simplify: And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.

And they were all given their seats before him in order of birth, from the oldest to the youngest: so that they were looking at one another in wonder.


rate difficulty: The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes <FI>are<Fi> upon me--and I am not.

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


simplify: and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali:

And going away from Nazareth, he came and made his living-place in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali:


rate difficulty: Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you?

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


simplify: And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.

But Balaam, in answer; said to the servants of Balak, Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to do anything more or less than the orders of the Lord my God.


simplify: By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.

I have sent you this short letter by Silvanus, a true brother, in my opinion; comforting you and witnessing that this is the true grace of God; keep to it.


rate difficulty: Come to Beth-el and do evil; to Gilgal, increasing the number of your sins; come with your offerings every morning and your tenths every three days:


simplify: Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

He was king in Jerusalem for three years; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.


simplify: And they shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first-fruits of the land be alienated; for it is holy unto Jehovah.

And they are not to let any of it go for a price, or give it in exchange; and the part of the land given to the Lord is not to go into other hands: for it is holy to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, like the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel.

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


simplify: Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

Do not be false to the married relation.


rate difficulty: be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses.

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


simplify: He counteth iron as straw, And brass as rotten wood.

Iron is to him as dry grass, and brass as soft wood.


rate difficulty: And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

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


simplify: Behold therefore, I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, that are ashamed of thy lewd way.

Now, then, my hand is stretched out against you, cutting down your fixed amount, and I have given you up to the desire of your haters, the daughters of the Philistines who are shamed by your loose ways.


simplify: And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,

Afterwards, when he was alone, his followers and the Twelve asked him about his parables;


simplify: And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

And the king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all his country, from the stream of Egypt to the river Euphrates.


simplify: He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.

He was of the sons of Perez, and the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month.


simplify: And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.

And when all the people had come to the other side, the ark of the Lord went over, and the priests, before the eyes of the people.


rate difficulty: And they have cried to them, `People of the Holy One, Redeemed of Jehovah,' Yea, to thee is called, `Sought out one, a city not forsaken!'

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


simplify: Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment upon the graven images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

For this cause, truly, the days are coming when I will send punishment on the images of Babylon, and all her land will be shamed, and her dead will be falling down in her.


rate difficulty: And Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt-offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant ofGod had commanded.

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


simplify: those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

Fifty-nine thousand, three hundred of the tribe of Simeon were numbered.


rate difficulty: Moreover of the children of them that dwell as sojourners with you, of them may ye buy, and of their family that is with you, which they beget in your land, and they shall be your possession.

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


simplify: Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.

Lod and Ono, the valley of expert workers.


rate difficulty: Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

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


rate difficulty: And when he was purposing to put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimei, David's brother, put him to death.

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


simplify: and at the same time also hoping that money shall be given to him by Paul, that he may release him, therefore, also sending for him the oftener, he was conversing with him;

He was hoping, too, for a bribe from Paul, and so he used to send for him frequently and talk with him.


simplify: That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

That the Christ must suffer, and that, by rising from the dead, he was destined to be the first to bring news of light, not only to our nation, but also to the Gentiles.”


simplify: And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes.


rate difficulty: and he swore to her that he would give her whatever she asked him — up to half his kingdom.

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


simplify: And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As Jehovah liveth, the man that hath done this is worthy to die:

And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:


simplify: of whom also do thou beware, for greatly hath he stood against our words;

You must also on your guard against him, for he is strongly opposed to our teaching.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

and will reconcile many of the Israelites to the Lord their God.


simplify: All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.

The number of all the armies of Reuben together came to a hundred and fifty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty. They go forward second.


rate difficulty: And I have destroyed from them the voice of rejoicing, and the voice of joy, voice of bridegroom and voice of bride, noise of millstones, and the light of lamps.

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


simplify: And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

Five curtains were joined together to make one group, and six curtains were joined together to make the other group.


simplify: And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:

And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron in the waste land:


rate difficulty: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

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


simplify: for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

For the outcome of the law is wrath; but where there is no law it will not be broken.


rate difficulty: Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.


simplify: that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

To which anyone causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate, might go in flight; so that in one of these towns he might be kept from death:


rate difficulty: And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

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


simplify: without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, not lovers of those who are good,

incapable of affection, merciless, slanderous, wanting in self-control, brutal, careless of the right,


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

And the Lord said to Moses, Why are you crying out to me? give the children of Israel the order to go forward.


simplify: And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

Then they went on from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, going round the land of Edom: and the spirit of the people was overcome with weariness on the way.


simplify: And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.

And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.


simplify: `Do not injure the land, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we may seal the servants of our God upon their foreheads.'

‘Do not harm the earth, or the sea, or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.’


simplify: And I gave her time that she should repent; and she willeth not to repent of her fornication.

And I gave her time for a change of heart, but she has no mind to give up her unclean ways.


rate difficulty: How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

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


rate difficulty: This made him angry, and he would not go in. But his father came out and begged him to do so.


rate difficulty: Therefore wait ye for me, saith Jehovah, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for my determination is to assemble the nations, that I may gather the kingdoms together, to pour upon them mine indignation, — all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

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


simplify: And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judea.

And fear came on all those who were living round about them: and there was much talk about all these things in all the hill-country of Judaea.


rate difficulty: I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

And he said to them, Go away for three days and then come back to me again. So the people went away.


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of each border a cord of blue:

Say to the children of Israel that through all their generations they are to put on the edges of their robes an ornament of twisted threads, and in every ornament a blue cord;


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.

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


simplify: And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo much suffering, and that he must be rejected by the councillors, and the chief priests, and the teachers of the law, and be put to death, and rise again after three days.


simplify: And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

And even before his words were ended, Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water-vessel on her arm.


rate difficulty: And Absalom saith unto Hushai, `This thy kindness with thy friend! why hast thou not gone with thy friend?'

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


simplify: Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.

Then give ear from heaven, so that the sin of your servants and the sin of your people Israel may have forgiveness, when you make clear to them the good way in which they are to go; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for their heritage.


rate difficulty: And now hear, Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen:

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


rate difficulty: And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

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


simplify: Ye therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.

For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.


rate difficulty: Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,

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


simplify: Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.

But — not to be tedious — I beg you, with your accustomed fairness, to listen to a brief statement of our case.


simplify: For, lo, they are gone away from destruction; yet Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.

For see, they are going away into Assyria; Egypt will get them together, Memphis will be their last resting-place; their fair silver vessels will be covered over with field plants, and thorns will come up in their tents.


simplify: and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.'

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


simplify: and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.

And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, and its meal offering, and its drink offering.


simplify: Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

Then Judah took Gaza and its limit, and Ashkelon and its limit, and Ekron and its limit.


simplify: And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

And the Jews gave their word to go on as they had been doing and as Mordecai had given them orders in writing;


rate difficulty: then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, who hath done this evil thing, unto thy gates, even the man or the woman; and thou shalt stone them to death with stones.

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


rate difficulty: he having written a letter after this description:


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

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


simplify: The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

Even the ox has knowledge of its owner, and the ass of the place where its master puts its food: but Israel has no knowledge, my people give no thought to me.


rate difficulty: He breaketh me--breach upon breach, He runneth upon me as a mighty one.

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


simplify: And in every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God of his fathers.

And in every town of Judah he made high places where perfumes were burned to other gods, awaking the wrath of the Lord, the God of his fathers.


rate difficulty: And Jehu rideth, and goeth to Jezreel, for Joram is lying there, and Ahaziah king of Judah hath gone down to see Joram.

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


simplify: I thank God--through Jesus Christ our Lord; so then, I myself indeed with the mind do serve the law of God, and with the flesh, the law of sin.

Thank God, there is deliverance through Jesus Christ, our Lord! Well then, for myself, with my reason I serve the law of God, but with my earthly nature the law of sin.


rate difficulty: No manner of servile work shall ye do; and ye shall present an offering by fire to Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.

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


simplify: For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

A time, I tell you, is coming, when it will be said — ‘Happy are the women who are barren, and those who have never borne children or nursed them!’


simplify: Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

Then turning we took the road to Bashan: and Og, king of Bashan, came out against us with all his people, and made an attack on us at Edrei.


rate difficulty: All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.

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


simplify: him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:

Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:


rate difficulty: Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is:

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


simplify: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

But now, through your union with Christ Jesus, you who once were ‘far off’ have, by the shedding of the blood of the Christ, been brought ‘near.’


simplify: Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

See, the men of war are sorrowing outside the town: those who came looking for peace are weeping bitterly.


rate difficulty: And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.


simplify: And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

But no one either in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the book or look within it.


simplify: Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.


simplify: But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here.

But I say to you that a greater thing than the Temple is here.


rate difficulty: The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.

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


simplify: I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

I, therefore, run with no uncertain aim. I box — not like a man hitting the air.


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

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


simplify: and with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink-offering.

And with the one lamb, a tenth part of an ephah of the best meal, mixed with a fourth part of a hin of clear oil; and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering.


simplify: And Agrippa said unto Paul, `It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself;' then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defence:

Turning to Paul, Agrippa said: “You are at liberty to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.


rate difficulty: Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.

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


rate difficulty: And of their sons, half are speaking Ashdoditish--and are not knowing to speak Jewish--and according to the language of people and people.

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


simplify: And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me.


simplify: And there arose a great clamor: and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: and what if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel?

And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

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


rate difficulty: And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

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


simplify: And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)

And Johanan was the father of Azariah, (he was priest in the house which Solomon put up in Jerusalem:)


simplify: And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

Or if the ear says ‘Since I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,’ it does not because of that cease to belong to the body.


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

Again, Isaiah says — ‘There will be a Scion of the house of Jesse, One who is to arise to rule the Gentiles; on him will the Gentiles rest their hopes.’


rate difficulty: If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

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


simplify: And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth–lehem: twelve cities with their villages.

And Kattath and Nahalal and Shimron and Idalah and Beth-lehem; twelve towns with their unwalled places.


rate difficulty: And the man looked stedfastly on her, holding his peace, to know whether Jehovah had made his journey prosperous or not.

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


rate difficulty: Do not imagine that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have come to bring, not peace, but the sword.

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


rate difficulty: Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

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


rate difficulty: And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.

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


simplify: As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

As it is not possible for the army of heaven to be numbered, or the sand of the sea measured, so will I make the seed of my servant David, and the Levites my servants.


simplify: And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and he entered, as his custom was, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading.


rate difficulty: and the kite, and the falcon after its kind,

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


rate difficulty: and Jehovah bringeth in against them the heads of the host that the king of Asshur hath, and they capture Manasseh among the thickets, and bind him with brazen fetters, and cause him to go to Babylon.

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


simplify: And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

And straight away one of them went quickly, and took a sponge, and made it full of bitter wine, and put it on a rod and gave him drink.


simplify: Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

Have I any pleasure in the death of the evil-doer? says the Lord: am I not pleased if he is turned from his way so that he may have life?


simplify: and you the Lord cause to increase and to abound in the love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you,

And for you, may the Lord fill you to overflowing with love for one another and for everyone, just as we are filled with love for you;


rate difficulty: Every base had four wheels of brass, turning on brass rods, and their four angles had angle-plates under them; the angle-plates under the base were of metal, and there were ornaments at the side of every one.

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


simplify: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,

“Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem; and there the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and teachers of the law, and they will condemn him to death,


simplify: And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

And the help you were looking for from death will come to nothing, and your agreement with the underworld will be broken; when the overflowing waters come through, then you will be overcome by them.


rate difficulty: If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.


simplify: and having taken it down, he wrapped it in fine linen, and placed it in a tomb hewn out, where no one was yet laid.

and, when he had taken it down, he wrapped it in a linen sheet, and laid him in a tomb cut out of stone, in which no one had yet been buried.


rate difficulty: neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had showed unto Israel.

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


simplify: And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.

And he said, Take the arrows: and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, Send them down into the earth; and he did so three times and no more.


rate difficulty: and thou hast put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate;

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


simplify: And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.

So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.


simplify: And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

And Abiathar, one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, got away and went in flight after David;


simplify: and a voice came out of the heavens, `Thou art My Son--the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

and from the heavens came a voice — “You are my dearly loved son; you bring me great joy.”


rate difficulty: But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

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


simplify: And the chief captain having taken him by the hand, and having withdrawn by themselves, inquired, `What is that which thou hast to tell me?'

The commanding officer took the lad by the hand, and, stepping aside, asked what it was he had to tell him.


rate difficulty: Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

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


simplify: and the father of circumcision to them who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he had in uncircumcision.

And the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who keep to the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he underwent circumcision.


rate difficulty: and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

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


rate difficulty: And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

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


simplify: But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.

Their men who were still living in the land, and whom the children of Israel had not put an end to, these Solomon put to forced work, as is done to this day;


rate difficulty: And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

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


simplify: A gift in secret pacifieth anger; And a present in the bosom, strong wrath.

By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.


simplify: neither by the hands of men is He served--needing anything, He giving to all life, and breath, and all things;

neither do human hands minister to his wants, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives, to all, life, and breath, and all things.


simplify: Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.


simplify: And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.

And with him they crucified two robbers, one on the right, and the other on the left.


rate difficulty: And I will execute great vengeance upon them with wrathful rebukes; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

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


rate difficulty: And I will accomplish my fury upon the wall, and upon them that daub it with untempered [mortar], and will say unto you, The wall is no [more], neither they that daubed it,

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


simplify: `Turn back to thy house, and tell how great things God did to thee;' and he went away through all the city proclaiming how great things Jesus did to him.

“Go back to your home,”he said, “and relate the story of all that God has done for you.” So the man went through the whole town and proclaimed, as he went, all that Jesus had done for him.


rate difficulty: So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.


simplify: And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here.


rate difficulty: At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

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


rate difficulty: Mattithiah, Amos, Nahum, Azaliah, Nogah,

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


simplify: For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

For the destruction of the daughter of my people I am broken: I am dressed in the clothing of grief; fear has taken me in its grip.


rate difficulty: Because his face is covered with fat, and his body has become thick;


simplify: How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?


simplify: And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan; and the sons of Bilhan: Jeush and Benjamin and Ehud and Chenaanah and Zethan and Tarshish and Ahishahar.


rate difficulty: Blessed [they] whose lawlessnesses have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered:

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


rate difficulty: Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the Lord thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 12 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And Joshua blesseth them, and sendeth them away, and they go unto their tents.

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


rate difficulty: And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.

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


simplify: Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

Let there be no sound of sorrow; make no weeping for your dead, put on your head-dress and your shoes on your feet, let not your lips be covered, and do not take the food of those in grief.


simplify: the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.

It is not the wife, but the husband, who exercises power over her body; and so, too, it is not the husband, but the wife, who exercises power over his body.


simplify: comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.

console your hearts, and strengthen you to do and to say all that is right.


simplify: and this, not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.


simplify: And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

Now the manna was like a seed of grain, like small clear drops.


simplify: So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.

So the servants of the chiefs of the divisions of the land went out of the town, with the army coming after them.


rate difficulty: And Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here am I.

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


simplify: And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

And the king went to Gibeon to make an offering there, because that was the chief high place: it was Solomon's way to make a thousand burned offerings on that altar.


simplify: Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

Then about a month after this, Nahash the Ammonite came up and put his forces in position for attacking Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make an agreement with us and we will be your servants.


simplify: For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.


rate difficulty: He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

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


simplify: In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;


rate difficulty: They shall bewasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.

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


simplify: And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

And Leah came near with her children, and then Joseph and Rachel, and they did the same.


rate difficulty: And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar; and the prince of the sons of Issachar shall be Nethaneel the son of Zuar;

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


simplify: if any one hath an ear--let him hear:


simplify: In that day shall men look unto their Maker, and their eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

In that day a man's heart will be turned to his Maker, and his eyes to the Holy One of Israel.


simplify: And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.

And in the same minute, the cock gave a second cry. And it came to Peter's mind how Jesus had said to him, Before the cock's second cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And at this thought he was overcome with weeping.


rate difficulty: I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.

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


rate difficulty: Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.

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


rate difficulty: And sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and sons of Othniel: Hathath.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,


simplify: And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword: and his face was like the sun shining in its strength.


rate difficulty: No temptation has come upon you that is not common to all humanity. God will not fail you, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength; but, when he sends the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape, so that you may have strength to endure.


simplify: And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Do to others as you would have them do to you.


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

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


rate difficulty: And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, Do turn back to their former state, And Samaria and her daughters Do turn back to their former state, And thou and thy daughters do turn back to your former state.

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


rate difficulty: Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;


rate difficulty: My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

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


simplify: And she hath rebelled against mine ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her; for they have rejected mine ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.

And she has gone against my orders by doing evil more than the nations, and against my rules more than the countries round her: for they have given up my orders, and as for my rules, they have not gone in the way of them.


rate difficulty: And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: Do not be anxious about anything; but under all circumstances, by prayer and entreaty joined with thanksgiving, make your needs known to God.

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


rate difficulty: And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

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


simplify: And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.

And I will say, Make it high, make it high, get ready the way, take the stones out of the way of my people.


simplify: And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

And the strong will be as food for the fire, and his work as a flame; and they will be burned together, with no one to put out the fire.


rate difficulty: Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

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


simplify: They shall also strip thee of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.

And they will take all your clothing off you and take away your ornaments.


simplify: but the centurion to the pilot and to the shipowner gave credence more than to the things spoken by Paul;

The Roman officer, however, was more influenced by the captain and the owner than by what was said by Paul.


rate difficulty: and lo, I am saying to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son whom I appoint in thy stead on thy throne, he doth build the house for My name.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


simplify: in labouriousness and painfulness, in watchings many times, in hunger and thirst, in fastings many times, in cold and nakedness;

I have been through toil and hardship. I have passed many a sleepless night; I have endured hunger and thirst; I have often been without food; I have known cold and nakedness.


rate difficulty: and the gold by weight for the tables of showbread, for every table; and silver for the tables of silver;

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


rate difficulty: But he refused to turn aside; therefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him in the belly, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place. And it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

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


simplify: Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need.


simplify: And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

And I will make Pharaoh's heart hard, and my signs and wonders will be increased in the land of Egypt.


simplify: And let thy name be established and magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David thy servant is established before thee.

So let your words be made certain and your name be made great, when men say, The Lord of armies is the God of Israel; and when the family of David your servant is made strong before you.


rate difficulty: And Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, It is better, my daughter, for you to go out with his servant-girls, so that no danger may come to you in another field.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord gave Lachish into the hands of Israel, and on the second day he took it, putting it and every person in it to the sword without mercy, as he had done to Libnah.

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

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


simplify: Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

“What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are — the Holy One of God!”


simplify: Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.

“What do you want me to do for you?”  “Master,” he said, “I want to recover my sight.”


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

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


simplify: Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

Saying to the sixth angel who had the horn, Make free the four angels who are chained at the great river Euphrates.


rate difficulty: and he said to them, `Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.'

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


simplify: and the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.

And out to the side of Ekron to the north: then it is marked out to Shikkeron and on to Mount Baalah, ending at Jabneel; the end of the line is at the sea.


simplify: Then the angel of Jehovah stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.

Then the angel of the Lord took up his position in a narrow road through the vine-gardens, with a wall on this side and on that.


rate difficulty: After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah to the angle, as far as the corner.

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


rate difficulty: And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir–hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.

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


simplify: For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.

Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.


simplify: all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,

For you all are ‘sons of light’ and ‘sons of the day.’  We have nothing to do with night, or darkness.


simplify: Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

and you will give thanks to the Father who made you fit to share the lot which awaits Christ’s people in the realms of light.


simplify: Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

Have pity on me, have pity on me, O my friends! for the hand of God is on me.


simplify: If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee.

If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.


simplify: And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)

Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.


rate difficulty: And on the one side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the gate toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side, which belonged to the porch of the gate, were two tables.

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


simplify: His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them.


rate difficulty: and the spice, and the oil; for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.

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


simplify: and he took food and was strengthened. And he was certain days with the disciples that were at Damascus.

And when he had taken food his strength came back. And for some days he kept with the disciples who were in Damascus.


simplify: Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:


rate difficulty: These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

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


rate difficulty: And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.

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


rate difficulty: But others, making sport of them, said, They are full of new wine.

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


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

For this cause says the Lord God, My servants will have food, but you will be in need of food: my servants will have drink, but you will be dry: my servants will have joy, but you will be shamed:


rate difficulty: Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

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


simplify: And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the Tent: only they shall not come nigh unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar, that they die not, neither they, nor ye.

They are to do your orders and be responsible for the work of the Tent; but they may not come near the vessels of the holy place or the altar, so that death may not overtake them or you.


rate difficulty: and Eleasah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shallum,

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


simplify: Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

Is not this the holy day for which I have given orders: to let loose those who have wrongly been made prisoners, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the crushed go free, and every yoke be broken?


simplify: And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;

And on the sixth day eight oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark:


simplify: And he said, What is the thing thatJehovah hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide anything from me of all the things that he spake unto thee.

And he said, What did the Lord say to you? Do not keep it from me: may God's punishment be on you if you keep from me anything he said to you.


simplify: and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that <FI>is<Fi> towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that <FI>is<Fi> with me;

But it is through the love of God that I am what I am, and the love that he showed me has not been wasted. No, I have toiled harder than any of them, and yet it was not I, but the love of God working with me.


simplify: Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

You have the belief that God is one, and you do well: the evil spirits have the same belief, shaking with fear.


rate difficulty: Of the Rock that begot thee wast thou unmindful, And thou hast forgottenGod who brought thee forth.

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


rate difficulty: and began to stone him, the witnesses laying their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

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


rate difficulty: Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?

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


simplify: and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy body to swell, and thy thigh to fall away. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen.

And this water of the curse will go into your body, causing disease of your stomach and wasting of your legs: and the woman will say, So be it.


rate difficulty: I hope, however, as one who trusts in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may myself be cheered by receiving news of you.


simplify: Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

So Esau made his living-place in the hill-country of Seir (Esau is Edom).


rate difficulty: and the weight of the nails <FI>is<Fi> fifty shekels of gold, and the upper chambers he hath covered with gold.

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


simplify: Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

Do not be guided by him or give attention to him; have no pity on him or mercy, and give him no cover;


simplify: Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.

Make sounds of grief, O Heshbon, for Ai is wasted; give loud cries, O daughters of Rabbah, and put haircloth round you: give yourselves to weeping, running here and there and wounding yourselves; for Milcom will be taken prisoner together with his rulers and his priests.


simplify: But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judea flee to the mountains:

“As soon, however, as you see ‘the Foul Desecration’ standing where he ought not”(the reader must consider what this means) “then those of you who are in Judea must take refuge in the mountains;


rate difficulty: These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatever hath fins and scales in waters, in seas and in rivers, these shall ye eat;

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


simplify: And the multitudes that went before him, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

And those who went before him, and those who came after, gave loud cries, saying, Glory to the Son of David: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: Glory in the highest.


simplify: Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

Give yourselves to prayer at all times, keeping watch with praise;


simplify: Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

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


rate difficulty: And their possessions and habitations were, Beth–el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:

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


rate difficulty: Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 11 | difficulty: hard


simplify: But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the Lord, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.

But the field, when it becomes free at the year of Jubilee, will be holy to the Lord, as a field given under oath: it will be the property of the priest.


simplify: And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

Then Abraham put Sarah his wife to rest in the hollow rock in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, that is, Hebron in the land of Canaan.


simplify: And when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

And when the sound of the horn became louder and louder, Moses' words were answered by the voice of God.


rate difficulty: I rejoiced greatly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received commandment from the Father.

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


simplify: Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar; and I will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;

So I will let loose my passion on the wall in full measure, and on those who put whitewash on it; and I will say to you, Where is the wall, and where are those who put whitewash on it?


simplify: Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

Then they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a waste and a cause of wonder, because of all the disgusting things which they have done,


rate difficulty: O house of Jacob, come, And we walk in the light of Jehovah.'

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


simplify: and the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.

And the holy oil, and the perfume of sweet spices for the holy place; they will do whatever I have given you orders to have done.


simplify: And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.

My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.


simplify: And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him on the behalf of the children of Israel.

Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; so that they may be his without question from among the children of Israel.


simplify: They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again.


simplify: The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

The sword may come near him but is not able to go through him; the spear, or the arrow, or the sharp-pointed iron.


simplify: And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, will be head over all the Levites and overseer of those responsible for the care of the holy place.


simplify: They inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trod them down at their resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.

And crushing Benjamin down, they went after them, driving them from Nohah as far as the east side of Gibeah.


rate difficulty: Tarry and wonder, look ye, yea, look, Be drunk, and not with wine, Stagger, and not with strong drink.

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


rate difficulty: And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated.


simplify: And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the children of Israel go, as Jehovah had spoken by Moses.

And the heart of Pharaoh was hard, and he did not let the people go, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Moses.


simplify: Asa troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So isa righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.


rate difficulty: And Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren. And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

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


simplify: And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.


rate difficulty: Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.


simplify: And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.

They will say, Peace be with you, and will give you two cakes of bread, which you are to take from them.


rate difficulty: And it shall be, that whoso goeth not up of the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, upon them shall be no rain.

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


simplify: Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

Then said I, O Lord God, let there be an end: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.


simplify: But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah’s flock is taken captive.

But if you do not give ear to it, my soul will be weeping in secret for your pride; my eye will be weeping bitterly, streaming with water, because the Lord's flock has been taken away as prisoners.


simplify: And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.

Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.


simplify: For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.


simplify: And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

And as for me, when I came from Paddan, death overtook Rachel on the way, when we were still some distance from Ephrath; and I put her to rest there on the road to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.


rate difficulty: And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.

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


simplify: For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;

For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;


simplify: And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.

And I heard the angel of the Waters saying — ‘Righteous are you, you who is and who is, the Holy One, in inflicting this judgment;


rate difficulty: And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

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


rate difficulty: For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we were preaching among you, even I and Silvanus and Timothy, was not Yes and No, but in him is Yes.

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


simplify: Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.

You are conscious that when you were Gentiles, in whatever way you were guided, you went after images without voice or power.


simplify: Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.

And so you gave them up into the hands of their haters who were cruel to them: and in the time of their trouble, when they made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; and in your great mercy gave them saviours, who made them free from the hands of their haters.


rate difficulty: for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

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


simplify: As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns were overturned by God, says the Lord, so no man will be living in it, and no son of man will have a resting-place there.


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

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


rate difficulty: And bring forth thy baggage by day in their sight, as a captive's baggage, and thou thyself, go forth at even in their sight as they that go forth into captivity.

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


rate difficulty: But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

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


rate difficulty: After that the children of Judah went down to make war on the Canaanites living in the hill-country and in the south and in the lowlands.


simplify: For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

For this perishable body of ours must put on an imperishable form, and this dying body a deathless form.


simplify: For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

For Israel has no memory of his Maker, and has put up the houses of kings; and Judah has made great the number of his walled towns. But I will send a fire on his towns and put an end to his great houses.


rate difficulty: And the time of Jehu's rule over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.

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


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

but the Pharisees and the teachers of the law found fault.  “This man always welcomes outcasts, and takes meals with them!” they complained.


simplify: Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.

Saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: because they who were attempting to take the young child's life are dead.


rate difficulty: The comely and delicate one do I cut off, the daughter of Zion.

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


rate difficulty: Her holy ones were cleaner than snow, they were whiter than milk, their bodies were redder than corals, their form was as the sapphire:

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


simplify: For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places;


rate difficulty: Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah theirGod, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made.


simplify: Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox.


rate difficulty: There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,

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


rate difficulty: And out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man;

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


rate difficulty: And he came in the Spirit to the temple, and in the parents bringing in the child Jesus, for their doing according to the custom of the law regarding him,

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


rate difficulty: And he took up his parable, and said,  Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?


simplify: There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.

Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.


rate difficulty: And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great.

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


simplify: And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.

So the girl went running and took the news of these things to her mother's house


simplify: And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:

And Jonathan gave his father Saul a good account of David, and said to him, Let not the king do wrong against his servant, against David; because he has done you no wrong, and all his acts have had a good outcome for you:


rate difficulty: Make a new song to the Lord, and let his praise be sounded from the end of the earth; you who go down to the sea, and everything in it, the sea-lands and their people.

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


simplify: All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes.

All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, another of beasts, another of birds, and another of fishes.


simplify: They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go unto the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together, saith Jehovah.

As for those who keep themselves separate, and make themselves clean in the gardens, going after one in the middle, taking pig's flesh for food, and other disgusting things, such as the mouse: their works and their thoughts will come to an end together, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: So these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children’s children, as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

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


simplify: Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel.

Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings.


rate difficulty: Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;

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


simplify: Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

The flesh of the men of war will be your food, and your drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of sheep and lambs, of he-goats, of oxen, all of them fat beasts of Bashan.


rate difficulty: Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

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


rate difficulty: The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.


simplify: But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

but Jesus, whom God raised from the dead, did not undergo corruption.


rate difficulty: So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

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


simplify: And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

And if the daughter of a priest makes herself common and by her loose behaviour puts shame on her father, let her be burned with fire.


simplify: Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.

Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about.


rate difficulty: Do not err, my beloved brethren.

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


rate difficulty: and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech thegods of Sepharvaim.

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


rate difficulty: And to the sons of Aaron the priest they have given the city of refuge <FI>for<Fi> the man-slayer, Hebron and its suburbs, and Libnah and its suburbs,


simplify: After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

After these things, when the king's feelings were calmer, the thought of Vashti and what she had done and the order he had made against her, came back to his mind.


rate difficulty: And the Philistines fought, and Israel was routed, and they fled every man to his tent; and there was a very great slaughter, and there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.


simplify: Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.

And Solomon sent word to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every chief in all Israel, heads of their families.


rate difficulty: and serve the idols, of which Jehovah said to them, `Ye do not do this thing;'

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


rate difficulty: Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, — that pourest out thy flask, and makest [him] drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


simplify: These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

These are their generations: the oldest son of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam,


rate difficulty: The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.


simplify: Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass.

And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass.


rate difficulty: And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, And if I be a man ofGod, let fire come down from the heavens and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from the heavens, and consumed him and his fifty.

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


simplify: For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

For those wounded and made low by her are great in number; and all those who have come to their death through her are a great army.


simplify: We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

We are conscious, O Lord, of our sin and of the wrongdoing of our fathers: we have done evil against you.


simplify: The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him.

The words of Lemuel, king of Massa: the teaching which he had from his mother.


simplify: for each his own supper doth take before in the eating, and one is hungry, and another is drunk;

for, as you eat, each of you tries to secure his own supper first, with the result that one has too little to eat, and another has too much to drink!


simplify: And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath made thee whole.

And Jesus said, See again: your faith has made you well.


rate difficulty: For Jehovah thyGod walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; and thy camp shall be holy, that he see nothing unseemly with thee, and turn away from thee.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

and he said: “To you the hidden truth of the kingdom of God has been imparted; but to those who are outside it all teaching takes the form of parables so that —


simplify: But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.


simplify: But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

Only, as the Lord has given to a man, and as is the purpose of God for him, so let him go on living. And these are my orders for all the churches.


rate difficulty: Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

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


rate difficulty: And his father and his mother have not known that from Jehovah it <FI>is<Fi> , that a meeting he is seeking of the Philistines; and at that time the Philistines are ruling over Israel.

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


simplify: In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.

In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came and took Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee and all the land of Naphtali; and he took the people away to Assyria.


simplify: Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

From Issachar, Nethanel, the son of Zuar;


rate difficulty: And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.

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


rate difficulty: In that day lay a charge doth Jehovah, With his sword--the sharp, and the great, and the strong, On leviathan--a fleeing serpent, And on leviathan--a crooked serpent, And He hath slain the dragon that <FI>is<Fi> in the sea.

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


rate difficulty: These are they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: this is that Moses and Aaron.

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


rate difficulty: saying, What think ye of the Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.

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


simplify: And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

Then he said to them, Today this word has come true in your hearing.


rate difficulty: and ye rise from the ambush, and have occupied the city, and Jehovah your God hath given it into your hand;

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rate difficulty: And he said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly, saying, Let him be crucified.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall come to pass in that day, that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt devise an evil device:

This is what the Lord has said: In that day it will come about that things will come into your mind, and you will have thoughts of an evil design:


rate difficulty: But as for me I will seek untoGod, and untoGod commit my cause;

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simplify: But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

But the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for wherever I send you, you are to go, and whatever I give you orders to say, you are to say.


rate difficulty: and straightway leaving their trawl-nets they followed him.

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


simplify: And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

And the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is the father of Canaan.


simplify: Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Will not the day of the Lord be dark and not light? even very dark, with no light shining in it?


simplify: Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.


simplify: To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

To ransom those who were subject to law, so that we might take our position as sons.


simplify: Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

And after drinking it and draining it out, you will take the last drops of it to the end, pulling off your breasts: for I have said it, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.

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rate difficulty: Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him, and some struck him with the palms of their hand,

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simplify: Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?


rate difficulty: And Jehovah will create over every dwelling-place of mount Zion, and over its convocations, a cloud by day and a smoke, and the brightness of a flame of fire by night: for over all the glory shall be a covering.

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simplify: And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.

And about dawn Samuel said to Saul on the roof, Get up so that I may send you away. So Saul got up, and he and Samuel went out together.


simplify: And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest not the person of any, but of a truth teachest the way of God:

And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God:


simplify: And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.


simplify: Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

But the Lord came to my help and strengthened me, in order that, through me, the proclamation should be made so widely that all the Gentiles should hear it; and I was rescued ‘out of the Lion’s mouth.’


rate difficulty: Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

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simplify: And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

Then King Solomon sent and got Hiram from Tyre.


rate difficulty: And I say to the king, `If to the king <FI>it be<Fi> good, letters let be given to me for the governors beyond the River, that they let me pass over till that I come in unto Judah:

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


rate difficulty: Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

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rate difficulty: for now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

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simplify: Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

Make the chain: for the land is full of crimes of blood, and the town is full of violent acts.


rate difficulty: And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went towards Haran.

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simplify: Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his coat of mail: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.

Against her the bow of the archer is bent, and he puts on his coat of metal: have no mercy on her young men, give all her army up to the curse.