simplify: And it came to pass on the morrow after the new moon, which was the second day, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to-day?

And on the day after the new moon, that is, the second day, there was still no one in David's seat: and Saul said to his son Jonathan, Why has the son of Jesse not come to the feast yesterday or today?


rate difficulty: If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

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


rate difficulty: Then king David answered and said, Call to me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.

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


simplify: Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

Go and say in the ears of Jerusalem, The Lord says, I still keep the memory of your kind heart when you were young, and your love when you became my bride; how you went after me in the waste of sand, in an unplanted land.


simplify: Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

Now there was no iron-worker in all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, For fear the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears:


simplify: And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.


simplify: and spake unto him, saying, `Tell us by what authority thou dost these things? or who is he that gave to thee this authority?'

and addressing him, said: “Tell us what authority you have to do these things. Who is it who has given you this authority?”


rate difficulty: And Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah unto Mizpah,

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


simplify: But if I say thus unto the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way; for Jehovah hath sent thee away.

But if I say to the boy, See, the arrow has gone past you: then go on your way, for the Lord has sent you away.


simplify: Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:


simplify: But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

But you are ‘a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, God’s own people,’ entrusted with the proclamation of the goodness of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.


simplify: And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.

And my punishment will be effected on the nations with such burning wrath as they have not had word of.


simplify: And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And it came about in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,


rate difficulty: journeyings many times, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from kindred, perils from nations, perils in city, perils in wilderness, perils in sea, perils among false brethren;

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


simplify: Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,

Now if he has a son who sees all his father's sins which he has done, and in fear does not do the same:


rate difficulty: And he said to him, Go in peace. And he departed from him a little way.

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


rate difficulty: and not only is this department in danger for us of coming into disregard, but also, that of the great goddess Artemis the temple is to be reckoned for nothing, and also her greatness is about to be brought down, whom all Asia and the world doth worship.'

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


simplify: And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

And when it was measured, he who had taken up much had nothing over, and he who had little had enough; every man had taken what he was able to make use of.


simplify: He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor; But he that searcheth after evil, 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.


rate difficulty: The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:

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


simplify: And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the Lord our God for us.

And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Make prayer now to the Lord our God for us.


rate difficulty: Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

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


simplify: Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.

Now my eyes will be open and my ears awake to the prayers made in this place.


simplify: And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

And I say to you ‘Win friends for yourselves with your dishonest money,’ so that, when it comes to an end, there may be a welcome for you into the Eternal Home.


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

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


rate difficulty: One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:


simplify: For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

For in God’s sight this world’s wisdom is folly. Scripture tells of —  ‘One who catches the wise in their own craftiness,’


simplify: For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

For it is my desire to give you news of the great fight I am making for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not seen my face in the flesh;


simplify: Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon’s house, and dress him food.

Then David sent to the house for Tamar and said, Go now to your brother Amnon's house and get a meal for him.


rate difficulty: And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

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


rate difficulty: Now let them put away their whoredom, and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me; and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.


simplify: The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

A voice of one saying, Give a cry! And I said, What is my cry to be? All flesh is grass, and all its strength like the flower of the field.


rate difficulty: And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.


simplify: or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him.

Or in hate gave him blows with his hand, causing death; he who gave the death-blow is to be put to death; he is a taker of life: he whose right it is to give punishment for blood may put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.


simplify: There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who are gone down with the slain; in the terror which they caused by their might they are put to shame; and they lie uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

There are the chiefs of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, who have gone down with those who have been put to the sword: they are shamed on account of all the fear caused by their strength; they are resting there without circumcision, among those who have been put to the sword, and are put to shame with those who go down to the underworld.


simplify: Moreover they that were nigh unto them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victuals of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.

And those who were near, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came with food on asses and camels and mules and oxen, with meal for food and cakes of figs and masses of grapes, and wine and oil and oxen and sheep in great numbers, for there was joy in Israel.


simplify: Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art melted away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

Send out a cry, O door! Make sounds of sorrow, O town! All your land has come to nothing, O Philistia; for there comes a smoke out of the north, and everyone keeps his place in the line.


rate difficulty: For they are my servants whom I took out from the land of Egypt; they may not become the property of another.


simplify: For which is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am in the midst of you as he that serveth.

For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.


simplify: And the princes offered for the dedication of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their oblation before the altar.

And the chiefs gave an offering for the altar on the day when the holy oil was put on it; they made their offering before the altar.


simplify: And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

And the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will be looking on their dead bodies three days and a half, and will not let their dead bodies be put in the earth.


rate difficulty: and bury the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in Zelah, in the burying-place of Kish his father, and do all that the king commanded, and God is entreated for the land afterwards.

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


rate difficulty: And if I put a question to you, you will not give an answer.

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


rate difficulty: We could but make merry and rejoice, for here is your brother who was dead, and is alive; who was lost, and is found.’”


rate difficulty: And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

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


simplify: Those, indeed, therefore, having been scattered abroad, from the tribulation that came after Stephen, went through unto Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none except to Jews only;

Now those who had been scattered in different directions, in consequence of the persecution that followed the death of Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, telling the message — but only to Jews.


simplify: And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

And Abraham went down on his face before the people of the land.


simplify: My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.


rate difficulty: And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

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


rate difficulty: From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.


rate difficulty: Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

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


simplify: `Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls,

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of choice pearls.


simplify: Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

Then the nations came against him from the kingdoms round about: their net was stretched over him and he was taken in the hole they had made.


rate difficulty: Requesting Festus to give effect to their design against him, and send him to Jerusalem, when they would be waiting to put him to death on the way.

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


simplify: Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai and Shaphat in Bashan;


simplify: Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of Jehovah our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of Jehovah our God.

If it is good or if it is evil, we will be guided by the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you; so that it may be well for us when we give ear to the voice of the Lord our God.


rate difficulty: They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.


simplify: And burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:

And he had the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire:


simplify: and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters.

And after the birth of Seth, Adam went on living for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:


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

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


simplify: And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

And since you call on him as ‘Father,’ who judges everyone impartially by what he has done, let respectful awe be the spirit of your lives during the time of your stay on earth.


rate difficulty: All the Nethinim, and the sons of the servants of Solomon <FI>are<Fi> three hundred ninety and two.

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


simplify: Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

See, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who let their tongues say, He has said.


simplify: Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

Truly, you have a secret God, the God of Israel is a Saviour!


rate difficulty: It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.

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


simplify: And Jesus answering said to him--`It hath been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'

But Jesus answered him: “It is said — ‘You must not tempt the Lord your God.’”


simplify: And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

And he said to him, Son, you are with me at all times, and all I have is yours.


simplify: And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

And over Jerusalem will be stretched the line of Samaria and the weight of Ahab; Jerusalem will be washed clean as a plate is washed, and turned over on its face.


simplify: Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.

And has been guided by my rules and has kept my laws and done them: he is upright, life will certainly be his, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.

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


simplify: and her husband hear it, and hold his peace at her in the day that he heareth it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

If her husband, hearing of it, says nothing to her at the time, then the oaths she made and the undertakings she gave will have force.


rate difficulty: And when news of Jesus came to his ears, he sent to him rulers of the Jews, requesting that he would come and make his servant well.

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


simplify: Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

Share hardships with me, as a true soldier of Christ Jesus.


rate difficulty: he hath smitten the Philistines unto Gaza, and its borders, from a tower of watchers unto the fenced city.

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


simplify: The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

The Lord God has taken an oath by his holy name, that the days are coming when they will take you away with hooks, and the rest of you with fish-hooks.


simplify: Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew,

Simon, to whom he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew, his brother, and James and John and Philip and Bartholomew


rate difficulty: For the house of the Lord had been broken up by Athaliah, that evil woman, and her sons; and all its holy things they had given to the Baals.


simplify: For he was amazed, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken;

For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken;


rate difficulty: This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities and their hamlets.


rate difficulty: My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.

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


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

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


rate difficulty: And they put his war-dress in the house of their gods, and put up his head in the house of Dagon.

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


rate difficulty: They did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon <FI>him<Fi> , they caught him, and brought <FI>him<Fi> to the sanhedrim;

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


rate difficulty: And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

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


rate difficulty: For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

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


rate difficulty: And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs in his sight, wherewith he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone:


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said to Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.

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


rate difficulty: My tent is despoiled, and all my cords are broken; my children are gone forth from me, and they are not; there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.


rate difficulty: I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

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


rate difficulty: And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

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


rate difficulty: But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the nations whither they come; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

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


simplify: The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

You may not have sex relations with your father or your mother: she is your mother, you may not take her.


rate difficulty: And Moses cometh in, and recounteth to the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments, and all the people answer--one voice, and say, `All the words which Jehovah hath spoken we do.'

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


simplify: And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

Whoever speaks against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in the present age, or in the age to come.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

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


simplify: Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

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


rate difficulty: A horse is prepared for a day of battle, And the deliverance <FI>is<Fi> of Jehovah!


simplify: Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

Give up to destruction old men and young men and virgins, little children and women: but do not come near any man who has the mark on him: and make a start at my holy place. So they made a start with the old men who were before the house.


rate difficulty: And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides what he gave her of the bounty of king Solomon. And she turned and went to her own land, she and her servants.

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


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

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


simplify: And he presented the ram of the burnt-offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

And he put the male sheep of the burned offering before the Lord, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head,


simplify: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.


rate difficulty: Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

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


simplify: And this house, which is so high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house?

And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?


simplify: And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.

And in answer to the king's questions, the woman gave him all the story. So the king gave orders to one of his unsexed servants, saying, Give her back all her property, and all the produce of her fields from the day when she went away from the land up till now.


simplify: Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?

Then Saul said to his servant, But if we go, what are we to take the man? all our bread is gone, and we have no offering to take to the man of God: what are we to do?


simplify: For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

For all those who do any of these disgusting things will be cut off from among their people.


simplify: And when these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.

And at the end of that time, the king gave a feast for all the people who were present in Shushan, the king's town, small as well as great, for seven days, in the outer square of the garden of the king's house.


rate difficulty: But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war; and God hath commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

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


simplify: Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.

And I said, I will not take care of you: If death comes to any, let death be its fate; if any is cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest take one another's flesh for food.


rate difficulty: And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

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


simplify: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

whose mouths ought to be stopped; for they upset whole households by teaching what they ought not to teach, merely to make questionable gains.


rate difficulty: For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

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


simplify: Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

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


simplify: that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man,

And pray that, in proportion to the wealth of his glory, he will strengthen you with his power by breathing his Spirit into your inmost soul,


rate difficulty: And thou shalt come from thy place out of the uttermost parts of the north, thou, and many peoples with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company and a mighty army;

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


simplify: Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

Then Joab said, I would have made it safe for you. And he took three spears in his hand, and put them through Absalom's heart, while he was still living, in the branches of the tree.


simplify: But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.


rate difficulty: He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.


rate difficulty: And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were:

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


simplify: And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.

Moses put up the House; placing its bases in position and lifting up its uprights, putting in the rods and planting the pillars in their places;


rate difficulty: and are fully prepared to punish every act of rebellion, when once your submission is complete.

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


simplify: I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

My righteousness is near, it is not far off; salvation will come quickly; and I will make Zion free, and give Israel my glory.


rate difficulty: And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

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


simplify: And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand.

And they took away their cattle: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men.


rate difficulty: and it cometh to pass in her bearing, that <FI>one<Fi> giveth out a hand, and the midwife taketh and bindeth on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, `This hath come out first.'

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


simplify: And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

Some, however, of the branches were broken off, and you, who were only a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and came to share with them the root which is the source of the richness of the cultivated olive.


simplify: For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.


rate difficulty: And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.

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


rate difficulty: as to the flesh of the sacrifice of the thank-offering of his peace-offerings, in the day of his offering it is eaten; he doth not leave of it till morning.

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


rate difficulty: whom God set forth to be a propitiation, through faith, in his blood, to show his righteousness because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God;

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


rate difficulty: And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a second son.

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


simplify: hath not My hand made all these things?

Was it not my hand that made all these things?’


rate difficulty: And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

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


simplify: (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;

(For they will have news of your great name and your strong hand and your out-stretched arm;) when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house:


simplify: And having spit on him, they took the reed, and were smiting on his head;

They spat at him and, taking the rod, kept striking him on the head;


rate difficulty: and he who is doing unrighteously shall receive what he did unrighteously, and there is no acceptance of persons.

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


simplify: The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.

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


simplify: which is an earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the acquired possession, to the praise of His glory.

And the Spirit is a pledge of our future heritage, foreshadowing the full redemption of God’s own people — to enhance his glory.


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,

And Jesus at this time was about thirty years old, being the son (as it seemed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,


rate difficulty: And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

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


simplify: And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

And on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.


simplify: For the life is more than the food, and the body than the raiment.

Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing?


simplify: And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

But they had no fear and gave no signs of grief, not the king or any of his servants, after hearing all these words.


simplify: And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord:

And let the priest put his right finger in the oil which is in his left hand, shaking it out with his finger seven times before the Lord;


simplify: Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

Four hundred and thirty-five camels, six thousand, seven hundred and twenty asses.


rate difficulty: Ascribe to Jehovah, ye families of peoples, Ascribe to Jehovah honour and strength.

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


simplify: Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.


simplify: if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.'

If, then, your whole body is lit up, and no corner of it darkened, the whole will be lit up, just as when a lamp gives you light by its brilliance.”


simplify: And this is the sign unto you: Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.

And this is the sign to you: you will see a young child folded in linen, in the place where the cattle have their food.


rate difficulty: And he said to him, Thou shalt love [the] Lord thyGod with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy understanding.

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


simplify: And he brought the people’s offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.

And he made an offering for the people and took the goat of the sin-offering for the people and put it to death, offering it for sin, in the same way as the first.


rate difficulty: So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:

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


simplify: In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand.

Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.


rate difficulty: And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back word to the king, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they are doing.

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


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

Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near;


rate difficulty: They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

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


rate difficulty: Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou <FI>art<Fi> righteous,' Peoples execrate him--nations abhor him.

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


rate difficulty: Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.

Have them lettered on the pillars of your houses and over the doors of your towns.


rate difficulty: It is no longer my pleasure for Saul to be king; for he is turned back from going in my ways, and has not done my orders. And Samuel was very sad, crying to the Lord in prayer all night.


rate difficulty: But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother: and Jonadab was a very wise man.


rate difficulty: that ye may receive her in the Lord, as doth become saints, and may assist her in whatever matter she may have need of you--for she also became a leader of many, and of myself.

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


rate difficulty: And these are they that waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,


simplify: and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

Whatever you do, do it with all your heart, as if working for the Master and not for people,


simplify: and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

And when your herds and your flocks are increased, and your stores of silver and gold, and you have wealth of every sort;


simplify: And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

The disciples, on hearing this, fell on their faces, greatly afraid.


simplify: Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?

Why are times not stored up by the Ruler of all, and why do those who have knowledge of him not see his days?


rate difficulty: But the days will come, when the groom will be taken away from them, and they will fast then — when that day comes.

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


simplify: And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.


simplify: And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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


simplify: And they offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

And they gave as offerings at the opening of this house of God a hundred oxen, two hundred sheep, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, being the number of the tribes of Israel.


simplify: Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

Give no thought to the things which are past; let the early times go out of your minds.


simplify: And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.

May your family be like the family of Perez, the son whom Tamar gave to Judah, from the offspring which the Lord may give you by this young woman.


rate difficulty: O Lord, you are my God; I will give praise to you, I will give honour to your name; for you have done great acts of power; your purposes in the past have been made true and certain in effect.


simplify: And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.

Up to this point the people had been listening to Paul, but at these words they called out: “Kill him! A fellow like this ought not to have been allowed to live!”


simplify: Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah.

The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, It will not be.


simplify: In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

In the day when God will be a judge of the secrets of men, as it says in the good news of which I am a preacher, through Jesus Christ.


simplify: thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):

Will be five shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place (the shekel is twenty gerahs);


simplify: And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

And when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, On your life, O king, I have no idea.


rate difficulty: And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.

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


simplify: And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

And he said, The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour, even mine;


simplify: Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Jehovah a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver, and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

Now see, poor though I am, I have got ready for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold and a million talents of silver; and a weight of brass and iron greater than may be measured; and wood and stone have I made ready, and you may put more to it.


simplify: Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth–el, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.

So one of the priests whom they had taken away as a prisoner from Samaria came back, and, living in Beth-el, became their teacher in the worship of the Lord.


rate difficulty: Did he not say to me, She is my sister? and she, even she said, He is my brother. In the integrity of my heart and in the innocency of my hands have I done this.

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


simplify: Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,

Meleah, Menan, Mattithiah, Nathan, David,


simplify: And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

And Solomon went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father; and Rehoboam his son became king in his place.


rate difficulty: And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.


simplify: And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.

As soon as he realized what had happened, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also known as Mark, where a number of people were gathered together, praying.


rate difficulty: And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.


rate difficulty: And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under color as though they would lay out anchors from the foreship,

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


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


rate difficulty: Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.


simplify: Brethren, it was needful that the scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spake before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to them that took Jesus.

My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,


simplify: for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

For God said — ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Let him who abuses his father or mother suffer death,’


simplify: But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

But there was a division among the people of the town; some were on the side of the Jews and some on the side of the Apostles.


rate difficulty: After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.


simplify: In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

In the third month after the children of Israel went out from Egypt, on the same day, they came into the waste land of Sinai.


simplify: For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

For the Son of man is lord of the Sabbath.


simplify: Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.

Now Joshua was clothed in unclean robes, and he was in his place before the angel.


simplify: and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

And on all the high trees of Lebanon, and on all the strong trees of Bashan;


simplify: And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.

And let every man take a vessel for burning perfumes, and put sweet spices in them; let every man take his vessel before the Lord, two hundred and fifty vessels; you and Aaron and everyone with his vessel.


rate difficulty: and the inhabitant of the land, the Canaanite, see the mourning in the threshing-floor of Atad, and say, `A grievous mourning <FI>is<Fi> this to the Egyptians;' therefore hath <FI>one<Fi> called its name `The mourning of the Egyptians,' which <FI>is<Fi> beyond the Jordan.

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


simplify: And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.

Then Jehu took his bow in his hand, and with all his strength sent an arrow, wounding Joram between the arms; and the arrow came out at his heart, and he went down on his face in his carriage.


rate difficulty: And he that striketh his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.

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


simplify: And behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.

See, I come quickly. A blessing on him who keeps the words of this book of the prophet.


simplify: Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.

Make the horses ready, and get up, you horsemen, and take your places with your head-dresses; make the spears sharp and put on the breastplates.


rate difficulty: And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

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


simplify: And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before Jehovah continually.

And so Aaron will have the names of the children of Israel on the priest's bag over his heart whenever he goes into the holy place, to keep the memory of them before the Lord.


simplify: Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.

Though the angels, who are greater in strength and power, do not make use of violent language against them before the Lord.


rate difficulty: I exhort Euodia, and exhort Syntyche, to be of the same mind in [the] Lord;


simplify: For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

For the nations of the world go in search of all these things: but your Father has knowledge that you have need of them.


simplify: And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

And Ephraim did not make the Canaanites who were living in Gezer go out; but the Canaanites went on living in Gezer among them.


simplify: In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made an order: In connection with the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be put up, the place where they make offerings, and let the earth for the bases be put in place; let it be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide;


simplify: having foreseen, he did speak concerning the rising again of the Christ, that his soul was not left to hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

and referred to the resurrection of the Christ when he said that ‘he had not been abandoned to the place of death, nor had his body undergone corruption.’


simplify: And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

And the chiefs of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Make use of your power over him and see what is the secret of his great strength, and how we may get the better of him, and put bands on him, so that we may make him feeble; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.


rate difficulty: and he said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be for you.


rate difficulty: The watchman hath said, `Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.'

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


simplify: And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, Jehovah is between thee and me for ever.

As for what you and I were talking of, the Lord is between you and me for ever.


simplify: And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,

And in their care are to be all the boards of the Tent, with their rods and pillars and bases, and all the instruments, and all they are used for,


simplify: This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;

This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered.

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


rate difficulty: let him know that he who did turn back a sinner from the straying of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

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


rate difficulty: I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.


simplify: `And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory--to the ages. Amen.

and take us not into temptation,  but deliver us from evil.’


simplify: Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.

Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.


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

And so with you — when you have done all that you have been told, still say ‘We are but useless servants; we have done no more than we ought to have done.’”


simplify: Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

See, I will put her into a bed, and those who make themselves unclean with her, into great trouble, if they go on with her works.


rate difficulty: Even the Lord, the God of armies; the Lord is his name.

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


rate difficulty: His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.

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


rate difficulty: For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

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


simplify: For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.

For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him.


simplify: `Woe to you who have been filled--because ye shall hunger. `Woe to you who are laughing now--because ye shall mourn and weep.

Alas for you who are sated now, for you will hunger. Alas for you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.


rate difficulty: If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?


simplify: And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, went on living for fifteen years after the death of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.


simplify: of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;

Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:


simplify: So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:

So she went, and came to Mount Carmel, to the man of God. And when the man of God saw her coming in his direction, he said to Gehazi, his servant, See, there is the Shunammite;


simplify: Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are those who have been persecuted in the cause of righteousness,  for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.


simplify: The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge,


rate difficulty: — even Jehovah, theGod of hosts, — Jehovah is his memorial.

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


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


rate difficulty: Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.

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


rate difficulty: Barnabas, however, taking him by the hand, brought him to the apostles, and told them the whole story of how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord, and how the Lord had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out fearlessly in the name of Jesus.

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


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


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

O you hope of Israel, its saviour in time of trouble, why are you like one who is strange in the land, and like a traveller putting up his tent for a night?


rate difficulty: Fools, has not he who has made the outside made the inside also?

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


simplify: and if a house against itself be divided, that house cannot be made to stand;

and when a household is divided against itself, it will not be able to last.


simplify: and they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and the way of God in truth thou dost teach, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men;

They sent their disciples, with the Herodians, to say to him: “Teacher, we know that you are an honest person, and that you teach the way of God honestly, and are not afraid of anyone; for you pay no regard to a person’s position.


simplify: And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

And Jeremiah made a song of grief for Josiah; and to this day Josiah is named by all the makers of melody, men and women, in their songs of grief; they made it a rule in Israel; and the songs are recorded among the songs of grief.


simplify: And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.

Now it was Moses' way to put up the Tent of meeting outside the tent-circle, at some distance away; giving it the name of The Tent of meeting. And everyone desiring to make his prayer to the Lord went to the Tent of meeting outside the tent-circle.


simplify: Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

“Sir, we remember that, during his lifetime, that impostor said ‘I will rise after three days.’


rate difficulty: And Ishmerai and Izliah and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;

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


simplify: Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

Who was put to death for our evil-doing, and came to life again so that we might have righteousness.


simplify: For those days shall be tribulation, such as there hath not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never shall be.

For in those days there will be sorrow, such as there has not been from the time when God made the world till now, and will not ever be again.


simplify: making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands


rate difficulty: All the fighting-men came up and took away Saul's body and the bodies of his sons, and took them to Jabesh, and put their bones to rest under the oak-tree in Jabesh, and took no food for seven days.

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


simplify: If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:

If there is no food in the land, if there is disease, if the fruits of the earth are damaged by heat or water, locust or worm; if their towns are shut in by their attackers: whatever trouble or whatever disease there may be:


simplify: Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

Destruction and Death say, We have only had word of it with our ears.


rate difficulty: And in answer he said to them, I will put a question to you, and do you give me an answer:


simplify: But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the Lord God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of families in Israel said to them, You have no part with us in the building of a house for our God; we ourselves will do the work together for the Lord, the God of Israel, as Cyrus, king of Persia, has given us orders.


rate difficulty: Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.

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


simplify: And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

And his family will be named in Israel, The house of him whose shoe has been taken off.


rate difficulty: And from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the edge of Debir;


simplify: I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.

It is, then, through my union with Christ Jesus that I have a proud confidence in my work for God.


simplify: But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and Jehovah will forgive her.

But if her husband, on hearing of it, made them without force or effect, then whatever she has said about her oaths or her undertaking has no force: her husband has made them without effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.


simplify: In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.

Jesus at the same time said to the crowds: “Have you come out, as if after a robber, with swords and clubs, to take me? I have sat teaching day after day in the Temple Courts, and yet you did not arrest me.”


simplify: He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.

To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat.


simplify: And he, fastening his eyes upon him, and being affrighted, said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are gone up for a memorial before God.

And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.


rate difficulty: When it was full, they hauled it up on the beach, and sat down and sorted the good fish into baskets, but threw the worthless ones away.

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


simplify: and they, having taken him, did severely beat <FI>him<Fi> , and did send him away empty.

but they seized him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.


rate difficulty: Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

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


simplify: Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh.

So Jephthah went with the responsible men of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah said all these things before the Lord in Mizpah.


simplify: He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.


simplify: And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab’s children, saying,

Now there were in Samaria seventy of Ahab's sons. And Jehu sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of the town, and to the responsible men, and to those who had the care of the sons of Ahab, saying,


rate difficulty: And the cities at the extremity of the tribe of the sons of Judah are unto the border of Edom in the south, Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,

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


simplify: And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;


simplify: Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

Will a man keep back from God what is right? But you have kept back what is mine. But you say, What have we kept back from you? Tenths and offerings.


rate difficulty: And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

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


rate difficulty: And the field and the hollow rock were handed over to Abraham as his property by the children of Heth.

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


rate difficulty: Then, after washing his face, he came out, and controlling his feelings said, Put food before us.

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


simplify: and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch:

This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said of you, O Baruch:


rate difficulty: And this is what the Lord said to Moses: Go to Pharaoh and say to him, The Lord says, Let my people go so that they may give me worship.

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


rate difficulty: Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

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


simplify: For thus saith the Lord touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:

For this is what the Lord has said about Shallum, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who became king in place of Josiah his father, who went out from this place: He will never come back there again:


rate difficulty: but as ye have share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, that in the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exultation.

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


simplify: Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.

But the Lord your God would not give ear to Balaam, but let the curse be changed into a blessing to you, because of his love for you.


simplify: And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.

And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has given me orders and has said to me, Say nothing to anyone about the business on which I am sending you and the orders I have given you: and a certain place has been fixed to which the young men are to go.


simplify: And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.

So in the morning Balaam got up and, making his ass ready, went with the chiefs of Moab.


rate difficulty: The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.

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


rate difficulty: But thou and thy sons with thee shall attend to your priesthood for all that concerneth the altar, and for that which is inside the veil; and ye shall perform the service: I give you your priesthood as a service of gift, and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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


simplify: Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah’s people to transgress.

No, my sons, the account which is given me, which the Lord's people are sending about, is not good.


rate difficulty: For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.

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


rate difficulty: and it cometh to pass, at the end of four hundred and thirty years--yea, it cometh to pass in this self-same day--all the hosts of Jehovah have gone out from the land of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: Then Solomon, and all the men of Israel with him, went to the high place at Gibeon, because the Tent of meeting of God, which Moses, the servant of the Lord, had made in the waste land, was there.

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


simplify: Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Do not let us grow vain, and provoke or envy one another.


simplify: The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The nineteenth Mallothi, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


simplify: And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.

And when news of Jesus came to his ears, he sent to him rulers of the Jews, requesting that he would come and make his servant well.


simplify: And all the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over against window in three ranks.

And all the doors and windows had square frames, with the windows facing one another in three lines.


rate difficulty: And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt, from the torrent of Egypt to the river Euphrates.


rate difficulty: And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.

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


rate difficulty: And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

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


rate difficulty: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

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


rate difficulty: Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

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


simplify: But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.

But Jesus took him by the hand, lifting him up; and he got up.


simplify: But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.


rate difficulty: And hearing it, they all, with one mind, made prayer to God and said, O Lord, maker of heaven and earth and the sea and all things in them:

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


simplify: And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

So a great uproar ensued, and some of the Teaches of the law belonging to the Pharisees’ party stood up and hotly protested: “We find nothing whatever wrong in this man. Suppose a spirit did speak to him, or an angel...”


rate difficulty: `Remember, I pray Thee, the word that Thou didst command Moses Thy servant, saying, Ye--ye trespass--I scatter you among peoples;

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


simplify: Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.


simplify: And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;

And Ebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah, to great Zidon;


rate difficulty: And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

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


simplify: Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words.

And now, O Job, give ear to my words, and take note of all I say.


rate difficulty: And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

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


simplify: Nevertheless a fountain or a pit wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcass shall be unclean.

But at the same time a fountain or a place where water is stored for use will be clean; but anyone touching their dead bodies will be unclean.


rate difficulty: The burden of the wilderness of the sea. `Like hurricanes in the south for passing through, From the wilderness it hath come, From a fearful land.


simplify: For if ye turn again unto the Lord, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.

For if you come back to the Lord, those who took away your brothers and your children will have pity on them, and let them come back to this land: for the Lord your God is full of grace and mercy, and his face will not be turned away from you if you come back to him.


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

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


rate difficulty: After some time some of them laid a plot to kill Saul,

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


simplify: And he went out, and followed; and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.

And he went out after him; and he was not certain if what was done by the angel was a fact, for it seemed to him that he was seeing a vision.


simplify: as ye know how we dealt with each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging you, and testifying,

Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,


rate difficulty: The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

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


simplify: But I write the more boldly unto you in some measure, as putting you again in remembrance, because of the grace that was given me of God,

But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,


simplify: How say ye, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?

How say you, We are men of war and strong fighters?


simplify: Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father’s sons shall bow down before thee.

To you, Judah, will your brothers give praise: your hand will be on the neck of your haters; your father's sons will go down to the earth before you.


simplify: And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals, of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

And the bases of the pillars were of brass; their hooks and the bands round the tops of them were of silver; all the pillars were ringed with silver.


rate difficulty: Righteous art thou, Jehovah, when I plead with thee; yet will I speak with thee of [thy] judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

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


rate difficulty: If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds' dwellings!

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


simplify: And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them, and they were amazed, and following they were afraid. And having again taken the twelve, he began to tell them the things about to happen to him,

One day, when they were on their way, going up to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in front of the apostles, who were filled with misgivings; while those who were following behind were alarmed. Gathering the Twelve around him once more, Jesus began to tell them what was about to happen to him.


simplify: Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

“The harvest,”he said, “is abundant, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray to the owner of the harvest to send laborers to gather in his harvest.


rate difficulty: For in the law of Moses it is said —  ‘You should not muzzle a bullock while it is treading out the grain.’  Is it the bullocks that God is thinking of?


simplify: Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

And all these curses will come after you and overtake you, till your destruction is complete; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, or keep his laws and his orders which he gave you:


rate difficulty: and another messenger did come, and he stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given to him much perfume, that he may give <FI>it<Fi> to the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar that <FI>is<Fi> before the throne,

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


simplify: And when they heard this they were filled with wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

And hearing this, they were very angry, crying out and saying, Great is Diana of Ephesus.


simplify: And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

And anyone on whom the unclean man puts his hands, without washing them in water, is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.


simplify: And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.

And Jesus said to him sharply, Be quiet, and come out of him.


rate difficulty: and they went away. `Again, having gone forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did in like manner.

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


simplify: The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

The sons of Judah, Er and Onan: and Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan.


simplify: For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.


rate difficulty: And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

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


rate difficulty: And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

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


simplify: And one shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

On the right a man was cutting off bits and was still in need; on the left a man took a meal but had not enough; no man had pity on his brother; every man was making a meal of the flesh of his neighbour.


simplify: and he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy-seat on the east; and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.

And let him take some of the blood of the ox, shaking drops of it from his finger on the cover of the ark on the east side, and before it, seven times.


rate difficulty: for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


simplify: The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

The pains of a woman in childbirth will come on him: he is an unwise son, for at this time it is not right for him to keep his place when children come to birth.


rate difficulty: within thy gates thou dost eat it, the unclean and the clean alike, as the roe, and as the hart.

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


simplify: And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.

Everyone was awe-struck and began praising God. “A great prophet has arisen among us,” they said; “and God has visited his people.”


simplify: And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait for the sons of men.

And the rest of Jacob will be among the mass of peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which may not be kept back by man, or be waiting for the sons of men.


rate difficulty: The highways are waste, no man is journeying there: the agreement is broken, he has made sport of the towns, he has no thought for man.


rate difficulty: And he put them all on the hands of Aaron and on the hands of his sons, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

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


simplify: Having, then, these promises, beloved, may we cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God;

With these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that pollutes either body or spirit, and, in deepest respect for God, aim at perfect holiness.


simplify: And Aaron spake unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin-offering and their burnt-offering before Jehovah; and there have befallen me such things as these: and if I had eaten the sin-offering to-day, would it have been well-pleasing in the sight of Jehovah?

And Aaron said to Moses, You have seen that today they have made their sin-offering and their burned offering before the Lord, and such things as these have come on me. If I had taken the sin-offering as food today, would it have been pleasing to the Lord?


simplify: And from the daughter of Zion all her majesty is departed: Her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, And they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

And all her glory has gone from the daughter of Zion: her rulers have become like harts with no place for food, and they have gone in flight without strength before the attacker.


rate difficulty: For he taught them like one who had authority, and not like their teachers of the law.

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


rate difficulty: And I look, and lo, a tempestuous wind is coming from the north, a great cloud, and fire catching itself, and brightness to it round about, and out of its midst as the colour of copper, out of the midst of the fire.

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


simplify: and what agreement to the sanctuary of God with idols? for ye are a sanctuary of the living God, according as God said--`I will dwell in them, and will walk among <FI>them<Fi> , and I will be their God, and they shall be My people,

What agreement can you be between a temple of God and idols? And we are a temple of the living God. That is what God meant when he said —  ‘I will live among them, and walk among them; And I will be their God, and they will be my people.


simplify: And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

They went forward for the first time on their journey as the Lord had given orders by the hand of Moses.


simplify: And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their work? get back to your work.


simplify: therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies that Jehovah shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

For this cause you will become servants to those whom the Lord your God will send against you, without food and drink and clothing, and in need of all things: and he will put a yoke of iron on your neck till he has put an end to you.


simplify: and they were giving heed to him, because of his having for a long time amazed them with deeds of magic.

And they paid attention to him because they had for a long time been mystified by his magic arts.


simplify: Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.


rate difficulty: And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

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


rate difficulty: And Cornelius said, Four days ago I had been [fasting] unto this hour, and the ninth [I was] praying in my house, and lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

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


rate difficulty: And Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who <FI>is<Fi> over the house, cometh in, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the remembrancer, unto Hezekiah, with rent garments, and they declare to him the words of the chief of the butlers.

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


simplify: When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:

When one came to me with the news of Saul's death, in the belief that it would be good news, I took him and put him to death in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news:


rate difficulty: that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of them that sit thereon, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, and small and great.


simplify: In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

In his days, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up and Jehoiakim was his servant for three years; then he took up arms against him.


simplify: And ye shall keep it a feast unto Jehovah seven days in the year: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations; ye shall keep it in the seventh month.

And let this feast be kept before the Lord for seven days in the year: it is a rule for ever from generation to generation; in the seventh month let it be kept.


simplify: Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?

Or for an egg, will give him a scorpion?


rate difficulty: When the apostles returned, they related to Jesus all that they had done. Then Jesus went privately to a town called Bethsaida, taking the apostles with him.

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


simplify: And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

And I will let wonders be seen in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and pillars of smoke.


rate difficulty: AndGod appeared to Jacob again after he had come from Padan-Aram, and blessed him.


rate difficulty: But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?

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


rate difficulty: And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:

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


rate difficulty: And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

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


simplify: Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

Never do we put an obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.


simplify: And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

Say then what your payment is to be and I will give it.


simplify: And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.


rate difficulty: Also, all the heads of the priests, and the people, having multiplied to commit a trespass according to all the abominations of the nations, and they defile the house of Jehovah that He hath sanctified in Jerusalem.

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


simplify: But what things were to me gains, these I have counted, because of the Christ, loss;

But all the things which I once held to be gains I have now, for the Christ’s sake, come to count as loss.