simplify: Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

In the hollow of whose hand have the waters been measured? and who is able to take the heavens in his stretched-out fingers? who has got together the dust of the earth in a measure? who has taken the weight of the mountains, or put the hills into the scales?


simplify: The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

The hand of her hater is stretched out over all her desired things; for she has seen that the nations have come into her holy place, about whom you gave orders that they were not to come into the meeting of your people.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when he mentioned the ark ofGod, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck broke, and he died; for the man was old, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

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


simplify: But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we may inquire of him?

But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no other prophet of the Lord here from whom we may get directions?


simplify: And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him hither to me.

And Jesus, answering, said, O false and foolish generation, how long will I be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come here to me.


rate difficulty: Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

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


rate difficulty: Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

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


simplify: So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.


simplify: And if she bemarriedto a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul,

And if she is married to a husband at the time when she is under an oath or an undertaking given without thought;


rate difficulty: who will make use of the hypocrisy of lying teachers. These people’s consciences are seared,

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


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


simplify: Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another,


simplify: But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.

But these two things will come on you suddenly in one day, the loss of children and of husband: in full measure they will come on you, for all your secret arts, and all your wonders.


rate difficulty: Look ye out therefore, brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

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


simplify: For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.


simplify: And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord: and it shall be thy part.

Then take the breast of Aaron's sheep, waving it before the Lord; and it is to be your part of the offering.


simplify: Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

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


rate difficulty: So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

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


rate difficulty: But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.


simplify: Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.

Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.


rate difficulty: That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the Lord doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

This is what the Lord has said about this people: Even so they have been glad to go from the right way; they have not kept their feet from wandering, so the Lord has no pleasure in them; now he will keep their wrongdoing in mind and send punishment for their sins.


rate difficulty: Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.

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


rate difficulty: Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.

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


simplify: And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father.

And Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not walking in the Lord's ways with all his heart as David his father did.


simplify: but the sons of the reign shall be cast forth to the outer darkness--there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'

while the heirs to the kingdom will be ‘banished into the darkness’ outside; there, there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.”


rate difficulty: The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.

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


simplify: And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

And, if anyone says anything to you, you are to say this — ‘The Master wants them’; and he will send them at once.”


simplify: Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.

Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish: because your strong place is made waste.


rate difficulty: Then all the Jews came back from all the places to which they had gone in flight, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and got in a great store of wine and summer fruit.

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


simplify: And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.

And the sons of Bela: Ezbon and Uzzi and Uzziel and Jerimoth and Iri, five; heads of their families, great men of war; there were twenty-two thousand and thirty-four of them recorded by their families.


rate difficulty: See, your house is made waste.

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


simplify: for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

For the person who asks receives, the person who searches finds, and to the door will be opened to the person who knocks.


rate difficulty: The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

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


simplify: In that day shall they come unto thee from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the towns of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.


simplify: And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.


rate difficulty: and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times.

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


simplify: for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:

for out of the heart proceed evil thoughts — murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, perjury, slander.


rate difficulty: And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

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


rate difficulty: For this commandment which I command thee this day is not too wonderful for thee, neither is it far off.

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


simplify: Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.

And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.


simplify: And he said to them, `All do not receive this word, but those to whom it hath been given;

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


rate difficulty: So keep the words of this agreement and do them, so that it may be well for you in everything you do.


simplify: All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.

Your lovers have no more thought for you, they go after you no longer; for I have given you the wound of a hater, even cruel punishment;


simplify: And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;

Nor is that all. There is also the case of Rebecca, when she was about to bear children to our ancestor Isaac.


rate difficulty: And He saith, `Who hath declared to thee that thou <FI>art<Fi> naked? of the tree of which I have commanded thee not to eat, hast thou eaten?'

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


rate difficulty: If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.


rate difficulty: Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.

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


simplify: The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

Take the first-fruits of your land as an offering to the house of the Lord your God. Let not the young goat be cooked in its mother's milk


rate difficulty: But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?


simplify: Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee this day;

Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant, O Lord God, and to his prayer for grace; give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant sends up to you this day;


rate difficulty: For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.

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


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also those two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour [it] on the dry [land]; and the water that thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry [land].

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


simplify: And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

And Jehoash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife: and a beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet.


rate difficulty: and they were telling the things in the way, and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread,


rate difficulty: And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.


rate difficulty: The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Nerijah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, saying,

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

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


simplify: And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

And the voice came to me again from heaven, saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who has his place on the sea and on the earth.


rate difficulty: All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

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


simplify: And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

And again it says — ‘Rejoice, you Gentiles, with God’s people.’


simplify: Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.

Have no fear, you beasts of the field, for the grass-lands of the waste are becoming green, for the trees are producing fruit, the fig-tree and the vine give out their strength.


simplify: Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.


simplify: yea, take of them silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest;

And take silver and gold and make a crown and put it on the head of Zerubbabel;


rate difficulty: nothing in which <FI>is<Fi> blemish do ye bring near, for it is not for a pleasing thing for you.

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


rate difficulty: And these <FI>are<Fi> the names of the sons of Levi, as to their births: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi <FI>are<Fi> a hundred and thirty and seven years.

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


simplify: So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses’ entry to the king’s house: and there was she slain.

So they put their hands on her, and she went to the king's house by the doorway of the horses, and there she was put to death.


simplify: And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.

And if his father has no brothers, then give it to his nearest relation in the family, as his heritage: this is to be a decision made by law for the children of Israel, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.


rate difficulty: For seven days you are to make offerings for the altar and make it holy, so that it may become completely holy, and anything touching it will become holy.


simplify: `Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers,

“Be on your guard against the teachers of the law, who delight to walk about in long robes, and like to be greeted in the streets with respect, and to have the best seats in the Synagogues, and places of honor at dinner.


rate difficulty: and Lot chooseth for himself the whole circuit of the Jordan; and Lot journeyeth from the east, and they are parted--a man from his companion;

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


rate difficulty: They hatch serpents' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

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


rate difficulty: And they forgot to take bread; and they had not in the boat with them more than one loaf.

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


simplify: And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle; for God is gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

And at the sound of footsteps in the tops of the trees, go out to the fight, for God has gone out before you to overcome the army of the Philistines.


rate difficulty: And David is sitting between the two gates, and the watchman goeth unto the roof of the gate, unto the wall, and lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a man running by himself.

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


simplify: And a certain man that was lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

And a certain man who from birth had had no power in his legs, was taken there every day, and put down at the door of the Temple which is named Beautiful, requesting money from those who went into the Temple;


rate difficulty: The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.


simplify: And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.

“Daughter,”he said, “your faith has delivered you. Go, and peace be with you.”


simplify: Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.

In addition, Uzziah had an army of fighting-men who went out to war in bands, as they had been listed by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the authority of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.


simplify: And Shobal the father of Kirjath–jearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.

And Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim, had sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites.


rate difficulty: And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

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


simplify: And those that encamp on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Those whose tents are on the east side, looking to the dawn, will be round the flag of the children of Judah, with Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, as their chief.


rate difficulty: These are the words of the Lord: As the keeper of sheep takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs or part of an ear; so will the children of Israel be made safe, who are resting in Samaria on seats of honour or on the silk cushions of a bed.


simplify: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive:

And it will come about in that day that the prophets will be shamed, every man on account of his vision, when he is talking as a prophet; and they will not put on a robe of hair for purposes of deceit:


simplify: and having gone through those parts, and having exhorted them with many words, he came to Greece;

After going through those districts and speaking many encouraging words to the disciples, he went into Greece, where he stayed three months.


rate difficulty: And when Saul seeth David going out to meet the Philistine, he hath said unto Abner, head of the host, `Whose son <FI>is<Fi> this--the youth, Abner?' and Abner saith, `Thy soul liveth, O king, I have not known.'

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


simplify: And, he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them,

Then the king rose, with the Governor and Bernice and those who had been sitting with them,


simplify: And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.

John said: “Sir, we saw a man driving out demons by using your name, and we tried to prevent him, because he does not follow you with us.”


simplify: Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame.


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love truth and peace.

This is what the Lord of armies has said: The times of going without food in the fourth month and in the fifth and the seventh and the tenth months, will be for the people of Judah times of joy and happy meetings; so be lovers of good faith and of peace.


simplify: But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him;

But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?


rate difficulty: ye do not strive with them, for I do not give to you of their land even the treading of the sole of a foot; for a possession to Esau I have given mount Seir.

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


rate difficulty: But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his help, and, turning on the Philistine, gave him his death-blow. Then David's men took an oath, and said, Never again are you to go out with us to the fight, so that you may not put out the light of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased; he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and camels and asses.

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


simplify: What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin;

What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;


rate difficulty: And now ye know that which restrains, that he should be revealed in his own time.

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


simplify: And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

And Moses went up from the table-lands of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah which is facing Jericho. And the Lord let him see all the land, the land of Gilead as far as Dan;


simplify: Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.

Let us, then, cease to judge one another. Rather let this be your resolve — never to place a stumbling-block or an obstacle in the way of a fellow follower of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And ye have remembered your ways that <FI>are<Fi> evil, And your doings that <FI>are<Fi> not good, And have been loathsome in your own faces, For your iniquities, and for your abominations.

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


rate difficulty: And straightway going out of the synagogue, they came with James and John into the house of Simon and Andrew.

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


rate difficulty: Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.

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


rate difficulty: I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.

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


rate difficulty: And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.


rate difficulty: And Nogah and Nepheg and Japhia

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


simplify: Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.


simplify: And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

So she went and did as Elijah said; and she and he and her family had food for a long time.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass in the end of days, [that] the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow unto it.

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


rate difficulty: And I will entirely hide my face in that day for all the evils that they have wrought, because they turned unto othergods.

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


rate difficulty: And He seeth that there is no man, And is astonished that there is no intercessor, And His own arm giveth salvation to Him, And His righteousness--it sustained Him.

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


rate difficulty: Then the children of Israel, crying out to the Lord, said, Great is our sin against you, for we have given up our God and have been servants to the Baals.

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


rate difficulty: Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come unto her, saith Jehovah.

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


simplify: And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.

And it will be clear to the nations that the children of Israel were taken away prisoners for their evil-doing; because they did wrong against me, and my face was covered from them: so I gave them up into the hands of their attackers, and they all came to their end by the sword.


rate difficulty: Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?

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


simplify: My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, departing from under their God.

My people get knowledge from their tree, and their rod gives them news; for a false spirit is the cause of their wandering, and they have been false to their God.


simplify: For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

Because they all put in something out of what they had no need for; but she out of her need put in all she had, even all her living.


rate difficulty: And they removed from Abronah, and encamped at Ezion-geber.

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


rate difficulty: And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

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simplify: That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.

That every man was to let his Hebrew man-servant and his Hebrew servant-girl go free; so that no one might make use of a Jew, his countryman, as a servant:


simplify: So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the Lord have spoken it.

And I will send on you need of food and evil beasts, and they will be a cause of loss to you; and disease and violent death will go through you; and I will send the sword on you: I the Lord have said it.


simplify: If we to you the spiritual things did sow--great <FI>is it<Fi> if we your fleshly things do reap?

Since we, then, sowed spiritual seed for you, is it too much that we should reap from you an earthly harvest?


rate difficulty: Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil hath come upon you, as at this day.

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rate difficulty: As a dog turneth back to its vomit, [so] a fool repeateth his folly.

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


simplify: For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.

For while I was living in Geshur in Aram, your servant made an oath, saying, If ever the Lord lets me come back to Jerusalem, I will give him worship in Hebron.


rate difficulty: Then Darius the king made a decree, and they sought in the house of the books of the treasuries placed there in Babylon,

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rate difficulty: Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

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rate difficulty: So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

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simplify: And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

And on the eighth day let him be given circumcision.


simplify: in that I command thee this day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that thou mayest live and multiply, and that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

In giving you orders today to have love for the Lord your God, to go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions, so that you may have life and be increased, and that the blessing of the Lord your God may be with you in the land where you are going, the land of your heritage.


simplify: And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

Then Caleb made signs to the people to keep quiet, and said to Moses, Let us go up straight away and take this land; for we are well able to overcome it.


rate difficulty: Meanwhile the chief priest and the whole of the High Council were trying to get such evidence against Jesus as would warrant his being put to death, but they could not find any;

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rate difficulty: At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.

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


simplify: And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

And when the Aramaeans of Damascus came to the help of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David put to the sword twenty-two thousand Aramaeans.


simplify: and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you--ye of little faith?

If, even in the field, God so clothes the grass which is living today and tomorrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you of little faith!


simplify: Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.

Jesus called the Twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, as well as to cure diseases.


simplify: And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.

And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen this? Then he took me to the river's edge.


rate difficulty: and thy servants pass over, every armed one of the host, before Jehovah, to battle, as my lord is saying.'

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

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


simplify: But look not thou on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster, and rejoice not over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither speak proudly in the day of distress.

Do not see with pleasure your brother's evil day, the day of his fate, and do not be glad over the children of Judah on the day of their destruction, or make wide your mouth on the day of trouble.


simplify: And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through from end to end.

And the middle rod is to go through the rings of all the boards from end to end.


simplify: and did raise <FI>us<Fi> up together, and did seat <FI>us<Fi> together in the heavenly <FI>places<Fi> in Christ Jesus,

And, through our union with Christ Jesus, God raised us with him, and caused us to sit with him on high,


simplify: But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.


simplify: So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;

So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;


rate difficulty: That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, saying,

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rate difficulty: And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.

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rate difficulty: You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.


rate difficulty: All the Levites in the holy town were two hundred and eighty-four.


rate difficulty: Or if the loss of a tooth is caused by his blow, he will let him go free on account of his tooth.

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simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian, though he smite thee with the rod, and lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, says, O my people living in Zion, have no fear of the Assyrian, even if his rod comes on your back, and his stick is lifted up as in Egypt.


simplify: Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

Will you say, in the face of those who are taking your life, I am God? but you are man and not God in the hands of those who are wounding you.


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You yourselves have seen that my voice has come to you from heaven


simplify: Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

Trouble and sorrow on all whose works are evil, to the Jew first and then to the Greek;


rate difficulty: And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

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rate difficulty: and I do not add to cause the foot of Israel to move from the ground that I gave to their fathers, only, if they observe to do according to all that I commanded them, and to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them.'

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simplify: And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!

And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord!


rate difficulty: to shine upon them who were sitting in darkness and in [the] shadow of death, to guide our feet into [the] way of peace.

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simplify: O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.


simplify: Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.

For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.


simplify: And they said, Behold, there is a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

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


simplify: and let him that is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house:

And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house:


rate difficulty: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah who exerciseth lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.

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rate difficulty: And Jehovah said to Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none make himself unclean for a dead person among his peoples,

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simplify: And if he sanctify unto Jehovah a field which he hath bought, which is not of the field of his possession;

And if a man gives to the Lord a field which he has got for money from another, which is not part of his heritage;


simplify: Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?

Do we seem to be again attempting to put ourselves in the right? or have we need, as some have, of letters of approval to you or from you?


simplify: So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

So the people gave a loud cry, and the horns were sounded; and on hearing the horns the people gave a loud cry, and the wall came down flat, so that the people went up into the town, every man going straight before him, and they took the town.


simplify: Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.

Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no heritage; the offerings of the Lord, the God of Israel, made by fire are his heritage, as he said to him.


simplify: Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?

Now, truly, they will say, We have no king, we have no fear of the Lord; and the king, what is he able to do for us?


rate difficulty: And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

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rate difficulty: And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,

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


simplify: and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.

And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness.


rate difficulty: and the priests, the Levites, rise and bless the people, and their voice is heard, and their prayer cometh in to His holy habitation, to the heavens.

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simplify: Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?

See, the money which was in the mouth of our bags we gave back to you when we came again from Canaan: how then might we take silver or gold from your lord's house?


simplify: And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.

And the fat of that which comes to a natural death, and the fat of that which is attacked by beasts, may be used for other purposes, but not in any way for food.


simplify: And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

But he got away unclothed, without the linen cloth.


simplify: and their brethren, mighty men of valor, a hundred twenty and eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.

And their brothers, men of war, a hundred and twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.


simplify: And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s feet, and heard his word.

And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.


rate difficulty: Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;

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simplify: And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

And the greater house was roofed with cypress-wood, plated with the best gold and ornamented with designs of palm-trees and chains.


rate difficulty: And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.

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rate difficulty: And Jesus having known their wickedness, said, `Why me do ye tempt, hypocrites?

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simplify: Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,

Truly, not one of this evil generation will see that good land which I said I would give to your fathers,


simplify: When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.

So long as you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep all his orders which I give you today, and do what is right in the eyes of the Lord your God.


rate difficulty: Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

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


simplify: And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

The measure of this space of land is to be two thousand cubits outside the town on the east, and two thousand cubits on the south and on the west and on the north, the town being in the middle. This space will be the outskirts of their towns.


rate difficulty: What--do I pierce? --God hath not pierced! And what--am I indignant? --Jehovah hath not been indignant!

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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simplify: And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

The evening had already fallen, when, as it was the Preparation day — the day before the Sabbath —


rate difficulty: but knowing that a man is not justified on the principle of works of law [nor] but by the faith of Jesus Christ, we also have believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified on the principle of [the] faith of Christ; and not of works of law; because on the principle of works of law no flesh shall be justified.

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


rate difficulty: And they shall be desolated in the midst of the countries that are desolated, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

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simplify: And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

and he will come out to deceive the nations that live in ‘the four corners of the earth — Gog and Magog.’ He will come to gather them together for battle; and their number will be as great as the sand on the sea-shore.


rate difficulty: And if his offering be a goat, then he shall present it before Jehovah.

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


simplify: And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.

For seven days the son who becomes priest in his place will put them on when he comes into the Tent of meeting to do the work of the holy place.


rate difficulty: And Eleazar dieth, and he had no sons, but daughters, and sons of Kish their brethren take them.

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rate difficulty: And if the family of Egypt does not go up or come there, they will be attacked by the disease which the Lord will send on the nations:

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rate difficulty: They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

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


simplify: Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall abide in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but ye shall pass over before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them;

Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle will be kept here in the land which Moses gave you on this side of Jordan; but you, the fighting-men, are to go over before your brothers, armed, to give them help;


rate difficulty: For as things are, it will come about, when my lord the king is sleeping with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son will be made outlaws.


simplify: saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ: who is he that struck thee?

Be a prophet, O Christ, and say who gave you a blow!


rate difficulty: It is not to you for a pot, Nor are ye in its midst for flesh, At the border of Israel I do judge you.

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simplify: I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.


simplify: Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

But I will not say anything about my needs, for I am able, wherever I am, to be dependent on myself.


simplify: The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa; what he saw about Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earth-shock.


rate difficulty: And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the family of David and the glory of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.

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simplify: All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.  It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.

All who are with me send you their love. Give our love to our friends in the faith. Grace be with you all.


simplify: Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),


rate difficulty: God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth?


simplify: And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Jehovah. Because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it;

And the land of Egypt will be an unpeopled waste; and they will be certain that I am the Lord: because he has said, The Nile is mine, and I made it.


simplify: And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

And death will overtake you among strange nations, and the land of your haters will be your destruction.


simplify: (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

This was the first numbering, which was made when Quirinius was ruler of Syria.


rate difficulty: And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;

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simplify: These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.

These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram.


rate difficulty: lo, I will cast her into a couch, and those committing adultery with her into great tribulation--if they may not repent of their works,

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simplify: Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears.


rate difficulty: Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asharelah, sons of Asaph; under the direction of Asaph, acting as a prophet under the orders of the king;

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rate difficulty: For not long ago Theudas appeared, professing to be somebody, and was joined by a body of some four hundred men. But he was killed; and all his followers scattered and dwindled away.


rate difficulty: This is what the Lord of armies has said: It will again come about that when peoples and those living in great towns come,

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simplify: And he said unto his men, The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.

And David said to his men, Before the Lord, never let it be said that my hand was lifted up against my lord, the man of the Lord's selection, for the Lord's holy oil has been put on him.


simplify: And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:


simplify: And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

“Is it true,” Peter asked, addressing her, “that you sold your land for such a sum?”   “Yes,” she answered, “we did.”


rate difficulty: Only his flesh still has pain, and his soul is sad.


simplify: And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done.


rate difficulty: Whoever maketh like unto it, to smell it, shall be cut off from his peoples.

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


rate difficulty: Seated at the door of her house, in the high places of the town,


simplify: Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.


simplify: For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.


simplify: Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up to Beth-el, weeping and waiting there before the Lord, going without food all day till evening, and offering burned offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord.


simplify: therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.

For we conclude that a person is pronounced righteous on the ground of faith, quite apart from obedience to law.


simplify: And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. He put to death three hundred with his spear, and he got for himself a name among the thirty.


simplify: he who is loving his brother, in the light he doth remain, and a stumbling-block in him there is not;

The person who loves others is always in the light, and there is nothing within them to cause them to stumble;


rate difficulty: and the heads are wroth against Jeremiah, and have smitten him, and put him in the prison-house--the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it they had made for a prison-house.

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rate difficulty: For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall be earthquakes in divers places; there shall be famines: these things are the beginning of travail.

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


rate difficulty: in every <FI>place<Fi> where they have gone out, the hand of Jehovah hath been against them for evil, as Jehovah hath spoken, and as Jehovah hath sworn to them, and they are distressed--greatly.

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simplify: And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare.

If there is one like me, let him come forward and say it, let him make it clear and put it in order before me: who has made clear in the past the things to come? let him make clear the future to me.


simplify: And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and brake his skull.

But a certain woman sent a great stone, such as is used for crushing grain, on to the head of Abimelech, cracking the bone.


rate difficulty: But Jesus, having taken hold of him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose.


simplify: By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?

Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?


simplify: For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen.

For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.


simplify: This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of Jehovah according to the ordinance given unto them by Aaron their father, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

So they were put into their different groups, to take their places in the house of the Lord, in agreement with the rules made by Aaron their father, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had given him orders.


simplify: Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.

Now there were living at Jerusalem, Jews, God-fearing men, from every nation under heaven.


rate difficulty: I will not do it in your life-time, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son.

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simplify: And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer it at your own will.

And when you make an offering of praise to the Lord, make it in a way which is pleasing to him.


simplify: But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah doth this thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt die, and of the cattle of the sons of Israel not one hath died;

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


simplify: And Bath–sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

And Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour. And he said, What is your desire?


simplify: They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

They will have no resting-place in the Lord's land, but Ephraim will go back to Egypt, and they will take unclean food in Assyria.


simplify: There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

No other is like the God of Jeshurun, coming on the heavens to your help, and letting his glory be seen in the skies.


simplify: And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.

And a dispute arose among them as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.


simplify: and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.

And Maaseiah, the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.


simplify: And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

But Israel overcame him, and took all his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the country of the children of Ammon, for the country of the children of Ammon was strongly armed.


rate difficulty: The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.

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


simplify: Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,


simplify: And letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

And letters were sent by the runners into every division of the kingdom ordering the death and destruction of all Jews, young and old, little children and women, on the same day, even the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar, and the taking of all their goods by force.


simplify: Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim.

Now the Philistines had come, and had gone out in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.


simplify: And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.


simplify: for as yet it was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

For up to that time he had not come on any of them; only baptism had been given to them in the name of the Lord Jesus.


rate difficulty: In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.

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rate difficulty: and thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which <FI>is<Fi> in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.

By the time Jesus had recrossed in the boat to the opposite shore, a great number of people had gathered to meet him, and were standing by the Sea.


rate difficulty: Despise not prophesyings.

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


simplify: Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah;


simplify: And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

And in the night I got up, taking with me a small band of men; I said nothing to any man of what God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: and I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated.


simplify: And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.

And at that day, the bodies of those whom the Lord has put to death will be seen from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: there will be no weeping for them, their bodies will not be taken up or put to rest in the earth; they will be like waste on the face of the land.


simplify: Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

Who only has life for ever, living in light to which no man may come near; whom no man has seen or is able to see: to whom be honour and power for ever. So be it.


rate difficulty: For the man did not come from the woman, but the woman from the man.

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


simplify: That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.

He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.


simplify: And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

And all the time, by day and by night, in the place of the dead, and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.


rate difficulty: Do not be uplifted in pride over the branches: because it is not you who are the support of the root, but it is by the root that you are supported.

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


rate difficulty: and the priest shall put of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense, which is in the tent of meeting, before Jehovah; and he shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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


simplify: And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

And one of them said, Be pleased to go with your servants. And he said, I will go.


rate difficulty: This is the law about the leper's disease in the thread of wool or linen material, in clothing or in anything of skin, saying how it is to be judged clean or unclean.

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


rate difficulty: And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.


rate difficulty: And it hath come to pass, when they say to thee, Whither do we go out? that thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah: Those who <FI>are<Fi> for death--to death, And those who are for the sword, to the sword, And those who are for famine, to famine, And those who are for captivity, to captivity.

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


simplify: And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

And, answering Joshua, they said, Because it came to the ears of your servants that the Lord your God had given orders to his servant Moses to give you all this land, and to send destruction on all the people living in it, because of you; so, fearing greatly for our lives because of you, we have done this.


simplify: Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

Your two breasts are like two young roes of the same birth.


simplify: And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

And before the men went to rest, she came up to them on the roof,


simplify: And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

After they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said:   “Get up, take the child and his mother, and seek refuge in Egypt; and stay there until I tell you to return, for Herod is about to search for the child, to put him to death.”


simplify: As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

As to one who is comforted by his mother, so will I give you comfort: and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt be brought down unto Hades.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

And having put him on one side, he made David their king, to whom he gave witness, saying, I have taken David, the son of Jesse, a man dear to my heart, who will do all my pleasure.


simplify: Behold Israel after the flesh: have not they that eat the sacrifices communion with the altar?

See Israel after the flesh: do not those who take as food the offerings of the altar take a part in the altar?


rate difficulty: Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the Lord in the sabbaths and in the new moons.

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


rate difficulty: And thy servant my father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two [sons];

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


rate difficulty: But Jesus said to him, [My] friend, for what purpose art thou come? Then coming up they laid hands upon Jesus and seized him.


simplify: Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,


simplify: but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.


simplify: Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.


rate difficulty: That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

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


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

And his family will be named in Israel, The house of him whose shoe has been taken off.


rate difficulty: Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

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


simplify: I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet

I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and a great voice at my back, as of a horn, came to my ears,


simplify: and having come down to Caesarea, having gone up, and having saluted the assembly, he went down to Antioch.

On reaching Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and exchanged greetings with the church, and then went down to Antioch.


rate difficulty: And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.

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


simplify: Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.

Now Mesha, king of Moab, was a sheep-farmer; and he gave regularly to the king of Israel the wool from a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand sheep.


rate difficulty: With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;

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


rate difficulty: See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

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


rate difficulty: And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.


rate difficulty: A servant <FI>is<Fi> Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey?


rate difficulty: And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good to me, but of evil?

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


rate difficulty: First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ about you all, because the report of your faith is spreading throughout the world.

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


rate difficulty: and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.

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


rate difficulty: Behold, they shall surely gather together, [but] not by me: whosoever gathereth together against thee shall fall because of thee.

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


rate difficulty: So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?'

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


simplify: Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.


simplify: as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

Being in the light of day, let us live becomingly, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lust and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.


simplify: who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.

Up till then they had been at the king's door to the east. They were door-keepers for the tents of the sons of Levi.


rate difficulty: I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

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


simplify: Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

Did you not, O Lord our God, after driving out the people of this land before your people Israel, give it to the seed of Abraham, your friend, for ever?


rate difficulty: And I take Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, son of Habazziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and all the house of the Rechabites,

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


simplify: Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son.

Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son.


rate difficulty: And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.

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


simplify: Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.

Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.


simplify: Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;


simplify: And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have put five hundred men to death in Shushan, as well as the ten sons of Haman: what then have they done in the rest of the kingdom! Now what is your prayer? for it will be given to you; what other request have you? and it will be done.


rate difficulty: in which are hid all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge.

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


rate difficulty: Then Balaam said to Balak, Now I have come to you; but have I power to say anything? Only what God puts into my mouth may I say.


simplify: For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

For as I was going about, looking at your sacred shrines, I came upon an altar with this inscription — ‘To an Unknown God.’ What, therefore, you worship in ignorance, that I am now proclaiming to you.


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

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


simplify: And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

And she will be unclean for thirty-three days till the flow of her blood is stopped; no holy thing may be touched by her, and she may not come into the holy place, till the days for making her clean are ended.


rate difficulty: And ye have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.

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


rate difficulty: The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.


rate difficulty: And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also.


rate difficulty: And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

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


simplify: And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of Jehovah, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.

And Aaron the priest went up into the mountain at the order of the Lord, and came to his death there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.


rate difficulty: And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

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


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all he did, and his power, and how he went to war with Damascus, causing the wrath of the Lord to be turned away from Israel, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?


rate difficulty: And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

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


simplify: And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

They were acting like loose women in Egypt; when they were young their behaviour was loose: there their breasts were crushed, even the points of their young breasts were crushed.


rate difficulty: But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

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


rate difficulty: And then will come the revelation of that evil one, whom the Lord Jesus will put to death with the breath of his mouth, and give to destruction by the revelation of his coming;

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


simplify: Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.


simplify: The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

Blessings of sons, old and young, to the father: blessings of the oldest mountains and the fruit of the eternal hills: let them come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was separate from his brothers.


simplify: And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: and now make ye a covenant with us.

So the responsible men and all the people of our country said to us, Take food with you for the journey and go to them, and say to them, We are your servants: so now make an agreement with us.


rate difficulty: And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and he smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded.

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


rate difficulty: And fallen have the wounded in the land of the Chaldeans, And the pierced-through in her streets.

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


simplify: But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven.


rate difficulty: Therefore, prophesy, son of man, and thou hast said to Gog: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In that day, in the dwelling of My people Israel safely, Dost thou not know?

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


rate difficulty: When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things.

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


rate difficulty: knowing that such a one is perverted, and sins, being self-condemned.

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


simplify: This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.

This is the heritage of the tribe of Judah, by their families.


rate difficulty: And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.

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


rate difficulty: And David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

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


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

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


simplify: And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.

Now see, this day I am freeing you from the chains which are on your hands. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will keep an eye on you; but if it does not seem good to you to come with me to Babylon, then do not come: see, all the land is before you; if it seems good and right to you to go on living in the land,


rate difficulty: See, all the land is before you: go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their seed after them.


rate difficulty: And Elijah said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to-day.

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


rate difficulty: And Israel dwelleth in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they have possession in it, and are fruitful, and multiply exceedingly;

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


rate difficulty: And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

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


simplify: And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren.

And if he has no brothers, then give his heritage to his father's brothers.


rate difficulty: And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.


rate difficulty: But ye say, If a man say to his father or his mother, [It is] corban (that is, gift), whatsoever thou mightest have profit from me by...

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


simplify: And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down from here; for it is said in the Writings,


simplify: Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will send on them the sword and need of food and disease, and will make them like bad figs, which are of no use for food, they are so bad.


rate difficulty: Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:

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simplify: Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

They have only now been planted, and their seed put into the earth, and they have only now taken root, when he sends out his breath over them and they become dry, and the storm-wind takes them away like dry grass.


rate difficulty: And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

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rate difficulty: and Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed him.

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simplify: and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

He was going back, seated in his carriage, and was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.


rate difficulty: And when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold.

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simplify: And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.


rate difficulty: Presently, however, some one came and told them, that the men whom they had put in prison were actually standing in the Temple Courts, teaching the people.

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simplify: Now therefore, mysons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.

Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.


rate difficulty: among whom are ye also [the] called of Jesus Christ:

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simplify: Therefore my heart soundeth for Moab like pipes, and my heart soundeth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.

So my heart is sounding for Moab like the sound of pipes, and my heart is sounding like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: for the wealth he has got for himself has come to an end.


simplify: But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.

But the Jews, working up the feelings of the God-fearing women of high position and of the chief men of the town, got an attack started against Paul and Barnabas, driving them out of those parts.


simplify: O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

O my people, what have I done to you? how have I been a weariness to you? give answer against me.


rate difficulty: And Jehoash lieth with his fathers, and is buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel, and reign doth Jeroboam his son in his stead.

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rate difficulty: And they fetched up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

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simplify: But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith.


simplify: but shun foolish questionings, and genealogies, and strifes, and fightings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

But have nothing to do with foolish questionings, and lists of generations, and fights and arguments about the law; for they are of no profit and foolish.


rate difficulty: and thou hast loved Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might,

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rate difficulty: My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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rate difficulty: And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin,


rate difficulty: Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah;

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simplify: And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

And the rest of Jacob will be among the mass of peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which may not be kept back by man, or be waiting for the sons of men.


rate difficulty: These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begat Amram.

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