simplify: Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.


simplify: And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.

And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.


simplify: Forasmuch as we have heard that certain who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls; to whom we gave no commandment;

Because we have knowledge that some who went from us have been troubling you with their words, putting your souls in doubt; to whom we gave no such order;


simplify: And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage: for thou shalt go with this people into the land which Jehovah hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.

Then Moses sent for Joshua, and before the eyes of all Israel said to him, Be strong and take heart: for you are to go with this people into the land which the Lord, by his oath to their fathers, has given them; by your help they will take it for their heritage.


simplify: For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

For those wounded and made low by her are great in number; and all those who have come to their death through her are a great army.


simplify: Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

Now when she saw that her hope was made foolish and gone, she took another of her little ones and made him into a young lion.


simplify: Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

So is it with the tongue. Small as it is, it is a great boaster. Think how tiny a spark may set the largest forest ablaze!


simplify: And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king’s house;

And he gave them orders, saying, This is what you are to do: the third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath and keep the watch of the king's house,


simplify: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,

The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: You have seen all the evil which I have sent on Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah; and now, this day they are waste and unpeopled;


simplify: of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.


rate difficulty: And we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of ourGod,

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simplify: I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.


simplify: because through him we have the access--we both--in one Spirit unto the Father.

for it is through him that we, the Jews and the Gentiles, united in the one Spirit, are now able to approach the Father.


simplify: not of works, that no one may boast;

It is not due to obedience to law, so that no one can boast.


rate difficulty: And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against Jehovah in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.

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


simplify: And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

If death comes suddenly to a man at his side, so that he becomes unclean, let his hair be cut off on the day when he is made clean, on the seventh day.


rate difficulty: Let women keep quiet in the churches: for it is not right for them to be talking; but let them be under control, as it says in the law.

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith Jehovah, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

And it will come about, that if any nation does not become a servant to this same Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and does not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, then I will send punishment on that nation, says the Lord, by the sword and need of food and by disease, till I have given them into his hands.


rate difficulty: Only go in the fear of the Lord, and be his true servants with all your heart, keeping in mind what great things he has done for you.

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


rate difficulty: And he took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for Jehovah fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

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


simplify: So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.

And he took the measure of the open square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide, being square; and the altar was in front of the house.


rate difficulty: And Zanoah, and En–gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,

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rate difficulty: Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

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rate difficulty: And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

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


simplify: And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like unto burnished brass:

And to the angel of the church in Thyatira say: These things says the Son of God, whose eyes are like a flame of fire, and his feet like polished brass:


simplify: And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.


simplify: There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.

And as for the rest of the children of Manasseh, their heritage was given to them by families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, by their families.


rate difficulty: And all the days of Enos are nine hundred and five years, and he dieth.

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


simplify: Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.

But, when the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the town; the next day he went with Barnabas to Derbe.


simplify: But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.

But you have quite given us up; you are full of wrath against us.


simplify: But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven to and fro in the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some country:

But when the fourteenth day came, while we were going here and there in the Adriatic sea, about the middle of the night the sailors had an idea that they were getting near land;


simplify: Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

How will you say to your friend ‘Let me take out the speck from your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own?


simplify: Only the trees of which thou knowest that they are not trees for food, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall.

Only those trees which you are certain are not used for food may be cut down and put to destruction: and you are to make walls of attack against the town till it is taken.


simplify: But the righteousness which is of faith saith thus, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down:)

But the righteousness which is of faith says these words, Say not in your heart, Who will go up to heaven? (that is, to make Christ come down:)


simplify: The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

The children of Pashhur, a thousand, two hundred and forty-seven.


simplify: for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

The twentieth Eliathah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


simplify: And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.

A cow or a sheep may not be put to death with its young on the same day.


rate difficulty: For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father.

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


simplify: And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

talking together, as they went, about all that had just taken place.


simplify: And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Jehovah, and before his host; and they carried away very much booty.

And Asa and the people who were with him went after them as far as Gerar; and so great was the destruction among the Ethiopians that they were not able to get their army together again, for they were broken before the Lord and before his army; and they took away a great amount of their goods.


rate difficulty: If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.

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


rate difficulty: And Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, put him to rest in the hollow rock of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, near Mamre;

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


simplify: Then he remembered the days of old, Mosesandhis people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit in the midst of them?

Then the early days came to their minds, the days of Moses his servant: and they said, Where is he who made the keeper of his flock come up from the sea? where is he who put his holy spirit among them,


simplify: And some from among the heads of fathers’ houses gave unto the work. The governor gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.

And some of the heads of families gave money for the work. The Tirshatha gave into the store a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' robes.


rate difficulty: As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

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


simplify: For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

You always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.


rate difficulty: Therefore having been justified on the principle of faith, we have peace towardsGod through our Lord Jesus Christ;

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


rate difficulty: While Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his heart was stirred at seeing the whole city full of idols.

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


simplify: it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld.


simplify: But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

But Paul was of the opinion that it was not right to take with them one who had gone away from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with the work.


simplify: Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

And when did we see you ill, or in prison, and come to you?


rate difficulty: Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord whom ye seek will suddenly come to his temple, and the Angel of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.

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


simplify: And both of them disclosed themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.

And they let the Philistine force see the two of them: and the Philistines said, Look! the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have taken cover.


simplify: and he is arrayed with a garment covered with blood, and his name is called, The Word of God.

he has been clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood; and the name by which he is called is ‘The Word of God.’


simplify: Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

In these letters the king gave authority to the Jews in every town to come together and make a fight for their lives, and to send death and destruction on the power of any people in any part of the kingdom attacking them or their children or their women, and to take their goods from them by force,


simplify: And he said--`That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man;

“It is what comes out from a person,”he added, “that defiles them,


simplify: And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel.


simplify: Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.


rate difficulty: and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

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


rate difficulty: He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly, and a man of mischievous devices is hated.

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


simplify: Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God.

Then Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani took their places on the steps of the Levites, crying in a loud voice to the Lord their God.


simplify: to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

To a virgin who was to be married to a man named Joseph, of the family of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.


rate difficulty: And the others came forth out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

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


rate difficulty: while you wait for the coming of the day of God and strive to make it come soon. At its coming the heavens will be dissolved in fire, and the elements melted by heat,

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


simplify: Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?


simplify: And Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said, Is it I, Rabbi? He saith unto him, Thou hast said.

And Judas, who was false to him, made answer and said, Is it I, Master? He says to him, Yes.


simplify: This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

This is the work which the sons of Merari are to do in connection with the Tent of meeting, under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.


simplify: And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.

And a man came and said to him, They have come with the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Put them down in two masses at the doorway of the town till the morning.


simplify: Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.


simplify: Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

who consoles us in all our troubles, so that we may be able to console those who are in any trouble with the consolation that we ourselves receive from him.


rate difficulty: When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no fountains abounding with water.

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rate difficulty: And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.

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


simplify: Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation?

Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation?


simplify: And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

And when the captains of the war-carriages saw that he was not the king of Israel, they went back from going after him.


simplify: And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

Pilate, however, spoke to them again: “What should I do then with the man whom you call the ‘king of the Jews’?”


rate difficulty: And more than this, the Lord will give Israel up with you into the hands of the Philistines: and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me: and the Lord will give up the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.


simplify: They have made all thy planks of fir-trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for thee.

They have made all your boards of fir-trees from Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make the supports for your sails.


simplify: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

But, while everyone was asleep, their enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away.


simplify: In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

In that day there will be a fountain open to the family of David and to the people of Jerusalem, for sin and for that which is unclean.


rate difficulty: their oblation and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;

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


simplify: He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them,


rate difficulty: For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father,


simplify: Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?


rate difficulty: And Saul would have sent his spear through him, pinning him to the wall, but he got away and the spear went into the wall: and that night David went in flight and got away.


rate difficulty: Then Jeremiah sent for Baruch, the son of Neriah; and Baruch took down from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord which he had said to him, writing them in a book.


simplify: But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.

But a prophet of the Lord was there, named Oded; and he went out in front of the army which was coming into Samaria and said to them, Truly, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he gave them up into your hands, and you have put them to death in an outburst of wrath stretching up to heaven.


rate difficulty: And it hath come to pass, When the Lord doth fulfil all His work In mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I see concerning the fruit of the greatness Of the heart of the king of Asshur. And concerning the glory of the height of his eyes.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

After a time the beggar died, and was taken by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.


rate difficulty: It is not possible for you, at the same time, to take the cup of the Lord and the cup of evil spirits; you may not take part in the table of the Lord and the table of evil spirits.


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

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


simplify: As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;


simplify: And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

And they kept the watch of their God, and were responsible for making things clean, and so did the music-makers and the door-keepers, as it was ordered by David and Solomon his son.


rate difficulty: They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

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


rate difficulty: Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?

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


rate difficulty: For I have set my face upon this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

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


simplify: And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council:

And, desiring to get at the reason for their attack on him, I took him down to their Sanhedrin:


rate difficulty: Rehum counsellor, and Shimshai scribe have written a letter concerning Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king, thus:

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


rate difficulty: And Hezekiah saith, `It hath been light for the shadow to incline ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow turn backward ten degrees.'

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


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel went on their journey out of the waste land of Sinai; and the cloud came to rest in the waste land of Paran.

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


simplify: But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

but make your way rather to the lost sheep of Israel.


rate difficulty: For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth:

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


simplify: After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.

Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them.


rate difficulty: And David saith unto Achish, `If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, they give to me a place in one of the cities of the field, and I dwell there, yea, why doth thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?'

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


simplify: How then was it reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision:

How, then, was it judged? when he had circumcision, or when he had it not? Not when he had it, but when he did not have it:


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

And, after he had fasted for forty days and forty nights, he became hungry.


rate difficulty: And the lictors reported these words to the praetors. And they were afraid when they heard they were Romans.


simplify: And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

And the man said to Joab, Even if you gave me a thousand bits of silver, I would not put out my hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king gave orders to you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take care that the young man Absalom is not touched.


simplify: Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.


rate difficulty: Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.'

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


simplify: The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.

The children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight.


rate difficulty: and God seeth the sons of Israel, and God knoweth.

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


simplify: Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

And you yourself will be put to shame, in that you have given the decision for your sisters; through your sins, which are more disgusting than theirs, they are more upright than you: truly, you will be shamed and made low, for you have made your sisters seem upright.


rate difficulty: From Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ochran;

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


simplify: He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.


rate difficulty: The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand.


rate difficulty: of whole stones shalt thou build the altar of Jehovah thyGod; and thou shalt offer up burnt-offerings thereon to Jehovah thyGod.

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


rate difficulty: And he presented the ram of the burnt-offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram;


rate difficulty: And David put up an altar there to the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings with prayers to the Lord; and he gave him an answer from heaven, sending fire on the altar of burned offering.

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


simplify: Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

Now the older son was in the field: and when he came near the house, the sounds of music and dancing came to his ears.


rate difficulty: Give to anyone who asks and, if someone wants to borrow from you, do not turn them away.

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


simplify: No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.


simplify: The Lord, then, indeed, after speaking to them, was received up to the heaven, and sat on the right hand of God;

So the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat at the right hand of God.


simplify: And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

And the spirit of the Lord first came on him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.


simplify: And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.


simplify: for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

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


simplify: Is it lawful to us to give tribute to Caesar or not?'

are we right in paying tribute to the Emperor or not?”


simplify: Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

nor Height, nor Depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God revealed in Christ Jesus, our Lord!


rate difficulty: While he was yet speaking, comes some one from the ruler of the synagogue, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher.

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


rate difficulty: And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.

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


simplify: And in the morning came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,

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


simplify: And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

And he put the question, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes.


rate difficulty: But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;

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


rate difficulty: `And this hath been to you for a statute age-during, to make atonement for the sons of Israel, because of all their sins, once in a year;' and he doth as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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


rate difficulty: Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.


rate difficulty: And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.

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


simplify: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

for the person who welcomes them is sharing with them in his wicked work.


rate difficulty: And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.


rate difficulty: And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

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


rate difficulty: I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, do not let love be moved till it is ready.

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


simplify: For Jehovah hath comforted Zion; he hath comforted all her waste places, and hath made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

For the Lord has given comfort to Zion: he has made glad all her broken walls; making her waste places like Eden, and changing her dry land into the garden of the Lord; joy and delight will be there, praise and the sound of melody.


simplify: And when we entered into Rome, Paul was suffered to abide by himself with the soldier that guarded him.

And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.


simplify: of whom is Hymenæus and Alexander; whom I delivered unto Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

Such are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have given up to Satan, so that they may say no more evil words against God.


simplify: And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

And Absalom was the father of three sons and of one daughter named Tamar, who was very beautiful.


rate difficulty: I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.

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


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

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


simplify: For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.

For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.


rate difficulty: and they turn aside the burnt-offering, to put them by the divisions of the house of the fathers of the sons of the people, to bring near to Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses--and so to the oxen.

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


simplify: And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day.

But Abimelech said, I have no idea who has done this thing; you never gave me word of it, and I had no knowledge of it till this day.


rate difficulty: In the space of two years I will send back into this place all the vessels of the Lord's house which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, took away from this place to Babylon:

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


rate difficulty: Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah;

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


rate difficulty: Lo, days are coming--an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have laid a charge on all circumcised in the foreskin,

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


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

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


simplify: Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.

Then he said to another, What is the amount of your debt? And he said, A hundred measures of grain. And he said to him, Take your account and put down eighty.


simplify: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

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


rate difficulty: Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

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


simplify: When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die, and thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hand.

When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly overtake you; and you say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way; death will overtake that evil man in his evil-doing, but I will make you responsible for his blood.


rate difficulty: and Isaac loveth Esau, for <FI>his<Fi> hunting <FI>is<Fi> in his mouth; and Rebekah is loving Jacob.

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


simplify: What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,

If any man of Israel puts to death an ox or a lamb or a goat, in or outside the tent-circle;


rate difficulty: having marked us out beforehand for adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

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


rate difficulty: And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.


simplify: and he saith, `I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness the sayings I speak forth;

“I am not mad, your Excellency,” he replied; “on the contrary, the statements that I am making are true and sober.


simplify: And they went out, and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them: and they said nothing to any one; for they were afraid.

And they went out quickly from the place, because fear and great wonder had come on them: and they said nothing to anyone, because they were full of fear that ...


rate difficulty: He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

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


simplify: for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor--being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

For you do not forget the loving kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ — how that for your sakes, although he was rich, he became poor, so that you also might become rich through his poverty.


simplify: This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

This will be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations who do not go up to keep the feast of tents.


rate difficulty: For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.


rate difficulty: If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall entrust to you the true?

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


rate difficulty: and David putteth garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and Aram is to David for a servant, bearing a present; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone;

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


simplify: So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.


simplify: a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;


rate difficulty: But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Jehovah his God; for he went into the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

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


simplify: But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

but the person who publicly disowns me will be altogether disowned before God’s angels.


rate difficulty: And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemedGod and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.


simplify: For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure;


simplify: And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.


simplify: and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

And that all the land is a salt and smoking waste, not planted or giving fruit or clothed with grass, but wasted like Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, on which the Lord sent destruction in the heat of his wrath:


rate difficulty: and he giveth before them, and they eat and leave, according to the word of Jehovah.

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


simplify: And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, all the days of Solomon.

So Judah and Israel were living safely, every man under his vine and his fig-tree, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.


simplify: And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

and everyone in the crowd was trying to touch him, because a power went out from him which restored them all.


simplify: And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

So the children of Israel put up their tents in Gilgal; and they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, in the lowlands of Jericho.


simplify: And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.

And after him, Ibzan of Beth-lehem was judge of Israel.


simplify: For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.


simplify: Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.


rate difficulty: `And now, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the youth a servant to my lord, and the youth goeth up with his brethren,

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


rate difficulty: with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; and they that dwell on the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

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


simplify: But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.

Let him make his request in faith, doubting nothing; for he who has doubt in his heart is like the waves of the sea, which are troubled by the driving of the wind.


rate difficulty: and spoke to them, saying, Return unto your tents with much wealth and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with copper, and with iron, and with clothing, in very great quantity; divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

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


simplify: Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

In a very short time Lebanon will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will seem like a wood.


rate difficulty: And Moses took the tent, and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the Tent of meeting. And it came to pass [that] every one who sought Jehovah went out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp.

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


rate difficulty: all the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians; I will dispossess them from before the children of Israel. Only, partition it by lot to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

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


rate difficulty: For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


simplify: So Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken. And it came to pass when Jerusalem was taken

So Jeremiah was kept in the place of the armed watchmen till the day when Jerusalem was taken.


simplify: And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.

And at the east side, four thousand five hundred by measure, and three doors, one for Joseph, one for Benjamin, one for Dan;


simplify: Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Happy and holy is he who has a part in this first coming: over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will be ruling with him a thousand years.


rate difficulty: And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble.

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


rate difficulty: For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.


rate difficulty: And he saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

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


simplify: For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.

Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was round Jerusalem, shutting it in: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the place of the armed watchmen, in the house of the king of Judah.


simplify: Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

bearing a rich harvest of that righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.


simplify: And there was seen another sign in the heaven, and, lo, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his head seven diadems,

Another portent also was seen in the heavens There was a great red Dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.


simplify: And Jehovah will create over the whole habitation of mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory shall be spread a covering.

And over every living-place on Mount Zion, all over all her meetings, the Lord will make a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for over all, the glory of the Lord will be a cover and a tent;


simplify: And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

The city is square; the length and the breadth are the same. The angel measured with his rod; it was twelve hundred miles; its length, and breadth, and height are equal.


rate difficulty: So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 11 | difficulty: hard


simplify: They also went down into Sheol with him unto them that are slain by the sword; yea, they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

And they will go down with him to the underworld, to those who have been put to the sword; even those who were his helpers, living under his shade among the nations


simplify: Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

Now, while they were on their way, he came to a certain town; and a woman named Martha took him into her house.


rate difficulty: Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.

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


simplify: And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.

And on their way down to the end of the town, Samuel said to Saul, Give your servant orders to go on in front of us, (so he went on,) but you keep here, so that I may give you the word of God.


simplify: And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.


simplify: But in the latter days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of Jehovah’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow unto it.

But in the last days it will come about that the mountain of the Lord's house will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and peoples will be flowing to it.


simplify: Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

Men of Parthia, Media, and Elam, and those living in Mesopotamia, in Judaea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,


rate difficulty: but even if we or a messenger out of heaven may proclaim good news to you different from what we did proclaim to you--anathema let him be!

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


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


rate difficulty: And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

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


simplify: And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

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


rate difficulty: The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

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


rate difficulty: But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

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


simplify: Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

Now do not be hard-hearted, as your fathers were; but give yourselves to the Lord, and come into his holy place, which he has made his for ever, and be the servants of the Lord your God, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from you.


rate difficulty: When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

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


rate difficulty: And I went down to the potter's house; and behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

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


simplify: At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar–boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?

At the same time, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai, and their men, came to them and said, Who gave you orders to go on building this house and this wall?


rate difficulty: The standard of the camp of Dan <FI>is<Fi> northward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Dan <FI>is<Fi> Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

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


simplify: Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: Hosah had thirteen sons and brothers.


simplify: whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.

Whose owners put them to death and have no sense of sin; and those who get a price for them say, May the Lord be praised for I have much wealth: and the keepers of the flock have no pity for them.


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as Jehovah had spoken.

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


simplify: (but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)


simplify: And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:

And give to the Lord a burned offering for a sweet smell; one ox, one male sheep, seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark on them:


rate difficulty: and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:

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


rate difficulty: And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.


simplify: Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.

It is to be square, folded in two, a hand-stretch long and a hand-stretch wide.


simplify: And Adoni–bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

And Adoni-zedek said, Seventy kings, whose thumbs and great toes had been cut off, got broken meat under my table: as I have done, so has God done to me in full. And they took him to Jerusalem, and he came to his end there.


simplify: And they went after them unto the Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

And they went after them as far as Jordan; and all the road was covered with clothing and vessels dropped by the Aramaeans in their flight. So those who were sent went back and gave the news to the king.


simplify: Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies;

For this reason the Lord, the Lord of armies, the Strong One of Israel, has said, I will put an end to my haters, and send punishment on those who are against me;


simplify: And the families of Kirjath–jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.

And the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites and the Puthites and the Shumathites and the Mishraites; from them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.


simplify: And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.

Many, too, of those who had become believers in Christ came with a full confession of their practices;


rate difficulty: For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.

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


rate difficulty: and which the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi had (for theirs was the first lot);

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


simplify: For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

for, while John baptized with water, you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit before many days have passed.”


simplify: Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the Lord.

And your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before God, on hearing his words about this place and its people, and with weeping and signs of grief have made yourself low before me, I have given ear to you, says the Lord God.


simplify: But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.

For I am the Lord your God, who makes the sea calm when its waves are thundering: the Lord of armies is his name.


rate difficulty: The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.

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


simplify: The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the same was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon),

The word which came to Jeremiah about all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah king of Judah; this was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.


simplify: And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.

And Samson said to the boy who took him by the hand, Let me put my hand on the pillars supporting the house, so that I may put my back against them.


rate difficulty: Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children.

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


simplify: Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

To the Thessalonian church in union with God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, From Paul, Silas, and Timothy.


simplify: For if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

For, if by their putting away, the rest of men have been made friends with God, what will their coming back again be, but life from the dead?


simplify: And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

And all the children of Israel were looking on when the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord was on the house; and they went down on their knees, with their faces to the earth, worshipping and praising the Lord, and saying, He is good; for his mercy is unchanging for ever.


simplify: Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us in peace.

But if the one who is not a Christian has a desire to go away, let it be so: the brother or the sister in such a position is not forced to do one thing or the other: but it is God's pleasure that we may be at peace with one another.


simplify: And there was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.

And there was a doorway to the inner square looking to the south: he took the measure from doorway to doorway to the south, a hundred cubits.


rate difficulty: Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

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


simplify: be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in his good time,


rate difficulty: You are to put a window in the ark, a cubit from the roof, and a door in the side of it, and you are to make it with a lower and second and third floors.

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


simplify: And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

And I will take you as my bride for ever; truly, I will take you as my bride in righteousness and in right judging, in love and in mercies.


simplify: These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:

These are to take their places on Mount Gerizim for blessing the people when you have gone over Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin;


simplify: And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

And Elijah, hearing it, went out, covering his face with his robe, and took his place in the opening of the hole. And there a voice came to him saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?


simplify: My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting-place.

My people have been wandering sheep: their keepers have made them go out of the right way, turning them loose on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, having no memory of their resting-place.


rate difficulty: And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

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


simplify: And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?

Then Jephthah sent men to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you against me that you have come to make war against my land?


rate difficulty: To those who, by perseverance in doing good, aim at glory, honor, and all that is imperishable, he will give immortal life;

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


simplify: And Moses gaveinheritance unto the half-tribe of Manasseh: and it was for the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families.

And Moses gave their heritage to the half-tribe of Manasseh by their families.


rate difficulty: For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

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


rate difficulty: And they shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be entire unto the top thereof unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

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


simplify: While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.

And while he said these things, the shade of a cloud came over them, and they were full of fear when they went into the cloud.


rate difficulty: Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

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


rate difficulty: Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed; neither be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

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


rate difficulty: Now say to them, Go back to your tents.

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


rate difficulty: Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.


simplify: They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

they will take up snakes in their hands; and, if they drink any poison, it will not hurt them; they will place their hands on sick people and they will recover.”


simplify: And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh–gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

Then he said to the representatives who had come, Say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is high, you will be made safe. And the representatives came and gave the news to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.


rate difficulty: also its five pillars, and their pegs; and he overlaid their tops and their fillets <FI>with<Fi> gold, and their five sockets <FI>are<Fi> brass.

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


simplify: No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole.


simplify: Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.


rate difficulty: And Jacob said to them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

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


rate difficulty: and of human persons, of the women that had not known lying with a man, all the persons were thirty-two thousand.


rate difficulty: With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

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


rate difficulty: Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways.

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


simplify: Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.

The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

So this is what the Lord has said about Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will make no weeping for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they will make no weeping for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!


simplify: and there were many lamps in the upper chamber where they were gathered together,

There were a good many lamps in the upstairs room, where we had met;


rate difficulty: And the account was heard in the ears of the assembly that <FI>is<Fi> in Jerusalem concerning them, and they sent forth Barnabas to go through unto Antioch,

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


rate difficulty: Now at the feast every year he let one prisoner go free at their request.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them unto him to Jezreel.

And when the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and put them to death, all the seventy, and put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel.


rate difficulty: And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

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


rate difficulty: Even though I dole my substance to the poor, even though I sacrifice my body in order to boast, yet have not love, it avails me nothing!

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


simplify: that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that discloseth to me when my son maketh a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or discloseth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

That all of you have made designs against me, and not one of you gave me word when my son made an agreement with the son of Jesse, and not one of you has pity for me or has made my eyes open to the fact that my servant has been moved by my son against me, as at this day?


simplify: And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal.

And he made two gold rings, placing them on the two opposite sides under the edge, to take the rods for lifting it.


rate difficulty: As a whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no [more]; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

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


simplify: And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.


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

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


rate difficulty: And the cities which ye give <FI>are<Fi> of the possession of the sons of Israel, from the many ye multiply, and from the few ye diminish; each, according to his inheritance which they inherit, doth give of his cities to the Levites.'

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


simplify: So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them near to Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.


rate difficulty: And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a shilling.

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


rate difficulty: He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

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


rate difficulty: And the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was: to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin, southward, in the extreme south.


simplify: Every one who is hating his brother--a man-killer he is, and ye have known that no man-killer hath life age-during in him remaining,

The person who hates another is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life within them.


rate difficulty: So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.


rate difficulty: Blessed the peace-makers, for they shall be called sons ofGod.

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


rate difficulty: So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, unto Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.


rate difficulty: I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia.


rate difficulty: Afterwards shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah theirGod, and David their king; and shall turn with fear toward Jehovah and toward his goodness, at the end of the days.

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


rate difficulty: and those going before were rebuking him, that he might be silent, but he was much more crying out, `Son of David, deal kindly with me.'


rate difficulty: And he went, and fetched and brought [them] to his mother. And his mother prepared a savoury dish such as his father loved.


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

‘But, Father Abraham,’ he urged, ‘if some one from the dead were to go to them, they would repent.’


rate difficulty: In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.


rate difficulty: Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?


simplify: And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

And let him put his hand on the head of it and put it to death before the Tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron are to put some of its blood on and round the altar.


rate difficulty: And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

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


rate difficulty: So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.


rate difficulty: In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the Lord: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.

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


simplify: And all the assembly worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt-offering was finished.

And all the people gave worship, to the sound of songs and the blowing of horns; and this went on till the burned offering was ended.


simplify: And David said unto Michal, It was before Jehovah, who chose me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Jehovah, over Israel: therefore will I play before Jehovah.

And David said to Michal, I was dancing before the Lord, who put me over your father and all his sons, to make me a ruler over the people of the Lord, over his people Israel: and I will go on playing before the Lord;


simplify: Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.

You will go after them in wrath, and put an end to them from under the heavens of the Lord.


simplify: Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

Until I put your enemies as a footstool under your feet.”’


rate difficulty: But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

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


rate difficulty: And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.

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


rate difficulty: For in a short time I will take the journey from which I will not come back.

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


simplify: That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

What the worm did not make a meal of, has been taken by the locust; and what the locust did not take, has been food for the plant-worm; and what the plant-worm did not take, has been food for the field-fly.


simplify: and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.


simplify: Wherefore no longer forbearing, we thought good to be left in Athens alone,

And so, as we could bear it no longer, we made up our minds to remain behind alone at Athens,


simplify: All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything is not profitable. Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything does not build up character.


simplify: thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress; as Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

But give him freely from your flock and from your grain and your wine: in the measure of the wealth which the Lord your God has given you, you are to give to him.


rate difficulty: And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.


simplify: James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail!

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, greets the twelve tribes that are living abroad.


rate difficulty: And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,

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


rate difficulty: the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,

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


simplify: And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

And all the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear and put away their pride.


simplify: All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord.

All the time he is separate he is holy to the Lord.


simplify: But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.


rate difficulty: And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.

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


simplify: Salvation from our enemies, And out of the hand of all hating us,

salvation from our enemies and from the hands of all who hate us,


rate difficulty: Well, there were once seven brothers; of whom the eldest, after taking a wife, died childless.

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


rate difficulty: Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.


simplify: Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.


simplify: And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

And David said to the young man who gave him the news, Why are you certain that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?


simplify: And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain Jehovah’s priests.

And gave him the news of how Saul had put to death the Lord's priests.


simplify: And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

And he put the body in the resting-place made ready for himself, weeping and sorrowing over it, saying, O my brother!


rate difficulty: But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord God.

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


simplify: Jehovah will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee: they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways.

By the power of the Lord, those who take arms against you will be overcome before you: they will come out against you one way, and will go in flight from you seven ways.


simplify: For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord did they bestow upon Baalim.

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


rate difficulty: `And that which he hath sinned against the holy thing he repayeth, and its fifth is adding to it, and hath given it to the priest, and the priest maketh atonement for him with the ram of the guilt-offering, and it hath been forgiven him.

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


rate difficulty: who gave himself as a ransom on behalf of all men.  This must be our testimony, as opportunities present themselves;


rate difficulty: And she saith to him, `Give to me a blessing; when the south land thou hast given me--then thou hast given to me springs of water; and Caleb giveth to her the upper springs and the lower springs.

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


simplify: And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:


simplify: saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man:

Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:


rate difficulty: And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.


simplify: Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.


simplify: That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:

For they are an uncontrolled people, false-hearted, who will not give ear to the teaching of the Lord:


simplify: Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,

Now all the acts of David, first and last, are recorded in the words of Samuel the seer, and the words of Nathan the prophet, and the words of Gad the seer;


simplify: Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

Now, while he was talking, a Pharisee made a request that he would come to a meal with him; and he went in and took his seat at the meal.


simplify: And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

He woke up, and taking the child and his mother, went into the Land of Israel.


rate difficulty: And king Ahaz commandeth him--Urijah the priest--saying, `On the great altar perfume the burnt-offering of the morning, and the present of the evening, and the burnt-offering of the king, and his present, and the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their present, and their libations; and all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice, on it thou dost sprinkle, and the altar of brass is to me to inquire <FI>by<Fi> .'

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


simplify: And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

And those who had food were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.


rate difficulty: `And he hath slaughtered the lamb in the place where he slaughtereth the sin-offering and the burnt-offering, in the holy place; for like the sin-offering the guilt-offering is to the priest; it <FI>is<Fi> most holy.

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


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,

The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, I made an agreement with your fathers on the day when I took them out of Egypt, out of the prison-house, saying,


rate difficulty: So now I will go back to my people: but first let me make clear to you what this people will do to your people in days to come.

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


simplify: So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

So in the morning I was teaching the people and in the evening death took my wife; and in the morning I did what I had been ordered to do.


simplify: And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake; and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.


rate difficulty: And they went against his rules, and the agreement which he made with their fathers, and his laws which he gave them; they gave themselves up to things without sense or value, and became foolish like the nations round them, of whom the Lord had said, Do not as they do.

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


simplify: And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.

And six boards for the back of the House on the west,


simplify: For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs;

For the land where you are going is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you put in your seeds, watering them with your foot, like a planted garden:


rate difficulty: And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.

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


simplify: For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

For they are in flight from the sharp sword, and the bent bow, and from the trouble of war.


simplify: And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.


simplify: Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.


rate difficulty: Now the Lord is the Spirit, but where the Spirit of [the] Lord [is, there is] liberty.


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

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


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

For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.


simplify: and Joanna wife of Chuza, steward of Herod, and Susanna, and many others, who were ministering to him from their substance.

and Joanna (the wife of Herod’s steward, Chuza), and Susannah, and many others — all of whom provided for Jesus and his apostles out of their own resources.


rate difficulty: `Then Thou hast hearkened unto the supplication of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel, which they pray towards this place; yea, Thou dost hearken in the place of Thy dwelling, in the heavens--and Thou hast hearkened, and hast forgiven,

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


rate difficulty: `From the day that I brought out My people from the land of Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name being there, and I have not fixed on a man to be leader over My people Israel;

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


simplify: And Jehovah was with him; whithersoever he went forth he prospered: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

And the Lord was with him; he did well in all his undertakings: and he took up arms against the king of Assyria and was his servant no longer.


rate difficulty: Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,

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


rate difficulty: There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help, And in his excellency on the skies.

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


simplify: These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.

These are the sons of Dan by their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan by their families.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

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


rate difficulty: And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see me from behind; but my face shall not be seen.

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


rate difficulty: And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof: the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards,

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


simplify: And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised Jehovah day by day, singing with loud instruments unto Jehovah.

So the children of Israel who were present in Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with great joy: and the Levites and the priests gave praise to the Lord day by day, making melody to the Lord with loud instruments.


rate difficulty: But I will keep safe seven thousand in Israel, all those whose knees have not been bent to Baal, and whose mouths have given him no kisses.

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


simplify: And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually.

And Saul's fear of David became all the greater, and he went on hating him, day by day.


rate difficulty: Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

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


simplify: Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

Being given circumcision on the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in relation to the law, a Pharisee:


simplify: And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled; and the earth quaked: so there was an exceeding great trembling.

And there was great fear in the tents and in the field and among all the men of the armed force, and the attackers were shaking with fear; even the earth was moved with a great shaking and there was a fear as from God.