simplify: and he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests; and he shall take thereout his handful of the fine flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof. And the priest shall burn it as the memorial thereof upon the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah:

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


simplify: But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh.

But when these things come about, let your heads be lifted up, because your salvation is near.


rate difficulty: These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am angry about the fate of Zion, I am angry about her with great wrath.

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


rate difficulty: Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it: for nought of your work shall be diminished.

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


rate difficulty: so ye, also, when these ye may see coming to pass, ye know that it is nigh, at the doors.

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


simplify: And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

And he put the bread on it in order before the Lord, as the Lord had said.


rate difficulty: And now, turning away from evil, you had done what is right in my eyes, giving a public undertaking for every man to make his neighbour free; and you had made an agreement before me in the house which is named by my name:

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


rate difficulty: and two doors of fir-wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.


simplify: And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

And after drinking it, they will go rolling from side to side, and be off their heads, because of the sword which I will send among them.


rate difficulty: Because the daughters of Manasseh had a heritage among his sons, and the land of Gilead was the property of the other sons of Manasseh.

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


simplify: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;

Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the order of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our hope;


rate difficulty: and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron,

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


simplify: These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

These are the orders which the Lord gave to Moses for the children of Israel in Mount Sinai.


simplify: When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, do not take as your example the disgusting ways of those nations.


simplify: if indeed, therefore, Demetrius and the artificers with him with any one have a matter, court <FI>days<Fi> are held, and there are proconsuls; let them accuse one another.

If, however, Demetrius and the artisans who are acting with him have a charge to make against anyone, there are court days and there are Magistrates; let both parties take legal proceedings.


rate difficulty: And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother as wife.

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


rate difficulty: Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.

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


rate difficulty: And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair; and I made them take an oath by God, saying, You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

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


simplify: If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear;


rate difficulty: And Moses answereth and saith, `And, if they do not give credence to me, nor hearken to my voice, and say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto thee?'

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


rate difficulty: But as surely as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah!


simplify: A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.

The sound of the crying of the keepers of the flock! for their glory is made waste: the sound of the loud crying of the young lions! for the pride of Jordan is made waste.


rate difficulty: So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.

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


simplify: They have made it a desolation; it mourneth unto me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

They have made it waste; it is weeping to me, being wasted; all the land is made waste, because no man takes it to heart.


simplify: And they gave them Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

They gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba, the father of Anak, (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah, with its grass-lands.


rate difficulty: He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.

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


simplify: And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

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


simplify: Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;

Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:


simplify: And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

In the flesh of your private parts you are to undergo it, as a mark of the agreement between me and you.


simplify: Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Then the Evil One went away from him, and angels came and took care of him.


simplify: Water shall flow from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted.

Peoples will be in fear before his strength, his arm will be on great nations: his king will be higher than Agag, and his kingdom made great in honour.


rate difficulty: Then a second angel followed, crying — ‘She has fallen! She has fallen — Babylon the Great, who has made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her licentiousness!’

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


simplify: chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,

The chief of Oholibamah, the chief of Elah, the chief of Pinon,


simplify: Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

treacherous, reckless, and puffed up with pride; they will love pleasure more than they love God;


simplify: The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,

The hand of the Lord had been on me, and he took me out in the spirit of the Lord and put me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones;


simplify: The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the Lord.

A word of the Lord: The Lord has come to the land of Hadrach, and Damascus is his resting-place: for the towns of Aram are the Lord's,


rate difficulty: And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.

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


simplify: What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?


simplify: And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

Jesus again began to teach by the Sea; and, as an immense crowd was gathering around him, he got into a boat, and sat in it on the Sea, while all the people were on the shore at the water’s edge.


rate difficulty: And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.

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


simplify: He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great.


simplify: And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

And Jesus said: “Let anyone who has ears to hear with hear.”


simplify: That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;

salvation from our enemies and from the hands of all who hate us,


rate difficulty: But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

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


rate difficulty: And Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz; and Basmath bore Reuel.

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


rate difficulty: Thou lookest after the wickedness of thy youth, In dealing out of Egypt thy loves, For the sake of the breasts of thy youth.

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


simplify: And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

And I heard a sound from heaven, ‘like the sound of many waters,’ and like the sound of a loud peal of thunder; the sound that I heard was like the music of harpers playing on their harps.


simplify: Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.

News is going about, see, it is coming, a great shaking is coming from the north country, so that the towns of Judah may be made waste and become the living-place of jackals.


simplify: but thou shalt eat them before Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.

But they will be your food before the Lord your God in the place of his selection, where you may make a feast of them, with your son and your daughter, and your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is living with you: and you will have joy before the Lord your God in everything to which you put your hand.


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

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


simplify: Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.

Of the tribe of Joseph, that is of the family of Manasseh, Gaddi, the son of Susi.


rate difficulty: He saith to them--`Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

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


simplify: Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.

Go and say to Hananiah, This is what the Lord has said: Yokes of wood have been broken by you, but in their place I will make yokes of iron.


simplify: The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters — with all purity.


simplify: While Peter is yet speaking these sayings, the Holy spirit fell upon all those hearing the word,

Before Peter had finished saying these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to the message.


simplify: Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the Lord struck him, and he died.

And Jeroboam did not get back his power again in the life-time of Abijah; and the Lord sent death on him.


simplify: Seven days shall the son that is priest in his stead put them on, when he cometh into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.

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


simplify: `Men, Israelites! hear these words, Jesus the Nazarene, a man approved of God among you by mighty works, and wonders, and signs, that God did through him in the midst of you, according as also ye yourselves have known;

People of Israel, listen to what I am saying. Jesus of Nazareth, a man whose mission from God to you was proved by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God showed among you through him, as you know full well —


simplify: Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

And you put chains on my feet, watching all my ways, and making a limit for my steps;


simplify: And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

She became the mother of Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.


rate difficulty: and two rings of gold thou dost make to it under its crown; on its two ribs thou dost make <FI>them<Fi> , on its two sides, and they have become places for staves, to bear it with them.

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


simplify: Now then do it: for the Lord hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

For the Lord has said of David, By the hand of my servant David I will make my people Israel safe from the Philistines, and from all who are against them.


simplify: It shall be unto you a sabbath of solemn rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye keep your sabbath.

Let this be a Sabbath of special rest to you, and keep yourselves from all pleasure; on the ninth day of the month at nightfall from evening to evening, let this Sabbath be kept.


rate difficulty: `And Jehoshua I have commanded at that time, saying, Thine eyes are seeing all that which Jehovah your God hath done to these two kings--so doth Jehovah to all the kingdoms whither thou are passing over;

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


simplify: Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.


simplify: And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away unto their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Jehovah had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he sent the people away to their tents, full of joy and glad in their hearts, because of all the good which the Lord had done to David and to Solomon and to Israel his people.


rate difficulty: Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

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


simplify: The four and twentieth to Romamti–ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.

The twenty-fourth Romamti-ezer, with his sons and his brothers, twelve.


simplify: Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

A curse will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.


simplify: So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

So David and his men went to Keilah, and had a fight with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and put them to the sword with great destruction. So David was the saviour of the people of Keilah.


simplify: And it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said unto him, `I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go, sir;'

And, while they were on their way, a man said to Jesus: “I will follow you wherever you go.”


rate difficulty: saying--`Against the law this one doth persuade men to worship God;'

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


rate difficulty: And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

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


simplify: And they made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,

The coats for Aaron and his sons they made of the best linen;


simplify: And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.

Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who proved a traitor.


rate difficulty: He that hath ears, let him hear.

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


simplify: He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

Running against him like a man of war, covered by his thick breastplate; even like a king ready for the fight,


simplify: Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.


simplify: Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:

Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;


simplify: on the sabbath-day also we went forth outside of the city, by a river, where there used to be prayer, and having sat down, we were speaking to the women who came together,

On the Sabbath we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and talked to the women who were gathered there.


simplify: But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?

And all those hearing him were full of wonder and said, Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was attacking all the worshippers of this name? and he had come here so that he might take them as prisoners before the chief priests.


simplify: And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

And you will take with you into the ark two of every sort of living thing, and keep them safe with you; they will be male and female.


simplify: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

A curse is on you, Chorazin! A curse is on you, Beth-saida! For if such works of power had been done in Tyre and Sidon as have been done in you, they would have been turned from their sins, in days gone by, seated in the dust.


simplify: And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.

And David went wherever Saul sent him, and did wisely: and Saul put him at the head of his men of war, and this was pleasing to all the people as well as to Saul's servants.


rate difficulty: But one of the young men said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kind words to our master, and he gave them a rough answer.

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


simplify: The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

The Lord, therefore, knows how to deliver the pious from temptation, and to keep the wicked, who are even now suffering punishment, in readiness for ‘the day of judgment’ —


rate difficulty: May the Lord send his blessing on you and keep you:

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


simplify: for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,

For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;


simplify: Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?

If the horn is sounded in the town will the people not be full of fear? will evil come on a town if the Lord has not done it?


simplify: Before I go whence I shall not return, Evento the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,


rate difficulty: And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their vessels and put fire in them and perfume, burning strange fire before the Lord, which he had not given them orders to do.

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


rate difficulty: And he put the meal offering before the Lord, and taking some of it in his hand he had it burned on the altar, separately from the burned offering of the morning.

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


rate difficulty: As many as desire to have a fair appearance in [the] flesh, these compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not be persecuted because of the cross of Christ.


simplify: But ye are they that have continued with me in my temptations;

But you are those who have kept with me through my troubles;


rate difficulty: When the sin which he has done is made clear to him, then he is to give for his offering a goat, a female without any mark, for the sin which he has done.

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


simplify: But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

but also with reference to us. Our faith, too, will be regarded by God in the same light, if we have faith in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead;


rate difficulty: As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

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


simplify: And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘these people know that I used to imprison and scourge, in synagogue after synagogue, those who believed in you;


rate difficulty: To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

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


simplify: and saith to them, `Go away to the village that is over-against you, and immediately, entering into it, ye shall find a colt tied, on which no one of men hath sat, having loosed it, bring <FI>it<Fi> :

“Go to the village facing you,”he said; “and, as soon as you get there, you will find a foal tethered, which no one has ever ridden; untie it, and bring it.


simplify: and if seven times in the day he may sin against thee, and seven times in the day may turn back to thee, saying, I reform; thou shalt forgive him.'

Even if they wrong you seven times a day, but turns to you every time and says ‘I am sorry,’ you must forgive them.”


rate difficulty: And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.


rate difficulty: The seventh Hakkoz, the eighth Abijah,

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


simplify: This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

This, then, as one in union with the Lord, I implore: Do not continue to live such purposeless lives as the Gentiles live,


simplify: Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.


simplify: In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.

In that day, says the Lord of armies, I will take you, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, says the Lord, and will make you as a jewelled ring: for I have taken you to be mine, says the Lord of armies.


rate difficulty: Gad, a troop shall press upon him; But he shall press upon their heel.

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


simplify: For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.

For see, I will put a sheep-keeper over the land, who will have no care for that which is cut off, and will not go in search of the wanderers, or make well what is broken, and he will not give food to that which is ill, but he will take for his food the flesh of the fat, and let their feet be broken.


rate difficulty: And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in her fortresses; and it shall be a dwelling-place of wild dogs, a court for ostriches.


simplify: For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

All Nature awaits with eager expectation the appearing of the sons of God.


rate difficulty: And Saul saith, `From Amalek they have brought them, because the people had pity on the best of the flock, and of the herd, in order to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God, and the remnant we have devoted.'

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


simplify: The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners.


rate difficulty: To whom will he give knowledge? and to whom will he make clear the word? Will it be to those who have newly given up milk, and who have only now been taken from the breast?

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


simplify: Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.


rate difficulty: and he goeth through the wilderness, and compasseth the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and cometh in at the rising of the sun of the land of Moab, and they encamp beyond Arnon, and have not come into the border of Moab, for Arnon <FI>is<Fi> the border of Moab.

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


rate difficulty: There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

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


rate difficulty: And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

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


simplify: Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.

For this reason the children of Israel, even today, never take that muscle in the hollow of the leg as food, because the hollow of Jacob's leg was touched.


simplify: And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.


simplify: And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion–gaber.

And they went on from Abronah, and put up their tents in Ezion-geber.


simplify: So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell upon him, so that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

So the king gave orders to Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada; and he went out and, falling on him, put him to death. And Solomon's authority over the kingdom was complete.


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will have the bow of Elam, their chief strength, broken.


simplify: But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.

He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.


rate difficulty: but thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.

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


simplify: because of this be glad, ye heavens, and those in them who do tabernacle; woe to those inhabiting the land and the sea, because the Devil did go down unto you, having great wrath, having known that he hath little time.'

Therefore, be glad, heaven, and all who live in heaven! Alas for the earth and for the sea, for the devil has gone down to you in great fury, knowing that he has but little time.’


rate difficulty: And it shall be, when ye draw nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

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


simplify: whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.

Whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, so that you may have knowledge of our position, and that he may give comfort to your hearts.


rate difficulty: seeing the word doth come unto the king of Nineveh, and he riseth from his throne, and removeth his honourable robe from off him, and spreadeth out sackcloth, and sitteth on the ashes,

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


simplify: And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.

But they insisted: “He is stirring up the people by his teaching all through Judea; he began with Galilee and has now come here.”


simplify: For, indeed, concerning the ministration that <FI>is<Fi> for the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you,

With reference, indeed, to the Fund for your fellow Christians, it is quite superfluous for me to say anything to you.


simplify: And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.


simplify: And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

The king was much distressed; yet, because of his oath and of the guests at his table, he did not like to refuse her.


simplify: And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair countenance.

And when the Philistine, taking note, saw David, he had a poor opinion of him: for he was only a boy, red-haired and good-looking.


rate difficulty: And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

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


simplify: And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

And a mixed band of people went with them; and flocks and herds in great numbers.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.

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


rate difficulty: And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of Jehovah came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

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


simplify: Then understood the disciples that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.

Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.


rate difficulty: Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

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


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash, and his power, and how he went to war with Amaziah, king of Judah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?


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


All Christ’s people here send you their greetings.


simplify: For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not go back again, but gives water to the earth, and makes it fertile, giving seed to the planter, and bread for food;


simplify: 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.

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.


simplify: This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord.

And this is what they are to give; let every man who is numbered give half a shekel, by the scale of the holy place: (the shekel being valued at twenty gerahs:) this money is an offering to the Lord.


simplify: And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.

And truly my ears are open to the cry of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep under their yoke; and I have kept in mind my agreement.


rate difficulty: And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall cut off thy nose and thine ears, and thy remnant shall fall by the sword; they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.

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


simplify: And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

Then they went on their journey from Succoth, and put up their tents in Etham at the edge of the waste land.


simplify: And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

Then they put the bags of grain on their asses and went away.


simplify: Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges!

Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors!


rate difficulty: And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En–shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En–rogel:

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


rate difficulty: He will make no cry, his voice will not be loud: his words will not come to men's ears in the streets.


rate difficulty: Then did the horse-hoofs clatter with the coursings, The coursings of their steeds.

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


simplify: Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.

Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.


simplify: be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even in him doth this man stand here before you whole.

Take note, all of you, and all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you put to death on the cross, whom God gave back from the dead, even through him is this man now before you completely well.


simplify: and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.

And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.


rate difficulty: And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.


simplify: That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,

So that the rest of men may make search for the Lord, and all the Gentiles on whom my name is named,


rate difficulty: and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: and the city hath been devoted, it and all that <FI>is<Fi> in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot doth live, she and all who <FI>are<Fi> with her in the house, for she hid the messengers whom we sent;

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


simplify: And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.


simplify: `And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there shall be great distress on the land, and wrath on this people;

Alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great suffering in the land, and anger against this people.


rate difficulty: And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.

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


rate difficulty: (and the cook lifteth up the leg, and that which <FI>is<Fi> on it, and setteth before Saul), and he saith, `Lo, that which is left; set <FI>it<Fi> before thee--eat, for to this appointed season it is kept for thee, saying, The people I have called;' and Saul eateth with Samuel on that day.

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


rate difficulty: Or is God the God of Jews only? is he not in the same way the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles:

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


simplify: And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.


simplify: And Hazar–shual, and Balah, and Azem,


simplify: Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.

asking that, if he be willing, I may some day at last find the way open to visit you.


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

For this reason the Lord has said to them, Truly, I, even I, will be judge between the fat sheep and the thin sheep.


simplify: Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself.


simplify: And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall choose;

And if a Levite, moved by a strong desire, comes from any town in all Israel where he is living to the place marked out by the Lord;


simplify: And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.

And the inside parts and the legs were washed with water and all the sheep was burned by Moses on the altar; it was a burned offering for a sweet smell: it was an offering made by fire to the Lord, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.


rate difficulty: These are the heads of their fathers' families: the sons of Reuben the oldest son of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi: these are the families of Reuben.

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


simplify: And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering; and all the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar.

And the priest is to take some of the blood with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burned offering, and all the rest of its blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar.


rate difficulty: Then he taught them a lesson , saying — “Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.


simplify: but in the days of the voice of the seventh messenger, when he may be about to sound, and the secret of God may be finished, as He did declare to His own servants, to the prophets.

Moreover at the time when the seventh angel will speak, when he is ready to blow his blast, then the hidden purposes of God, of which he told the good news to his servants, the prophets, are at once fulfilled.


rate difficulty: They help every one his neighbor; and every one saith to his brother, Be of good courage.

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


simplify: And certain of the wandering exorcist Jews, took upon <FI>them<Fi> to name over those having the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, `We adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul doth preach;'

An attempt was made by some itinerant Jews, who were exorcists, to use the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had wicked spirits in them.   “I order you,” they would say, “by the Jesus, whom Paul preaches.”


rate difficulty: And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.

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


simplify: Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

Have we no right to take about with us a Christian wife, like the rest of the Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?


rate difficulty: When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,

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


simplify: And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do;

And the Lord said, Am I to keep back from Abraham the knowledge of what I do;


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

And Samson was there till the middle of the night; then he got up, and took a grip on the doors of the town, pulling them up, together with their two supports and their locks, and put them on his back and took them up to the top of the hill in front of Hebron.


simplify: and of the rest no one was daring to join himself to them, but the people were magnifying them,

but of the rest no one ventured to join them. On the other hand, the people were full of their praise,


simplify: salute Apelles, the approved in Christ; salute those of the <FI>household<Fi> of Aristobulus;

to that proved Christian Apelles; to the household of Aristobulus;


rate difficulty: and Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,

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


rate difficulty: Art not Thou it that is drying up a sea, Waters of a great deep? That hath made deep places of a sea A way for the passing of the redeemed?

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


simplify: For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

See, I will send snakes and poison-snakes among you, against which the wonder-worker has no power; and they will give you wounds which may not be made well, says the Lord.


simplify: But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

But when this has taken place, then that which was said in the Writings will come true, Death is overcome by life.


simplify: But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.

But if his clothing is not washed and his body bathed, his sin will be on him.


simplify: But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.

But if it is a question of words or names or of your law, see to it yourselves; I will not be a judge of such things.


simplify: And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:

And Jesus said to them, Take care that you are not tricked by anyone.


rate difficulty: Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.

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


simplify: I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.


simplify: And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

And Satan came into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve.


rate difficulty: For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to make destruction complete in all the land.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,


simplify: And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying ‘Write — “Blessed are the dead who from this hour die in union with the Lord.”   “Yes,” answers the Spirit, “that they may rest from their toil. Their good deeds go with them.”’


rate difficulty: I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.

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


rate difficulty: And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

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


rate difficulty: and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

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


rate difficulty: but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.


rate difficulty: for Judah, Elihu of the brethren of David; for Issachar, Omri the son of Michael;

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


rate difficulty: Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time.

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


rate difficulty: And it shall be a reproach, and a taunt, an instruction, and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments upon thee in anger, and in fury, and in furious rebukes: I, Jehovah, have spoken.

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


rate difficulty: And a gleaning shall be left in it, as at the shaking of an olive-tree: two, three berries above, in the tree-top; four, five in its fruitful boughs, saith Jehovah, theGod of Israel.

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


simplify: And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:

And he went from there into their Synagogue:


simplify: and to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

As an expert designer of beautiful things, working in gold and silver and brass;


simplify: And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:

But the Lord, answering, said to her, Martha, Martha, you are full of care and troubled about such a number of things:


simplify: And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.

Then at the end of forty days and forty nights the Lord gave me those stones, the stones of the agreement.


rate difficulty: And thou, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal:

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


rate difficulty: But trouble is man's fate from birth, as the flames go up from the fire.


simplify: Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

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


simplify: And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?

And his disciples, questioning him, said, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?


simplify: And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.

And I have given them to Aaron and to his sons, from among the children of Israel, to undertake for them all the work of the Tent of meeting, and to take away sin from the children of Israel so that no evil may come on them when they come near the holy place.


simplify: and he shall put the incense upon the fire before Jehovah, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:

And let him put the perfume on the fire before the Lord so that the ark may be covered with a cloud of the smoke of the perfume, in order that death may not overtake him.


rate difficulty: Then the king sent another captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he said to Elijah, O man of God, the king says, Come down quickly.

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


simplify: Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high?

Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high.


simplify: And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

These towns are to be their living-places, with land round them for their cattle and their food and all their beasts,


rate difficulty: who did change the truth of God into a falsehood, and did honour and serve the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed to the ages. Amen.


simplify: Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

But as for me, I am looking to the Lord; I am waiting for the God of my salvation: the ears of my God will be open to me.


rate difficulty: And according to the going up of the cloud from off the tent and afterwards do the sons of Israel journey; and in the place where the cloud doth tabernacle, there do the sons of Israel encamp;

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


simplify: Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

Then the woman said, Who am I to let you see? And he said, Make Samuel come up for me.


rate difficulty: And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king’s house.

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


rate difficulty: And they journeyed from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

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


rate difficulty: Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

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


rate difficulty: And Mary said: I am the servant of the Lord; may it be to me as you say. And the angel went away.

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


simplify: I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

And I will put my hands together with a loud sound, and I will let my wrath have rest: I the Lord have said it.


simplify: This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.


simplify: And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

“Teacher,” a man in the crowd said to Jesus, “tell my brother to share the property with me.”


simplify: according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;


simplify: And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

And you have given no thought to the Lord your Maker, by whom the heavens were stretched out, and the earth placed on its base; and you went all day in fear of the wrath of the cruel one, when he was making ready for your destruction. And where is the wrath of the cruel one?


simplify: And the man came into the house, and he ungirded the camels; and he gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men that were with him.

Then the man came into the house, and Laban took their cords off the camels and gave them dry grass and food, and he gave to him and the men who were with him water for washing their feet.


simplify: For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.


simplify: Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?

And you, son of man, say to the children of Israel, You say, Our wrongdoing and our sins are on us and we are wasting away in them; how then may we have life?


rate difficulty: And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

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


simplify: Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

not addicted to drink or brawling, but of a forbearing and peaceable disposition, and not a lover of money;


simplify: But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

But he in answer said to him who gave the news, Who is my mother and who are my brothers?


rate difficulty: You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord

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


simplify: And much time being spent, and the sailing being now dangerous--because of the fast also being already past--Paul was admonishing,

This had taken a considerable time, and sailing was already dangerous, for the Fast was already over; and so Paul gave this warning.


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

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


simplify: Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.

But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order.


rate difficulty: The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

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


simplify: not having my righteousness, which <FI>is<Fi> of law, but that which <FI>is<Fi> through faith of Christ--the righteousness that is of God by the faith,

any righteousness that I have being, not the righteousness that results from law, but the righteousness which comes through faith in Christ — the righteousness which is derived from God and is founded on faith.


simplify: Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

On Egypt and on Judah and on Edom and on the children of Ammon and on Moab and on all who have the ends of their hair cut, who are living in the waste land: for all these nations and all the people of Israel are without circumcision in their hearts.


rate difficulty: The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

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


simplify: God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

In no way: because if it is so, how is God able to be the judge of all the world?


simplify: And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna say: These things says the first and the last, who was dead and is living:


simplify: And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife?


simplify: Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.

Kedemoth and Mephaath with their grass-lands, four towns.


rate difficulty: And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

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


simplify: Then said Jehovah unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

Then the Lord said to me, Even if Moses and Samuel came before me, I would have no desire for this people: send them away from before me, and let them go.


simplify: thus saith Jehovah, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them.

This is what the Lord has said: Do not go in the way of the nations; have no fear of the signs of heaven, for the nations go in fear of them.


simplify: And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

And they went after them as far as Jordan; and all the road was covered with clothing and vessels dropped by the Aramaeans in their flight. So those who were sent went back and gave the news to the king.


rate difficulty: And he smote them from Aroer until thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto Abel-cheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

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


simplify: stedfast is He who is calling you, who also will do <FI>it<Fi> .

He who calls you will not fail you; he will complete his work.


simplify: Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

A talent of gold will be needed for it, with all these vessels.


rate difficulty: And the house was made beautiful with stones of great value, and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

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


simplify: And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul; and they besought him,

And the chief priests and the chief men of the Jews made statements against Paul,


simplify: Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

Make the tribe of Levi come near, and put them before Aaron the priest, to be his helpers,


simplify: Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.

Then in Jerusalem he gave authority to certain of the Levites and the priests and the heads of families of Israel to give decisions for the Lord, and in the causes of those living in Jerusalem.


simplify: Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all;


rate difficulty: And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

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


rate difficulty: Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?

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


simplify: And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

So the Philistines went to the fight, and Israel was overcome, and every man went in flight to his tent: and great was the destruction, for thirty thousand footmen of Israel were put to the sword.


rate difficulty: And I say unto the messenger who is speaking with me, `What <FI>are<Fi> these?' And he saith unto me, `These <FI>are<Fi> the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.'

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


rate difficulty: The sons of Ham: Cush and Egypt, Put and Canaan.

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


simplify: The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:

The third Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, the son of Haggith;


rate difficulty: His armies come on together, they make their road high against me, and put up their tents round mine.


simplify: And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

And they had then an important prisoner, whose name was Barabbas.


simplify: And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.

And I will go out and take my place by my father's side in the field near where you are; and I will get into talk with my father about you, and when I see how things are, I will give you word.


simplify: And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

Time after time, in every synagogue, I tried by punishments to force them to blaspheme. So frantic was I against them, that I pursued them even to towns beyond our borders.


simplify: having known also that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, if not through the faith of Jesus Christ, also we in Christ Jesus did believe, that we might be declared righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by works of law, wherefore declared righteous by works of law shall be no flesh.'

So we placed our faith in Christ Jesus, in order that we might be pronounced righteous, as the result of faith in Christ, and not of obedience to law; for such obedience ‘will not result in even one soul’s being pronounced righteous.’


simplify: Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

With no ground for hope, Abraham, sustained by hope, put faith in God; in order that, in fulfillment of the words — ‘So many will your descendants be,’ he might become ‘the Father of many nations.’


simplify: Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord.

Only be conscious of your sin, the evil you have done against the Lord your God; you have gone with strange men under every branching tree, giving no attention to my voice, says the Lord.


simplify: And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.

And he took a cup, and when he had given praise, he gave it to them: and they all had a drink from it.


simplify: The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.

Their outstretched wings were twenty cubits across; they were placed upright on their feet, facing the inner part of the house.


simplify: for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.

Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.


simplify: For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?


simplify: Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.

Let them be for yourself only, not for other men with you.


rate difficulty: but, through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, we believe to be saved, even as also they.'

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work


simplify: Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.


rate difficulty: and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded by Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,

When Jesus was on the point of going up to Jerusalem, he gathered the twelve disciples around him by themselves, and said to them as they were on their way:


rate difficulty: The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,

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


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.

And the Lord said to Moses, Now let your hand be stretched out to heaven so that there may be an ice-storm on all the land of Egypt, on man and on beast and on every plant of the field through all the land of Egypt.


simplify: Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

This being so, the action is no longer my own, but is done by the sin which is within me.


rate difficulty: When you go out to war against other nations, and come face to face with horses and war-carriages and armies greater in number than yourselves, have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and came unto Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

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


simplify: And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.

And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.


simplify: (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)

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


simplify: neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock,

not as lords of your charges, but as examples to your flock.


simplify: Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.

Then King Solomon took an oath by the Lord, saying, May God's punishment be on me if Adonijah does not give payment for these words with his life.


rate difficulty: Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me.

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


rate difficulty: Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the Lord.

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


simplify: So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me.

So it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.


rate difficulty: Son of man, see, the children of Israel say, The vision which he sees is for the days which are a long way off, and his words are of times still far away.

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


simplify: For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

You neglect God’s commandments and hold to human traditions.


rate difficulty: And they were living in Gilead in Bashan, in its small towns and in all the grass-land of Sirion as far as its limits.

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


rate difficulty: As it is said, See, I am putting in Zion a stone causing a fall, and a rock in the way: but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.


simplify: And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.

And all the meeting of the children of Israel came together at Shiloh and put up the Tent of meeting there: and the land was crushed before them.


rate difficulty: brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched [corn], and beans, and lentils, and parched [pulse],

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


rate difficulty: And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.

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


simplify: and I, having found him to have done nothing worthy of death, and he also himself having appealed to Sebastus, I decided to send him,

I found, however, that he had not done anything deserving death; so, as he had himself appealed to his August Majesty, I decided to send him.


rate difficulty: And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

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


simplify: And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

And you are not to take for food any blood, of bird or of beast, in any of your houses.


rate difficulty: And the Lord smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.

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


simplify: And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

Now, while he was talking, a Pharisee made a request that he would come to a meal with him; and he went in and took his seat at the meal.


rate difficulty: Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.

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


simplify: My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

My skin is black and dropping off me; and my bones are burning with the heat of my disease.


simplify: he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice,

He will not contend, nor cry aloud, Neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets;


simplify: And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.

At that time they put about ten thousand men of Moab to the sword, every strong man and every man of war; not a man got away.


simplify: And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.

And in the same way, the wings of the other, five cubits long, were stretched out, one touching the wall and the other meeting the wing of the first winged one.


rate difficulty: The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

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


simplify: Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me:


simplify: But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:


simplify: And whomsoever he that hath the issue toucheth, without having rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

And anyone on whom the unclean man puts his hands, without washing them in water, is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.


simplify: But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

But if any man will not be ruled in this question, this is not our way of doing things, and it is not done in the churches of God.


rate difficulty: And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.

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


simplify: And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

And when David came, Ornan, looking, saw him, and came out from the grain-floor and went down on his face to the earth before him.


simplify: As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

And between the living beings it was like burning coals of fire, as if flames were going one after the other between the living beings; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went thunder-flames.


simplify: These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

In writing this this to you, I have in mind those who are trying to mislead you.


rate difficulty: And they are not across the sea, for you to say, Who will go over the sea for us and give us news of them so that we may do them?

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


simplify: Have we no right to eat and to drink?

Have we no right to take food and drink?


simplify: And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

And when the people saw that Aaron was dead, all the children of Israel gave themselves up to weeping for him for thirty days.


simplify: And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

and, when they had left off mocking him, they took off the military cloak, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to be crucified.


simplify: Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and tarried with him fifteen days.

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Cephas, and was there with him fifteen days.


simplify: Thus ye also shall offer a heave-offering unto Jehovah of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and thereof ye shall give Jehovah’s heave-offering to Aaron the priest.

So you are to make an offering lifted up to the Lord from all the tenths which you get from the children of Israel, giving out of it the Lord's lifted offering to Aaron the priest.


rate difficulty: And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah addeth to speak unto me again, saying:

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


rate difficulty: At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.

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


simplify: He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.


simplify: And when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand about thee from morning unto even?

And when Moses' father-in-law saw all he was doing, he said, What is this you are doing for the people? why are you seated here by yourself, with all the people waiting before you from morning till evening?


rate difficulty: thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt gnaw the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord Jehovah.

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


simplify: And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

The order given by Esther gave the force of law to the rules about the Purim; and it was recorded in the book.


rate difficulty: And all the spoil of it shalt thou gather into the midst of the open place thereof, and shalt burn the city with fire, and all the spoil thereof, wholly to Jehovah thyGod; and it shall be a heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

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


simplify: Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.


simplify: But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

but I found that there were certain questions in dispute between them about their own religion, and about some dead man called Jesus, whom Paul declared to be alive.


rate difficulty: And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for Jehovah will deliver it into the hand of the king.

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


simplify: These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.


simplify: this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, hath exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness of sins;

It is this Jesus whom God has exalted to his right hand, to be a guide and a Savior, to give Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.


simplify: The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

The kings came on to the fight, the kings of Canaan were warring; in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: they took no profit in money.


simplify: Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah.


simplify: that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across opposite Jericho.


simplify: and if to another sitting <FI>anything<Fi> may be revealed, let the first be silent;

But, if some revelation is made to another person as he sits there, the first speaker should stop.


rate difficulty: According to the word of Jehovah they gave him the city that he asked, Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and dwelt in it.


rate difficulty: And when he came to Samaria, he put to death all those of Ahab's family who were still in Samaria, till there were no more of them, as the Lord had said to Elijah.

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


simplify: For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

But in taking this view they put out of their minds the memory that in the old days there was a heaven, and an earth lifted out of the water and circled by water, by the word of God;


rate difficulty: or let these themselves say what wrong they found in me when I stood before the council,

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


simplify: that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

I made my brother Hanani, and Hananiah, the ruler of the tower, responsible for the government of Jerusalem: for he was a man of good faith, fearing God more than most.


simplify: Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,

And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,


rate difficulty: as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live:

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


rate difficulty: Behold,God is my salvation: I will trust, and not be afraid; for Jah, Jehovah, is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation.


simplify: And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.

When a loud note is sounded, the tents placed on the east side are to go forward.


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

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


rate difficulty: And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.

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


rate difficulty: An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

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


rate difficulty: One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.


rate difficulty: For, I think, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, both to angels and men.

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


simplify: But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: Jehovah, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spake unto them.

But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no heritage: the Lord, the God of Israel, is their heritage, as he said to them.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

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simplify: Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah.

Keep my Sabbaths and have respect for my holy place: I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: But Jesus looked at them, and said: “With people this is impossible, but with God everything is possible.” Then Peter turned and said to Jesus:

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simplify: The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

The daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be given up into the hands of the people of the north.


rate difficulty: And sons of Jerahmeel, first-born of Hezron, are: the first-born Ram, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.

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


simplify: And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.

If anyone disregards what we have said in this letter, take note of them and avoid their company, so that they may feel ashamed.


rate difficulty: For there must also be sects among you, that the approved may become manifest among you.

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


simplify: and such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness working, their own bread they may eat;

All such people we beg, and implore,, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to attend quietly to their business, and earn their own living.


simplify: The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:

May the Lord send his blessing on you and keep you:


simplify: I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.


simplify: And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.

And Abimelech with his band made a rush, and took up their position at the doorway into the town; and the other two bands made a rush on all those who were in the fields, and overcame them.


simplify: He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming--I will give to him to eat of the tree of life that is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Let him who has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To him who conquers — to him I will give the right ‘to eat the fruit of the Tree of life, which stands in the Paradise of God.’ “


rate difficulty: in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

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


simplify: And he was preaching in their synagogues, in all Galilee, and is casting out the demons,

And he went about making his proclamation in their Synagogues all through Galilee, and driving out the demons.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Jehovah.


simplify: and the seven left no seed. Last of all the woman also died.

And all the seven had no seed. Last of all the woman herself came to her death.


simplify: And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on to Jericho.


simplify: And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

Then Gideon, hearing the story of the dream and the sense in which they took it, gave worship; then he went back to the tents of Israel, and said, Up! for the Lord has given the army of Midian into your hands.


simplify: I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.

I order you in the Lord’s name to have this letter read to all the brethren.