simplify: but Jehovah your God shall ye fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

And you are to give worship to the Lord your God; for it is he who will give you salvation from the hands of all who are against you.


rate difficulty: Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden from you what is good.

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simplify: And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.

And when I gave a loud cry he went running out without his coat.


simplify: That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated on twelve thrones as judges of the twelve tribes of Israel.


simplify: that setteth his heart to seek God, Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

Who, with all his heart, is turned to God the Lord, the God of his fathers, even if he has not been made clean after the rules of the holy place.


rate difficulty: And Avvim and Parah and Ophrah

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rate difficulty: And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the Lord; even that man shall be cut off from among his people.

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rate difficulty: And he goeth out from Pharaoh, and maketh supplication unto Jehovah,

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


simplify: Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

And therefore we, from the very day that we heard this, have never ceased praying for you, or asking that you may possess that deeper knowledge of the will of God, which comes through all true spiritual wisdom and insight.


rate difficulty: knowing this first, that there shall come at [the] close of the days mockers with mocking, walking according to their own lusts,

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


simplify: And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.

And there was a walk in front of them like that by the rooms on the north; they were equally long and wide; and the ways out of them were the same in design and had the same sort of doors.


simplify: For thus saith the Lord; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.

For the Lord has said, Those for whom the cup was not made ready will certainly be forced to take of it; and are you to go without punishment? you will not be without punishment, but will certainly be forced to take from the cup.


simplify: For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.


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

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


simplify: And after these things I heard a great voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, `Alleluia! the salvation, and the glory, and the honour, and the power, <FI>is<Fi> to the Lord our God;

After this, I heard what seemed to be a great shout from a vast throng in heaven, crying —  ‘Hallelujah! To our God belong salvation, and glory, and Power,


rate difficulty: And Boaz answering said to her, I have had news of everything you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband; how you went away from your father and mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people who are strange to you.

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


rate difficulty: And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And they send the ark of God to Ekron, and it cometh to pass, at the coming in of the ark of God to Ekron, that the Ekronites cry out, saying, `They have brought round unto us the ark of the God of Israel, to put us to death--and our people.'

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


simplify: For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

For his words to Moses are — ‘I will take pity on whom I take pity, and be merciful to whom I am merciful.’


simplify: These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward.

These are the heritages of which Moses made distribution in the lowlands of Moab, on the other side of Jordan in Jericho, to the east.


rate difficulty: Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

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


simplify: And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before Jehovah: it was Moses’ portion of the ram of consecration; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

And Moses took the breast, waving it for a wave offering before the Lord; it was Moses' part of the sheep of the priest's offering, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.


simplify: And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth–diblathaim,

And on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth-diblathaim,


simplify: And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my Son, my chosen: hear ye him.

And there was a voice from the cloud saying, This is my Son, the man of my selection; give ear to him.


simplify: Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Take care there is not some one who will carry you away by his ‘philosophy’ — a hollow sham! — following, as it does, mere human traditions, and dealing with puerile questions of this world, and not with Christ.


rate difficulty: And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, I find no guilt in this man.


rate difficulty: Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

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rate difficulty: And they saw that it was the man who made requests for money at the door of the Temple, and they were full of wonder and surprise at what had taken place.

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rate difficulty: A seat of glory, placed on high from the first, is our holy place.

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


rate difficulty: For thus said Jehovah: `Not cut off to David is one sitting on the throne of the house of Israel,

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simplify: And David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God.

And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.


simplify: But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.

But when her flow of blood is stopped, after seven days she will be clean.


rate difficulty: Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

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


rate difficulty: and his signs and his acts which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;

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


simplify: And now saith Jehovah that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered unto him (for I am honorable in the eyes of Jehovah, and my God is become my strength);

And now, says the Lord, who made me his servant when I was still in my mother's body, so that I might make Jacob come back to him, and so that Israel might come together to him: and I was honoured in the eyes of the Lord, and my God became my strength.


simplify: And Jehovah said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

And the Lord said to him, Your prayers and your requests for grace have come to my ears: I have made holy this house which you have made, and I have put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.


rate difficulty: The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

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rate difficulty: Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all say the same thing, and that there be not among you divisions; but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same opinion.

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


rate difficulty: in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city),


simplify: And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,

And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke and Gibbethon with their grass-lands;


rate difficulty: And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.


simplify: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;


rate difficulty: Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I charged thee with?


simplify: But I have this against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, who calleth herself a prophetess; and she teacheth and seduceth my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

But I have this against you, that you let the woman Jezebel say she is a prophet and give false teaching, making my servants go after the desires of the flesh and take food offered to false gods.


simplify: and those sent, having turned back to the house, found the ailing servant in health.

And, when the messengers returned to the house, they found the slave recovered.


rate difficulty: So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.

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simplify: He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.


simplify: And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;

And it had pictured forms of winged beings and palm-trees; a palm-tree between two winged ones, and every winged one had two faces;


simplify: The oblation that ye shall offer unto the Lord shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.

The offering you will give to the Lord is to be twenty-five thousand long and twenty-five thousand wide.


simplify: But if the man have no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made unto Jehovah shall be the priest’s; besides the ram of the atonement, whereby atonement shall be made for him.

But if the man has no relation to whom the payment may be made, then the payment for sin made to the Lord will be the priest's, in addition to the sheep offered to take away his sin.


rate difficulty: but thou shalt utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee;

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


rate difficulty: And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.


simplify: But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

But they themselves are not to go in to see the holy place, even for a minute, for fear of death.


simplify: `For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon;

For, when John came, neither eating nor drinking, people said ‘He has a demon in him’;


simplify: And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

Now on hearing these words which the angel of the Lord said to all the children of Israel, the people gave themselves up to loud crying and weeping.


rate difficulty: Mishma and Dumah; Massa, Hadad, and Tema;

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simplify: And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them,  If ye had not plowed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.

Then on the seventh day, before he went into the bride's room, the men of the town said to him, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not been ploughing with my cow you would not have got the answer to my question.


simplify: if ye then have dealt truly and uprightly with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:

If then you have done what is true and upright to Jerubbaal and his family this day, may you have joy in Abimelech, and may he have joy in you;


simplify: (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)

Now this man was in prison because of an attack against the government in the town, in which there had been loss of life.


simplify: For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

People will come in my name, saying, I am he; and a number will be turned from the true way.


rate difficulty: of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;


rate difficulty: I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt no more have any being; though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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simplify: Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.


simplify: Yea, upon her children will I have no mercy; for they are children of whoredom;

And I will have no mercy on her children, for they are the children of her loose ways.


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

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simplify: For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

“For in the book of Psalms,” Peter continued, “it is said —  ‘Let his home, And let no one live in it’;  and also —  ‘His office let another take.’


rate difficulty: There was once a rich man, who dressed in purple robes and fine linen, and feasted every day in great splendor.

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


simplify: For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

Indeed, if a woman does not keep her head covered, she may as well cut her hair short. But, since to cut her hair short, or shave it off, marks her as one of the shameless women, let her keep her head covered.


simplify: While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague.

But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was tasted, the wrath of the Lord was moved against the people and he sent a great outburst of disease on them.


rate difficulty: and the altar of the burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base,

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simplify: the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

The fifteenth Bilgah, the sixteenth Immer,


simplify: For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

For you have not forgotten the directions that we gave you on the authority of our Lord Jesus.


simplify: The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.


rate difficulty: The children of Hariph, a hundred and twelve.

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


simplify: And he sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu, and slew him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Jehovah with all his heart. And the house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom.

And he went in search of Ahaziah; and when they came where he was, (for he was in a secret place in Samaria,) they took him to Jehu and put him to death; then they put his body to rest in the earth, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, whose heart was true to the Lord. So the family of Ahaziah had no power to keep the kingdom.


rate difficulty: And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God the Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple thereof.

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


rate difficulty: Behold, I will raise them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will bring your recompence upon your own head.

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


rate difficulty: it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?

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


simplify: But the bullock, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

But the ox, with its skin and its flesh and its waste, was burned with fire outside the tent-circle, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.


simplify: Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

But the land will become a waste because of its people, as the fruit of their works.


simplify: Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you:

Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire:


simplify: And he having come to the other side, to the region of the Gergesenes, there met him two demoniacs, coming forth out of the tombs, very fierce, so that no one was able to pass over by that way,

On getting to the other side — the country of the Gadarenes — Jesus met two men who were possessed by demons, coming out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one was able to pass that way.


simplify: And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

And say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am taking the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will get them together on every side, and take them into their land:


rate difficulty: Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength;

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rate difficulty: And he turneth back unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, he and all the princes of Moab.

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


simplify: Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

Be seated in the dark without a word, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will no longer be named, The Queen of Kingdoms.


simplify: Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?


rate difficulty: And of the sons of Pahath-moab, Adna and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel and Binnui and Manasseh.

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rate difficulty: I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear.

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


simplify: And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.

After he had taken leave of the people, he went away up the hill to pray.


simplify: Then the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Then the angel of the Lord gave orders to Gad to say to David that he was to go and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.


rate difficulty: That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

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


simplify: And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

And again Isaiah says, There will be the root of Jesse, and he who comes to be the ruler over the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles put their hope.


rate difficulty: and the tongue <FI>is<Fi> a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.

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


simplify: And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the crowd;

And when he came on to the steps, he was lifted up by the armed men, because of the force of the people;


simplify: And he--gloomy at the word--went away sorrowing, for he was having many possessions.

But the man’s face clouded at these words, and he went away distressed, for he had great possessions.


rate difficulty: I would that they that unsettle you would even go beyond circumcision.

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


rate difficulty: a kiss to me thou didst not give, but this woman, from what <FI>time<Fi> I came in, did not cease kissing my feet;

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


simplify: And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear,


simplify: And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob.

And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son.


rate difficulty: And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

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


simplify: Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish–bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

And Abner was very angry at the words of Ish-bosheth, and he said, Am I a dog's head of Judah? I am this day doing all in my power for the cause of your father Saul and for his brothers and his friends, and have not given you up into the hands of David, and now you say I have done wrong with a woman.


rate difficulty: The word about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.


rate difficulty: And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

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

But if it is taken from him by a thief, he is to make up for the loss of it to its owner.


simplify: For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged.


simplify: that we may not be over-reached by the Adversary, for of his devices we are not ignorant.

so as to prevent Satan from taking advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.


rate difficulty: Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: of whom every family in [the] heavens and on earth is named,


simplify: whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, now not seeing and believing, ye are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified,

Though you have never seen him, yet you love him; though you do not even now see him, yet you believe in him, and exalt with a triumphant happiness too great for words,


rate difficulty: yet to us [there is] oneGod, the Father, of whom all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and we by him.


simplify: and through a window was I let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.

And being let down in a basket from the wall through a window, I got free from his hands.


simplify: And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the Lord for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.

And let the meal offering with it be two tenth parts of an ephah of the best meal mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the Lord for a sweet smell; and the drink offering with it is to be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.


simplify: Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

Sixty-two thousand, seven hundred of the tribe of Dan were numbered.


simplify: And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.

And they will give the walls of Tyre to destruction and have its towers broken: and I will take even her dust away from her, and make her an uncovered rock


simplify: If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.


simplify: And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

And it came about that when he said these things, a certain woman among the people said in a loud voice, Happy is the body which gave you birth, and the breasts from which you took milk.


simplify: The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.


simplify: Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.

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.


simplify: his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

His offering was one silver plate; a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;


simplify: A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

A people who make me angry every day, making offerings in gardens, and burning perfumes on bricks.


simplify: For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Because as in a thunderstorm the bright light coming from the east is seen even in the west; so will be the coming of the Son of man.


simplify: After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.

After them came Benjamin and Hasshub, opposite their house. After them Azariah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made good the wall by the house where he himself was living.


simplify: And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.

Jesus,” he went on, “do not forget me when you have come to your kingdom.”


simplify: And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him,

After some time some of them laid a plot to kill Saul,


rate difficulty: And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.


simplify: so thoughtless are ye! having begun in the Spirit, now in the flesh do ye end?

Can you be so foolish? After beginning with what is spiritual, do you now end with what is external?


simplify: let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.

Let the priests take, every man from his friends and neighbours, to make good what is damaged in the house, wherever it is to be seen.


simplify: but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take for a prey unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee.

But the women and the children and the cattle and everything in the town and all its wealth, you may take for yourselves: the wealth of your haters, which the Lord your God has given you, will be your food.


simplify: `Men, brethren! it is permitted to speak with freedom unto you concerning the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is among us unto this day;

Friends, I can speak to you the more confidently about the patriarch David, because he is dead and buried, and his tomb is here among us to this very day.


simplify: And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.

And from there David went to Mizpeh in the land of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father and mother come and make their living-place with you till it is clear to me what God will do for me.


rate difficulty: Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Jehovah. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

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simplify: And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.

And on that day, when the evening had come, he said to them, Let us go over to the other side.


simplify: And as he is sitting at the mount of the Olives, over-against the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, were questioning him by himself,

When Jesus had sat down on the Mount of Olives, facing the Temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew questioned him privately:


simplify: And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.

And with bent head I gave worship and praise to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, by whom I had been guided in the right way, to get the daughter of my master's brother for his son.


rate difficulty: The children of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred and forty-seven.

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rate difficulty: For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

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simplify: And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

And they went, and it was as he had said: and they made the Passover ready.


simplify: And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

And I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the mark of the living God: and he said with a great voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to do damage to the earth and the sea,


simplify: And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

And they came down to Ephesus and he left them there: and he himself went into the Synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.


simplify: Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;


simplify: And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

He will take his place before Eleazar the priest, so that he may get directions from the Lord for him, with the Urim: at his word they will go out, and at his word they will come in, he and all the children of Israel.


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

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


simplify: And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

Then Abijam went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David: and Asa his son became king in his place.


simplify: The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.

The word of the Lord came to me, Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldaeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was on me there.


rate difficulty: For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

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rate difficulty: and the thousand and seven hundred and five and seventy he hath made pegs for the pillars, and overlaid their tops, and filleted them.

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rate difficulty: And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

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rate difficulty: They shall inquire concerning Zion, with their faces thitherward, [saying,] Come, and let us join ourselves to Jehovah, in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.

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simplify: Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, like David his father;

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years; he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father:


simplify: And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves to-day to Jehovah, yea, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

And Moses said, You have made yourselves priests to the Lord this day; for every one of you has made the offering of his son and his brother; the blessing of the Lord is on you this day.


simplify: And all the people, eventhemen ofwar that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between him and Ai.

And all the fighting-men who were with him went up and came near the town, and took up a position on the north side of Ai facing the town, with a valley between him and the town.


simplify: and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,

And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,


rate difficulty: Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

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simplify: Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.


simplify: Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,


simplify: Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait one for another.

So then, my brothers, when you come together to the holy meal of the Lord, let there be waiting for one another.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:

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simplify: And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

And in the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings who were on his side, overcame the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,


simplify: For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye will destroy all this people.

For if you are turned away from him, he will send them wandering again in the waste land; and you will be the cause of the destruction of all this people.


simplify: and Remeth, and Engannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez,

And Remeth and En-gannim and En-haddah and Beth-pazzez;


rate difficulty: And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

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rate difficulty: And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

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simplify: Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

Go in and say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he is to let the children of Israel go out of his land.


simplify: But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

But when we hope for what is not before our eyes, then we wait for it with patience.


rate difficulty: Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with burning ague, and with drought, and with blight, and with mildew, and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

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rate difficulty: knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

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rate difficulty: Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind dropped. The disciples were utterly amazed,

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simplify: And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.

And Laban said, It is better for you to have her than another man: go on living here with me.


rate difficulty: So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.


simplify: Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.

Anathoth and Almon with their grass-lands, four towns.


simplify: And the seventy turned back with joy, saying, `Sir, and the demons are being subjected to us in thy name;'

When the seventy-two returned, they exclaimed joyfully: “Master, even the demons submit to us when we use your name.”


simplify: Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

And Shem, the older brother of Japheth, the father of the children of Eber, had other sons in addition.


rate difficulty: for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus.

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simplify: And Dannah, and Kirjath–sannah, which is Debir,

And Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (which is Debir);


rate difficulty: Then his disciples having come near, said to him, `Hast thou known that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were stumbled?'

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rate difficulty: And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

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simplify: He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.


simplify: They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a cruel death, and will let out the vine-garden to other workmen, who will give him the fruit when it is ready.


rate difficulty: Its princes in its midst <FI>are<Fi> as wolves, Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, For the sake of gaining dishonest gain.

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rate difficulty: Then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, I will make all the people of this land, even the kings seated on David's seat, and the priests and the prophets and all the people of Jerusalem, overcome with strong drink.

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simplify: He appointed also the king’s portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the Lord.

And he gave the king's part of his private property for the burned offerings, that is, for the morning and evening offerings, and the offerings for the Sabbath and the new moons and the regular feasts, as it is recorded in the law of the Lord.


simplify: Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.

Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.


simplify: Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.

And he took me out into the outer square and made me go by the four angles of the square; and I saw that in every angle of the open square there was a space shut in.


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go.

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh's heart is unchanged; he will not let the people go.


rate difficulty: And when the men were come unto him, they said, John the Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?

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rate difficulty: And he washed the inwards and the legs with water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt-offering for a sweet savor: it was an offering made by fire unto Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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rate difficulty: `And by me is made a decree concerning that which ye do with the elders of these Jews to build this house of God, that of the riches of the king, that <FI>are<Fi> of the tribute beyond the river, speedily let the outlay be given to these men, that they cease not;

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simplify: If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;

since we are on our trial today for a kind act done to a helpless man, and are asked in what way the man here before you has been cured,


rate difficulty: Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

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rate difficulty: And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah theirGod, and made them molten images, two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of the heavens, and served Baal;

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rate difficulty: And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

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simplify: And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

And after a very little time, the heaven became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab went in his carriage to Jezreel.


rate difficulty: also to appoint for himself heads of thousands, and heads of fifties; also to plow his plowing, and to reap his reaping; and to make instruments of his war, and instruments of his charioteer.

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simplify: The earth quaketh before them; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

The earth is troubled before them and the heavens are shaking: the sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining:


simplify: the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words may not pass away.

The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.


rate difficulty: And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:


simplify: And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and have dwelt there unto this day.

And they put to death the rest of the Amalekites who had got away safely, and made it their living-place to this day.


simplify: My beloved is gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

My loved one is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to take food in the gardens, and to get lilies.


rate difficulty: but unto the place which Jehovah yourGod will choose out of all your tribes to set his name there, his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;

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simplify: And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.

And the Philistines, when they went in flight, did not take their images with them, and David and his men took them away.


rate difficulty: Any man or woman who makes use of spirits, or who is a wonder-worker, is to be put to death: they are to be stoned with stones: their blood will be on them.


rate difficulty: Fifty-four thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Issachar were numbered.

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rate difficulty: According to the work of an engraver in stone, as the engravings of a seal, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; surrounded by enclosures of gold shalt thou make them.

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rate difficulty: in fulfillment of these words in the prophet Isaiah — ‘He took our infirmities on himself, and bore the burden of our diseases.’

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rate difficulty: Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied.


simplify: The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.

The children of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two.


simplify: and let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

And let the girl who is pleasing to the king be queen in place of Vashti. And the king was pleased with this suggestion; and he did so.


simplify: He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.


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

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simplify: And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

Leaving the Temple Courts, Jesus was walking away, when his disciples came up to draw his attention to the Temple buildings.


simplify: And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

And he said to him, You have done well, O good servant: because you have done well in a small thing you will have authority over ten towns.


simplify: And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, unto this very day.

And when the sun went down, they were taken down from the trees, by Joshua's orders, and put into the hole where they had gone to be safe; and great stones were placed at the mouth of the hole, where they are to this day.


rate difficulty: With the sound of the pipe I will get them together; for I have given the price to make them free: and they will be increased as they were increased.

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simplify: And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.

And on the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was dry.


rate difficulty: The mouth of strange women is a deep hole: he with whom the Lord is angry will go down into it.


rate difficulty: Drought and heat consume the snow waters: So dothSheolthose thathave sinned.

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simplify: and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

In the third, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;


simplify: The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of menis tothe diligent.

He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.


rate difficulty: `Food ye buy from them with money, and have eaten; and also water ye buy from them with money, and have drunk,

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


simplify: And upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and prolonged his speech until midnight.

And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.


simplify: Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.

Of preachers two or three should speak, and the rest should weigh well what is said.


simplify: And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

And the flag of the children of Dan, whose tents were moved last of all, went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.


simplify: And when Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none that escaped.

And Judah came to the watchtower of the waste land, and looking in the direction of the army, they saw only dead bodies stretched on the earth; no living man was to be seen.


rate difficulty: Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,

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rate difficulty: Samaria will be made waste, for she has gone against her God: they will be cut down by the sword, their little children will be broken on the rocks, their women who are with child will be cut open.

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rate difficulty: And I will lay waste your high places, and cut down your sun-pillars, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you.


simplify: And he said unto them, What have I now done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting?


simplify: And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:

On seeing the crowds of people, Jesus went up the hill; and, when he had taken his seat, his disciples came up to him;


rate difficulty: Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,


rate difficulty: And I took you into the lands of the Amorites on the other side of Jordan; and they made war on you, and I gave them into your hands and you took their land; and I sent destruction on them before you.

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rate difficulty: Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.


simplify: Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

Judah and Israel were as great in number as the sand by the seaside, and they took their food and drink with joy in their hearts.


simplify: And he saith to the man having the hand withered, `Rise up in the midst.'

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


rate difficulty: And he took the measure of the building in front of the separate place which was at the back of it, and the pillared walks on one side and on the other side; they were a hundred cubits long; and the Temple and the inner part and its outer covered way were covered in;


simplify: He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets.

His coming will not be with fighting or loud cries; and his voice will not be lifted up in the streets.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, as Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with [the] Holy Spirit,

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simplify: And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.


simplify: In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.

In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah, king of Judah, Menahem, the son of Gadi, became king over Israel, and was ruling in Samaria for ten years.


rate difficulty: For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

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simplify: And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order.

They gave worship with songs before the House of the Tent of meeting, till Solomon put up the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they took their places for their work in their regular order.


simplify: And come together again doth a multitude, so that they are not able even to eat bread;

Jesus went into a house; and again a crowd collected, so that they were not even able to eat their food.


simplify: For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.


simplify: Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

Therefore destroy all that is earthly in you — immorality, uncleanness, passions, evil desires, and that greed which is idolatry.


simplify: It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

By what can we illustrate it? Perhaps by the growth of a mustard seed. This seed, when sown in the ground, though it is smaller than all other seeds,


simplify: And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.

And the horses and the transport beasts, the camels and the asses and all the beasts in those tents will be attacked by the same disease.


simplify: When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

When they are stretched out in their holes, and are waiting in the brushwood?


simplify: For thus saith the Lord; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

For the Lord has said, David will never be without a man to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel;


rate difficulty: To Me they cry, `My God, we--Israel--have known Thee.'

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simplify: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.


simplify: And now, brethren, if I may come unto you speaking tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophesying, or in teaching?

This being so, friends, what good will I do you, if I come to you and speak in ‘tongues,’ unless my words convey some revelation, or knowledge, or take the form of preaching or teaching?


rate difficulty: of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

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simplify: Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?

Since then, God had given them the very same gift as he gave us when we became believers in Jesus Christ the Master — who was I that I could thwart God?”


simplify: And they forsook the house of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.

And they gave up the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and became worshippers of pillars of wood and of the images; and because of this sin of theirs, wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: He entereth into peace, they rest on their beds, <FI>Each<Fi> is going straightforward.

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rate difficulty: Men of Ramah and Gaba: six hundred twenty and one.


rate difficulty: After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

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rate difficulty: And the sons of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee The city of Jehovah, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

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


simplify: And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

And you may not make any of your children go through the fire as an offering to Molech, and you may not put shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.


simplify: And the twelve gates <FI>are<Fi> twelve pearls, each several one of the gates was of one pearl; and the broad-place of the city <FI>is<Fi> pure gold--as transparent glass.

The twelve gates were made of twelve pearls, each gate of one pearl. The street of the city was of pure gold, transparent as glass.


simplify: And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

And they sent for Rebekah and said to her, Are you ready to go with this man? And she said, I am ready.


simplify: And he rose up from the synagogue, and entered into the house of Simon. And Simon’s wife’s mother was holden with a great fever; and they besought him for her.

And he got up and went out of the Synagogue and went into the house of Simon. And Simon's wife's mother was very ill with a burning heat; and in answer to their prayers for her


simplify: And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

Some of the seed fell among brambles; but the brambles shot up and completely choked it, and it yielded no return.


rate difficulty: And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one buckler.

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simplify: Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

Then they came to Gedaliah in Mizpah, even Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah, the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.


simplify: Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Where there is no vision, the people are uncontrolled; but he who keeps the law will be happy.


simplify: which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

By which he made Christ come back from the dead, and gave him a place at his right hand in heaven,


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

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simplify: And it was so, that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery: unto whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laying his hands on him healed him.

And the father of Publius was ill, with a disease of the stomach; to whom Paul went, and put his hands on him, with prayer, and made him well.


rate difficulty: And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?

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rate difficulty: saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again.

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rate difficulty: And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.

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rate difficulty: `For thus said Jehovah God of Israel unto me, Take the wine cup of this fury out of My hand, and thou hast caused all the nations to drink it unto whom I am sending thee;

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rate difficulty: And Solomon awaketh, and lo, a dream; and he cometh in to Jerusalem, and standeth before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and causeth to ascend burnt-offerings, and maketh peace-offerings. And he maketh a banquet for all his servants,

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


rate difficulty: For who has known the mind of [the] Lord, who shall instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.


simplify: This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,

This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,


simplify: But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

Only it came to their ears that he who at one time was cruel to us is now preaching the faith which before had been attacked by him;


simplify: And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.

And I will make her chiefs and her wise men, her rulers and her captains and her men of war, overcome with wine; their sleep will be an eternal sleep without awaking, says the King; the Lord of armies is his name.


rate difficulty: and knowest the will, and discerningly approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

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simplify: Kirjath–baal, which is Kirjath–jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:

Kiriath-baal (which is Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two towns with their unwalled places.


simplify: And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:

And you are to say to Pharaoh, The Lord says, Israel is the first of my sons:


rate difficulty: The pride of man humbleth him, And humility of spirit upholdeth honour.

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


rate difficulty: I give praise to God at all times and make prayer for you,

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


rate difficulty: having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself

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simplify: The eyes of Jehovah preservehim that hathknowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.

The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.


rate difficulty: Let it be used for food on the same day; do not keep any part of it till the morning: I am the Lord.


simplify: In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,

On the fifth day of the month, in the fifth year after King Jehoiachin had been made a prisoner,


simplify: This is he, of whom it is written,  Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.

This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.

And the voice of the Lord came to you out of the fire: the sound of his words came to your ears but you saw no form; there was nothing but a voice.


rate difficulty: for he with whom these things are not present is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the purging of his former sins.

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rate difficulty: Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are ofGod; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

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simplify: And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

And take all the goods into the middle of its open space, burning the town and all its property with fire as an offering to the Lord your God; it is to be a waste for ever; there is to be no more building there.


simplify: And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?

“Why are you so timid?”he exclaimed. “Have you no faith yet?”


rate difficulty: And he measured the breadth from the front of the lower gate unto the front of the inner court outside, a hundred cubits eastward and northward.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

They are bent down, they give birth to their young, they let loose the fruit of their body.


simplify: Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

Elijah was only human like ourselves, but, when he prayed fervently that it might not rain, no rain fell on the land for three years and a half.


simplify: And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

and addressing him, said: “Tell us what authority you have to do these things. Who is it who has given you this authority?”


simplify: great <FI>is<Fi> my freedom of speech unto you, great my glory on your behalf; I have been filled with the comfort, I overabound with the joy on all our tribulation,

I have the utmost confidence in you; I am always boasting about you. I am full of encouragement and, in spite of all our troubles, my heart is overflowing with happiness.


simplify: and many other things, speaking evilly, they spake in regard to him.

And they heaped many other insults on him.


rate difficulty: And behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Jehovah a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight, for it is in abundance; and timber and stone have I prepared; and thou shalt add to it.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses said to them, Do nothing till the Lord gives me directions about you.

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


simplify: If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

If the clouds are full of rain, they send it down on the earth; and if a tree comes down to the south, or the north, in whatever place it comes down, there it will be.


rate difficulty: Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen--they stood up.


rate difficulty: The Lord is slow to wrath and great in mercy, overlooking wrongdoing and evil, and will not let wrongdoers go free; sending punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation.

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rate difficulty: And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar that they have scraped off, out of the city in an unclean place.

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simplify: And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And they put up over his head the statement of his crime in writing, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.


simplify: Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.

Who, when they had put questions to me, were ready to let me go free, because there was no cause of death in me.


simplify: My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.


simplify: And they come to Jericho, and as he is going forth from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, a son of Timaeus--Bartimaeus the blind--was sitting beside the way begging,

They came to Jericho. When Jesus was going out of the town with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside.


rate difficulty: And his armorbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thy heart: turn thee, behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.

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simplify: And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

And as for the people, he made servants of them, town by town, from one end of Egypt to the other.


rate difficulty: And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

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


rate difficulty: He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

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


rate difficulty: Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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simplify: And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.

And for the ruler there is to be a part on one side and on the other side of the holy offering and of the property of the town, in front of the holy offering and in front of the property of the town on the west of it and on the east: measured in the same line as one of the parts of the land, from its limit on the west to its limit on the east of the land.


simplify: For there is no respect of persons with God.


rate difficulty: This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.


rate difficulty: Give wings to Moab, for she utterly goeth out, And her cities are for a desolation, Without an inhabitant in them.

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simplify: And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.

He was shining like the light; he had rays coming out from his hand: there his power was kept secret.


simplify: For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

I want you to know in how great a struggle I am engaged for you and for Christ’s people at Laodicea, and for all who have not yet seen me;


simplify: And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city, while his servants were besieging it;

And Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came there, while his servants were shutting in the town;


rate difficulty: I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

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


simplify: For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God year by year in the place which Jehovah shall choose, thou and thy household.

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rate difficulty: Was then that which is good, death to me? In no way. But the purpose was that sin might be seen to be sin by working death to me through that which is good; so that through the orders of the law sin might seem much more evil.

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


rate difficulty: So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy to take up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.

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simplify: and Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, he carried them captive; and he begat Uzza and Ahihud.

And Naaman and Ahijah and Gera; and Iglaam was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.


simplify: And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.

And if one of them gets into any vessel of earth, whatever is in the vessel will be unclean and the vessel will have to be broken.


simplify: Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem.

Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem;


rate difficulty: And cursed <FI>is<Fi> a deceiver, who hath in his drove a male, And is vowing, and is sacrificing a marred thing to the Lord, For a great king <FI>am<Fi> I, said Jehovah of Hosts, And My name <FI>is<Fi> revered among nations!

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simplify: For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile clothing;

For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,


simplify: And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

“You who ‘destroy the Temple and build one in three days,’ save yourself! If you are God’s Son, come down from the cross!”


rate difficulty: I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,


simplify: Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

Helez the Paltite, Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,


rate difficulty: And you are to be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy and have made you separate from the nations, so that you may be my people.


rate difficulty: Where there is no vision the people cast off restraint; but happy is he that keepeth the law.


simplify: Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.


rate difficulty: And I bring them out of the land of Egypt, And I bring them in unto the wilderness,

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


simplify: And they said, `Sir, lo, here <FI>are<Fi> two swords;' and he said to them, `It is sufficient.'

“Master,” they exclaimed, “look, here are two swords!”   “Enough!”said Jesus.


simplify: `And if thy hand or thy foot doth cause thee to stumble, cut them off and cast from thee; it is good for thee to enter into the life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast to the fire the age-during.

If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off, and throw it away. It would be better for you to enter the life maimed or lame, than to have both hands, or both feet, and be thrown into the fire that never goes out.


simplify: And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.


simplify: And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

and they are crying to the mountains and the rocks — ‘Fall on us, and hide us from the eyes of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,


simplify: Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said to Samuel, Behold, I do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

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


simplify: Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.

Then he gave a cry to the servant who was waiting on him and said, Put this woman out, and let the door be locked after her.


simplify: All ye inhabitants of the world, and ye dwellers on the earth, when an ensign is lifted up on the mountains, see ye; and when the trumpet is blown, hear ye.

All you peoples of the world, and you who are living on the earth, when a flag is lifted up on the mountains, give attention; and when the horn is sounded, give ear.


rate difficulty: And all left him and fled.

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


rate difficulty: And Laban had gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that [belonged] to her father.


simplify: And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

And I sent the hornet before you, driving out the two kings of the Amorites before you, not with your sword and your bow.


simplify: And one strong messenger did take up a stone as a great millstone, and did cast <FI>it<Fi> to the sea, saying, `Thus with violence shall Babylon be cast, the great city, and may not be found any more at all;

Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and threw it into the sea, crying — ‘So will Babylon, the great city, be violently overthrown, never more to be seen.


rate difficulty: And the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, `Jehovah is hearkening between us--if according to thy word we do not so.'

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


simplify: And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to him, one by one, `Is it I?' and another, `Is it I?'

They were grieved at this, and began to say to him, one after another: “Can it be I?”


rate difficulty: And he goeth up, and lieth down on the lad, and putteth his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands, and stretcheth himself upon him, and the flesh of the lad becometh warm;

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


rate difficulty: And put up the hangings forming the open space all round it, with the curtain over its doorway.

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


simplify: And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

When they heard this, the men were greatly enraged, and began shouting — “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”


rate difficulty: Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.


simplify: For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Do not let yourselves be tricked by the prophets who are among you, and the readers of signs, and give no attention to their dreams which they may have;


rate difficulty: — so shall he astonish many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at him: for what had not been told them shall they see, and what they had not heard shall they consider.


simplify: And they two made a covenant before Jehovah: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

And the two of them made an agreement before the Lord: and David went on living in Horesh, and Jonathan went back to his house.


rate difficulty: Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword, in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end;

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he promised unto them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

Or it may be said in the land from which you have taken them, Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land which he said he would give them, and because of his hate for them, he has taken them out to put them to death in the waste land.


rate difficulty: Near them was working Rephaiah, the son of Hur, the ruler of half Jerusalem.

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


simplify: For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state.

For I have no man of like mind who will truly have care for you.


simplify: yea and a sword shall pierce through thine own soul; that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.

(And a sword will go through your heart;) so that the secret thoughts of men may come to light.


rate difficulty: The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four.


rate difficulty: Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

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simplify: There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

And he said, Two men were in debt to a certain man of business: one had a debt of five hundred pence, and the other of fifty.


simplify: Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

The chief of Kenaz, the chief of Teman, the chief of Mibzar,


rate difficulty: But Peter followed him afar off, unto the court of the high priest, and entered in, and sat with the officers, to see the end.

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


simplify: And entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, arrayed in a white robe; and they were amazed.

And when they went in, they saw a young man seated on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were full of wonder.


simplify: But if all prophesy, and there come in one unbelieving or unlearned, he is reproved by all, he is judged by all;

But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all;


rate difficulty: He hath showed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.

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


rate difficulty: Now, thus sinning against the brethren, and wounding their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.

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


rate difficulty: And it was now about the sixth hour; and all the land was dark till the ninth hour;

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


simplify: O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.

O daughter of my people, put on haircloth, rolling yourself in the dust: give yourself to sorrow, as for an only son, with most bitter cries of grief; for he who makes waste will come on us suddenly.


simplify: Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.


rate difficulty: Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

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


simplify: This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the Lord in the priest’s office;

This is the holy part given to Aaron and to his sons, out of the offerings made to the Lord by fire, on the day when they were made priests before the Lord;


simplify: Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?


rate difficulty: Thou, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.

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


rate difficulty: Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod ofGod upon them.

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


rate difficulty: And he will put a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and they will be burned by him: and he will make Egypt clean as a keeper of sheep makes clean his clothing; and he will go out from there in peace.


rate difficulty: And iron in abundance for nails for leaves of the gates, and for couplings, hath David prepared, and brass in abundance--there is no weighing.


simplify: And they none of these things understood, and this saying was hid from them, and they were not knowing the things said.

The apostles did not comprehend any of this; his meaning was unintelligible to them, and they did not understand what he was saying.


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


simplify: Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;


rate difficulty: But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

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


rate difficulty: and shall serve in the name of Jehovah hisGod, as all his brethren the Levites that stand there before Jehovah,

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


rate difficulty: But Samson's wife was given to the friend who had been his best man.

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


simplify: and there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations whom Jehovah carried away before them; and they wrought wicked things to provoke Jehovah to anger;

Burning their offerings in all the high places, as those nations did whom the Lord sent away from before them; they did evil things, moving the Lord to wrath;


simplify: And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah?

And the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?


rate difficulty: I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.


simplify: Then the children of Judah drew nigh unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that Jehovah spake unto Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning thee in Kadesh-barnea.

Then the children of Judah went to Joshua in Gilgal; and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, said to him, You have knowledge of what the Lord said to Moses, the man of God, about me and about you in Kadesh-barnea.


rate difficulty: And he gave to everyone, every man and woman of Israel, a cake of bread, some meat, and a cake of dry grapes.

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


simplify: And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

And keep the orders of the Lord your God, walking in his ways, keeping his laws and his orders and his rules and his words, as they are recorded in the law of Moses; so that you may do well in all you do and wherever you go,


simplify: Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:

And he took me to the doorway looking to the east:


simplify: Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.