rate difficulty: For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

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


rate difficulty: And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.


simplify: Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

Then the servants and their children came near, and went down on their faces.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

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


rate difficulty: Who raised up from the east him whom righteousness calleth to its foot? He gave the nations before him, and caused him to have dominion over kings; he gave them as dust to his sword, as driven stubble to his bow.

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


simplify: How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?

How would it be possible for one to overcome a thousand, and two to send ten thousand in flight, if their rock had not let them go, if the Lord had not given them up?


simplify: Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Therefore watch; for you cannot be sure on what day your Master is coming.


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

One male of the goats for a sin-offering;


simplify: And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number that believed turned unto the Lord.

And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.


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

so that people would carry home to the sick handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body, and their diseases would leave them and the wicked spirits go out of them.


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

Jesus, however, said: “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for it is to the childlike that the kingdom of heaven belongs.”


rate difficulty: He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

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


simplify: Go thou near, and hear all that Jehovah our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that Jehovah our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

Do you go near: and after hearing everything which the Lord our God has to say, give us an account of all he has said to you, and we will give ear, and do it.


rate difficulty: Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.

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


rate difficulty: And there he saw a water-hole in a field, and by the side of it three flocks of sheep, for there they got water for the sheep: and on the mouth of the water-hole there was a great stone.

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


rate difficulty: And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate; and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; and thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.

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


rate difficulty: he, therefore, who is despising--doth not despise man, but God, who also did give His Holy Spirit to us.

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


simplify: And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking.


simplify: And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of Jehovah, and also such as wrought iron and brass to repair the house of Jehovah.

Then the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who were responsible for getting the work done on the Lord's house, and with it they got wall-builders and woodworkers and metal-workers to put the house of the Lord in good order again.


simplify: And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying,

And Abraham came from his dead and said to the children of Heth,


rate difficulty: But they went out and gave news of him in all that land.


simplify: And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

And at these words about the ark of God, Eli, falling back off his seat by the side of the doorway into the town, came down on the earth so that his neck was broken and death overtook him, for he was an old man and of great weight. He had been judging Israel for forty years.


simplify: And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

And God saw what they did, how they were turned from their evil way; and God's purpose was changed as to the evil which he said he would do to them, and he did it not.


simplify: As a dog that returneth to his vomit, So isa fool that repeateth his folly.

Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.


simplify: The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people! the noise of a tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Jehovah of hosts is mustering the host for the battle.

The noise of great numbers in the mountains, like the noise of a strong people! The noise of the kingdoms of the nations meeting together! The Lord of armies is numbering his forces for war.


simplify: For Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.


simplify: If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.

If you still go on living in the land, then I will go on building you up and not pulling you down, planting you and not uprooting you: for my purpose of doing evil to you has been changed.


simplify: And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among 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.


simplify: But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.

Peter and his companions had been overpowered by sleep but, suddenly becoming wide awake, they saw Jesus glorified and the two men who were standing beside him.


rate difficulty: All the firstling males that are born of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto Jehovah thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy herd, nor shear the firstling of thy flock.

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


simplify: And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave-offering before Jehovah, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to Jehovah for the priest.

And these will be waved by the priest, with the bread of the first-fruits, for a wave offering to the Lord, with the two lambs: they will be holy to the Lord for the priest.


rate difficulty: Riders on white asses--Sitters on a long robe--And walkers by the way--meditate!

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


simplify: And when they had read it, they rejoiced for the consolation.

And after reading it, they were glad of its comfort.


rate difficulty: Verily I say unto you, What things soever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and what things soever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

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


simplify: Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, namely, of Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: these are the sons which they had after the great flow of waters


rate difficulty: And there ran a youth, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.

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


simplify: Timothy my fellow-worker saluteth you; and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.

Timothy, who is working with me, sends his love to you, so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my relations.


simplify: Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness; And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

You have been kind to me, and your grace has been with me, and your care has kept my spirit safe.


simplify: Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.

Covering yourself with a cloud, so that prayer may not get through.


simplify: And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.

And the Lord gave the people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians. For the man Moses was highly honoured in the land of Egypt, by Pharaoh's servants and the people.


rate difficulty: The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.


simplify: and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Jehovah for a wave-offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Jehovah.

And Aaron is to give the Levites to the Lord as a wave offering from the children of Israel, so that they may do the Lord's work.


simplify: When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

When the news comes to Egypt they will be bitterly pained at the fate of Tyre.


rate difficulty: And Absalom got up early, morning after morning, and took his place at the side of the public meeting-place: and when any man had a cause which had to come to the king to be judged, then Absalom, crying out to him, said, What is your town? and he would say, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.


rate difficulty: and the eyes of Leah <FI>are<Fi> tender, and Rachel hath been fair of form and fair of appearance.

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


simplify: who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.

Whose desire is that all men may have salvation and come to the knowledge of what is true.


rate difficulty: for Jehovah thyGod hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, that he may stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, he and his sons continually.

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


simplify: For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

For it was a great joy to me, when some followers of the Lord came and testified to your fidelity to the truth — I know that your own life is guided by the truth.


rate difficulty: And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

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


rate difficulty: He who is having ears to hear--let him hear.'

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

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


simplify: ye did not judge fully in yourselves, and did become ill-reasoning judges.

Is not that to make distinctions among yourselves, and show yourselves prejudiced judges?


simplify: And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

And he said this openly. And Peter took him, and was protesting.


Brothers, keep us in mind in your prayers.


rate difficulty: Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on thee; and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter unto all the winds.

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


rate difficulty: But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me; forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.

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


rate difficulty: And now evening having come, seeing it was the preparation, that is, the fore-sabbath,

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


simplify: And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.

The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them;


rate difficulty: And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: --

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


rate difficulty: And the sons of Israel do so as Joshua commanded, and take up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Jehovah hath spoken unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, and remove them over with them unto the lodging-place, and place them there,

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


simplify: And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

And the people will take them with them to their place: and the children of Israel will give them a heritage in the Lord's land as men-servants and women-servants, making them prisoners whose prisoners they were; and they will be rulers over their masters.


simplify: Then we told them after this manner, what the names of the men were that were making this building.

Then they said these words to them: What are the names of the men who are at work on this building?


rate difficulty: And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

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


simplify: He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto Jehovah.

So he went in, and shutting the door on the two of them, made prayer to the Lord.


simplify: And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

And take true witnesses to the writing, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah, the son of Jeberechiah.


simplify: And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

And Shimei said to the king, Very well! as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do. And for a long time Shimei went on living in Jerusalem.


simplify: For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.


simplify: The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by a statute for ever; as the Lord hath commanded.

Let them take the breast which is waved and the leg which is lifted up on high, with the fat of the burned offering, to be waved for a wave offering before the Lord; and this will be for you and for your sons with you, for a right for ever, as the Lord has given orders.


rate difficulty: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

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


simplify: And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.


simplify: Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!

If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble!


simplify: And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, and forbear threatening: knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.


simplify: And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.


simplify: For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

“If I can only touch his clothes,” she said, “I will get well!”


simplify: The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or of thy daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.

You may not have sex relations with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, for they are part of yourself;


simplify: And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.

And the Egyptians were forcing the people on, to get them out of the land quickly; for they said, We are all dead men.


simplify: then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the harlot in her father’s house: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

Then they are to make the girl come to the door of her father's house and she will be stoned to death by the men of the town, because she has done evil and put shame on Israel, by acting as a loose woman in her father's house: so you are to put away evil from among you.


rate difficulty: And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.

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


simplify: `When the strong man armed may keep his hall, in peace are his goods;

When a strong man is keeping guard, fully armed, over his own mansion, his property is in safety;


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

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


rate difficulty: Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?

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


simplify: Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.

By you I was clothed with skin and flesh, and joined together with bones and muscles.


simplify: Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your reasonings, Whilst ye searched out what to say.

I was waiting for your words, I was giving ear to your wise sayings; while you were searching out what to say,


simplify: This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

This witness is true. So say sharp words to them so that they may come to the right faith,


simplify: And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for healing.

And by the edge of the river, on this side and on that, will come up every tree used for food, whose leaves will ever be green and its fruit will not come to an end: it will have new fruit every month, because its waters come out from the holy place: the fruit will be for food and the leaf will make well those who are ill.


simplify: And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.

And they gave the name of Jupiter to Barnabas, and to Paul that of Mercury, because he was the chief talker.


rate difficulty: And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.

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


simplify: Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

Now in the third year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, became king of Judah.


simplify: For I am Jehovah that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

For I am the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so be you holy, for I am holy.


rate difficulty: And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he underwent circumcision.

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


simplify: And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

So that Moses was not able to go into the Tent of meeting, because the cloud was resting on it, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord.


rate difficulty: He hath made the world as a wilderness, And his cities he hath broken down, Of his bound ones he opened not the house.

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


simplify: And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?

And David said, Is there still anyone of Saul's family living, so that I may be a friend to him, because of Jonathan?


simplify: Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

Then I said to you, Have no fear of them.


simplify: Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gatherthe grainof thy threshing-floor?

Will you be looking for him to come back, and get in your seed to the crushing-floor?


simplify: The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

The secret of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold vessels with burning lights. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven lights are the seven churches.


rate difficulty: But Herod when he heard [it] said, John whom I beheaded, he it is; he is risen [from among the dead].

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


rate difficulty: On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.

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


simplify: Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

No fire is to be lighted in any of your houses on the Sabbath day.


rate difficulty: concerning whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid informations, requiring judgment against him:

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


simplify: Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

The Lord in her is upright; he will not do evil; every morning he lets his righteousness be seen, he is unchanging; but the evil-doer has no sense of shame.


simplify: WithGodis wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.

With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.


rate difficulty: and hitherto they <FI>are<Fi> at the gate of the king eastward; they <FI>are<Fi> the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi.

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


rate difficulty: They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.

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


simplify: And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

And Moses gave Gilead to Machir, the son of Manasseh; and he made it his living-place.


rate difficulty: and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Nethanel the son of Zuar.


rate difficulty: and we sailed, after the days of the unleavened food, from Philippi, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.

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


rate difficulty: Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account;

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


rate difficulty: How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!

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


rate difficulty: And let him take it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and having taken in his hand some of the meal and of the oil, with all the perfume, let him give it to the priest to be burned on the altar, as a sign, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: (for when Gentiles that have not the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are the law unto themselves;

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


simplify: Remember, forget thou not, how thou provokedst Jehovah thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou wentest forth out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah.

Keep well in mind how you made the Lord your God angry in the waste land; from the day when you went out of Egypt till you came to this place, you have gone against the orders of the Lord.


simplify: Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

Be patient, then, friends, until the coming of the Lord. Even the farmer has to wait for the precious fruit of the earth, watching over it patiently, until it has had the spring and summer rains.


simplify: Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?

Listen, my dear friends. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the things of this world to be rich through their faith, and to possess the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?


simplify: But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

But all the female children who have had no sex relations with men, you may keep for yourselves.


simplify: Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

You have made us like waste and that for which there is no use, among the peoples.


rate difficulty: And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months: and Jehovah blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.


rate difficulty: Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him.

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


simplify: And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.

Then Samuel said to Saul, I am the seer; go up before me to the high place and take food with me today: and in the morning I will let you go, after opening to you all the secrets of your heart.


simplify: therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.

Therefore, I say, as the opportunity occurs, let us treat everyone with kindness, and especially members of the Household of the faith.


simplify: And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

And Rehoboam went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth with his fathers in the town of David; his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonite woman. And Abijam his son became king in his place.


rate difficulty: And Barnabas proposed to take with [them] John also, called Mark;

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


rate difficulty: And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

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simplify: And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the Lord; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.

And all the valley of the dead bodies, and all the field of death as far as the stream Kidron, up to the angle of the horses' doorway to the east, will be holy to the Lord; it will not again be uprooted or overturned for ever.


simplify: And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.

And he took the blind man by the hand, and went with him out of the town; and when he had put water from his mouth on his eyes, and put his hands on him, he said, Do you see anything?


simplify: And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.


simplify: And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the Lord: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the Lord, to repair the breaches of the house,

And let it be given to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, to give to the workmen who are making good what was damaged in the house of the Lord;


rate difficulty: Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith Jehovah. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.


rate difficulty: and Saul captured the kingdom over Israel, and he fighteth round about against all his enemies, against Moab, and against the Bene-Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines, and whithersoever he turneth he doth vex <FI>them<Fi> .

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rate difficulty: and they give to them Hebron in the land of Judah and its suburbs round about it;

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simplify: Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:

And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house;


simplify: In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

In that day men will put their images of silver and of gold, which they made for worship, in the keeping of the beasts of the dark places;


rate difficulty: Give us this day our daily bread.

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simplify: So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.

So David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.


simplify: Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

My resting-place is pulled up and taken away from me like a herdsman's tent: my life is rolled up like a linen-worker's thread; I am cut off from the cloth on the frame: from day even to night you give me up to pain.


simplify: Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a true token;

So now, will you give me your oath by the Lord, that, because I have been kind to you, you will be kind to my father's house,


simplify: But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.

And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from me.


simplify: And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.

Then the Lord came down in the cloud and had talk with him, and put on the seventy men some of the spirit which was on him: now when the spirit came to rest on them, they were like prophets, but only at that time.


rate difficulty: Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:

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simplify: And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, `Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.'

One day Jesus was at a certain place praying, and, when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him: “Master, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”


rate difficulty: To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah. I am sated with burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and in the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats I take no pleasure.

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rate difficulty: Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs--four cities.

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simplify: Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!


rate difficulty: Because thou obeyedst not the voice of Jehovah, and didst not execute his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath Jehovah done this thing unto thee this day.

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simplify: But we will continue stedfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the word.

Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.


simplify: And behold, one came to him and said, Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

And one came to him and said, Master, what good thing have I to do, so that I may have eternal life?


rate difficulty: And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought [them] near to him.

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rate difficulty: Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.

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simplify: Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had befallen them.

Then the two men came down from the hill-country and went over and came back to Joshua, the son of Nun; and they gave him a complete account of what had taken place.


simplify: so, then, each of us concerning himself shall give reckoning to God;

So, then, each one of us will have to render account of himself to God.


rate difficulty: And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in the portion of the field which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor father of Shechem, with a hundred kesitah; and they are to the sons of Joseph for an inheritance.

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simplify: Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

(This man had bought a piece of land with the price of his treachery; and, falling heavily, his body had burst open, and all his bowels protruded.


simplify: And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

and seeing the smoke from the burning city, cried — ‘What city can compare with the Great city?’


simplify: But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

But hearing these words the young man went away sorrowing: for he had much property.


rate difficulty: Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

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simplify: With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

With him is an arm of flesh; but we have the Lord our God, helping us and fighting for us. And the people put their faith in what Hezekiah, king of Judah, said.


rate difficulty: and we are His witnesses of these sayings, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God gave to those obeying him.'

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rate difficulty: And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

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simplify: about forty thousand ready armed for war passed over before Jehovah unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

About forty thousand armed for war went over before the Lord to the fight, to the lowlands of Jericho.


rate difficulty: Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

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simplify: I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.

So I will go after trouble for them, and will send on them what they are fearing: because no one made answer to my voice, or gave ear to my word; but they did what was evil in my eyes, going after that in which I took no pleasure.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:

These are the words of the Lord: See, I will send evil on this place and on its people, even everything which the king of Judah has been reading in the book;


simplify: And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.

“Stand out in the middle,”Jesus said to the man with the withered hand;


rate difficulty: and ye have kept all the command which I am commanding thee to-day, so that ye are strong, and have gone in, and possessed the land whither ye are passing over to possess it,

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simplify: And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

Then to each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to rest yet a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and of their friends in Christ's service who were about to be put to death, as they had been, should be complete.


rate difficulty: He went near her, and with a sharp word he gave orders to the disease and it went away from her; and straight away she got up and took care of their needs.


simplify: Some indeed, therefore, were calling out one thing, and some another, for the assembly was confused, and the greater part did not know for what they were come together;

Meanwhile some were shouting one thing and some another, for the Assembly was all in confusion, most of those present not even knowing why they had met.


rate difficulty: Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.


rate difficulty: Who does great things not to be searched out; yes, wonders without number.


rate difficulty: And thus shall ye eat it: with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is Jehovah’s passover.

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simplify: Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

Let your circumcision be of the heart, and put away your pride.


simplify: Now when Jesus heardit, he withdrew from thence in a boat, to a desert place apart: and when the multitudes heard thereof, they followed him on foot from the cities.

Now when it came to the ears of Jesus, he went away from there in a boat, to a waste place by himself: and the people hearing of it, went after him on foot from the towns.


simplify: And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they gave the Lord's word to Pharaoh.


simplify: And the windows thereof, and the arches thereof, and the palm-trees thereof, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

And its windows, and the windows of its covered ways, and its palm-trees, were the same as those of the doorway looking to the east; and there were seven steps up to it; and the covered way went inside.


simplify: For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.


simplify: The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels.


rate difficulty: and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

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simplify: And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.

And David said to Uriah, Be here today, and after that I will let you go. So Uriah was in Jerusalem that day and the day after.


rate difficulty: Already the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that fails to bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

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rate difficulty: Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,

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simplify: He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

They will do to him what they do to the dead body of an ass; his body will be pulled out and placed on the earth outside the doors of Jerusalem.


simplify: But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.


rate difficulty: Thus said Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel, and his Former: Ask Me of the things coming concerning My sons, Yea, concerning the work of My hands, ye command Me.'

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simplify: And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his oblation; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.

And the flesh of the praise-offering is to be taken as food on the day when it is offered; no part of it may be kept till the morning.


rate difficulty: And over the heads of the living beings there was the form of an arch, looking like ice, stretched out over their heads on high.

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simplify: And they removed the burnt-offerings, that they might give them according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses of the children of the people, to offer unto Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.

And they took away the burned offerings, so that they might give them to be offered to the Lord for the divisions of the families of the people, as it is recorded in the book of Moses. And they did the same with the oxen.


simplify: Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

Then some people brought to Jesus a possessed man, who was blind and dumb; and he cured him, so that the man who had been dumb both talked and saw.


rate difficulty: And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they had possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly.


simplify: Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.


simplify: But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

But if you do not give ear to me, and do not keep all these my laws;


rate difficulty: They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

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rate difficulty: Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.


simplify: If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.

If a snake gives a bite before the word of power is said, then there is no longer any use in the word of power.


rate difficulty: And these are they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub-Addon and Immer; but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.

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rate difficulty: who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of the times for your sake,

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rate difficulty: Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great assembly, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

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simplify: I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

I will give news of the mercies of the Lord, and his great acts, even all the things the Lord has done for us, in his great grace to the house of Israel; even all he has done for us in his unnumbered mercies.


simplify: And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;

And a son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel and had a fight with a man of Israel by the tents;


rate difficulty: The eye of the tender and luxurious woman in thy midst who would not attempt to set the sole of her foot upon the ground from luxuriousness and from tenderness, shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and her son, and her daughter,


rate difficulty: On the eighth day, the prince of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; --

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rate difficulty: and by his hand have men of Jericho built; and by their hand hath Zaccur son of Imri built;

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


rate difficulty: and John having called near a certain two of his disciples, sent unto Jesus, saying, `Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

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simplify: They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea.

But those will be making sounds of joy; they will be crying loudly from the sea for the glory of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

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simplify: For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.

Indeed, even while I was still in Thessalonica, you sent more than once to relieve my wants.


rate difficulty: So she went, and came to Mount Carmel, to the man of God. And when the man of God saw her coming in his direction, he said to Gehazi, his servant, See, there is the Shunammite;

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


simplify: and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.


rate difficulty: He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.

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


rate difficulty: I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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rate difficulty: They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.


simplify: but this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:

But this is the thing which was said by the prophet Joel;


simplify: Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;


simplify: And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

Yet they could not see what to do, for the people all hung on his words.


rate difficulty: And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.

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simplify: And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

And when Jacob had come to the end of these words to his sons, stretching himself on his bed, he gave up his spirit, and went the way of his people.


simplify: Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,


rate difficulty: Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

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rate difficulty: Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the hearts.


simplify: Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

Then Doeg, the Edomite, who was by the side of the servants of Saul, in answer said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub.


simplify: There is no fear of God before their eyes.'

‘The fear of God is not before their eyes.’


rate difficulty: Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

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


rate difficulty: Until I put your enemies as a footstool under your feet.”’

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simplify: Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?

Have you no memory of the evil-doing of your fathers, and the evil-doing of the kings of Judah, and the evil-doing of their wives, and the evil which you yourselves have done, and the evil which your wives have done, in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?


rate difficulty: And the people, the men of Israel, took courage, and set the battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.

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simplify: Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the church.

Now, about that time, Herod the king made cruel attacks on the Christians.


rate difficulty: — We are put to shame, for we have heard reproach; confusion hath covered our face: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Jehovah's house.

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simplify: Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.


rate difficulty: And now, let the terror of Jehovah be upon you; be careful what ye do, for there is no iniquity with Jehovah, nor respect of persons, nor taking of presents.

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simplify: Ephraim was a watchman with my God: as for the prophet, a fowler’s snare is in all his ways, and enmity in the house of his God.

There is great hate against the watchman of Ephraim, the people of my God; as for the prophet, there is a net in all his ways, and hate in the house of his God.


simplify: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:


rate difficulty: the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,


rate difficulty: And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.


simplify: And Peter having risen, went with them, whom having come, they brought into the upper chamber, and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing coats and garments, as many as Dorcas was making while she was with them.

Peter returned with them at once. On his arrival, he was taken upstairs, and all the widows came around him in tears, showing the coats and other clothing which Dorcas had made while she was among them.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Kohath according to their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

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simplify: And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

“This man said ‘I am able to destroy the Temple of God, and to build it in three days.’”


rate difficulty: And he said to me, This is the place where the offering for error and the sin-offering are to be cooked in water by the priests, and where the meal offering is to be cooked in the oven; so that they may not be taken out into the outer square to make the people holy.

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rate difficulty: And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the inwards, and the net of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat, and the right shoulder;

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simplify: For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered.


simplify: And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

And Esther said, Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.


simplify: Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.


simplify: Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall they return hither.

See, I will take them from the north country, and get them from the inmost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the feeble-footed, the woman with child and her who is in birth-pains together: a very great army, they will come back here.


simplify: The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

The Lord will send on you the disease of Egypt, and other sorts of skin diseases which nothing will make well.


rate difficulty: Beware of false teachers — people who come to you in the guise of sheep, but at heart they are ravenous wolves.

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simplify: And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.

And the people said to Samuel, Who was it who said, Is Saul to be our king? give the men up, so that we may put them to death.


rate difficulty: And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?

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


rate difficulty: And He saith, Only My people they <FI>are<Fi> , Sons--they lie not, and He is to them for a saviour.


simplify: Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only.


rate difficulty: If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.

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


simplify: and those men said unto him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season among the children of Israel?

And these men said to him, We have been made unclean by the dead body of a man; why may we not make the offering of the Lord at the regular time among the children of Israel?


simplify: and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.


simplify: And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.

And when Aaron put out his hand over the waters of Egypt, the frogs came up and all the land of Egypt was covered with them.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass as they went that he entered into a certain village; and a certain woman, Martha by name, received him into her house.

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


rate difficulty: And Ananias departed, and entered into the house; and laying his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

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


rate difficulty: and Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers, send theirs.

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rate difficulty: The Lord hath set at nought all my mighty men in the midst of me; He hath called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men: The Lord hath trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.

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


simplify: This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

It was Hezekiah who had the higher spring of the water of Gihon stopped, and the water taken down on the west side of the town of David. In everything he undertook, Hezekiah did well.


simplify: And the east border was the Salt Sea, even unto the end of the Jordan. And the border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan;

And the east limit is the Salt Sea as far as the end of Jordan. And the limit of the north part of the land is from the inlet of the sea at the end of Jordan:


rate difficulty: And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin.

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


simplify: And Ruth the Moabitess said, Yea, he said unto me, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

And Ruth the Moabitess said, Truly, he said to me, Keep near my young men till all my grain is cut.


rate difficulty: All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers’ houses,

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


simplify: So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Jehovah delivered them into his hand.

So Jephthah went over to the children of Ammon to make war on them; and the Lord gave them into his hands.


simplify: And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

And he put them in prison under the care of the captain of the army, in the same prison where Joseph himself was shut up.


simplify: But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.


rate difficulty: And David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, [and] brought gifts. And Jehovah preserved David whithersoever he went.

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


simplify: And I said unto you, I am the Lord your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.

And I said to you, I am the Lord your God; you are not to give worship to the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living, but you did not give ear to my voice.


simplify: Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

See, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything so hard that I am unable to do it?


simplify: And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

If however it will not make peace with you, but war, then let it be shut in on all sides:


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

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


simplify: Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

And, when you fast, do not put on gloomy looks, as hypocrites do who disfigure their faces so that they may be seen by people to be fasting. That, I tell you, is their reward!


simplify: And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

And righteousness will be the cord of his robe, and good faith the band round his breast.


simplify: And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.


rate difficulty: For I will not dare to speak anything of the things which Christ has not wrought by me, for [the] obedience of [the] nations, by word and deed,

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


simplify: And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.


simplify: By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.


rate difficulty: And all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth: and they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?

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


simplify: Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;


rate difficulty: The woman went home, and found the child lying on her bed, and the demon gone.


simplify: If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;

If there is no food in the land, or if there is disease, or if the fruits of the earth are damaged through heat or water, locust or worm; if their towns are shut in by their attackers; whatever trouble, whatever disease there may be:


simplify: (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

Now surely this ‘going up’ must imply that he had already gone down into the world beneath.


rate difficulty: And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

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


rate difficulty: But Jehovah was wroth with me on your account, and did not hear me; and Jehovah said to me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter!

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


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

Why then is death to be our fate? For if the voice of the Lord our God comes to us any more, death will overtake us, and we will be burned up in this great fire.


simplify: And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

And it came about in those days that he went out to the mountain for prayer; and he was all night in prayer to God.


rate difficulty: They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as a man for the battle, against thee, daughter of Zion.


simplify: Thus speaketh Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Put down in a book all the words which I have said to you.


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel did not keep in their minds the Lord their God, who had been their saviour from all their haters on every side;

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


rate difficulty: Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when the days of his ministration were fulfilled, he departed unto his house.

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


simplify: And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

And they get into the way of doing no work, going about from house to house; and not only doing no work, but talking foolishly, being over-interested in the business of others, saying things which they have no right to say.


simplify: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

for in him we live and move and are. To use the words of some of your own poets —  ‘His offspring, too, are we.’


rate difficulty: And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.

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


simplify: So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments on thee in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes (I, Jehovah, have spoken it);

And you will be a name of shame and a cause of bitter words, an example and a wonder to the nations round about you, when I give effect to my judging among you in wrath and in passion and in burning protests: I the Lord have said it:


rate difficulty: But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.

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


simplify: So they two went until they came to Beth–lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth–lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

So the two of them went on till they came to Beth-lehem. And when they came to Beth-lehem all the town was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?


simplify: And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth–maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

And Joab and his men got him shut up in Abel of Beth-maacah, and put up an earthwork against the town: and all Joab's men did their best to get the wall broken down.


rate difficulty: Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Athaliah, daughter of Omri.

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


simplify: Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

So keep my rules and my decisions and do them, and you will be safe in your land.


simplify: Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.


rate difficulty: Behold, the righteous shall be requited on the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner.

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


rate difficulty: and he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering on the wall of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin-offering.

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


simplify: This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, Gather ye of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them that are in his tent.

This is what the Lord has said, Let every man take up as much as he has need of; at the rate of one omer for every person, let every man take as much as is needed for his family.


rate difficulty: He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.


simplify: And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.


rate difficulty: I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.

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


rate difficulty: Do not let anyone deceive you, whatever he may do. For it will not come until after the Great Apostasy, and the appearing of that Incarnation of Wickedness, that the Lost soul,

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


rate difficulty: And they took the victuals of the people in their hand, and their trumpets; and all the men of Israel he sent away, every man to his tent, but retained the three hundred men. Now the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.


simplify: And the right thigh shall ye give unto the priest for a heave-offering out of the sacrifices of your peace-offerings.

And the right leg you are to give to the priest for an offering to be lifted up out of what is given for your peace-offerings.


rate difficulty: The Lord grant that he may find mercy at the hands of the Lord on ‘that day.’ The many services that he rendered at Ephesus you have the best means of knowing.


rate difficulty: but appoint thou the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof, and over all that belongeth to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

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


rate difficulty: If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy estimation it shall stand.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, That thou take the seven ewe-lambs of my hand, that they may be a witness to me that I have dug this well.

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


rate difficulty: They will no longer be building for the use of others, or planting for others to have the fruit: for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and my loved ones will have joy in full measure in the work of their hands.

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


rate difficulty: Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.


rate difficulty: We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

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


simplify: Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.


rate difficulty: because of this was my heart cheered, and my tongue was glad, and yet--my flesh also shall rest on hope,


simplify: but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.

And let man and beast be covered with haircloth, and let them make strong prayers to God: and let everyone be turned from his evil way and the violent acts of their hands.


simplify: Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will execute judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

For this reason, see, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send punishment on her images; and through all her land the wounded will be crying out in pain.


rate difficulty: `And thou, thou dost gird up thy loins, and hast arisen, and spoken unto them all that I command thee: be not affrighted because of them, lest I affright thee before them.

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


simplify: How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

How say you, We are men of war and strong fighters?


simplify: And these shall stand upon mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

And these are to be on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.


simplify: And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

They threw dust on their heads, and, as they wept and wailed, they cried — ‘Alas! Alas! Great city! All who have ships on the sea grew rich through her magnificence. In a single hour it has vanished.’


simplify: And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

And in that day you will say I will give praise to you, O Lord; for though you were angry with me, your wrath is turned away, and I am comforted.


simplify: And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

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


rate difficulty: And at the two ends of the cover you are to make two winged ones of hammered gold,

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


rate difficulty: Then let it be put to death, so that the sides of the altar are marked with its blood.

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


rate difficulty: What, then, did you go for? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.


rate difficulty: And he giveth it for polishing, For laying hold of by the hand. It is sharpened--the sword--and polished, To give it into the hand of a slayer.

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


rate difficulty: So Joab went to the king and said these words to him: and when the king had sent for him, Absalom came, and went down on his face on the earth before the king: and the king gave him a kiss.


rate difficulty: He who has no respect for his neighbour is a sinner, but he who has pity for the poor is happy.

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


rate difficulty: But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and drew nigh unto Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.

And it came about that while I was on my journey, coming near to Damascus, about the middle of the day, suddenly I saw a great light from heaven shining round me.


rate difficulty: and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,


rate difficulty: Do not judge and you will not be judged.


simplify: And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

And if a man's seed goes out from him, then all his body will have to be bathed in water and he will be unclean till evening.


rate difficulty: And rend your heart, and not your garments, And turn back unto Jehovah your God, For gracious and merciful <FI>is<Fi> He, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, And He hath repented concerning the evil.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.

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


simplify: And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died.

And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and came to his death.


simplify: and their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, `See, let no one know;'

Then their eyes were opened. Jesus sternly cautioned them. “See that no one knows of it,” he said.


simplify: Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.

Let your land be worked with the plough, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer any harbour.


rate difficulty: And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.


rate difficulty: `But I have against thee a few things: That thou hast there those holding the teaching of Balaam, who did teach Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol-sacrifices, and to commit whoredom;

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


simplify: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;


simplify: And when the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

And the people hearing it were surprised at his teaching.


rate difficulty: Therefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he doeth, prating against us with wicked words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and them that would he forbiddeth and casteth them out of the church.

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


simplify: that ye receive her in the Lord, worthily of the saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever matter she may have need of you: for she herself also hath been a helper of many, and of mine own self.

That you will take her in kindly, after the way of the saints, as one who is the Lord's, and give her help in anything in which she may have need of you: because she has been a help to a great number and to myself.


rate difficulty: Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.

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


simplify: Thus will I do unto this place, saith the Lord, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:

This is what I will do to this place, says the Lord, and to its people, making this town like Topheth:


rate difficulty: And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

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


simplify: And hearken thou to the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yea, hear thou from thy dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

And give ear to the prayers of your servant and of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear from heaven your living-place; and hearing have mercy.


simplify: And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

Then, if the house is worthy, let your blessing rest on it, but, if it is unworthy, let your blessing return on yourselves.


simplify: Neither do men put new wine into old wine-skins: else the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins perish: but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins, and both are preserved.

And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe.


rate difficulty: For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

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


rate difficulty: According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.

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


simplify: He is the chief of the ways of God: Heonlythat made him giveth him his sword.

He is the chief of the ways of God, made by him for his pleasure.


rate difficulty: But have nothing to do with foolish discussions, or with genealogies, or with controversy, or disputes about the law. They are useless and futile.


simplify: And in the morning came the word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

And in the morning the word of the Lord came to me, saying,


simplify: And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

And these are the names of the sons of Levi in the order of their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari: and the years of Levi's life were a hundred and thirty-seven.


rate difficulty: And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto Jehovah with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

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


simplify: for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.

For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.


rate difficulty: But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them, as Jehovah had spoken.

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


rate difficulty: and I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

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


rate difficulty: Then take a sharp-pointed instrument, driving it through his ear into the door, and he will be your servant for ever. And you may do the same for your servant-girl.

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


rate difficulty: And the uncle of Saul saith, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, what Samuel said to you?'


rate difficulty: But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it.

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


simplify: These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.

These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.


rate difficulty: And on the sabbath day two he-lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof:

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


rate difficulty: He who said ‘You must not commit adultery’ also said ‘You must not murder.’ If, then, you commit murder but not adultery, you are still an offender against the law.


simplify: for the weapons of our warfare <FI>are<Fi> not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,

The weapons for our warfare are not earthly, but, under God, are powerful enough to pull down strongholds.


simplify: And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

And it will come about in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and all nations will come to it.


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


simplify: And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

And that day Joshua made them servants, cutting wood and getting water for the people and for the altar of the Lord, in the place marked out by him, to this day.


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah to this people: Even so have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet; and Jehovah hath no delight in them: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

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


rate difficulty: And they set the ark ofGod upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was upon the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.


simplify: And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.


simplify: Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

who so opposes himself to everyone that is spoken of as a God or as an object of worship, and so exalts himself above them, that he seats himself in the Temple of God, and displays himself as God!


rate difficulty: and he gathereth unto him the Bene-Ammon and Amalek, and goeth and smiteth Israel, and they possess the city of palms;

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


simplify: And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.

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


rate difficulty: Ye shall not turn unto idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves moltengods: I am Jehovah yourGod.

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


simplify: And ye shall make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them shall ye take your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigor.

And they will be your children's heritage after you, to keep as their property; they will be your servants for ever; but you may not be hard masters to your countrymen, the children of Israel.


simplify: Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned five and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Hephzibah.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king; for fifty-five years he was ruling in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hephzi-bah.


simplify: And ten young men that bare Joab’s armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

And ten young men, servants of Joab, came round Absalom and put an end to him.


rate difficulty: Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

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


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

As they passed by early in the morning, they noticed that the fig-tree was withered up from the roots.


rate difficulty: `When the place is far from thee which Jehovah thy God doth choose to put His name there, then thou hast sacrificed of thy herd and of thy flock which Jehovah hath given to thee, as I have commanded thee, and hast eaten within thy gates, of all the desire of thy soul;

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 13 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.

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