simplify: And at the door of the tent of meeting shall ye abide day and night seven days, and keep the charge of Jehovah, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.

And you are to keep watch for the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting day and night for seven days, so that death may not come to you: for so he has given me orders.


rate difficulty: And he enjoined him to tell no one; but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing as Moses ordained, for a testimony to them.

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simplify: Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

Do not give ear to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says, Make peace with me, and come out to me; and everyone will be free to take the fruit of his vine and of his fig-tree, and the water of his spring;


simplify: For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.


simplify: And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

In the evening, when Jacob came in from the field, Leah went out to him and said, Tonight you are to come to me, for I have given my son's love-fruits as a price for you. And he went in to her that night.


rate difficulty: These also aresayingsof the wise.   To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

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rate difficulty: The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

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rate difficulty: Now therefore why tempt yeGod, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

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rate difficulty: Together you are the body of Christ, and individually its parts.


simplify: And when they had crossed over, they came to the land, unto Gennesaret.

And when they had gone across, they came to land at Gennesaret.


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant [in respect] of the day, and my covenant [in respect] of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season,

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rate difficulty: And prophesied have the prophets, (Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo) unto the Jews who <FI>are<Fi> in Judah and in Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel--unto them.

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


simplify: In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

In the Lord will all the seed of Israel get their rights, and they will give glory to him.


simplify: But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;

“Have not you read,” replied Jesus, “what David did, when he and his companions were hungry —


rate difficulty: And it hath passed on into Judah, It hath overflown and passed over, Unto the neck it cometh, And the stretching out of its wings Hath been the fulness of the breadth of thy land, O Emmanu-El!

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rate difficulty: And he made chains [as] in the oracle, and he put them on the top of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.


rate difficulty: the <FI>son<Fi> of Mattathias, the <FI>son<Fi> of Amos, the <FI>son<Fi> of Naum, the <FI>son<Fi> of Esli,

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simplify: Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

Of whom do you make sport? against whom is your mouth open wide and your tongue put out? are you not uncontrolled children, a false seed,


simplify: Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.


rate difficulty: and the one goeth out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn--torn! and I have not seen him since;

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rate difficulty: And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

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


rate difficulty: This is what the Lord has said: The days of my cause against you are ended; they are cut off and past. Though I have sent trouble on you, you will no longer be troubled.


simplify: And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.


simplify: But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.

But Jesus said, Say not so: for there is no man who will do a great work in my name, and be able at the same time to say evil of me.


rate difficulty: Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.


rate difficulty: When you take an oath to the Lord, do not be slow to give effect to it: for without doubt the Lord your God will make you responsible, and will put it to your account as sin.


rate difficulty: but as it is written,  Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, Andwhichentered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.

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rate difficulty: ye also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift bestowed upon us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf.

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


simplify: Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:


simplify: And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee upon the waters.

And Peter, answering, said to him, Lord, if it is you, give me the order to come to you on the water.


rate difficulty: And Absalom found himself in the presence of David's servants. And Absalom was riding upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of the great terebinth, and his head caught in the terebinth, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

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


simplify: Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:

Then Jeremiah said to them, This is what you are to say to Zedekiah:


simplify: and, intending to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrim,

Wanting to know exactly the ground of the charges they made against him, I brought him before their Council,


rate difficulty: Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

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


rate difficulty: Give to everyone who asks of you; and, when anyone takes away what is yours, do not demand its return.

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


simplify: And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

Then, looking around at them all, he said to the man: “Stretch out your hand.”The man did so; and his hand had become sound.


simplify: Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

At these words Moses took to flight, and became an exile in Midian; and there he had two sons born to him.


simplify: And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.


rate difficulty: And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan that it was thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; as the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as one goes to Zoar.

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


simplify: Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?

Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?


rate difficulty: and sons of the Levites bear the ark of God, as Moses commanded, according to the word of Jehovah, on their shoulder, with staves, above them.

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


rate difficulty: And I will set my habitation among you; and my soul shall not abhor you;

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


simplify: And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

And Annas, the high priest, was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all the relations of the high priest.


simplify: So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;

So those who made melody, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were put in position, with brass instruments, sounding loudly;


rate difficulty: And he maketh for himself houses in the city of David, and prepareth a place for the ark of God, and stretcheth out for it a tent.

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


simplify: and saying, `Sir, my young man hath been laid in the house a paralytic, fearfully afflicted,'

“Sir,” he said, “my manservant is lying ill at my house with a stroke of paralysis, and is suffering terribly.”


rate difficulty: He covereth the face of his throne, he spreadeth his cloud upon it.

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


rate difficulty: So he put it before them, and they had a meal and there was more than enough, as the Lord had said.


simplify: O Lord Jehovah, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness, and thy strong hand: for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy mighty acts?

O Lord God, you have now for the first time let your servant see your great power and the strength of your hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth able to do such great works and such acts of power?


simplify: But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you,


rate difficulty: The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,

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


simplify: And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.

And he said to me, Go in and see the evil and disgusting things which they are doing here.


simplify: So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

So they will see the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the east: for he will come like a rushing stream, forced on by a wind of the Lord.


simplify: Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

And the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, (for he was the oldest son, but, because he made his father's bride-bed unclean, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; but he is not to be given the place of the oldest.


rate difficulty: A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into a way that is not good.

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


rate difficulty: `For thus said Jehovah, Surely at the fulness of Babylon--seventy years--I inspect you, and have established towards you My good word, to bring you back unto this place.

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


simplify: And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.

David put armed forces in all the towns of Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The Lord made David overcome wherever he went.


simplify: And every soul that eateth that which dieth of itself, or that which is torn of beasts, whether he be home-born or a sojourner, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.

And anyone who takes as food anything which has come to a natural end, or anything which has been put to death by beasts, if he is one of you by birth, or of another nation, will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening, and then he will be clean.


simplify: But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.

But they will say, There is no hope: we will go on in our designs, and every one of us will do what he is moved by the pride of his evil heart to do.


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

But Saul was burning with hate against the church, going into every house and taking men and women and putting them in prison.


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

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


rate difficulty: And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

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


simplify: And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:

And turning you round, I will be your guide, and make you come up from the inmost parts of the north; I will make you come on to the mountains of Israel:


rate difficulty: and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.


rate difficulty: Enoch, Methushelah, Lemech,

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


simplify: The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.

The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines, before Pharaoh's attack on Gaza.


simplify: And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

And King Ahasuerus put a tax on the land and on the islands of the sea.


simplify: And he said unto them, Then render unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s.

And he said, Then give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.


rate difficulty: My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion:

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


rate difficulty: In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men,

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


rate difficulty: And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah hid them.

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


rate difficulty: and filthiness and foolish talking, or jesting, which are not convenient; but rather thanksgiving.


rate difficulty: And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

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


simplify: And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies,)

And Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them loose to their shame before their haters:


rate difficulty: Wisdomisthe principal thing; therefore get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

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


simplify: And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.


rate difficulty: And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.

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


rate difficulty: And he did so to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, and they did not slay them.

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


simplify: For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people: if I come among you, even for a minute, I will send destruction on you; so take off all your ornaments, so that I may see what to do with you.


rate difficulty: But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

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


simplify: So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness?

So Hazael went to see him, taking with him forty camels with offerings on their backs of every sort of good thing from Damascus; and when he came before him, he said, Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying, Will I get better from this disease?


rate difficulty: And Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood.

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


rate difficulty: Even if you are kind to the evil-doer, he will not go after righteousness; even in the land of the upright he will still go on in his wrongdoing, and will not see the glory of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be Jehovah this day, who hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.

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


rate difficulty: Some again said that Elijah had appeared, and others that one of the old prophets had risen again.

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


rate difficulty: But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

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


simplify: And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

I gave you your master's daughter and your master's wives for yourself, and I gave you the daughters of Israel and Judah; and if that had not been enough, I would have given you such and such things.


simplify: Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:

Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,


simplify: that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries in the world,

so as to prove yourselves blameless and innocent — ‘faultless children of God, in the midst of an evil-disposed and perverse generation,’ in which you are seen shining like stars in a dark world,


simplify: He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.


rate difficulty: And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death.

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


simplify: And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office,

And the robes of needlework, the holy robes for Aaron and for his sons, for their use when acting as priests,


rate difficulty: Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

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


simplify: For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.


rate difficulty: and there hath been found at Achmetha, in a palace that <FI>is<Fi> in the province of Media, a roll, and a record thus written within it <FI>is<Fi> :

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


rate difficulty: Then called Esther for Hathach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and charged him to go to Mordecai, to know what this was, and why it was.

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


simplify: This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

This man took them out, having done wonders and signs in Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the waste land, for forty years.


simplify: And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

And Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.


simplify: Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.

You are scrupulous in keeping days and months and seasons and years!


rate difficulty: When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.

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


simplify: Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

Give ear, you peoples, all of you; give attention, O earth and everything in it: let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy Temple.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

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


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever.


simplify: And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;

And when he had come out of that place, the scribes and the Pharisees came round him angrily, questioning him about more things;


simplify: Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the Lord shall choose:

But the holy things which you have, and the offerings of your oaths, you are to take to the place which will be marked out by the Lord:


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

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


rate difficulty: And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

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


rate difficulty: And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

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


rate difficulty: And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

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


simplify: Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not.

Give blessing and not curses to those who are cruel to you.


rate difficulty: How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?


simplify: When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

When Israel was a child he was dear to me; and I took my son out of Egypt.


simplify: They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.

Every one, as he was able, gave for the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, five thousand pounds of silver and a hundred priests' robes.


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


rate difficulty: But now Jehovah myGod has given me rest on every side: there is neither adversary nor evil event.


rate difficulty: For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

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


simplify: In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even unto the end.

In that day I will do to Eli everything which I have said about his family, from first to last.


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

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


rate difficulty: By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.


simplify: Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

Three on the other side of Jordan and three in the land of Canaan, to be safe places for flight.


rate difficulty: And ye returned and wept before Jehovah; but Jehovah hearkened not to your voice, nor gave ear unto you.

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


rate difficulty: Then Peter came to himself and said: “Now I know beyond all doubt that the Lord has sent his angel, and has rescued me from Herod’s hands and from all that the Jewish people have been expecting.”

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


rate difficulty: for that will be ‘a time of great distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of the world down to the present time’ — no, nor ever will again.


simplify: `And ye shall be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends, and they shall put of you to death;

You will be betrayed even by your parents and brothers and sisters and sisters and relations and friends, and they will cause some of you to be put to death,


simplify: Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

Watching from far away, for fear of her punishment, saying, Sorrow, sorrow for Babylon, the great town, the strong town! for in one hour you have been judged.


rate difficulty: And it will come about that as it was my purpose to do to them, so I will do to you.

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rate difficulty: To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand.

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

And of Levi he said, Give your Thummim to Levi and let the Urim be with your loved one, whom you put to the test at Massah, with whom you were angry at the waters of Meribah;


simplify: Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,

Heshbon and all her towns in the table-land; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon;


rate difficulty: O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who give you up will be put to shame; those who go away from you will be cut off from the earth, because they have given up the Lord, the fountain of living waters.


simplify: And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread:


simplify: Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.


simplify: and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.

And to make an offering, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord, of two doves or other young birds.


simplify: And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.

Then he went back to the man of God, with all his train, and, taking his place before him, said, Now I am certain that there is no God in all the earth, but only in Israel: now then, take an offering from me.


simplify: And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

And they put dust on their heads, and were sad, weeping and crying, and saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, in which was increased the wealth of all who had their ships on the sea because of her great stores! for in one hour she is made waste.


rate difficulty: So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.

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simplify: Now when the Pharisee that had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, that she is a sinner.

Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner.


rate difficulty: Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.


simplify: He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

The pillar of cloud went ever before them by day, and the pillar of fire by night.


simplify: And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord, and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.


simplify: and they were deriding him, knowing that she did die;

They began to laugh at him, for they knew that she was dead.


rate difficulty: because [the] eyes of [the] Lord [are] on [the] righteous, and his ears towards their supplications; but [the] face of [the] Lord [is] against them that do evil.


simplify: And she who is really a widow and desolate, hath hoped upon God, and doth remain in the supplications and in the prayers night and day,

As for the woman who is really widowed and left quite alone, her hopes are fixed on God, and she devotes herself to prayers and supplications night and day.


simplify: And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

And he took away all the people of Jerusalem and all the chiefs and all the men of war, ten thousand prisoners; and all the expert workmen and the metal-workers; only the poorest sort of the people of the land were not taken away.


rate difficulty: (As to what I am now writing to you, I call God to witness that I am speaking the truth).


rate difficulty: To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Should serve him without fear,

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simplify: and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

It was clear to Esau that his father had no love for the women of Canaan,


simplify: Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.


simplify: and he said to him, `A certain man made a great supper, and called many,

But Jesus said to him: “A man was once giving a great dinner. He invited many people,


simplify: And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

You are to take two beryl stones, on which the names of the children of Israel are to be cut:


simplify: Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.

And do not go up by steps to my altar, for fear that your bodies may be seen uncovered.


simplify: Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears.

Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, and let your ears be open to them.


rate difficulty: And they put dust on their heads, and were sad, weeping and crying, and saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, in which was increased the wealth of all who had their ships on the sea because of her great stores! for in one hour she is made waste.

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simplify: and the ten horns that thou didst see upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her in fire,

The ten horns that you saw, and the Beast — they will hate the Harlot, and cause her to become deserted and strip her bare; they will eat her flesh and utterly consume her with fire.


simplify: And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall winnow her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

And I will send men to Babylon to make her clean and get her land cleared: for in the day of trouble they will put up their tents against her on every side.


simplify: And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

But when they kept on requesting him, he was shamed and said, Send, then. So they sent fifty men; but after searching for three days, they came back without having seen him.


simplify: and the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.

And the glory of the Lord will be made clear, and all flesh will see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has said it.


simplify: And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son: and she said, This time I will give praise to the Lord: so he was named Judah; after this she had no more children for a time.


simplify: And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:

And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:


rate difficulty: And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.

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simplify: And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.

And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.


simplify: And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place.

And all the flocks would come together there, and when the stone had been rolled away, they would give the sheep water, and put the stone back again in its place on the mouth of the water-hole.


rate difficulty: In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, `As against a robber ye did come forth, with swords and sticks, to take me! daily with you I was sitting teaching in the temple, and ye did not lay hold on me;

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simplify: And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

If a man gets from his neighbour the use of one of his beasts, and it is damaged or put to death when the owner is not with it, he will certainly have to make payment for the loss.


simplify: Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.

And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.


simplify: Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?


rate difficulty: and behold, there came a great wind from over the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they died; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

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rate difficulty: And Samson said, Let death overtake me with the Philistines. And he put out all his strength, and the house came down on the chiefs and on all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he sent to destruction by his death were more than all those on whom he had sent destruction in his life.

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rate difficulty: and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,

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simplify: When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

When they go without food, I will not give ear to their cry; when they give burned offerings and meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: but I will put an end to them by the sword and by need of food and by disease.


rate difficulty: And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman.


rate difficulty: He pursued them, he passed on in safety, by a way he had never come with his feet.

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rate difficulty: And of whom hast thou been afraid and in fear, that thou liest, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of long time, and thou fearest me not?

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rate difficulty: I am writing these things to you about those whose purpose is that you may be turned out of the true way.


rate difficulty: Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

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simplify: But abide thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

But see that you keep to the teaching you have been given and the things of which you are certain, conscious of who has been your teacher;


simplify: the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers;

The ear-rings, and the chains, and the delicate clothing,


simplify: not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

Never avenge yourselves, dear friends, but make way for the wrath of God; for scripture declares — ‘“It is for me to avenge, I will requite,” says the Lord.’


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

And they put his body in the earth in the land of his heritage in Timnath-serah, in the hill-country of Ephraim, to the north of Mount Gaash.


simplify: Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

Give orders to the children of Israel to give to the Levites, from the heritage which is theirs, towns for themselves, with land on the outskirts of the towns.


simplify: And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

And Elijah in answer said, It is I; now go and say to your lord, Elijah is here.


rate difficulty: Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

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rate difficulty: And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent.


simplify: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

For in baptism you were buried with Christ; and in baptism you were also raised to life with him, through your faith in the omnipotence of God, who raised him from the dead.


rate difficulty: And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him unto David; and the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.

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simplify: So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.

So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman.


simplify: For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.


rate difficulty: And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith;

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simplify: If grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough?

If men came to get your grapes, would they not let some be uncut on the vines? if thieves came by night, would they not make waste till they had enough?


rate difficulty: So they put on haircloth, and cords on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, Your servant Ben-hadad says, Let me now keep my life. And he said, Is he still living? he is my brother.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass after a while that the torrent dried up, for there had been no rain in the land.

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simplify: O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

O Lord, why do you send us wandering from your ways, making our hearts hard, so that we have no fear of you? Come back, because of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.


simplify: instead of your saying, `If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'

You ought, rather, to say ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.’


rate difficulty: He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

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rate difficulty: that we might not have Satan get an advantage against us, for we are not ignorant of his thoughts.

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rate difficulty: For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,

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rate difficulty: Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

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rate difficulty: and so, too, were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s partners. “Do not be afraid,”Jesus said to Simon; “from today you will catch people.”


rate difficulty: and thou shalt find favour and good understanding in the sight ofGod and man.

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simplify: And they came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to death


rate difficulty: And he said to them, Look on me, and do likewise; behold, when I come to the extremity of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.

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


simplify: And unto the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.

And to the rest of the sons of Kohath there were given by the Lord's decision ten towns out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.


rate difficulty: For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

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simplify: Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Not everyone who says to me ‘Master! Master!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.


simplify: Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,

And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,


rate difficulty: to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that ye may be filled--to all the fulness of God;

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simplify: But the governor answered and said unto them, Which of the two will ye that I release unto you? And they said, Barabbas.

But the ruler made answer and said to them, Which of the two is it your pleasure that I let go free? And they said, Barabbas.


rate difficulty: Jesus, however, became aware of it, and went away from that place. A number of people followed him, and he cured them all;

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rate difficulty: Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites:


rate difficulty: Our fathers have sinned--they are not, We their iniquities have borne.

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rate difficulty: And if anyone says to you, Why are you taking him? say, The Lord has need of him.


rate difficulty: Their drink is sour; they give themselves up to whoredom; her great men passionately love [their] shame.

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rate difficulty: that the violence [done] to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the citizens of Shechem, who had strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.

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rate difficulty: Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

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rate difficulty: `Micah the Morashtite hath been prophesying in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and he saith unto all the people of Judah, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Zion is a plowed field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mountain of the house is for high places of a forest.

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


rate difficulty: And so you gave them up into the hands of their haters who were cruel to them: and in the time of their trouble, when they made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; and in your great mercy gave them saviours, who made them free from the hands of their haters.


rate difficulty: So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.


rate difficulty: `And it hath been to them for a statute age-during, that he who is sprinkling the water of separation doth wash his garments, and he who is coming against the water of separation is unclean till the evening,

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rate difficulty: And afterwards Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees; and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

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rate difficulty: And the hand of Jehovah was upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jizreel.

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rate difficulty: In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.


simplify: His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

His mouth is most sweet; yes, he is all beautiful. This is my loved one, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.


simplify: Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.


simplify: If the priest’s daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.

And if the daughter of a priest is married to an outside person she may not take of the holy things which are lifted up as offerings.


rate difficulty: And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

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simplify: And the multitude went up and began to ask him to do as he was wont to do unto them.

And the people went up, requesting him to do as he had done for them in other years.


rate difficulty: And all that day Abimelech was fighting against the town; and he took it, and put to death the people who were in it, and had the town pulled down and covered with salt.


rate difficulty: And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.


rate difficulty: And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.


simplify: And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be hidden anymore, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers;

And though the Lord will give you the bread of trouble and the water of grief, you will no longer put your teacher on one side, but you will see your teacher:


rate difficulty: and he said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah.

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


simplify: Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,


simplify: For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

And for this purpose Christ went into death and came back again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and of the living.


rate difficulty: not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it is written, Vengeance [belongs] to me, I will recompense, saith the Lord.

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rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

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rate difficulty: (in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and besieged it;

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rate difficulty: and goeth down at the end of <FI>certain<Fi> years unto Ahab to Samaria, and Ahab sacrificeth for him sheep and oxen in abundance, and for the people who <FI>are<Fi> with him, and persuadeth him to go up unto Ramoth-Gilead.

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


simplify: And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

And on hearing their outcry and what they said I was very angry.


rate difficulty: Do not be false to the married relation.

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


rate difficulty: `If an evil beast I cause to pass through the land, and it hath bereaved, and it hath been a desolation, without any passing through because of the beast--

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simplify: For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

Because of all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish acts.


rate difficulty: And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.

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


simplify: Hath he smitten them as he smote those that smote them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by them?

Is his punishment like the punishment of those who overcame him? or are his dead as great in number as those he put to the sword?


rate difficulty: And she saith to them, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Say to the man who hath sent you unto me,

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rate difficulty: The old men of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to deal in thy merchandise.

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


simplify: through the proof of this ministration glorifying God for the subjection of your confession to the good news of the Christ, and <FI>for<Fi> the liberality of the fellowship to them and to all,

Through the evidence afforded by the service rendered, you cause people to praise God for your fidelity to your profession of faith in the good news of the Christ, as well as for the liberality of your contributions for them and for all others.


rate difficulty: Who said to his father and to his mother, I see him not, And he acknowledged not his brethren, And knew not his own children; For they have observed thy word, And kept thy covenant.

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


rate difficulty: And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

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rate difficulty: and all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy.


rate difficulty: And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

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


simplify: But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

But when the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, like all the disgusting things which the evil man does, will he have life? Not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory: in the wrong which he has done and in his sin death will overtake him.


simplify: And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

He took Agag, king of the Amalekites, prisoner, and put all the people to the sword without mercy.


simplify: Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

Then the Ziphites came up to Gibeah to see Saul, and said, Is not David living secretly among us in the strong places in Horesh, in the hill of Hachilah to the south of the waste land?


rate difficulty: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;

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rate difficulty: And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:


simplify: The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

For life is more than food, and the body than its clothes.


simplify: For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are broken down to make a defence against the mounds and against the sword;

For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said about the houses of this town and the houses of the kings of Judah, which have been broken down to make earthworks and ...;


simplify: Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.

So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.


rate difficulty: And I saw as a glass sea, mingled with fire, and those that had gained the victory over the beast, and over its image, and over the number of its name, standing upon the glass sea, having harps ofGod.

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rate difficulty: And the cow is to be burned before him, her skin and her flesh and her blood and her waste are to be burned:

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simplify: But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.

Thinking that he was with their fellow travelers, they went one day’s journey before searching for him among their relations and acquaintances;


simplify: And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places; thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

And your sons will be building again the old waste places: you will make strong the bases of old generations: and you will be named, He who puts up the broken walls, and, He who makes ready the ways for use.


simplify: when I may go on to Spain I will come unto you, for I hope in going through, to see you, and by you to be set forward thither, if of you first, in part, I shall be filled.

For my hope is to visit you on my journey, and then to be sent on my way by you, after I have first partly satisfied myself by seeing something of you.


rate difficulty: An untrained ass, used to the waste land, breathing up the wind in her desire; at her time, who is able to send her away? all those who are looking for her will have no need to make themselves tired; in her month they will get her.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

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


simplify: Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth–el.

Go to the Lord for help so that you may have life; for fear that he may come like fire bursting out in the family of Joseph, causing destruction, and there will be no one to put it out in Beth-el.


simplify: He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.


rate difficulty: Now therefore, up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

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simplify: Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.

And of the sons of Adin, Ebed, the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males.


rate difficulty: Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Can a land be made to bring forth in one day? shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her sons.

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


rate difficulty: Jesus said to them: “Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under the couch, instead of being put on the lamp-stand?

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


simplify: is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord,

If anyone of you is ill, let him send for the officers of the church, and let them pray over them, after anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord.


simplify: And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.

So Moses said all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he and Hoshea, the son of Nun.


rate difficulty: They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

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


simplify: And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

Remember the saying — ‘Scanty sowing, scanty harvest; plentiful sowing, plentiful harvest.’


simplify: And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be let loose out of his prison,


rate difficulty: And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and questioning with them, the brethren appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

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simplify: And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:

Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three branches are three days;


simplify: And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and oil and wine.

And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.


simplify: For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

He it was who made the two brass pillars; the first pillar was eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits went round it; and the second was the same.


simplify: And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

And he said to me, Son of man, go now to the children of Israel, and say my words to them.


simplify: And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Aaron's sons were Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.


rate difficulty: Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

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


simplify: and the God of the peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved unblameably in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ;

May God himself, the giver of peace, make you altogether holy; and may your spirits, souls, and bodies be kept altogether faultless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.


simplify: Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.

For this cause give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Edom, and to his purposes designed against the people of Teman: Truly, they will be pulled away by the smallest of the flock; truly, he will make waste their fields with them.


rate difficulty: `When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;

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


simplify: What, then, shall we say? the law <FI>is<Fi> sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said:

What are we to say, then? That law and sin are the same thing? Heaven forbid! On the contrary, I should not have learned what sin is, had not it been for law. If the law did not say ‘You must not covet,’ I should not know what it is to covet.


simplify: Whosoever there is among you of all his people, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem.

Whoever there is among you of his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and take in hand the building of the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; he is the God who is in Jerusalem.


simplify: But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

But the fig-tree said to them, Am I to give up my sweet taste and my good fruit and go waving over the trees?


simplify: And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.

And the limit on the west is the edge of the Great Sea. This is the line going round the land marked out for the children of Judah, by their families.


rate difficulty: After them hath Benjamin strengthened, and Hashub, over-against their house; after him hath Azariah son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah, strengthened, near his house.

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


simplify: and I heard another out of the altar, saying, `Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous <FI>are<Fi> Thy judgments.'

And I heard the response from the altar — ‘Yes, Lord, our God, the Almighty, true and righteous are they judgments.’


simplify: And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,

The sailors wanted to leave the ship, and had lowered the boat, on pretense of running out anchors from the bows,


simplify: And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk and birds of that sort;


simplify: And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

And on the north side in the same way, hangings a hundred cubits long, with twenty pillars of brass on bases of brass; their hooks and their bands are to be of silver.


simplify: and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the captain of the king’s host was Joab.

After Ahithophel was Jehoiada, the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the captain of the king's army was Joab.


simplify: The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.

The Lord has sent a word to Jacob, and it has come on Israel;


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

And it will come about that in all the land, says the Lord, two parts of it will be cut off and come to an end; but the third will be still living there.


simplify: `There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed;

There were once seven brothers; of whom the eldest took a wife, but died and left no family;


rate difficulty: And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.

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simplify: And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:

“Martha, Martha,”replied the Master, “you are anxious and trouble yourself about many things;


simplify: And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,

But the Spirit distinctly says that in later times there will be some who will fall away from the faith, and devote their attention to misleading spirits, and to the teaching of demons,


rate difficulty: And whoever does not give ear to my words which he will say in my name, will be responsible to me.

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simplify: And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land.

And by evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he by himself on the land.


rate difficulty: so that they brought out the sick into the streets and put [them] on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter, when he came, might overshadow some one of them.

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simplify: And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.

So Balak sent more chiefs, greater in number and of higher position than the others.


rate difficulty: `Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'

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simplify: there came, therefore, a sharp contention, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas having taken Mark, did sail to Cyprus,

This caused such unpleasant feeling between them that they parted ways, Barnabas taking Mark and sailing for Cyprus,


rate difficulty: And Herod said, John I beheaded: but who is this, about whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.

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


simplify: And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

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


rate difficulty: And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting.

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rate difficulty: The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.

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


simplify: `Because of this I say to you, that the reign of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit;

That, I tell you, is why the kingdom of God will be taken from you, and given to a nation that does produce the fruit of the kingdom.


simplify: And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.

And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; a designer and a trained workman, expert in needlework of blue and purple and red and the best linen.


simplify: And it is come to pass after all thy wickedness (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord Jehovah),

And it came about, after all your evil-doing, says the Lord,


simplify: For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

And when the flame went up to heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar, while Manoah and his wife were looking on; and they went down on their faces to the earth.


simplify: The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

Those who make waste have come on all the open hilltops in the waste land; for the sword of the Lord sends destruction from one end of the land to the other end of the land: no flesh has peace.


rate difficulty: Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,

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

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


rate difficulty: They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;

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


rate difficulty: Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be cured. Great is the power of a good person’s fervent prayer.


simplify: And on that day were men appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the heave-offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

And on that day certain men were put over the rooms where the things which had been given were stored, for the lifted offerings and the first-fruits and the tenths, and to take into them the amounts, from the fields of every town, fixed by the law for the priests and the Levites: for Judah was glad on account of the priests and the Levites who were in their places.


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

One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;


rate difficulty: And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them; and afterwards I brought you out.


rate difficulty: and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.

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


rate difficulty: Forasmuch as ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly precious things,

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


rate difficulty: The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?

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


simplify: Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

For we conclude that a person is pronounced righteous on the ground of faith, quite apart from obedience to law.


rate difficulty: Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.


simplify: Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.


simplify: As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

As it is said, See, I am putting in Zion a stone causing a fall, and a rock in the way: but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.


simplify: And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, that he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then will the hands of all that are with thee be strong.

And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's women who are here looking after his house; then all Israel will have the news that you are hated by your father, and the hands of your supporters will be strong.


simplify: And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.


simplify: Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith Jehovah.

Has this house, which is named by my name, become a hole of thieves to you? Truly I, even I, have seen it, says the Lord.


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

O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.


simplify: All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

The gold used for all the different work done for the holy place, the gold which was given, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place.


simplify: Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.

Then he took his oldest son, who would have been king after him, offering him as a burned offering on the wall. So there was great wrath against Israel; and they went away from him, back to their country.


rate difficulty: Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

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rate difficulty: When thou buildest a new house, thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any one should in any wise fall from it.

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staff, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats.


simplify: And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?


rate difficulty: In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.

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


simplify: Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

Who is this coming out of the waste places like pillars of smoke, perfumed with sweet spices, with all the spices of the trader?


rate difficulty: But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.

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


simplify: Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

And they made the king a prisoner and took him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah to be judged.


simplify: These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks, standing before the Lord of the earth.

These are the two olive-trees and the two lights, which are before the Lord of the earth.


simplify: And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest it, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.

And Joab said to the man who had given him the news, If you saw this, why did you not put your sword through him, and I would have given you ten bits of silver and a band for your robe?


rate difficulty: But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.


simplify: And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had said; and when his rod had been lifted up and stretched out over the waters of the Nile before the eyes of Pharaoh and his servants, all the water in the Nile was turned to blood;


rate difficulty: But she had taken them up to the roof, covering them with the stems of flax which she had put out in order there.

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


simplify: only, whereunto we have attained, by that same rule let us walk.

Only, as far as we have got, let us be guided by the same rule.


simplify: So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.

So Gideon and the three hundred men who were with him came to the outer line of tents, at the start of the middle watch, when the watchmen had only then taken their stations; and the horns were sounded and the vessels broken.


rate difficulty: But he refused and said, I will not eat. Then his servants, and the woman also, compelled him, and he hearkened to their voice; and he arose from the earth and sat on the bed.

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


rate difficulty: because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.

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


simplify: How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:


simplify: And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.

But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth.


simplify: And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

For about four hundred and fifty years. In later times he gave them Judges, of whom the prophet Samuel was the last.


simplify: And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

He saw a leper who came up, and bowed to the ground before him, and said: “Master, if only you are willing, you are able to make me clean.”


simplify: And he took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of Jehovah, and came by the way of the gate of the guard unto the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

Then he took the captains of hundreds, and the Carians, and the armed men, and all the people of the land; and they came down with the king from the house of the Lord, through the doorway of the armed men, to the king's house. And he took his place on the seat of the kings.


simplify: And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.

And you are to make upright boards of hard wood for the House.


simplify: After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.

Then he took the measure of the wall of the house, which was six cubits; and of the side-rooms round the house, which were four cubits wide.


simplify: And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

And Saul, with Jonathan his son and the people who were with them, was waiting in Geba in the land of Benjamin: but the tents of the Philistines were in Michmash.


simplify: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

And now the crown of righteousness awaits me, which the Lord, the just judge, will give me on ‘that day’ — and not only to me, but to all who have loved his appearing.


simplify: And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, O Jehovah my God, be against me, and against my father’s house; but not against thy people, that they should be plagued.

And David said to God, Was it not I who gave the order for the people to be numbered? It is I who have done the sin and the great wrong; but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand, O Lord God, be lifted up against me and against my family, but not against your people to send disease on them.


rate difficulty: The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway;

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


rate difficulty: I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, your Holy One, Creator of Israel, your King.'

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


simplify: Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for three months; his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.


rate difficulty: And so that your children, to whom it is new, may give ear and be trained in the fear of the Lord your God, while you are living in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.

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


simplify: And he had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who went on seventy young asses; and he was judge of Israel for eight years.


rate difficulty: And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

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


rate difficulty: I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.

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


rate difficulty: Now when many days were fulfilled, the Jews consulted together to kill him.

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


simplify: And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beer–sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the Lord God of their fathers.

And Jehoshaphat was living in Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people, from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, guiding them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers.


simplify: So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

So in these days it is again my purpose to do good to Jerusalem and to the children of Judah: have no fear.


rate difficulty: And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.

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


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, in the journeying of the people from their tents to pass over the Jordan, and of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,

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


simplify: and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

And have knowledge of his desires, and are a judge of the things which are different, having the learning of the law,


simplify: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;


simplify: And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in years.”


simplify: if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

If you have had a taste of the grace of the Lord:


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

And in the evening, at sundown, they took to him all who were diseased, and those who had evil spirits.


rate difficulty: But the Pharisees, having heard [it], said, This [man] does not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub, prince of demons.

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


rate difficulty: Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.


simplify: Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save thou us, I beseech thee, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou Jehovah art God alone.

But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hands, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you and only you, O Lord, are God.


rate difficulty: And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.

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


simplify: and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it.


rate difficulty: Among other places Paul went to Derbe and Lystra. At the latter place they found a disciple, named Timothy, whose mother was a Jewess who had become a believer in Christ, while his father was a Greek,

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