simplify: And bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

Now let Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, come near from among the children of Israel, so that they may be my priests, even Aaron, and Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, his sons.


rate difficulty: And the apostles, when they were returned, declared unto him what things they had done. And he took them, and withdrew apart to a city called Bethsaida.

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rate difficulty: and the father-in-law of Moses seeth all that he is doing to the people, and saith, `What <FI>is<Fi> this thing which thou art doing to the people? wherefore art thou sitting by thyself, and all the people standing by thee from morning till evening?'

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king (for he will not say thee nay), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

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


simplify: Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.

and, after hoisting it on board, the men frapped the ship. But, afraid of being driven on to the Syrtis Sands, they lowered the yard, and then drifted.


simplify: and I, doubting in regard to the question concerning this, said, If he would wish to go on to Jerusalem, and there to be judged concerning these things--

And, as I was at a loss how to enquire into questions of this kind, I asked Paul if he were willing to go up to Jerusalem, and be put on trial there.


simplify: And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;

And if any one of the common people does wrong in error, doing any of the things which the Lord has given orders are not to be done, causing sin to come on him;


Do not put anyone to death without cause.


simplify: If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

If you do well, will you not have honour? and if you do wrong, sin is waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but do not let it be your master.


simplify: And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

And a sword will come on Egypt, and cruel pain will be in Ethiopia, when they are falling by the sword in Egypt; and they will take away her wealth and her bases will be broken down.


rate difficulty: Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

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


rate difficulty: Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.

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


simplify: Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, remembering the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

But still she went on the more with her loose behaviour, keeping in mind the early days when she had been a loose woman in the land of Egypt.


simplify: and he was saying to them in his teaching, `Beware of the scribes, who will in long robes to walk, and love salutations in the market-places,

In the course of his teaching, Jesus said: “See that you are on your guard against the teachers of the law, who delight to walk about in long robes, and to be greeted in the streets with respect,


simplify: He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the Lord wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

He was with David and went on fighting the Philistines till his hand became tired and stiff from gripping his sword: and that day the Lord gave a great salvation, and the people came back after him only to take the goods of the Philistines.


rate difficulty: They therefore that were scattered abroad upon the tribulation that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none save only to Jews.

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rate difficulty: and he came down to Ephesus, and did leave them there, and he himself having entered into the synagogue did reason with the Jews:

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simplify: But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:


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

Then the woman, in fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and threw herself down before him, and told him the whole truth.


simplify: And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.


simplify: He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.

He who makes use of tongues may do good to himself; but he who gives the prophet's word does good to the church.


simplify: Honor widows that are widows indeed.

Give honour to widows who are truly widows.


rate difficulty: and Laban calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob hath called it Galeed.

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


rate difficulty: Now, my son, may the Lord be with you; and may you do well, and put up the house of the Lord your God, as he has said of you.


rate difficulty: to announce the glad tidings to that [which is] beyond you, not to be boasting in another's rule of things made ready to hand.


simplify: He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

“But you,” he said, “who do you say that I am?”


rate difficulty: Have no fear because of them: for I am with you, to keep you safe, says the Lord.


simplify: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

By whom he went to the spirits in prison, preaching to those


simplify: Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?


rate difficulty: 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.


simplify: when he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and fourscore days.

And for a long time, even a hundred and eighty days, he let them see all the wealth and the glory of his kingdom and the great power and honour which were his.


rate difficulty: And any man of Israel, or any other living among them, who gets with his bow any beast or bird used for food, is to see that its blood is covered with earth.

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rate difficulty: Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.

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


rate difficulty: And David said to all the assembly, Now bless Jehovah your God. And all the assembly blessed Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped Jehovah, and the king.

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


rate difficulty: and Jehovah is going before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them in the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give light to them, to go by day and by night;

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


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

To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its outskirts, Tabor with its outskirts;


simplify: Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.

You have sent me out this day from the face of the earth and from before your face; I will be a wanderer in flight over the earth, and whoever sees me will put me to death.


simplify: And he arose and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship;

And he went and there was a man of Ethiopia, a servant of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and controller of all her property, who had come up to Jerusalem for worship;


simplify: For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

For a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the town of Sihon: for the destruction of Ar in Moab, and the lords of the high places of the Arnon.


simplify: And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah:

And when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the goods to the responsible men of Judah, and to his friends, saying, Here is an offering for you from the goods of those who were fighting against the Lord;


rate difficulty: Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

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


rate difficulty: So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.

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


simplify: And Moses said unto Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;

And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;


rate difficulty: To a virgin who was to be married to a man named Joseph, of the family of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.


rate difficulty: `Thou dost not do so to Jehovah thy God; for every abomination of Jehovah which He is hating they have done to their gods, for even their sons and their daughters they burn with fire to their gods.

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


simplify: The name of the first is Pison: 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.


simplify: Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:

Now Joab was over all the army; and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was at the head of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;


simplify: And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the dark, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, because he shall not see the land with his eyes.

And the ruler who is among them will take his goods on his back in the dark and go out: he will make a hole in the wall through which to go out: he will have his face covered so that he may not be seen.


rate difficulty: And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand,


rate difficulty: So let this order be kept, at the right time, from year to year.


rate difficulty: and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-Paran, which <FI>is<Fi> by the wilderness;

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


rate difficulty: And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

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


simplify: And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.

But when he was at the Benjamin door, a captain of the watch named Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, who was stationed there, put his hand on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are going to give yourself up to the Chaldaeans.


simplify: Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.

Now Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a loose woman and went in to her.


rate difficulty: And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.


rate difficulty: Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

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


rate difficulty: Brethren, as a man I say <FI>it<Fi> , even of man a confirmed covenant no one doth make void or doth add to,


rate difficulty: And his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.

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


simplify: For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.


simplify: And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

So that, looking on these ornaments, you may keep in mind the orders of the Lord and do them; and not be guided by the desires of your hearts and eyes, through which you have been untrue to me:


simplify: And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

And the people came to Beth-el, waiting there till evening before God, and gave themselves up to bitter weeping.


rate difficulty: Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena and Ivvah? have they kept Samaria out of my hands?


rate difficulty: These <FI>are<Fi> chiefs of the sons of Esau: sons of Eliphaz, first-born of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,

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


simplify: And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.

Then you will be crying out because of your king whom you have taken for yourselves; but the Lord will not give you an answer in that day.


rate difficulty: and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were heads of fathers’ houses by their fathers’ houses.


simplify: Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.

Where we came across some of the brothers, who kept us with them for seven days; and so we came to Rome.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place (for all the priests that were present had sanctified themselves, and did not keep their courses;

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


simplify: for he who <FI>is<Fi> in the Lord--having been called a servant--is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:

For the person who was a slave when they were called to the master’s service is the Master’s freedman; so, too, the person who was free when called is Christ’s slave.


simplify: For I verily, being absent in body but present in spirit, have already as though I were present judged him that hath so wrought this thing,

For I myself, being present in spirit though not in body, have come to a decision about him who has done this thing;


simplify: And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

And Ananias went out and came to the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, whom you saw when you were on your journey, has sent me, so that you may be able to see, and be full of the Holy Spirit.


rate difficulty: And the forces of the Chaldeans pursue after them, and overtake Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and they take him, and bring him up unto Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he speaketh with him--judgments.

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rate difficulty: And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give glory and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel; give me word now of what you have done, and keep nothing back from me.

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


rate difficulty: And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.

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


simplify: And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.

And you will become a wonder and a name of shame among all the nations where the Lord will take you.


simplify: But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.

But, if it is by the help of the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God must already be upon you.


simplify: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

For you are clearly a letter of Christ, the fruit of our work, recorded not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in stone, but in hearts of flesh.


rate difficulty: For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.


rate difficulty: And having called one of the servants, he inquired what these things might be.


simplify: and to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account,

But, for your sakes, it may be more needful that I should still remain here in the body.


simplify: Cut off thy hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

Let your hair be cut off, O Jerusalem, and let it go, and let a song of grief go up on the open hilltops; for the Lord is turned away from the generation of his wrath and has given them up.


rate difficulty: `And now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain;

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rate difficulty: And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.


simplify: Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and sent for from its farthest parts, saying to you, You are my servant, whom I have taken for myself, and whom I have not given up:


simplify: If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.


rate difficulty: Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,

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simplify: And Samuel said, Though thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? And Jehovah anointed thee king over Israel;

And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord with the holy oil made you king over Israel,


rate difficulty: And Absalom, whom we made a ruler over us, is dead in the fight. So now why do you say nothing about getting the king back? And word of what all Israel was saying came to the king.

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


simplify: Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

Be on the watch, and make strong the rest of the things which are near to death; because as judged by me your works have not come up to God's measure.


rate difficulty: do not boast against the branches; and if thou dost boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee!

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


simplify: And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things?

“Do you suppose,”replied Jesus, “that, because these Galileans have suffered in this way, they were worse sinners than any other Galileans?


simplify: Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.

See, the Lord, the Lord of armies, is cutting off his branches with a great noise, and his strong ones are falling and his high ones are coming down.


rate difficulty: Because of paining the heart of the righteous with falsehood, And I have not pained it, And strengthening the hands of the wicked, So as not to turn back from his evil way, To keep him alive,

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


simplify: But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

But Saul and the people did not put Agag to death, and they kept the best of the sheep and the oxen and the fat beasts and the lambs, and whatever was good, not desiring to put them to the curse: but everything which was bad and of no use they put to the curse.


rate difficulty: Lo, that which I have seen: <FI>It is<Fi> good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it <FI> is<Fi> his portion.


rate difficulty: and having come, a poor widow did put in two mites, which are a farthing.

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


simplify: And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for that the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.

And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.


simplify: they clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;

They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Lord, our Lord, and his decisions and his rules;


simplify: Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),

Paul, an Apostle (not from men, and not through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who made him come back from the dead),


rate difficulty: In order to establish the oath that I have sworn to your fathers, To give to them a land flowing with milk and honey, as this day. And I answer and say, `Amen, O Jehovah.'


rate difficulty: And Joshua saith unto all the people, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Beyond the River have your fathers dwelt of old--Terah father of Abraham and father of Nachor--and they serve other gods;

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rate difficulty: and that we should bring the first-fruits of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, the new wine and the oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

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


rate difficulty: None shall be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee; I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.

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


simplify: And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.

Then the watchman saw another man running: and crying out in the direction of the door he said, Here is another man running by himself. And the king said, He, like the other, comes with news.


simplify: and he answering said unto them, `My mother and my brethren! they are those who the word of God are hearing, and doing.'

His reply, spoken to them all, was: “My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God’s teaching and do what it says.”


rate difficulty: And [men] shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; and Jerusalem shall dwell safely.

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


rate difficulty: He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

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


rate difficulty: Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:

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


simplify: And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:

Then let the owner of the house come and say to the priest, It seems to me that there is a sort of leper's disease in the house.


simplify: Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.

Then the hand of the Lord will put on your cattle in the field, on the horses and the asses and the camels, on the herds and the flocks, a very evil disease.


rate difficulty: And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

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


simplify: And Barnabas counselled to take with <FI>them<Fi> John called Mark,

Barnabas wished to take with them John, whose other name was Mark;


simplify: And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.


simplify: And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles unto them, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

And he seemed to them to be right: and they sent for the Apostles, and, after having them whipped and giving them orders to give no teaching in the name of Jesus, they let them go.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.


simplify: But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.


rate difficulty: to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear


rate difficulty: And Ittai answered the king and said, [As] Jehovah liveth, and [as] my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.

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rate difficulty: And in their mouth was found no lie: they are without blemish.

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


simplify: And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

People came from every nation to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had word of his wisdom.


simplify: And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.

And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off.


rate difficulty: And when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

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


simplify: And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

And on the sixth day they took up twice as much of the bread, two omers for every person: and all the rulers of the people gave Moses word of it.


rate difficulty: And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

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


simplify: There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.

There the fire will make you waste; you will be cut off by the sword: make yourself as great in number as the worms, as great in number as the locusts.


rate difficulty: And ye are witnesses of these things.

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


rate difficulty: For this wins God’s approval when, because conscious of God’s presence, a person who is suffering unjustly bears their troubles patiently.

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


rate difficulty: And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, And shall destroy the remnant from the city.

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


simplify: Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered.


simplify: Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.

the quality of each man’s work will become known, for the day will make it plain; because that day is to be ushered in with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of every man’s work.


simplify: And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.

And the last will be first, and the first will be last.


rate difficulty: They are wounded with our arrows; destruction has come on Heshbon, even to Dibon; and we have made the land waste as far as Nophah, stretching out to Medeba.


rate difficulty: And Asa taketh all the silver and the gold that are left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king, and giveth them into the hand of his servants, and king Asa sendeth them unto Ben-Hadad, son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezion king of Aram, who is dwelling in Damascus, saying,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.

grieving most of all over what he had said — that they would never see his face again. Then they escorted him to the ship.


simplify: Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the Lord do that which is good in his sight.

Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God; and may the Lord do what seems good to him.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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


simplify: A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

A sword is on the men of pride, and they will become foolish: a sword is on her men of war, and they will be broken.


simplify: But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.

but, when the people had been sent out, Jesus went in, and took the little girl’s hand, and she rose.


simplify: Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.


rate difficulty: and the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.

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


rate difficulty: Unto the border sent thee have all thine allies, Forgotten thee, prevailed over thee, have thy friends, Thy bread they make a snare under thee, There is no understanding in him!

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


simplify: But fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

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


rate difficulty: which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:

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


simplify: And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.

But his master said to him, We will not go out of our way into a strange town, whose people are not of the children of Israel; but we will go on to Gibeah.


rate difficulty: A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

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


rate difficulty: Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired another portion, and the tower of the furnaces.

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


rate difficulty: Put on one side a tenth of all the increase of your seed, produced year by year.


simplify: And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,

And these are those who did this work, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman, who made melody, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,


simplify: Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.


rate difficulty: Then was fulfilled that spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, `And I took the thirty silverlings, the price of him who hath been priced, whom they of the sons of Israel did price,

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.

For all the tables are covered with coughed-up food, so that there is not a clean place.


simplify: Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.


rate difficulty: And the noble counselled noble things, And he for noble things riseth up.

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


rate difficulty: I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.


simplify: and having laid on them <FI>his<Fi> hands, he departed thence.

So he placed his hands on them, and then went on his way.


simplify: And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

And they will go out to see the dead bodies of the men who have done evil against me: for their worm will ever be living, and their fire will never be put out, and they will be a thing of fear to all flesh.


simplify: And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.

Then Ahijah, hearing the sound of her footsteps coming in at the door, said, Come in, O wife of Jeroboam; why do you make yourself seem like another? for I am sent to you with bitter news.


simplify: And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat Jehovah that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to-morrow: only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Jehovah.

And Moses said, When I go out from you I will make prayer to the Lord that the cloud of flies may go away from Pharaoh and from his people and from his servants tomorrow: only let Pharaoh no longer by deceit keep back the people from making their offering to the Lord.


rate difficulty: for Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

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


simplify: Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator.

For this reason let those who by the purpose of God undergo punishment, keep on in well-doing and put their souls into the safe hands of their Maker.


simplify: But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?


rate difficulty: the princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, that passed between the parts of the calf;

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


rate difficulty: And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.

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


simplify: And straightway Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, saith unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

And Jesus, having knowledge in his spirit of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?


simplify: These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

They will fight with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings; so, too, will those with him who have received the call and are chosen and faithful.


simplify: And his disciples having come to the other side, forgot to take loaves,

Now the disciples had crossed to the opposite shore, and had forgotten to take any bread.


simplify: Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,

But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,


simplify: Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

Everyone, therefore, who listens to this teaching of mine and acts on it may be compared to a prudent person, who built their house on the rock.


rate difficulty: and in like manner also on James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; henceforth thou shalt be catching men.

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


simplify: and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, `Abba, Father!'

And it is because you are sons that God sent into our hearts the Spirit of his Son, with the cry — ‘Abba, our Father.’


simplify: And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah.

And the sin of these young men was very great before the Lord; for they gave no honour to the Lord's offerings.


simplify: So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

So that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;


simplify: And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the evil woman is seated, are peoples, and armies, and nations and languages.


simplify: This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Let this book of the law be ever on your lips and in your thoughts day and night, so that you may keep with care everything in it; then a blessing will be on all your way, and you will do well.


simplify: The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.


simplify: And Jesus, having looked upon them, saith, `With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.'

Jesus looked at them, and answered: “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for everything is possible with God.”


simplify: But Peter began, and expounded the matter unto them in order, saying,

But Peter gave them an account of it all in order, saying to them,


simplify: two women shall be grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left.

Two women will be crushing grain; one is taken, and one let go.


rate difficulty: And they take that which Moses hath commanded unto the front of the tent of meeting, and all the company draw near and stand before Jehovah;

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


simplify: O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

O Lord, you have seen my wrong; be judge in my cause.


simplify: and they having kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and having sat down together, Peter was sitting in the midst of them,

But, when they had lit a fire in the centre of the courtyard and had all sat down there, Peter seated himself in the middle of them.


rate difficulty: A religious man and one who reverenced God, with all his household. He was liberal in his charities to the people, and prayed to God constantly.

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


simplify: For what great nation is there, that hath a god so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is whensoever we call upon him?

For what great nation has a god so near to them as the Lord our God is, whenever we are turned to him in prayer?


rate difficulty: And he despised the oath--to break covenant, And lo, he hath given his hand, And all these he hath done, he escapeth not.

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


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

But Peter made answer and said to him, Though all may be turned away from you, I will never be turned away.


simplify: And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth–el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.

And Abijah went after Jeroboam and took some of his towns, Beth-el with its small towns and Jeshanah with its small towns and Ephron with its small towns.


simplify: And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.

And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never had such spices been seen as the queen of Sheba gave to Solomon.


rate difficulty: In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.

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


rate difficulty: And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.

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


rate difficulty: And Abraham was old, [and] advanced in age; and Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things.


simplify: And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? Because he curseth, and because Jehovah hath said unto him, Curse David; who then shall say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so?


simplify: And so did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

And so he did for all his strange wives, who made offerings with burning of perfumes to their gods.


simplify: And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

The people, one and all, listened attentively to what Philip told them, when they heard of, and saw, the miracles which he was working.


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, Seest thou, son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here, that they yet fill the land with violence, and keep provoking me afresh to anger? And behold, they put the branch to their nose.

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


simplify: And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.

Now for three years there was no war between Aram and Israel.


rate difficulty: (For Joab and all Israel were there six months till every male in Edom had been cut off;)

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


rate difficulty: How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!


rate difficulty: and she saith unto her husband, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that a holy man of God he is, passing over by us continually;


rate difficulty: `And this <FI>is<Fi> a law of the guilt-offering: it <FI>is<Fi> most holy;


simplify: and entered into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elisabeth.

And went into the house of Zacharias and took Elisabeth in her arms.


rate difficulty: But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even as one of the prophets.


simplify: And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

And the spirit of Egypt will be troubled in her, and I will make her decisions without effect: and they will be turning to the false gods, and to those who make hollow sounds, and to those who have control of spirits, and to those who are wise in secret arts.


simplify: Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not be washed in them and become clean? So turning, he went away in wrath.


simplify: Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.

You were tired with your long journeys; but you did not say, There is no hope: you got new strength, and so you were not feeble.


rate difficulty: And, as the harbor was not a suitable one to winter in, the majority were in favor of continuing the voyage, in hope of being able to reach Phoenix, and winter there. Phoenix was a Cretan harbor, open to the north-east and south-east.

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


rate difficulty: At that moment, for the second time, a cock crowed; and Peter remembered the words that Jesus had said to him — ‘Before a cock has crowed twice, you will disown me three times’;and, as he thought of it, he began to weep.

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


rate difficulty: No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

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


rate difficulty: In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

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


rate difficulty: In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.


simplify: But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

But the word of the Lord came to me saying, You have taken lives without number and made great wars; I will not let you be the builder of a house for my name, because of the lives you have taken on the earth before my eyes.


simplify: He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.


simplify: When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?

When the face of the earth has been levelled, does he not put in the different sorts of seed, and the grain in lines, and the barley in its place, and the spelt at the edge?


simplify: And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth–lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.

And the three men, forcing their way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David: but he would not take it, but, draining it out, made an offering of it to the Lord.


simplify: And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said, These are they whom Jehovah hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.

And the man who was between the mountains, answering me, said, These are those whom the Lord has sent to go up and down through the earth.


rate difficulty: And among the sons of the priests who were married to strange women were these: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak and his brothers, Maaseiah and Eliezer and Jarib and Gedaliah.

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


rate difficulty: Revealed is thy nakedness, yea, seen is thy reproach, Vengeance I take, and I meet not a man.

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


simplify: So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house.

And the spirit, lifting me up, took me into the inner square; and I saw that the house was full of the glory of the Lord.


rate difficulty: because also Christ once for sin did suffer--righteous for unrighteous--that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,

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


rate difficulty: And Mordecai gave him an account of what had taken place, and of the amount of money which Haman had said he would put into the king's store for the destruction of the Jews.

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


rate difficulty: And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,

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


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord.

Say to the children of Israel, If any one of you or of your families is unclean because of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, still he is to keep the Passover to the Lord:


rate difficulty: He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.

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


rate difficulty: for to Moses He saith, `I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion;'

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


simplify: And these are the words that Jehovah spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

And these are the words which the Lord said about Israel and about Judah.


rate difficulty: Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

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


rate difficulty: Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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


rate difficulty: for I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and reapest what thou didst not sow.

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


simplify: And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.

And the sons of Becher: Zemirah and Joash and Eliezer and Elioenai and Omri and Jerimoth and Abijah and Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.


rate difficulty: And in addition, Ira the Jairite was a priest to David.

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


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have compassion on his dwelling-places; and the city shall be builded upon its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited after its own manner.

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


rate difficulty: and the name of the third river <FI>is<Fi> Hiddekel, it <FI>is<Fi> that which is going east of Asshur; and the fourth river is Phrat.


rate difficulty: And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? Present it now unto thy governor: will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: The singers: sons of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight.


rate difficulty: But as to the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites shall have a perpetual right of redemption.

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


rate difficulty: Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.

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


simplify: Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

who will not receive many times as much in the present, and in the age that is coming eternal life.”


rate difficulty: And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.


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

And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and overcame it.


simplify: For all of my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?

For all my father's family were only dead men before my lord the king: and still you put your servant among those whose place is at the king's table. What right then have I to say anything more to the king?


rate difficulty: Yes, and many will come in from East and West and take their places beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven;

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simplify: And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.


simplify: And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest?

And those who were near said, Do you say such words against God's high priest?


simplify: and the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah.

And the priest will take the lamb of the offering for wrongdoing and the oil, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord;


simplify: Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

Destruction will come on destruction, and one story after another; and the vision of the prophet will be shamed, and knowledge of the law will come to an end among the priests, and wisdom among the old.


rate difficulty: And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.


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

And when it had been broken with an act of praise, he said, This is my body which is for you: do this in memory of me.


simplify: and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Jehovah:

Shaking out drops of oil with his right finger before the Lord seven times:


simplify: For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing.

The waters of Nimrim will become dry: for the grass is burned up, the young grass is coming to an end, every green thing is dead.


rate difficulty: The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

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


rate difficulty: but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

For this cause do not let sin be ruling in your body which is under the power of death, so that you give way to its desires;


simplify: Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.


rate difficulty: My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all.

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


simplify: And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples apart, and on the way he said unto them,

And when Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples on one side, and said to them,


simplify: And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.

Then Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me; and all the people came near. And he put up again the altar of the Lord which had been broken down.


rate difficulty: Where then are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now; and let them know what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt.

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


simplify: Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

You, who are full of loud voices, a town of outcries, given up to joy; your dead men have not been put to the sword, or come to their death in war.


rate difficulty: And they journeyed from mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah.

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


rate difficulty: And this house hath gone out till the third day of the month Adar, that is <FI>in<Fi> the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

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


rate difficulty: For her wounds may not be made well: for it has come even to Judah, stretching up to the doorway of my people, even to Jerusalem.


simplify: Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.

Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel, the son of Gemalli.


rate difficulty: Thou didst make known to me ways of life, Thou shalt fill me with joy with Thy countenance.

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


simplify: And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

And when David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal, in David's name, and said nothing more.


simplify: But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.


rate difficulty: He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.


simplify: how shall the ministration of the Spirit not be more in glory?

will not the religion that confers the Spirit have still greater glory?


rate difficulty: no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, shall come nigh to offer the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.

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


simplify: Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:

Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;


simplify: whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses’ hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind:

Their arrows are sharp, and every bow is bent: the feet of their horses are like rock, and their wheels are like a rushing storm.


simplify: And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

And the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of those who violently took their property, and into the hands of their haters all round them, so that they were forced to give way before them.


simplify: That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am Jehovah.

That which comes to a natural death, or is attacked by beasts, he may not take as food, for it will make him unclean: I am the Lord.


simplify: For thou, O my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him a house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray before thee.

For you, O my God, have let your servant see that you will make him head of a line of kings; and so it has come into your servant's heart to make his prayer to you.


rate difficulty: And lifting up my eyes, I saw a man with a measuring-line in his hand.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses cometh down from the mount unto the people, and sanctifieth the people, and they wash their garments;

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


rate difficulty: And your name will become a curse to my people, and the Lord God will put you to death, and give his servants another name:

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


simplify: and the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, My wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful.


rate difficulty: And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ye shall surely drink.

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

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


simplify: And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.

Any part of the dead body of one of these, falling on anything, will make it unclean; if it is an oven or a cooking-pot it will have to be broken: they are unclean and will be unclean to you.


rate difficulty: Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

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


simplify: And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not.

And they said to him, Joseph is living, and is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And at this word Jacob was quite overcome, for he had no faith in it.


simplify: Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s.

Go up against her vines and make waste; let the destruction be complete: take away her branches, for they are not the Lord's.


rate difficulty: And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.

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


rate difficulty: Everything that toucheth the flesh thereof shall be holy; and if there be splashed of the blood thereof on a garment — that whereon it is sprinkled shalt thou wash in a holy place.

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


simplify: The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. This is the first resurrection.

The rest of the dead did not come to life again till the thousand years were ended. This is the first coming back from the dead.


rate difficulty: And stretching out his hand to the fire which was between the winged ones, he took some of it and went out.

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


simplify: And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.


rate difficulty: All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.


rate difficulty: And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put forth his hand to the ark; and there he died before God.


simplify: And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

Then, stretching out his hands towards his disciples, he said: “Here are my mother and my brothers!


simplify: Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?


rate difficulty: Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.

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


simplify: And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that despoiled them.

And he did great things, and overcame the Amalekites, and made Israel safe from the hands of their attackers.


simplify: this is a first and great command;


simplify: For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

For our salvation is by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for who is hoping for what he sees?


rate difficulty: Verily, at the commandment of Jehovah it came to pass against Judah, that they should be removed out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done;

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


rate difficulty: And the Master turned and looked at Peter; and Peter remembered the words that the Master had said to him — “Before a cock has crowed today, you will disown me three times”;

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


simplify: And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.

It was as thick as a man's open hand, and was curved like the edge of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it would take two thousand baths.


simplify: And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God.

And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval.


rate difficulty: and the king of Israel goeth unto his house, sulky and wroth, and cometh in to Samaria.

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


rate difficulty: and he has put in his heart to teach, he and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan:


simplify: Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

and may pay no attention to Jewish legends, or to the directions of those who turn their backs on the truth.


rate difficulty: And the man in whom the wicked spirit was leaped upon them, and having mastered both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

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


rate difficulty: and hast brought in thither your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your free-will offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock;

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


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

To this very hour we go hungry, thirsty, and naked; we are beaten; we are homeless;


simplify: Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

Make us come back to you, O Lord, and let us be turned; make our days new again as in the past.


rate difficulty: Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

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


rate difficulty: How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

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


simplify: that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;

That I may have knowledge of him, and of the power of his coming back from the dead, and a part with him in his pains, becoming like him in his death;


rate difficulty: In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

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


rate difficulty: but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living;

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


rate difficulty: I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men:


simplify: And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

And the God of Israel put an impulse into the heart of Pul, king of Assyria, and of Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, who took them away as prisoners, all the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to Halah and Habor and Hara and to the river of Gozan, to this day.


simplify: The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.


rate difficulty: In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, hath this word been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

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


simplify: And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.

Now David was seated between the two town doors; and the watchman went up to the roof of the doorways, on the wall, and, lifting up his eyes, saw a man running by himself.


rate difficulty: And Saul hearkeneth to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul sweareth, `Jehovah liveth--he doth not die.'

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


rate difficulty: Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;


simplify: And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.


simplify: I say to thee, Rise, and take up thy couch, and go away to thy house;'

“To you I say, Get up, take up your mat, and return to your home.”


simplify: The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.

The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.


rate difficulty: Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

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


rate difficulty: And take these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are and come back with a sign to say how they are.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.

If I, friends, am still proclaiming circumcision, why am I still persecuted? It seems that the cross has ceased to be an obstacle!


simplify: Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation.

This is a true saying, in which all may put their faith.


rate difficulty: Then shall the land enjoy its sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye are in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy its sabbaths.

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


simplify: And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.

Then Amaziah took heart, and went out at the head of his people and came to the Valley of Salt, where he put to death ten thousand of the children of Seir;


simplify: Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

For God’s ‘folly’ is wiser than people, and God’s ‘weakness’ is stronger than people.


rate difficulty: And to do good, having wealth in good works, being quick to give, taking part with one another;

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


simplify: And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, `Who is this that doth speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins, except God only?'

The teachers of the law and the Pharisees began debating about this. “Who is this man who speaks so blasphemously?” they asked. “Who can forgive sins except God?”


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity: Jehovah bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, O mountain of holiness.

So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Again will these words be used in the land of Judah and in its towns, when I have let their fate be changed: May the blessing of the Lord be on you, O resting-place of righteousness, O holy mountain.


rate difficulty: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

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


rate difficulty: And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.

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


simplify: Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?

And at this, the mind of the king of Aram was greatly troubled, and he sent for his servants and said to them, Will you not make clear to me which of us is helping the king of Israel?


rate difficulty: `And with thee in abundance <FI>are<Fi> workmen, hewers and artificers of stone and of wood, and every skilful man for every work.

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


simplify: And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.


simplify: So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?

So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring? Then the thought came into Haman's mind, Whom, more than myself, would the king have pleasure in honouring?


simplify: Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

And so the two daughters of Lot were with child by their father.


rate difficulty: And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time.


simplify: Cry aloud with thy voice, O daughter of Gallim! hearken, O Laishah! O thou poor Anathoth!

Give a loud cry, daughter of Gallim; let Laishah give ear; let Anathoth give answer to her.


simplify: And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;

And the priest is to come again on the seventh day and have a look and see if the marks on the walls of the house are increased in size;


rate difficulty: For the blood is the life of all flesh: and so I have said to the children of Israel, You may not take any sort of blood as food, and any man who does so will be cut of.

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


simplify: Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

For all the things referred to in them cease to exist when used. You are following mere human directions and instructions.


simplify: And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.


rate difficulty: And as Samuel turned to go away, [Saul] laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.


simplify: After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.

After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.


rate difficulty: and honey, and cream, and sheep, and cheese of kine to David, and to the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.


rate difficulty: And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he uncovered himself in his tent.


simplify: In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

on the day when God passes judgment on people’s inmost lives, as the good news that I tell declares that he will do through Christ Jesus.


rate difficulty: And he said, Go into the city unto such a one, and say to him, The Teacher says, My time is near, I will keep the passover in thy house with my disciples.

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


simplify: For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

These people are not drunk, as you suppose; for it is only now nine in the morning! No!


rate difficulty: And Reuben answereth them, saying, `Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.'

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


rate difficulty: Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him,

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.

And they said, Up! and let us go against Laish; for we have seen the land, and it is very good: why are you doing nothing? Do not be slow to go in and take the land for your heritage.


simplify: Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,

At that time Deborah and Barak, the son of Abinoam, made this song, saying:


simplify: Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.

As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.


simplify: He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

“Moses, owing to the hardness of your hearts,” answered Jesus, “permitted you to divorce your wives, but that was not so at the beginning.


rate difficulty: And Moses saith unto Korah, `Hear ye, I pray you, sons of Levi;

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


rate difficulty: — Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

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


rate difficulty: because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,

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


simplify: the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.'

You know the commandments — ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not say what is false about others, Honor your father and your mother.’”


simplify: The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.


rate difficulty: And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

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


rate difficulty: And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure; and we are in great distress.

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


simplify: And when he had landed at Cæsarea, he went up and saluted the church, and went down to Antioch.

And when he had come to land at Caesarea, he went to see the church, and then went down to Antioch.


rate difficulty: Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.

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


simplify: and Peter said, `Man, I have not known what thou sayest;' and presently, while he is speaking, a cock crew.

But Peter said: “I do not know what you are speaking about.” Instantly, while he was still speaking, a cock crowed.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.

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


simplify: And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.

Even with this appeal they could hardly restrain the people from offering sacrifice to them.


simplify: And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Let him be stoned with stones till he is dead; because it was his purpose to make you false to the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.


simplify: For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all,


rate difficulty: For if any one see thee, who hast knowledge, sitting at table in an idol-house, shall not his conscience, he being weak, be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to the idol?

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


simplify: But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.

But I am hoping to see you in a short time, and to have talk with you face to face. May you have peace. Your friends here send you their love. Give my love to our friends by name.


simplify: But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

But I will make clear to you of whom you are to be in fear: of him who after death has power to send you to hell; yes, truly I say, Have fear of him.


simplify: On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

This they did on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same month they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.


rate difficulty: My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.


simplify: And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

And the fish in the Nile came to destruction, and a bad smell went up from the river, and the Egyptians were not able to make use of the water of the Nile for drinking; and there was blood through all the land of Egypt.


rate difficulty: `And in the first day <FI>is<Fi> a holy convocation, and in the seventh day ye have a holy convocation; any work is not done in them, only that which is eaten by any person--it alone is done by you,

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

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


simplify: He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.


rate difficulty: That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.

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


simplify: And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth–lehem–judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth–lehem–judah, but I am now going to the house of the Lord; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.

And he said to him, We are on our way from Beth-lehem-judah to the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim: I came from there and went to Beth-lehem-judah: now I am on my way back to my house, but no man will take me into his house.


rate difficulty: And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

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


simplify: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.


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

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


simplify: And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:

And when the days are ended for making her clean for a son or a daughter, let her take to the priest at the door of the Tent of meeting, a lamb of the first year for a burned offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin-offering:


simplify: Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

Your mother was in comparison like a vine, planted by the waters: she was fertile and full of branches because of the great waters.


simplify: `The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it.

“The sower went out to sow his seed; and, as he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path and was trodden on; and the wild birds ate it up.


simplify: And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

So Philip set out on a journey; and on his way he came on an official of high rank, in the service of Candace, Queen of the Abyssinians. He was her treasurer, and had been to Jerusalem to worship,


simplify: Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground,

Of clean beasts, and of beasts which are not clean, and of birds, and of everything which goes on the earth,