rate difficulty: For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;


simplify: There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

He is not to be touched by a hand, but is to be stoned or have an arrow put through him; man or beast, he is to be put to death: at the long sounding of a horn they may come up to the mountain.


rate difficulty: Go on to Calneh and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are you better than these kingdoms? or is your land wider than theirs?

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rate difficulty: And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

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simplify: And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness and joy, a feast and a good day. And many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen upon them.

And in every part of the kingdom and in every town, wherever the king's letter and his order came, the Jews were glad with great joy, and had a feast and a good day. And a great number of the people of the land became Jews: for the fear of the Jews had come on them.


simplify: and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, <FI>it is<Fi> an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,

no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless plague! It is charged with deadly poison!


simplify: And leaping up, he stood, and began to walk; and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

And, jumping up, he got on to his feet and went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping and giving praise to God.


simplify: Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief.

Of Rehabiah; of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

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


rate difficulty: and he released him who because of sedition and murder hath been cast into the prison, whom they were asking, and Jesus he gave up to their will.

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simplify: For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.

And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.


simplify: and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal:

And say, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am against you, O Gog, ruler of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal:


simplify: And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

And with all their heart and soul are turned again to you, in the land of those who took them prisoners, and make their prayer to you, turning their eyes to this land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I made for your name:


rate difficulty: And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.


simplify: So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

So the people were sent in all directions through the land of Egypt to get dry grass for stems.


simplify: The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.


simplify: The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away my glory for ever.

The women of my people you have been driving away from their dearly loved children; from their young ones you are taking my glory for ever.


simplify: And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

And Jesus, having knowledge of what was in their minds, said, Why are your thoughts evil?


simplify: to wit, the prophets of Israel that prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and that see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Even the prophets of Israel who say words to Jerusalem, who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace, says the Lord.


simplify: And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man.


rate difficulty: and Moses strippeth Aaron of his garments, and clotheth with them Eleazar his son, and Aaron dieth there on the top of the mount; and Moses cometh down--Eleazar also--from the mount,

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


simplify: If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weakness.

If I have to take credit to myself, I will do so in the things in which I am feeble.


simplify: Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

Not because of you am I doing it, says the Lord; let it be clear to you, and be shamed and made low because of your ways, O children of Israel.


simplify: That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.

That you put yourselves under such, and under everyone who is helping the Lord's work.


rate difficulty: Then the great Dragon, the primeval snake, known as the ‘devil’ and ‘Satan,’ who deceives all the world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.

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simplify: After these things the word of Jehovah 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.


simplify: The nations have heard of thy shame, and the earth is full of thy cry; for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.

Your shame has come to the ears of the nations, and the earth is full of your cry: for the strong man is falling against the strong, they have come down together.


rate difficulty: chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,

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rate difficulty: And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.

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rate difficulty: For a day <FI>is<Fi> to Jehovah of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,

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rate difficulty: This is the rejoicing city that dwelt in security, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none else beside me: how is she become a desolation, a couching-place for beasts! Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, shall wave his hand.

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rate difficulty: and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, that dwelt in the land.

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


simplify: and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Come down on us, covering us from the face of him who is seated on the high seat, and from the wrath of the Lamb:


rate difficulty: one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.


simplify: And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.


simplify: And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants are in Gath.

But after three years, two of the servants of Shimei went in flight to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And word was given to Shimei that his servants had gone to Gath.


rate difficulty: And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.

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


rate difficulty: And his father Isaac said to him, Come near, now, and kiss me, my son.

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


simplify: And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

So early on the day after they got up and made burned offerings and peace-offerings; and took their seats at the feast, and then gave themselves to pleasure.


simplify: And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

And Ahaz went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the earth in Jerusalem; but they did not put him in the resting-place of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son became king in his place.


simplify: In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.

In you they have let the shame of their fathers be seen; in you they have done wrong to a woman at the time when she was unclean.


rate difficulty: Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.

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


rate difficulty: But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God.


simplify: If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

If I have taken its produce without payment, causing the death of its owners;


rate difficulty: And when they had come to Capernaum, those who took the Temple tax came to Peter and said, Does not your master make payment of the Temple tax?

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rate difficulty: and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away;

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rate difficulty: Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:

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


simplify: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

I will put my bow in the cloud and it will be for a sign of the agreement between me and the earth.


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

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


simplify: But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.

But I am hoping in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be comforted when I have news of you.


simplify: The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

He goes looking for his grass-lands in the mountains, searching out every green thing.


simplify: Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

For this cause my people are taken away as prisoners into strange countries for need of knowledge: and their rulers are wasted for need of food, and their loud-voiced feasters are dry for need of water.


rate difficulty: And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO JEHOVAH.


simplify: Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.

Truly, they have become like dry stems, they have been burned in the fire; they are not able to keep themselves safe from the power of the flame: it is not a coal for warming them, or a fire by which a man may be seated.


simplify: So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.

Then Joshua gave them his blessing and sent them away: and they went back to their tents.


rate difficulty: So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place before me on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; if only your children give attention to their ways, walking in my law, as you have done before me.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to impoverish us? is it not so?

So on the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, Get from your husband the answer to his question by some trick or other, or we will have you and your father's house burned with fire; did you get us here to take all we have?


rate difficulty: And they come in to Jerusalem with psalteries, and with harps, and with trumpets, unto the house of Jehovah.

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simplify: So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.


rate difficulty: Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.

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


simplify: But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stayed them from their purpose; and commanded that they who could swim should cast themselves overboard, and get first to the land;

But the captain, desiring to keep Paul safe, kept them from their purpose, and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land:


rate difficulty: That is, that some of you say, I am of Paul; some say, I am of Apollos; some say, I am of Cephas; and some say, I am Christ's.

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


simplify: And he goeth up to the mountain, and doth call near whom he willed, and they went away to him;

Jesus made his way up the hill, and called those whom he wished; and they went to him.


rate difficulty: Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-Peor; for all the men that followed Baal-Peor, Jehovah thyGod hath destroyed them from among you;

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rate difficulty: Remember, therefore, that you were once Gentiles yourselves, as your bodies showed; you were called ‘The Uncircumcised’ by those who were called ‘The Circumcised’ — circumcised only by human hands!

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rate difficulty: And David saith unto Achish, `Therefore--thou dost know that which thy servant dost do.' And Achish saith unto David, `Therefore--keeper of my head I do appoint thee all the days.'

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


simplify: And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

And David was living in the land of the Philistines for the space of a year and four months.


rate difficulty: Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?

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


simplify: Now therefore, why hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you,

So why have you made no protest against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is acting as a prophet to you?


simplify: Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.

Then the chiefs of Israel and the king made themselves low and said, The Lord is upright.


simplify: At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled.

Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and coals of fire.


rate difficulty: Any man who keeps his head covered, when praying or preaching in public, dishonors him who is his head;

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simplify: And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;


rate difficulty: And when I arrive, whomsoever ye shall approve, them will I send with letters to carry your bounty unto Jerusalem:

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


simplify: How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?

How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?


rate difficulty: Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master’s servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.


simplify: Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

This was another parable which Jesus related — “The kingdom of heaven is like some yeast which a woman took and covered up in three pecks of flour, until the whole had risen.”


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you and to the strangers that sojourn among you, who shall beget children among you; and they shall be unto you as the home-born among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

And you are to make a distribution of it, by the decision of the Lord, for a heritage to you and to the men from other lands who are living among you and who have children in your land: they will be the same to you as if they were Israelites by birth, they will have their heritage with you among the tribes of Israel.


rate difficulty: And he said, All these things I have done from the time when I was a boy.


rate difficulty: Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

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


simplify: And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

And the seven thin heads made a meal of the seven good heads; and I put this dream before the wise men, but not one of them was able to give me the sense of it.


rate difficulty: And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face; and behold,God has let me see also thy seed.

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


rate difficulty: and they possess his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorite who <FI>are<Fi> beyond the Jordan, <FI>towards<Fi> the sun-rising;

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


simplify: The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.


simplify: And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.


simplify: And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

And Micaiah said, Truly, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to keep yourself safe.


simplify: and when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting, and keeping the garments of them that slew him.

And when Stephen your witness was put to death, I was there, giving approval, and looking after the clothing of those who put him to death.


rate difficulty: When evil men are in power, wrongdoing is increased; but the upright will have pleasure when they see their downfall.

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


simplify: howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

But gold and silver and brass and iron and tin and lead,


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

And whoever makes his prayer to the Lord will have salvation.


simplify: And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.

And they made unleavened cakes from the paste which they had taken out of Egypt; it was not leavened, for they had been sent out of Egypt so quickly, that they had no time to make any food ready.


simplify: And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

And the first heritage came out for the tribe of Benjamin by their families: and the limit of their heritage went between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.


simplify: Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.

And at the same time I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night, so that at night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day.


simplify: And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.


rate difficulty: Then on the seventh day, before he went into the bride's room, the men of the town said to him, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not been ploughing with my cow you would not have got the answer to my question.


rate difficulty: And straightway the Spirit driveth him forth into the wilderness.

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


rate difficulty: Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

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


rate difficulty: And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.


simplify: Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.

That was why we made up our minds to go and see you — at least I, Paul, did, more than once — but Satan put difficulties in our way.


simplify: Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: And David said toGod, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing; and now, I beseech thee, put away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

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


simplify: Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

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


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have all become waste metal, see, I will get you together inside Jerusalem.


simplify: And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?

Now do you really want to understand, fool, how it is that faith without actions leads to nothing?


simplify: And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.

And with him a thousand men of Benjamin, and Ziba, the servant of Saul, with his fifteen sons and twenty servants, came rushing to Jordan before the king,


simplify: after that he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brethren may redeem him;

After he has given himself he has the right to be made free, for a price, by one of his brothers,


rate difficulty: And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.


simplify: What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

Do I say, then, that what is offered to images is anything, or that the image is anything?


rate difficulty: Thou hast made an expanse with Him For the clouds--strong as a hard mirror!

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


rate difficulty: and to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men went about.

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


simplify: And after these things he was manifested in another form unto two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country.

And after these things he was seen in another form by two of them, while they were walking on their way into the country.


simplify: And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

Among others Joseph went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Bethlehem, the town of David, in Judea — because he belonged to the family and house of David —


simplify: if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?

If someone says ‘I love God,’ and yet hates another person, they are a liar; for the person who does not love their fellow, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.


rate difficulty: Sons' sons <FI>are<Fi> the crown of old men, And the glory of sons <FI>are<Fi> their fathers.

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simplify: And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her to him for a wife?


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

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


simplify: Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ.


simplify: from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting:

Numbering all those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work in the Tent of meeting;


simplify: Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:


simplify: according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.


simplify: Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:

Saying, No, but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we will not see war, or be hearing the sound of the horn, or be in need of food; there we will make our living-place;


rate difficulty: Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child.

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


simplify: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.


rate difficulty: And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.

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


rate difficulty: Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

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


rate difficulty: the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters — with all purity.


simplify: The children of Beth–lehem, an hundred twenty and three.

The children of Beth-lehem, a hundred and twenty-three.


rate difficulty: And ashamed have been the seers, And confounded have been the diviners, And covered their lip have all of them, For their is no answer, O God.

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


rate difficulty: `And of the five and twenty thousand of length, and of the ten thousand of breadth, there is to the Levites, ministrants of the house, for them--for a possession--twenty chambers.

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


simplify: They return, but not to him that is on high; they are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

They have gone to what is of no value; they are like a false bow; their captains will come to destruction by the sword, and their ruler by my wrath; for this, the land of Egypt will make sport of them.


simplify: And he said unto them, This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

And he said to them, This is my blood of the testament, which is given for men.


rate difficulty: If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,

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


simplify: Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.


simplify: Nevertheless for David’s sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

But because of David, the Lord gave him a light in Jerusalem, making his sons king after him, so that Jerusalem might be safe;


simplify: And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.


simplify: But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.

But when Pharaoh saw that there was peace for a time, he made his heart hard and did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.


simplify: And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

And Jesus gave orders to the unclean spirit, and it went out of him: and the boy was made well from that hour.


rate difficulty: Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.


rate difficulty: Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.

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


rate difficulty: Then Israel, looking at Joseph's sons, said, Who are these?


rate difficulty: Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.


rate difficulty: And I will give them into the hand of those that seek their life, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; but afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: And they, having heard [it], lifted up [their] voice with one accord toGod, and said, Lord, thou art theGod who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;

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


rate difficulty: And the watchman told saying, He came to them, and does not return. And the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously.

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


simplify: Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.


rate difficulty: For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.

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


simplify: And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:

And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book which is shut, which men give to one who has knowledge of writing, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I am not able to, for the book is shut:


simplify: Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand, and say, I like not to take her;

Then the responsible men of the town will send for the man, and have talk with him: and if he still says, I will not take her;


rate difficulty: And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.

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


rate difficulty: `Cursed <FI>is<Fi> he who is causing the blind to err in the way, --and all the people have said, Amen.

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


rate difficulty: saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers.

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


rate difficulty: And you are to take water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: you are to take it at regular times.


rate difficulty: and whoever wants to take the first place among you must be the servant of all;


simplify: And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.

As for the people who were still living in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, did not take away, he made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler over them.


simplify: Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:

Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:


rate difficulty: And--before they lie down--she hath gone up unto them on the roof,

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


simplify: So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their heritage.


rate difficulty: And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

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


simplify: And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

Simon! Simon! listen. Satan demanded leave to sift you all like wheat,


simplify: Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

Then the servants who were waiting on the king said to him, Let search be made for some fair young virgins for the king:


rate difficulty: and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain--to the age.

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


rate difficulty: Have also the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which isGod's word;


simplify: He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.


simplify: And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.

And his servants made a secret design against him, and put him to death in his house.


simplify: And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Let us never tire of doing right, for at the proper season we will reap our harvest, if we do not grow weary.


rate difficulty: Henceforth, all the days of the earth, seed [time] and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.

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


simplify: There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.


rate difficulty: From the day when I first had knowledge of you, you have gone against the word of the Lord.

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


simplify: My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.


simplify: And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.

And David sent the people out, a third of them under the orders of Joab, and a third under the orders of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, And I myself will certainly go out with you.


rate difficulty: Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his garments; and he was passing by upon the wall, and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

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


simplify: This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden spoons;

These were the offerings given for the altar by the chiefs of Israel, when the holy oil was put on it: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve gold spoons;


rate difficulty: And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.


rate difficulty: How long shall I see the standard, [and] hear the sound of the trumpet?

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


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


simplify: and over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:

And Shitrai the Sharonite was responsible for the herds in the grass-lands of Sharon, and Shaphat, the son of Adlai, for those in the valleys;


simplify: And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

And death came to Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, he being a hundred and ten years old.


simplify: So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:

After this, all the people in the island who had any illness came to Paul, and were cured.


simplify: Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

Your servant's desire was only to take the king over Jordan; why is the king to give me such a reward?


rate difficulty: And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the Lord brought the fear of him upon all nations.


simplify: And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.

And the Lord said to me, Get up now, and go down quickly from this place; for the people you have taken out of Egypt have given themselves over to evil; they have quickly been turned from the way in which I gave them orders to go; they have made themselves a metal image.


rate difficulty: Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had given back to life, Go now, with all the people of your house, and get a living-place for yourselves wherever you are able; for by the word of the Lord, there will be great need of food in the land; and this will go on for seven years.


rate difficulty: The standard of the camp of Dan shall be northward according to their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;


simplify: And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the border thereof did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

And the towns which the Philistines had taken were given back to Israel, from Ekron to Gath, and all the country round them Israel made free from the power of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.


rate difficulty: Jesus,” he went on, “do not forget me when you have come to your kingdom.”


simplify: And on the first of the sabbaths, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bearing the spices they made ready, and certain <FI>others<Fi> with them,

But very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb, taking with them the spices that they had prepared.


rate difficulty: And the cook took up the thigh, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold, that which hath been reserved! set it before thee and eat; because unto the appointed time hath it been kept for thee, for I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.

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


simplify: And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.

And the spirit of the Lord came on him with power, and, unarmed as he was, pulling the lion in two as one might do to a young goat, he put him to death; (but he said nothing to his father and mother of what he had done.)


rate difficulty: And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto Jehovah, burning incense therewith, upon the altar that was before Jehovah. So he finished the house.

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


simplify: as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,  The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.

As it says in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.


simplify: And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.

And you are to take care to keep all the laws and the decisions which I put before you today.


simplify: So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

So with these words David kept his servants back, and did not let them make an attack on Saul. And Saul got up and went on his way.


simplify: Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

Again, I say to you, that if two of you are in agreement on earth about anything for which they will make a request, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.


simplify: And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.

So the children of Israel got up in the morning and put themselves in position against Gibeah.


simplify: And whatsoever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do ye after the will of your God.

And whatever seems right to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, that do, as may be pleasing to your God.


simplify: Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.


simplify: And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?


rate difficulty: Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy unto them,

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


rate difficulty: All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit ofGod is in my nostrils,

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


simplify: Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.


simplify: the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the best of the land for their resting-place.


simplify: saying--`Unto men uncircumcised thou didst go in, and didst eat with them!'

on the ground that he had visited people who were not circumcised, and had taken meals with them.


simplify: Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.


rate difficulty: And Adoni-Bezek fled, and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

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


simplify: I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.

And I will put an end to all her beasts which are by the great waters, and they will never again be troubled by the foot of man or by the feet of beasts.


simplify: `And it came to pass, on his coming back, having taken the kingdom, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he gave the money, that he might know what any one had done in business.

On his return, after having been appointed king, he directed that the servants to whom he had given his money should be summoned, so that he might learn what amount of trade they had done.


simplify: He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.


simplify: in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons;

And in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he took away as prisoners from Jerusalem eight hundred and thirty-two persons:


simplify: And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother are you to be my servant for nothing? say now, what is your payment to be?


rate difficulty: Instead of grieving over it and taking steps for the expulsion of the man who has done this thing, is it possible that you are still puffed up?

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


simplify: For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.


rate difficulty: And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, andbrought Jehovah’s offering, for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all the service thereof, and for the holy garments.

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


simplify: and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

and they were constantly in the Temple Courts, blessing God.


simplify: And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

The number of his army was fifty-nine thousand, three hundred.


simplify: and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,

Some, again, fell into the brambles; but the brambles shot up and choked it.


simplify: Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,


simplify: Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit.


rate difficulty: Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And he put on Simon the name Peter;

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


simplify: And the king’s servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.

And the king's servants said to the king, See, your servants are ready to do whatever the king says is to be done.


simplify: Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

O nation full of sin, a people weighted down with crime, a generation of evil-doers, false-hearted children: they have gone away from the Lord, they have no respect for the Holy One of Israel, their hearts are turned back from him.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah saw it, and despised them, Because of the provoking of his sons and of his daughters.

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


rate difficulty: And they shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house, and shall carry them forth out of the city to an unclean place.

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


simplify: All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it.


simplify: On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

On that day the number of those who had been put to death in the town of Shushan was given to the king.


rate difficulty: Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?

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


rate difficulty: Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Israel. And King Rehoboam went quickly and got into his carriage to go in flight to Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah having turned to ashes, with an overthrow did condemn, an example to those about to be impious having set <FI>them<Fi> ;

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


rate difficulty: And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, come together to make war against him who was seated on the horse and against his army.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

And the peoples will say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob: and he will give us knowledge of his ways, and we will be guided by his word; for out of Zion the law will go out, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.


simplify: Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

Give ear to this, O priests; give attention, O Israel, and you, family of the king; for you are to be judged; you have been a deceit at Mizpah and a net stretched out on Tabor.


simplify: O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.

O Israel, am I not able to do with you as this potter does? says the Lord. See, like earth in the potter's hand are you in my hands, O Israel.


simplify: besides the sabbaths of Jehovah, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill-offerings, which ye give unto Jehovah.

In addition to the Sabbaths of the Lord, and in addition to the things you give and the oaths you make and the free offerings to the Lord.


simplify: Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,


simplify: and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away,

And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away,


rate difficulty: For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.


simplify: And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

And you — do not be always seeking what you can get to eat or what you can get to drink; and do not waver.


simplify: And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

Then Joram said, Make ready. So they made his carriage ready; and Joram, king of Israel, with Ahaziah, king of Judah, went out in their carriages for the purpose of meeting Jehu; and they came face to face with him at the field of Naboth the Jezreelite.


rate difficulty: All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.

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


simplify: and we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that the things that we command you ye both do and will do;

Yes, and the confidence that our union with the Lord enables us to place in you leads us to believe that you are doing, and will do, what we direct you.


rate difficulty: `Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Say to those who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been killed, and all things <FI>are<Fi> ready, come ye to the marriage-feasts;

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


rate difficulty: When I was day by day with you in the temple ye did not stretch out your hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of darkness.

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


simplify: And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace-offerings; if he offer of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before Jehovah.

And if his offering is given for a peace-offering; if he gives of the herd, male or female, let him give it without any mark on it, before the Lord.


simplify: and certain of them said, `By Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons, he doth cast forth the demons;'

but some of them said: “He drives out demons by the help of Beelzebul, the chief of the demons”;


simplify: Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,

And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,


simplify: And he shall break it as a potter’s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.

And he will let it be broken as a potter's vessel is broken: it will be smashed to bits without mercy; so that there will not be a bit in which one may take fire from the fireplace, or water from the spring.


simplify: And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them;

And while these words were on his lips, the earth under them was parted in two;


simplify: A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.

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rate difficulty: And thou dost take thy sons and thy daughters Whom thou hast born to Me, And dost sacrifice them to them for food. Is it a little thing because of thy whoredoms,

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rate difficulty: And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

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simplify: Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth–shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth–shean to Abel–meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:

Baana, the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is by the side of Zarethan, under Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the far side of Jokmeam;


simplify: And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

And they went on from the mountains of Abarim, and put up their tents in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho;


simplify: And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.

And news of it went all through Joppa, and a number of people had faith in the Lord.


rate difficulty: For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.

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rate difficulty: But the woman, frightened and trembling, knowing what had taken place in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

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simplify: And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

And she went some distance away, about an arrow flight, and seating herself on the earth, she gave way to bitter weeping, saying, Let me not see the death of my child.


rate difficulty: So the soldiers took the money, and did as they were instructed. This story spread widely; the people of Judea still tell it today.

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simplify: and he said, `Lo, I see the heavens having been opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.'

“Look,” he exclaimed, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at God’s right hand!”


simplify: And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.

And it came to the ears of the chief priests and scribes, and they took thought how they might put him to death; being in fear of him, because all the people were full of wonder at his teaching.


simplify: Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper unto royal estate.

So you were made beautiful with gold and silver; and your clothing was of the best linen and silk and needlework; your food was the best meal and honey and oil: and you were very beautiful.


rate difficulty: and the second took her, and died, leaving no seed behind him; and the third likewise:

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rate difficulty: And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.

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rate difficulty: From the skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say, `Leanness <FI>is<Fi> to me, Leanness <FI>is<Fi> to me, woe <FI>is<Fi> to me.' Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Yea, treachery, treacherous dealers dealt treacherously.

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simplify: And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

And they said in answer to Jesus, We have no idea. And Jesus said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.


rate difficulty: Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against [his] brother, or judges his brother, speaks against [the] law and judges [the] law. But if thou judgest [the] law, thou art not doer of [the] law, but judge.

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


simplify: Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine unto me?

But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine?


simplify: And Pilate having called together the chief priests, and the rulers, and the people,

So Pilate summoned the chief priests, and the leading men, and the people,


simplify: In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy 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.


simplify: and he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart,

However he went down with them to Nazareth, and submitted himself to their control; and his mother treasured all that was said in her heart.


rate difficulty: for this could have been sold for more than three hundred denaries, and given to the poor;' and they were murmuring at her.


rate difficulty: And have lifted up for thee a lamentation, And said to thee: How hast thou perished, That art inhabited from the seas, The praised city, that was strong in the sea, She and her inhabitants, Who put their terror on all her inhabitants!

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


simplify: For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.

For this time I will send all my punishments on yourself and on your servants and on your people; so that you may see that there is no other like me in all the earth.


simplify: and cinnamon, and odours, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and of horses, and of chariots, and of bodies and souls of men.

nor their cinnamon, or spice, or incense, or perfumes, or frankincense, or wine, or oil, or fine flour, or wheat, or cattle, or sheep; nor their horses, or chariots, or slaves; nor the bodies and souls of people.


rate difficulty: and they journey from Bene-Jaakan, and encamp at Hor-Hagidgad.

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simplify: it seemed good unto us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul,


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

The strong man and the man of war; the judge and the prophet; the man who has knowledge of secret arts, and the man who is wise because of his years;


simplify: As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.

As Babylon had the dead of Israel put to the sword, so in Babylon the dead of all the land will be stretched out.


simplify: Declare ye, and bring it forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me.

Give the word, put forward your cause, let us have a discussion together: who has given news of this in the past? who made it clear in early times? did not I, the Lord? and there is no God but me; a true God and a saviour; there is no other.


simplify: Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

Then Amaziah, king of Judah, acting on the suggestion of his servants, sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us have a meeting face to face.


simplify: And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

And in answer to his prayer, the Lord made him see a tree, and when he put it into the water, the water was made sweet. There he gave them a law and an order, testing them;


simplify: And for the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin-offering; and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:

And for the unclean, they are to take the dust of the burning of the sin-offering, and put flowing water on it in a vessel:


simplify: Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.

Truly, as a wife is false to her husband, so have you been false to me, O Israel, says the Lord.


simplify: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord.

Let fifty days be numbered, to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you are to give a new meal offering to the Lord.


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

Then said Jesus to them, All of you will be turned away from me this night: for it is said in the Writings, I will put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep of the flock will be put to flight.


simplify: The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.


rate difficulty: All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.

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rate difficulty: And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

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


simplify: Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

See, I will send you a nation from far away, O people of Israel, says the Lord; a strong nation and an old nation, a nation whose language is strange to you, so that you may not get the sense of their words.


simplify: And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.

He makes me free from my haters: I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.


simplify: And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

And in the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh;


simplify: Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth;

Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth:


simplify: Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, from all that are round about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth, and there shall be none to gather together the fugitives.

See, I will send fear on you, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, from those who are round you on every side; you will be forced out, every man straight before him, and there will be no one to get together the wanderers.


simplify: And they shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

And they are to have no heritage; I am their heritage: you are to give them no property in Israel; I am their property.


rate difficulty: as He hath done for the sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, when He destroyed the Horim from before them, and they dispossess them, and dwell in their stead, unto this day.

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rate difficulty: And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together and were praying.


simplify: And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

Then Isaac sent for Jacob, and blessing him, said, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;


rate difficulty: Then they went on from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, going round the land of Edom: and the spirit of the people was overcome with weariness on the way.

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rate difficulty: Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

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


rate difficulty: Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.

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simplify: And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that Jehovah had spoken with him in mount Sinai.

And later, all the children of Israel came near, and he gave them all the orders which the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai.


simplify: Counsel in the heart of man islikedeep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out.


simplify: And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

And Elijah took the child down from his room into the house and gave him to his mother and said to her, See, your son is living.


rate difficulty: For this reason the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, I will send on Judah and on all the people of Jerusalem all the evil which I said I would do to them: because I sent my words to them, but they did not give ear; crying out to them, but they gave no answer.

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


simplify: Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

So now make division of this land for a heritage to the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.


rate difficulty: And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard [it] as they were finishing their repast; and Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, and he said, Wherefore this noise of the city in an uproar?

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rate difficulty: And others, trying him, sought of him a sign from heaven.


rate difficulty: Then we went back, journeying into the waste land by the way to the Red Sea, as the Lord had said to me: and we were a long time going round Mount Seir.


simplify: And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.

And your head-dresses will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet: there will be no sorrow or weeping; but you will be wasting away in the punishment of your evil-doing, and you will be looking at one another in wonder.


rate difficulty: And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.


rate difficulty: Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.


simplify: From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.

From over the rivers of Ethiopia, and from the sides of the north, they will come to me with an offering.


rate difficulty: And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah of hosts:


simplify: And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

And looking, I saw a hand stretched out to me, and I saw the roll of a book in it;


rate difficulty: And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.

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simplify: And it came to pass in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

Now in Iconium they went together to the Synagogue of the Jews and gave such teaching that a great number of Jews and Greeks had faith.


rate difficulty: And Joab said, Jehovah make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt unto Israel?

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


simplify: Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish;

“Sheathe your sword,” Jesus said, “for all who draw the sword will be put to the sword.


rate difficulty: And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,

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


rate difficulty: And again have the Philistines war with Israel, and David goeth down, and his servants with him, and they fight with the Philistines; and David is weary,

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rate difficulty: Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?

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


rate difficulty: How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

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


simplify: Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.

Clearly he is in error and a sinner, being self-judged.


rate difficulty: that ye be not soon shaken in mind, nor troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter, as [if it were] by us, as that the day of the Lord is present.


rate difficulty: The way of the slothful <FI>is<Fi> as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.


simplify: And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

And for forty days and forty nights Moses was there with the Lord, and in that time he had no food or drink. And he put in writing on the stones the words of the agreement, the ten rules of the law.


simplify: And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.

And David took from him a thousand war-carriages and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and he had the leg-muscles of all the horses cut, keeping only enough of them for a hundred war-carriages.


rate difficulty: and afterwards hath she born a daughter, and calleth her name Dinah.

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rate difficulty: And Shobal the father of Kirjath–jearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.

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


simplify: And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.

But God was moved to wrath because he went: and the angel of the Lord took up a position in the road to keep him from his purpose. Now he was seated on his ass, and his two servants were with him.


simplify: And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.

And the young girl got up straight away, and was walking about; she being twelve years old. And they were overcome with wonder.


simplify: And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin,

And of the priests: Jedaiah and Jehoiarib and Jachin


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish; and thou shalt cleanse the sanctuary.

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


simplify: Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

Why did the knees take me, or why the breasts that they might give me milk?


rate difficulty: and put aside for himself part of the price, [his] wife also being privy to it; and having brought a certain part, laid it at the feet of the apostles.

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


simplify: and the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon; and the goings out thereof were at the valley of Iphtah-el;

And the line goes round it on the north to Hannathon, ending at the valley of Iphtah-el;


rate difficulty: And he passed on before them, and bowed to the earth seven times, until he came near to his brother.

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


rate difficulty: The eye which saw him shall [see him] not again; and his place beholdeth him no more.

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


rate difficulty: For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?

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


rate difficulty: So Moses got two stones cut like the first; and early in the morning he went up Mount Sinai, as the Lord had said, with the two stones in his hand.


rate difficulty: Where is [now] the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion, the lioness, [and] the lion's whelp walked, and none made them afraid?

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


simplify: Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and, behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah: and I fell upon my face.

And he took me to the north doorway in front of the house; and, looking, I saw that the house of the Lord was full of the glory of the Lord; and I went down on my face.


rate difficulty: Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,

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


rate difficulty: And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.

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


rate difficulty: For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;


rate difficulty: In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

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


simplify: And there were also women afar off beholding, among whom was also Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James the less, and of Joses, and Salome,

There were some women also watching from a distance, among them being Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James the Little and of Joseph, and Salome —


simplify: But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in honor of all the people, and commanded to put the men forth a little while.

But one of the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a man of learning in the law, of whom all the people had a high opinion, got up and made a suggestion for the men to be put outside for a little time.


simplify: then the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin, and there be in it yellow thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scall, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.

Then the priest is to see the diseased place: and if it seems to go deeper than the skin, and if there is thin yellow hair in it, then the priest will say that he is unclean: he has the mark of the leper's disease on his head or in the hair of his chin.


simplify: But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.


simplify: And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.


simplify: do we arouse the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than He?

Or ‘are we to rouse the jealousy of the Lord’? Are we stronger than he?


rate difficulty: And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so.


rate difficulty: Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

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simplify: But we will not glory beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the province which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even unto you.

We will not give glory to ourselves in over-great measure, but after the measure of the rule which God has given us, a measure which comes even to you.


rate difficulty: and sendeth by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and calleth his name Jedidiah, because of Jehovah.

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


simplify: And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.

And the children of Israel who had come back kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.


simplify: For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us, to put on you nothing more than these necessary things;


simplify: and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will.

And so they may get themselves free from the net of the Evil One, being made the prisoners of the Lord's servant, for the purpose of God.


simplify: Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have made yours by your great power and by your strong hand.


rate difficulty: for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, if they do not wash the hands to the wrist, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders,

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


simplify: Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

And the Levites, all those of thirty years old and over, were numbered; and the number of them, by heads, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.


simplify: And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.


simplify: And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

And I have kept back the rain from you, when it was still three months before the grain-cutting: I sent rain on one town and kept it back from another: one part was rained on, and the part where there was no rain became a waste.


simplify: And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.

When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and put them away in the house; and he sent the men away, and they went.


rate difficulty: She has done what she could; she has perfumed my body beforehand for my burial.

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


rate difficulty: And yet this <FI>is<Fi> little in Thine eyes, Lord Jehovah, and Thou dost speak also concerning the house of Thy servant afar off; and this <FI>is<Fi> the law of the Man, Lord Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so to thee; but if not, it shall not be [so].

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


rate difficulty: Ozem, the sixth, David, the seventh;

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


simplify: All the sons of Perez that dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.

All the sons of Perez living in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight men of good position.


simplify: As I live, saith the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;

By my life, says the Lord, even if Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, was the ring on my right hand, even from there I would have you pulled off;


simplify: till another king rose, who had not known Joseph;

until a new king, who knew nothing of Joseph, came to the throne.


simplify: But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

But to the rest I say, and not the Lord; If a brother has a wife who is not a Christian, and it is her desire to go on living with him, let him not go away from her.


rate difficulty: Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

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


simplify: Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?

Whoever makes a god, makes nothing but a metal image in which there is no profit.


rate difficulty: And we are [his] witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit also, whichGod has given to those that obey him.

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


rate difficulty: and they say each one to his neighbour, `Give help, let us make bricks, and burn <FI>them<Fi> thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar.

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


simplify: And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.

And King Solomon and all the men of Israel who had come together there with him, were before the ark, making offerings of sheep and oxen more than might be numbered.


rate difficulty: Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, [that] the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying,

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


rate difficulty: Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

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


simplify: Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.

It is not our feelings to you which are narrow, but yours to us.


rate difficulty: But you who kept faith with the Lord are living, every one of you, today.

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


simplify: The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him.

The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah; these three were his sons by Bathshua, the Canaanite woman. And Er, Judah's oldest son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and he put him to death.


rate difficulty: and many times also it cast him into fire, and into water, that it might destroy him; but if thou art able to do anything, help us, having compassion on us.'

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


simplify: Am not I an apostle? am not I free? Jesus Christ our Lord have I not seen? my work are not ye in the Lord?

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen our Lord Jesus? Are not you yourselves my work achieved in union with the Lord?


rate difficulty: But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

And Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and was living in Tirzah.


simplify: And there were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches; and windows were round about inward; and upon each post were palm-trees.

And the rooms and their uprights had sloping windows inside the doorway all round, and in the same way the covered way had windows all round on the inside: and on every upright there were palm-trees.