rate difficulty: Butter from his cows and milk from his sheep, with fat of lambs and sheep of Bashan, and goats, and the heart of the grain; and for your drink, wine from the blood of the grape.

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


simplify: And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:

And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:


rate difficulty: That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

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


simplify: But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater, let him become like the younger; and he who is chief, like a servant.


simplify: And now, O Jehovah God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, confirm thou it for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.

And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said!


simplify: His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

His back is made of lines of plates, joined tight together, one against the other, like a stamp.


rate difficulty: And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

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


simplify: And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

And he got together all Judah and Benjamin and those of Ephraim and Manasseh and Simeon who were living with them; for numbers of them came to him out of Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.


simplify: Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.

He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it.


simplify: He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: And he hath burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

In his burning wrath every horn of Israel has been cut off; his right hand has been turned back before the attacker: he has put a fire in Jacob, causing destruction round about.


simplify: And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash smite him, and recovered the cities of Israel.

And Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, took again from Ben-hadad, the son of Hazael, the towns which he had taken from Jehoahaz his father in war. Three times Jehoash overcame him and got back the towns of Israel.


rate difficulty: And they got to work and took away all the altars in Jerusalem, and they put all the vessels for burning perfumes into the stream Kidron.

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


simplify: and having heard, they were glad, and promised to give him money, and he was seeking how, conveniently, he might deliver him up.

They were glad to hear what he said, and promised to pay him. So he began looking for a good opportunity to betray Jesus.


simplify: When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the Lord thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

When you go out to war against other nations, and the Lord your God gives them up into your hands and you take them as prisoners;


simplify: And the garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.

And the material of the clothing, or anything of skin, which has been washed, if the mark has gone out of it, let it be washed a second time and it will be clean.


rate difficulty: according to these ye prepare daily, seven days, bread of a fire-offering, a sweet fragrance, to Jehovah; besides the continual burnt-offering it is prepared, and its libation;

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


rate difficulty: And they make on the eighth day a restraint, because the dedication of the altar they have made seven days, and the feast seven days.

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


simplify: Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

Why are you desiring death, you and your people, by the sword, and because food is gone, and by disease, as the Lord has said of the nation which does not become the servant of the king of Babylon?


simplify: Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of times that are far off.

Son of man, see, the children of Israel say, The vision which he sees is for the days which are a long way off, and his words are of times still far away.


simplify: And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;

And when the angel who said these words to him had gone away, he sent for two of his house-servants, and a God-fearing man of the army, one of those who were waiting on him at all times;


simplify: And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:

And the third heritage came out for Zebulun by their families; the limit of their heritage was as far as Sarid;


simplify: It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

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


simplify: But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.


simplify: Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:

Say to the children of Israel: These are the offerings of anyone who does wrong through error, doing any of the things which by the Lord's order are not to be done:


simplify: The eternal God isthy dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy.

The God of your fathers is your safe resting-place, and under you are his eternal arms: driving out the forces of your haters from before you, he said, Let destruction overtake them.


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

For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: As my wrath and passion have been let loose on the people of Jerusalem, so will my passion be let loose on you when you go into Egypt: and you will become an oath and a cause of wonder and a curse and a name of shame; and you will never see this place again.


rate difficulty: Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?

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


rate difficulty: And the builders <FI>are<Fi> each with his sword, girded on his loins, and building, and he who is blowing with a trumpet <FI>is<Fi> beside me.


rate difficulty: And Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued after them, and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the camp.

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


rate difficulty: And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them did Joshua circumcise: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.

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


rate difficulty: And they went on from Rissah, and put up their tents in Kehelathah.

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


simplify: And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,


rate difficulty: Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.

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


rate difficulty: And he cometh in unto the king, and the king saith unto him, `Micaiah, do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' And he saith, `Go ye up, and prosper, and they are given into your hand.'

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

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


rate difficulty: I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the beginning and the End.’)


rate difficulty: And Jehovah sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth from his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

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


simplify: Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Do your utmost to show yourself true to God, a worker with no reason to be ashamed, accurate in delivering the message of the truth.


simplify: Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth–lehem.

And Ibzan came to his death and his body was put to rest at Beth-lehem.


rate difficulty: And Uriah saith unto David, `The ark, and Israel, and Judah, are abiding in booths, and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, on the face of the field are encamping; and I--I go in unto my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife! --thy life, and the life of thy soul--if I do this thing.'

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


simplify: Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

Then he made a covered room for his high seat when he gave decisions; this was the covered room of judging; it was covered with cedar-wood from floor to roof.


rate difficulty: And of all my sons, (for the Lord hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

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


rate difficulty: and the Egyptians have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, in My being honoured on Pharaoh, on his chariots, and on his horsemen.'

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


rate difficulty: For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

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


rate difficulty: And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Enoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were sons of Keturah.

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


simplify: Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings.


rate difficulty: There is nothing from outside a man entering into him which can defile him; but the things which go out from him, those it is which defile the man.


rate difficulty: Seven times he put oil on the altar and on all its vessels, and on the washing-basin and its base, to make them holy.

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


simplify: And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

And to say to the priests of the house of the Lord of armies and to the prophets, Am I to go on weeping in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done in past years?


simplify: And the glory of Jehovah went forth from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.

Then the glory of the Lord went out from the doorstep of the house, and came to rest over the winged ones.


simplify: Have ye not seen a false vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, in that ye say, Jehovah saith; albeit I have not spoken?

Have you not seen a vision without substance and have you not falsely made use of secret arts, when you say, The Lord has said; though I have said nothing?


simplify: and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.


rate difficulty: And he goeth up thence to Beth-El, and he is going up in the way, and little youths have come out from the city, and scoff at him, and say to him, `Go up, bald-head! go up, bald-head!'

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


simplify: He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.


simplify: and all were bearing testimony to him, and were wondering at the gracious words that are coming forth out of his mouth, and they said, `Is not this the son of Joseph?'

All who were present spoke well of him, and were astonished at the beautiful words that fell from his lips. “Is not he Joseph’s son?” they asked.


rate difficulty: and his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

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


simplify: And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.

And the right leg you are to give to the priest for an offering to be lifted up out of what is given for your peace-offerings.


rate difficulty: and all those round about them have strengthened <FI>them<Fi> with their hands, with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, apart from all that hath been offered willingly.

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


simplify: and I will be diligent that also at every time ye have, after my outgoing, power to make to yourselves the remembrance of these things.

So I will do my best to enable you, at any time after my departure, to call these truths to mind.


simplify: And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.


simplify: And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

And if, when the priest sees the mark on his skin, the hair on the place is turned white and the mark seems to go deeper than the skin, it is the mark of a leper: and the priest, after looking at him, will say that he is unclean.


simplify: And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;

May that man be like the towns overturned by the Lord without mercy: let a cry for help come to his ears in the morning, and the sound of war in the middle of the day;


simplify: In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order, for your death is near.


rate difficulty: And I lifted up mine eyes again, and saw, and behold, a flying roll.

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


simplify: But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?

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


simplify: and they sing as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders: and no man could learn the song save the hundred and forty and four thousand, even they that had been purchased out of the earth.

And they made as it seemed a new song before the high seat, and before the four beasts and the rulers: and no man might have knowledge of the song but the hundred and forty-four thousand, even those from the earth whom God has made his for a price.


rate difficulty: But as the days of Noe, so also shall be the coming of the Son of man.

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


simplify: And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.

He tried to see what Jesus was like; but, being short, he was unable to do so because of the crowd.


simplify: What then shall we say to these things? If Godisfor us, whoisagainst us?

What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?


rate difficulty: Lo, God <FI>is<Fi> mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty <FI>in<Fi> power <FI>and<Fi> heart.

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


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

But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.


rate difficulty: Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

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


simplify: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.

And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel, the son of Ochran.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass in that day [that] living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore in prosperity honour ye Jehovah, In isles of the sea, the name of Jehovah, God of Israel.

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


simplify: And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death.

And Saul gave ear to the voice of Jonathan, and said with an oath, By the living Lord, he is not to be put to death.


rate difficulty: Thou art the daughter of thy mother, that loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

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


simplify: And in these days Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren, and said (and there was a multitude of persons gathered together, about a hundred and twenty),

And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,


simplify: Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.

Bezer and Hod and Shamma and Shilshah and Ithran and Beera.


rate difficulty: Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

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


simplify: and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, `Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?'

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him — “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”


simplify: Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

For this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths:


simplify: And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

And Peter said to her, Give me an answer: was this amount of money the price of the land? And she said, Yes, it was.


rate difficulty: `Sons ye <FI>are<Fi> to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead;

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


rate difficulty: Three years when there will not be enough food; or three months of war, when you will go in flight before your haters, being in great danger of the sword; or three days of the sword of the Lord, disease in the land, and the angel of the Lord taking destruction through all the land of Israel. Now give thought to the answer I am to take back to him who sent me.

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


simplify: And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

So Ananias went, entered the house, and, placing his hands on Saul, said: “Saul, my brother, I have been sent by the Lord — by Jesus, who appeared to you on your way here — so that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”


simplify: and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother.

And came back with the head on a plate, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.


rate difficulty: and it hath been, from the brook thou dost drink, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain thee there.'

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


simplify: But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.


simplify: And he said, Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

And he said, The Lord will give a lion's cry from Zion, his voice will be sounding from Jerusalem; and the fields of the keepers of sheep will become dry, and the top of Carmel will be wasted away.


simplify: And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine:

May God give you the dew of heaven, and the good things of the earth, and grain and wine in full measure:


rate difficulty: And Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

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


simplify: While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The Chaldaeans made themselves into three bands, and came down on the camels and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.


simplify: for if, indeed, he who is coming doth preach another Jesus whom we did not preach, or another Spirit ye receive which ye did not receive, or other good news which ye did not accept--well were ye bearing <FI>it<Fi> ,

For, if some newcomer is proclaiming a Jesus other than him whom we proclaimed, or if you are receiving a Spirit different from the Spirit which you received, or a good news different from that which you welcomed, then you are marvelously tolerant!


simplify: And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,

And, getting up from prayer, he came to the disciples, and saw that they were sleeping for sorrow.


rate difficulty: Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

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


simplify: And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:


simplify: And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

But, when they looked at the man who had been healed, standing there with them, they had nothing to say.


rate difficulty: These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

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


rate difficulty: — And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Saul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.

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


rate difficulty: It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:


rate difficulty: for servants we <FI>are<Fi> , and in our servitude our God hath not forsaken us, and stretcheth out unto us kindness before the kings of Persia, to give to us a quickening to lift up the house of our God, and to cause its wastes to cease, and to give to us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

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


simplify: And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.

Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines;


rate difficulty: and Moses writeth their outgoings, by their journeys, by the command of Jehovah; and these <FI>are<Fi> their journeys, by their outgoings:

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


simplify: Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.


simplify: who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye be unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.


simplify: saying, Return ye now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers, from of old and even for evermore;

Saying, Come back now, everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your doings, and keep your place in the land which the Lord has given to you and to your fathers, from times long past even for ever:


simplify: And men shall dwell therein, and there shall be no more curse; but Jerusalem shall dwell safely.

And there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem will be living without fear of danger.


rate difficulty: What was there yet to do to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? —

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


rate difficulty: Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?

No doubt the story has come to your ears of what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, putting them to the curse; and will you be kept safe?


simplify: and the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phenician by nation--and was asking him, that the demon he may cast forth out of her daughter.

the woman was a foreigner, from Syrian Phoenicia — and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.


simplify: I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.

The outcry of the children of Israel has come to my ears: say to them now, At nightfall you will have meat for your food, and in the morning bread in full measure; and you will see that I am the Lord your God.


rate difficulty: The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.

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rate difficulty: And Jacob came safely [to the] city Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-Aram; and he encamped before the city.


simplify: In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.

In the fifty-second year of Azariah, king of Judah, Pekah, the son of Remaliah, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for twenty years.


simplify: because every creature of God <FI>is<Fi> good, and nothing <FI>is<Fi> to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,

Everything created by God is good, and there in nothing that need be rejected — provided only that it is received thankfully;


rate difficulty: But for all that, when they are in the land of their haters I will not let them go, or be turned away from them, or give them up completely; my agreement with them will not be broken, for I am the Lord their God.

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


simplify: And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

And the man said, Israel went in flight from the Philistines, and there has been great destruction among the people, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken.


rate difficulty: And Lot also who went with Abram had flocks, and herds, and tents.

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rate difficulty: `And the clean hath sprinkled <FI>it<Fi> on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day, and hath cleansed him on the seventh day, and he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and hath been clean in the evening.

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


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


rate difficulty: And ye my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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


simplify: So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

So Jehu got into his carriage and went to Jezreel, for Joram was ill in bed there; and Ahaziah, king of Judah, had come down to see Joram.


simplify: Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

After midday a darkness came over all the country, lasting until three in the afternoon.


simplify: Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths. And next unto him repaired Hananiah one of the perfumers, and they fortified Jerusalem even unto the broad wall.

Near them was working Uzziel, the son of Harhaiah, the gold-worker. And by him was Hananiah, one of the perfume-makers, building up Jerusalem as far as the wide wall.


simplify: from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in due measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love.

Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love.


simplify: And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.

And the Lord gave us orders to keep all these laws, in the fear of the Lord our God, so that it might be well for us for ever, and that he might keep us from death, as he has done to this day.


rate difficulty: See, they may be moved to war, but not by my authority: all those who come together to make an attack on you, will be broken against you.

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


rate difficulty: And Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead;

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


simplify: The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.


simplify: And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?

They were grieved at this, and began to say to him, one after another: “Can it be I?”


simplify: `And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;

A few days later the younger son got together all that he had, and went away into a distant land; and there he squandered his inheritance by leading a dissolute life.


rate difficulty: And Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the entrance of the tent of meeting; and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of the consecration-offering, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.

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


rate difficulty: And the king answereth the people sharply, and forsaketh the counsel of the elders which they counselled him,

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


simplify: And the people were standing, looking on, and the rulers also were sneering with them, saying, `Others he saved, let him save himself, if this be the Christ, the choice one of God.'

Meanwhile the people stood looking on. Even the leading men said with a sneer: “He saved others, let him save himself, if he is God’s Christ, his chosen one.”


simplify: A worthless witness mocketh at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.


rate difficulty: and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

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


rate difficulty: `And when ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (whoever is reading let him understand), then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains;

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rate difficulty: — And the sons of Benjamin: Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

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


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

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


simplify: For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,


simplify: If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

But if it has been damaged by a beast, and he is able to make this clear, he will not have to make payment for what was damaged.


simplify: And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water.

Then let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting; and after washing them with water,


rate difficulty: And their limit was from Heleph, from the oak-tree in Zaanannim, and Adami-hannekeb and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum, ending at Jordan;

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


rate difficulty: But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

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


rate difficulty: `And thou hast cast for it four rings of gold, and hast put <FI>them<Fi> on its four feet, even two rings on its one side, and two rings on its second side;

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


rate difficulty: Thus all the work that king Solomon wrought in the house of Jehovah was finished. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah.

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


simplify: And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.

And Shem and Japheth took a robe, and putting it on their backs went in with their faces turned away, and put it over their father so that they might not see him unclothed.


rate difficulty: for also we, having come to Macedonia, no relaxation hath our flesh had, but on every side we are in tribulation, without <FI>are<Fi> fightings, within--fears;

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


simplify: And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

And let division be made of it into two parts, one for the men of war who went out to the fight, and one for all the people:


simplify: Having proclaimed good news also to that city, and having discipled many, they turned back to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch,

After telling the good news throughout that town, and making a number of converts, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,


rate difficulty: `And the priest who is anointed hath brought in of the blood of the bullock unto the tent of meeting,

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


simplify: I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments.


rate difficulty: What are we to say, then? Why, that Gentiles, who were not in search of righteousness, secured it — a righteousness which was the result of faith;

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


rate difficulty: Hear ye this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of theGod of Israel, not in truth, nor in righteousness.

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


rate difficulty: Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

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


simplify: And behold, there was before him a certain man that had the dropsy.

And a certain man was there who had a disease.


simplify: Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song: Arise, Barak, and lead away thy captives, thou son of Abinoam.

Awake! awake! Deborah: awake! awake! give a song: Up! Barak, and take prisoner those who took you prisoner, O son of Abinoam.


rate difficulty: And again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words.

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


simplify: And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.


simplify: He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.

By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.


simplify: But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

while a man who is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit?


rate difficulty: and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but for those of the whole world besides.

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


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

And they stoned Stephen, while he cried to the Lord: “Lord Jesus! Receive my spirit!”


simplify: And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia:

And, after preaching the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia;


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


rate difficulty: In like manner also the cup after the supping, saying, `This cup is the new covenant in my blood; this do ye, as often as ye may drink <FI>it<Fi> --to the remembrance of me;'

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


simplify: And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?


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

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


simplify: Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.

Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you.


rate difficulty: For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

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


simplify: But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:

But the evil-doers, all of them, will be like thorns to be pushed away, because they may not be gripped in the hand:


simplify: Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.

You are not to take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place.


rate difficulty: Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?

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


simplify: Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men.


rate difficulty: And the mother of the child said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

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


simplify: `I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last;' and, `What thou dost see, write in a scroll, and send to the seven assemblies that <FI>are<Fi> in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.'

It said — ‘Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamus, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicaea.’


simplify: And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

And Jacob went on to Succoth, where he made a house for himself and put up tents for his cattle: for this reason the place was named Succoth.


simplify: Now late on the sabbath day, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

Now late on the Sabbath, when the dawn of the first day of the week was near, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the place where his body was.


rate difficulty: And now, Jehovah,God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy sons take heed to their way, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

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


rate difficulty: HisGod doth instruct him in [his] judgment, he doth teach him.

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


rate difficulty: The prophet Jeremiah said, So be it: may the Lord do so: may the Lord give effect to the words which you have said, and let the vessels of the Lord's house, and all the people who have been taken away, come back from Babylon to this place.

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


rate difficulty: From Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai;

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


rate difficulty: There is none holy like Jehovah, For there is none save Thee, And there is no rock like our God.

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


simplify: For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

For, if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.


simplify: And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you.


simplify: Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, [that] Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but they were not able to fight against it.

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


rate difficulty: From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

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


rate difficulty: Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

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


simplify: When he speaketh fair, believe him not; For there are seven abominations in his heart:

When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:


simplify: And in those days there came from Jerusalem prophets to Antioch,

During this time, some prophets came to Antioch from Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

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


rate difficulty: And by thy sword shalt thou live; And thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass when thou rovest about, That thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

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


simplify: And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.

And make an attack on it, shutting it in, building strong places against it, and making high an earthwork against it; and put up tents against it, placing engines all round it for smashing down its walls.


simplify: And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

And the wall of the town had twelve bases, and on them the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.


simplify: And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And he was put in the place of the dead; and on the third day he came back from the dead, as it says in the Writings;


rate difficulty: And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the Tent: only they shall not come nigh unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar, that they die not, neither they, nor ye.

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


simplify: And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting.

And on the eighth day let her get two doves or two young pigeons and take them to the priest to the door of the Tent of meeting,


simplify: He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.

He may not make search to see if it is good or bad, or make any changes in it; and if he makes exchange of it for another, the two will be holy; he will not get them back again.


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

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


simplify: And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

But, while Paul was speaking at length about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became terrified, and interrupted him — “Go for the present, but, when I find an opportunity, I will send for you again.”


rate difficulty: and also even this, in their being in the land of their enemies, I have not rejected them, nor have I loathed them, to consume them, to break My covenant with them; for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah their God; --

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


rate difficulty: As a servant desiring the shades of evening, and a workman looking for his payment:


simplify: Jehovah is a man of war: Jehovah is his name.

The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.


rate difficulty: And it was so, that, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Jehovah passed on, and blew the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah followed them.

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


simplify: And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high.

And now I will send to you what my father has undertaken to give you, but do not go from the town, till the power from heaven comes to you.


simplify: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

But the word of the Lord is eternal. And this is the word of the good news which was given to you.


simplify: Write therefore the things which thou sawest, and the things which are, and the things which shall come to pass hereafter;

Put in writing, then, the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will be after these;


simplify: I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?

I gave orders to Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus make any profit out of you? were we not guided by the same Spirit, in the same ways?


simplify: Thus will I execute judgments upon Egypt; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

And I will send my punishments on Egypt: and they will be certain that I am the Lord.


simplify: The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

The queen of the South will come up in the day of judging and give her decision against this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now a greater than Solomon is here.


simplify: But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.


simplify: Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

Because I am going to have the upright and the evil cut off from you, for this cause my sword will go out from its cover against all flesh from the south to the north:


simplify: And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

“Elijah does indeed come first,”answered Jesus, “and re-establish everything; and does not scripture speak, with regard to the Son of Man, of his undergoing much suffering and being utterly despised?


simplify: For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be unto thee a number of days, even three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

For I have had the years of their sin measured for you by a number of days, even three hundred and ninety days: and you will take on yourself the sin of the children of Israel.


rate difficulty: And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

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


simplify: And they shall comfort you, when ye see their way and their doings; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

They will give you comfort when you see their ways and their doings: and you will be certain that not for nothing have I done all the things I have done in it, says the Lord.


simplify: they were calling also Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, since he was the leader in speaking.

So they called Barnabas ‘Zeus,’ and Paul ‘Hermes,’ because he took the lead in speaking;


rate difficulty: and that which thou dost sow, not the body that shall be dost thou sow, but bare grain, it may be of wheat, or of some one of the others,

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


simplify: Moreover the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still shut up in the place of the armed watchmen, saying,


rate difficulty: to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name [was] Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name [was] Mary.

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


simplify: And Jehovah said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

And the Lord had not said that the name of Israel was to be taken away from the earth; but he gave them a saviour in Jeroboam, the son of Joash.


rate difficulty: When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the Lord commanded Moses.

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


simplify: And he said,  Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.


rate difficulty: When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

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


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

One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;


simplify: and lo, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having known that he reclineth (at meat) in the house of the Pharisee, having provided an alabaster box of ointment,

Just then a woman, who was an outcast in the town, having heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of perfume,


rate difficulty: Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls;


rate difficulty: So that the children of Israel may take to the Lord, to the door of the Tent of meeting and to the priest, the offerings which they have put to death in the open country, and that they may make their peace-offerings to the Lord.

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


simplify: But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself:

But have gone in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go after false gods, as the family of Ahab did: and because you have put to death your father's sons, your brothers, who were better than yourself:


rate difficulty: And I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the citadel, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man and fearedGod above many.


rate difficulty: For, when I was hungry, you gave me food; when I was thirsty, you gave me drink; when I was a stranger, you took me to your homes;

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


rate difficulty: And in every part of the kingdom, wherever the king's word and his order came, there was great sorrow among the Jews, and weeping and crying and going without food; and numbers of them were stretched on the earth covered with dust and haircloth.

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.

And it will come about in the day of the Lord's offering, that I will send punishment on the rulers and the king's sons and all who are clothed in robes from strange lands.


rate difficulty: Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

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


simplify: But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed of Paul at Beroea also, they came thither likewise, stirring up and troubling the multitudes.

But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up.


rate difficulty: And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.


simplify: The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?

“You hypocrites!”the Master answered him. “Does not everyone of you let your ox or your ass loose from its manger, and take it out to drink, on the Sabbath?


simplify: but God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.

But God took the people round by the waste land near the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up in fighting order out of the land of Egypt.


simplify: He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.


simplify: And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

And he said to them, When the light comes in, do people put it under a vessel, or under the bed, and not on its table?


rate difficulty: And to the children of Kohath that remained [were given] by lot out of the families of the tribe [of Ephraim and of the tribe of Dan and] of the half tribe, half Manasseh, ten cities.

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


rate difficulty: And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

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


rate difficulty: `All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.

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


simplify: Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.

Make a hole in the wall, before their eyes, and go out through it.


simplify: and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

And it will come on into Judah; rushing on and overflowing, till the waters are up to the neck; *** and his outstretched wings will be covering the land from side to side: for God is with us.


rate difficulty: And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh (the same is the King’s Vale).


simplify: The burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

The word about Egypt. See, the Lord is seated on a quick-moving cloud, and is coming to Egypt: and the false gods of Egypt will be troubled at his coming, and the heart of Egypt will be turned to water.


rate difficulty: For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

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


simplify: Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,

Eleazar was the father of Phinehas; Phinehas was the father of Abishua;


rate difficulty: as he did to the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, from before whom he destroyed the Horites; and they dispossessed them, and dwelt in their stead, even to this day.

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


simplify: And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

The generations of the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;


simplify: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

For the great day of their wrath is come, and who may keep his place?


simplify: But if his means suffice not for two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his oblation for that wherein he hath sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-offering: he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon; for it is a sin-offering.

But if he has not enough money for two doves or two young pigeons, then let him give, for the sin he has done, the tenth part of an ephah of the best meal, for a sin-offering; let him put no oil on it, and no perfume, for it is a sin-offering.


rate difficulty: He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

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


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

So the king of Israel got together all the prophets, 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 God will give it into the hands of the king.


simplify: And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.

And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt; so that the land may not come to destruction through need of food.


simplify: And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow.

And the king said to her, What is troubling you? And she said in answer, This woman said to me, Give your son to be our food today, and we will have my son tomorrow.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only ye heard a voice.

And the voice of the Lord came to you out of the fire: the sound of his words came to your ears but you saw no form; there was nothing but a voice.


simplify: It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it.


simplify: And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

And I will make Jerusalem a mass of broken stones, the living-place of jackals; and I will make the towns of Judah a waste, with no man living there.


rate difficulty: And Moses seeth the people that it <FI>is<Fi> unbridled, for Aaron hath made it unbridled for contempt among its withstanders,

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


rate difficulty: Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

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


simplify: In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence; And his children shall have a place of refuge.

For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.


rate difficulty: And all Israel have seen that the king hath not hearkened to them, and the people send back <FI>to<Fi> the king, saying, `What portion have we in David? yea, there is no inheritance in a son of Jesse; each to thy tents, O Israel; now, see thy house--David,' and all Israel go to their tents.

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


simplify: And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

And the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak, were forced out from there by Caleb.


rate difficulty: Thus Jehovah saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.

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


rate difficulty: peradventure there are lacking five of the fifty righteous--dost Thou destroy for five the whole of the city?' and He saith, `I destroy <FI>it<Fi> not, if I find there forty and five.'

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


simplify: Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that speaketh right.

Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.


simplify: Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

and keeping your consciences clear, so that, whenever you are maligned, those who vilify your good and Christian conduct may be put to shame.


simplify: And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.


rate difficulty: And so that no man might be able to say anything against us in the business of this giving which has been put into our hands:

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


simplify: John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

John the Baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism on repentance, for the forgiveness of sins.


simplify: Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

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


simplify: Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

Any food in it, and anything on which water from it comes, will be unclean: any drink taken from such a vessel will be unclean.


simplify: And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

And now it is your purpose to put yourselves against the authority which the Lord has put into the hands of the sons of David, and you are a very great number, and you have with you the gold oxen which Jeroboam made to be your gods.


rate difficulty: They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

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


rate difficulty: Now the man of Israel who was put to death with the woman of Midian was Zimri, the son of Salu, a chief of one of the families of the Simeonites.

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


rate difficulty: Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their ripping up the pregnant ones of Gilead, To enlarge their border,

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


simplify: But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

But let the greatest among you be your servant.


rate difficulty: All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

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


simplify: And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

And, when everything has been placed under him, the Son will place himself under God who placed everything under him, so that God may be all in all!


rate difficulty: And the messenger of Jehovah saith unto Balaam, `Go with the men; and only the word which I speak unto thee--it thou dost speak;' and Balaam goeth with the princes of Balak.

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


simplify: their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the ordinance:

With the meal offering and the drink offerings for the ox, the male sheep, and the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered:


simplify: Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

Give the Midianites punishment for the wrong they did to the children of Israel: and after that you will go to rest with your people.


simplify: And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;


simplify: Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Now to Abraham were the undertakings given, and to his seed. He says not, And to seeds, as of a great number; but as of one, he says, And to your seed, which is Christ.


rate difficulty: They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?

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


rate difficulty: Draw near thou, and hear all that which Jehovah our God saith, and thou, thou dost speak unto us all that which Jehovah our God speaketh unto thee, and we have hearkened, and done it.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to make me angry, they and their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem.


simplify: and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbor next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man’s eating ye shall make your count for the lamb.

And if the lamb is more than enough for the family, let that family and its nearest neighbour have a lamb between them, taking into account the number of persons and how much food is needed for every man.


rate difficulty: And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.


simplify: Yea, I testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

Yes, I give witness again to every man who undergoes circumcision, that he will have to keep all the law.


simplify: Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them.

Then some little children were brought to Jesus, for him to place his hands on them, and pray; but the disciples found fault with those who had brought them.


rate difficulty: And Ornan saith unto David, `Take to thee--and my lord the king doth that which is good in his eyes: see, I have given the oxen for burnt-offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for a present; the whole I have given.'

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


rate difficulty: And she had a strong rod for a rod of authority for the rulers, and it became tall among the clouds and it was seen lifted up among the number of its branches.

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


simplify: Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive-trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?

And I made answer and said to him, What are these two olive-trees on the right side of the light-support and on the left?


simplify: And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do.

And that night God came to Balaam and said to him, If these men have come for you, go with them: but do only what I say to you.


simplify: For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.

For, I tell you, that passage of scripture must be fulfilled in me, which says — ‘He was counted among the godless’; indeed all that refers to me is finding its fulfillment.”


simplify: And gathered together unto him are the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem,

One day the Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus.


simplify: As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

scripture says — ‘For your sake we are being killed all the day long, We are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.’


simplify: And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, his brother, and came into the town. Then Joab came back to Jerusalem.


simplify: After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.


rate difficulty: and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [and] Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and who sat first in the kingdom),

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


rate difficulty: And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.


rate difficulty: Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

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


simplify: And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.

And the Lord sent his word against Baasha and his family by the mouth of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani, because of all the evil he did in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath by the work of his hands, because he was like the family of Jeroboam, and because he put it to death.


simplify: And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

Then when the burned offering was ended, straight away Jehu said to the armed men and the captains, Go in and put them to death; let not one come out. So they put them to the sword; and, pulling the images to the earth, they went into the holy place of the house of Baal.


simplify: Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.

Then Jehoram went over with his captains and all his war-carriages ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him ... on the captains of the war-carriages.


simplify: Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:

Ashdod, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places; Gaza, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places, to the stream of Egypt, with the Great Sea as a limit.


simplify: and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.

She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.


simplify: Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.

Now, in earlier times this was the way in Israel when property was taken over by a near relation, or when there was a change of owner. To make the exchange certain one man took off his shoe and gave it to the other; and this was a witness in Israel.


simplify: And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.

And David came to Saul, waiting before him: and he became very dear to Saul, who made him his servant, giving him the care of his arms.


simplify: And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,

Then some got up and gave false witness against him, saying,


rate difficulty: And you will be hated by all men, because of me.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.


simplify: Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed is he who has sex relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother. And let all the people say, So be it.


simplify: and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats,

and all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people — just as a shepherd separates sheep from goats —


simplify: After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts;


rate difficulty: And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

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


simplify: Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath called each, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the churches.

Only, as the Lord has given to a man, and as is the purpose of God for him, so let him go on living. And these are my orders for all the churches.


rate difficulty: For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.

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


simplify: And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.

And one of the Pharisees made a request that he would take a meal with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and took his seat at the table.


simplify: Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:

As we had heard that some of our number had upset you by their assertions, and unsettled your minds — without instructions from us —


rate difficulty: Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

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


rate difficulty: Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost not save.

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


simplify: But the earthen vessel wherein it is boiled shall be broken; and if it be boiled in a brazen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water.

But the vessel of earth in which the flesh was cooked is to be broken; or if a brass vessel was used, it is to be rubbed clean and washed out with water.


rate difficulty: Take another book and put down in it all the words which were in the first book, which Jehoiakim, king of Judah, put into the fire.

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


rate difficulty: That ye may not say, We have found out wisdom;God will make him yield, not man.

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


simplify: And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,


rate difficulty: “I was in the town of Jaffa,” he said, “and was praying; and, while in a trance, I saw a vision. There was something like a great sail descending, let down by its four corners out of the heavens; and it came right down to me.


simplify: Salute you doth the <FI>assembly<Fi> in Babylon jointly elected, and Markus my son.

Your sister church in ‘Babylon’ sends you greeting, and so does Mark, who is as a son to me.


rate difficulty: And if your hand or your foot is a cause of trouble, let it be cut off and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with the loss of a hand or a foot than, having two hands or two feet, to go into the eternal fire.

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


rate difficulty: `And the people command thou, saying, Ye are passing over into the border of your brethren, sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, and they are afraid of you; and ye have been very watchful,

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


rate difficulty: And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

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


simplify: And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

And fear came on him, and he said, This is a holy place; this is nothing less than the house of God and the doorway of heaven.


rate difficulty: Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk.

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


simplify: And Chephar–haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:

And Chephar-Ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve towns with their unwalled places;


simplify: And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, In times past ye sought for David to be king over you:

Then Abner had a talk with the chief men of Israel, saying, In the past it was your desire to make David your king: so now, do it:


rate difficulty: And he shall make restitution for the wrong that he hath done in the holy things, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and shall give it unto the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering, and it shall be forgiven him.

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


rate difficulty: And all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling, they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble [every] moment, and be astonied because of thee.

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


simplify: And the apostles and the brethren who are in Judea heard that also the nations did receive the word of God,

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


rate difficulty: and he saith to his mother, `The eleven hundred silverlings which have been taken of thine, and <FI>of which<Fi> thou hast sworn, and also spoken in mine ears; lo, the silver <FI>is<Fi> with me, I have taken it;' and his mother saith, `Blessed <FI>is<Fi> my son of Jehovah.'

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


simplify: In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

I have decided — having been present in spirit at your meetings, when the power of the Lord Jesus was with us —


rate difficulty: God who brings us, with you, into close union with Christ, and who consecrated us,

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


rate difficulty: And the other Jews in every division of the kingdom came together, fighting for their lives, and got salvation from their haters and put seventy-five thousand of them to death; but they did not put a hand on their goods.

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


rate difficulty: Jesus was teaching on a Sabbath in one of the Synagogues,


simplify: Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

Awake! awake! put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful robes, O Jerusalem, the holy town: for from now there will never again come into you the unclean and those without circumcision.


rate difficulty: For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

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


simplify: Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

Therefore I beg you not to be disheartened at the sufferings that I am undergoing for your sakes; for they redound to your honor.


simplify: Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it.


simplify: For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

Why, which of you, when you want to build a tower, does not first sit down and reckon the cost, to see if you have enough to complete it? —


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

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.


simplify: And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah: and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, that wrought upon the house of Jehovah,

And the money which was measured out they gave regularly to those who were responsible for overseeing the work, and these gave it in payment to the woodworkers and the builders who were working on the house of the Lord,


simplify: Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

Still, all men have not that knowledge: but some, being used till now to the image, are conscious that they are taking food which has been offered to the image; and because they are not strong in the faith, their minds are troubled.


rate difficulty: Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

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


simplify: Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? when Abner came to you why did you send him away and let him go?


simplify: And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

And Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. And from Dedan came the Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim.


rate difficulty: And they made way for her, and she went through the entrance of the horse-gate into the king's house, and they put her to death there.

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


rate difficulty: Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

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


simplify: And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

And when Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her ass, falling down on her face before him.


simplify: That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

So that there might be no division in the body; but all the parts might have the same care for one another.


simplify: `Being, therefore, offspring of God, we ought not to think the Godhead to be like to gold, or silver, or stone, graving of art and device of man;

Therefore, as the offspring of God, we must not think that the Deity has any resemblance to anything made of gold, or silver, or stone — a work of human art and imagination.