simplify: And we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that <FI>is<Fi> of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,

And as for us, it is not the spirit of the world that we have received, but the Spirit that comes from God, so that we may realize the blessings given to us by him.


simplify: and happy is he whoever may not be stumbled in me.'

And blessed is the person who finds no hindrance in me.”


rate difficulty: And take your brother, and arise, go again to the man.

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


rate difficulty: And thou, son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, who are prophesying out of their own heart, and prophesy concerning them,

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


simplify: And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure house.

And whatever more is needed for the house of your God, and which you may have to give, take it from the king's store-house.


rate difficulty: And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

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


rate difficulty: Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

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


simplify: And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

So the devil said to him: “If you are God’s Son, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.”


simplify: Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts to Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by the fountain which is in Jezreel.

Now the Philistines got all their army together at Aphek: and the Israelites put their forces in position by the fountain in Jezreel.


simplify: And they remembered his words,

Then they remembered the words of Jesus,


rate difficulty: Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man;

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


rate difficulty: O Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause.

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


rate difficulty: And this will fulfill my earnest expectation and hope that I will have no cause for shame, but that, with unfailing courage, now as hitherto, Christ will be honored in my body, whether by my life or by my death,

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


simplify: When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

If you are building a house, make a railing for the roof, so that the blood of any man falling from it will not come on your house.


simplify: And the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying,

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


rate difficulty: neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and to burn meal-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

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


rate difficulty: After him have the Levites strengthened, <FI>and<Fi> Rehum son of Bani: by his hand hath Hashabiah, head of the half of the district of Keilah, strengthened, for his district.

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


simplify: And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.

And the dead body of Jezebel will be like waste dropped on the face of the earth in the heritage of Jezreel; so that they will not be able to say, This is Jezebel.


rate difficulty: an oath of Jehovah is between them both, that he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour, and its owner hath accepted, and he doth not repay;

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Jehovah.

Those same men who said evil of the land, came to their death by disease before the Lord.


rate difficulty: And if thou present an offering of an oblation baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

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


rate difficulty: and a basket with unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their oblation, and their drink-offerings.

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


simplify: And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.

And they went on from Punon, and put up their tents in Oboth.


simplify: And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a young man and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

He had a son named Saul, a specially good-looking young man; there was no one better-looking among the children of Israel: he was taller by a head than any other of the people.


rate difficulty: Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

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


simplify: And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

But Jesus said to them, Because of your hard hearts he gave you this law.


rate difficulty: If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,

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


rate difficulty: The sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining.

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


simplify: And Aaron shall present the goat upon which the lot fell for Jehovah, and offer him for a sin-offering.

And the goat which is marked out for the Lord, let Aaron give for a sin-offering.


rate difficulty: And they took him to the place named Golgotha, which is, Dead Man's Head.


simplify: Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.

So then, keep my rules and my decisions and do them, so that the land which I am giving you as your resting-place may not violently send you out again.


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

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


simplify: Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Remind your hearers to respect and obey the powers that be, to be ready for every kind of good work, to speak ill of no one, to avoid quarreling,


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

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


simplify: She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

She gets up while it is still night, and gives meat to her family, and their food to her servant-girls.


simplify: And the unclean spirits, whensoever they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God.


simplify: Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

But having faith in his word, we are looking for a new heaven and a new earth, which will be the resting-place of righteousness.


rate difficulty: Then passion conceives and gives birth to sin, and sin, on reaching maturity, brings forth death.

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


rate difficulty: And while they were eating, Jesus having taken the bread, and having blessed, did brake, and was giving to the disciples, and said, `Take, eat, this is my body;'

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


simplify: Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;


rate difficulty: Their children are ever with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

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


simplify: And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

And Abner said to David, Now I will go, and make all Israel come to my lord the king, so that they may make an agreement with you, and your kingdom may be as wide as your heart's desire. Then David sent Abner away and he went in peace.


rate difficulty: And all the Levites who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people, by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,

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


simplify: When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found; and, lo, thy father hath left off caring for the asses, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

When you have gone away from me today, you will see two men by the resting-place of Rachel's body, in the land of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The asses which you went in search of have come back, and now your father, caring no longer for the asses, is troubled about you, saying, What am I to do about my son?


simplify: And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth–gilead:

And Elisha the prophet sent for one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Make yourself ready for a journey, and take this bottle of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.


simplify: But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

But he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest questioning him said, Are you the Christ, the son of the Holy One?


rate difficulty: And they that pass through the land shall pass through; and when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Noah who are going out of the ark are Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is father of Canaan.

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


rate difficulty: and if the woman be not willing to come after thee, then thou hast been acquitted from this mine oath: only my son thou dost not cause to turn back thither.'

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


simplify: And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

Then Gideon said to him, O my lord, if the Lord is with us why has all this come on us? And where are all his works of power, of which our fathers have given us word, saying, Did not the Lord take us out of Egypt? But now he has given us up, handing us over to the power of Midian.


simplify: The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:

... the son of Hesed in Arubboth; Socoh and all the land of Hepher were under his control;


rate difficulty: We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? It was because his life was bad while his brother’s was good.

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


rate difficulty: and Pilate answered them, saying, `Will ye <FI>that<Fi> I shall release to you the king of the Jews?'

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


simplify: `And those upon the rock: They who, when they may hear, with joy do receive the word, and these have no root, who for a time believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

By the seed which fell on the rock are meant those who, as soon as they hear the message, welcome it joyfully; but they have no root, and believe it only for a time, and, when the time of temptation comes, they draw back.


simplify: And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.

And Joshua said to the people, You are not able to be the servants of the Lord, for he is a holy God, a God who will not let his honour be given to another: he will have no mercy on your wrongdoing or your sins.


simplify: And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but your eyes are on men of pride, to make them low.


rate difficulty: For the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli.

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


simplify: There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

And there were men of Tyre there, who came with fish and all sorts of goods, trading with the children of Judah and in Jerusalem on the Sabbath.


simplify: For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.


simplify: That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

And all flesh will see that I the Lord have taken my sword out of its cover: and it will never go back.


simplify: for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;

For a presiding officer, as God’s steward, ought to be of irreproachable character; not self-willed or quick-tempered, nor addicted to drink or to brawling or to questionable money-making.


rate difficulty: And the king saith unto Amasa, `Call for me the men of Judah <FI>in<Fi> three days, and thou, stand here,'

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


simplify: But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

But Jesus, turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, let not your weeping be for me, but for yourselves and for your children.


rate difficulty: Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

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


simplify: And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the mouth of Jehovah: therefore Jehovah hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake unto him.

Then the prophet who had made him come back, hearing it, said, It is the man of God, who went against the word of the Lord; that is why the Lord has given him to the lion to be wounded to death, as the Lord said.


simplify: There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.


rate difficulty: Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

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


simplify: And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all he did, and the force with which he went to war against Amaziah, king of Judah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?


simplify: Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to you, gentle and seated on an ass, and on a young ass.


rate difficulty: The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.


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

Because to all there is one event, to the upright man and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him who makes an offering and to him who makes no offering; as is the good so is the sinner; he who takes an oath is as he who has fear of it.


rate difficulty: John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

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


rate difficulty: when I was a stranger, you did not take me to your homes; when I was naked, you did not clothe me; and, when I was ill and in prison, you did not visit me.’


simplify: And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:

We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to give you strength and comfort in your faith;


rate difficulty: Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

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


rate difficulty: The man who has knowledge of how to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

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


rate difficulty: But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

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


rate difficulty: And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

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


simplify: And I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they supplied.

And I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for they have done what was needed to make your work complete.


rate difficulty: The God of our ancestors raised Jesus, whom you put to death by hanging him on a cross.

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


simplify: They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.

They take their rest at night without clothing, and have no cover in the cold.


rate difficulty: A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.


simplify: who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead; even Jesus Christ our Lord,

But was marked out as Son of God in power by the Holy Spirit through the coming to life again of the dead; Jesus Christ our Lord,


rate difficulty: `So that I have counselled: Let all Israel be diligently gathered unto thee, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, as the sand that <FI>is<Fi> by the sea for multitude, and thou thyself art going in the midst;

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


simplify: and hast forgotten Jehovah thy Maker, that stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fearest continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he maketh ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

And you have given no thought to the Lord your Maker, by whom the heavens were stretched out, and the earth placed on its base; and you went all day in fear of the wrath of the cruel one, when he was making ready for your destruction. And where is the wrath of the cruel one?


rate difficulty: Riches and honour are with me; durable wealth and righteousness.

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


rate difficulty: Gracefulness is deceitful and beauty is vain; a woman [that] feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

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


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.

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


simplify: But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.

But they did not give ear; and Manasseh made them do more evil than those nations did, whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.


rate difficulty: He trusted in Jehovah theGod of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [among any] that were before him.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, at the end of ten days, that there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah,


rate difficulty: as it is written,  There is none righteous, no, not one;


simplify: Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

Let your lamb be without a mark, a male in its first year: you may take it from among the sheep or the goats:


rate difficulty: My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.


rate difficulty: The Lord is about to send on you, and on your people, and on your father's house, such a time of trouble as there has not been from the days of the separating of Ephraim from Judah; even the coming of the king of Assyria.

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


rate difficulty: abstain from every form of evil.


simplify: And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;


simplify: Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: sound an alarm at Beth-aven; behind thee, O Benjamin.

Let the horn be sounded in Gibeah and in Ramah; give a loud cry in Beth-aven, They are after you, O Benjamin.


rate difficulty: And they encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth unto Abel-Shittim, in the plains of Moab.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: for Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;


simplify: that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord Jehovah.

So that the children of Israel may no longer go wandering away from me, or make themselves unclean with all their wrongdoing; but they will be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts.

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


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

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


simplify: Unto the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbs;

To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its outskirts, and Ashtaroth with its outskirts;


rate difficulty: But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

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


rate difficulty: Jehovah--broken down are His adversaries, Against them in the heavens He thundereth: Jehovah judgeth the ends of earth, And giveth strength to His king, And exalteth the horn of His anointed.'

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


simplify: Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:

Send to all those who have been taken away, saying, This is what the Lord has said about Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has been acting as a prophet to you, and I did not send him, and has made you put your faith in what is false;


simplify: That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.

What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.


simplify: And thou shalt bring them near before Jehovah, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah.

And you are to take them before the Lord, and the priests will put salt on them, offering them up for a burned offering to the Lord.


rate difficulty: Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

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


rate difficulty: And four faces <FI>are<Fi> to each; the face of the one <FI>is<Fi> the face of the cherub, and the face of the second the face of man, and of the third the face of a lion, and of the fourth the face of an eagle.


rate difficulty: And these are the generations of Esau, that is Edom.

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


simplify: And they reasoned one with another, saying, We have no bread.

And they said to one another, We have no bread.


rate difficulty: `When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou dost not delay to complete it; for Jehovah thy God doth certainly require it from thee, and it hath been in thee--sin.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.


simplify: And the burden of Jehovah shall ye mention no more: for every man’s own word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts our God.

And you will no longer put people in mind of the word of weight of the Lord: for every man's word will be a weight on himself; for the words of the living God, of the Lord of armies, our God, have been twisted by you.


rate difficulty: come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

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


simplify: And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

All the boards were plated with gold, and the rings through which the rods went were of gold, and the rods were plated with gold.


simplify: And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

The armies of heaven followed him, mounted on white horses and clothed in fine linen, white and pure.


simplify: these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.

They are numbered among the Rephaim, like the Anakim; but are named Emim by the Moabites.


simplify: and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

Even though I dole my substance to the poor, even though I sacrifice my body in order to boast, yet have not love, it avails me nothing!


rate difficulty: What? thou art very vile to repeat thy way, Even of Egypt thou art ashamed, As thou hast been ashamed of Asshur,

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simplify: and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.

And they will put them out before the sun and the moon and all the stars of heaven, whose lovers and servants they have been, after whom they have gone, to whom they have made prayers, and to whom they have given worship: they will not be put together or placed in the earth; they will be waste on the face of the earth.


rate difficulty: These spies asked Jesus a question. They said: “Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and that you do not take any account of a person’s position, but teach the way of God honestly;


simplify: Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;

Then Esther said in answer, My prayer and my request is this:


rate difficulty: Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.

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rate difficulty: But from those who were reputed to be somewhat (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth not man’s person)—they, I say, who were of repute imparted nothing to me:

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simplify: And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

And the Lord said to Moses, Now you are going to rest with your fathers; and this people will be false to me, uniting themselves to the strange gods of the land where they are going; they will be turned away from me and will not keep the agreement I have made with them.


rate difficulty: But of the children of Israel, of them did Solomon make no bondmen for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and his horsemen.

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rate difficulty: And he bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.


simplify: When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

John having first proclaimed, before the appearance of Jesus, a baptism on repentance for all the people of Israel.


simplify: And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

And Eber had two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his time the peoples of the earth became separate; and his brother's name was Joktan.


simplify: Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

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


rate difficulty: Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all things are complete.


simplify: And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me I came into Damascus.

And because I was unable to see because of the glory of that light, those who were with me took me by the hand, and so I came to Damascus.


rate difficulty: he declared also to us how he saw the messenger in his house standing, and saying to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter,

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simplify: The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

The images of their gods are to be burned with fire: have no desire for the gold and silver on them, and do not take it for yourselves, for it will be a danger to you: it is a thing disgusting to the Lord your God:


simplify: And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,

And whenever I make a cloud come over the earth, the bow will be seen in the cloud,


simplify: And all flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

And all flesh will see that I the Lord have had it lighted: it will not be put out.


simplify: `Because of this was the reign of the heavens likened to a man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants,

Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants.


rate difficulty: And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

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simplify: The sons of Salma; Beth–lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

The sons of Salma: Beth-lehem and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-Joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.


rate difficulty: And he put the male sheep of the burned offering before the Lord, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head,

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rate difficulty: And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

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


simplify: In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.

In those days and in that time, says the Lord, when the evil-doing of Israel is looked for, there will be nothing; and in Judah no sins will be seen: for I will have forgiveness for those whom I will keep safe.


rate difficulty: `And this <FI>is<Fi> to you the sign--an affirmation of Jehovah--that I am seeing after you in this place, so that ye know that My words are certainly established against you for evil;

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rate difficulty: When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.

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simplify: And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.

And the free space had doors opening from the side-rooms, one door on the north and one door on the south: and the free space was five cubits wide all round.


simplify: He that feared the word of Jehovah among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:

Then everyone among the servants of Pharaoh who had the fear of the Lord, made his servants and his cattle come quickly into the house:


simplify: and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.

If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:


simplify: And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him.

Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick.


rate difficulty: And I charged Baruch before them, saying,


simplify: And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

And Lamech was a hundred and eighty-two years old when he had a son:


rate difficulty: and if ye turn back--ye--and have forsaken My statutes, and My commands, that I have placed before you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them--then I have plucked them from off My ground that I have given to them,

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simplify: There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.

There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!


rate difficulty: and he hath brought them in unto the priest, and hath brought near that which <FI>is<Fi> for a sin-offering first, and hath wrung off its head from its neck, and doth not separate <FI>it<Fi> ,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And the altar of brass which Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the Tent of the Lord; and Solomon and all the people went to give worship there.


simplify: But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father, by sending comforters to you? is it not clear that these men have only come to go through the land and to make secret observation of it so that they may overcome it?


rate difficulty: Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.

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


simplify: And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.

And the children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway: and if we or our cattle take of your water, we will give you a price for it: only let us go through on our feet, nothing more.


simplify: folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

The foolish are placed in high positions, but men of wealth are kept low.


simplify: And fire came forth from Jehovah, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.

Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the perfume.


simplify: Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.


simplify: Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

Is Ephraim my dear son? is he the child of my delight? for whenever I say things against him, I still keep him in my memory: so my heart is troubled for him; I will certainly have mercy on him, says the Lord.


simplify: For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

For Christ has brought law to an end, so that righteousness may be obtained by everyone who believes in him.


simplify: How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.


rate difficulty: Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.

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rate difficulty: I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

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


rate difficulty: And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and [breed] cattle.

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


simplify: but if a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.

But if he undergoes punishment as a Christian, that is no shame to him; let him give glory to God in this name.


simplify: But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

But this was the order I gave them, saying, Give ear to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people: go in all the way ordered by me, so that all may be well for you.


simplify: Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of Jehovah,

Was not the sin of Baal-peor great enough, from which we are not clear even to this day, though punishment came on the people of the Lord,


rate difficulty: and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;


simplify: So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

Therefore, speak and act as people who are to be judged by the ‘law of freedom.’


simplify: Then I beheld, and, lo, a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as it were glowing metal.

And looking, I saw a form like fire; from the middle of his body and down there was fire: and up from the middle of his body a sort of shining, like electrum.


simplify: And the first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth; and it became a noisome and grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast, and that worshipped his image.

And the first went, and let what was in his vessel come down on the earth; and it became an evil poisoning wound on the men who had the mark of the beast, and who gave worship to his image.


rate difficulty: And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

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simplify: Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.


rate difficulty: And Saul made an attack on the Amalekites from Havilah on the road to Shur, which is before Egypt.

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rate difficulty: And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.

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


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

The answer of Jesus to the question was — “Go and report to John what you hear and see —


rate difficulty: But the children of Korah died not.

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rate difficulty: And the men of Israel have turned back unto the sons of Benjamin, and smite them by the mouth of the sword out of the city, --men unto cattle, unto all that is found; also all the cities which are found they have sent into fire.

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simplify: And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.

And Jehu said to him who kept the robes, Get out robes for all the servants of Baal. So he got out robes for them.


simplify: And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.

Joining the other ends of the chains to the gold frames and putting them on the front of the ephod, at the top of the arms.


simplify: This is the word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.


simplify: Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.

Aijalon and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, four towns.


simplify: Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.

And when you have gone over Jordan, you are to put up these stones, as I have said to you today, in Mount Ebal, and have them coated with building-paste.


simplify: Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.


rate difficulty: And thy poverty hath come <FI>as<Fi> a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

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simplify: Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

Now you have knowledge of what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me, and to the two captains of the army of Israel, Abner, the son of Ner, and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he put to death, taking payment for the blood of war in time of peace, and making the band of my clothing and the shoes on my feet red with the blood of one put to death without cause.


rate difficulty: At that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the cornfields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears and to eat.

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


simplify: That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love,


rate difficulty: Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.


simplify: Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,


rate difficulty: And the sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur.

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


simplify: And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.

And all the people took note of it and were pleased: like everything the king did, it was pleasing to the people.


simplify: And he was withdrawn from them, as it were a stone's cast, and having fallen on the knees he was praying,

Then he withdrew about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and began to pray.


rate difficulty: And Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.


simplify: And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth–el: and the Lord was with them.

And the family of Joseph went up against Beth-el, and the Lord was with them.


rate difficulty: Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

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simplify: Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai and Joab and Asahel.


simplify: For though I should glory somewhat abundantly concerning our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down), I shall not be put to shame:

For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:


simplify: the <FI>son<Fi> of Jose, the <FI>son<Fi> of Eliezer, the <FI>son<Fi> of Jorim, the <FI>son<Fi> of Matthat,


simplify: Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against thee, saying,

Because Aram has made evil designs against you, saying,


rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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


simplify: Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.


rate difficulty: and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

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


rate difficulty: Make thee bald, and poll thee for the children of thy delights; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle, for they are gone into captivity from thee.

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


rate difficulty: And Elijah said, By the life of the Lord of armies, whose servant I am, I will certainly let him see me today.

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


rate difficulty: How much less man--a grub, And the son of man--a worm!


simplify: And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

When he went out about five, he found some others standing there, and said to them ‘Why have you been standing here all day long, doing nothing?’


rate difficulty: And it came to pass as Joab watched the city, that he assigned Urijah to a place where he knew that the valiant men were.

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rate difficulty: And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And Herod said, John I have beheaded, but who is this of whom I hear such things? and he sought to see him.

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


rate difficulty: His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off;


simplify: Rise, let us go; lo, he hath come nigh who is delivering me up.'

Up, and let us be going. Look! My betrayer is close at hand.”


rate difficulty: And there was opened the temple of God that is in heaven; and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant; and there followed lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.


rate difficulty: And they said, See, every year there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh, which is to the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway which goes up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

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


simplify: And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.

So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones.


simplify: And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her again.

And the ass saw the angel of the Lord, and went near the wall, crushing Balaam's foot against the wall; and he gave her more blows.


simplify: and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.

They could not lay hold of this answer before the people; and, in their wonder at his reply, they held their tongues.


rate difficulty: And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my baggage by day, as a captive's baggage, and in the even I digged through the wall with my hand; I brought it forth in the dark, [and] bore it upon [my] shoulder, in their sight.


rate difficulty: And if a man shall sanctify unto Jehovah part of the field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the sowing thereof: the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

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


simplify: Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.

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


simplify: And having crucified him, they divided his garments, casting a lot, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the prophet, `They divided my garments to themselves, and over my vesture they cast a lot;'

When they had crucified him, they divided his clothes among them by casting lots.


rate difficulty: And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth–car.

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


rate difficulty: And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.


rate difficulty: Have I conceived all this people, have I brought them forth, that thou sayest to me, Carry them in thy bosom, as the nursing-father beareth the suckling, unto the land which thou didst swear unto their fathers?

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simplify: And when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him for a season.

And when all these tests were ended the Evil One went away from him for a time.


rate difficulty: But the rulers of the Philistines were angry with him, and said to him, Make the man go back to the place you have given him; do not let him go down with us to the fight, or he may be turned against us and be false to us: for how will this man make peace with his lord? will it not be with the heads of these men?

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


simplify: Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?


rate difficulty: If any one sin, and commit a trespass against Jehovah, and deal falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbor,

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


rate difficulty: And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the Lord.

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


simplify: And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.


rate difficulty: Who is he that contendeth with me? For if I were silent now, I should expire.

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


simplify: But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in like manner as they.

But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.


simplify: To give knowledge of salvation unto his people In the remission of their sins,

To give knowledge of salvation to his people, through the forgiveness of sins,


rate difficulty: Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.


simplify: And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

And further, my son, take note of this: of the making of books there is no end, and much learning is a weariness to the flesh.


simplify: and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood by, and a light shone in the buildings, and having smitten Peter on the side, he raised him up, saying, `Rise in haste,' and his chains fell from off <FI>his<Fi> hands.

Suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. The angel struck Peter on the side, and roused him with the words: “Get up quickly.”


simplify: It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rab–shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so then make your prayer for the rest of the people.


rate difficulty: And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

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simplify: For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret--that ye may not be wise in your own conceits--that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may come in;

My friends, so that you don't think too highly of yourselves, I want you to recognize the truth, hitherto hidden, that the callousness which has come over Israel is only partial, and will continue only until the whole Gentile world has been gathered in.


simplify: Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the engraver, and of the skilful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any workmanship, and of those that devise skilful works.

To them he has given knowledge of all the arts of the handworker, of the designer, and the expert workman; of the maker of needlework in blue and purple and red and the best linen, and of the maker of cloth; in all the arts of the designer and the trained workman they are expert.


rate difficulty: The passers-by railed at him, shaking their heads, as they said: “Ah! You who would destroy the Temple and build one in three days,

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


rate difficulty: And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is come to pass among you?

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rate difficulty: And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt: Jacob and his sons. Jacob's firstborn, Reuben.

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


rate difficulty: You mountains of Israel, give ear to the words of the Lord: this is what the Lord has said to the mountains and the hills, to the waterways and the valleys: See, I, even I, am sending on you a sword for the destruction of your high places.


rate difficulty: I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.


simplify: Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

For this cause I will be your judge, O children of Israel, judging every man by his ways, says the Lord. Come back and be turned from all your sins; so that they may not be the cause of your falling into evil.


rate difficulty: Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

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


rate difficulty: But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.

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


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

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


simplify: Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.


simplify: verily I say to you--This generation may not pass away till all may have come to pass;

I tell you that even the present generation will not pass away until all has taken place.


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has hemmed them in.

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rate difficulty: I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: this also shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.

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


rate difficulty: How thy garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the southwind?

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


simplify: Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the Spirit of Jehovah straitened? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

Is the Lord quickly made angry? are these his doings? do not his words do good to his people Israel?


rate difficulty: And the woman hath a calf of the stall in the house, and she hasteth and slaughtereth it, and taketh flour, and kneadeth, and baketh it unleavened things,

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


rate difficulty: It was I, John, who heard and saw these things; and, when I heard and saw them, I prostrated myself in worship at the feet of the angel that showed them to me.


simplify: The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.


simplify: The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

The grains have become small and dry under the spade; the store-houses are made waste, the grain-stores are broken down; for the grain is dry and dead.


simplify: In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.


simplify: And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by 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.


rate difficulty: But the olive-tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

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


rate difficulty: And it shall be an everlasting statute unto them. And he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his garments, and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.

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


simplify: Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

Which you have prepared in the sight of all nations —


simplify: Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

And Jehoram, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; and he was king for twelve years.


rate difficulty: Yet shall the land be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

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


simplify: And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

and he said: “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman is guilty of adultery against his wife;


simplify: And Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

And Shelah was thirty years old when he became the father of Eber:


simplify: And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah; and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.

Then Rebekah, hearing what Esau had said, sent for Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, It seems that your brother Esau is purposing to put you to death.


simplify: When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

And when that year was ended, they came to him in the second year, and said, We may not keep it from our lord's knowledge that all our money is gone, and all the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nothing more to give my lord but our bodies and our land;


simplify: He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.


simplify: But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ houses, the old men that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

But a number of the priests and Levites and the heads of families, old men who had seen the first house, when the base of this house was put down before their eyes, were overcome with weeping; and a number were crying out with joy:


simplify: So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

So Joshua made an agreement with the people that day, and gave them a rule and a law in Shechem.


rate difficulty: But Naomi said, Go back, my daughters; why will you come with me? Have I more sons in my body, to become your husbands?

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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


rate difficulty: Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;

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


simplify: And sometimes the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Jehovah they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed.

Sometimes the cloud was resting on the House for two or three days; then, by the order of the Lord, they kept their tents in that place, and when the Lord gave the order they went on.


simplify: of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I did deliver to the Adversary, that they might be instructed not to speak evil.

Hymenaeus and Alexander are instances — the men whom I delivered over to Satan so that they might be taught not to blaspheme.


simplify: And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.

And those whom he sent went away, and it was as he said.


simplify: and saith to him, `If Son thou art of God--cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.'

“If you are God’s Son, throw yourself down, for scripture says —  ‘He will give his angels commands about you, and on their hands they will lift you up, so you do not even strike your foot against a stone.’”


rate difficulty: wherefore also it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

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


rate difficulty: Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

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


simplify: Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

For six days do your work, and on the seventh day keep the Sabbath; so that your ox and your ass may have rest, together with the son of your servant and the man from a strange land living among you.


simplify: What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

What are we to say, then? Are we to continue to sin, in order that God’s loving kindness may be multiplied?


rate difficulty: Why are times not stored up by the Ruler of all, and why do those who have knowledge of him not see his days?

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


simplify: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

and, after saying the thanksgiving, broke it and said “This is my own body given on your behalf. Do this in memory of me.”


rate difficulty: Moreover I will make thee a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

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


simplify: And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am.

And Manoah got up and went after his wife, and came up to the man and said to him, Are you the man who was talking to this woman? And he said, I am.


rate difficulty: How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Were it not that their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?

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


simplify: And of Jezebel also spake Jehovah, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.

And of Jezebel the Lord said, Jezebel will become food for dogs in the heritage of Jezreel.


rate difficulty: Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.

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


simplify: And having gone forth they were preaching that <FI>men<Fi> might reform,

So they set out, and proclaimed the need of repentance.


rate difficulty: Thus said Jehovah: Write ye this man childless, A man--he doth not prosper in his days, For none of his seed doth prosper, Sitting on the throne of David, And ruling again in Judah!

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


simplify: Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.

Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were sent for, and they put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people: for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs; it was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring.


simplify: And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?

And Moses said, It is not right to do so; for we make our offerings of that to which the Egyptians give worship; and if we do so before their eyes, certainly we will be stoned.


rate difficulty: only, against Jehovah rebel not ye: and ye, fear not ye the people of the land, for our bread they <FI>are<Fi> ; their defence hath turned aside from off them, and Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> with us; fear them not.'

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


simplify: Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

But Jesus answered: “Not seven times, but ‘seventy times seven.’


simplify: And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim named Micah.


simplify: And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.

And in front of the rooms was a walk, ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long; and their doors were facing north.


simplify: The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

And now the sense of the letter which you sent to us has been made clear to me,


rate difficulty: The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

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


rate difficulty: See to dogs, see to evil workmen, see to the concision.

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


rate difficulty: Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? And it shall wholly rise up like the Nile; and it shall surge and sink down, as the river of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: For they did not dare any more to ask him anything.


simplify: And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,


simplify: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

One male of the goats for a sin-offering;


rate difficulty: And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.


simplify: the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, <FI>is<Fi> the fulness of law.

Love never wrongs a neighbor. Therefore love fully satisfies the law.


rate difficulty: For the Lord doth not cast off to the age.

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


simplify: And they were hearing him unto this word, and they lifted up their voice, saying, `Away from the earth with such an one; for it is not fit for him to live.'

Up to this point the people had been listening to Paul, but at these words they called out: “Kill him! A fellow like this ought not to have been allowed to live!”


simplify: For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?

For who is God but the Lord? and who is a Rock but our God?


rate difficulty: Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

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


simplify: According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.

In the measure of their unclean ways and their sins, so I did to them; and I kept my face covered from them.


simplify: For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

For everywhere the hair of the head and the hair of the face is cut off: on every hand there are wounds, and haircloth on every body.


simplify: If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' --ye do well;

Yet, if you keep the royal law which runs — ‘You must love your neighbor as you love yourself,’ you are doing right;


simplify: As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, will I be king over you.

By my life, says the Lord, truly, with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with burning wrath let loose, I will be King over you:


rate difficulty: Then the Lord sent fire and flaming smoke raining down from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah.

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


rate difficulty: Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

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


rate difficulty: And Peter, answering, said to him, Lord, if it is you, give me the order to come to you on the water.


simplify: So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.

So Jonathan got up from the table, burning with wrath, and took no part in the feast the second day of the month, being full of grief for David because his father had put shame on him.


rate difficulty: This <FI>is<Fi> an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him;


simplify: Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,

Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai, the son of Ezbai,


simplify: And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of Jehovah? show us wherewith we shall send it to its place.

And the Philistines sent for the priests and those who were wise in secret arts, and said to them, What are we to do with the ark of the Lord? How are we to send it away to its place?


rate difficulty: And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; the king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.

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


simplify: And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.

And if anyone says to you, Why are you doing this? say, The Lord has need of him and will send him back straight away.


simplify: the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,

The Kenite, the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,


simplify: He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old;


rate difficulty: so that even unto the ailing were brought from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the sicknesses departed from them; the evil spirits also went forth from them.

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


rate difficulty: hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: For to you I speak--to the nations--inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, my ministration I do glorify;

But I am speaking to you who were Gentiles.


rate difficulty: and when ye may hear of wars and reports of wars, be not troubled, for these behove to be, but the end <FI>is<Fi> not yet;

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


simplify: And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

And the Evil One said, I will give you authority over all these, and the glory of them, for it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone at my pleasure.


simplify: And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.

And the men in whose hands Jesus was, made sport of him and gave him blows.


rate difficulty: but they were calling out, saying, `Crucify, crucify him.'


rate difficulty: And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

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


simplify: And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.

And word was given to Saul that David was at Naioth in Ramah.


rate difficulty: Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,


rate difficulty: But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:


simplify: And the heads of the fathers’housesof the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers’ houses of the children of Israel:

Now the heads of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came to Moses, the chiefs and the heads of families of the children of Israel being present,


simplify: and having spoken in Perga the word, they went down to Attalia,

and, after telling the message at Perga, went down to Attaleia.


simplify: And when he had gone through those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece.

And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.


simplify: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:

For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

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


rate difficulty: And the high priest got up and said to him, Have you no answer? what is it which these say against you?


rate difficulty: Then shall they know that I am the Lord their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.


rate difficulty: And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.

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


simplify: For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who came out against me.


simplify: Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.


simplify: and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

And come to the king and say these words to him. So Joab gave her words to say.


simplify: Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

Let us now make an agreement with our God to put away all the wives and all their children, if it seems right to my lord and to those who go in fear of the words of our God; and let it be done in keeping with the law.


simplify: then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.

And if the priest sees that all his flesh is covered with the leper's disease, the priest will say that he is clean: it is all turned white, he is clean.


simplify: Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord, for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken kindly unto thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy handmaidens.

Then she said, May I have grace in your eyes, my lord, for you have given me comfort, and you have said kind words to your servant, though I am not like one of your servants.


simplify: And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

And David sent men to Saul's son Ish-bosheth, saying, Give me back Michal, my wife, whom I made mine for the price of the private parts of a hundred Philistines.


rate difficulty: And the king goeth out, and all the people at his feet, and they stand still at the farthest off house.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: easy


simplify: An end is come, the end is come; it awaketh against thee; behold, it cometh.

An end has come, the end has come; see, it is coming on you.


simplify: The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the Lord.

The sons of Jehieli: Zetham and Joel, his brother, had the care of the stores of the house of the Lord.


simplify: And the old gate repaired Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.

Joiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah, made good the old doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods.


simplify: Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

Have no fear, for I am with you: I will take your seed from the east, and get you together from the west;


rate difficulty: As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;

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


rate difficulty: And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place; and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water for impurity: it is a sin-offering.

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


simplify: Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.


simplify: that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

In order to put Israel to the test, and see if they will keep the way of the Lord, walking in it as their fathers did, or not.


simplify: Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

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


rate difficulty: Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And his disciples James and John seeing [it] said, Lord, wilt thou that we speak [that] fire come down from heaven and consume them, as also Elias did?

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


rate difficulty: And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.

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


simplify: There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.


simplify: The priests: The children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.

The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the family of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.


simplify: when all Israel is come to appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

When all Israel has come before the Lord your God in the place named by him, let a reading be given of this law in the hearing of all Israel.


rate difficulty: through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

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


simplify: because this is the message that ye did hear from the beginning, that we may love one another,

For these are the tidings that we heard from the first — that we are to love one another.


simplify: Mine anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the he-goats; for Jehovah of hosts hath visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his goodly horse in the battle.

My wrath is burning against the keepers of the flock, and I will send punishment on the he-goats: for the Lord of armies takes care of his flock, the people of Judah, and will make them like the horse of his pride in the fight.


simplify: And I saw another beast coming up out of the land, and it had two horns, like a lamb, and it was speaking as a dragon,

Then I saw, rising out of the earth, another wild Beast. It had two horns like those of a lamb, and its voice was like a dragon’s.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass as he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany at the mountain called [the mount] of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

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


rate difficulty: These are the names of the men that shall divide the land unto you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

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


rate difficulty: And one of her little ones came to growth under her care, and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.


rate difficulty: Even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh.

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


simplify: And one said unto him, Lord, are they few that are saved? And he said unto them,

And someone said to him, Lord, will only a small number have salvation? And he said to them,


simplify: For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.


rate difficulty: but there is need of one, and Mary has chosen the good part, the which shall not be taken from her.

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


simplify: And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

And he said, Who gave you the knowledge that you were without clothing? Have you taken of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take?


simplify: But Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, give me leave to speak unto the people.

But Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, which is not an unimportant town: I make a request to you to let me say a word to the people.


simplify: Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:

Then he went on to say hard things to the towns where most of his works of power were done, because they had not been turned from their sins.


simplify: And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:

And on the day after, when they had come out from Bethany, he was in need of food.