then you will be crying out because of your king whom you have taken for yourselves; but the Lord will not give you an answer in that day.


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

It is easier, indeed, for a camel to get through a needle’s eye than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God!”


simplify: And they shall come against thee with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a company of peoples; they shall set themselves against thee with buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will commit the judgment unto them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.

And they will come against you from the north on horseback, with war-carriages and a great band of peoples; they will put themselves in order against you with breastplate and body-cover and metal head-dress round about you: and I will make them your judges, and they will give their decision against you as seems right to them.


simplify: And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.

And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee; and he was giving them teaching on the Sabbath.


simplify: forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;

Turning out of the true way, they have gone wandering in error, after the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was pleased to take payment for wrongdoing;


simplify: And Jehovah sawit, and abhorred them, Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.

And the Lord saw with disgust the evil-doing of his sons and daughters.


rate difficulty: But when Onan knew that the seed should not be his own, it came to pass when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled [it] on the ground, in order to give no seed to his brother.

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


simplify: And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Clearing out from among you all those who are uncontrolled and who are sinning against me; I will take them out of the land where they are living, but they will not come into the land of Israel: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.


simplify: And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

And if the lamb is more than enough for the family, let that family and its nearest neighbour have a lamb between them, taking into account the number of persons and how much food is needed for every man.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

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


simplify: If the testimony of men we receive, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that He hath testified concerning His Son.

We accept the testimony of people, but God’s testimony is still stronger; and there is the testimony of God — the fact that he has already borne testimony about his Son.


rate difficulty: Then the Ruler of all will be your gold, and his teaching will be your silver;


simplify: This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.

As I said to Pharaoh before, God has made clear to him what he is about to do.


rate difficulty: This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

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


simplify: Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.

Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.


simplify: And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:

And their limit was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan, and all Havvoth-Jair, in Bashan, sixty towns;


simplify: For there is no respect of persons with God.

For one man is not different from another before God.


rate difficulty: And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them; and it had palm-trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

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


simplify: Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

Your servant has overcome lion and bear: and the fate of this Philistine, who is without circumcision, will be like theirs, seeing that he has put shame on the armies of the living God.


simplify: Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.


simplify: and these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;

And in Jerusalem he had four sons, Shimea and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon, by Bath-shua, the daughter of Ammiel;


rate difficulty: The Lord hath swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob, and hath not spared; he hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah: he hath brought [them] down to the ground; he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof.

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


rate difficulty: and the bow hath been in the cloud, and I have seen it--to remember the covenant age-during between God and every living creature among all flesh which <FI>is<Fi> on the earth.'

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


simplify: and Iphdeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak,

And Iphdeiah and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;


simplify: And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

Jesus, looking on them, said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.


simplify: And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau: to Esau I gave Mount Seir, as his heritage; but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.


rate difficulty: And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

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


rate difficulty: For the wrath of Jehovah is against all the nations, and [his] fury against all their armies: he hath devoted them to destruction, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

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


rate difficulty: And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand by tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

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


simplify: because for <FI>His<Fi> name they went forth, nothing receiving from the nations;

For it was on behalf of the name that they left their homes, and refused to take anything from the Gentiles.


simplify: And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

Now when the king of Ai saw it, he got up quickly and went out to war against Israel, he and all his people, to the slope going down to the valley; but he had no idea that a secret force was waiting at the back of the town.


simplify: Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

You have made little of my holy things, and have made my Sabbaths unclean.


simplify: And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed.

And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.


simplify: he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who refuses to believe will be condemned.


simplify: Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.

Now when I went past you, looking at you, I saw that your time was the time of love; and I put my skirts over you, covering your unclothed body: and I gave you my oath and made an agreement with you, says the Lord, and you became mine.


rate difficulty: Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men that have a vow on them;

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


simplify: Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

Then all the people in the neighborhood of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, for they were terrified. Jesus got into a boat and returned.


simplify: and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them.


simplify: For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.


rate difficulty: for whoever may be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also shall be ashamed of him, when he may come in the glory of his Father, with the holy messengers.'

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


rate difficulty: The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

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


rate difficulty: Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they are the holy chambers, where the priests that are near unto Jehovah shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; for the place is holy.

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


simplify: Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied.

And he had four daughters, virgins, who were prophets.


simplify: For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

For this is the Lord’s command to us —  ‘I have destined you for a light to the Gentiles, A means of salvation to the ends of the earth’.”


simplify: And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

Then Harbonah, one of the unsexed servants waiting before the king, said, See, the pillar fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who said a good word for the king, is still in its place in Haman's house. Then the king said, Put him to death by hanging him on it.


rate difficulty: For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife; for he had married her.

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


rate difficulty: And the eyes of Leah were tender; but Rachel was of beautiful form and beautiful countenance.

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


rate difficulty: `The nakedness of thy sister, daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home or born without; thou dost not uncover their nakedness.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: always in my prayers beseeching, if by any means now at length I shall have a prosperous journey, by the will of God, to come unto you,

asking that, if he be willing, I may some day at last find the way open to visit you.


rate difficulty: And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:

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


rate difficulty: But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?

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


simplify: And these are they that conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

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


rate difficulty: Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a mantle? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?

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


simplify: And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

And Eber had two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his days a division was made of the earth; and his brother's name was Joktan.


rate difficulty: And the humble have added joy in Jehovah, And the poor among men In the Holy One of Israel rejoice.

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


rate difficulty: so that ye became patterns to all those believing in Macedonia and Achaia,

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


simplify: When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.

At the sound of my horn, and the horns of those who are with me, let your horns be sounded all round the tents, and say, For the Lord and for Gideon.


rate difficulty: It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

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


simplify: And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

And Nob, the town of the priests, he put to the sword, all the men and women, children and babies at the breast, and oxen and asses and sheep.


simplify: For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour: