rate difficulty: Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

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


simplify: now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity for ever; that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well-being for ever; so that you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for ever.


simplify: His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth.


simplify: And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.


rate difficulty: The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

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


rate difficulty: If anyone comes to you not having this teaching, do not take him into your house or give him words of love:

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


simplify: And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.

And Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica. And all the people living in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.


rate difficulty: And the princes have brought in the shoham stones, and the stones for settings, for the ephod, and for the breastplate,

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


rate difficulty: Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.

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


simplify: And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,

And they came again to Jerusalem: and while he was walking in the Temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority:


simplify: And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

and took them before the Magistrates.   “These men are causing a great disturbance in our town,” they complained;


simplify: And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

And they put the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their order, for the worship of God at Jerusalem; as it is recorded in the book of Moses.


rate difficulty: He went to see Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate ordered it to be given him.


simplify: therefore from their fruits ye shall know them.

So it is by the fruit of their lives that you will know such people.


rate difficulty: Ye are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain cannot be hid.

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


simplify: But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.


simplify: For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In the way of glory he has sent me to the nations which have taken your goods: for anyone touching you is touching what is most dear to him.


simplify: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.


rate difficulty: My covenant with him was of life and peace, and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and trembled before my name.

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


simplify: And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:

When you came to this place, Sihon, king of Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, came out to make war against us and we overcame them:


rate difficulty: And he having gone into the boat, the demoniac was calling on him that he may be with him,


rate difficulty: And on the limit of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side: Ephraim, one part.


simplify: God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.


rate difficulty: For nothing is hid, that shall not be made manifest; nor anything secret, that shall not be known and come to light.


rate difficulty: Jehovah as a mighty one goeth forth. As a man of war He stirreth up zeal, He crieth, yea, He shrieketh, Against His enemies He showeth Himself mighty.

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


simplify: Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.


simplify: And in that day, saith Jehovah, there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.

And in that day, says the Lord, there will be the sound of a cry from the fish doorway, and an outcry from the new town, and a great thundering from the hills, and cries of grief from the people of the Hollow;


rate difficulty: Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: it is a solemn assembly; ye shall do no servile work.

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


simplify: And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.

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


rate difficulty: And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness <FI>is<Fi> as noon.

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


rate difficulty: And further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land, that I would not take them into the land which I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands;

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


rate difficulty: And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.

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


simplify: Now will I shortly pour out my wrath upon thee, and accomplish mine anger against thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways; and I will bring upon thee all thine abominations.

Now, in a little time, I will let loose my passion on you, and give full effect to my wrath against you, judging you for your ways, and sending punishment on you for all your disgusting works.


rate difficulty: But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

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


rate difficulty: Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.

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


simplify: And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

And on the Sabbath after, almost all the town came together to give hearing to the word of God.


simplify: and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;

And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;


simplify: Then, indeed, Festus answered that Paul is kept in Caesarea, and himself is about speedily to go on thither,

But Festus answered that Paul was in prison at Caesarea, and that he himself would be leaving for that place shortly.


rate difficulty: An oath that He sware to Abraham our father,

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


simplify: And the sixth messenger did pour out his vial upon the great river, the Euphrates, and dried up was its water, that the way of the kings who are from the rising of the sun may be made ready;

Then the sixth angel emptied his bowl on the great river Euphrates; and the water in the river was dried up, so that the road for the kings of the East might be made ready.


rate difficulty: And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

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


rate difficulty: and I rise in the morning to suckle my son, and lo, dead; and I consider concerning it in the morning, and lo, it was not my son whom I did bear.'

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


simplify: and Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet,

And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet;


rate difficulty: And of Levi he said,  Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

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


simplify: As he hath done this day, so the Lord hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you.

What has been done this day, has been ordered by the Lord to take away your sin.


simplify: And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

The heavens disappeared like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.


simplify: one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;

One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;


simplify: And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.

And God-fearing men put Stephen's body in its last resting-place, making great weeping over him.


rate difficulty: and first it behoveth him to suffer many things, and to be rejected by this generation.

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


rate difficulty: And Joshua turneth back, and all Israel with him, unto the camp at Gilgal.

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


simplify: For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

For it is not right for a man to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.


simplify: And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.

And from Bamoth to the valley in the open country of Moab, and to the top of Pisgah looking over Jeshimon.


simplify: For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; even they have cried aloud after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

For even your brothers, your father's family, even they have been untrue to you, crying loudly after you: have no faith in them, though they say fair words to you.


rate difficulty: for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

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


simplify: and she said unto the men, I know that Jehovah hath given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.

And said to them, It is clear to me that the Lord has given you the land, and that the fear of you has come on us;


rate difficulty: Foolish have been princes of Zoan, Lifted up have been princes of Noph, And they have caused Egypt to err, The chief of her tribes.

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


rate difficulty: and he said to them, `Where is your faith?' and they being afraid did wonder, saying unto one another, `Who, then, is this, that even the winds he doth command, and the water, and they obey him?'

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


simplify: Heal me, O Lord, 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.


rate difficulty: And they said to him, From a very far country are thy servants come, because of the name of Jehovah thyGod; for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

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


simplify: And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabneiah.

By his side was Jedaiah, the son of Harumaph, opposite his house. And by him was Hattush, the son of Hashabneiah.


rate difficulty: Hearing this bad news the people were full of grief, and no one put on his ornaments.

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


rate difficulty: `Lay ye to your ears these words, for the Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of men.'

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


rate difficulty: But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.


simplify: Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.

I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.


rate difficulty: And the ten, having heard [of it], were indignant about the two brothers.


rate difficulty: And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah commanded, saying,

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


simplify: And Isaac his father answered and said unto him,  Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above;

Then Isaac his father made answer and said to him, Far from the fertile places of the earth, and far from the dew of heaven on high will your living-place be:


simplify: And the elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

And the chief men of his house got up and went to his side to make him get up from the earth, but he would not; and he would not take food with them.


rate difficulty: Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; It shall destroyboth young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.

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


simplify: There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.


simplify: Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?

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


rate difficulty: When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.

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


rate difficulty: Then they understood that he did not say to take heed of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching, of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

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


rate difficulty: Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.

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


simplify: And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.

And we justly so, for we are only reaping our deserts, but this man has not done anything wrong.


simplify: And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

And they came to Jesus, and saw the man in whom had been the evil spirits seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, and they were full of fear.


simplify: Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

So, too, every sound tree bears good fruit, while a worthless tree bears bad fruit.


simplify: The king’s favor is toward a servant that dealeth wisely; But his wrath will beagainsthim that causeth shame.

The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame.


simplify: Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord.

And you say, See, what a weariness it is! and you let out your breath at it, says the Lord of armies; and you have given what has been cut about by beasts, and what is damaged in its feet and ill; this is the offering you give: will this be pleasing to me from your hands? says the Lord.


simplify: Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings: their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.

Son of man, when the children of Israel were living in their land, they made it unclean by their way and their acts: their way before me was as when a woman is unclean at the time when she is kept separate.


rate difficulty: Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God doth ransom thee from thence; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

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


simplify: They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.


simplify: Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.

It was at that time that King Herod began to ill-treat some of the members of the church.


simplify: For he that herein serveth Christ is well-pleasing to God, and approved of men.

And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.


rate difficulty: There is no peace, said my God, to the wicked!

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


rate difficulty: Hero and man of war, judge and prophet, And diviner and elder,


rate difficulty: And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

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


simplify: And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.

And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, to whose voice I am to give ear and let Israel go? I have no knowledge of the Lord and I will not let Israel go.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 13 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.

And all that day and all night and the day after, the people were taking up the birds; the smallest amount which anyone got was ten homers: and they put them out all round the tents.


simplify: And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

And if a man has sex relations with his son's wife, the two of them are to be put to death: it is unnatural; their blood will be on them.


rate difficulty: And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.

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


simplify: And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

And the seven thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows. Then Pharaoh came out of his sleep.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, that Jehovah slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of men and the firstborn of cattle: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that breaketh open the womb — being males; and every firstborn of my children I ransom.

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


rate difficulty: For I have trodden for Me Judah, A bow I have filled <FI>with<Fi> Ephraim, And I have stirred up thy sons, O Zion, Against thy sons, O Javan, And I have set thee as the sword of a hero.

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


rate difficulty: For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, theGod of Israel: As mine anger and my fury have been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt; and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach, and ye shall see this place no more.

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


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


simplify: And these are the children of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

And these are the children of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.


simplify: And the fat of the sin-offering shall he burn upon the altar.

And the fat of the sin-offering is to be burned by him on the altar.


rate difficulty: as scripture says — ‘I have made you the Father of many nations.’) And this they do in the sight of that God in whom Abraham had faith, and who gives life to the dead, and speaks of what does not yet exist as if it did.

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


simplify: that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;

And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:


simplify: and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them;

And they will come out after us, till we have got them away from the town; for they will say, They have gone in flight from us as before; so we will go in flight before them;


simplify: Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of Jehovah’s house, in the ears of all the people.

Then Baruch gave a public reading of the words of Jeremiah from the book, in the house of the Lord, in the room of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher square, as one goes in by the new doorway of the Lord's house, in the hearing of all the people.


rate difficulty: And Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, and they mock at us, and despise us, and say, `What <FI>is<Fi> this thing that ye are doing? against the king are ye rebelling?'

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


rate difficulty: These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.

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


simplify: Go your ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.

Go on your way: see, I send you out like lambs among wolves.


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

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


simplify: And the child Samuel ministered unto Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.

Now the young Samuel was the servant of the Lord before Eli. In those days the Lord kept his word secret from men; there was no open vision.


rate difficulty: And I have given him the spirit of God and made him wise and full of knowledge and expert in every sort of handwork,


simplify: Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.

So the king said to Shimei, You will not be put to death. And the king gave him his oath.


simplify: And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

and, seeing an Israelite ill-treated, he defended him, and avenged the man, who was being wronged, by striking down the Egyptian.


simplify: therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.

I will make my flock safe, and they will no longer be taken away, and I will be judge between sheep and sheep.


simplify: And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.

You are to keep the feast with joy, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you.


rate difficulty: To the wise the way of lifegoethupward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.


rate difficulty: And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.


simplify: And Samuel called the people together unto Jehovah to Mizpah;

Then Samuel sent for the people to come together before the Lord at Mizpah;


simplify: And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

Those used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods he sent out of the country, and he took away all the images which his fathers had made.


simplify: `And again he sent another, and that one they killed; and many others, some beating, and some killing.

He sent another, but him they killed; and so with many others — some they beat and some they killed.


rate difficulty: And to those in Arara and Eshtemoa


simplify: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has, in his great mercy, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,


rate difficulty: And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

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


rate difficulty: Whosoever toucheth a dead person, the body of a man that hath died, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water for impurity was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.

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


simplify: There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.

And his mother and brothers came and were outside, and sent for him, requesting to see him.


simplify: So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.


simplify: And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.

Then the armed men took up their positions, every man with his instruments of war in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left, round about the altar and the house.


simplify: In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing.

But may your servant have the Lord's forgiveness for this one thing: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon for worship there, supported on my arm, and my head is bent in the house of Rimmon; when his head is bent in the house of Rimmon, may your servant have the Lord's forgiveness for this thing.


rate difficulty: Then said David, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: a light to the uncovering of nations, and the glory of Thy people Israel.'

A light to bring light to the Gentiles, And to be the glory of your people Israel.”


simplify: And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

So that the rings on the bag may be fixed to the rings of the ephod by a blue cord and on to the band of the ephod, so that the bag may not come loose from the ephod.


rate difficulty: and they shall stumble one over another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth; and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

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


rate difficulty: And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

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


simplify: and he said, `Come;' and having gone down from the boat, Peter walked upon the waters to come unto Jesus,

Jesus said: “Come.” So Peter got down from the boat, and walked on the water, and went towards Jesus;


simplify: But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.

“Even if everyone else falls away,” said Peter, “yet I will not.”


simplify: `Then having come forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran, and from thence, after the death of his father, He did remove him to this land wherein ye now dwell,

And so Abraham left the country of the Chaldaeans and settled in Haran; and from there, after his father’s death, God caused him to migrate into this country, in which you are now living.


rate difficulty: And lift me up doth a spirit, and it bringeth me in unto the east gate of the house of Jehovah, that is facing the east, and lo, at the opening of the gate twenty and five men, and I see in their midst Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, heads of the people.

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


simplify: Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:

But give ear to the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah, king of Judah; this is what the Lord has said about you: Death will not come to you by the sword:


simplify: And he said also unto his disciples, `A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;

Jesus said to his disciples: “There was a rich man who had a steward; and this steward was maliciously accused to him of wasting his estate.


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

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


simplify: And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

And he put up altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.


rate difficulty: Now when they came to the country by Jordan in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh put up there, by Jordan, a great altar, seen from far.

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


rate difficulty: And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Jehovah, and thy words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

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


simplify: And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, `Simon, thou dost sleep! thou wast not able to watch one hour!

Then he came and found the three apostles asleep. “Simon,”he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Could not you watch for one hour?


simplify: For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,

For any man whose body is damaged may not come near: one who is blind, or has not the use of his legs, or one who has a broken nose or any unnatural growth,


simplify: There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

Two women will be crushing grain together; one will be taken away and the other let go.


rate difficulty: And Enosh lived ninety years, and begat Kenan:

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


simplify: For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.

For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin (and in sixty-five years from now Ephraim will be broken, and will no longer be a people):


simplify: But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

I tell you that the doom of Sodom will be more bearable on ‘that day’ than the doom of that town.


simplify: I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.


simplify: Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.

Moses my servant is dead; so now get up! Go over Jordan, you and all this people, into the land which I am giving to them, to the children of Israel.


simplify: And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said unto him, Take thy father’s bullock, even the second bullock seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;

The same night the Lord said to him, Take ten men of your servants and an ox seven years old, and after pulling down the altar of Baal which is your father's, and cutting down the holy tree by its side,


rate difficulty: I beg you to be true shepherds of the flock of God among you, not because you are compelled, but of your own free will; not from a base love of gain, but with a ready spirit;

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


simplify: And they journeyed from Rithmah, and encamped in Rimmon-perez.

And they went on from Rithmah, and put up their tents in Rimmon-perez.


rate difficulty: even in time past, even in Saul's being king, it is thou who art taking out and bringing in Israel, and Jehovah thy God saith to thee: Thou dost feed My people Israel, and thou art leader over My people Israel.'

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


simplify: For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

If, for my part, I take the food thankfully, why should I be abused for eating that for which I give thanks?


simplify: So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck.

So they will be life for your soul, and grace for your neck.


rate difficulty: But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.

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


simplify: And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;


simplify: I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.

I will take away everything from the face of the earth, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: so that ye became models to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia:


simplify: then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

Then your responsible men and your judges are to come out, and give orders for the distance from the dead body to the towns round about it to be measured;


rate difficulty: And the war is severe against the Philistines all the days of Saul; when Saul hath seen any mighty man, and any son of valour, then he doth gather him unto himself.

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


rate difficulty: And Balaam said to the Angel of Jehovah, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me; and now, if it be evil in thine eyes, I will get me back again.

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


simplify: And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.

And their wings are to be outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be opposite one another, facing the cover.


simplify: The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

Five curtains are to be joined together, and the other five are to be joined together.


rate difficulty: And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:


rate difficulty: Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country; we will not pass through fields, or through vineyards, neither will we drink water out of the wells: we will go by the king's road; we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

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


simplify: And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.

See, all the rest of the women in the house of the king of Judah will be taken out to the king of Babylon's captains, and these women will say, Your nearest friends have been false to you and have got the better of you: they have made your feet go deep into the wet earth, and they are turned away back from you.


simplify: and on a certain island it behoveth us to be cast.'

We will, however, have to be driven on some island.”


rate difficulty: And the Philistines took the ark ofGod, and brought it from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.

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


simplify: Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the Lord the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

So I have done no wrong against you, but you are doing wrong to me in fighting against me: may the Lord, who is Judge this day, be judge between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.


simplify: And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.

The report of this spread through all that part of the country.


rate difficulty: And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.


simplify: knowing that Christ, having been raised up out of the dead, doth no more die, death over him hath no more lordship;

We know, indeed, that Christ, having once risen from the dead, will not die again. Death has power over him no longer.


simplify: Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel;


simplify: And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

“Just three days ago this very hour,” Cornelius said, “I was in my house, saying the Afternoon Prayers, when a man in dazzling clothing suddenly stood before me.


simplify: The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.

The eye of him who sees me will see me no longer: your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.


rate difficulty: For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law.

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


rate difficulty: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

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


simplify: And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren!

And he put out his hand to his disciples and said, See, my mother and my brothers!


simplify: If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

If the foot says ‘Since I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,’ it does not because of that cease to belong to the body.


simplify: I thank him that enabled me, even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to his service;

I give praise to him who gave me power, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he took me to be true, making me his servant,


simplify: In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

Again, you younger ones should show deference to the older. And all of you should put on the badge of humility in mutual service, for ‘God is opposed to the proud, but gives his help to the humble.’


simplify: And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.

And the disciples did as Jesus had said to them; and they made ready the Passover.


rate difficulty: Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

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


rate difficulty: The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.

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


rate difficulty: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,

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


simplify: In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

In those days the Lord first sent against Judah, Rezin, the king of Aram, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah.


simplify: verily I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till that thou mayest pay the last farthing.

I tell you, you will not come out until you have paid the last cent.


simplify: But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

But Jehu did not take care to keep the law of the Lord with all his heart: he did not keep himself from the sin which Jeroboam did and made Israel do.


simplify: and he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.

And he took us out from that place, guiding us here to give us this land, as he said in his oath to our fathers.


simplify: Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

Take care that your hearts are not lifted up in pride, giving no thought to the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house;


simplify: And they that fed them fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they came to see what it was that had come to pass.

And their keepers went running and gave an account of it in the town and in the country. And people came to see what had taken place.


rate difficulty: Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.

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


simplify: And the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?

And at this, the mind of the king of Aram was greatly troubled, and he sent for his servants and said to them, Will you not make clear to me which of us is helping the king of Israel?


simplify: and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.

and were baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.


simplify: And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephron with the towns thereof.

And Abijah went after Jeroboam and took some of his towns, Beth-el with its small towns and Jeshanah with its small towns and Ephron with its small towns.


simplify: But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

and to them he never used to speak except in parables; but in private to his own disciples he explained everything.


rate difficulty: At the judgment the men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s proclamation; and here is more than a Jonah!

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


simplify: Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;

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


rate difficulty: And they departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the gospel, and healing everywhere.

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


simplify: Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

By which he made Christ come back from the dead, and gave him a place at his right hand in heaven,


rate difficulty: Sing unto the Lord, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.

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


rate difficulty: Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

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


simplify: Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

Their saviour is strong; the Lord of armies is his name: he will certainly take up their cause, so that he may give rest to the earth and trouble to the people of Babylon.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah has performed his word which he spoke; and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and I have built the house unto the name of Jehovah theGod of Israel.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: I would lead thee, bring thee into my mother's house; Thou wouldest instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.

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


rate difficulty: Yes, they were glad to do so; and indeed it is a duty which they owe to them. For the Gentile converts who have shared their spiritual blessings are in duty bound to minister to them in the things of this world.

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


rate difficulty: And the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.

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


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

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


simplify: and the priest shall offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, and make atonement for him, for that he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.

And the priest will give one for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering to take away the sin which came on him on account of the dead, and he will make his head holy that same day.


simplify: But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

But Prince Herod, being rebuked by John respecting Herodias, the wife of Herod’s brother, and for all the evil things that he had done,


simplify: Ye shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come unto the mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock of Israel.

You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and you will be glad in heart, as when they go with music of the pipe to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock of Israel.


simplify: I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.

I will make them go down to death like lambs, like he-goats together.


simplify: To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

Owe nothing to anyone except love; for they who love their neighbor have satisfied the law.


simplify: And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their gain.

And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.


simplify: Who knoweth whether he will not turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal-offering and a drink-offering unto Jehovah your God?

May it not be that he will again let his purpose be changed and let a blessing come after him, even a meal offering and a drink offering for the Lord your God?


rate difficulty: And the Evil One said to him, If you are the Son of God, give orders to this stone to become bread.

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


rate difficulty: And this is their part in the work of the Tent of meeting: the transport of the boards and the rods of the Tent, with the pillars and their bases;


simplify: Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, whom the Lord did choose. And the king said, I will give them.

Let seven men of his family be given up to us and we will put an end to them by hanging them before the Lord in Gibeon, on the hill of the Lord. And the king said, I will give them.


rate difficulty: And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s; for it was his from Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee;

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


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


simplify: and other of the apostles I did not see, except James, the brother of the Lord.

I did not, however, see any other apostle, except James, the Master’s brother.


rate difficulty: And when even was come, they brought unto him many possessed with demons: and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick:

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


simplify: And the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

The apostles and the followers throughout Judea heard that even the Gentiles had welcomed God’s message.


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

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


rate difficulty: But his master said to him, We will not go out of our way into a strange town, whose people are not of the children of Israel; but we will go on to Gibeah.


simplify: A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for Jehovah layeth waste their pasture.

A sound of the cry of the keepers of sheep, and the bitter crying of the chiefs of the flock! for the Lord has made waste their green fields.


simplify: Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher.

And Shuppim and Huppim. The sons of Dan, Hushim his son, one.


simplify: Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

So turning their backs on the men of Israel, they went in the direction of the waste land; but the fight overtook them; and those who came out of the town were heading them off and putting them to the sword.


rate difficulty: `In Thy people Israel being smitten before an enemy, because they sin against Thee, and they have turned back unto Thee, and have confessed Thy name, and prayed, and made supplication unto Thee in this house,

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


rate difficulty: And he made the court. On the south side southward, the hangings of the court were of twined byssus, a hundred cubits;

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


simplify: Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

My point is this — As long as the heir is under age, there is no difference between him and a slave, though he is master of the whole estate.


rate difficulty: And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were sick, and them that were possessed with demons.

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


simplify: But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

But when he was almost forty years old, it came into his heart to go and see his brothers, the children of Israel.


simplify: Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

but rebuke offenders publicly, so that others may take warning.


rate difficulty: Therefore I will make the heavens to shake, and the earth shall be removed out of her place, at the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

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


rate difficulty: And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

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


rate difficulty: Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.

All these towns with their grass-lands the children of Israel gave by the decision of the Lord to the Levites, as the Lord had given orders by Moses.


rate difficulty: But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

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


rate difficulty: What may we say, then? are we to go on in sin so that there may be more grace?


rate difficulty: And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

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


simplify: Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

Be strong, O Philistines, be men! Do not be servants to the Hebrews as they have been to you: go forward to the fight without fear.


rate difficulty: holding forth [the] word of life, so as to be a boast for me in Christ's day, that I have not run in vain nor laboured in vain.

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


simplify: And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.

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


rate difficulty: He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; But he that hateth bribes shall live.

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


rate difficulty: And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.


simplify: Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

Then Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, the sons of Hodaviah, together took up the work of overseeing the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad with their sons and their brothers, the Levites.


rate difficulty: for yourselves have known how it behoveth <FI>you<Fi> to imitate us, because we did not act disorderly among you;

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


rate difficulty: and he hath thirty sons and thirty daughters, he hath sent without and thirty daughters hath brought in to his sons from without; and he judgeth Israel seven years.

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


simplify: But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the place concerning the Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

But even Moses made it clear that the dead come back to life, saying, in the story of the burning thorn-tree, The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.


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

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


rate difficulty: Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall upon us; and to the hills, Cover us:


rate difficulty: and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, `Thou art My Son--the Beloved, in thee I did delight.'

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


rate difficulty: When Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly pleased, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, having heard a great deal about him; and he was hoping to see some sign given by him.


rate difficulty: And while he is yet speaking, lo, Judas, one of the twelve did come, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

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


rate difficulty: Everyone will be salted with fire.


rate difficulty: She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city:

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


simplify: Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

Was a man already circumcised when he was called? Then he should not efface his circumcision. Has a man been called when uncircumcised? Then he should not be circumcised.


simplify: therefore behold, I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them against thee on every side, and will uncover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

For this cause I will get together all your lovers with whom you have taken your pleasure, and all those to whom you have given your love, with all those who were hated by you; I will even make them come together against you on every side, and I will have you uncovered before them so that they may see your shame.


simplify: the younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded:

To the young men give orders to be wise and serious-minded:


simplify: And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil?


rate difficulty: And ye do not go after other gods to serve them, and to bow yourselves to them, nor do ye provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I do no evil to you;

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


simplify: Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

Then Horam, king of Gezer, came up to the help of Lachish; and Joshua overcame him and his people, putting all of them to death.


simplify: All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

Because to all there is one event, to the upright man and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him who makes an offering and to him who makes no offering; as is the good so is the sinner; he who takes an oath is as he who has fear of it.


simplify: The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.


rate difficulty: I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

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


rate difficulty: And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;

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


simplify: And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why did ye not believe him?

And they said among themselves, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why did you not have faith in him?


simplify: then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

Then give ear in heaven, so that the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, may have forgiveness, when you make clear to them the good way in which they are to go; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for their heritage.


simplify: There is no wisdom nor understanding  Nor counsel against Jehovah.

Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.


rate difficulty: And there came suddenly a sound out of heaven as of a violent impetuous blowing, and filled all the house where they were sitting.

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


simplify: And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

And at Jericho the sons of the prophets came up to Elisha and said to him, Has it been made clear to you that the Lord is going to take away your master from over you today? And he said in answer, Yes, I have knowledge of it: say no more.


simplify: And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his father's brother, king in place of Jehoiachin, changing his name to Zedekiah.


simplify: are ye ignorant that we, as many as were baptized to Christ Jesus, to his death were baptized?

Or can it be that you do not know that all of us, who were baptized into union with Christ Jesus, in our baptism shared his death?


simplify: And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

And if anyone goes in flight to one of those towns, and comes into the public place of the town, and puts his cause before the responsible men of the town, they will take him into the town and give him a place among them where he may be safe.


simplify: Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

Your gold and silver are rusted; and the rust on them will be evidence against you, and will eat into your flesh. It was fire, so to speak, that you stored up for yourselves in these last days.


rate difficulty: For it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.

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


simplify: And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers’housesof all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.

And on the second day the heads of families of all the people and the priests and the Levites came together to Ezra the scribe, to give attention to the words of the law.


simplify: And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

The brass which was given was seventy talents, two thousand four hundred shekels;


rate difficulty: Woe <FI>to<Fi> the wise in their own eyes, And--before their own faces--intelligent!

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


simplify: Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

So the chiefs of the Philistines gave her seven new bow-cords which had never been made dry, and she had them tightly knotted round him.


simplify: And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.


simplify: And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

Now the third day was Pharaoh's birthday, and he gave a feast for all his servants; and he gave honour to the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker among the others.


rate difficulty: And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

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


simplify: And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

And Jesus said to them, You will all be turned away from me: for it is in the Writings, I will put the keeper of the sheep to death, and the sheep will be put to flight.


simplify: And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.


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


simplify: And he having gone forth to the porch, another female saw him, and saith to those there, `And this one was with Jesus of Nazareth;'

When he had gone out into the gateway, another maid saw him, and said to those who were there: “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth!”


rate difficulty: Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.

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


simplify: To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass?


simplify: For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

For, if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will forgive you also;


rate difficulty: And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the man, the traveller, in a broad place of the city, and the aged man saith, `Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?'

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And very early on the first day of the week, they come to the tomb when the sun was risen.

And very early after dawn on the first day of the week, they came at the time of the coming up of the sun to the place where the body had been put.


simplify: Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.

Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.


rate difficulty: Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith Jehovah.

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


simplify: All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.

All the bright lights of heaven I will make dark over you, and put dark night on your land, says the Lord.


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

And I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, and if your servant has your approval, send me to Judah, to the town where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, so that I may take in hand the building of it.


rate difficulty: and Peter having remembered saith to him, `Rabbi, lo, the fig-tree that thou didst curse is dried up.'

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


simplify: Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the Lord.

From the goods taken in war, they gave, as a holy offering, materials for the building of the house of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

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


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

“I was not sent,” replied Jesus, “to anyone except the lost sheep of Israel.”


rate difficulty: But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

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


rate difficulty: and the spirits begged Jesus: “Send us into the pigs so that we can take possession of them.”

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


rate difficulty: and Joab son of Zeruiah <FI>is<Fi> over the host, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud <FI>is<Fi> remembrancer,

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


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

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


simplify: And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:


rate difficulty: Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen a lie, Therefore, lo, I <FI>am<Fi> against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

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


simplify: And when the king entered into the house of the Lord, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.

And whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, the armed men went with him taking the body-covers, and then took them back to their room.


simplify: And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.

The horns are to be sounded by the sons of Aaron, the priests; this is to be a law for you for ever, from generation to generation.


simplify: Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying,


rate difficulty: — and Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,


rate difficulty: And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? are you going to put me to death as you did the Egyptian? And Moses was in fear, and said, It is clear that the thing has come to light.

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


rate difficulty: For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

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


rate difficulty: He hath measured the east side with the measuring-reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed round about.

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


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

And he said to me, The north rooms and the south rooms in front of the separate place are the holy rooms, where the priests who come near the Lord take the most holy things for their food: there the most holy things are placed, with the meal offering and the sin-offering and the offering for error; for the place is holy.


rate difficulty: And the man called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.


simplify: and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages:

And Beth-lebaoth and Sharuhen; thirteen towns with their unwalled places;


rate difficulty: either in the warp or in the woof of linen or of wool, or in a skin, or in anything made of skin,

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


simplify: And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

Then Joseph took them from between his knees, and went down on his face to the earth.


simplify: To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

to proclaim the accepted year of the Lord.’


rate difficulty: And it came to pass when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jizreelite, to take possession of it.

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


rate difficulty: This is the anointing-portion of Aaron, and the anointing-portion of his sons, out of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto Jehovah in the priest’s office;

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


simplify: In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

I gave your children blows to no purpose; they got no good from training: your sword has been the destruction of your prophets, like a death-giving lion.


rate difficulty: The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

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


rate difficulty: <FI> In<Fi> the house of the righteous <FI>is<Fi> abundant strength, And in the increase of the wicked--trouble.

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


simplify: For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

For John had said to him ‘You have no right to be living with her.’


rate difficulty: and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,

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


rate difficulty: and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am angry about the fate of Zion, I am angry about her with great wrath.


simplify: What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

You are to keep with care all the words I give you, making no addition to them and taking nothing from them.


rate difficulty: Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

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


simplify: And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.

Then firing the sticks, he let the foxes loose among the uncut grain of the Philistines, and all the corded stems as well as the living grain and the vine-gardens and the olives went up in flames.


simplify: And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

And when they were on the way, a certain man said to him, I will come after you wherever you go.


simplify: For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

There is no such thing as a good tree bearing worthless fruit, or, on the other hand, a worthless tree bearing good fruit.


simplify: Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.

Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years; and his mother's name was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.


rate difficulty: And ashamed have been makers of fine flax, And weavers of net-works.

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


rate difficulty: and the priest hath made them a perfume on the altar--bread of a fire-offering, for sweet fragrance; all the fat <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah's.

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


rate difficulty: Their heritage and their living-places were Beth-el and its daughter-towns, and Naaran to the east, and Gezer to the west, with its daughter-towns, as well as Shechem and its daughter-towns as far as Azzah and its daughter-towns;

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

But, when he came to himself, he said ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more bread than they can eat, while here am I starving to death!


rate difficulty: Now then, let your eyes be turned to me, for truly I will not say what is false to your face.

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


simplify: And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

And put the oil on Aaron and his sons, making them holy to do the work of priests to me.


simplify: and to you who are troubled--rest with us in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with messengers of his power,

and to give relief to you who are suffering, as well as to us, at the appearing of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels, ‘in flaming fire.’


simplify: And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?

And when Paul was about to be taken into the building, he said to the chief captain, May I say something to you? And he said, Have you a knowledge of Greek?


simplify: Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

Then Eli said to her, Go in peace: and may the God of Israel give you an answer to the prayer you have made to him.


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that the king cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.

And it came about that whenever Jehudi, in his reading, had got through three or four divisions, the king, cutting them with his penknife, put them into the fire, till all the book was burned up in the fire which was burning in the fireplace.


simplify: And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.

And I will send you out in all directions among the nations, and my sword will be uncovered against you, and your land will be without any living thing, and your towns will be made waste.


rate difficulty: This is what the Lord has said to Tyre: Will not the sea-lands be shaking at the sound of your fall, when the wounded give cries of pain, when men are put to the sword in you?

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


simplify: And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto the he-goats, after which they play the harlot. This shall be a statute forever unto them throughout their generations.

And let them make no more offerings to evil spirits, after which they have gone, turning away from the Lord. Let this be a law to them for ever, through all their generations.


simplify: for they understood not concerning the loaves, for their heart hath been hard.

for they had not understood about the loaves, their minds being slow to learn.


rate difficulty: And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

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


rate difficulty: `From a son of twenty years and upward,' as Jehovah hath commanded Moses and the sons of Israel who are coming out from the land of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever smiteth any one mortally without intent might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the assembly.

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


rate difficulty: We have known, O Jehovah, our wickedness, The iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against Thee.

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


rate difficulty: Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go after David:

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


rate difficulty: No, my lord: hear me. The field give I thee; and the cave that is in it, to thee I give it; before the eyes of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

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


rate difficulty: And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings,


simplify: He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.

“Faithless generation!”exclaimed Jesus. “How long must I be with you? How long must I have patience with you? Bring the boy to me.”


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

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


simplify: who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, `With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves--to taste nothing till we have killed Paul;

and they went to the chief priests and the councillors, and said: “We have taken a solemn oath not to touch food until we have killed Paul.


simplify: O ye inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that maketh her nest over the mouth of the abyss.

O people of Moab, go away from the towns and take cover in the rock; be like the dove of the Arabah, which makes her living-place in holes.


simplify: In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;

In the year when the Tartan came to Ashdod, sent by Sargon, king of Assyria, and made war against it and took it;


simplify: And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.

And when they were going by in the morning, they saw the fig-tree dead from the roots.


simplify: I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

This man, I tell you, went home pardoned, rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, while everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.”


rate difficulty: And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

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


simplify: Thou art this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:

You are about to go by Ar, the limit of the country of Moab;


rate difficulty: for as yet he was fallen upon none of them, and only they have been baptized--to the name of the Lord Jesus;

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


simplify: Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.

Then two thieves were put on crosses with him, one on the right and one on the left.


rate difficulty: and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

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


simplify: And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

and then began to salute him. “Long life to you, king of the Jews!” they said.


rate difficulty: for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.

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


simplify: and he who is keeping His commands, in Him he doth remain, and He in him; and in this we know that He doth remain in us, from the Spirit that He gave us.

And the person who lays his commands to heart maintains union with Christ, and Christ with them. And by this we know that Christ maintains union with us — by our possession of the Spirit which he gave us.


simplify: She maketh linen garments and selleth them, And delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

She makes linen robes and gets a price for them, and traders take her cloth bands for a price.


simplify: These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.

These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests, on whom the holy oil was put, who were marked out as priests.


simplify: Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?


rate difficulty: and captureth it, and its king, and all its cities, and they smite them by the mouth of the sword, and devote every person who <FI>is<Fi> in it--he hath not left a remnant; as he did to Hebron so he did to Debir, and to its king, and as he did to Libnah, and to its king.

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


rate difficulty: You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready.

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


rate difficulty: Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root, They go on, yea, they have made fruit, Near <FI>art<Fi> Thou in their mouth, And far off from their reins.

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


simplify: And God went up from him in the place where he spake with him.

Then God went up from him in the place where he had been talking with him.


rate difficulty: For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron. I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.

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


rate difficulty: Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said, As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do.


simplify: why also do we stand in peril every hour?

Why, too, do we risk our lives every hour?


simplify: On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun:

On the third day Eliab, the son of Helon, chief of the children of Zebulun:


simplify: And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

He makes little of kings, rulers are a sport to him; all the strong places are to be laughed at; for he makes earthworks and takes them.


rate difficulty: And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Joab kept watch upon the city, that he assigned Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men were.

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