simplify: Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burnt up; and the people are as the fuel of fire: no man spareth his brother.

The land was dark with the wrath of the Lord of armies: the people were like those who take men's flesh for food.


simplify: And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

And Zephaniah the priest made clear to Jeremiah the prophet what was said in the letter, reading it to him.


simplify: And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.


simplify: Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

Has not man his ordered time of trouble on the earth? and are not his days like the days of a servant working for payment?


simplify: Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:


simplify: and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the princes of the earth; for with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived.

And never again will the shining of lights be seen in you; and the voice of the newly-married man and the bride will never again be sounding in you: for your traders were the lords of the earth, and by your evil powers were all the nations turned out of the right way.


rate difficulty: They are pulling off the salt leaves from the brushwood, and making a meal of roots.

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


simplify: He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.


simplify: If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

If it is pleasing to the king, let an order go out from him, and let it be recorded among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it may never be changed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her place to another who is better than she.


rate difficulty: <FI> Is it<Fi> nothing to you, all ye passing by the way? Look attentively, and see, If there is any pain like my pain, That He is rolling to me? Whom Jehovah hath afflicted In the day of the fierceness of His anger.

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


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, in the word of the king, even his law, being heard, and in many young women being gathered unto Shushan the palace, unto the hand of Hegai, that Esther is taken unto the house of the king, unto the hand of Hegai, keeper of the women,

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


rate difficulty: Lo, I <FI>am<Fi> against the prophets, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are making smooth their tongue, And they affirm--an affirmation.

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


rate difficulty: For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, thus shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

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


rate difficulty: The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.


simplify: This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.

This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a scribe, expert in the law of Moses which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given: and the king, moved by the Lord his God, gave him whatever he made request for.


rate difficulty: And the Medanites have sold him unto Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.

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


simplify: And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

Great crowds followed him, and he cured them there.


rate difficulty: Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem.

Near them was working Rephaiah, the son of Hur, the ruler of half Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.

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


rate difficulty: but days will come, and, when the bridegroom may be taken away from them, then they shall fast in those days.'

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


simplify: For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

For if you will not let them go, but still keep them in your power,


simplify: For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.


simplify: and again, `Praise the Lord, all ye nations; and laud Him, all ye peoples;'

And yet again — ‘Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all Peoples sing his praises.’


simplify: Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.


simplify: Moreover Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: Therefore is justice far from us, and righteousness overtaketh us not: we wait for light, and behold darkness; for brightness, [but] we walk in obscurity.


simplify: And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

And when he went into a certain small town he came across ten men who were lepers, and they, keeping themselves at a distance,


rate difficulty: May the Lord be judge between me and you, and may the Lord give me my rights against you, but my hand will never be lifted up against you.

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


simplify: wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

Therefore encourage one another, and try to build up one another’s characters, as indeed you are doing.


rate difficulty: And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

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


simplify: And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

And of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, a chief, Elizaphan, the son of Parnach.


rate difficulty: the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,

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


rate difficulty: But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid.


rate difficulty: Make no attack on them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even space enough for a man's foot: because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for his heritage.


simplify: And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

And, when these things begin to occur, look upwards and lift your heads, for your deliverance will be at hand.”


rate difficulty: And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief.

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


simplify: For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.

For Heshbon was the town of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had made war against an earlier king of Moab and taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.


simplify: But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?

But Balaam in answer said to Balak, Did I not say to you, I may only do what the Lord says?


simplify: And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

They brought Jesus to the place which was known as Golgotha — a name which means ‘place of a Skull.’


rate difficulty: And Shaphan the scribe informed the king saying, Hilkijah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.


simplify: and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of Jehovah, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things;

And the design of all he had in his heart for the outer squares of the house of the Lord, and for the rooms all round it, and for the store-houses of the house of the Lord, and for the store-houses for the holy things;


simplify: Now he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he; take him, and lead him away safely.

Now he who had been false to him had given them a sign, saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he; take him, and get him away safely.


simplify: And Jehovah showed me four smiths.

And the Lord gave me a vision of four metal-workers.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:

This is what the Lord of armies has said: It will again come about that when peoples and those living in great towns come,


simplify: And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto Jehovah, ye shall sacrifice it that ye may be accepted.

And when you make an offering of praise to the Lord, make it in a way which is pleasing to him.


rate difficulty: Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;

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


simplify: And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

When beginning his work, Jesus was about thirty years old. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, whose ancestors were —  Eli,


rate difficulty: And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the Lord.

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


simplify: Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:

Keep in mind, O Lord, the order you gave your servant Moses, saying, If you do wrong I will send you wandering among the peoples:


simplify: that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:


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

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


simplify: Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?

How is it, that if any one of you has a cause at law against another, he takes it before a Gentile judge and not before the saints?


simplify: And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

And now, why are you waiting? get up, and have baptism, for the washing away of your sins, giving worship to his name.


simplify: Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.

Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.


simplify: And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

And after the birth of Serug, Reu went on living for two hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:


rate difficulty: Then went Haman forth that day joyful and glad of heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he stood not up nor moved for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.

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


simplify: He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.

Let those who have ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.”


simplify: And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

And Saul's daughter Michal was in love with David: and Saul had word of it and was pleased.


simplify: and the table and its vessels, and the pure candlestick with all its vessels, and the altar of incense,

And the table with its vessels, and the holy light-support with all its vessels, and the altar for the burning of spices,


rate difficulty: The fury of a king <FI>is<Fi> messengers of death, And a wise man pacifieth it.

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


simplify: But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand;

But the evil-doers, all of them, will be like thorns to be pushed away, because they may not be gripped in the hand:


rate difficulty: And he came, and saw them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? were you not able to keep watch one hour?

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


rate difficulty: for it was necessary for him to release to them one at every feast,

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


rate difficulty: And Moses riseth--Joshua his minister also--and Moses goeth up unto the mount of God;

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


rate difficulty: to keep the commands of Jehovah, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day, for good to thee?

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


simplify: And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.

But fear came on every soul: and all sorts of wonders and signs were done by the Apostles.


simplify: and the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

And the curse if you do not give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, but let yourselves be turned from the way which I have put before you this day, and go after other gods which are not yours.


simplify: Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

To him who, through his power which is at work within us, is able to do far more than anything that we can ask or conceive —


rate difficulty: My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Jehovah.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Thou sayest, but it is a word of the lips, [There is] counsel and strength for war. Now on whom dost thou rely, that thou hast revolted against me?

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


simplify: Wherefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, who said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of thy hand?

And so the wrath of the Lord was moved against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, Why have you gone after the gods of the people who have not given their people salvation from your hands?


rate difficulty: And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

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


simplify: And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them—them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

And the people to whom they are prophets will be pushed out dead into the streets of Jerusalem, because there is no food, and because of the sword; and they will have no one to put their bodies into the earth, them or their wives or their sons or their daughters: for I will let loose their evil-doing on them.


rate difficulty: And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

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


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.

For this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it;


rate difficulty: And the men of Israel said to the Hivite, Perhaps thou dwellest in the midst of us, and how should I make a covenant with thee?

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


rate difficulty: And he will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready: and there make ready for us.


simplify: and some were crying out one thing, and some another, among the multitude, and not being able to know the certainty because of the tumult, he commanded him to be carried to the castle,

Some of the crowd said one thing, and some another; and, as he could get no definite reply because of the uproar, he ordered Paul to be taken into the barracks.


simplify: Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Then Jesus added: “Have you never read in the scriptures? — ‘The stone which the builders despised — Has now itself become the corner-stone; This corner-stone has come from the Lord, and is marvelous in our eyes.’


simplify: And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.


simplify: And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.

Now in those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.


simplify: After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:

After he has given himself he has the right to be made free, for a price, by one of his brothers,


simplify: Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.

By you I was clothed with skin and flesh, and joined together with bones and muscles.


rate difficulty: And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.

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


rate difficulty: And He saith unto me, `Son of man, thy belly thou dost feed, and thy bowels thou dost fill with this roll that I am giving unto thee;' and I eat it, and it is in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.


rate difficulty: Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take anything out of his house:

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


simplify: the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

the fifth a sardonyx; the sixth a carnelian; the seventh a chrysolite; the eighth a beryl; the ninth a topaz; the tenth a chrysoprase; the eleventh a hyacinth; and the twelfth an amethyst.


simplify: insomuch that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that, as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some one of them.

And they even took into the streets people who were ill, and put them on beds, so that when Peter went by, some of them might be in his shade.


rate difficulty: That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

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


rate difficulty: and that which He hath done to the force of Egypt, to its horses, and to its chariot, when He hath caused the waters of the Red Sea to flow against their faces in their pursuing after them, and Jehovah destroyeth them, unto this day;

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


simplify: He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

No man whose private parts have been wounded or cut off may come into the meeting of the Lord's people.


simplify: And their drink-offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bullock, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb: this is the burnt-offering of every month throughout the months of the year.

And their drink offerings are to be half a hin of wine for an ox, and the third part of a hin for a male sheep, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb: this is the burned offering for every month through all the months of the year.


simplify: And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.

And all the nations will be servants to him and to his son and to his son's son, till the time comes for his land to be overcome: and then a number of nations and great kings will take it for their use.


rate difficulty: Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

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


simplify: And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? even sinners lend to sinners, to receive again as much.

And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave.


rate difficulty: All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

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


rate difficulty: The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

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


rate difficulty: Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

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


simplify: and from that time he was seeking a convenient season to deliver him up.

So from that time Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.


rate difficulty: If I sinned, then Thou hast observed me, And from mine iniquity dost not acquit me,

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


rate difficulty: If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 13 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.


simplify: the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death--light arose to them.'

The people who were living in darkness have seen a great light, and, for those who were living in the shadow-land of death, a light has dawned!’


rate difficulty: And they set up for themselves Micah's graven image, which he had made, all the time that the house ofGod was in Shiloh.


rate difficulty: Now will I soon pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger against thee; and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will bring upon thee all thine abominations.

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


simplify: wherefore, I ask <FI>you<Fi> not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

Therefore I beg you not to be disheartened at the sufferings that I am undergoing for your sakes; for they redound to your honor.


simplify: And they removed from Dibon–gad, and encamped in Almon–diblathaim.

And from Dibon-gad they went on, and put up their tents in Almon-diblathaim.


simplify: And Levi made a great entertainment to him in his house, and there was a great multitude of tax-gatherers and others who were with them reclining (at meat),

And Levi gave a great entertainment at his house, in honor of Jesus; and a large number of tax-gatherers and others were having dinner with them.


rate difficulty: From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant.

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


simplify: And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

And let there be an open space round the House, with hangings for its south side of the best linen, a hundred cubits long.


rate difficulty: And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore God abandoned them to impurity, letting them follow the cravings of their hearts, until they dishonored their own bodies;

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


rate difficulty: Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.


rate difficulty: For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,

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


simplify: That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

So that living in the fear of the Lord your God, you may keep all his laws and his orders, which I give you: you and your son and your son's son, all the days of your life; and so that your life may be long.


simplify: And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to wife.

But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her to him for a wife?


simplify: But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

But someone will say, How do the dead come back? and with what sort of body do they come?


simplify: And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.

And between the altar and the Tent of meeting he put the vessel with water in it for washing.


simplify: And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

And truly you are to them like a love song by one who has a very pleasing voice and is an expert player on an instrument: for they give ear to your words but do them not.


rate difficulty: And now, arise, Jehovah Elohim, into thy resting-place, thou and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, Jehovah Elohim, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in [thy] goodness.

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


rate difficulty: For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.


rate difficulty: In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith Jehovah, and will make thee as a signet; for I have chosen thee, saith Jehovah of hosts.


simplify: And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

Then he said to his young men, Keep here with the ass; and I and the boy will go on and give worship and come back again to you.


rate difficulty: And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

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


simplify: This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

You know, of course, that all our friends in Roman Asia turned their backs on me, and among them Phygellus and Hermogenes.


simplify: My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.

My loved one is like a roe; see, he is on the other side of our wall, he is looking in at the windows, letting himself be seen through the spaces.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

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


rate difficulty: That which comes first is not the spiritual, but the human; afterwards comes the spiritual;

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


simplify: Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

In addition to the encouragement that this gave us, we were made far happier still by the happiness of Titus for his heart has been cheered by you all.


rate difficulty: of the land there is to him for a possession in Israel, and My princes do not oppress any more My people, and the land they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

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


simplify: And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor–libnath;

And Alammelech and Amad and Mishal, stretching to Carmel on the west and Shihor-libnath;


simplify: And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

So they, having given their witness and made clear the word of the Lord, went back to Jerusalem, giving the good news on their way in a number of the small towns of Samaria.


rate difficulty: And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez–uzza to this day.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.

And it came about, when he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to death with the sword; and they went in flight into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son became king in his place.


simplify: And they of about the eleventh hour having come, did receive each a denary.

Now when those who had been hired about five o’clock went up, they received two silver coins each.


rate difficulty: Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.

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


simplify: And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity; and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid.

And falling at his feet she said, May the wrong be on me, my lord, on me: let your servant say a word to you, and give ear to the words of your servant.


rate difficulty: and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, This is my body, which is for you: this do in remembrance of me.

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


simplify: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

so that your charity may be secret; and your Father, who sees what is in secret, will reward you.


rate difficulty: For, lo, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts.

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


simplify: We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

We go on our way, like blind men feeling for the wall, even like those who have no eyes: we are running against things in daylight as if it was evening; our place is in the dark like dead men.


simplify: Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

Of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.


simplify: The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.


simplify: Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.


rate difficulty: Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

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


simplify: And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

And the woman whom you saw is the great town, which is ruling over the kings of the earth.


simplify: But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the Lord commanded Moses.

But the fat and the kidneys and the fat on the liver of the sin-offering were burned by him on the altar as the Lord gave orders to Moses.


rate difficulty: And he took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was hewn in stone, where never man had yet lain.

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


simplify: So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

So she went on getting together the heads of grain till evening; and after crushing out the seed it came to about an ephah of grain.


simplify: Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.

Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.


rate difficulty: So the people gave a loud cry, and the horns were sounded; and on hearing the horns the people gave a loud cry, and the wall came down flat, so that the people went up into the town, every man going straight before him, and they took the town.

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


rate difficulty: Had not theGod of my father, theGod of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, been with me, it is certain thou wouldest have sent me away now empty.God has looked upon my affliction and the labour of my hands, and has judged last night.

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


simplify: And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.

The rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, all the land of Argob, together with Bashan, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (This land is named the land of the Rephaim.


rate difficulty: Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.

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


rate difficulty: and he saith to them, `So also ye are without understanding! Do ye not perceive that nothing from without entering into the man is able to defile him?

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


simplify: So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.

And the people went out and got them and made themselves tents, every one on the roof of his house, and in the open spaces and in the open squares of the house of God, and in the wide place of the water-doorway, and the wide place of the doorway of Ephraim.


rate difficulty: And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

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


rate difficulty: For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.

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


simplify: and said, I beseech thee, O Jehovah, the God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments:

And said, O Lord, the God of heaven, the great God, greatly to be feared, keeping faith and mercy with those who have love for him and are true to his laws:


rate difficulty: And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar.


rate difficulty: For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ.


simplify: And Judas Iscariot, he that was one of the twelve, went away unto the chief priests, that he might deliver him unto them.

And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might give him up to them.


rate difficulty: And at the end of three days, the men in authority over the people went through the tents,

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


simplify: And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

And Israel went journeying on and put up his tents on the other side of the tower of the flock.


simplify: And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.

Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.


rate difficulty: Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day.

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


rate difficulty: And they did not get any statement of accounts from the men to whom the money was given for the workmen, for they made use of it with good faith.

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


simplify: And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.

And they took everything off him, and took his head and his war-dress, and sent word into the land of the Philistines round about to give the news to their gods and to the people.


simplify: Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

Keep in mind your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, not looking at the hard heart of this people, or their evil-doing and their sin:


simplify: Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,

And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples,


rate difficulty: ‘No,’ he said to his father, ‘look at all the years I have been serving you, without ever once disobeying you, and yet you have never given me even a young goat, so that I might have a merrymaking with my friends.

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


simplify: And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

And I gave orders for a search to be made, and it is certain that in the past this town has made trouble for kings, and that outbursts against authority have taken place there.


simplify: And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you,

But as to the times and the moments, there is no need, friends, for anyone to write to you.


simplify: And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

And he put an end to the false priests, who had been put in their positions by the kings of Judah to see to the burning of offerings in the high places in the towns of Judah and the outskirts of Jerusalem, and all those who made offerings to Baal and to the sun and the moon and the twelve signs and all the stars of heaven.


simplify: and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.

Some, however, fell on good soil, and yielded a return, sometimes one hundred, sometimes sixty, sometimes thirty fold.


rate difficulty: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

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


simplify: For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.


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

Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.


rate difficulty: All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.

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


simplify: Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,


simplify: Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

Even as Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.


simplify: They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.


simplify: And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

And the glory of the Lord was resting on Mount Sinai, and the cloud was over it for six days; and on the seventh day he said Moses' name out of the cloud.


rate difficulty: And he maketh the ten bases of brass; four by the cubit <FI>is<Fi> the length of the one base, and four by the cubit its breadth, and three by the cubit its height.


simplify: And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the Lord saved them by a great deliverance.

And he took up his position in the middle of the bit of land, and kept back their attack, and overcame the Philistines; and the Lord gave a great salvation.


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: And they said to him, For our part, we have neither received letters from Judaea concerning thee, nor has any one of the brethren who has arrived reported or said anything evil concerning thee.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And many brought gifts unto the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

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


simplify: And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

David, too, says — ‘May their feasts prove a snare and a trap to them — a hindrance and a retribution;


simplify: And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan’s sister.

And the sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister.


simplify: and they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full;

Everyone had sufficient to eat, and they picked up enough of the broken pieces that were left to fill twelve baskets.


rate difficulty: If, in that very minute, that nation of which I was talking is turned away from its evil, my purpose of doing evil to them will be changed.

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


rate difficulty: And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

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


rate difficulty: not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

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


simplify: And the second came, saying, Thy pound, Lord, hath made five pounds.

And another came, saying, Your pound has made five pounds.


simplify: And Moses did as the Lord commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

So Moses did as the Lord had said, and before the eyes of all the people they went up Mount Hor.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to Gad, David's seer, saying,


simplify: Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.


simplify: For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

And these were the ornaments of the holy women of the past, whose hope was in God, being ruled by their husbands:


rate difficulty: But all the Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their ploughs and blades and axes and hooks made sharp;

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


simplify: As saith the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked cometh forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

There is an old saying, From the evil-doer comes evil: but my hand will never be lifted up against you.


rate difficulty: and the border hath gone out at the sea, to Michmethah on the north, and the border hath gone round eastward <FI>to<Fi> Taanath-Shiloh, and passed over it eastward to Janohah,

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.


simplify: For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith Jehovah; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

For see, I will send for all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says the Lord; and they will come, everyone placing his high seat at the way into Jerusalem, and against its walls on every side, and against all the towns of Judah.


simplify: Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

Those who conquer — I will make them a pillar in the Temple of my God; and never more will they leave it; and I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the New Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God, and I will write on them my new name.


simplify: Ye shall not fear them; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you.

Have no fear of them, for the Lord your God will be fighting for you.


simplify: And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,

And on the table and all its vessels, and on the support for the lights, with its vessels, and on the altar for burning spices,


simplify: Thus did all the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

So the children of Israel did as the Lord gave orders to Moses and Aaron.


rate difficulty: And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.


rate difficulty: Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;

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


rate difficulty: The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

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


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

And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the oldest son of Shallum the Korahite, was responsible for cooking the flat cakes.


rate difficulty: This very day shall he halt at Nob: he shaketh his hand at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.


simplify: And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son: and Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi.

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


simplify: Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years; his mother's name was Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.


rate difficulty: So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

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


simplify: `Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

Give, and others will give to you. A generous measure, pressed and shaken down, and running over, will they pour into your lap; For The standard you use will be the standard used for you.”


rate difficulty: and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the <FI>son<Fi> of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

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


rate difficulty: and Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,

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


simplify: And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone from the earth.


rate difficulty: Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

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


simplify: And when they believed Philip, proclaiming good news, the things concerning the reign of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women;

However, when they came to believe Philip, as he told them the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.


rate difficulty: Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.


simplify: And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

And you are to make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.


simplify: For David saith concerning him,  I beheld the Lord always before my face; For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

For David said of him, I saw the Lord before my face at all times, for he is at my right hand, so that I may not be moved:


simplify: But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

But the Lord is in his holy Temple: let all the earth be quiet before him.


rate difficulty: Those sinning, reprove before all, that the others also may have fear;

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


simplify: I saw in the night, and, behold, a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom; and behind him there were horses, red, sorrel, and white.

I saw in the night a man on a red horse, between the mountains in the valley, and at his back were horses, red, black, white, and of mixed colours.


rate difficulty: And cleansed them from all their iniquity, That they have sinned against Me, And I have pardoned all their iniquities, That they have sinned against Me, And that they transgressed against Me.


rate difficulty: And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him hither to me.


simplify: And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:

And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law:


simplify: For Jehovah thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Jehovah, him and his sons for ever.

For he, and his sons after him for ever, have been marked out by the Lord your God from all your tribes, to do the work of priests in the name of the Lord.


rate difficulty: The north wind bringeth forth rain; So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

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


rate difficulty: For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Lord, becamest their God.

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


simplify: because that for the sake of the Name they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

For they went out for love of the Name, taking nothing from the Gentiles.


simplify: For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;

We have, therefore, decided, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to lay no further burden on you beyond these necessary conditions —


rate difficulty: And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

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


rate difficulty: But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.


rate difficulty: What then [is] the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of circumcision?


rate difficulty: and a he-goat as a sin-offering, to make atonement for you.


rate difficulty: Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall on us; for as is the man, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna; and he took the moons that were on their camels' necks.

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


rate difficulty: And Jacob saith unto Rebekah his mother, `Lo, Esau my brother <FI>is<Fi> a hairy man, and I a smooth man,

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


simplify: I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

I know how to face humble circumstances, and I know how to face prosperity. Into all and every human experience I have been initiated — into plenty and hunger, into prosperity and want.


simplify: Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man, unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works,

As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying,


simplify: The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold.


simplify: And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase.

And though your start was small, your end will be very great.


rate difficulty: for human anger does not forward the righteous purpose of God.


rate difficulty: For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision,

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


simplify: And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.


simplify: Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;

Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;


simplify: and as they were looking stedfastly to the heaven in his going on, then, lo, two men stood by them in white apparel,

While they were still gazing up into the heavens, as he went, suddenly two men, clothed in white, stood beside them,


simplify: And Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans that were besieging Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they brake up from Jerusalem.

And Pharaoh's army had come out from Egypt: and the Chaldaeans, who were attacking Jerusalem, hearing news of them, went away from Jerusalem.)


simplify: and concerning Apollos our brother, much I did entreat him that he may come unto you with the brethren, and it was not at all <FI>his<Fi> will that he may come now, and he will come when he may find convenient.

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


simplify: If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the pride of the Jordan?

If running with the fighting-men has made you tired, how will you be able to keep up with horses? and if in a land of peace you go in flight, what will become of you in the thick growth of Jordan?


simplify: The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.

All the keepers of your sheep will be food for the wind, and your lovers will be taken away prisoners: truly, then you will be shamed and unhonoured because of all your evil-doing.


simplify: When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

When the upright do well, there is great glory; but when evil-doers are lifted up, men do not let themselves be seen.


simplify: And of the sons of Pahath–moab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

And of the sons of Pahath-moab, Adna and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel and Binnui and Manasseh.


simplify: and to him smiting thee upon the cheek, give also the other, and from him taking away from thee the mantle, also the coat thou mayest not keep back.

When someone gives one of you a blow on the cheek, offer the other cheek as well; and, when anyone takes away your cloak, do not keep back your coat either.


simplify: I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.

I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.


simplify: Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

Who has gone into heaven, and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been put under his rule.


simplify: Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,

Let the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, be numbered by their families, in the order of their fathers' houses;


rate difficulty: And there were cross-beams in three rows, and window was against window in three ranks.

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rate difficulty: And your seed and your vineyards he doth tithe, and hath given to his eunuchs, and to his servants.

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


simplify: Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Jehovah’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you.

And I said to the priests and to all the people, This is what the Lord has said: Give no attention to the words of your prophets who say to you, See, in a very little time now the vessels of the Lord's house will come back again from Babylon: for what they say to you is false.


rate difficulty: In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

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


rate difficulty: Out of the chamberof the south cometh the storm, And cold out of the north.

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


rate difficulty: And there shalt thou build an altar to Jehovah thyGod, an altar of stones; thou shalt not lift up an iron [tool] upon them;

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


simplify: and whoever may keep his word, truly in him the love of God hath been perfected; in this we know that in him we are.

but, whenever a person lays his message to heart, in that person the love of God has indeed reached its perfection. By this we know that we are in union with God —


rate difficulty: Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

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


rate difficulty: O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

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


simplify: And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish–bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?

Now Saul had among his wives a woman named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Why have you taken my father's wife?


simplify: And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king.

And the two divisions of you, who go out on the Sabbath and keep the watch of the house of the Lord,


simplify: And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years,


rate difficulty: Like as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I enter into judgment with you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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


simplify: And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and finished.

And they made answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which was put up in times long past and was designed and made complete by a great king of Israel.


simplify: If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife:


simplify: The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

Her towns are unpeopled for ever; there the flocks take their rest in peace, without fear.


rate difficulty: And Makkedah hath Joshua captured on that day, and he smiteth it by the mouth of the sword, and its king he hath devoted, them and every person who <FI>is<Fi> in it--he hath not left a remnant; and he doth to the king of Makkedah as he did to the king of Jericho.

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


rate difficulty: And the children of Benjamin did so, and took wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught; and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.

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


rate difficulty: And you will be certain that I am the Lord by my opening the resting-places of your dead and making you come up out of your resting-places, O my people.

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


simplify: And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.


simplify: and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.

And he took six hundred carriages, all the carriages of Egypt, and captains over all of them.


rate difficulty: And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

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


rate difficulty: In their going, on their four sides they go; they turn not round in their going, for to the place whither the head turneth, after it they go, they turn not round in their going.

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


simplify: In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

Let Aaron and his sons put this in order, evening and morning, before the Lord, inside the Tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the ark; this is to be an order for ever, from generation to generation, to be kept by the children of Israel.


simplify: And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

And he made a search, starting with the oldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was in Benjamin's bag.


simplify: Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Shun all immorality. Every other sin that people commit is something outside the body; but an immoral person sins against their own body.


rate difficulty: And whatever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do according to the will of yourGod.

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


simplify: His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jesus ended directing his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

After Jesus had finished giving directions to his twelve Disciples, he left that place in order to teach and preach in their towns.


rate difficulty: ‘“After this I will return; And I will rebuild the house of David which has fallen — Its ruins I will rebuild, And will set it up once more;

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


simplify: But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

In my opinion it is right for a woman not to be a teacher, or to have rule over a man, but to be quiet.


rate difficulty: Also, at this my heart trembleth, And it moveth from its place.

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


rate difficulty: A widow, or one whose husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be the wife of a priest; but let him take a virgin from among his people.


rate difficulty: And, had not the Lord put a limit to those days, not a single soul would escape; but, for the sake of God’s own chosen people, he did limit them.


simplify: Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you imagines that, as regards this world, they are wise, let them become a ‘fool,’ that they may become wise.


simplify: the sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the day of the Lord--the great and illustrious;

The sun will become darkness, And the moon blood-red, Before the day of the Lord comes — that great and awful day.


simplify: These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;

These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:


simplify: And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.

And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.


simplify: Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are threescore and ten persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

Say now in the ears of all the townsmen of Shechem, Is it better for you to be ruled by all the seventy sons of Jerubbaal or by one man only? And keep in mind that I am your bone and your flesh.


rate difficulty: And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;

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


simplify: And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp.

And the Philistines, hearing the noise of their cry, said, What is this great cry among the tents of the Hebrews? Then it became clear to them that the ark of the Lord had come to the tent-circle.


simplify: which Thou didst prepare before the face of all the peoples,

Which you have prepared in the sight of all nations —


rate difficulty: They put him on their backs, and take him up, and put him in his fixed place, from which he may not be moved; if a man gives a cry for help to him, he is unable to give an answer, or get him out of his trouble.

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


simplify: and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for all have not faith.

And that we may be made free from foolish and evil men; for not all have faith.


rate difficulty: The Almighty, we cannot find him out: excellent in power, and in judgment, and in abundance of justice, he doth not afflict.

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


rate difficulty: The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

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


simplify: The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.


simplify: In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.

In that day the Lord will be a cover over the people of Jerusalem; and he who is feeble among them in that day will be as strong as David, and the family of David will be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.


rate difficulty: And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth–shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the Lord.

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


simplify: Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait was, that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.

Now the sign fixed between the men of Israel and those making the surprise attack was that when they made a pillar of smoke go up from the town,


simplify: In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.

In the thirty-first year of Asa, king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel, and he was king for twelve years; for six years he was ruling in Tirzah.


rate difficulty: `And a man who giveth his lying with a beast is certainly put to death, and the beast ye do slay.

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


rate difficulty: And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

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


simplify: And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto me.

But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.


rate difficulty: And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, Up, go out of this place, for Jehovah will destroy the city. But he was as if he jested, in the sight of his sons-in-law.

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


simplify: And he went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and journeying on unto Jerusalem.

And he went on his way, through towns and country places, teaching and journeying to Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: and he slaughtered [it], and Moses took the blood, and put [it] on the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and cleansed the altar from sin, and the blood he poured at the bottom of the altar, and hallowed it, making atonement for it.

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


rate difficulty: This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

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


simplify: And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, It is because of that which Jehovah did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.

And you will say to your son in that day, It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.


simplify: Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

Do not give the blood of my offering with leavened bread; and do not let the fat of my feast be kept all night till the morning.


rate difficulty: Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord; let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see: take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.


rate difficulty: Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

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


rate difficulty: Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 11 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: If you are true men, let one of you be kept in prison, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;

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


simplify: Like a swallowora crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.


rate difficulty: which are a shadow of the coming things, and the body <FI>is<Fi> of the Christ;


simplify: Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

But let the distribution of the land be made by the decision of the Lord: by the names of the tribes of their fathers let their heritage be given them.


rate difficulty: So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed over unto him, and cast his mantle upon him.

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


rate difficulty: And ye, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;

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


rate difficulty: Only, Jehovah give to thee wisdom and understanding, and charge thee concerning Israel, even to keep the law of Jehovah thy God;

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


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah, In this thou shalt know that I am Jehovah: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And Moses speaketh--Eleazar the priest also--with them, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, <FI>near<Fi> Jericho, saying,

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


rate difficulty: He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years.


rate difficulty: In the day of your planting you were watching its growth, and in the morning your seed was flowering: but its fruit is wasted away in the day of grief and bitter sorrow.

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


rate difficulty: Then on the day after, Pashhur let Jeremiah loose. Then Jeremiah said to him, The Lord has given you the name of Magor-missabib (Cause-of-fear-on-every-side), not Pashhur.


rate difficulty: Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:

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


rate difficulty: and he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for a daughter of Ahab hath been to him for a wife, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah,

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


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

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


simplify: And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

Then I saw, ‘rising out of the sea, a wild Beast with ten horns’ and seven heads. On its horns were ten diadems, and on its heads were blasphemous names.


simplify: And David was afraid of Jehovah that day; and he said, How shall the ark of Jehovah come unto me?

And such was David's fear of the Lord that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?


simplify: (all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?

(Rules which are all to come to an end with their use) after the orders and teaching of men?


simplify: Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is as oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee.

Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.


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

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


rate difficulty: The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

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


simplify: Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

Now after the death of Jehoiada, the chiefs of Judah came and went down on their faces before the king. Then the king gave ear to them.


simplify: And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

And looking in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the lowland, he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of an oven.


rate difficulty: `And thou sayest unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, and I set mine eye upon him;

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


simplify: And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.

Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, became king over Israel in the second year that Asa was king of Judah; and he was king of Israel for two years.


simplify: Wherefore, also, it is contained in the Writing: `Lo, I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, choice, precious, and he who is believing on him may not be put to shame;'

For there is a passage of scripture that runs —  ‘See, I am placing in Zion a choice and precious corner-stone; And those who believe in him will have no cause for shame.’


rate difficulty: And Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Nerijah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

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


simplify: And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:

And let him take them to the priest, who will first give the sin-offering, twisting off its head from its neck, but not cutting it in two;


rate difficulty: Blessed will they be who wash their robes, that they may have the right to approach the Tree of life, and may enter the city by the gates.

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


simplify: That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

none of you overreaching or taking advantage of their fellow follower of the Lord in such matters. ‘The Lord takes vengeance’ on all who do such things, as we have already warned you and solemnly declared.


simplify: And when the sabbath was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, Whence hath this man these things? and, What is the wisdom that is given unto this man, and what mean such mighty works wrought by his hands?

And when the Sabbath day had come, he was teaching in the Synagogue; and a number of people hearing him were surprised, saying, From where did this man get these things? and, What is the wisdom given to this man, and what are these works of power done by his hands?


rate difficulty: And the woman seeth that the tree <FI>is<Fi> good for food, and that it <FI>is<Fi> pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make <FI>one<Fi> wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;

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


simplify: The sin did I do--myself humbling that ye might be exalted, because freely the good news of God I did proclaim to you?

Perhaps you say that I did wrong in humbling myself that you might be exalted — I mean because I told you God’s good news without payment.


simplify: When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

The members of the Council became frantic with rage on hearing this, and were for putting the apostles to death.


simplify: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

One male of the goats for a sin-offering;


simplify: Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Never be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.


rate difficulty: And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

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


simplify: For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.


rate difficulty: And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith Jehovah.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: For it is one rule after another; one line after another; here a little, there a little.

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


rate difficulty: And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;

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


simplify: And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.

And these will be its measures: the north side, four thousand five hundred, and the south side, four thousand five hundred, and on the east side, four thousand five hundred, and on the west side, four thousand five hundred.


simplify: And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

So they gave loud cries, cutting themselves with knives and swords, as was their way, till the blood came streaming out all over them.


rate difficulty: And the great city was [divided] into three parts; and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon was remembered beforeGod to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.


simplify: Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

Ithai, the son of Ribai of Gibeah, of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,


rate difficulty: So David went in flight and got away and came to Ramah, to Samuel, and gave him an account of all Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and were living in Naioth.


simplify: and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,


simplify: Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.

Let your cry come to me, and I will give you an answer, and let you see great things and secret things of which you had no knowledge.


simplify: the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner thereof, and the dead beast shall be his.

The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his.


rate difficulty: And Asa had an army that bare bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: And the eunuch answering Philip said, `I pray thee, about whom doth the prophet say this? about himself, or about some other one?'

“Now,” said the Treasurer, addressing Philip, “tell me, of whom is the prophet speaking? Of himself, or of some one else?”


simplify: Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:

Give ear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord:


rate difficulty: These are the families of the Reubenites: their number was forty-three thousand, seven hundred and thirty.

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


rate difficulty: And now [as] Jehovah liveth, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

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


simplify: And all this hath come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

All this happened in fulfillment of these words of the Lord in the prophet, where he says —


simplify: Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

And they said to him, Ben-hadad says, Your silver and your gold are mine; and your wives and children are mine.


rate difficulty: All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the birds in two.

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