simplify: And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time.


rate difficulty: And all Israel went down to the Philistines, every man to get his ploughshare, and his hoe, and his axe, and his sickle sharpened,

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


simplify: and say thou unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man that heareth not the words of this covenant,

The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Let that man be cursed who does not give ear to the words of this agreement,


rate difficulty: Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:

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


simplify: A wicked messenger falleth into evil; But a faithful ambassador is health.

A man taking false news is a cause of trouble, but he who gives news rightly makes things well.


rate difficulty: And God goeth up from him, in the place where He hath spoken with him.

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


simplify: And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.


simplify: So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

So runners went with letters from the king and his chiefs through all Israel and Judah, by the order of the king, saying, O children of Israel, come back again to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that he may come again to that small band of you which has been kept safe out of the hands of the kings of Assyria.


rate difficulty: And sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

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


rate difficulty: Do nothing for their peace or well-being for ever.


rate difficulty: Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;


rate difficulty: One whose father and mother are not married may not come into the meeting of the Lord's people, or any of his family to the tenth generation.

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


rate difficulty: And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

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


rate difficulty: And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

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


simplify: For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

For so has the Lord said to me, In a year, by the years of a servant working for payment, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end:


rate difficulty: And he taketh about five thousand men, and setteth them an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city;

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


rate difficulty: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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


rate difficulty: O Timothy, take good care of that which is given to you, turning away from the wrong and foolish talk and arguments of that knowledge which is falsely so named;

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


simplify: The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will come to destruction; thorns and waste plants will come up on their altars; they will say to the mountains, Be a cover over us; and to the hills, Come down on us.


rate difficulty: And from the time that Amaziah hath turned aside from after Jehovah--they make a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fleeth to Lachish, and they send after him to Lachish, and put him to death there,

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


simplify: and they who are with me the light did see, and became afraid, and the voice they heard not of him who is speaking to me--

The men with me saw the light, but did not hear the speaker’s voice.


simplify: And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.

It happened that Herod was deeply offended with the people of Tyre and Sidon, but they went in a body to him, and, having succeeded in winning over Blastus, the Chamberlain, they begged Herod for a reconciliation, because their country was dependent on the king’s for its food supply.


simplify: In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in its appointed season: according to all the statutes of it, and according to all the ordinances thereof, shall ye keep it.

In the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you are to keep it at the regular time, and in the way ordered in the law.


rate difficulty: So they came together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the rule of Asa.

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


simplify: I did not write to you because ye have not known the truth, but because ye have known it, and because no lie is of the truth.

You all know — But I am not writing to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because nothing false can come from the truth.


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

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

Then it will come about that if there are still ten men in a house, death will overtake them.


simplify: And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

And there, between the two winged ones on the cover of the ark, I will come to you, face to face, and make clear to you all the orders I have to give you for the children of Israel.


simplify: Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah: they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baken with leaven, for first-fruits unto Jehovah.

Take from your houses two cakes of bread, made of a fifth part of an ephah of the best meal, cooked with leaven, to be waved for first-fruits to the Lord.


simplify: Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.

Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.


simplify: And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.

On his arrival in Jerusalem, Saul attempted to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, as they did not believe that he was really a disciple.


simplify: And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

Then the Lord gave the ass the power of talking, and opening her mouth she said to Balaam, What have I done to you that you have given me blows these three times?


simplify: And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

So he went and got them and took them to his mother: and she made a meal to his father's taste.


simplify: and having cast him outside of the vineyard, they killed <FI>him<Fi> ; what, then, shall the owner of the vineyard do to them?

So they threw him outside the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?


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

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


rate difficulty: and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.


simplify: And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

And Nahor was twenty-nine years old when he became the father of Terah:


simplify: And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it.

And they said, Have the words of the Lord been given to Moses only? have they not come to us? And the Lord took note of it.


simplify: And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

And your men of war, O Teman, will be overcome with fear, so that every one of them may be cut off from the mountain of Esau.


simplify: And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

And a shade in the daytime from the heat, and a safe cover from storm and from rain.


simplify: Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

And Abraham came to his death, an old man, full of years; and he was put to rest with his people.


rate difficulty: leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

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


simplify: O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

O our God, will you not be their judge? for our strength is not equal to this great army which is coming against us; and we are at a loss what to do: but our eyes are on you.


rate difficulty: And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:

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


rate difficulty: And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

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


simplify: But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation.

But if you do not give ear to these words, I give you my oath by myself, says the Lord, that this house will become a waste.


simplify: And thou--thou hast followed after my teaching, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, endurance,

But you, Timothy, were a close observer of my teaching, my conduct, my purposes, my faith, my forbearance, my love, and my patient endurance,


rate difficulty: And after the earth-shock a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire, the sound of a soft breath.


rate difficulty: These indeed out of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the glad tidings;


simplify: 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.

And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.


simplify: But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

But have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, and do not be troubled, O Israel: for see, I will make you come back from far away, and your seed from the land where they are prisoners; and Jacob will come back, and will be quiet and in peace, and no one will give him cause for fear.


simplify: And thou, when thou art made desolate, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou enlargest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair; thy lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.

And you, when you are made waste, what will you do? Though you are clothed in red, though you make yourself beautiful with ornaments of gold, though you make your eyes wide with paint, it is for nothing that you make yourself fair; your lovers have no more desire for you, they have designs on your life.


simplify: And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

And Eli said to her, How long are you going to be the worse for drink? Put away the effects of your wine from you.


rate difficulty: He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field, and he shall make forts against thee, and cast up a mound against thee, and lift up the target against thee;

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him; and opening their treasures they offered unto him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

And they came into the house, and saw the young child with Mary, his mother; and falling down on their faces they gave him worship; and from their store they gave him offerings of gold, perfume, and spices.


rate difficulty: And Moses said to the Lord, The people will not be able to come up the mountain, for you gave us orders to put limits round the mountain, marking it out and making it holy.

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


simplify: For the violence done to thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

Because you were the cause of violent death and because of your cruel behaviour to your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and will be cut off for ever.


simplify: And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

And Judah, turning their faces, saw that they were being attacked in front and at the back; and they gave a cry for help to the Lord, while the priests were sounding their horns.


rate difficulty: For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.

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


simplify: For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died.

And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death.


simplify: Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

Or for an egg, will give him a scorpion?


simplify: And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.

yet even they, when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, did not believe it.


simplify: But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:


rate difficulty: But Festus, in answer, said that Paul was being kept in prison at Caesarea, and that in a short time he himself was going there.

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


rate difficulty: For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

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


simplify: he who went down is the same also who went up far above all the heavens, that He may fill all things--

He who went down is the same as he who went up — up beyond the highest heaven, so that he might fill all things with his presence.


simplify: The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing.


simplify: And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

But Hoshea's broken faith became clear to the king of Assyria because he had sent representatives to So, king of Egypt, and did not send his offering to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: so the king of Assyria had him shut up in prison and put in chains.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

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


simplify: The word of Jehovah came unto me again, saying,

The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,


simplify: These are the statutes and the ordinances which ye shall observe to do in the land which Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath given thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

These are the laws and the decisions which you are to keep with care in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to be your heritage all the days of your life on earth.


rate difficulty: But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.

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


rate difficulty: and he said to them, `What do ye wish me to do for you?'

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


simplify: If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

But when I do what I want not to do, I am admitting that the law is right.


simplify: And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

And another comes to his end with a bitter soul, without ever tasting good.


rate difficulty: I saw in the night a man on a red horse, between the mountains in the valley, and at his back were horses, red, black, white, and of mixed colours.

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


rate difficulty: And if he have appointed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the law of daughters.

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


rate difficulty: And Terah was seventy years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

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


rate difficulty: But an oath made by a widow or one who is no longer married to her husband, and every undertaking she has given, will have force.


rate difficulty: We also [are] witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they also slew, having hanged him on a cross.

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


simplify: In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

At the resurrection whose wife will she be, all seven brothers having had her as their wife?”


rate difficulty: And Ebed-melech went out from the king's house and said to the king,

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


simplify: And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.

Immediately afterwards Jesus made his disciples get into the boat, and cross over in advance, in the direction of Bethsaida, while he himself was dismissing the crowd.


simplify: For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

For see, I am making a new heaven and a new earth: and the past things will be gone completely out of mind.


simplify: For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.

For all your cleverness, you tolerate fools willingly enough!


rate difficulty: Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.


rate difficulty: and over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;

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


rate difficulty: But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing; for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.

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


simplify: There went with us also certain of the disciples of Cesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.

Some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, and brought Mnason with them, a Cypriot disciple of long standing, with whom we were to stay.


simplify: And am I now come up without Jehovah against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

And have I now come to send destruction on this land without the Lord's authority? It was the Lord himself who said to me, Go up against this land and make it waste.


simplify: And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.

And he said, What sort of towns are these which you have given me, my brother? So they were named the land of Cabul, to this day.


rate difficulty: And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

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


simplify: And judgment is come upon the plain country, upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath,

And punishment has come on the lowlands; on Holon and Jahzah, and on Mephaath,


rate difficulty: And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

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


rate difficulty: God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord will be King over all the earth: in that day there will be one Lord and his name one.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said to Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast said; for thou hast found grace in mine eyes, and I know thee by name.

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


simplify: And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?

And the Lord said, Who then is the wise and responsible servant whom his lord will put in control of his family, to give them their food at the right time?


simplify: In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

I have been through toil and hardship. I have passed many a sleepless night; I have endured hunger and thirst; I have often been without food; I have known cold and nakedness.


rate difficulty: but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he did not invite.

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


simplify: and he who is doing injustice to the neighbour, did thrust him away, saying, Who set thee a ruler and a judge over us?

But the man who was ill-treating his fellow workman pushed Moses aside saying — ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?


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

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


simplify: And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

And he made an attack on them, driving them in uncontrolled flight, and causing great destruction; then he went away to his safe place in the crack of the rock at Etam.


simplify: but, when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me

But when he was in Rome, he went in search of me everywhere, and came to me


simplify: Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.

For this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

And if it is planted will it do well? will it not become quite dry at the touch of the east wind, drying up in the bed where it was planted?


rate difficulty: Then, on receiving a cup, after saying the thanksgiving, he said:

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


simplify: Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

“If you are the Christ,” they said, “tell us so.”  “If I tell you,”replied Jesus, “you will not believe me;


simplify: And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted food.

And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim; but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food before evening comes and I have given punishment to those who are against me. So the people had not a taste of food.


simplify: And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

And when the men of Ashdod saw how it was, they said, Let not the ark of the God of Israel be with us, for his hand is hard on us and on Dagon our god.


rate difficulty: Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

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


simplify: Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?


simplify: But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

But it weighs very little with me that I am judged by you or by any human tribunal. No, I do not even judge myself;


rate difficulty: The crown has been taken from our head: sorrow is ours, for we are sinners.


simplify: And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

On the right a man was cutting off bits and was still in need; on the left a man took a meal but had not enough; no man had pity on his brother; every man was making a meal of the flesh of his neighbour.


rate difficulty: But unhappy are you who have wealth: for you have been comforted now.


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

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


simplify: And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

And the holy things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.


rate difficulty: And take no thought for your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

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


simplify: I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

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


rate difficulty: and by the parts of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-Shean and its small towns, Taanach and its small towns, Megiddo and its small towns, Dor and its small towns; in these dwelt the sons of Joseph son of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

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


simplify: Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.

Give orders to the priests who take up the ark of witness, to come up out of Jordan.


rate difficulty: And the second let what was in his vessel come out into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living thing in the sea came to an end.


simplify: Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:


simplify: And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.


simplify: And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his house, glorifying God.

And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God.


rate difficulty: that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;

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simplify: Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying.

Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.


rate difficulty: For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

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


rate difficulty: And the chief captain said, I got Roman rights for myself at a great price. And Paul said, But I had them by birth.


rate difficulty: If your young men are questioned they will say the same thing. So now, let my young men have grace in your eyes, for we are come at a good time; please give anything you may have by you to your servants and to your son David.


rate difficulty: Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.

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


rate difficulty: I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And the side-chambers were in three stories, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which belonged to the house for the side-chambers round about, that they might have hold therein, and not have hold in the wall of the house.

And the side-rooms, room over room, were three times thirty; there were inlets in the wall of the house for the side-rooms round about, for supports in the wall of the house.


simplify: Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the Lord hath spoken.

See, here is Rebekah: take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the Lord has said.


simplify: And they raised over him a great heap of stones, unto this day; and Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

And over him they put a great mass of stones, which is there to this day; then the heat of the Lord's wrath was turned away. So that place was named, The Valley of Achor, to this day.


rate difficulty: The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.


rate difficulty: In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks.


simplify: Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;

Son of man, let your face be turned to the children of Ammon, and be a prophet against them:


rate difficulty: And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will make a change in my clothing, so that I do not seem to be the king, and will go into the fight; but do you put on your robes. So the king of Israel made a change in his dress and went into the fight.

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


rate difficulty: For if you are turned away from him, he will send them wandering again in the waste land; and you will be the cause of the destruction of all this people.


simplify: And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

And after drinking it, they will go rolling from side to side, and be off their heads, because of the sword which I will send among them.


rate difficulty: Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,


simplify: Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

Give me nothing but the food which the fighting-men who went with me have had; but let Aner and Eshcol and Mamre have their part of the goods.


simplify: Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

But still they will become his servants, so that they may see how different my yoke is from the yoke of the kingdoms of the lands.


simplify: And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of Jehovah, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

And he gave them their orders, saying, You are to do your work in the fear of the Lord, in good faith and with a true heart.


simplify: And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.


simplify: Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?

Who has ever taken off his outer skin? who may come inside his inner coat of iron?


rate difficulty: Oh that my head were waters, and mine eye a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

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


simplify: Brethren, my heart’s desire and my supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved.

Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.


simplify: Thy princes are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which encamp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

Your crowned ones are like the locusts, and your scribes like the clouds of insects which take cover in the walls on a cold day, but when the sun comes up they go in flight, and are seen no longer in their place.


simplify: But they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go.

But they said nothing. And he made him well and sent him away.


rate difficulty: Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,

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rate difficulty: And Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans that were besieging Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they brake up from Jerusalem.

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


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

For this cause the Lord has said: See, I am giving the land of Egypt to Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon: he will take away her wealth, and take her goods by force and everything which is there; and this will be the payment for his army.


simplify: And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.


simplify: And thou shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, wherewith to bear the ark.

And put the rods through the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.


simplify: Righteousness exalteth a nation; But sin is a reproach to any people.

By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.


rate difficulty: And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go.

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


simplify: and he was calling upon him much, saying--`My little daughter is at the last extremity--that having come, thou mayest lay on her <FI>thy<Fi> hands, so that she may be saved, and she shall live;'

“My little daughter,” he said, “is at the point of death; I beg you to come and place your hands on her so that her life may be spared.”


simplify: And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:

Then she gave him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you have taken into our house came in to make sport of me;


simplify: And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence.

And Moab will be shamed on account of Chemosh, as the children of Israel were shamed on account of Beth-el their hope.


rate difficulty: And Saul dieth because of his trespass that he trespassed against Jehovah, against the word of Jehovah that he kept not, and also for asking at a familiar spirit--to inquire, --

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


simplify: And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.

And I saw another sign in heaven, great and strange; seven angels having the seven last punishments, for in them the wrath of God is complete.


simplify: and they sing, as it were, a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures, and the elders, and no one was able to learn the song except the hundred forty-four thousands, who have been bought from the earth;

They are singing what seems to be a new song, before the throne, and before the four Creatures and the councillors; and no one was able to learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from earth.


rate difficulty: The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

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


simplify: And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

I will give back to you the years which were food for the locust, the plant-worm, the field-fly, and the worm, my great army which I sent among you.


rate difficulty: Is not this the woodworker, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were bitter against him.

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


rate difficulty: And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak, and how justify ourselves?God has found out the iniquity of thy servants; behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he in whose hand the cup has been found.

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


simplify: And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:

And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;


rate difficulty: And they went from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people.

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


rate difficulty: and he calleth the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the `strife' of the sons of Israel, and because of their `trying' Jehovah, saying, `Is Jehovah in our midst or not?'


rate difficulty: And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,

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


simplify: the things that also ye did learn, and receive, and hear, and saw in me, those do, and the God of the peace shall be with you.

All that you learned and received and heard and saw in me put into practice continually; and then God, the giver of peace, will be with you.


rate difficulty: and Saul dieth, and his three sons, and all his house--together they died.

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


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem unto Babylon:

This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said to all those whom I have taken away prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon:


simplify: So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

So he sent the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden he put winged ones and a flaming sword turning every way to keep the way to the tree of life.


rate difficulty: Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, even against the man [that is] my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered, and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.

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


simplify: And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded to Israel.

And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. And all the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the water-doorway; and they made a request to Ezra the scribe that he would put before them the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.


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


simplify: Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.

Who goes before you on your way, looking for a place where you may put up your tents, in fire by night, lighting up the way you are to go, and in a cloud by day.


simplify: But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.


simplify: because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.


simplify: And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews that dwelt there,

And one Ananias, a God-fearing man, who kept the law, and of whom all the Jews in that place had a high opinion,


simplify: I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

I will make clear what your righteousness is like and your works; you will have no profit in them.


simplify: And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.

And word was given to Joshua that the five kings had been taken in a hole in the rock at Makkedah.


simplify: Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri.


simplify: And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

And the man who has sex relations with his father's wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.


simplify: And he said to them, `What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise <FI>it<Fi> ?

But Jesus said to them: “Which of you, if he had only one sheep, and that sheep fell into a pit on the Sabbath, would not lay hold of it and pull it out?


rate difficulty: And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

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


simplify: and they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.


simplify: Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Certainly the Lord will do nothing without making clear his secret to his servants, the prophets.


rate difficulty: By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.


simplify: And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn unto his house.

Then all the people got up as one man and said, Not one of us will go to his tent or go back to his house:


simplify: Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.

to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who have worked hard for the Master; to my dear friend Persis, for she has done much hard work for the Master;


rate difficulty: Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited this land, and we are many: the land is given us for a possession.

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


simplify: A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.


rate difficulty: And with them, Shemaiah and Nethaniah and Zebadiah and Asahel and Shemiramoth and Jehonathan and Adonijah and Tobijah and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and Elishama and Jehoram the priests.

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


simplify: not because we have not authority, but that ourselves a pattern we might give to you, to imitate us;

This was not because we had not a right to receive support, but our object was to give you a pattern for you to copy.


simplify: Go ye, and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this Life.

Go, take your place in the Temple and give the people all the teaching about this Life.


simplify: And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the Lord spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the Lord gave them unto me.

And he put on the stones, as in the first writing, the ten rules which the Lord gave you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the great meeting: and the Lord gave the stones to me.


simplify: And they journeyed from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.

And they went on from Alush, and put up their tents in Rephidim, where there was no drinking-water for the people.


simplify: I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.

I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.


rate difficulty: Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;

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


simplify: And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the House, then the children of Israel went journeying on; and in the place where the cloud came to rest, there the children of Israel put up their tents.


rate difficulty: And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.

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


rate difficulty: And the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for so was the king's business [conducted] before all that knew law and judgment;

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


simplify: and changed his prison garments. And Jehoiachin did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life:

And his prison clothing was changed, and he was a guest at the king's table every day for the rest of his life.


rate difficulty: And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

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


simplify: and the rumour of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were each one hearing them speaking in his proper dialect,

and, when this sound was heard, numbers of people collected, in the greatest excitement, because each of them heard the disciples speaking in his own language.


simplify: The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three;

The hangings on one side of the doorway were fifteen cubits long, on three pillars with their three bases;


simplify: And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, What is this that God hath done unto us?

And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became full of fear, and turning to one another they said, What is this which God has done to us?


simplify: Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;

And the families of the priests were listed by their fathers' names, but the Levites, of twenty years old and over, were listed in relation to their work in their divisions;


simplify: And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

And Hezekiah was glad at their coming and let them see all his store of wealth, the silver and the gold and the spices and the oil of great price, and the house of his arms, and everything there was in his stores; there was nothing in all his house or his kingdom which Hezekiah did not let them see.


rate difficulty: Happy are thy men! happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, who hear thy wisdom!

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simplify: And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

And if any man does not give attention to what we have said in this letter, take note of that man, and keep away from him, so that he may be shamed.


rate difficulty: and says to him, All these things will I give thee if, falling down, thou wilt do me homage.

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


rate difficulty: Also--He <FI>is<Fi> to me for salvation, For the profane cometh not before Him.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?


rate difficulty: And Jacob took fresh rods of white poplar, almond-tree, and maple; and peeled off white stripes in them, uncovering the white which was on the rods.


rate difficulty: Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?

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


simplify: And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

And the seven angels who had the seven horns made ready for sounding them.


rate difficulty: `And it hath been, when Jehovah bringeth thee in unto the land of the Canaanite, as He hath sworn to thee and to thy fathers, and hath given it to thee,

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


simplify: A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

A light to bring light to the Gentiles, And to be the glory of your people Israel.”


rate difficulty: Woe <FI>to<Fi> those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as <FI>with<Fi> thick ropes of the cart--sin.

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


simplify: Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, that ye have taken captive of your brethren; for the fierce wrath of Jehovah is upon you.

And now give ear to me, and send back the prisoners whom you have taken from your brothers: for the wrath of the Lord is burning against you.


simplify: `Or did ye not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple do profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

And have not you read in the law that, on the Sabbath, the priest in the Temple break the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?


rate difficulty: till the day in which, having given command, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom he did choose out, he was taken up,

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


simplify: And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

Then Jesus told them this parable — “There was once a rich man whose land was very fertile;


simplify: surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised me see it:

They will not see the land about which I made an oath to their fathers; not one of these by whom I have not been honoured will see it.


simplify: And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.

And Paul had a vision in the night; a man of Macedonia came, requesting him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and give us help.


rate difficulty: Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?

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


rate difficulty: And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;

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


simplify: Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

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


rate difficulty: And Isaiah the prophet cometh in unto king Hezekiah, and saith unto him, `What said these men? and whence come they unto thee?' And Hezekiah saith, `From a land afar off they have come unto me--from Babylon.'

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


simplify: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.

Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.


rate difficulty: but God chose what the world counts foolish to put its wise to shame, and God chose what the world counts weak to put its strong to shame,

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simplify: I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.

I have made the earth, forming man on it: by my hands the heavens have been stretched out, and all the stars put in their ordered places.


rate difficulty: who desires that all men should be saved and come to [the] knowledge of [the] truth.


rate difficulty: And no one ever puts new wine into old wine-skins; if they do, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins are lost. But new wine is put into fresh skins.”

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


simplify: Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the Lord’s heave offering to Aaron the priest.

So you are to make an offering lifted up to the Lord from all the tenths which you get from the children of Israel, giving out of it the Lord's lifted offering to Aaron the priest.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and said, Lie with me!

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


simplify: And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it without an offering, but send him a sin-offering with it: then you will have peace again, and it will be clear to you why the weight of his hand has not been lifted from you.


rate difficulty: And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, Judah one.

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


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

And Solomon, awakening, saw that it was a dream; then he came to Jerusalem, where he went before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings; and he made a feast for all his servants.


simplify: Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.

Never ordain anyone hastily, and take no part in the wrong-doing of others. Keep your life pure.


rate difficulty: And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the veil which veileth all the peoples, and the covering that is spread over all the nations.

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


simplify: That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

And opening all his heart to her, he said to her, My head has never been touched by a blade, for I have been separate to God from the day of my birth: if my hair is cut off, then my strength will go from me and I will become feeble, and will be like any other man.


rate difficulty: But the Pharisees, having heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, were gathered together.


rate difficulty: And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

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


rate difficulty: But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.

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


rate difficulty: In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?

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


rate difficulty: Again it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan came also among them to present himself before Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass at the end of seventy years, that Jehovah will visit Tyre; and she will return to her hire, and will commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the earth upon the face of the ground.


simplify: Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,


simplify: Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

And they will no longer make themselves unclean with their images or with their hated things or with any of their sins: but I will give them salvation from all their turning away in which they have done evil, and will make them clean; and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.


simplify: Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.

Now when Lo-ruhamah had been taken from the breast, the woman gave birth to a son.


simplify: When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

As they listened to this, the Council grew frantic with rage, and gnashed their teeth at Stephen.


simplify: Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?

In that day my wrath will be moved against them, and I will be turned away from them, veiling my face from them, and destruction will overtake them, and unnumbered evils and troubles will come on them; so that in that day they will say, Have not these evils come on us because our God is not with us?


simplify: Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

And twenty gold basins, of a thousand darics, and two vessels of the best bright brass, equal in value to gold.


rate difficulty: And much time being spent, and the sailing being now dangerous--because of the fast also being already past--Paul was admonishing,

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


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, at their seeing that the money <FI>is<Fi> abundant in the chest, that there goeth up a scribe of the king, and of the high priest, and they bind <FI>it<Fi> up, and count the money that is found <FI>in<Fi> the house of Jehovah,


simplify: And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

The second, which is like it, is this — ‘You must love your neighbor as you love yourself.’


rate difficulty: And Jesus answering said to them, `Having gone, declare to John the things that ye hear and see,

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


simplify: He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

The person who finds the Son finds life; the person who does not find the Son of God does not find life.


rate difficulty: Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Certainly the Lord will do nothing without making clear his secret to his servants, the prophets.


rate difficulty: For in this mountain shall the hand of Jehovah rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, as straw is trodden down in the dunghill;

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


simplify: But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?


rate difficulty: And Manoah said to the Angel of Jehovah, I pray thee, let us detain thee, and we will make ready a kid of the goats for thee.

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


rate difficulty: Let your daily life among the Gentiles be so upright, that, whenever they malign you as evil-doers, they may learn, as they watch, from the uprightness of your conduct, to praise God ‘at the time when he will visit them.’

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


rate difficulty: And these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments, within their borders. For the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites, for theirs was the lot;

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


simplify: and there they were proclaiming good news.

and there they continued to tell the good news.


rate difficulty: and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, because his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;

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


simplify: And there went forth a rumor concerning him into every place of the region round about.

And there was much talk about him in all the places round about.


simplify: Were there none found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger?

Have not any of them come back to give glory to God, but only this one from a strange land?


simplify: For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.

For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.


simplify: For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;

Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord,


rate difficulty: The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:

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


rate difficulty: for Bilgah the fifteenth, for Immer the sixteenth,

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


simplify: And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

The child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the Wilds until the time came for his appearance before Israel.


rate difficulty: and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.

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


simplify: And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.

And Jaareshiah and Elijah and Zichri, the sons of Jeremoth.


rate difficulty: And many of the priests, and the Levites, and the heads of the fathers, the aged men who had seen the first house--in this house being founded before their eyes--are weeping with a loud voice, and many with a shout, in joy, lifting up the voice;

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


rate difficulty: `And unto them thou sayest: Any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners, who sojourneth in your midst, who causeth burnt-offering or sacrifice to ascend,

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

And between the way up to the angle and the sheep door, the gold-workers and the traders made good the wall.


rate difficulty: Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that it may be hot, and the brass thereof may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the rust of it may be consumed.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: Jehovah plucketh up the house of the proud; but he establisheth the boundary of the widow.

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


rate difficulty: And Naaman said, Be good enough to take two talents. And forcing him to take them, he put two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and gave them to his two servants to take before him.

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


rate difficulty: But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest

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


rate difficulty: Reading to all the meeting of Israel, with the women and the children and the men from other lands who were living among them, every word of the orders which Moses had given.

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


simplify: But now Jehovah hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.

But now the Lord has said, In three years, the years of a servant working for payment, the glory of Moab, all that great people, will be turned to shame, and the rest of Moab will be very small and without honour.


simplify: Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;


simplify: Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?


rate difficulty: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

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


simplify: Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Do we, then, through faith make the law of no effect? in no way: but we make it clear that the law is important.


simplify: And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

And he said to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: be here a little time, and keep watch.


simplify: So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.

So they overcame him and his sons and his people, driving them all out: and they took his land for their heritage.


simplify: Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

children, obey your parents, as children of the Lord; for that is but right.


simplify: And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

And the sons of Benjamin were Belah and Becher and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and Ard.


simplify: The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

The best of the first-fruits of your land are to be taken into the house of the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.


simplify: But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Only take great care to do the orders and the law which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave you; to have love for the Lord your God and to go in all his ways; and to keep his laws and to be true to him and to be his servants with all your heart and with all your soul.


rate difficulty: And there were windows in it and in the covered way all round: it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.


simplify: These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

All these were the children of Rachel whom Jacob had by her, fourteen persons.


rate difficulty: and having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for the burial of strangers;


simplify: Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.

So now go back, and go in peace, so that you do not make the lords of the Philistines angry.


rate difficulty: But Balaam, in answer; said to the servants of Balak, Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to do anything more or less than the orders of the Lord my God.

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


simplify: `Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,

Make yourselves ready, with your lamps alight;


rate difficulty: Jehovah, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

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


simplify: They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

The stars from heaven were fighting; from their highways they were fighting against Sisera.


rate difficulty: And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: and the third row <FI>is<Fi> opal, agate, and amethyst;

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


simplify: As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

As, then, you took Christ Jesus the Lord, so go on in him,


simplify: And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.

Not one living man or woman did David ever take back with him to Gath, fearing that they might give an account of what had taken place, and say, This is what David did, and so has he been doing all the time while he has been living in the land of the Philistines.


simplify: And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

These are the names of the sons of Ishmael by their generations: Ishmael's first son was Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam


simplify: And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.

So they also related what had happened during their walk, and how they had recognized Jesus at the breaking of the bread.


rate difficulty: The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,

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


simplify: And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.

And of the sons of Bani, Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub and Sheal, Jeremoth.


rate difficulty: And when evening was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone upon the land.


simplify: Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.

Then let them take a young ox and its meal offering, crushed grain mixed with oil, and take another ox for a sin-offering.


simplify: A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

A widow, or one whose husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be the wife of a priest; but let him take a virgin from among his people.


rate difficulty: For my wrath is a flaming fire, burning to the deep parts of the underworld, burning up the earth with her increase, and firing the deep roots of the mountains.

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


simplify: Then the Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.

And the Lord said to Moses, Now you will see what I am about to do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand he will be forced to let them go, driving them out of his land because of my outstretched arm.


simplify: They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

They will go, with their flocks and their herds, in search of the Lord, but they will not see him; he has taken himself out of their view.


rate difficulty: and those eating were four thousand men, apart from women and children.


simplify: And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

And this again is a great evil, that in all points as he came so will he go; and what profit has he in working for the wind?


rate difficulty: who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked of my mouth, — to take refuge under the protection of Pharaoh, and trust in the shadow of Egypt!

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


simplify: And in the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’houses: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

And in the days of Joiakim there were priests, heads of families: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;


rate difficulty: And there was gathered together much people, and they stopped all the fountains, and the torrent that flows through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?

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


simplify: Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

Up! go down to the potter's house, and there I will let my words come to your ears.


rate difficulty: And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.


rate difficulty: Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the citizens of Shechem, Which is better for you, that seventy persons, all sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or that one man rule over you? And remember that I am your bone and your flesh.

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


simplify: And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.

And no one was able to give him an answer, and so great was their fear of him, that from that day no one put any more questions to him.


rate difficulty: And this house, which is so high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house?

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


rate difficulty: A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

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


rate difficulty: Lest I be full, and denythee, and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.

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


rate difficulty: When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,

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


simplify: but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good news, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who is proving our hearts,

But, having been found worthy by God to be entrusted with the good news, therefore we tell it; with a view to please, not people, but God who proves our hearts.


simplify: And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

And when I put out your life, the heaven will be covered and its stars made dark; I will let the sun be covered with a cloud and the moon will not give her light.


simplify: and if in the other's ye became not faithful--your own, who shall give to you?

And, if you have proved untrustworthy with what does not belong to us, who will give you what is really our own?


simplify: We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.

We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.


rate difficulty: `I--lo, My covenant <FI>is<Fi> with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations;

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


rate difficulty: Thus said Jehovah, `Go down <FI>to<Fi> the house of the king of Judah, and thou hast spoken there this word, and hast said,

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


simplify: concerning whom the accusers, having stood up, were bringing against <FI>him<Fi> no accusation of the things I was thinking of,

But, when his accusers came forward, they brought no charge of wrong-doing such as I had expected;


simplify: and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).

And Resen between Nineveh and Calah, which is a very great town.


simplify: Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!


rate difficulty: And a seasonable day having come, when Herod on his birthday was making a supper to his great men, and to the chiefs of thousands, and to the first men of Galilee,

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


simplify: But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.


simplify: Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;

So take care that these words of the prophets do not come true for you;


simplify: Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

My servants will make songs in the joy of their hearts, but you will be crying for sorrow, and making sounds of grief from a broken spirit.


rate difficulty: Who will bring a charge against any of God’s people? He who pronounces them righteous is God!

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


rate difficulty: Rise up, hallow the people, and say, Hallow yourselves for to-morrow; for thus saith Jehovah theGod of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, Israel: thou shalt not be able to stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from your midst.

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


simplify: By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.


simplify: After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them.

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


rate difficulty: And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.


simplify: And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon within two full years from off the neck of all the nations. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

And before all the people Hananiah said, The Lord has said, Even so will I let the yoke of the king of Babylon be broken off the necks of all the nations in the space of two years. Then the prophet Jeremiah went away.


simplify: Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;

Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;


simplify: So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

So Joab and Abishai his brother put Abner to death, because he had put to death their brother Asahel in the fight at Gibeon.


simplify: Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

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


simplify: And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.


rate difficulty: and said to Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering, without blemish, and present [them] before Jehovah;

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


rate difficulty: Then he said, I have something to say to you. And she said, Say on.

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


rate difficulty: One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;


simplify: And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out at the window.

And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel had news of it; and, painting her eyes and dressing her hair with ornaments, she put her head out of the window.


simplify: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,


simplify: And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

And Moses said to them, Why have you kept all the women safe?


rate difficulty: `At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

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


simplify: The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

The Lord give you a reward for what you have done, and may a full reward be given to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take cover.


rate difficulty: From Miletus, however, he sent to Ephesus and invited the officers of the church to meet him;

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


simplify: And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and upon his sons with him, and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

These you are to put on Aaron, your brother, and on his sons, putting oil on them, separating them and making them holy, to do the work of priests to me.


rate difficulty: And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.

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


rate difficulty: If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.

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


simplify: And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

And I saw no Temple there, for the Lord, our God, the Almighty, and the Lamb are its Temple.


simplify: And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.

So Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.


simplify: The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

My soul has no desire for such things, they are as disease in my food.


simplify: And Jesus, having heard, saith to them, `They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.'

Hearing this, Jesus said: “It is not those who are healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill. I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast.”


simplify: That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

Which sends its representatives by the sea, even in ships of papyrus on the waters. Go back quickly, O representatives, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people causing fear through all their history; a strong nation, crushing down its haters, whose land is cut through by rivers.


rate difficulty: Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.

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


simplify: When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but that trouble was working up, he took water and, washing his hands before the people, said, The blood of this upright man is not on my hands: you are responsible.


simplify: Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.

So, he said, let those who have authority among you go with me, and if there is any wrong in the man, let them make a statement against him.


simplify: even Jehovah, the God of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial name.

Even the Lord, the God of armies; the Lord is his name.


simplify: so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of God.

So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud; for the house of God was full of the glory of the Lord.


simplify: And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.

And the door-opening was ten cubits wide; and the side walls of the door-opening were five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other: and it was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.


rate difficulty: How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!

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