simplify: I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

I have put off my coat; how may I put it on? My feet are washed; how may I make them unclean?


simplify: so that none of the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or be left, to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return save such as shall escape.

So that not one of the rest of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt and are living there, will get away or keep his life, to come back to the land of Judah where they are hoping to come back and be living again: for not one will come back, but only those who are able to get away.


rate difficulty: And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her utterly with fire.

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


simplify: For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

Because God has put it in their hearts to do his purpose, and to be of one mind, giving their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God have effect and are complete.


rate difficulty: And when they had got out of the boat, the people quickly had news of him,

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


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah, The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall go after thee, in chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God.

Much in every way: first of all because the words of God were given to them.


simplify: Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

Between the lines of olive-trees they make oil; though they have no drink, they are crushing out the grapes.


simplify: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

Say to the children of Israel, These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, which you will keep for holy meetings: these are my feasts.


simplify: If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;

If he has done you any wrong or is in debt to you for anything, put it to my account.


simplify: ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,

For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt;


simplify: And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

And I will let you be in the waste land, you and all the fish of your streams: you will go down on the face of the land; you will not be taken up or put to rest in the earth; I have given you for food to the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven.


simplify: Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok’s son, and Jonathan Abiathar’s son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.

See, they have with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar; by them you may send word to me of everything which comes to your ears.


simplify: But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

I say this, however, as a concession, not as a command.


simplify: For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.


simplify: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;


simplify: And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.

And looking, she saw the king in his place by the pillar at the doorway, and the captains and the horns by his side; and all the people of the land were giving signs of joy and sounding the horns; and the makers of melody were playing on instruments of music, taking the chief part in the song of praise. Then Athaliah, violently parting her robes, said, Broken faith, broken faith!


simplify: I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;

I made pools to give water for the woods with their young trees.


rate difficulty: No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

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


simplify: And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

I will make the land of Egypt a waste among the countries which are made waste, and her towns will be unpeopled among the towns which have been made waste, for forty years: and I will send the Egyptians in flight among the nations and wandering through the countries.


simplify: And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place, and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

And he went away from the town of Beth-lehem-judah, looking for somewhere to make his living-place; and on his journey he came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah.


simplify: I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers in a pure conscience, how unceasing is my remembrance of thee in my supplications, night and day

I give praise to God, whose servant I have been, with a heart free from sin, from the time of my fathers, because in my prayers at all times the thought of you is with me, night and day


rate difficulty: I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;

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


rate difficulty: The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;


simplify: always in every supplication of mine on behalf of you all making my supplication with joy,

And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy,


rate difficulty: Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs: four cities;

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


simplify: And when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.

And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him.


rate difficulty: They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

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


simplify: And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.

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


simplify: And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate.

I will let loose the beasts of the field among you, and they will take away your children and send destruction on your cattle, so that your numbers will become small and your roads become waste.


rate difficulty: and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.


simplify: But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.


simplify: Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:

From the day when your fathers came out of Egypt till this day, I have sent my servants the prophets to you, getting up early every day and sending them:


simplify: From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.


rate difficulty: So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And he rebelleth against him, To send his messengers to Egypt, To give to him horses, and much people, Doth he prosper? doth he escape who is doing these things? And hath he broken covenant and escaped?

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


simplify: And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.

And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.


rate difficulty: for judgment [will be] without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.

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


simplify: And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

And the children of Israel sent Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead,


rate difficulty: In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.


simplify: He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.


simplify: `Happy those hungering now--because ye shall be filled. `Happy those weeping now--because ye shall laugh.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.


simplify: But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth–shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

But Amaziah gave no attention. So Jehoash, king of Israel, went up, and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, came face to face at Beth-shemesh, which is in Judah.


rate difficulty: In that day will the Lord shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.

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


simplify: Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

Then David gave way to bitter grief, and so did all the men who were with him:


simplify: Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?


rate difficulty: And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also <FI>is<Fi> vanity.

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


rate difficulty: And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.

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


simplify: as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

With the knowledge that the law is made, not for the upright man, but for those who have no respect for law and order, for evil men and sinners, for the unholy and those who have no religion, for those who put their fathers or mothers to death, for takers of life,


simplify: And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, let every male in it be put to death without mercy.


simplify: So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

And my hand will be stretched out against them, making the land waste and unpeopled, from the waste land to Riblah, through all their living-places: and they will be certain that I am the Lord.


simplify: Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

Then he took me to the inner square by the south doorway: and he took the measure of the south doorway by these measures;


rate difficulty: And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.

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


rate difficulty: And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

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


rate difficulty: Is a voice of joy and a voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, The voice of those saying, Thank Jehovah of Hosts, for Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> good, For His kindness <FI>is<Fi>  to the age, Who are bringing in thanksgiving to the house of Jehovah, For I turn back the captivity of the land, As at the first, said Jehovah.

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


simplify: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.


simplify: And he called ten servants of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said unto them, Trade ye herewith till I come.

And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.


simplify: For Jehovah thy God will bless thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.

For the Lord your God will give you his blessing as he has said: you will let other nations have the use of your money, but you will not make use of theirs; you will be rulers over a number of nations, but they will not be your rulers.


rate difficulty: I pursue, [looking] towards [the] goal, for the prize of the calling on high ofGod in Christ Jesus.

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


rate difficulty: Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.

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


rate difficulty: and many first shall be last, and last first.

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


simplify: And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

And so I saw the horses in the vision, and those who were seated on them, having breastplates of fire and glass and of burning stone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and a smell of burning.


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

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


simplify: He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

He who makes signs with his eyes is a cause of trouble, but he who makes a man see his errors is a cause of peace.


rate difficulty: But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say.


simplify: And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.

And David said to him, Will you take me down to this band? And he said, If you give me your oath that you will not put me to death or give me up to my master, I will take you to them.


rate difficulty: Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

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


rate difficulty: And their children, who came up in their place, now underwent circumcision by the hands of Joshua, not having had it before: for there had been no circumcision on the journey.

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


rate difficulty: And in My zeal, in the fire of My wrath, I have spoken: Is there not in that day a great rushing on the land of Israel?


rate difficulty: And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away from Saul; and Saul and his men sought to surround David and his men to take them.


simplify: And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.

And on it you are to put four lines of jewels; the first line is to be a cornelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;


simplify: which are, indeed, having a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and humble-mindedness, and neglecting of body--not in any honour, unto a satisfying of the flesh.

Such prohibitions appear reasonable where there is a desire for self-imposed service, and so-called ‘humility,’ and harsh treatment of the body, but are of no real value against the indulgence of our earthly nature.


simplify: As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.

A cloud comes to an end and is gone; so he who goes down into the underworld comes not up again.


simplify: And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

And I will send a sword on you to give effect to the punishment of my agreement; and when you come together into your towns I will send disease among you and you will be given up into the hands of your haters.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass, that every living creature which swarmeth, in every place whither the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, and the waters of the sea shall be healed, and everything shall live whithersoever the river cometh.

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


simplify: For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:

That it may be used by Aaron and his sons for washing their hands and feet;


rate difficulty: and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.

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


simplify: And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.

And the frogs will be gone from you and from your houses and from your servants and from your people and will be only in the Nile.


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass-offering, and the sin-offering, [and] where they shall bake the oblation, that they bring them not out into the outer court, so as to hallow the people.

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


rate difficulty: — And the sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Jishvah, and Jishvi, and Beriah; and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

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


simplify: And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.

And the house for his living-place, the other open square in the covered room, was made in the same way. And then he made a house like it for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Solomon had taken as his wife.


simplify: And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

And we put them to the curse, every town together with men, women, and children.


rate difficulty: This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty;

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


simplify: So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.


simplify: and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs,

And on the other side of Jordan, at Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the waste land with its outskirts, and Jahzah with its outskirts,


simplify: And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the Lord fought for Israel.

And there was no day like that, before it or after it, when the Lord gave ear to the voice of a man; for the Lord was fighting for Israel.


rate difficulty: And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.

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


rate difficulty: And for Ishmael I have heard thee: behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful, and will very greatly multiply him; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

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


rate difficulty: And it was [some one] of the sons of the priests who compounded the ointment of the spices.

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


simplify: But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.


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

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken.

Only the cattle we took for ourselves, with the goods from the towns we had taken.


simplify: salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren with them;

to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and our friends with them;


simplify: Then Jehovah opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.

Then the Lord made Balaam's eyes open, and he saw the angel of the Lord in the way with his sword in his hand: and he went down on his face to the earth.


simplify: And he said unto me, Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and slay me; for anguish hath taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.

Then he said to me, Come here to my side, and put me to death, for the pain of death has me in its grip but my life is still strong in me.


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have made your heart as the heart of God,


rate difficulty: And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.

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


rate difficulty: And when he knew that he was of Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him unto Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem in these days.

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


simplify: Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the Lord said, They will deliver thee up.

Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.


simplify: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.

So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true: He himself took our pains and our diseases.


simplify: All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

All hands will be feeble and all knees without strength, like water.


rate difficulty: Open, O Lebanon, thy doors, And fire doth devour among thy cedars.

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


rate difficulty: And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan–aram;

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


simplify: So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

So irresistibly did the Lord’s message spread and prevail.


rate difficulty: And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

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


rate difficulty: And the tempter coming up to him said, If thou be Son ofGod, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread.

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


simplify: I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

I am in fear of you, that I may have been working for you to no purpose.


simplify: And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

And David sent for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, Uriel, Asaiah and Joel, Shemaiah and Eliel and Amminadab,


simplify: To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

Who in your eyes is my equal? or what comparison will you make with me?


simplify: the <FI>son<Fi> of Cainan, the <FI>son<Fi> of Enos, the <FI>son<Fi> of Seth, the <FI>son<Fi> of Adam, the <FI>son<Fi> of God.


simplify: For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

For I am against the putting away of a wife, says the Lord, the God of Israel, and against him who is clothed with violent acts, says the Lord of armies: so give thought to your spirit and do not be false in your acts.


simplify: And Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

(And Gilead took a wife, whose name was Maacah, and his sister's name was Hammoleketh;) and the name of his brother was Zelophehad, who was the father of daughters.


simplify: He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;


rate difficulty: covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

You will let their hearts be covered over with your curse on them.


simplify: `And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

As the time drew near for the fulfillment of the promise which God had made to Abraham, the people increased largely in numbers in Egypt,


simplify: And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

And the pig is unclean to you, because though the horn of its foot is parted, its food does not come back.


rate difficulty: The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent; and the weight of its sin will be on it, crushing it down so that it will not get up again.


simplify: if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, besides these three:

If you keep and do all these orders which I give you today, loving the Lord your God and walking ever in his ways; then let three more towns, in addition to these three, be marked out for you:


simplify: So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

And the town was shut in by their forces till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.


rate difficulty: And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.


rate difficulty: And David said to Michal, I was dancing before the Lord, who put me over your father and all his sons, to make me a ruler over the people of the Lord, over his people Israel: and I will go on playing before the Lord;

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rate difficulty: And during all that [time] I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two-and-thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I came to the king; and after some time I obtained leave of the king.

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


simplify: And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.

And David got up and came to the place where Saul's tents were: and David had a view of the place where Saul was sleeping with Abner, the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts, and the tents of the people were all round him.


rate difficulty: the Syrians on the east, and the Philistines on the west; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

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


simplify: Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set one upon his throne;

But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king,


simplify: And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers’ houses.

And of the children of Ephraim, twenty thousand, eight hundred great men of war, men of great name in their families.


rate difficulty: Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto me, and that they profane not my holy name: I am Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: ‘Here is my chosen servant, who I love and who pleases me! I will breathe my spirit on him, and he will announce a time of judgment to the Gentiles.


simplify: but they shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him.

But crying out they said, To the cross with him!


simplify: in the stretching forth of Thy hand, for healing, and signs, and wonders, to come to pass through the name of Thy holy child Jesus.'

while you stretch out your hand to heal, and cause signs and wonders to take place through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”


rate difficulty: Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.

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


simplify: And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the Lord hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.

Then Moses sent for Joshua, and before the eyes of all Israel said to him, Be strong and take heart: for you are to go with this people into the land which the Lord, by his oath to their fathers, has given them; by your help they will take it for their heritage.


rate difficulty: But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.

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


rate difficulty: For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

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


simplify: The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.

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


simplify: And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.

When Barnabas and Saul had carried out their mission, they returned to Jerusalem, and took with them John, who was also known as Mark.


simplify: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

And for fear of him the watchmen were shaking, and became as dead men.


rate difficulty: And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David followed the bier.

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


simplify: Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,


simplify: Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

When the officer in charge at the Temple and the chief priests heard their story, they were perplexed about the apostles and as to what all this would lead to.


rate difficulty: and Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.

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


rate difficulty: I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to Moses, Put out your hand and take it by the tail: (and he put out his hand and took a grip of it and it became a rod in his hand:)

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


simplify: having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,

They reveled in every form of wickedness, evil, greed, vice. Their lives were full of envy, murder, quarreling, treachery, malice.


rate difficulty: And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

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


simplify: And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

Again the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and moving David against them, he said, Go, take the number of Israel and Judah.


rate difficulty: Let the day perish wherein I was born, And the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.

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


simplify: And the woman, having seen that she was not hid, trembling, came, and having fallen before him, for what cause she touched him declared to him before all the people, and how she was healed presently;

Then the woman, when she saw that she was discovered, came forward trembling, and threw herself down before him; and, in the presence of all the people, she told him her reason for touching him, and that she had been cured instantly.


simplify: And they that saw it declared unto them how it befell him that was possessed with demons, and concerning the swine.

And those who had seen it gave them an account of what had been done to him who had the evil spirits, and of the fate of the pigs.


simplify: Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

to that eminent Christian, Rufus, and to his mother, who has been a mother to me also;


rate difficulty: Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the Lord, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.

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


simplify: from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth upon the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting.

Every one from thirty to fifty years old who is able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.


simplify: and what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how Jehovah hath destroyed them unto this day;

And what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and their war-carriages; how he made the waters of the Red Sea come up over them when they went after you, and how the Lord put an end to them even to this day;


rate difficulty: And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, every one that is clean shall eat thereof:

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


simplify: and they said, `Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.'

but they said: “Not during the Festival, or the people may riot.”


simplify: But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

But now that you have found God — or, rather, have been found by him — how is it that you are turning back to that poor and feeble puerile teaching, to which yet once again you are wanting to become slaves?


rate difficulty: for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be borne, and lay upon the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them.

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


rate difficulty: All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

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


simplify: And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

And after the birth of Peleg, Eber went on living for four hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:


rate difficulty: Sons of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.

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


rate difficulty: and five bars for the boards of the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle, for the sides westward;


simplify: After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

And in the same way with the cup, after supper, saying “This cup is the new covenant made by my blood. Do this, whenever you drink it, in memory of me.”


rate difficulty: And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.

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


rate difficulty: Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

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


rate difficulty: Avenge the children of Israel upon the Midianites; afterwards shalt thou be gathered unto thy peoples.

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


simplify: And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.

And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.


simplify: When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

When they were at rest in their place, these were at rest; when they were lifted up, these went up with them: for the spirit of life was in them.


simplify: Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the Lord bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil.

Then let him who is making his offering, give to the Lord a meal offering of a tenth part of a measure of the best meal mixed with a fourth part of a hin of oil:


simplify: Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

And you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it.


simplify: For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.

Yet if I choose to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will be speaking no more than the truth. But I refrain, in case anyone should credit me with more than he can see in me or hear from me, and because of the marvelous character of the revelations.


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

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


rate difficulty: One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

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


rate difficulty: And Laban said to him, Truly, you are my bone and my flesh. And he kept Jacob with him for the space of a month.


rate difficulty: Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

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


rate difficulty: And they have put up the high places of the Baal, burning their sons in the fire; a thing which was not ordered by me, and it was never in my mind:


simplify: And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof: and the ascent to it had eight steps.

The covered way was on the side nearest the outer square; and there were palm-trees on the uprights: and there were eight steps going up to it.


simplify: And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as long as Jehoiada the priest was living.


simplify: and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.


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

His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;


rate difficulty: And when it was day they did not recognise the land; but they perceived a certain bay having a strand, on which they were minded, if they should be able, to run the ship ashore;


simplify: And after my skin, eventhisbody, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;

And ... without my flesh I will see God;


simplify: Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth–lehem,

Asahel, the brother of Joab, was one of the thirty; and Elhanan, the son of Dodai, of Beth-lehem,


simplify: Yet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, to the uttermost parts of the pit.

But you will come down to the underworld, even to its inmost parts.


simplify: And now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine angel shall go before thee; nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.

But now, go, take the people into that place of which I have given you word; see, my angel will go before you: but when the time of my judging has come, I will send punishment on them for their sin.


rate difficulty: And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, for that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

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


simplify: And Jehovah came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth.

And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, taking his place at the door of the Tent, and made Aaron and Miriam come before him.


rate difficulty: There are three [things] too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:

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


rate difficulty: I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

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


rate difficulty: And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

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


simplify: And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem; for he said, To-day will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said, He is still at Jerusalem: for he said, Today Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father.


simplify: In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

even Christ himself, in whom all treasures of wisdom and knowledge lie hidden.


rate difficulty: so that Jehovah doth establish His word which He spake unto me, saying, If thy sons observe their way to walk before Me in truth, with all their heart, and with all their soul; saying, There is not cut off a man of thine from the throne of Israel.

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


simplify: But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the Lord, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:

But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not been turned away from him; we have priests who do the work of the Lord, even the sons of Aaron and the Levites in their places;


rate difficulty: And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy wares; and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses; and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the waters.

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


simplify: And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.


rate difficulty: As to the likeness of their faces, they <FI>are<Fi> the faces that I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; each straight forward they go.

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


rate difficulty: everything that passeth through the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean; only it shall be purified with the water of separation; and everything that cannot pass through the fire ye shall make go through the water.

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


simplify: So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and did obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon said unto him, Go to thy house.

So King Solomon sent, and they took him down from the altar. And he came and gave honour to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.


simplify: Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.

Greet all the Lord's followers with a sacred kiss.


simplify: And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

Then they said to him, We have come down to take you and give you up into the hands of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Give me your oath that you will not make an attack on me yourselves.


rate difficulty: Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel:


simplify: if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto Jehovah for a sin-offering.

If the chief priest by doing wrong becomes a cause of sin to the people, then let him give to the Lord for the sin which he has done, an ox, without any mark, for a sin-offering.


rate difficulty: And Jonathan calleth for David, and Jonathan declareth to him all these words, and Jonathan bringeth in David unto Saul, and he is before him as heretofore.

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


rate difficulty: Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

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


rate difficulty: for if indeed I am unrighteous, and anything worthy of death have done, I deprecate not to die; and if there is none of the things of which these accuse me, no one is able to make a favour of me to them; to Caesar I appeal!'


rate difficulty: On hearing this, the Gentiles were glad and extolled God’s message; and all those who had been enrolled for eternal life became believers in Christ;


simplify: and again he did pray, and the heaven did give rain, and the land did bring forth her fruit.

And, when he prayed again, the clouds brought rain, and the land bore crops.


simplify: It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.

It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.


simplify: He that is unrighteous, let him do unrighteousness still: and he that is filthy, let him be made filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him do righteousness still: and he that is holy, let him be made holy still.

Let the evil man go on in his evil: and let the unclean be still unclean: and let the upright go on in his righteousness: and let the holy be holy still.


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

Again, I tell you that, if but two of you on earth agree as to what they will pray for, whatever it be, it will be granted them by my Father who is in heaven.


rate difficulty: and the Chaldeans have turned back, and fought against this city, and captured it, and burnt it with fire.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.


simplify: Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

And Nebuchadnezzar took away some of the vessels of the Lord's house, and put them in the house of his god in Babylon.


rate difficulty: and salute the church that is in their house. Salute Epænetus my beloved, who is the firstfruits of Asia unto Christ.

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


rate difficulty: And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made firm for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

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


simplify: We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.

And so we have sent Judas and Silas, who will say the same things to you themselves, by word of mouth.


simplify: Therefore shall they now go captive with the first that go captive; and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.

So now they will go away prisoners with the first of those who are made prisoners, and the loud cry of those who were stretched out will come to an end.


rate difficulty: And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.

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


simplify: that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

That you will take up this bitter song against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the cruel overseer come to an end! He who was lifted up in pride is cut off;


simplify: And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.

When the time came, Jesus took his place at the table, and the apostles with him.


simplify: And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.


simplify: He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever.


rate difficulty: Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors: They came as a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

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


rate difficulty: And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.

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


rate difficulty: And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord?

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


simplify: By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted; But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

By the blessing of the upright man the town is made great, but it is overturned by the mouth of the evil-doer.


rate difficulty: Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hid from the king), then thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.

So that it may be pleasing to the Lord, let him give a male, without any mark, from among the oxen or the sheep or the goats.


rate difficulty: And when the child was old enough to be taken from the breast, Abraham made a great feast.


rate difficulty: and I write on the tables the words which were on the first tables, which thou hast broken, and thou hast placed them in the ark;

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


simplify: Was any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Hath any been called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

If any man who is a Christian has had circumcision, let him keep so; and if any man who is a Christian has not had circumcision, let him make no change.


simplify: And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

And the thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows who came up first;


simplify: And if the people of the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to death;

And if the people of the land do not take note of that man when he gives his offspring to Molech, and do not put him to death,


rate difficulty: But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;

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simplify: He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

The person who does not love has not learned to know God; for God is love.


rate difficulty: for that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will, this I practise, but what I hate, this I do.

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simplify: And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

And I will put your robe on him, and put your band about him, and I will give your authority into his hand: and he will be a father to the men of Jerusalem, and to the family of Judah.


simplify: Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:

So my reason for sending our friends is to prevent what we said about you from proving, in this particular matter, an empty boast, and to enable you to be as well prepared as I have been saying that you are.


simplify: Thou madest known unto me the ways of life; Thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy countenance.

You have made me see the ways of life; I will be full of joy when I see your face.


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

Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.


rate difficulty: You may not do any sort of work: this is an order for ever through all your generations wherever you may be living.


simplify: and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

But Elijah was not sent to one of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.


simplify: And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.

If the flow goes on or if the part is stopped up, to keep back the flow, he is still unclean.


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

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simplify: Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

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


rate difficulty: and he said to her, `Daughter, thy faith hath saved thee; go away in peace, and be whole from thy plague.'

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


simplify: And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

“How many loaves have you?”he asked. “Seven,” they answered.


simplify: but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

But death is to come to me in this land, I may not go over Jordan: but you will go over and take that good land for your heritage.


simplify: and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that he had not given unto them:

And they went after other gods and gave them worship, gods who were strange to them, and whom he had not given them:


rate difficulty: And thou shalt kill the bullock before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting.

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simplify: And if ye love them that love you, what thank have ye? for even sinners love those that love them.

If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them.


simplify: And as they tarried there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;

And as they were there for some days, Festus gave them Paul's story, saying, There is a certain man here who was put in prison by Felix:


simplify: the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.

The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;


rate difficulty: Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is by the side of Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and said to them, Go up and make a search through the land. And the men went up and saw how Ai was placed.

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simplify: And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.


simplify: A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.


rate difficulty: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

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


rate difficulty: God, by whom you have been marked out in his purpose, is unchanging and will make it complete.


simplify: and they put up over his head, his accusation written, `This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.'

Above his head they fixed the accusation against him written out — ‘THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.’


rate difficulty: For though your people, O Israel, are as the sand of the sea, only a small number will come back: for the destruction is fixed, overflowing in righteousness.


simplify: But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.


rate difficulty: But when he saw the wind, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.


simplify: And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.


rate difficulty: Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:

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rate difficulty: As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.

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


simplify: And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.

And the rivers will have an evil smell; the stream of Egypt will become small and dry: all the water-plants will come to nothing.


simplify: But Jehoiada waxed old and was full of days, and he died; a hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

But Jehoiada became old and full of days, and he came to his end; he was a hundred and thirty years old at the time of his death.


simplify: And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad.

And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you.


simplify: For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.

For the children of Israel and for the man from another country who is living among them, these six towns are to be safe places, where anyone causing the death of another through error may go in flight.


rate difficulty: Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:

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simplify: Then Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took away as prisoners the rest of the people who were still in the town, and those who had given themselves up to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the workmen.


simplify: that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart--

bears me out when I say that there is a great weight of sorrow on me and that my heart is never free from pain.


simplify: He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

The person who is trustworthy in the smallest matter is trustworthy in a great one also; and the person who is dishonest in the smallest matter is dishonest in a great one also.


rate difficulty: And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.


rate difficulty: Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, then we shall die.


simplify: And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth–horon the nether,

... and Solomon was the builder of Gezer and Beth-horon the lower,


simplify: He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

He takes the record of his great men: they go falling on their way; they go quickly to the wall, the cover is made ready.


rate difficulty: And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying,  Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands?

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


rate difficulty: and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

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


simplify: If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.


rate difficulty: Every male among the priests may take it for his food: it is most holy.


simplify: Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.


simplify: whereas our comely parts have no need: but God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked;

But those parts of the body which are beautiful have no need of such care: and so the body has been joined together by God in such a way as to give more honour to those parts which had need of it;


rate difficulty: Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

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simplify: but that it may spread no further toward the people, let us strictly threaten them no more to speak in this name to any man.'

But, to prevent this thing from spreading further among the people, let us warn them not to speak in this name any more to anyone whatever.”


simplify: Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Jehovah had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem went back, with Jehoshaphat at their head, coming back to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them glad over their haters.


rate difficulty: and the border turned westwards to Aznoth-Tabor, and went out from thence to Hukkok, and reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah upon Jordan towards the sun-rising.

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rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah that doeth it, Jehovah that formeth it to establish it; Jehovah is his name:

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simplify: for in the rising again they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers of God in heaven.

For at the resurrection there is no marrying or being married, but all who rise are as angels in heaven.


rate difficulty: And he shall be to thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age; for thy daughter-in-law who loves thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, has borne him.

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


simplify: And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

And the four beasts said, So be it. And the rulers went down on their faces and gave worship.


simplify: The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,


rate difficulty: and Esau saith unto Jacob, `Let me eat, I pray thee, some of this red red thing, for I <FI>am<Fi> weary;' therefore hath <FI>one<Fi> called his name Edom <FI>Red<Fi> ;

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.


simplify: Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

Keep them in mind, O my God, because they have put shame on the priests' name and on the agreement of the priests and the Levites.


simplify: And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.

And every daughter owning property in any tribe of the children of Israel is to be married to one of the family of her father's tribe, so that every man of the children of Israel may keep the heritage of his fathers.


rate difficulty: the obedience <FI>is<Fi> not of him who is calling you!

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rate difficulty: If I restrain the heavens and there is no rain, and if I lay charge on the locust to consume the land, and if I send pestilence among My people--

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simplify: And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

Then Jesus called the people to him, and said: “Listen, and mark my words.


simplify: And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, Let be till morning light, then we will kill him.

And it was said to the Gazites, Samson is here. So they went round, watching for him all day at the doorway of the town, but at night they kept quiet, saying, When daylight comes we will put him to death.


rate difficulty: And Jesus, seeing their thoughts, said, Why do ye think evil things in your hearts?

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


simplify: For I have known that this shall fall out to me for salvation, through your supplication, and the supply of the Spirit of Christ Jesus,

Yes, and I will rejoice, for I know that, through your prayers and through a rich supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, ‘all this will make for my salvation.’


rate difficulty: and while they are not believing from the joy, and wondering, he said to them, `Have ye anything here to eat?'

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rate difficulty: And three of the thirty went down to David, to the rock, into the strong place of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.

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


simplify: rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;

It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;


simplify: If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

And it will come about that all who see you will go in flight from you and say, Nineveh is made waste: who will be weeping for her? where am I to get comforters for her?


rate difficulty: So a horseman went out to them and said, The king says, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? come after me. And the watchman gave them word, saying, The horseman went up to them, but has not come back.

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


simplify: And, behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

And some men, going by, saw the body stretched out in the road with the lion by its side; and they came and gave news of it in the town where the old prophet was living.


simplify: And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

And I will give my decision against them on account of all their evil-doing; because they have given me up, burning perfumes to other gods and worshipping the works of their hands.


simplify: And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;


rate difficulty: The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.


simplify: And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.

And Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah, the son of Judah, was the king's servant in everything to do with the people.


rate difficulty: Maharai the Netophathite, Heled, the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

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


simplify: Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

These things they said, crying out with a loud voice in the Jews' language, to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, with the purpose of troubling them and putting fear into them, so that they might take the town;


simplify: Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

With regard to unmarried women, I have no command from the Master to give you, but I tell you my opinion, and the Master in his mercy has made me worthy to be trusted.


simplify: Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.

This is what the king says: Do not be tricked by Hezekiah, for there is no salvation for you in him.


rate difficulty: And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.

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simplify: Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

Or is it by your orders that the eagle goes up, and makes his resting-place on high?


simplify: and ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city: for Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand.

Then you will get up from your secret position and take the town, for the Lord your God will give it up into your hands.


simplify: They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

So they and all theirs went down living into the underworld, and the earth was shut over them, and they were cut off from among the meeting of the people.


rate difficulty: The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, in the order of their families.

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


rate difficulty: Say to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel: This is the order which the Lord has given.

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


simplify: And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.


simplify: Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God,

Seraiah, the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God,


simplify: But from henceforth shall the Son of man be seated at the right hand of the power of God.

But in the future the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.


rate difficulty: The ways of Zion are sad, because no one comes to the holy meeting; all her doorways are made waste, her priests are breathing out sorrow: her virgins are troubled, and it is bitter for her.


simplify: manifested that ye are a letter of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not in the tablets of stone, but in fleshy tablets of the heart,

All can see that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, a letter written, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not on ‘tablets of stone,’ but on ‘tablets of human hearts.’


rate difficulty: Joseph woke up, and taking the child and his mother by night, went into Egypt,


simplify: For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.


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

And Pilate sent for the chief priests and the rulers and the people, and said to them,


rate difficulty: And the limit of the land of the children of Ephraim by their families was marked out in this way: the limit of their heritage to the east was Ataroth-addar, to Beth-horon the higher;

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


simplify: and when Jehovah thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them; then thou shalt utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them;

And when the Lord has given them up into your hands and you have overcome them, give them up to complete destruction: make no agreement with them, and have no mercy on them:


simplify: And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.

In the evening he went there with the Twelve,


simplify: and what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel:

And what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; when they went down into the open mouth of the earth, with their families and their tents and every living thing which was theirs, before the eyes of all Israel:


rate difficulty: You yourselves know well that the day of the Lord will come just as a thief comes in the night.


simplify: For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:

For you yourselves, brothers, are conscious that our coming among you was not without effect:


rate difficulty: We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

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


simplify: Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

So the Lord sent against them the captains of the army of Assyria, who made Manasseh a prisoner and took him away in chains to Babylon.


rate difficulty: But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 11 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Even for them will be the offering from the offering of the land, a thing most holy, on the limit of the land given to the Levites.

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


simplify: A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.


simplify: The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect; And as for the upright, they seek his life.

Men of blood are haters of the good man, and evil-doers go after his soul.


simplify: And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.

Those who made designs against him were Zabad, the son of Shimeath, an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, the son of Shimrith, a Moabite woman.


rate difficulty: rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

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


simplify: Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks.

Go now, get back to your work; no dry stems will be given to you, but you are to make the full number of bricks.


rate difficulty: For the cry has gone round the limits of Moab; as far as to Eglaim and Beer-elim.

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


simplify: Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.


simplify: And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

From it he made the bases of the doorway of the Tent of meeting and the brass altar and the network for it and all the vessels for the altar,


simplify: and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;

And Alammelech and Amad and Mishal, stretching to Carmel on the west and Shihor-libnath;


simplify: `And if thine eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee; it is good for thee one-eyed to enter into the life, rather than having two eyes to be cast to the gehenna of the fire.

If your eye causes you to sin, take it out, and throw it away. It would be better for you to enter the life with only one eye, than to have both eyes and be thrown into the fires of Gehenna.


rate difficulty: And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.


simplify: And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth–el.

And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

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


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

If he is able to have a fight with me and overcome me, then we will be your servants: but if I am able to overcome him, then you will be our servants and do work for us.


simplify: And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

And he said to Sarah, See, I have given to your brother a thousand bits of silver so that your wrong may be put right; now your honour is clear in the eyes of all.


simplify: In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,


rate difficulty: They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, unto this very day.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

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


simplify: The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, hanging him on a tree.

The God of our fathers gave Jesus back to life, whom you had put to death, hanging him on a tree.


simplify: And I saw one of his heads as though it had been smitten unto death; and his death-stroke was healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast;

And I saw one of his heads as if it had been given a death-wound; and his death-wound was made well: and all the earth was wondering at the beast.


simplify: And Peter said unto him, Eneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.

And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ makes you well: get up and make your bed. And straight away he got up.


rate difficulty: since <FI>it is<Fi> a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you--trouble,

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


rate difficulty: Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers eat it up in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.


simplify: The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the Lord: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.

This holy part of the land is to be for the priests, the servants of the holy place, who come near to the Lord to do his work; it is to be a place for their houses and for grass-land and for cattle.


simplify: This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

You have had news that all those in Asia went away from me; among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes:


simplify: And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

And Samuel said, Has the Lord as much delight in offerings and burned offerings as in the doing of his orders? Truly, to do his pleasure is better than to make offerings, and to give ear to him than the fat of sheep.


rate difficulty: Words of the wise <FI>are<Fi> as goads, and as fences planted <FI>by<Fi> the masters of collections, they have been given by one shepherd.

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


rate difficulty: So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

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


simplify: Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee: wherefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David.

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: And Amaziah said to the man ofGod, But what is to be done for the hundred talents which I have given to the troop of Israel? And the man ofGod said, Jehovah is able to give thee much more than this.

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


simplify: for those days shall be tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the creation that God created, till now, and may not be;

For those days will be a time of distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of God’s creation until now — and never will again.


rate difficulty: Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover in one of thy gates, which Jehovah thyGod giveth thee;

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


rate difficulty: And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the Lord commanded Moses.


simplify: For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

For it is new life to us to know that you are holding fast to the Lord.


simplify: And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve Jehovah; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.

Then Pharaoh sent for Moses, and said, Go and give worship to the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be kept here: your little ones may go with you.


rate difficulty: and Obadiah son of Shemariah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah, son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who is dwelling in the villages of the Netophathite.

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


simplify: if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able.

If we lose our trust, he is still to be trusted, for he cannot be false to himself!’


rate difficulty: Then Isaiah the prophet made prayer to the Lord, and he made the shade go back ten degrees from its position on the steps of Ahaz.

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