simplify: Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

You took with you the tent where Moloch is worshipped And the star of the god Rephan — The images which you had made to worship. Therefore I will exile you beyond Babylon.’


simplify: And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

And you have seen how I have done all in my power for your father,


rate difficulty: Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you take an oath by the Lord, protesting to you and saying, Be certain that on the day when you go out from here, wherever you go, death will overtake you? and you said to me, Very well!

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


simplify: And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.


simplify: All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

Everything has been committed to me by my Father; nor does anyone fully know the Son, except the Father, or fully know the Father, except the Son and those to whom the Son may choose to reveal him.


rate difficulty: And the best of all the first-fruits of everything, and every offering which is lifted up of all your offerings, will be for the priests: and you are to give the priest the first of your bread-making, so causing a blessing to come on your house.

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


simplify: Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

Do you give strength to the horse? is it by your hand that his neck is clothed with power?


rate difficulty: therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, yea, because they have made [you] desolate, and have swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the remnant of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and in the defaming of the people:

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.

And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.


simplify: And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

Then he took jewels of silver and jewels of gold and fair robes and gave them to Rebekah: and he gave things of value to her mother and her brother.


rate difficulty: Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

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


simplify: But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.

But these five kings went in flight secretly to a hole in the rock at Makkedah.


rate difficulty: Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehoshaphat was living in Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people, from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, guiding them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

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


simplify: And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.)

And from there he went up against the people of Debir. (Now the name of Debir in earlier times was Kiriath-sepher.)


rate difficulty: Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.

And he did not make out who he was, because his hands were covered with hair like his brother Esau's hands: so he gave him a blessing.


rate difficulty: But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish:

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


simplify: And Solomon went to Hamath–zobah, and prevailed against it.

And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and overcame it.


simplify: And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;

Then he put up his tent there for the night; and from among his goods he took, as an offering for his brother Esau,


simplify: and they gave their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

Then they drew lots between them; and, the lot having fallen on Matthias, he was added to the number of the eleven apostles.


rate difficulty: And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

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


simplify: and as it came that Peter entered in, Cornelius having met him, having fallen at <FI>his<Fi> feet, did bow before <FI>him<Fi> ;

So, when Peter entered the city, Cornelius met him, and, throwing himself at Peter’s feet, bowed to the ground.


rate difficulty: “It is not everyone,” replied Jesus, “who can accept this teaching, but only those who have been enabled to do so.

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


simplify: Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.


rate difficulty: 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: If she is unacceptable in the eyes of her master, who had taken her for himself, then shall he let her be ransomed: to sell her unto a foreign people he hath no power, after having dealt unfaithfully with her.

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


simplify: for it hath been written, `I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;'

For scripture says —  ‘I will bring the philosophy of the philosophers to nought, and the shrewdness of the shrewd I will bring to nothing.’


rate difficulty: Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the measured line of your heritage:

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


rate difficulty: Then the king of Assyria gave orders, saying, Send there one of the priests whom you took away, and let him be living there and teaching the people the way of the god of the land.

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


rate difficulty: that we should enhance his glory — we who have been the first to rest our hopes on the Christ.

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


rate difficulty: For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended lovingkindness unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

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


simplify: Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.

Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.


simplify: And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.

Then, looking up to the window, he said, Who is on my side, who? and two or three unsexed servants put out their heads.


simplify: even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

Offering every day what had been ordered by Moses, on the Sabbaths and at the new moon and at the regular feasts three times a year, that is at the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tents.


simplify: Of Moab. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe unto Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.

Of Moab. The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Sorrow on Nebo, for it has been made waste; Kiriathaim has been put to shame and is taken: the strong place is put to shame and broken down.


simplify: And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

And Cornelius said, Four days from now I was in my house in prayer at the ninth hour; and I saw before me a man in shining clothing,


simplify: As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.

And still, I am as strong today as I was when Moses sent me out: as my strength was then, so is it now, for war and for all the business of life.


simplify: Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the Lord, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.

And when the ruler makes a free offering, a burned offering or a peace-offering freely given to the Lord, the doorway looking to the east is to be made open for him, and he is to make his burned offering and his peace-offerings as he does on the Sabbath day: and he will go out; and the door will be shut after he has gone out.


rate difficulty: I compare thee, my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

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


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

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


simplify: And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:

And Azmaveth, the son of Adiel, was controller of the king's property; Jonathan, the son of Uzziah, had control of all store-houses in country places and in the towns and little towns and strong places;


rate difficulty: That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which will be done: and there is nothing new under the sun.

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


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

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


simplify: Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:


simplify: For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

For I am certain that after my death you will give yourselves up to sin, wandering from the way which I have given you; and evil will overtake you in the end, because you will do evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath by the work of your hands.


rate difficulty: And they bring in the ark of Jehovah, and set it up in its place, in the midst of the tent which David hath spread out for it, and David causeth to ascend burnt-offerings before Jehovah, and peace-offerings.

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


simplify: Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely tired out by her frequent coming.


simplify: So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

So King Zedekiah gave his oath to Jeremiah secretly, saying, By the living Lord, who gave us our life, I will not put you to death, or give you up to these men who are desiring to take your life.


simplify: Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.


rate difficulty: And when he said these things, those who were against him were shamed, and all the people were full of joy because of the great things which were done by him.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have made destruction of your altars, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life.


rate difficulty: But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,

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


rate difficulty: And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever cometh into the house, let him be slain: and be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.

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


rate difficulty: But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise;


rate difficulty: In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.

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


rate difficulty: how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory?

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


rate difficulty: The first came up, and said ‘Sir, your ten pounds have made a hundred.’

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


simplify: Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

Now she who is truly a widow and without family puts her hope in God, giving herself to prayer day and night.


rate difficulty: Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

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


rate difficulty: And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.


simplify: So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against Jehovah yourGod, and against you.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;


simplify: The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

The sword of the Lord is full of blood, it is fat with the best of the meat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the best parts of the sheep: for the Lord has a feast in Bozrah, and much cattle will be put to death in the land of Edom.


simplify: And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.


simplify: Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

Make yourself clean from the dust; up! and take the seat of your power, O Jerusalem: the bands of your neck are loose, O prisoned daughter of Zion.


rate difficulty: and said unto him, Dost thou indeed know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to smite thee to death? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.

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


simplify: I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

This will I do to you: I will put fear in your hearts, even wasting disease and burning pain, drying up the eyes and making the soul feeble, and you will get no profit from your seed, for your haters will take it for food.


simplify: And after the three days and a half the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them that beheld them.

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


rate difficulty: And the men of Babylon have made Succoth-Benoth, and the men of Cuth have made Nergal, and the men of Hamath have made Ashima,

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


rate difficulty: And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

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


rate difficulty: From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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


simplify: And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne?

Then Laban, answering, said, These women are my daughters and these children my children, the flocks and all you see are mine: what now may I do for my daughters and for their children?


simplify: or, how wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer I may cast out the mote from thine eye, and lo, the beam <FI>is<Fi> in thine own eye?

How will you say to your friend ‘Let me take out the speck from your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own?


rate difficulty: For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

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


simplify: and Jesus having called them near, said, `Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;

Jesus, however, called the little children to him. “Let the little children come to me,”he said, “and do not hinder them; for it is to the childlike that the kingdom of God belongs.


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

So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets; but let no one be stopped from using tongues.


rate difficulty: And the sons of the Kenite, father-in-law of Moses, have gone up out of the city of palms with the sons of Judah <FI>to<Fi> the wilderness of Judah, which <FI>is<Fi> in the south of Arad, and they go and dwell with the people.

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


simplify: and these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.

And these wine-skins were new when we put the wine in them, and now they are cracked as you see; and our clothing and our shoes have become old because of our very long journey here.


rate difficulty: Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

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


simplify: The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.

Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.


simplify: We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.

We are conscious, O Lord, of our sin and of the wrongdoing of our fathers: we have done evil against you.


simplify: He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

He is not here, for he has come to life again, even as he said. Come, see the Lord's resting-place.


simplify: no, nor yet Herod: for he sent him back unto us; and behold, nothing worthy of death hath been done by him.

And Herod is of the same opinion, for he has sent him back to us; for, you see, he has done nothing for which I might put him to death.


simplify: The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

The name of the first is Pishon, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold.


rate difficulty: therefore, behold, I will deliver thee to the children of the east for a possession, and they shall set their encampments in thee, and make their dwellings in thee; they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

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


simplify: And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God came upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

And he went on from there to Naioth in Ramah: and the spirit of God came on him, and he went on, acting like a prophet, till he came to Naioth in Ramah.


simplify: For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

For the stars of heaven and its bright armies will not give their light: the sun will be made dark in his journey through the heaven, and the moon will keep back her light.


simplify: And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.

These are the boards needed for the house; twenty boards for the south side,


rate difficulty: And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:


rate difficulty: Then broken up as the dawn is thy light, And thy health in haste springeth up, Gone before thee hath thy righteousness, The honour of Jehovah doth gather thee.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

True; it was because of their want of faith that they were broken off, and it is because of your faith that you are standing. Do not think too highly of yourself, but beware.


simplify: Give us this day our daily bread.


rate difficulty: And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai hath written unto them,

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


simplify: And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.

And the brass pillars in the house of the Lord, and the wheeled bases, and the great brass water-vessel in the house of the Lord, were broken up by the Chaldaeans, who took the brass to Babylon.


rate difficulty: Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.

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


rate difficulty: And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.

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


rate difficulty: Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:


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

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


rate difficulty: And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.


simplify: And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.

And on the way, Jesus came to them, saying, Be glad. And they came and put their hands on his feet, and gave him worship.


simplify: to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

Yet our ancestors refused him obedience; more than that, they rejected him, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,


simplify: And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

From age to age his mercy rests On those who honor him.


simplify: So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.

So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said.


rate difficulty: Fear has overcome them, they have no more answers to give; they have come to an end of words.


rate difficulty: which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

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


simplify: Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh brass?


rate difficulty: And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord.


rate difficulty: The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

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


simplify: And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

and men were scorched by the intense heat. They blasphemed the name of God who controlled these curses, yet they did not repent and give him praise.


simplify: And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and terrible things for thy land, before thy people, whom thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people?


simplify: And if he be poor, and cannot get so much, then he shall take one he-lamb for a trespass-offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering, and a log of oil;

And if he is poor and not able to get so much, then he may take one male lamb as an offering for wrongdoing, to be waved to take away his sin, and one tenth part of an ephah of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;


simplify: Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.

Death overtook our father in the waste land; he was not among those who were banded together with Korah against the Lord; but death came to him in his sin; and he had no sons.


rate difficulty: and Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel,

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


simplify: And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

And all the years of Enoch's life were three hundred and sixty-five:


simplify: These sought their registeramongthose that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.

They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen, so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests.


rate difficulty: And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --

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


simplify: For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

because of the hope which awaits its fulfillment in heaven. Of this hope you heard long ago in the true message of the good news which reached you —


simplify: And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,

And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them,


rate difficulty: And the rest of the matters of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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


rate difficulty: And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,

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


simplify: And after these things, to two of them, as they are going into a field, walking, he was manifested in another form,

Afterwards, altered in appearance, he made himself known to two of them, as they were walking, on their way into the country.


rate difficulty: Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.

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


rate difficulty: But if the scall have spread much in the skin after his cleansing,


rate difficulty: We certify the king that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, by this means thou shalt have no portion beyond the River.

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


rate difficulty: And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

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


rate difficulty: and whoever does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

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


rate difficulty: I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord.

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


simplify: And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah.

And Moab will come to an end as a people, because he has been lifting himself up against the Lord.


rate difficulty: and houses full of everything good which thou filledst not, and wells digged which thou diggedst not, vineyards and oliveyards which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt have eaten and shalt be full;

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers’ house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers’ houses among the thousands of Israel.

And with him they sent ten chiefs, one for every tribe of the children of Israel, every one of them the head of his house among the families of Israel.


rate difficulty: And even while I was saying this to myself, Rebekah came out with her vessel on her arm; and she went down to the spring to get water; and I said to her, Give me a drink.


rate difficulty: He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.


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

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


simplify: And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

Then from the Red Sea they went on and put up their tents in the waste land of Sin.


simplify: And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.

And coming back again he found them asleep, for their eyes were heavy.


rate difficulty: When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

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


simplify: we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

And in this confidence we would gladly leave our home in the body, and make our home with the Lord.


simplify: And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.

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


simplify: Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.

And, in addition, anyone who goes into the house at any time, while it is shut up, will be unclean till evening.


rate difficulty: I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.


rate difficulty: And Jehoshaphat saith, `Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah, and we seek Jehovah by him?' And one of the servants of the king of Israel answereth and saith, `Here <FI>is<Fi> Elisha son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.'

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


rate difficulty: And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

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


simplify: I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;


simplify: And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;

And I will give you a kingdom as my Father has given one to me,


simplify: In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

First the flag of the children of Judah went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.


simplify: while men come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city:

... and to make them full of the dead bodies of men whom I have put to death in my wrath and in my passion, and because of whose evil-doing I have kept my face covered from this town.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.


rate difficulty: Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

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


simplify: And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;


rate difficulty: and every spirit which does not confess Jesus Christ come in flesh is not ofGod: and this is that [power] of the antichrist, [of] which ye have heard that it comes, and now it is already in the world.

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


simplify: And the woman had a fatted calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:

And the woman had in the house a young cow, made fat for food; and she put it to death straight away; and she took meal and got it mixed and made unleavened bread;


rate difficulty: and he was supposing his brethren to understand that God through his hand doth give salvation; and they did not understand.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And I will make you a heritage for the hedgehog, and pools of water: and I will go through it with the brush of destruction, says the Lord of armies.

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


simplify: And he said, What meanest thou by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.

And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes.


rate difficulty: And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

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


simplify: Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast its fruit.

Your land will be full of olive-trees, but there will be no oil for the comfort of your body; for your olive-tree will give no fruit.


rate difficulty: But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded!

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


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


simplify: For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

David said himself, speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit — ‘The Lord said to my lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies beneath your feet.’”


simplify: And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.

And after him was Eleazar, the son of Dodo the Ahohite, who was one of the three great fighters.


simplify: Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.

Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, with the purpose of taking up his heritage there among the people.


simplify: therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man-child, him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away dung, till it be all gone.

So I will send evil on the line of Jeroboam, cutting off from his family every male child, those who are shut up and those who go free in Israel; the family of Jeroboam will be brushed away like a man brushing away waste till it is all gone.


simplify: Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord God of Israel.

But it will be like a man shaking an olive-tree, something will still be there, two or three berries on the top of the highest branch, four or five on the outside branches of a fertile tree, says the Lord, the God of Israel.


simplify: And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders; and hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

So cutting away the hooks, and letting them go into the sea, and freeing the cords of the guiding-blades, and lifting up the sail to the wind, they went in the direction of the inlet.


rate difficulty: And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together.

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


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

The boy’s father immediately cried out: “I have faith; help my want of faith!”


simplify: and now, indeed, <FI>are<Fi> many members, and one body;

But in fact, although it has many parts, there is only one body.


rate difficulty: If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the Lord for a sin offering.

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


rate difficulty: He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.

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


rate difficulty: Then the people in answer said, Never will we give up the Lord to be the servants of other gods;


simplify: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross:


simplify: Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

(For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)


rate difficulty: and these <FI>are<Fi> the heads whom he hath: Azariah son of Zadok <FI>is<Fi> the priest;

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


rate difficulty: and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;

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


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

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


rate difficulty: Thy cheeks are comely with bead-rows, Thy neck with ornamental chains.

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


rate difficulty: and the remnant of the present <FI>is<Fi> for Aaron and for his sons, most holy, of the fire-offerings of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

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


simplify: And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the Lord hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.

And the armed men of the force gave Jonathan and his servant their answer, saying, Come up here to us, and we will let you see something. Then Jonathan said to his servant, Come up after me: for the Lord has given them up into the hands of Israel.


rate difficulty: By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

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


rate difficulty: As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.


rate difficulty: and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah’s sake.


rate difficulty: and ye have said, Thus said the king, Put ye this <FI>one<Fi> in the house of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of oppression, till my return in peace.'

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And it came to pass, on one of the days, that he himself went into a boat with his disciples, and he said unto them, `We may go over to the other side of the lake;' and they set forth,

One day about that time, Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them: “Let us go across the lake.”


rate difficulty: having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there shall be a resurrection both of the just and unjust.

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


simplify: How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? --so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'

How much more precious a person is than a sheep! Therefore it is allowable to do good on the Sabbath.”


rate difficulty: And Ahaz lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers, in the city of David, and reign doth Hezekiah his son in his stead.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

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


simplify: Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.

And she gave her unclean love to them, all of them the noblest men of Assyria: and she made herself unclean with the images of all who were desired by her.


simplify: Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.


simplify: And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles, unto the river Kishon.

So Sisera got together all his war-carriages, nine hundred war-carriages of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles as far as the river Kishon.


simplify: And thou shalt make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

And make rods of the same wood, five for the boards on the one side,


rate difficulty: And the Levites: both Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

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


simplify: Yea, at this my heart trembleth, And is moved out of its place.

At this my heart is shaking; it is moved out of its place.


rate difficulty: But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together.

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


simplify: And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.

And if the wrongdoer is to undergo punishment by whipping, the judge will give orders for him to go down on his face and be whipped before him, the number of the blows being in relation to his crime.


simplify: Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt; every man and his family came with Jacob.


simplify: For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?


rate difficulty: And the next sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God.

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


simplify: Moreover certain women of our company amazed us, having been early at the tomb;

And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put,


simplify: And on the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish:

And at the time of the new moon it is to be a young ox of the herd without a mark on him, and six lambs and a male sheep, all without a mark:


simplify: And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me: I will give the price of the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

And Abraham said to Ephron, in the hearing of the people of the land, If only you will give ear to me, I will give you the price of the field; take it, and let me put my dead to rest there.


simplify: (That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim dwelt therein aforetime; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,

(That land is said to have been a land of the Rephaim, for Rephaim had been living there in earlier times, but they were named Zamzummim by the Ammonites;


rate difficulty: And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

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


rate difficulty: girded with girdles upon their loins, with flowing turbans upon their heads, all of them princes to look upon, after the likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their nativity.

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


simplify: And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.

And they went away in the boat to a waste place by themselves.


simplify: They shall all be ashamed because of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

For they have all come with offerings to a people of no use to them, in whom is no help or profit, but only shame and a bad name.


simplify: And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth–shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.

And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites living in the valley have iron war-carriages, those in Beth-shean and its towns as well as those in the valley of Jezreel.


simplify: Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.

But if you make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way for the purpose of turning him from it, and he is not turned from his way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, but your life will be safe.


rate difficulty: And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes.

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


rate difficulty: three rows of rolled stones, and a row of new wood, and the outlay let be given out of the king's house.

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


simplify: And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, were of one piece with it.

Then he made the support for the lights, all of the best gold; its base and its pillar were of hammered gold; its cups and buds and flowers were all made out of the same metal:


simplify: Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

He was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.


rate difficulty: and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,

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


simplify: According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.


rate difficulty: So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.

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


rate difficulty: I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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


rate difficulty: and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, by reason of the multitude of men and cattle therein.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.

Then I said ‘What am I to do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’The Lord said to me, ‘and there you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’


simplify: And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.

And he said to him, Go in peace. And he went from him some distance.


rate difficulty: And having come to Syracuse we remained three days.


simplify: Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

Let your thoughts be turned to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth: for when he was but one, my voice came to him, and I gave him my blessing, and made him a great people.


simplify: So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

So Joshua got up early in the morning, and made Israel come before him by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken;


simplify: because I am with thee, and no one shall set on thee to do thee evil; because I have much people in this city;'

for I am with you, and no one will do you harm, for I have many people in this city.”


simplify: Then Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Then the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go so that they may give me worship.


simplify: especially knowing thee to be acquainted with all things--both customs and questions--among Jews; wherefore, I beseech thee, patiently to hear me.

especially as you are so well-versed in all the customs and questions of the Jewish world. I beg you therefore to give me a patient hearing.


simplify: Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

Then David got up from the earth, and after washing and rubbing himself with oil and changing his clothing, he went into the house of the Lord and gave worship: then he went back to his house, and at his order they put food before him and he had a meal.


simplify: For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

For the promise is for you and for your children, and also for all those now far away, who may be called by the Lord our God.”


simplify: then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose:

Then let these things be exchanged for money, and, taking the money in your hand, go to the place marked out by the Lord your God for himself;


rate difficulty: Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?

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


rate difficulty: And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.

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


simplify: Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.

And lifting up my eyes I saw two women coming out, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they took the ephah, lifting it up between earth and heaven.


simplify: And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

And they came to the place of which God had given him knowledge; and there Abraham made the altar and put the wood in place on it, and having made tight the bands round Isaac his son, he put him on the wood on the altar.


rate difficulty: by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;

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


simplify: And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

Now after a long time the king of Egypt came to his end: and the children of Israel were crying in their grief under the weight of their work, and their cry for help came to the ears of God.


simplify: In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

In those days, while Mordecai was seated at the king's doorway, two of the king's servants, Bigthan and Teresh, keepers of the door, being angry, were looking for a chance to make an attack on King Ahasuerus.


simplify: For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.

For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.


simplify: And Simon answering, said, `Beseech ye for me unto the Lord, that nothing may come upon me of the things ye have spoken.'

“Pray to the Lord for me, all of you,” Simon answered, “so that none of the things you have spoken of may happen to me.”


simplify: Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:

Her holy ones were cleaner than snow, they were whiter than milk, their bodies were redder than corals, their form was as the sapphire:


simplify: Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

A curse on him who says to the wood, Awake! to the unbreathing stone, Up! let it be a teacher! See, it is plated with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all inside it.


rate difficulty: But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh.

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


simplify: Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith Jehovah, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, saith Jehovah.

See, I am against the prophets of false dreams, says the Lord, who give them out and make my people go out of the way by their deceit and their uncontrolled words: but I did not send them or give them orders; and they will be of no profit to this people, says the Lord.


simplify: And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.

talking and arguing with the Jews of foreign birth, who, however, made attempts to kill him.


simplify: There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

Let there be an agreement between me and you as there was between my father and your father: see, I have sent you an offering of silver and gold; go and put an end to your agreement with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he may give up attacking me.


rate difficulty: And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters.

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


rate difficulty: But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;

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


rate difficulty: peoples serve thee, and nations bow themselves to thee, be thou mighty over thy brethren, and the sons of thy mother bow themselves to thee; those who curse thee <FI>are<Fi> cursed, and those who bless thee <FI>are<Fi> blessed.'

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

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


rate difficulty: See, the days are coming when your arm and the arm of your father's people will be cut off;


rate difficulty: And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.

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


rate difficulty: For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

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


rate difficulty: Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan: four cities and their hamlets;

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


rate difficulty: And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;


rate difficulty: O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, that sittest above the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

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


simplify: And the angel cast his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and cast it into the winepress, the great winepress, of the wrath of God.

And the angel sent his blade into the earth, and the vine of the earth was cut, and he put it into the great wine-crusher of the wrath of God.


rate difficulty: And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knoweth whether Jehovah will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?


simplify: Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

Now after these things, when Artaxerxes was king of Persia, Ezra, the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,


simplify: And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.

And by the order of the Lord he made an outcry against the altar, saying, O altar, altar, the Lord has said, From the seed of David will come a child, named Josiah, and on you he will put to death the priests of the high places, who are burning offerings on you, and men's bones will be burned on you.


rate difficulty: Now in those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.


simplify: As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

As you have no knowledge of the way of the wind, or of the growth of the bones in the body of her who is with child, even so you have no knowledge of the works of God who has made all.


rate difficulty: The number of his army was seventy-four thousand, six hundred.

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


simplify: having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,


simplify: for there is not anything hid that may not be manifested, nor was anything kept hid but that it may come to light.

There is nothing hidden that will not come to light and nothing is concealed that will not be brought into the open.


rate difficulty: But the Lord your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

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


simplify: And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:

So Eleazar the priest took the brass vessels which had been offered by those who were burned up, and they were hammered out to make a cover for the altar:


rate difficulty: And he will make them captains of thousands and of fifties; some he will put to work ploughing and cutting his grain and making his instruments of war and building his war-carriages.

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


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel did so, and some took more and some less.


rate difficulty: And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.

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


simplify: the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one;

The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Beth-el, one;


simplify: These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.


rate difficulty: and they come in unto Balaam, and say to him, `Thus said Balak son of Zippor, Be not, I pray thee, withheld from coming unto me,

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


simplify: Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil.

Be not a cause of fear to me: you are my safe place in the day of evil.


rate difficulty: We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

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


simplify: Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.


rate difficulty: Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.

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


simplify: And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.


simplify: And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.

And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Though you keep me I will not take of your food; but if you will make a burned offering, let it be offered to the Lord. For it had not come into Manoah's mind that he was the angel of the Lord.


simplify: Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?

Then the rulers of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews doing here? And Achish said to the rulers of the Philistines, Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me for a year or two, and I have never seen any wrong in him from the time when he came to me till now?


rate difficulty: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

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


simplify: But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.

But as scripture says — ‘They to whom he had never been proclaimed will see; and they who have never heard will understand!’


simplify: But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

The disciples were indignant at seeing this. “What is this waste for?” they exclaimed.


simplify: Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

there is room there for you, yet there is not room, in your love, for us.


rate difficulty: I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me: I will make you ready for war, though you had no knowledge of me:

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


simplify: Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Jehovah, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.

See, I will send for great numbers of fishermen, says the Lord, and they will take them like fish in a net; and after that, I will send for numbers of bowmen, and they will go after them, driving them from every mountain and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.


rate difficulty: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

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


simplify: Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?

Have I given orders for such a day as this? a day for keeping yourselves from pleasure? is it only a question of the bent head, of putting on haircloth, and being seated in the dust? is this what seems to you a holy day, well-pleasing to the Lord?


simplify: for she having put this ointment on my body--for my burial she did <FI>it<Fi> .

In pouring this perfume on my body, she has done it for my burying.


rate difficulty: for whom Jehovah loveth he chasteneth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

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


simplify: And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.

Now on the day after, Moses took his seat to give decisions for the people: and the people were waiting before Moses from morning till evening.


simplify: And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.

Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning and he made ready to go away; but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, Take a little food to keep up your strength, and then go on your way.


simplify: And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

So the chiefs of Moab went back to Balak and said, Balaam will not come with us.


simplify: And when he entered into a house from the multitude, his disciples were questioning him about the simile,

When Jesus went indoors, away from the crowd, his disciples began questioning him about this saying.


simplify: and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.

And they made designs, all of them together, to come and make an attack on Jerusalem, causing trouble there.


simplify: If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?


simplify: For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

For the Lord had made the sound of carriages and horses, and the noise of a great army, come to the ears of the Aramaeans, so that they said to one another, Truly, the king of Israel has got the kings of the Hittites and of the Egyptians for a price to make an attack on us.


rate difficulty: And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

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


rate difficulty: And Arphaxad hath begotten Salah, and Salah hath begotten Eber.

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


rate difficulty: The face of the Lord has sent them in all directions; he will no longer take care of them: they had no respect for the priests, they gave no honour to the old men.

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


rate difficulty: For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, whereof one saith, This is it, the cause of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double unto his neighbor.

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


simplify: From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.

From over the rivers of Ethiopia, and from the sides of the north, they will come to me with an offering.


simplify: My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.


rate difficulty: And king David stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren and my people! I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and for the footstool of ourGod, and I have prepared to build.

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


simplify: And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar, or not?

These men came to him and said: “Teacher, we know that you are an honest man, and are not afraid of anyone, for you pay no regard to a person’s position, but teach the way of God honestly; are we right in paying taxes to the Emperor, or not?


simplify: And the messenger answering said to him, `I am Gabriel, who have been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to proclaim these good news to thee,

“I am Gabriel,” the angel answered, “who stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.


simplify: And he said, Take heed that ye be not led astray: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is at hand: go ye not after them.

And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.


simplify: and he said to them, `These <FI>are<Fi> the words that I spake unto you, being yet with you, that it behoveth to be fulfilled all the things that are written in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, about me.'

“This is what I told you,”he said, “when I was still with you — that everything that had been written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the Psalms, must be fulfilled.”


rate difficulty: After passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, Paul and Silas came to Thessalonica. Here the Jews had a synagogue;

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


simplify: All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth them with words, but they are gone.

All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...


simplify: And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim.

And their wings were stretched out over the cover; the faces of the winged ones were opposite one another and facing the cover.


rate difficulty: Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth: only that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith Jehovah.

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


simplify: Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, These are the words of the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel: If you go out to the king of Babylon's captains, then you will have life, and the town will not be burned with fire, and you and your family will be kept from death:


simplify: And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

And certain Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every cause?


simplify: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

So he said to him ‘My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding-robe?’ The man was speechless.


rate difficulty: And the king said to Zadok the priest, Thou art the seer: return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

And he said to them, When you say your prayers, say, Father, may your name be kept holy and your kingdom come.


rate difficulty: And this she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning, said to the spirit, I give you orders in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.

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


simplify: And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, that thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?


rate difficulty: For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept--then there is rest to me,


simplify: Then Peter having come near to him, said, `Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him--till seven times?'

Then Peter came up, and said to Jesus: “Master, how often am I to forgive someone who wrongs me? As many as seven times?”


simplify: but when the stronger than he, having come upon <FI>him<Fi> , may overcome him, his whole-armour he doth take away in which he had trusted, and his spoils he distributeth;

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


rate difficulty: So they gat them up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.

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


rate difficulty: While we exist--consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation <FI>that<Fi> saveth not.

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


simplify: And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meal-offering that remaineth of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar; for it is most holy;

And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons who were still living, Take the rest of the meal offering from the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and take it for your food, without leaven, at the side of the altar, for it is most holy.


simplify: And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

And some of them, five hundred of the sons of Simeon, went to the hill-country of Seir, with Pelatiah and Neariah and Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, at their head.


rate difficulty: And because of this news, our hearts became like water, and there was no more spirit in any of us because of you; for the Lord your God is God in heaven on high and here on earth.

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


rate difficulty: And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

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


simplify: And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

And the son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir the son of Manasseh.


rate difficulty: The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

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


rate difficulty: And they gave payment to men who made designs against them and kept them from effecting their purpose, all through the time of Cyrus, king of Persia, till Darius became king.

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


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

In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God said to him, Say what I am to give you.


simplify: In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

It will be planted on the high mountain of Israel: it will put out branches and have fruit and be a fair cedar: under it all birds of every sort will make their living-place, resting in the shade of its branches.


rate difficulty: And on the same place there is a white growth of a bright mark, red and white, then let the priest see it;

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


rate difficulty: Now this is a copy of the letter which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra, the priest and the scribe, who put into writing the words of the orders of the Lord, and of his rules for Israel:

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


simplify: But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!

And it will be hard for women who are with child and for her who has a baby at the breast in those days.


simplify: And it was given unto him to give breath to it, even to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as should not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

And he had power to give breath to the image of the beast, so that words might come from the image of the beast, and that he might have all those who did not give worship to the image of the beast put to death.


rate difficulty: I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know [it].


rate difficulty: And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before Jehovah for the issue of her uncleanness.

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


rate difficulty: And they are seven kings; the five have come to an end, the one is, the other has not come; and when he comes, he will have to go on for a little time.


simplify: And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.


simplify: And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.


rate difficulty: A violent squall came on, and the waves kept dashing into the boat, so that the boat was actually filling.

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


rate difficulty: and the king of Egypt calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, `Wherefore have ye done this thing, and keep the lads alive?'

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


simplify: And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,

But, when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things that Jesus did, and the boys who were calling out in the Temple Courts “God save the Son of David!”, they were indignant,


rate difficulty: The son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

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simplify: that with one accord--with one mouth--ye may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;

so that with one heart and one voice you may praise the God and Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord.


simplify: And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

And then on the seventh day the child's death took place. And David's servants were in fear of giving him the news of the child's death: for they said, Truly, while the child was still living he gave no attention when we said anything to him: what will he do to himself if we give him word that the child is dead?


simplify: For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.

And a very great number went to their death, because the war was God's purpose. And they went on living in their place till they were taken away as prisoners.


simplify: The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for evermore knoweth that I lie not.

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be praise for ever, is witness that the things which I say are true.


simplify: And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

Then all the people gave load cries of grief, and all that night they gave themselves up to weeping.


simplify: for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord--the assembly,

for no one ever yet hated his own body. But everyone feeds his body and cares for it, just as the Christ for the church;


simplify: And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

And Israel went journeying on and put up his tents on the other side of the tower of the flock.


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

Not for your righteousness or because your hearts are upright are you going in to take their land; but because of the evil-doing of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and to give effect to his oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.


rate difficulty: And behold, the whole family is risen against thy bondmaid, and they say, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may put him to death, for the life of his brother whom he killed; and we will destroy the heir also: so they will quench my coal which is left, and will not leave to my husband a name or remnant on the earth.

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rate difficulty: Now the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his sons dead in Mount Gilboa.

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rate difficulty: Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on his head and gave him a kiss and said, Is not the Lord with the holy oil making you ruler over Israel, his people? and you will have authority over the people of the Lord, and you will make them safe from the hands of their attackers round about them, and this will be the sign for you:

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


simplify: Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face.

Now then, let your eyes be turned to me, for truly I will not say what is false to your face.


simplify: For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

For, as scripture says — ‘The Gentiles insult God's name because of you’!


rate difficulty: And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing,

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


simplify: We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.

“We ourselves heard him say ‘I will destroy this Temple made with hands, and in three days build another made without hands.’”


simplify: And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.

And the inmost room was twenty cubits square and twenty cubits high, plated over with clear gold, and he made an altar of cedar-wood, plating it with gold.


rate difficulty: For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

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rate difficulty: And we said, If it shall be that in future they so say to us and to our generations, we will say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice, but as a witness between us and you.

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


rate difficulty: The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.

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


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

Then the Lord said to Gideon, There are still more people than is necessary; take them down to the water so that I may put them to the test for you there; then whoever I say is to go with you will go, and whoever I say is not to go will not go.


simplify: having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

Therefore go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the faith of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,


simplify: All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.

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