rate difficulty: Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth; How much more the wicked and the sinner!

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


simplify: And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet unto your fathers,

And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,


simplify: many also of those who did believe were coming, confessing and declaring their acts,

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


simplify: When he hath levelled the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border thereof?

When the face of the earth has been levelled, does he not put in the different sorts of seed, and the grain in lines, and the barley in its place, and the spelt at the edge?


simplify: And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,


rate difficulty: Give water to him who is in need of water; give bread, O men of the land of Tema, to those in flight.

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


rate difficulty: If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.

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


rate difficulty: Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:

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


simplify: And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

And there they will put all the army of Gog in the earth. So they will make the land clean.


rate difficulty: and it hath been, I go from thee, and the Spirit of Jehovah doth lift thee up, whither I know not, and I have come to declare to Ahab, and he doth not find thee, and he hath slain me; and thy servant is fearing Jehovah from my youth.

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


simplify: Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold, a door.

And he said to me, Son of man, make a hole in the wall: and after making a hole in the wall I saw a door.


simplify: And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,


rate difficulty: And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand.


simplify: And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel?

And when he saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Israel?


simplify: Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.


simplify: For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve,  The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;

And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;


rate difficulty: So the king and Haman came to take wine with Esther the queen.

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


rate difficulty: And in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the chronicler, to repair the house of Jehovah hisGod.

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


simplify: Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a great God and a terrible.

Have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, a great God greatly to be feared.


simplify: Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.

But the captain gave more attention to the master and the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.


rate difficulty: And there he set up an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts; and I will give thee a place to walk among these that stand by.

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


rate difficulty: In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

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


rate difficulty: When the Recorder had succeeded in quieting the crowd, he said: “People of Ephesus, who is there, I ask you, who needs to be told that this city of Ephesus is the Warden of the Temple of the great Artemis, and of the statue which fell down from Zeus?

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


rate difficulty: Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

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


rate difficulty: My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice <FI>is<Fi> sweet, and thy appearance comely.

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


simplify: Unto him that was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.

Give water to him who is in need of water; give bread, O men of the land of Tema, to those in flight.


simplify: And Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

And Ezra the priest put the law before the meeting of the people, before the men and women and all those who were able to take it in, on the first day of the seventh month.


simplify: Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.

So go now and give orders to the people that every man and every woman is to get from his or her neighbour ornaments of silver and of gold.


rate difficulty: Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

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


simplify: And no man having drunk old wine desireth new; for he saith, The old is good.

And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.


simplify: And they brought in the ark of Jehovah, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.

And they took in the ark of the Lord, and put it in its place inside the tent which David had put up for it: and David made burned offerings and peace-offerings to the Lord.


rate difficulty: Thus said Jehovah: If the heavens above be measured, And the foundations of earth below searched, Even I kick against all the seed of Israel, For all that they have done, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: upon the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth branches, and bear fruit, and become a noble cedar; and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

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


simplify: Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

Go and say in the ears of Jerusalem, The Lord says, I still keep the memory of your kind heart when you were young, and your love when you became my bride; how you went after me in the waste of sand, in an unplanted land.


simplify: Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.


simplify: Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.


simplify: But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.

But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.


rate difficulty: But a Samaritan, traveling that way, came upon the man, and, when he saw him, he was moved with compassion.


rate difficulty: And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of Jehovah.

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


simplify: Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.


simplify: And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

And he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the chief priests, dressed in haircloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.


simplify: They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a cruel death, and will let out the vine-garden to other workmen, who will give him the fruit when it is ready.


simplify: For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.


simplify: The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?


simplify: and that ye may make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;

And make a division between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;


simplify: So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;


simplify: because her sins did follow--unto the heaven, and God did remember her unrighteousness.

For her sins are heaped up to the heavens, and God has not forgotten her misdeeds.


rate difficulty: Remember thou that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see good.

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


rate difficulty: And they set apart the burnt-offerings to give them to the classes of the fathers' houses of the children of the people, to present them to Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so [did they] with the oxen.


rate difficulty: Meanwhile the chief priests and the whole of the High Council were trying to get such false evidence against Jesus, as would warrant putting him to death,

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


rate difficulty: `And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known--not even the messengers of the heavens--except my Father only;

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


simplify: A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.

The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.


simplify: For before these days rose up Theudas, giving himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nought.

For before this there was Theudas, who said he was someone important, to whom about four hundred men gave their support: he was put to death, and his band was broken up and came to nothing.


simplify: Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

May the Lord's approval be resting on you and may he give you peace.


simplify: For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

For divisions are necessary among you, in order that those who have God's approval may be clearly seen among you.


simplify: And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had Perez and Zerah by him. All the sons of Judah were five.


simplify: and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? hard for thee against pricks to kick!

We all fell to the ground, and then I heard a voice saying to me in Hebrew — ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? By kicking against the goad you are punishing yourself.’


rate difficulty: For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

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


simplify: The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.


simplify: But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.

But as for those whose heart goes after their hated and disgusting things, I will send on their heads the punishment of their ways, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And they gave him an account of everything Joseph had said to them; and when he saw the carts which Joseph had sent for them, his spirit came back to him:

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


simplify: it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it contemneth every tree.

It has been made sharp to give death; it is polished so that it may be like a thunder-flame: ...


rate difficulty: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.


simplify: for except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.

Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.


rate difficulty: The captive exile shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.


simplify: Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What hath Jehovah answered? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?

But this is what you are to say, every man to his neighbour and every man to his brother, What answer has the Lord given? and, What has the Lord said?


simplify: Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the Lord.

Put your armies in position against Babylon on every side, all you bowmen; let loose your arrows at her, not keeping any back: for she has done evil against the Lord.


rate difficulty: For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the Lord; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

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


simplify: And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.

Said to all the children of Israel, This land which we went through to see is a very good land.


rate difficulty: I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.

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


simplify: and the woman that thou didst see is the great city that is having reign over the kings of the land.'

As for the woman whom you saw, she is the great city that holds sway over all the kings of the earth.’


rate difficulty: For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in;

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


simplify: Palal the son of Uzai repaired over against the turning of the wall, and the tower that standeth out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired.

Palal, the son of Uzai, made good the wall opposite the angle and the tower which comes out from the higher part of the king's house, by the open space of the watch. After him was Pedaiah, the son of Parosh.


simplify: And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

And anyone touching one who has been put to death with the sword in the open country, or the body of one who has come to his end by a natural death, or a man's bone, or the resting-place of a dead body, will be unclean for seven days.


rate difficulty: Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes–dammim.

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


rate difficulty: Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I [am] HE: before me there was noGod formed, neither shall there be after me.


rate difficulty: So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spake.

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the nations;

This is what the Lord has said: Because Moab and Seir are saying, See, the people of Judah are like all the nations;


simplify: He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.


rate difficulty: `And why dost thou behold the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thy brother's eye, and the beam that <FI>is<Fi> in thine own eye dost not consider?

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


rate difficulty: So now, if you have here five cakes of bread, give them into my hand, or whatever you have.


simplify: and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;

Hearing, however, that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob sent our ancestors there on their first visit.


simplify: Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.


rate difficulty: Do not keep any of it till the morning; anything which is not used is to be burned with fire.

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


rate difficulty: Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.

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


rate difficulty: And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.

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


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


simplify: and his garments became glittering, white exceedingly, as snow, so as a fuller upon the earth is not able to whiten <FI>them<Fi> .

and his clothes became of a more dazzling white than any bleacher in the world could make them.


simplify: Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.

Be full of wonder, O heavens, at this; be overcome with fear, be completely waste, says the Lord.


simplify: The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.

The children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-seven.


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.

And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and give the people orders to keep back, for fear that a great number of them, forcing their way through to see the Lord, may come to destruction.


rate difficulty: a woman, having an alabaster flask of very precious ointment, came to him and poured it out upon his head as he lay at table.

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


simplify: And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment; and the pride of her power shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so that none shall pass through.

And I will make the land a waste and a cause of wonder, and the pride of her strength will come to an end; and the mountains of Israel will be made waste so that no one will go through.


simplify: So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.

So he sent to Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, while he himself stayed for some time longer in Roman Asia.


rate difficulty: The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.


rate difficulty: Who knoweth the spirit of the children of men? Doth it go upwards? and the spirit of the beasts, doth it go downwards to the earth?

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


rate difficulty: Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

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


simplify: And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

And the cow and the bear will be friends while their young ones are sleeping together.


simplify: We therefore ought to welcome such, that we may be fellow-workers for the truth.

So it is right for us to take in such men as guests, so that we may take our part in the work of the true faith.


simplify: And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine.

Their flesh is to be yours; like the breast of the wave offering and the right leg, it is to be yours.


simplify: But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.


rate difficulty: And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah saith unto me, `Thou hast well seen: for I am watching over My word to do it.'

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


simplify: The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

And the sons of those who were cruel to you will come before you with bent heads; and those who made sport of you will go down on their faces at your feet; and you will be named, The Town of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.


simplify: And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.

And Ahaz took the silver and gold which were in the house of the Lord and in the king's store-house, and sent them as an offering to the king of Assyria.


simplify: These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

These Jews of Beroea were better disposed than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the message with great readiness, and daily examined the scriptures to see if what was said was true.


rate difficulty: And Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days; and the people did not journey till Miriam was received in [again].

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


simplify: Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spake, saying,  I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

Then Moses and the children of Israel made this song to the Lord, and said, I will make a song to the Lord, for he is lifted up in glory: the horse and the horseman he has sent down into the sea.


rate difficulty: Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord;


simplify: And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,

And all who were in the Synagogue were very angry when these things were said to them.


rate difficulty: Then David said to Achish, If now I have grace in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the smaller towns of your land, to be my living-place; for it is not right for your servant to be living with you in the king's town.

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


simplify: Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Jehovah was there:

Because you have said, The two nations and the two countries are to be mine, and we will take them for our heritage; though the Lord was there:


simplify: Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

but vainly do they worship me, For they teach but human precepts.’


simplify: O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say, What hath been done?

O daughter of Aroer, take your station by the way, on the watch: questioning him who is in flight, and her who has got away safe, say, What has been done?


simplify: And it came to pass, while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered.

And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.


rate difficulty: Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?

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


simplify: And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.

And Azel had five sons, whose names are: Azrikam, his oldest son, and Ishmael and Sheariah and Obadiah and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.


simplify: Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;

Do this, then, which we say to you: We have four men who have taken an oath;


simplify: And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

When the servants came back they said, We have seen your brother Esau and he is coming out to you, and four hundred men with him.


simplify: And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.

He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the banquet, but they were unwilling to come.


simplify: And God said unto him in the dream, Yea, I know that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.


simplify: Drought and heat consume the snow waters: So dothSheolthose thathave sinned.

Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld.


simplify: Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,


rate difficulty: So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it.

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


simplify: At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.

At the cry, Babylon is taken! the earth is shaking, and the cry comes to the ears of the nations.


simplify: And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them.


rate difficulty: Why hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered unto Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.


simplify: Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.


simplify: Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.

he told them that the Son of Man must undergo much suffering, and be rejected by the councillors, and chief priests, and teachers of the law, and be put to death, and rise on the third day.


simplify: And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

If there is division in a kingdom, that kingdom will come to destruction;


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.

And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.


rate difficulty: And to her baby newly come to birth, and to the children of her body; for having no other food, she will make a meal of them secretly, because of her bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.

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


simplify: I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

I have come to a decision what to do, so that when I am put out of my position they will take me into their houses.


simplify: 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.

King Solomon made an offering of twenty-two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people kept the feast of the opening of the house of God.


simplify: I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.

I gave word in the past of the things which came about; they came from my mouth, and I made them clear: suddenly I did them, and they came about.


simplify: And it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

Now after the disease was over, the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,


rate difficulty: For there were many in Judah sworn to him; for he was a son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

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


simplify: But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:

But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, took him for a spirit, and gave a loud cry:


simplify: And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?


rate difficulty: and he shall show you a large upper room furnished, there make ready;'


rate difficulty: And Cush was the father of Nimrod: he was the first to be a great man in the earth.

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


simplify: And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

And he took the measure of its wall, one hundred and forty-four cubits, after the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.


simplify: The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,


simplify: Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?


simplify: He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.

He will put to the sword your daughters in the open country: he will make strong walls against you and put up an earthwork against you, arming himself for war against you.


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

And on that day living waters will go out from Jerusalem; half of them flowing to the sea on the east and half to the sea on the west: in summer and in winter it will be so.


simplify: And as we tarried there some days, there came down from Judæa a certain prophet, named Agabus.

And while we were waiting there for some days, a certain prophet, named Agabus, came down from Judaea.


simplify: For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

For this reason, then, I kneel before the Father —


simplify: And they laid hands on them, and put them in ward unto the morrow: for it was now eventide.

And they took them and put them in prison till the morning, for it was now evening.


rate difficulty: And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

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


simplify: and Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (the same is Debir),

And Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (which is Debir);


simplify: O Lord, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.

O Lord, you have knowledge: keep me in mind and come to my help, and give their right reward to those who are attacking me; take me not away, for you are slow to be angry: see how I have undergone shame because of you from all those who make little of your word;


rate difficulty: and a house ye do not build, and seed ye do not sow, and a vineyard ye do not plant, nor have ye any; for in tents do ye dwell all your days, that ye may live many days on the face of the ground whither ye are sojourning.

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


simplify: A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.

A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.


simplify: And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.


rate difficulty: So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

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


simplify: How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

How is the hammer of all the earth cut in two and broken! how has Babylon become a waste among the nations!


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

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


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.

After the reading of the law and the prophets, the synagogue leader sent them this message — “Friends, if you have any helpful words to address to the people, now is the time to speak.”


rate difficulty: And Jehud and Bene-berak and Gath-rimmon;

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


simplify: In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord.

In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the middle of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord at the edge of the land.


simplify: I chargetheein the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus, who shall judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

I give you orders, before God and Christ Jesus, who will be the judge of the living and the dead, and by his revelation and his kingdom;


rate difficulty: And it came to pass at that time, when Eli lay in his place (now his eyes began to grow dim, he could not see),

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


simplify: But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.

But if he gives his field after the year of Jubilee, the amount of the money will be worked out by the priest in relation to the number of years till the coming year of Jubilee, and the necessary amount will be taken off your value.


rate difficulty: And having taken him aside, Peter began to rebuke him, saying, `Be kind to thyself, sir; this shall not be to thee;'


simplify: then were they laying hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.


rate difficulty: If he says, It is well, your servant will be at peace: but if he is angry, then it will be clear to you that he has an evil purpose in mind against me.


rate difficulty: And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

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


rate difficulty: And king Joram returned to be healed in Jizreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab at Jizreel, for he was sick.

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


simplify: And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,

and, when they came, he said to them: “You know well the life that I always led among you from the very first day that I set foot in Roman Asia,


rate difficulty: `And this day hath become to you a memorial, and ye have kept it a feast to Jehovah to your generations; --a statute age-during; ye keep it a feast.

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


rate difficulty: To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: —  “These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds ‘the Key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and shuts and no one opens’: —

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


simplify: Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works.


rate difficulty: And they have come in against thee, With arms, rider, and wheel, And with an assembly of peoples; Target, and shield, and helmet, They do set against thee round about, And I have set before them judgment, They have judged thee in their Judgments.

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


rate difficulty: And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

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


rate difficulty: And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.

And if any beast which may be used for food comes to a natural death, anyone touching its dead body will be unclean till evening.


simplify: Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such evil things as I supposed;

But when they got up they said nothing about such crimes as I had in mind:


simplify: Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

Then Boaz said to his servant who was in authority over the cutters, Whose girl is this?


simplify: And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.

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


rate difficulty: And the word ofGod increased; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was very greatly multiplied, and a great crowd of the priests obeyed the faith.


simplify: how also the chief priests and our rulers did deliver him up to a judgment of death, and crucified him;

and how the chief priests and our leading men gave him up to be sentenced to death, and afterwards crucified him.


simplify: See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

Take great care, then, how you live — not unwisely but wisely,


simplify: When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.


simplify: And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,


rate difficulty: and thence, the brethren having heard the things concerning us, came forth to meet us, unto Appii Forum, and Three Taverns--whom Paul having seen, having given thanks to God, took courage.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

And for the wood offering, at fixed times, and for the first fruits. Keep me in mind, O my God, for good.


rate difficulty: For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.

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


simplify: It is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the heaven lodged in the branches thereof.

It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.


simplify: And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison.


simplify: And all vision 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:


rate difficulty: Now if we put bits of iron into horses' mouths so that they may be guided by us, we have complete control of their bodies.

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


rate difficulty: Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

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


simplify: and Jesus said to his disciples, `Verily I say to you, that hardly shall a rich man enter into the reign of the heavens;

At this, Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you that a rich person will find it hard to enter the kingdom of heaven!


simplify: And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

“Is not the reason of your mistake,”answered Jesus, “your ignorance of the scriptures and of the power of God?


simplify: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

(Because the soul of that upright man living among them was pained from day to day by seeing and hearing their crimes):


rate difficulty: Then Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said to the king, Is this dead dog to go on cursing my lord the king? let me go over and take off his head.

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


rate difficulty: And to Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.


simplify: And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.

And take some hyssop and put it in the blood in the basin, touching the two sides and the top of the doorway with the blood from the basin; and let not one of you go out of his house till the morning.


simplify: He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

‘Whoever is destined for captivity goes into captivity.’ Whoever will kill with the sword must inevitably be killed with the sword. (Here there is need for endurance and faith on the part of Christ’s people.)


simplify: And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

And the name of the third river is Tigris, which goes to the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.


simplify: And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

Regard our Lord’s forbearance as your one hope of salvation. This is what our dear friend Paul wrote to you, with the wisdom that God gave him.


simplify: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

For he taught them like one who had authority, and not like their teachers of the law.


rate difficulty: And they make bells of pure gold, and put the bells in the midst of the pomegranates, on the hems of the upper robe, round about, in the midst of the pomegranates;

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


simplify: And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

And Jesus came to them and said, All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.


simplify: And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the Lord hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.

And then the Cushite came and said, I have news for my lord the king: today the Lord has done right in your cause against all those who took up arms against you.


simplify: Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;

Further, I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, let letters be given to me for the rulers across the river, so that they may let me go through till I come to Judah;


simplify: For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:


simplify: But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison-houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

But this is a people whose property has been taken away from them by force; they are all taken in holes, and shut up in prisons: they are made prisoners, and no one makes them free; they are taken by force and no one says, Give them back.


simplify: He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

And that will be my salvation, for an evil-doer would not come before him,


simplify: He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will have faith in him.


simplify: `But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

But love your enemies, and show them kindness, and lend to them, never despairing. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the thankless and the bad.


rate difficulty: And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

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


rate difficulty: but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

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


rate difficulty: Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?


rate difficulty: Ben-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead; he had the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bars of bronze.

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


simplify: So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

And he sent his brothers on their way, and said to them, See that you have no argument on the road.


rate difficulty: and to carry silver and gold that the king and his counsellors willingly offered to the God of Israel, whose tabernacle <FI>is<Fi> in Jerusalem,

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


simplify: And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:

I will put an end to your use of secret arts, and you will have no more readers of signs:


rate difficulty: Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

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


simplify: forbidding to marry--to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,

and they discourage marriage and enjoin abstinence from certain kinds of food; though God created these foods to be enjoyed thankfully by those who hold the faith and have attained a full knowledge of the truth.


rate difficulty: Then he said to them, Today this word has come true in your hearing.

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


simplify: My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,


rate difficulty: And after him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.


rate difficulty: The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.


simplify: He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord:

Say to the children of Israel, If a man or a woman takes an oath to keep himself separate and give himself to the Lord;


rate difficulty: But from the time when we gave up burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her, we have been in need of all things, and have been wasted by the sword and by need of food.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.


simplify: Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?

So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?


simplify: And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.

And any clothing or skin on which the seed comes is to be washed with water and be unclean till evening.


simplify: And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.

And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.


simplify: Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Because ye have not heard my words,

So this is what the Lord of armies has said: Because you have not given ear to my words,


simplify: to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.


simplify: So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

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


simplify: And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.

And let seven Sabbaths of years be numbered to you, seven times seven years; even the days of seven Sabbaths of years, that is forty-nine years;


rate difficulty: And after a little while they that stood by came and said to Peter, Of a truth thou also art one of them; for thy speech maketh thee known.

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


simplify: Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.

Those who are against her have become the head, everything goes well for her haters; for the Lord has sent sorrow on her because of the great number of her sins: her young children have gone away as prisoners before the attacker.


simplify: Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine hath budded, Andits blossom is open, Andthe pomegranates are in flower: There will I give thee my love.

Let us go out early to the vine-gardens; let us see if the vine is in bud, if it has put out its young fruit, and the pomegranate is in flower. There I will give you my love.


rate difficulty: And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-Gilead.

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


simplify: And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, who was of the Jews by birth, and sent for Paul, and gave hearing to him about faith in Christ Jesus.


rate difficulty: And Jesus having uttered a loud cry, yielded the spirit,

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


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

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


rate difficulty: The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

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


rate difficulty: But he went to sleep again and had a second dream, in which he saw seven heads of grain, full and good, all on one stem.

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rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,

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rate difficulty: For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.


rate difficulty: The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.


simplify: And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,

Now after writing all the words of this law in a book till the record of them was complete,


simplify: And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

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


simplify: O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures for a spoil, and thy high places, because of sin, throughout all thy borders.

I will give your wealth and all your stores to be taken away in war without a price, because of your sins in every part of your land.


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie unto you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;

This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said about Ahab, the son of Kolaiah, and about Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, who are saying to you what is false in my name: See, I will give them up into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and he will put them to death before your eyes.


simplify: Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.


rate difficulty: But ye know that in weakness of the flesh I announced the glad tidings to you at the first;

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rate difficulty: And after three days and a half the breath of life from God went into them, and they got up on their feet; and great fear came on those who saw them.

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

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simplify: And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.


simplify: and without <FI>are<Fi> the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the whoremongers, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one who is loving and is doing a lie.

Outside will be the filthy, the sorcerers, the impure, the murderers, the idolaters, and all who love the false and live it.’


rate difficulty: For if I put up again those things which I gave to destruction, I am seen to be a wrongdoer.


simplify: And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:

Going down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain, and on as far as the east side of the sea of Chinnereth:


rate difficulty: Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.


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

And the word of the Lord went through all the country.


rate difficulty: But the prophet, that shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.

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simplify: Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?


simplify: And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.

And in their flight before Israel, on the way down from Beth-horon, the Lord sent down great stones from heaven on them all the way to Azekah, causing their death: those whose death was caused by the stones were more than those whom the children of Israel put to death with the sword.


simplify: She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

She has sent out her women-servants; her voice goes out to the highest places of the town, saying,


rate difficulty: Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,

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simplify: The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

Now the place in the book where he was reading was this: He was taken, like a sheep, to be put to death; and as a lamb is quiet when its wool is being cut, so he made no sound:


rate difficulty: In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.


rate difficulty: and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,


rate difficulty: And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words that Jehovah has said will we do!

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

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simplify: And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness;  He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.

And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.


simplify: And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.

Then Aaron went back to Moses to the door of the Tent of meeting: and the disease came to a stop.


rate difficulty: And Vashti the queen gave a feast for the women in the house of King Ahasuerus.

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simplify: Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink?

Then will the upright make answer to him, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food, and give it to you? or in need of drink, and give it to you?


rate difficulty: then shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give her not to thee, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

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rate difficulty: Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.

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rate difficulty: Above all things, let your love for one another be earnest, for ‘love throws a veil over countless sins.’

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simplify: and into whatever house ye may enter, there remain, and thence depart;

Whatever house you go to stay in, remain there, and leave from that place.


rate difficulty: who, having arrived and seeing the grace ofGod, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord;

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simplify: Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.


simplify: and they were making signs to his father, what he would wish him to be called,

and they made signs to the child’s father, to find out what he wished the child to be called.


rate difficulty: With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.

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rate difficulty: Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill-country.

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rate difficulty: And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

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simplify: All did go out of the way, together they became unprofitable, there is none doing good, there is not even one.

They have all gone astray; they have one and all become depraved; there is no one who is doing good — no, not one!’


rate difficulty: A word fitly spoken Islikeapples of gold in network of silver.


simplify: The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.

The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.


simplify: Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the Lord.

Of Jeduthun: the six sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah and Zeri and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah; under the direction of their father Jeduthun who, acting as a prophet, with corded instruments gave praise and glory to the Lord.


simplify: But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

but they did not find any, although many came forward with false evidence. Later on, however, two men came forward and said:


simplify: And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:

And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:


rate difficulty: And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.

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simplify: My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.

My agreement with him was on my side life and peace, and I gave them to him; on his side fear, and he had fear of me and gave honour to my name.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

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simplify: Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.


simplify: and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.

And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine towns with their unwalled places.


simplify: But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

There was staying in the city a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic there and mystifying the Samaritan people, giving himself out to be some great being.


rate difficulty: If the offering is a burned offering of the herd, let him give a male without a mark: he is to give it at the door of the Tent of meeting so that he may be pleasing to the Lord.


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

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simplify: And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered: and his mother kept all these words in her heart.


rate difficulty: And Micah gave the position to the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

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rate difficulty: See, I am against you, says the Lord, O mountain of destruction, causing the destruction of all the earth: and my hand will be stretched out on you, rolling you down from the rocks, and making you a burned mountain.


simplify: The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam, when Zedekiah first became king of Judah, saying,


simplify: Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

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


simplify: And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea,

That same day, when Jesus had left the house and was sitting by the Sea,


rate difficulty: A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, <FI>Is<Fi> the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

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simplify: And I will give him the morning star.


simplify: And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before Jehovah. And, behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before Jehovah; but Jehovah was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but Jehovah was not in the earthquake:

Then he said, Go out and take your place on the mountain before the Lord. Then the Lord went by, and mountains were parted by the force of a great wind, and rocks were broken before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind there was an earth-shock, but the Lord was not in the earth-shock.


simplify: Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

If only there was one among you who would see that the doors were shut, so that you might not put a light to the fire on my altar for nothing! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of armies, and I will not take an offering from your hands.


rate difficulty: Undergo a circumcision of the heart, you men of Judah and people of Jerusalem: or my wrath may come out like fire, burning so that no one is able to put it out, because of the evil of your doings.


rate difficulty: The Son of God, Christ Jesus, whom we — Silas, Timothy, and I — proclaimed among you, never wavered between ‘Yes’ and ‘No.’ With him it has always been ‘Yes.’

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rate difficulty: I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.

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simplify: Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

Saying, Where is the King of the Jews whose birth has now taken place? We have seen his star in the east and have come to give him worship.


simplify: And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

But he said, Things which are not possible with man are possible with God.


rate difficulty: And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck:


rate difficulty: My bow I have given in the cloud, and it hath been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;

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simplify: and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even unto the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of Jehovah, which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.

And the gold mice, one for every town of the Philistines, the property of the five lords, walled towns as well as country places: and the great stone where they put the ark of the Lord is still in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite to this day.


simplify: Yet seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you.

But let your chief care be for his kingdom, and these other things will be given to you in addition.


rate difficulty: And the man ofGod was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then wouldest thou have smitten the Syrians till thou hadst consumed [them]; whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

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simplify: And it came to pass, about three hours after, that his wife, not knowing what hath happened, came in,

After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.


rate difficulty: and having recognised the voice of Peter, through joy did not open the entry, but running in, reported that Peter was standing before the entry.

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simplify: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.


rate difficulty: and, having been carefully instructed from the law, have learned to appreciate the finer moral distinctions.

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rate difficulty: Where thou diest I die, and there I am buried; thus doth Jehovah to me, and thus doth He add--for death itself doth part between me and thee.'

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rate difficulty: Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.

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simplify: And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.

And I will let the fate of Judah and of Israel be changed, building them up as at first.


simplify: And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

Now after these things the chief servant who had the care of the wine, and the chief bread-maker in Pharaoh's house, did something against Pharaoh's orders;


rate difficulty: that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly,

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rate difficulty: “Let anyone who has two coats,” answered John, “share with the person who has none; and anyone who has food do the same.”

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simplify: Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;


simplify: And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

And if the house is good enough, let your peace come on it: but if not, let your peace come back to you.


simplify: And the ark of the Lord continued in the house of Obed–edom the Gittite three months: and the Lord blessed Obed–edom, and all his household.

And the ark of the Lord was in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months: and the Lord sent a blessing on Obed-edom and all his family.


rate difficulty: and Moses saith, `Not right to do so, for the abomination of the Egyptians we do sacrifice to Jehovah our God; lo, we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes--and they do not stone us!

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rate difficulty: There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

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rate difficulty: And Ehud went out into the portico, and shut the doors of the upper-chamber upon him, and bolted them.


rate difficulty: See, I will get them together from all the countries where I have sent them in my wrath and in the heat of my passion and in my bitter feeling; and I will let them come back into this place where they may take their rest safely.

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rate difficulty: But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.


simplify: And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt-offering and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering.

And in the covered way of the doorway there were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which the burned offering and the sin-offering and the offering for error were put to death:


rate difficulty: The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.


rate difficulty: This is what the Lord has said: Because they say to you, You, O land, are the destruction of men, causing loss of children to your nation;

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simplify: but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.


rate difficulty: Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

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rate difficulty: Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

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simplify: He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.

He went to war with the king of the children of Ammon and overcame them. That year, the children of Ammon gave him a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of grain and ten thousand measures of barley. And the children of Ammon gave him the same amount the second year and the third.


rate difficulty: according to the glad tidings of the glory of the blessedGod, with which I have been entrusted.


rate difficulty: Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

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


simplify: And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, slew him.

And when he was purposing to put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimei, David's brother, put him to death.


rate difficulty: And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto the house of their idols, and to the people.

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rate difficulty: and his sister stationeth herself afar off, to know what is done to him.

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


rate difficulty: And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord: and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel; and the Lord heard him.

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


simplify: And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

And Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse,


rate difficulty: And when the fourteenth night was come, we being driven about in Adria, towards the middle of the night the sailors supposed that some land neared them,

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rate difficulty: And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

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simplify: The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children.

The pains of a woman in childbirth will come on him: he is an unwise son, for at this time it is not right for him to keep his place when children come to birth.


simplify: There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skilful men.

Silver hammered into plates is sent from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the expert workman and of the hands of the gold-worker; blue and purple is their clothing, all the work of expert men.


simplify: That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this the confidence of boasting;

When I speak like this, I am not speaking as the Master would, but as a fool might, in boasting so confidently.


simplify: Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.


rate difficulty: Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.

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


rate difficulty: So some of our number went to the tomb and found everything just as the women had said; but they did not see Jesus.”


simplify: But if the scab spread abroad in the skin, after that he hath showed himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again:

But if the size of the mark on his skin is increased after he has been seen by the priest, let him go to the priest again:


rate difficulty: And all the people come up after him, and the people are piping with pipes, and rejoicing--great joy, and the earth rendeth with their voice.

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simplify: And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.

And looking, I saw four wheels by the side of the winged ones, one wheel by the side of a winged one and another wheel by the side of another: and the wheels were like the colour of a beryl stone to the eye.


rate difficulty: And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.


rate difficulty: And Chaldea hath been for a spoil, All her spoilers are satisfied, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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


simplify: I coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.

I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.


rate difficulty: And they go and come in unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto all the company of the sons of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and they bring them and all the company back word, and shew them the fruit of the land.

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


rate difficulty: Crushing the head of the poor, and turning the steps of the gentle out of the way: and a man and his father go in to the same young woman, putting shame on my holy name:


simplify: and those beside the way are those hearing, then cometh the Devil, and taketh up the word from their heart, lest having believed, they may be saved.

By the seed which fell along the path are meant those who hear the message; but then comes the devil and carries away the message from their minds, to prevent their believing it and being saved.


rate difficulty: For though I am not present in the flesh, still I am with you in the spirit, seeing with joy your order, and your unchanging faith in Christ.

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simplify: and it came to pass, in my going on and coming nigh to Damascus, about noon, suddenly out of the heaven there shone a great light round about me,

While I was still on my way, just as I was getting close to Damascus, about midday, suddenly there flashed from the heavens a great light all around me.


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

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rate difficulty: And he said to me, Who art thou? And I said to him, I am an Amalekite.

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


simplify: And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the outer court.

And under these rooms was the way in from the east side, as one goes into them from the outer square at the head of the outer wall.


rate difficulty: And when the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

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rate difficulty: so that people would carry home to the sick handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body, and their diseases would leave them and the wicked spirits go out of them.

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simplify: but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.


simplify: I Tertius salute you (who wrote the letter) in the Lord;

I Tertius, who am writing this letter, send you my Christian greeting.


simplify: And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

Truly, my face will be turned away from them in that day, because of all the evil they have done in going after other gods.


rate difficulty: To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.

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rate difficulty: Then the mother of the living child came forward, for her heart went out to her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the child; do not on any account put it to death. But the other woman said, It will not be mine or yours; let it be cut in two.

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rate difficulty: And let the prophets give their words, but not more than two or three, and let the others be judges of what they say.

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simplify: And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.

And I will have the judge cut off from among them, and all their captains I will put to death with him, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

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


rate difficulty: He saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that which I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow;

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rate difficulty: Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,


rate difficulty: And Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.


rate difficulty: So they went up and got a view of the land, from the waste land of Zin to Rehob, on the way to Hamath.

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


simplify: And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.


rate difficulty: I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,


rate difficulty: And Gideon hath gone in, and prepareth a kid of the goats, and of an ephah of flour unleavened things; the flesh he hath put in a basket, and the broth he hath put in a pot, and he bringeth out unto Him, unto the place of the oak, and bringeth <FI>it<Fi> nigh.

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


rate difficulty: And she said to her father, Let it not be an occasion of anger in the eyes of my lord that I cannot rise up before thee, for it is with me after the manner of women. And he searched carefully, but did not find the teraphim.

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


simplify: And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

In the place of death he looked up in his torment, and saw Abraham at a distance and Lazarus at his side.


simplify: And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

And he himself, going before them, went down on his face to the earth seven times till he came near his brother.