rate difficulty: And Gedor and Ahio and Zechariah and Mikloth.

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simplify: Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

Now from the time when I was made ruler of the people in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year till the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my servants have never taken the food which was the right of the ruler.


simplify: traitors, heady, lofty, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,

treacherous, reckless, and puffed up with pride; they will love pleasure more than they love God;


simplify: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.


simplify: O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth–haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

Go in flight out of Jerusalem, so that you may be safe, you children of Benjamin, and let the horn be sounded in Tekoa, and the flag be lifted up on Beth-haccherem: for evil is looking out from the north, and a great destruction.


simplify: but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; I am not minded to be a judge of these matters.

But if it is a question of words or names or of your law, see to it yourselves; I will not be a judge of such things.


simplify: One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,

One man, running, will give word to another, and one who goes with news will be handing it on to another, to give word to the king of Babylon that his town has been taken from every quarter:


simplify: And there came a cloud overshadowing them, and there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, `This is My Son--the Beloved, hear ye him;'

Then a cloud came down and enveloped them; and from the cloud there came a voice — “This is my dearly loved son; listen to him.”


rate difficulty: Better is a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth no more how to be admonished.

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


simplify: that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,

So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,


simplify: For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,


rate difficulty: Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?

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


rate difficulty: Ye shall not do so unto Jehovah yourGod;

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


simplify: And Jesus said to her, `Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast <FI>it<Fi> to the little dogs.'

“Let the children be satisfied first,”answered Jesus. “For it is not fair to take the children’s food, and throw it to dogs.”


rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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


rate difficulty: Adina, the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him;

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


simplify: I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false;

I have knowledge of your doings, and of your hard work and long waiting, and that you will not put up with evil men, and have put to the test those who say they are Apostles and are not, and have seen that they are false;


simplify: How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers:


simplify: These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.


rate difficulty: And he saith, `Peace to you, fear not: your God and the God of your father hath given to you hidden treasure in your bags, your money came unto me;' and he bringeth out Simeon unto them.

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


rate difficulty: And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

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


simplify: Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and that could order the battle array, and were not of double heart.

Of Zebulun, there were fifty thousand men, who went out with the army, expert in ordering the fight, to give help with all sorts of arms; true-hearted men.


simplify: And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them.


simplify: Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

Now about things offered to images: we all seem to ourselves to have knowledge. Knowledge gives pride, but love gives true strength.


rate difficulty: And Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

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


rate difficulty: And assembled unto the king are all the men of Israel in the feast--it <FI>is<Fi> the seventh month;

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


simplify: And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:

And then if any man says to you, See, here is Christ; or, See, there; have no faith in it:


simplify: Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.


simplify: And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

The twelve gates were made of twelve pearls, each gate of one pearl. The street of the city was of pure gold, transparent as glass.


simplify: Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

Which things have a secret sense; because these women are the two agreements; one from the mountain of Sinai, giving birth to servants, which is Hagar.


simplify: and the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the captain of his host was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.

The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz; the captain of his army was Abner, the son of Ner, brother of Saul's father.


rate difficulty: Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.


simplify: In like manner also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,


rate difficulty: And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

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


rate difficulty: And if ye are Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, heirs according to promise.

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


rate difficulty: `When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations--whither thou art going in to possess them--from thy presence, and thou hast possessed them, and hast dwelt in their land--

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

So now send the news quickly to David, and say, Do not take your night's rest by the way across the river to the waste land, but be certain to go over; or the king and all the people with him will come to destruction.


simplify: Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

But God released him from the pangs of death and raised him to life, it being impossible for death to retain its hold on him.


rate difficulty: And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

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


rate difficulty: And it shall be, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.


rate difficulty: They were not able to see one another, and no one got up from his place for three days: but where the children of Israel were living it was light.


rate difficulty: And I saw that they had edges, and their edges, even of the four, were full of eyes round about.

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


simplify: Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.

Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.


simplify: For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, of his God, of Jehovah of hosts; though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

For Israel has not been given up, or Judah, by his God, by the Lord of armies; for their land is full of sin against the Holy One of Israel.


simplify: And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.

And Peter had come after him at a distance, even into the house of the high priest; and he was seated with the captains, warming himself in the light of the fire.


rate difficulty: But no one either in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the book or look within it.

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


rate difficulty: For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy [to be compared] with the coming glory to be revealed to us.

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


rate difficulty: And Abimelech abideth in Arumah, and Zebul casteth out Gaal and his brethren from dwelling in Shechem.

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


simplify: And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges.


rate difficulty: And the king said, If anyone says anything to you, make him come to me, and he will do you no more damage.


simplify: Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

for they try to prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles with a view to their salvation, and so are always ‘filling up the measure of their iniquity.’ But the wrath of God has come upon them to the full!


rate difficulty: And the servants of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-Hadad sent out, and they told him saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

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


simplify: And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord, even burnt offerings morning and evening.

They put the altar on its base; for fear was on them because of the people of the countries: and they made burned offerings on it to the Lord, even burned offerings morning and evening.


simplify: As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.


simplify: So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me.

So I went and put it in a secret place by Parah, as the Lord had said to me.


rate difficulty: But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

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


simplify: And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.

And there will be a great cry through all the land of Egypt, such as never has been or will be again.


simplify: And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Paltiel the son of Laish.

So Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband Paltiel, the son of Laish.


simplify: And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

And anyone touching her bed will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.


simplify: The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks;

The conies are only a feeble people, but they make their houses in the rocks;


simplify: They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.

How is it broken down! how is Moab's back turned in shame! so Moab will be a cause of sport and of fear to everyone round about him.


simplify: now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.'

So we want you now, with the consent of the Council, to suggest to the commanding officer that he should bring Paul down before you, as though you intended to go more fully into his case; but, before he comes here, we will be ready to make away with him.”


rate difficulty: And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked Jehovah theGod of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done.


rate difficulty: having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.

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


simplify: And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.

And Jesus got up and went after him, and so did his disciples.


simplify: And they all laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of these things.

And they all made an attack on Sosthenes, the ruler of the Synagogue, and gave him blows before the judge's seat; but Gallio gave no attention to these things.


rate difficulty: And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath made naked her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.


rate difficulty: And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And it was not written on his account alone, that it was reckoned to him,

Now these words — ‘it was regarded as righteousness’ — were not written with reference to Abraham only;


rate difficulty: To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.

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


rate difficulty: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

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


simplify: and spake unto them, saying, Return with much wealth unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

And said to them, Go back with much wealth to your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver and gold and brass and iron, and with a very great store of clothing; give your brothers a part of the goods taken in the war.


rate difficulty: Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

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


simplify: All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

All you who are round about him, give signs of grief for him, and all you who have knowledge of his name, say, How is the strong rod broken, even the beautiful branch!


simplify: And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En–gedi; six cities with their villages.

And Nibshan, and the Town of Salt, and En-gedi; six towns with their unwalled places.


rate difficulty: There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.

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


simplify: For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which ye show toward all the saints,

For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints,


rate difficulty: When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.

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


simplify: And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

And one of them said, O my lord, I and this woman are living in the same house; and I gave birth to a child by her side in the house.


simplify: For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?

If it is I who cause you pain, why, who is there to cheer me, except the person whom I am paining?


rate difficulty: And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.

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


rate difficulty: Six months later the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

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


simplify: Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:


rate difficulty: I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.


simplify: And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:

Give her to Eleazar the priest and let him take her outside the tent-circle and have her put to death before him.


simplify: for a door to me hath been opened--great and effectual--and withstanders <FI>are<Fi> many.

for a great opening for active work has presented itself, and there are many opponents.


simplify: So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required;

So he made Asaph and his brothers keep their places there before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, to do whatever had to be done before the ark at all times day by day:


simplify: And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.

And Saul said, I will give her to him, so that she may be a cause of danger to him, and so that the hands of the Philistines may be against him. So Saul said to David, Today you are to become my son-in-law for the second time.


simplify: Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?

Will you not, from this time, make your prayer to me, crying, My father, you are the friend of my early years?


simplify: And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

And you are to take your food by weight, twenty shekels a day: you are to take it at regular times.


simplify: And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways will be lifted up.


rate difficulty: And Jesus answering them, began to say, `Take heed lest any one may lead you astray,

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


simplify: And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers-in-wait of Israel brake forth out of their place, even out of Maareh-geba.

So all the men of Israel got up and put themselves in fighting order at Baal-tamar: and those who had been waiting secretly to make a surprise attack came rushing out of their place on the west of Geba.


simplify: and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;

And by this we know that we have learned to know him — by our laying his commands to heart.


rate difficulty: and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us.

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


rate difficulty: And she saith unto her, `All that thou sayest--I do.'

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


rate difficulty: And Jephthah took an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give the children of Ammon into my hands,

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


simplify: Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king;


rate difficulty: And it came to pass as she spoke to Joseph day by day and he hearkened not to her, to lie with her [and] to be with her,

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


rate difficulty: And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.

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


rate difficulty: Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

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


simplify: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,

Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the purpose of God, and Timothy our brother,


simplify: The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.


rate difficulty: And David reigned over all Israel; and he executed justice and righteousness unto all his people.

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


simplify: And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall stand upon the land,

And all the boatmen, the seamen and those who are expert at guiding a ship through the sea, will come down from their ships and take their places on the land;


simplify: and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.

And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.


rate difficulty: The store of meal did not come to an end, and the bottle was never without oil, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah.

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


rate difficulty: The pillars of the heavens tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.

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


rate difficulty: And sons of Benjamin <FI>are<Fi> at Geba, Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-El, and its small towns,

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


rate difficulty: And it hath come to pass, in that day, In the day of the coming in of Gog against the land of Israel, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Come up doth My fury in My face,

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simplify: And he goeth up into the mountain, and calleth unto him whom he himself would; and they went unto him.

And he went up into the mountain, and sent for those whom it was his pleasure to have with him: and they went to him.


simplify: And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

And all those who were in the Sanhedrin, looking at him, saw that his face was like the face of an angel.


rate difficulty: As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

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


simplify: they shall not hunger any more, nor may the sun fall upon them, nor any heat,

Never again will they be hungry, never again will they be thirsty, nor will the sun smite them, nor any scorching heat;


simplify: And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

He will put up his engines of war against your walls, and your towers will be broken down by his axes.


simplify: We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech you on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.

So we are the representatives of Christ, as if God was making a request to you through us: we make our request to you, in the name of Christ, be at peace with God.


simplify: But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.

But when King David had news of all these things he was very angry; but he did not make trouble for Amnon his son, for he was dear to David, being his oldest son.


rate difficulty: For we are conscious that all living things are weeping and sorrowing in pain together till now.


rate difficulty: But Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.

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


rate difficulty: and Abimelech son of Jerubbaal goeth to Shechem, unto his mother's brethren, and speaketh unto them, and unto all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

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


simplify: But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

“You do not know what you are asking,”Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup that I am to drink? Or receive the baptism that I am to receive?”


simplify: And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

And they took off his clothing, and put on him a red robe.


rate difficulty: Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

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rate difficulty: With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.


rate difficulty: for on the first of the month he hath founded the ascent from Babylon, and on the first of the fifth month he hath come in unto Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him,

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simplify: For ye are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.

For you are about to go over Jordan to take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, and it will be your resting-place.


rate difficulty: But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

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


simplify: But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden-house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot: and they smote him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

Now when Ahaziah, king of Judah, saw this, he went in flight by the way of the garden house. And Jehu came after him and said, Put him to death in the same way; and they gave him a death-wound in his carriage, on the slope up to Gur, by Ibleam; and he went in flight to Megiddo, where death came to him.


simplify: and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasures.

And Shebuel, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was controller of the stores.


simplify: And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.


rate difficulty: And he that eateth it shall bear his iniquity; for he hath profaned the hallowed thing of Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his peoples.

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rate difficulty: And thou, Beth-Lehem Ephratah, Little to be among the chiefs of Judah! From thee to Me he cometh forth--to be ruler in Israel, And his comings forth <FI>are<Fi> of old, From the days of antiquity.

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


simplify: I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yea, I trod them in mine anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.

I have been crushing the grapes by myself, and of the peoples there was no man with me: in my wrath and in my passion, they were crushed under my feet; and my robes are marked with their life-blood, and all my clothing is red.


simplify: In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah: it shall be a statute for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

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


simplify: Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.


simplify: For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

Every builder was working with his sword at his side. And by my side was a man for sounding the horn.


simplify: this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,

That is not the wisdom which comes from above; no, it is earthly, animal, devilish.


rate difficulty: And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer.

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simplify: And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.

And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;


simplify: And David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

And David's two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel, had been made prisoners.


simplify: Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;


simplify: for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'

For anyone who does the will of my Father who is in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”


rate difficulty: But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not prepared [himself] nor done his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes];

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simplify: then, also, those having fallen asleep in Christ did perish;

Yes, and they, who have passed to their rest in union with Christ, perished!


rate difficulty: For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;


simplify: And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

Then Gideon went in and made ready a young goat, and with an ephah of meal he made unleavened cakes: he put the meat in a basket and the soup in which it had been cooked he put in a pot, and he took it out to him under the oak-tree and gave it to him there.


simplify: Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

Make me well, O Lord, and I will be well; be my saviour, and I will be safe: for you are my hope.


simplify: Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with fearfulness;

Son of man, take your food with shaking fear, and your water with trouble and care;


rate difficulty: Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

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simplify: For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

The Son of Man has come to ‘search for those who are lost’ and to save them.”


rate difficulty: Then He uncovereth the ear of men, And for their instruction sealeth:

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


simplify: Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

And the wind, lifting me up, took me in the visions of God into Chaldaea, to those who had been taken away as prisoners. So the vision which I had seen went away from me.


simplify: And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.


simplify: And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

And great drops of ice, every one about the weight of a talent, came down out of heaven on men: and men said evil things against God because of the punishment of the ice-drops; for it is very great.


rate difficulty: You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it!


rate difficulty: and Jehovah cometh unto Balaam, and setteth a word in his mouth, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'

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


rate difficulty: And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:

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simplify: And Israel joined himself unto Baal–peor: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel.

So Israel had relations with the women of Moab in honour of the Baal of Peor: and the Lord was moved to wrath against Israel.


rate difficulty: Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

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


rate difficulty: yea and a sword shall pierce through thine own soul; that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.

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


rate difficulty: The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

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simplify: Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;

In this way Abimelech was rewarded by God for the evil he had done to his father in putting his seventy brothers to death;


rate difficulty: Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

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


rate difficulty: He who puts an ox to death puts a man to death; he who makes an offering of a lamb puts a dog to death; he who makes a meal offering makes an offering of pig's blood; he who makes an offering of perfumes for a sign gives worship to an image: as they have gone after their desires, and their soul takes pleasure in their disgusting things;

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


rate difficulty: And a man ran, and, soaking a sponge in common wine, put it on the end of a rod, and offered it to him to drink, saying as he did so: “Wait and let us see if Elijah is coming to take him down.”

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


rate difficulty: Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.

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simplify: The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.


simplify: But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

But, if you follow the guidance of the Spirit, you are not subject to law.


simplify: For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

Do not undo God’s work for the sake of what you eat. Though everything is ‘clean,’ yet, if a person eats so as to put a stumbling-block in the way of others, they do wrong.


rate difficulty: The Lord therefore answered him and said, Hypocrites! does not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the manger and leading [it] away, water [it]?


rate difficulty: who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him and ministered to him; and many others who came up with him to Jerusalem.


simplify: Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

And saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.


rate difficulty: All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?

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


simplify: And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit.


simplify: And it came to pass, on one of the days, that he was teaching, and there were sitting by Pharisees and teachers of the Law, who were come out of every village of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was--to heal them.

On one of those days, when Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and Doctors of the law were sitting near by. (They had come from all the villages in Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was on Jesus, so that he could work cures.)


rate difficulty: and he said to them, `Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'

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


rate difficulty: He had it planted in a good field by great waters so that it might put out branches and have fruit and be a strong vine.

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rate difficulty: Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

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


simplify: then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother’s house.

Then his brother's wife is to come to him, before the responsible men of the town, and take his shoe off his foot, and put shame on him, and say, So let it be done to the man who will not take care of his brother's name.


rate difficulty: `And now, thus dost thou say to My servant, to David, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have taken thee from the habitation, from after the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel,

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And now make confession to Jehovah theGod of your fathers, and do his pleasure, and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign wives.

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


simplify: Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus’ household.

to that proved Christian Apelles; to the household of Aristobulus;


simplify: The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.

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


rate difficulty: And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.


simplify: And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

And the wolf will be living with the lamb, and the leopard will take his rest with the young goat; and the lion will take grass for food like the ox; and the young lion will go with the young ones of the herd; and a little child will be their guide.


simplify: Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

By the seed which fell along the path are meant those who hear the message; but then comes the devil and carries away the message from their minds, to prevent their believing it and being saved.


rate difficulty: This day came ye out in the month Abib.

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


simplify: opening and alleging that it behooved the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom, said he, I proclaim unto you, is the Christ.

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


rate difficulty: Now Samuel did not yet know Jehovah, neither was the word of Jehovah yet revealed unto him.

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simplify: And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers’ houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers’ houses, eight.

And there were more chiefs among the sons of Eleazar than among the sons of Ithamar; and this is how they were grouped: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, all heads of families; and of the sons of Ithamar, heads of families, there were eight.


rate difficulty: And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, What hast thou done to us? And in what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me, and on my kingdom, a great sin? Thou hast done to me deeds that ought not to be done.

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


simplify: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;


rate difficulty: And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.

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


simplify: For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.

And my angel will go before you, guiding you into the land of the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, and they will be cut off by my hand.


simplify: Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

For only to them was the land given, and no strange people were among them:)


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And went after the man of God, and came up with him while he was seated under an oak-tree. And he said to him, Are you the man of God who came from Judah? And he said, I am.

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


simplify: `And if ye seek after anything concerning other matters, in the legal assembly it shall be determined;

But if you want anything more, it will have to be settled in the regular Assembly.


rate difficulty: and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

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simplify: And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him.

And when they came inside the town, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the men who were with him, put them to death and put their bodies into a deep hole.


simplify: who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth,

He ‘never sinned, nor was anything deceitful ever heard from his lips.’


simplify: And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.

In the evening, after sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who were ill or possessed by demons;


rate difficulty: He may take of the bread of God, the holy and the most holy;


simplify: before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah’s anger come upon you.

Before the Lord sends you violently away in flight like the waste from the grain; before the burning wrath of the Lord comes on you, before the day of the Lord's wrath comes on you.


rate difficulty: And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:

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


simplify: I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.


simplify: And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner.

And he took the burned offering, offering it in the ordered way;


simplify: And if an ox gore a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be surely stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

If an ox comes to be the cause of death to a man or a woman, the ox is to be stoned, and its flesh may not be used for food; but the owner will not be judged responsible.


simplify: And when they had sung a hymn, they went out unto the mount of Olives.

And after a song of praise to God they went out to the Mountain of Olives.


simplify: And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

And crying out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What town is like the great town?


rate difficulty: Saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, she who was clothed in delicate linen, and purple, and red; with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels!

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


simplify: For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye saw it, did not even repent yourselves afterward, that ye might believe him.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.


simplify: For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

For it would have been better for them to have had no knowledge of the way of righteousness, than to go back again from the holy law which was given to them, after having knowledge of it.


simplify: Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meal-offering, and the oil, morning by morning, for a continual burnt-offering.

And they are to give the lamb and the meal offering and the oil, morning by morning, for a burned offering at all times.


rate difficulty: And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

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


simplify: Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;


simplify: save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

Give me nothing but the food which the fighting-men who went with me have had; but let Aner and Eshcol and Mamre have their part of the goods.


simplify: Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:


rate difficulty: Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and new wine, but shalt not drink wine.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: and thou hast said unto the ground of Israel: Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I <FI>am<Fi> against thee, And have brought out My sword from its scabbard, And have cut off from thee righteous and wicked.

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


simplify: For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.

For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.


simplify: `And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused:

The next said ‘I have bought five pairs of bullocks, and I am on my way to try them. I must ask you to consider me excused’;


simplify: And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be Jehovah, who hath not left thee this day without a near kinsman; and let his name be famous in Israel.

And the women said to Naomi, A blessing on the Lord, who has not let you be this day without a near relation, and may his name be great in Israel.


simplify: These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.

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


rate difficulty: And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

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


simplify: Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.

Though Edom says, We are crushed down but we will come back, building up the waste places; this is what the Lord of armies has said: They may put up buildings, but I will have them pulled down; and they will be named The land of evil-doing, and The people against whom the Lord keeps his wrath for ever.


simplify: Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

But keep outside till he comes out and gives it to you.


rate difficulty: There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.

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


rate difficulty: And in Shushan the Jews put to death five hundred men.

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


rate difficulty: In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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


simplify: For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.

(For Sadducees say there is no such thing as a resurrection, and that there is neither angel nor spirit, while Pharisees believe in both.)


rate difficulty: Let the wrong-doer continue to do wrong; the filthy-minded continue to be filthy; the righteous continue to act righteously; and the holy-minded continue to be holy.’


simplify: Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

Another parable which Jesus told them was this — “The kingdom of heaven is compared to a person who sowed good seed in their field.


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

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


simplify: And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.

And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.


rate difficulty: He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.


simplify: And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

And going away from Nazareth, he came and made his living-place in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali:


rate difficulty: And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:

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rate difficulty: Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.


rate difficulty: And he made for it two golden rings under the crown thereof, upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it, for places for staves wherewith to bear it.

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


rate difficulty: Behold, days come that all that is in thy house, and what thy fathers have laid up until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left, saith Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: The jar of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by Elijah.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it.

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


simplify: How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

will not the religion that confers the Spirit have still greater glory?


simplify: And Jehovah said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

And the Lord said to him, This is the land about which I made an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, I will give it to your seed: now I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not go in there.


simplify: And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.

And going into the harbour at Syracuse, we were waiting there for three days.


rate difficulty: and ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

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


rate difficulty: lest there be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart is turning to-day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations, lest there be in you a root fruitful of gall and wormwood:

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


rate difficulty: But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.

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


rate difficulty: It is to you, then, who believe in him that he is precious, but to those who do not believe he is ‘a stone which, though rejected by the builders, has now itself become the corner-stone,’

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


rate difficulty: And having said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.


rate difficulty: For though there are those who have the name of gods, in heaven or on earth, as there are a number of gods and a number of lords,

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


simplify: Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of thy hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they thy merchants.

Arabia and all the rulers of Kedar did business with you; in lambs and sheep and goats, in these they did business with you.


simplify: But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children that were crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were moved with indignation,

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the works of power which he did, and the children crying out in the Temple, Glory to the son of David, they were angry and said to him,


rate difficulty: But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

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


simplify: `And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,

Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will turn against their parents, and cause them to be put to death;


simplify: And he made two cherubim of gold; of beaten work made he them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;

And he made two winged ones, hammered out of one bit of gold, for the two ends of the cover;


simplify: Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.

I have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him.


simplify: And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel.

And Hur was the father of Uri; and Uri was the father of Bezalel.


simplify: And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.

I will give back to you the years which were food for the locust, the plant-worm, the field-fly, and the worm, my great army which I sent among you.


simplify: Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, who also himself was waiting for the reign of God, came, boldly entered in unto Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus.

Joseph from Ramah, a Councillor of good position, who was himself living in expectation of the kingdom of God, came and ventured to go in to see Pilate, and to ask for the body of Jesus.


simplify: And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

Then Abijam went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David: and Asa his son became king in his place.


simplify: And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: —  “These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds ‘the Key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and shuts and no one opens’: —


simplify: Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Jehovah.

For this reason, truly, I will make them see, this once I will give them knowledge of my hand and my power; and they will be certain that my name is the Lord.


rate difficulty: It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger.

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


rate difficulty: Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother;

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


rate difficulty: And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-trees, and artificers of wood, and artificers of stone, for walls, and they build a house for David,

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


rate difficulty: The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;

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


simplify: For I say unto you, that none of those men that were bidden shall taste of my supper.

For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast.


simplify: Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith?


simplify: The salutation of <FI>me<Fi> Paul with my hand;

I, Paul, add this greeting in my own handwriting.


simplify: Then said the Lord unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.

And the Lord said to me, Make no prayer for this people for their good.


simplify: which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.


simplify: even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you:


simplify: and said to the judges, Consider what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for Jehovah; and he is with you in the judgment.

And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.


simplify: And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

And it came about in that year, when Zedekiah first became king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah, the son of Azzur the prophet, who came from Gibeon, said to Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, before the priests and all the people,


simplify: And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.


rate difficulty: Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

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


simplify: which he promised afore through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

Of which God had given word before by his prophets in the holy Writings,


simplify: But the father said to his servants, Bring forth quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

But the father said to his servants, Get out the first robe quickly, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet:


rate difficulty: for even when we were with you, we said to you beforehand, that we are about to suffer tribulation, as also it did come to pass, and ye have known <FI>it<Fi> ;

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


simplify: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

and from the heavens there came a voice which said: “This is my dearly loved son, who brings me great joy.”


rate difficulty: and also the priests who are coming nigh unto Jehovah do sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth on them.'

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


rate difficulty: For I verily, being absent in body but present in spirit, have already as though I were present judged him that hath so wrought this thing,

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


simplify: And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?

Crying out to them. And the Danites, turning round, said to Micah, What is your trouble, that you have taken up arms?


simplify: Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have taken for myself: so that you may see and have faith in me, and that it may be clear to you that I am he; before me there was no God formed, and there will not be after me.


simplify: Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:

Do not give back to his master a servant who has gone in flight from his master and come to you:


simplify: And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.


simplify: There were nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.

There were nets of open-work for the crowns on the tops of the pillars, a net of open-work for one and a net of open-work for the other.


rate difficulty: Let not then the sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;


rate difficulty: But everyone will be put to death for the evil which he himself has done: whoever has taken bitter grapes will himself have his teeth put on edge.

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


simplify: For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.

For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.


simplify: This was the word of the Lord which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.

This was what the Lord had said to Jehu, Your sons to the fourth generation will be kings of Israel. And so it came about.


rate difficulty: Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

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


simplify: And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.


simplify: And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.

And they were surprised at his teaching, for his word was with authority.


simplify: if we to-day are examined concerning the good deed to the ailing man, by whom he hath been saved,

since we are on our trial today for a kind act done to a helpless man, and are asked in what way the man here before you has been cured,


simplify: That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you.


rate difficulty: Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

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rate difficulty: Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in those days, that she fell sick, and died: and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber.


simplify: And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.

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


simplify: That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.

So that you will be shamed and made low because of all you have done, when I have mercy on you.


rate difficulty: Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

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


simplify: Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

Lord, they have put your prophets to death, and made waste your altars, and now I am the last, and they are searching for me to take away my life.


simplify: And her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return: and he returned.

And her husband went with her as far as Bahurim, weeping while he went. Then Abner said to him, Go back. And he went back.


rate difficulty: Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?

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


simplify: Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the Lord.

Then Jehoiada the priest gave orders to the captains of hundreds who had authority over the army, saying, Take her outside the lines, and let anyone who goes after her be put to death with the sword. For the priest said, Let her not be put to death in the house of the Lord.


simplify: Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp;

Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?


simplify: And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:

And the priest will put out some of the oil in the hollow of his left hand,


rate difficulty: But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bare to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

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


rate difficulty: For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil.


simplify: If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;

If he has caused you any loss, or owes you anything, charge it to me.


rate difficulty: And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek Jehovah, and proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.

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


simplify: And he answering said, `I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went.

‘Yes, sir,’ he answered; but he did not go.


simplify: And he saith unto the man that had his hand withered, Stand forth.

And he said to the man, Get up and come forward.


simplify: the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written concerning him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up; good were it to him if that man had not been born.'

True, the Son of Man must go, as scripture says of him, yet alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is being betrayed! For that man ‘it would be better never to have been born!’”


simplify: Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.

And all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.


simplify: And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.

Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may go back to your father in peace.


rate difficulty: Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

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


rate difficulty: And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Cesarea, and there abode.

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


simplify: And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

And they give the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and full of wonder are your works, O Lord God, Ruler of all; true and full of righteousness are your ways, eternal King.


rate difficulty: having effaced the handwriting in ordinances which [stood out] against us, which was contrary to us, he has taken it also out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;

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


rate difficulty: And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.

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


simplify: Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

Who put to death the Lord Jesus and the prophets, violently driving us out; who are unpleasing to God and against all men;


simplify: Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.

Give attention, O kings; give ear, O rulers; I, even I, will make a song to the Lord; I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.


simplify: And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.


simplify: And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.


rate difficulty: Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?


simplify: And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.

And, not finding the body of Jesus there, came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels who told them that he was alive.


simplify: He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as one of his adversaries.

His wrath is burning against me, and I am to him as one of his haters.


simplify: And when they had prayed, the place was shaken wherein they were gathered together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.


rate difficulty: And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.

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


simplify: For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.

For before the child is old enough to make a decision between evil and good, the land whose two kings you are now fearing will have become waste.


rate difficulty: For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of one stronger than he.

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


simplify: And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

And when the chief secretary had got the people quiet, he said, Men of Ephesus, is any man without knowledge that the town of Ephesus is the keeper of the holy place of the great Diana, who was sent down from Jupiter?


rate difficulty: These are the commandments and the ordinances which Jehovah commanded by Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

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


simplify: But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

But do not let them persuade you, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, who have taken an oath that they will not eat or drink, until they have made away with him; and they are at this very moment in readiness, counting on your promise.”


simplify: And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the nation, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.

So when all the nation had undergone circumcision, they kept in their tents till they were well again.


simplify: And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.

There I will come face to face with the children of Israel, and the Tent will be made holy by my glory


simplify: one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;

One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;


rate difficulty: What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

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


simplify: And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

And he went up and down among the lions and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.


rate difficulty: And they said, There must be a possession for those of Benjamin that have escaped, that a tribe be not blotted out of Israel.

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


simplify: that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.

That all living things will be made free from the power of death and will have a part with the free children of God in glory.


simplify: therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I showed it thee; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about.


rate difficulty: She is not afraid of her household from snow, For all her household are clothed <FI>with<Fi> scarlet.

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


simplify: Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

Then Asa took all the silver and gold which was still stored in the Lord's house, and in the king's house, and sent them, in the care of his servants, to Ben-hadad, son of Tabrimmon, son of Rezon, king of Aram, at Damascus, saying,


simplify: And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

Then let it be put to death, so that the sides of the altar are marked with its blood.


rate difficulty: And this commandment have we from him, That he that lovesGod love also his brother.

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


simplify: Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

Asher's bread is fat; he gives delicate food for kings.


rate difficulty: in whom ye also [have trusted], having heard the word of the truth, the glad tidings of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, ye have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

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


rate difficulty: And the apostles said to the Lord, `Add to us faith;'

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


simplify: Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

Then why did not you put my money into a bank? And I, on my return, could have claimed it with interest.


rate difficulty: And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.

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


simplify: whereas messengers, in strength and power being greater, do not bear against them before the Lord an evil speaking judgment;

even where angels, though excelling them in strength and power, do not bring against them a malignant charge before the Lord.


simplify: The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,


rate difficulty: Now the king, and all Israel with him, were making offerings before the Lord.


rate difficulty: He sealeth up the hand of every man, That all men whom he hath made may know it.

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


simplify: For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

For the Lord, controlling me with a strong hand, gave me orders not to go in the way of this people, saying,


rate difficulty: These four were born to Raphah, in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.


simplify: Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.

Then Hezekiah the king got up early, and got together the great men of the town, and went up to the house of the Lord.


simplify: and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation?


rate difficulty: Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?


rate difficulty: And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.


rate difficulty: And he did not discern him, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; and he blessed him.


rate difficulty: Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

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


rate difficulty: If therefore thou holdest me to be a partner [with thee], receive him as me;

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


rate difficulty: Through all these forty years your clothing did not get old or your feet become tired.

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


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

These are the words of the Lord: What evil have your fathers seen in me that they have gone far from me, and, walking after what is false, have become false?


simplify: And he was sore athirst, and called on Jehovah, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised.

After this, he was in great need of water, and crying out to the Lord, he said, You have given this great salvation by the hand of your servant, and now need of water will be my death; and I will be given into the hands of this people who are without circumcision.


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

What if God, desiring to let his wrath and his power be seen, for a long time put up with the vessels of wrath which were ready for destruction:


rate difficulty: And their inhabitants are feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up. They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted corn, before it hath risen up.

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


simplify: the <FI>son<Fi> of Serug, the <FI>son<Fi> of Reu, the <FI>son<Fi> of Peleg, the <FI>son<Fi> of Eber,


rate difficulty: Whoever takes any blood for food will be cut off from his people.


simplify: These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?

These two things have come on you; who will be weeping for you? wasting and destruction; death from need of food, and from the sword; how may you be comforted?


simplify: And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

And when you come into the land which the Lord will make yours, as he gave his word, you are to keep this act of worship.


simplify: For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

For he will be like the brushwood in the upland, and will not see when good comes; but his living-place will be in the dry places in the waste land, in a salt and unpeopled land.


rate difficulty: And her loose behaviour became worse; for she saw men pictured on a wall, pictures of the Chaldaeans painted in bright red,

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


rate difficulty: And those who saw him getting sticks took him before Moses and Aaron and all the people.


rate difficulty: And the king saith unto Ziba, `What--these to thee?' and Ziba saith, `The asses for the household of the king to ride on, and the bread and the summer-fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for the wearied to drink in the wilderness.'

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


simplify: Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those dwelling in Mesopotamia, in Judea also, and Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia,

Some of us are Parthians, some Medes, some Elamites; and some of us live in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Roman Asia,


rate difficulty: On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.

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


simplify: then ye may begin to say, We did eat before thee, and did drink, and in our broad places thou didst teach;

Then you will begin to say ‘We have eaten and drunk in your presence, and you have taught in our streets,’ and his reply will be —


rate difficulty: If the serpent bite before enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantage.

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


simplify: Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.

Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord, as in days gone by, and as in past years.


rate difficulty: And when they came out of the Synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

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


simplify: But I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall take refuge in the name of Jehovah.

But I will still have among you a quiet and poor people, and they will put their faith in the name of the Lord.


rate difficulty: and I weighed to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the heave-offering for the house of ourGod, which the king and his counsellors and his princes, and all Israel present, had offered.

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


rate difficulty: Though I had called and He answereth me, I do not believe that He giveth ear <FI>to<Fi> my voice.

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


rate difficulty: And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.

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


simplify: and I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went to Babylon, saith Jehovah; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

And I will let Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, come back to this place, with all the prisoners of Judah who went to Babylon, says the Lord: for I will have the yoke of the king of Babylon broken.


simplify: The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.


simplify: For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.

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


simplify: Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.