rate difficulty: And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

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


simplify: And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, before the vail of the sanctuary.

And the priest is to put his finger in the blood, shaking drops of it before the Lord seven times, in front of the veil of the holy place.


simplify: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Let the message of the Christ be alive in your minds in all its wealth, bringing all wisdom with it. Teach and admonish one another with psalms, and hymns, and sacred songs, full of the loving kindness of God, lifting your hearts in song to him.


simplify: And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.


simplify: For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:


rate difficulty: And he measureth a thousand, and causeth me to pass over into water--water to the knees. And he measureth a thousand, and causeth me to pass over--water to the loins.

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


rate difficulty: My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you—

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


simplify: Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

So that no one may be able to say that you had baptism in my name.


rate difficulty: And Job lived after this a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.

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


simplify: And she fell down immediately at his feet, and gave up the ghost: and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband.

And straight away she went down at his feet, and her life went from her: and the young men came in and saw her dead, and they took her out and put her in the earth with her husband.


simplify: For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man:

For the man did not come from the woman, but the woman from the man.


rate difficulty: And the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite,


rate difficulty: therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And all the people took the gold rings from their ears and gave them to Aaron.


rate difficulty: and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, have brought nigh for David, and for the people who <FI>are<Fi> with him to eat, for they said, `Thy people <FI>is<Fi> hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.'

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


rate difficulty: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

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


simplify: They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.


simplify: and to bring the first-fruits of our ground, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all manner of trees, year by year, unto the house of Jehovah;

And to take the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of every sort of tree, year by year, into the house of the Lord;


simplify: Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

Your first father was a sinner, and your guides have gone against my word.


simplify: And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted much in David.

And Saul gave orders to his son Jonathan and to all his servants to put David to death. But Saul's son Jonathan had great delight in David.


rate difficulty: My skin is black, and fallethfrom me, And my bones are burned with heat.


rate difficulty: And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.


simplify: In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

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


rate difficulty: While you were still servants of sin, you were free as regards righteousness.

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


simplify: And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Diphath and Togarmah.


simplify: A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day:

The blessing if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, which I give you this day:


simplify: And thou shalt weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and thou shalt make a mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer.

The coat is to be made of the best linen, worked in squares; and you are to make a head-dress of linen, and a linen band worked in needlework.


simplify: He will surely wind thee round and round, and toss thee like a ball into a large country; there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, thou shame of thy lord’s house.

Twisting you round and round like a ball he will send you out into a wide country: there you will come to your end, and there will be the carriages of your pride, O shame of your lord's house!


rate difficulty: May God's punishment be on David, if when morning comes there is so much as one male of his people still living.

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


rate difficulty: there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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


rate difficulty: Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the oppressing sword let them turn every one to his people, and let them flee every one to his own land.

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


rate difficulty: And Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, Rise up and go, thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn; for Jehovah has called for a famine, and it shall also come upon the land for seven years.

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


simplify: I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;

Measuring into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels, a hundred talents' weight, and a hundred talents of gold,


simplify: Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.


rate difficulty: The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Mighty doth quicken me.

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


simplify: And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.

And Hezekiah took the letter from the hands of those who had come with it; and after reading it, Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, opening the letter there before the Lord.


simplify: Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:

Of Levi, Hashabiah, the son of Kemuel; of Aaron, Zadok;


simplify: But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

The woman, shaking with fear, conscious of what had been done to her, came and, falling on her face before him, gave him a true account of everything.


simplify: Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.

Madmenah has gone; the men of Gebim are putting their goods in a safe place.


simplify: But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the Lord their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths.


rate difficulty: Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

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


simplify: Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.

from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,


simplify: Now it came to pass that, when all the people that were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad.

Now when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces with him, then they were glad.


rate difficulty: And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord <FI>is<Fi> as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day;

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


rate difficulty: Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.


rate difficulty: Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not completed.

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


rate difficulty: to call passers-by who go right on their ways:


simplify: And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said,  Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.

And looking on the Kenites he went on with his story and said, Strong is your living-place, and your secret place is safe in the rock.


rate difficulty: Become as I <FI>am<Fi> --because I also <FI>am<Fi> as ye brethren, I beseech you; to me ye did no hurt,

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


rate difficulty: The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt beat [some] of it to powder, and put [some] of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

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


simplify: And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.


simplify: But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.

But in the seventh month, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the king's seed, came with ten men and made an attack on Gedaliah, causing his death and the death of the Jews and the Chaldaeans who were with him at Mizpah.


rate difficulty: And whoso is hearkening to me dwelleth confidently, And <FI>is<Fi> quiet from fear of evil!'

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


rate difficulty: for David says as to him, I foresaw the Lord continually before me, because he is at my right hand that I may not be moved.

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


simplify: And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from the Jordan, and was brought in the Spirit to the wilderness,

On returning from the Jordan, full of the Holy Spirit, Jesus was led by the power of the Spirit through the wilderness for forty days, tempted by the devil.


rate difficulty: Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.

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


simplify: And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.

And Tamar, in her grief, put dust on her head; and she put her hand on her head and went away crying loudly.


simplify: Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

Then he said to them: “‘Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom,’


rate difficulty: --he was not consenting to their counsel and deed--from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who also himself was expecting the reign of God,

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


rate difficulty: And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites the children of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

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


simplify: And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:

And the king of Assyria took Israel away as prisoners into Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes;


rate difficulty: For it is written that Abraham had two sons; one of the maid servant, and one of the free woman.


simplify: and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

And the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite,


simplify: To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.


simplify: But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.

But the rest of the grain-plants were undamaged, for they had not come up.


rate difficulty: And when these days are ended, turning on your right side, you are to take on yourself the sin of the children of Judah: forty days, a day for a year, I have had it fixed for you.


simplify: And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate-side, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

And the king said to them, I will do whatever seems best to you. So the king took his place by the door of the town, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.


simplify: Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.


simplify: whether--about Titus--my partner and towards you fellow-worker, whether--our brethren, apostles of assemblies--glory of Christ;

If I must say anything about Titus, he is my intimate companion, and he shares my work for you; if it is our friends, they are delegates of the churches, an honor to Christ.


simplify: And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;

And took the kingdom away by force from the seed of David and gave it to you, you have not been like my servant David, who kept my orders, and was true to me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes.


simplify: Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

The nations of Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon and the Philistines and the Amalekites and the goods he had taken from Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.


rate difficulty: And the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds, according to that which is written in the law of Jehovah,


rate difficulty: To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.


rate difficulty: And he said to the woman, Thy faith has saved thee; go in peace.

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


simplify: And it came to pass on the next day, they having come down from the mount, there met him a great multitude,

The next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met Jesus.


rate difficulty: `And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.

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


simplify: and he, having left the linen cloth, did flee from them naked.

but he left the sheet in their hands, and fled naked.


simplify: `And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,

But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear;


simplify: For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.

Copying all the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and all the sins he did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish ways.


simplify: But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

but, when one still stronger has attacked and overpowered him, he takes away all the weapons on which the other had relied, and divides his spoil.


simplify: what do ye wish? with a rod shall I come unto you, or in love, with a spirit also of meekness?

What do you wish? Am I to come to you with a rod, or in a loving and gentle spirit?


simplify: for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid upon me, and woe is to me if I may not proclaim good news;

If I tell the good news, I have nothing to boast of, for I can but do so. Woe is me if I do not tell it!


rate difficulty: We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And the first woman said, Ah, my lord! I and this woman abode in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

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


rate difficulty: And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord.


rate difficulty: Thy cheeks are comely with plaits of hair, Thy neck with strings of jewels.

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus was going up and down all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every sickness and every malady among the people.

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


rate difficulty: Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?

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


simplify: He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.


rate difficulty: And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.


simplify: His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

Do not let his body be on the tree all night, but put it to rest in the earth the same day; for the man who undergoes hanging is cursed by God; so do not make unclean the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.


rate difficulty: And some of those who were near, hearing it, said, See, he is crying to Elijah.


simplify: Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.

Your boatmen have taken you into great waters: you have been broken by the east wind in the heart of the seas.


simplify: And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto their idols, and to the people.

And they took everything off him, and took his head and his war-dress, and sent word into the land of the Philistines round about to give the news to their gods and to the people.


simplify: And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, wherewith to wash.

And between the altar and the Tent of meeting he put the vessel with water in it for washing.


rate difficulty: The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.

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


simplify: And Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.

The Lord said to him, Go through the town, through the middle of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the brows of the men who are sorrowing and crying for all the disgusting things which are done in it.


simplify: And though this house is so high, yet shall every one that passeth by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house?

And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder at it and make whistling sounds; and they will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?


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

A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.


rate difficulty: and now, come, and I send thee unto Pharaoh, and bring thou out My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.'

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


simplify: The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.


simplify: But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

For this cause the word of the Lord will be to them rule after rule, line after line, here a little, there a little; so that they may go on their way, and falling back may be broken, and taken in the net.


rate difficulty: And Joshua gave him his blessing; and he gave Hebron to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, for his heritage.


simplify: And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

Straight away the father of the child gave a cry, saying, I have faith; make my feeble faith stronger.


simplify: A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.


rate difficulty: [For] I know [this,] that there will come in amongst you after my departure grievous wolves, not sparing the flock;

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


rate difficulty: And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his dress, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

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


rate difficulty: “I had to pay a heavy price for my position as citizen,” said the officer. “I am one by birth,” rejoined Paul.

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


rate difficulty: Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

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


simplify: Forasmuch as the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them, but this people hath not hearkened unto me;

Though the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have done the orders of their father which he gave them, this people has not given ear to me:


rate difficulty: And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

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


rate difficulty: To Obed-edom, that on the south; and to his sons, the store-house.


simplify: But Jesus said, Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for to such belongeth the kingdom of heaven.

But Jesus said, Let the little ones come to me, and do not keep them away: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.


rate difficulty: Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

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


simplify: And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And the famine was sore in Samaria.

So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria.


simplify: And it came to pass, in their parting from him, Peter said unto Jesus, `Master, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three booths, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah,' not knowing what he saith:

And, as Moses and Elijah were passing away from Jesus, Peter exclaimed: “Sir, it is good to be here; let us make three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” He did not know what he was saying;


simplify: but if ye will not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah, but rebel against the commandment of Jehovah, then will the hand of Jehovah be against you, as it was against your fathers.

But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord, but go against his orders, then the hand of the Lord will be against you and against your king for your destruction, as it was against your fathers.


simplify: And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.

And when Delilah saw that he had let her see into his heart, she sent word to the chiefs of the Philistines saying, Come up this time, for he has let out all his heart to me. Then the chiefs of the Philistines came to her, with the money in their hands.


simplify: But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned; and then I will bring him, that he may appear before Jehovah, and there abide for ever.

But Hannah did not go, for she said to her husband, I will not go till the child has been taken from the breast, and then I will take him with me and put him before the Lord, where he may be for ever.


simplify: And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

Saying with a loud voice, Salvation to our God who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb.


simplify: And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal–gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.

And the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, looking east, from Baal-gad under Mount Hermon as far as Hamath:


rate difficulty: And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am Jehovah their God;

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

And Jesus said, Were there not ten men who were made clean? where are the nine?


rate difficulty: Even supposing that there are so-called ‘gods’ either in heaven or on earth — and there are many such ‘gods’ and ‘lords’ —

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rate difficulty: For poured out on you hath Jehovah a spirit of deep sleep, And He closeth your eyes--the prophets, And your heads--the seers--He covered.

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simplify: while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, long after you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.

While their hearts go out to you in love and in prayer for you, because of the great grace of God which is in you.


rate difficulty: And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

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rate difficulty: who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him; and many other women that came up with him unto Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: And I will raise up unto them a plantation for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with famine in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more.

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rate difficulty: Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

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simplify: Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor.

Then Saul said to his servants, Get me a woman who has control of a spirit so that I may go to her and get directions. And his servants said to him, There is such a woman at En-dor.


rate difficulty: And they came again to Jerusalem: and while he was walking in the Temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority:

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rate difficulty: `And thou hast numbered to thee seven sabbaths of years, seven years seven times, and the days of the seven sabbaths of years have been to thee nine and forty years,

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rate difficulty: But now I will not be unto the remnant of this people as in the former days, saith Jehovah of hosts.

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rate difficulty: `And those who are left of you--they consume away in their iniquity, in the lands of your enemies; and also in the iniquities of their fathers, with them they consume away.

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rate difficulty: And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.


simplify: And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph’s knees.

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: and the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, came to birth on Joseph's knees.


simplify: And he stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands

Then he took his place in front of the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present,


simplify: And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

then, after destroying seven heathen nations in Canaan, he allotted their land to this people —


simplify: And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

Now, this was the way of Solomon's system of forced work for the building of the Lord's house and of the king's house, and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Megiddo and Gezer. ...


simplify: And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to my ears?


rate difficulty: And Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

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


rate difficulty: and having sailed over the sea over-against Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myria of Lycia,

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simplify: For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

O people, living in Zion, at Jerusalem, your weeping will be ended; he will certainly have mercy on you at the sound of your cry; when it comes to his ear, he will give you an answer.


simplify: He saith, who heareth the words of God, And knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:

He says, whose ear is open to the words of God, who has knowledge of the Most High, who has seen the vision of the Ruler of all, falling down and having his eyes open:


simplify: Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Ye have not hearkened unto me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim unto you a liberty, saith Jehovah, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth.

And so the Lord has said, You have not given ear to me and undertaken publicly, every man to let loose his countryman and his neighbour: see, I undertake to let loose against you the sword and disease and need of food; and I will send you wandering among all the kingdoms of the earth.


simplify: And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the Lord thy God.

And you are to make your peace-offerings, feasting there with joy before the Lord your God.


simplify: And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

They began to laugh at him, for they knew that she was dead.


simplify: Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

For this I will be full of sorrow and give cries of grief; I will go uncovered and unclothed: I will give cries of grief like the jackals and will be in sorrow like the ostriches.


rate difficulty: And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.

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rate difficulty: Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, Hushai's suggestion is better than that of Ahithophel. For it was the purpose of the Lord to make the wise designs of Ahithophel without effect, so that the Lord might send evil on Absalom.

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rate difficulty: And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he giveth Zipporah his daughter to Moses,

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simplify: This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;

This, then, is the charge that I lay on you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with what was predicted of you — Fight the good fight in the spirit of those predictions,


rate difficulty: And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

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simplify: Thus saith the Lord; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,

This is what the Lord has said: There will again be sounding in this place, of which you say, It is a waste, without man and without beast; even in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem which are waste and unpeopled, without man and without beast,


simplify: Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

And more than this, Absalom said, If only I was made judge in the land, so that every man who has any cause or question might come to me, and I would give a right decision for him!


simplify: And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?

Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?


rate difficulty: And I will make thee a bare rock; thou shalt be a place for the spreading of nets; thou shalt be built no more: for I Jehovah have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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rate difficulty: I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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rate difficulty: But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.

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simplify: For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

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simplify: for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles; beginnings of sorrows <FI>are<Fi> these.

For ‘nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom’; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. This will be but the beginning of the birth-pangs.


simplify: According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only Jehovah thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.

As we gave attention to Moses in all things, so we will give attention to you: and may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses.


simplify: And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?


rate difficulty: As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so they were numbered by him in the waste place of Sinai.

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rate difficulty: But as the crowds thronged together, he began to say, This generation is a wicked generation: it seeks a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it but the sign of Jonas.


rate difficulty: And for the house he made windows, with network across.


rate difficulty: and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee.

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rate difficulty: And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.

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rate difficulty: Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, theGod of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say.

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


simplify: He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my wrath upon them.

He who is far away will come to his death by disease; he who is near will be put to the sword; he who is shut up will come to his death through need of food; and I will give full effect to my passion against them.


simplify: And at the evening oblation I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe rent; and I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God;

And at the evening offering, having made myself low before God, I got up, and with signs of grief, falling down on my knees, with my hands stretched out to the Lord my God,


rate difficulty: and it cometh to pass, they are burying a man, and lo, they have seen the troop, and cast the man into the grave of Elisha, and the man goeth and cometh against the bones of Elisha, and liveth, and riseth on his feet.

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rate difficulty: And they bring in the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all its vessels, its hooks, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets;

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simplify: And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.

“Do not,”he said to them, “take anything for your journey; not even a staff, or a bag, or bread, or any silver, or a change of clothes with you.


simplify: And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;


simplify: Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.

“If everyone else falls away from you,” Peter answered, “I will never fall away!”


rate difficulty: If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

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rate difficulty: And these <FI>are<Fi> the words that Jehovah hath spoken concerning Israel and concerning Judah:

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rate difficulty: that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath also stood up, and lo, your bundles are round about, and bow themselves to my bundle.'

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simplify: and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.


rate difficulty: and one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not; behold, the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath overcome to open the book and the seven seals thereof.

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


simplify: Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

Christ ransomed us from the curse pronounced in the law, by taking the curse on himself for us, for scripture says —  ‘Cursed is anyone who is hanged on a tree.’


simplify: And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

Your older sister is Samaria, living at your left hand, she and her daughters: and your younger sister, living at your right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.


rate difficulty: And Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

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


simplify: And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring upon thee according to thy ways; and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, do smite.

My eye will not have mercy, and I will have no pity: I will send on you the punishment of your ways, and your disgusting works will be among you; and you will see that I am the Lord who gives punishment.


rate difficulty: whereupon he promised with oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.

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simplify: That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

I implore you to keep his command free from stain or reproach, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay thy hand upon him;

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rate difficulty: And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.


rate difficulty: And they stoned Stephen, calling upon the Lord, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.


simplify: And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

And this is yours: the lifted offering which they give and all the wave offerings of the children of Israel I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters as your right for ever: everyone in your house who is clean may have them for food.


rate difficulty: And all her graven images are beaten down, And all her gifts are burnt with fire, And all her idols I make a desolation, For, from the hire of a harlot she gathered, and unto the hire of a harlot they return.

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simplify: `Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,

Be on your guard! If your brother or sister does wrong, rebuke them; but if they repent, forgive them.


simplify: The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.


rate difficulty: And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

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simplify: lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;


rate difficulty: And this is the heave-offering that ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and copper,

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rate difficulty: And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that they that would pass from hence to you may not be able, and that none may cross over from thence to us.

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rate difficulty: So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all.


simplify: And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

And when they had put leather bands round him, Paul said to the captain who was present, Is it the law for you to give blows to a man who is a Roman and has not been judged?


simplify: And he measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of five and twenty cubits; door against door.

And he took the measure of the doorway from the back of one room to the back of the other, twenty-five cubits across, from door to door.


rate difficulty: These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

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simplify: And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

And made strong prayers to him, saying, My little daughter is near to death: it is my prayer that you will come and put your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and have life.


simplify: And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

And the second day Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah, cutting down eighteen thousand men of the children of Israel, all swordsmen.


rate difficulty: Hearken unto me, Jacob, and [thou] Israel, my called. I [am] HE; I, the first, and I, the last.

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rate difficulty: So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:

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rate difficulty: And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to nations that are rebellious, which have rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me unto this very day;

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rate difficulty: And he made offerings, burning them in the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

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simplify: And the city shall have suburbs: toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

And the town will have a free space on the north of two hundred and fifty, on the south of two hundred and fifty, on the east of two hundred and fifty, and on the west of two hundred and fifty.


simplify: And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

And the Lord is thundering before his forces; for very great is his army; for he is strong who gives effect to his word: for the day of the Lord is great and greatly to be feared, and who has strength against it?


rate difficulty: And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.


simplify: Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord God.

Pharaoh will see them and be comforted on account of all his people: even Pharaoh and all his army, put to death by the sword, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And the land of Judah shall become a terror unto Egypt; every one to whom mention is made thereof shall be afraid, because of the purpose of Jehovah of hosts, which he purposeth against it.


rate difficulty: Give one another a holy kiss.

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simplify: And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.

And of this measure, let a space be measured, twenty-five thousand long and ten thousand wide: in it there will be the holy place, even the most holy.


rate difficulty: `And anything on which any one of them falleth, in their death, is unclean, of any vessel of wood or garment or skin or sack, any vessel in which work is done is brought into water, and hath been unclean till the evening, then it hath been clean;

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


simplify: And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.

the secrets of their heart are revealed, and then, throwing themselves on their face, they will worship God, and declare ‘God is indeed among you!’


simplify: And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,

And Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan was the father of Zabad,


rate difficulty: and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

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


rate difficulty: For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

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

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


rate difficulty: Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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simplify: those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

Fifty-three thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Naphtali were numbered.


simplify: Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

Then Micah said, Now I am certain that the Lord will do me good, seeing that the Levite has become my priest.


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

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


simplify: Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory.


rate difficulty: of the stranger thou mayest exact, and that which is thine with thy brother doth thy hand release;

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rate difficulty: But the father said to his servants, Get out the first robe quickly, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet:

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


rate difficulty: For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.


rate difficulty: And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father.


simplify: And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

And put the linen bands round Aaron and his sons, and the head-dresses on them, to make them priests by my order for ever: so you are to make Aaron and his sons holy to me.


rate difficulty: The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.


simplify: that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.

The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.


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

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


simplify: My heart crieth out for Moab; her nobles flee unto Zoar, to Eglath-shelishi-yah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.

My heart is crying out for Moab; her people go in flight to Zoar, and to Eglath-shelishiyah: for they go up with weeping by the slope of Luhith; on the way to Horonaim they send up a cry of destruction.


rate difficulty: And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

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simplify: For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?


simplify: Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,

Let people look on us as Christ’s servants, and as stewards of the hidden truths of God.


rate difficulty: who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did <FI>it<Fi> in unbelief,

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


simplify: A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and none hath escaped them.

Before them fire sends destruction, and after them flame is burning: the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and after them an unpeopled waste; truly, nothing has been kept safe from them.


simplify: He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;


simplify: Refuse silver shall men call them, because Jehovah hath rejected them.

They will be named waste silver, because the Lord has given them up.


simplify: ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend <FI>it<Fi> .

You ask, yet do not receive, because you ask for a wrong purpose — to spend what you get on your pleasures.


rate difficulty: And the jailor being awakened out of his sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison opened, having drawn a sword was going to kill himself, thinking the prisoners had fled.

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


rate difficulty: Then said he to him, Because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, behold, when thou departest from me, the lion will slay thee. And when he had departed from him, the lion found him and slew him.

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


rate difficulty: And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Put it down on the earth. And he put it down on the earth and it became a snake; and Moses went running from it.

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


rate difficulty: The building was started in the second month in the fourth year of his rule.


simplify: It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.

Let it be used for food on the same day on which it is offered, or on the day after; and whatever is over on the third day is to be burned with fire.


rate difficulty: The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

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


simplify: When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

For I have made Judah a bow bent for my use, I have made Ephraim the arrows of the bow; I will make your sons, O Zion, take up arms against your sons, O Greece, and will make you like the sword of a man of war.


simplify: But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

But the Lord is true, who will give you strength and keep you safe from evil.


simplify: So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

On his return the servant told his master all these answers. Then in anger the owner of the house said to his servant ‘Go out at once into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in here the poor, and the crippled, and the blind, and the lame.’


simplify: Peter saith to him, `From the strangers.' Jesus said to him, `Then are the sons free;

“From others,” answered Peter. “Well then,” continued Jesus, “their sons go free.


simplify: for her sins have reached even unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

For her sins have gone up even to heaven, and God has taken note of her evil-doing.


simplify: Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

So you are to say this word to them: This is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: Every skin bottle will be full of wine; and they will say to you, Is it not quite clear to us that every skin bottle will be full of wine?


rate difficulty: who, through him, are faithful to God who raised him from the dead and gave him honor, so that your faith and hope are now in God.

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


simplify: And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.

And she took her rest at his feet till the morning: and she got up before it was light enough for one to see another. And he said, Let it not come to anyone's knowledge that the woman came to the grain-floor.


rate difficulty: For the waters of Dimon have been full of blood, For I set on Dimon additions, For the escaped of Moab a lion, And for the remnant of Adamah!

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


simplify: And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Then he said to them: “Go into all the world, and proclaim the good news to all creation.


simplify: And some of them that stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calleth Elijah.

And some of those who were near by, hearing it, said, This man is crying to Elijah.


simplify: And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.


simplify: How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

Under what circumstances, then, did this take place? After his circumcision or before it?


simplify: for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

The eighteenth Hanani, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


simplify: Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

And Israel is living in peace, the fountain of Jacob by himself, in a land of grain and wine, with dew dropping from the heavens.


rate difficulty: She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her.

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


rate difficulty: [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom.

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


rate difficulty: Without a Vision is a people made naked, And whoso is keeping the law, O his happiness!

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


simplify: And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:


rate difficulty: if these men die as all men die, and are visited with the visitation of all men, Jehovah has not sent me;


simplify: besides the burnt-offering of the new moon, and the meal-offering thereof, and the continual burnt-offering and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings, according unto their ordinance, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

In addition to the burned offering of the new moon, and its meal offering, and the regular burned offering and its meal offering, and their drink offerings, as they are ordered, for a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the Lord.


simplify: And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.


simplify: who also sealed us, and gave the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

also set his seal on us, and gave us his Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of future blessings.


rate difficulty: I had no rest in my spirit at not finding Titus my brother; but bidding them adieu, I came away to Macedonia.


rate difficulty: --and fifty men of the sons of the prophets have gone on, and stand over-against afar off--and both of them have stood by the Jordan.

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


rate difficulty: Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?

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


simplify: but having been shod with sandals, and ye may not put on two coats.

but they were to wear sandals, and not to put on a second coat.


simplify: For in vain is the net spread  In the sight of any bird:

Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:


simplify: This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

This is what we will do to them: we will not put them to death, for fear that wrath may come on us because of our oath to them.


rate difficulty: Go up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield; and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow.


rate difficulty: And immediately doth the Spirit put him forth to the wilderness,

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


simplify: If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble.


simplify: Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.


simplify: Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.


simplify: For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be 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.


rate difficulty: but because of Jehovah's loving you, and because of His keeping the oath which He hath sworn to your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out by a strong hand, and doth ransom you from a house of servants, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou hast made in their stead bars of iron.

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


rate difficulty: And ye, come near hither, O sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer, Even thou dost commit whoredom.

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


rate difficulty: And the residence of the children of Israel that they resided in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.

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


simplify: And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast rendered unto me good, whereas I have rendered unto thee evil.

And he said to David, You are right and I am wrong: for you have given me back good, but I have given you evil.


simplify: And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

They said to me, The small band of Jews now living there in the land are in great trouble and shame: the wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire.


rate difficulty: and I will make [them] to pass with thine enemies into a land that thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger; it shall burn upon you.

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


rate difficulty: Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

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


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, when they bring out these kings unto Joshua, that Joshua calleth unto every man of Israel, and saith unto the captains of the men of war, who have gone with him, `Draw near, set your feet on the necks of these kings;' and they draw near, and set their feet on their necks.

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


simplify: And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

And he let me see Joshua, the high priest, in his place before the angel of the Lord, and the Satan at his right hand ready to take up a cause against him.


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

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


rate difficulty: So has the Lord said: In Ramah there is a sound of crying, weeping and bitter sorrow; Rachel weeping for her children; she will not be comforted for their loss.


simplify: Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.

Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.


simplify: and not only is this department in danger for us of coming into disregard, but also, that of the great goddess Artemis the temple is to be reckoned for nothing, and also her greatness is about to be brought down, whom all Asia and the world doth worship.'

So that not only is this business of ours likely to fall into discredit, but there is the further danger that the Temple of the great Goddess Artemis will be thought nothing of, and that she herself will be deprived of her splendor — though all Roman Asia and the whole world worship her.”


simplify: Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.

In the same way noble deeds become conspicuous, and those which are otherwise cannot be concealed.


simplify: And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:

And Joab sent to Tekoa and got from there a wise woman, and said to her, Now make yourself seem like one given up to grief, and put on the clothing of sorrow, not using any sweet oil for your body, but looking like one who for a long time has been weeping for the dead:


simplify: How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations!

How great is your fall from heaven, O shining one, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the earth, low among the dead bodies!


rate difficulty: And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.

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


simplify: And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and there come together with him all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

And they took Jesus away to the high priest; and there came together with him all the chief priests and those in authority and the scribes.


rate difficulty: The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.

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


rate difficulty: And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.


simplify: One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.

One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.


rate difficulty: So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?

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


rate difficulty: Manasseh was making a meal of Ephraim, and Ephraim of Manasseh; and together they were attacking Judah. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.


simplify: O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cupbearer to the king.

O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. (Now I was the king's wine-servant.)


rate difficulty: And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Jismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the command of Hezekiah the king and Azariah the ruler of the house ofGod.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king’s high way, until we be past thy borders.

Let me go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway till we have gone past the limits of your land.


rate difficulty: And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

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


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

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


simplify: Thus did all the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

So the children of Israel did as the Lord gave orders to Moses and Aaron.


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

Your strength and that of the people will be completely used up: this work is more than you are able to do by yourself.


rate difficulty: And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

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


rate difficulty: “Why do you call me good?”answered Jesus. “No one is good but God.


simplify: And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.

And after he had sent the people away, he went up into the mountain by himself for prayer: and when evening was come, he was there by himself.


simplify: And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of Jehovah.

And the sons of the Levites took up the ark of God, lifting it by its rods, as the Lord had said to Moses.


simplify: And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.

The store of meal did not come to an end, and the bottle was never without oil, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah.


simplify: And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

and all whose names ‘were not found written in the book of life’ were hurled into the lake of fire.


rate difficulty: It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'

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


simplify: And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

In any cause, they are to be in the position of judges, judging in harmony with my decisions: they are to keep my laws and my rules in all my fixed feasts; and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.


rate difficulty: as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which iron had not been lifted up. And they offered up burnt-offerings on it to Jehovah, and sacrificed peace-offerings.

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


simplify: And the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, isthe Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.

And the four beasts, having every one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and inside: and without resting day and night, they say, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, Ruler of all, who was and is and is to come.


simplify: Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah, dieth: shall we perish all of us?

Death will overtake everyone who comes near, who comes near the House of the Lord: are we all to come to destruction?


simplify: And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb, after sunrise.


simplify: Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

To the young men give orders to be wise and serious-minded:


simplify: that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

That I am full of sorrow and pain without end.


simplify: And it came to pass after many days, that Jehovah said unto me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.

Then after a long time, the Lord said to me, Up! go to Parah and get the band which I gave you orders to put there.


rate difficulty: `Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and thou hast cleansed them.

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


rate difficulty: and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal; and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

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


simplify: And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee.

And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.


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

How unhappy am I! who will make me free from the body of this death?


rate difficulty: Why let the Egyptians say, He took them out to an evil fate, to put them to death on the mountains, cutting them off from the earth? Let your wrath be turned away from them, and send not this evil on your people.

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


rate difficulty: The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; and you will ever have the highest place, if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God which I give you today, to keep and to do them;

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


simplify: Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

The feast of the unleavened bread, known as the Passover, was near.


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

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


rate difficulty: The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it with hand-mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it; and the taste of it was as the taste of oil-cakes.

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


simplify: Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

Have no fear, be strong in heart; have I not made it clear to you in the past, and let you see it? and you are my witnesses. Is there any God but me, or a Rock of whom I have no knowledge?


rate difficulty: And at that time Solomon held the feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entrance of Hamath unto the torrent of Egypt, before Jehovah ourGod, seven days and seven days, fourteen days.

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


simplify: And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

And when they said to Jacob, Your son Joseph is coming to see you: then Israel, getting all his strength together, had himself lifted up in his bed.


rate difficulty: son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchiah,


rate difficulty: Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,

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


simplify: So then as through one trespass the judgment came unto all men to condemnation; even so through one act of righteousness the free gift came unto all men to justification of life.

So then, as the effect of one act of wrongdoing was that punishment came on all men, even so the effect of one act of righteousness was righteousness of life for all men.


simplify: Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,

And not with you only do I make this agreement and this oath;


rate difficulty: And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

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


simplify: howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.


rate difficulty: Burden of Nineveh. The Book of the Vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.


simplify: and the city lieth square, and the length of it is as great as the breadth; and he did measure the city with the reed--furlongs twelve thousand; the length, and the breadth, and the height, of it are equal;

The city is square; the length and the breadth are the same. The angel measured with his rod; it was twelve hundred miles; its length, and breadth, and height are equal.


simplify: and that by the exceeding greatness of the revelations I might not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of the Adversary, that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch.

It was for this reason, and to prevent my thinking too highly of myself, that a thorn was sent to pierce my flesh — an instrument of Satan to discipline me — so that I should not think too highly of myself.


simplify: And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.

And that day Saul took David and would not let him go back to his father's house.


simplify: To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.


rate difficulty: And in the skirts of your robe may be seen the life-blood of those who have done no wrong: ...


simplify: In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;


simplify: but he who <FI>is<Fi> of the maid-servant, according to flesh hath been, and he who <FI>is<Fi> of the free-woman, through the promise;

But the child of the slave-woman was born in the course of nature, while the child of the free woman was born in fulfillment of a promise.


simplify: and thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness, day by day.

And you yourself will undergo the cruel pains of a disease in your stomach, so that day by day your inside will be falling out because of the disease.


simplify: What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

What profit is the pictured image to its maker? and as for the metal image, the false teacher, why does its maker put his faith in it, making false gods without a voice?


simplify: But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.

But Samuel was not pleased when they said to him, Give us a king to be our judge. And Samuel made prayer to the Lord.


simplify: and there ye shall eat before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.

There you and all your families are to make a feast before the Lord your God, with joy in everything to which you put your hand, because the Lord has given you his blessing.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they laid waste the [land of the] children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David abode at Jerusalem.

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rate difficulty: And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

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rate difficulty: And they led it to Jesus; and having cast their own garments on the colt, they put Jesus on [it].


rate difficulty: And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmash.

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


simplify: And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.

And say to them, This is what the Lord of armies has said: Even so will this people and this town be broken by me, as a potter's bottle is broken and may not be put together again: and the bodies of the dead will be put in the earth in Topheth, till there is no more room.


simplify: And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

Why should we not say — as some people slanderously assert that we do say — ‘Let us do evil that good may come’? The condemnation of such people is indeed just!


simplify: And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

And he came near, and the woman said, Are you Joab? And he said in answer, I am. Then she said, Give ear to your servant's words. And he said, I am giving ear.


rate difficulty: nor are they able to prove against me the things concerning which they now accuse me.


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Moses, When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

And the Lord said to Moses, When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have given you power to do: but I will make his heart hard and he will not let the people go.


rate difficulty: Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, and as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof.

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simplify: Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

And Leah's eyes were clouded, but Rachel was fair in face and form.


simplify: Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up.

Cyrus, king of Persia, has said, All the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the Lord, the God of heaven; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, may the Lord his God be with him and let him go up.


simplify: The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

The sun will not be your light by day, and the moon will no longer be bright for you by night: but the Lord will be to you an eternal light, and your God your glory.


rate difficulty: And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,

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simplify: and lo, a woman, a Canaanitess, from those borders having come forth, did call to him, saying, `Deal kindly with me, Sir--Son of David; my daughter is miserably demonized.'

There, a Canaanite woman of that district came out and began calling to Jesus: “Take pity on me, Master, Son of David; my daughter is grievously possessed by a demon.”


simplify: The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord’s ministers, mourn.

The meal offering and the drink offering have been cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord's servants, are sorrowing.


rate difficulty: And I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee:

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his vest, the vest of many colours, which he had on;

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