rate difficulty: and it went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth;

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rate difficulty: And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.

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rate difficulty: and Hamath, also, which bordereth thereon; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.

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simplify: but, on the contrary, having seen that I have been entrusted with the good news of the uncircumcision, as Peter with <FI>that<Fi> of the circumcision,

On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the good news for the Gentiles, just as Peter had been for the Jews.


simplify: Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

Egypt will be a waste and Edom a land of destruction, because of the evil done to the children of Judah, because they have let blood be drained out in their land without cause.


simplify: Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,

Say now to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the rest of the people,


simplify: And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four winds of heaven, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.

And the angel, answering, said to me, These go out to the four winds of heaven from their place before the Lord of all the earth.


rate difficulty: Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.

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rate difficulty: I indeed baptise you with water to repentance, but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not fit to bear; he shall baptise you with [the] Holy Spirit and fire;


rate difficulty: He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

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rate difficulty: And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.


simplify: For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

For from the day when I took Israel up, till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from tent to tent, and from living-place to living-place.


rate difficulty: (and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us);

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simplify: Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.


simplify: Son of man, set thy face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

Son of man, let your face be turned against Gog, of the land of Magog, the ruler of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and be a prophet against him,


simplify: So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.


rate difficulty: Have sorrow for the fields, the pleasing fields, the fertile vine;

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simplify: And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.

Now for three years there was no war between Aram and Israel.


simplify: whose winnowing shovel <FI>is<Fi> in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather the wheat to his storehouse, and the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.'

His winnowing-fan is in his hand so that he may clear his threshing-floor, and store the grain in his barn, but the chaff he will burn with a fire that cannot be put out.”


simplify: Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)

And Hosah, a son of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the oldest, his father made him chief);


rate difficulty: The word of Jehovah that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

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rate difficulty: And she said to him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth to Jehovah, do to me according to that which has proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as Jehovah has taken vengeance for thee upon thine enemies, upon the children of Ammon.

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rate difficulty: Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

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simplify: Let your forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

Let your gentle behaviour be clear to all men. The Lord is near.


rate difficulty: `And the sons of Israel have journeyed from Beeroth of the sons of Jaakan to Mosera, there Aaron died, and he is buried there, and Eleazar his son doth act as priest in his stead;

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simplify: And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

And God said to him, I AM WHAT I AM: and he said, Say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.


simplify: Here is endurance of the saints: here <FI>are<Fi> those keeping the commands of God, and the faith of Jesus.'

(Here there is need for endurance on the part of Christ’s people — those who lay to heart the commands of God and the faith of Jesus.)


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

And he said to the children of Israel, When your children say to their fathers in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?


simplify: Then saith Jesus to him, `Go--Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

Then Jesus said to him: “Go away, Satan! For scripture says —  ‘You must worship the Lord your God, and worship him only.’”


simplify: and not only so, but who was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in the matter of this grace, which is ministered by us to the glory of the Lord, and to show our readiness:

And not only so, but he was marked out by the churches to go with us in the grace of this giving which we have undertaken to the glory of the Lord and to make clear that our mind was ready:


simplify: Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate.

Make a test of yourselves, if you are in the faith; make certain of yourselves. Or are you not conscious in yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you, if you are truly Christ's?


rate difficulty: Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

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rate difficulty: I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

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simplify: And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,


simplify: but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto Jehovah: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

But let the seventh year be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord; do not put seed into your land or have your vines cut.


rate difficulty: And Simon he surnamed Peter;

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simplify: He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

Remember how he spoke to you before he left Galilee —


simplify: but all these worketh the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each one severally even as he will.

But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.


rate difficulty: And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.


simplify: And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.

Hearing a crowd going by, the man asked what was the matter;


simplify: Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

You will come down in the open field: for I have said it, says the Lord.


simplify: In that day shall Jehovah defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of Jehovah before them.

In that day the Lord will be a cover over the people of Jerusalem; and he who is feeble among them in that day will be as strong as David, and the family of David will be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.


simplify: Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: There shall none of my words be deferred any more, but the word which I shall speak shall be performed, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Say to them then, This is what the Lord has said: Not one of my words will be put off any longer, but what I say I will do, says the Lord.


simplify: And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

The whole body of those who had become believers in Christ were of one heart and mind. Not one of them claimed any of his goods as his own, but everything was held for the common use.


rate difficulty: And the Lord spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,

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simplify: And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.


simplify: But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

But, in truth, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are at rest.


simplify: And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.

Now when this answer was given to Ben-hadad, he was drinking with the kings in the tents, and he said to his men, Take up your positions. So they put themselves in position for attacking the town.


simplify: he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife, evil-speakings, evil-surmisings,

is puffed up with conceit, not really knowing anything, but having a morbid craving for discussions and arguments. Such things only give rise to envy, quarreling, recriminations, base suspicions,


simplify: Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

Whoever is eager to get the most out of their life will lose it; but whoever will lose it will preserve it.


simplify: But now thy kingdom shall not continue: Jehovah hath sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehovah hath appointed him to be prince over his people, because thou hast not kept that which Jehovah commanded thee.

But now, your authority will not go on: the Lord, searching for a man who is pleasing to him in every way, has given him the place of ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord gave you orders to do.


rate difficulty: But there are distinctions of gifts, but the same Spirit;

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rate difficulty: yet, within three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head, and hath put thee back on thy station, and thou hast given the cup of Pharaoh into his hand, according to the former custom when thou wast his butler.

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rate difficulty: And my harp doth become mourning, And my organ the sound of weeping.

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rate difficulty: As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,

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simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?


simplify: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

Wherever death comes to you, death will come to me, and there will be my last resting-place; the Lord do so to me and more if we are parted by anything but death.


simplify: But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath–jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

But the ark of God had been moved by David from Kiriath-jearim to the place which he had made ready for it, for he had put up a tent for it at Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

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simplify: And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.

And you, Pashhur, and all who are in your house, will go away prisoners: you will come to Babylon, and there your body will be put to rest, you and all your friends, to whom you said false words.


simplify: and I delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel mine uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the guard.

And I gave the paper to Baruch, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, before the eyes of Hanamel, the son of my father's brother, and of the witnesses who had put their names to the paper, and before all the Jews who were seated in the place of the armed watchmen.


rate difficulty: And who, by the lips of our ancestor, your servant David, who spoke under the influence of the Holy Spirit, have said —  ‘Why did the nations rage, And the peoples form vain designs?

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simplify: and lo, there doth come one of the chiefs of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and having seen him, he doth fall at his feet,

One of the Presidents of the synagogue, whose name was Jaeirus, came and, as soon as he saw Jesus, threw himself at his feet with repeated entreaties.


rate difficulty: After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth–zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.

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rate difficulty: Then, when you take for your food the produce of the land, you are to give an offering lifted up before the Lord.

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simplify: And having the same spirit of the faith, according to that which hath been written, `I believed, therefore I did speak;' we also do believe, therefore also do we speak;

But, in the same spirit of faith as that expressed in the words — ‘I believed, and therefore I spoke,’ we, also believe, and therefore speak.


rate difficulty: I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.


simplify: But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.


simplify: And they had for their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,

And they had for their heritage Beer-sheba and Shema and Moladah


rate difficulty: For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;

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rate difficulty: the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,

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simplify: Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. So be it.


simplify: In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

They should instruct their opponents in a gentle spirit; for, possibly, God may give those opponents a repentance that will lead to a fuller knowledge of truth,


rate difficulty: for also the body is not one member, but many;

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simplify: and I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them of whom thou art afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

And I will give you into the hands of those desiring your death, and into the hands of those whom you are fearing, even into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and into the hands of the Chaldaeans.


rate difficulty: Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs: four cities;

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rate difficulty: Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.

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rate difficulty: and rams' skins made red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,


rate difficulty: And Abraham gave that place the name Yahweh-yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mountain the Lord is seen.


simplify: For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

for God is not a God of disorder, but of peace.) This custom prevails in all the churches of Christ’s people.


rate difficulty: For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it isGod's power.

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simplify: And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.

Then the king said to the runners who were waiting near him, Put the priests of the Lord to death; because they are on David's side, and having knowledge of his flight, did not give me word of it. But the king's servants would not put out their hands to make an attack on the Lord's priests.


rate difficulty: Whether it is late at night, or in the early morning that he comes, if he finds all as it should be, then happy are they.


rate difficulty: And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

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simplify: Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because ye have borne the shame of the nations:

For this cause be a prophet about the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the streams and to the valleys, This is what the Lord has said: Truly, in my bitter feeling and in my wrath I have said these things, because you have undergone the shame of the nations:


rate difficulty: if of any the work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; and himself shall be saved, but so as through fire.

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rate difficulty: And Geshur and Aram took the tent-towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and the small places round it, even sixty towns. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.


simplify: with milk I fed you, and not with meat, for ye were not yet able, but not even yet are ye now able,

I fed you with milk, not with solid food, for you were not then able to take it.  No, and even now you are not able; you are still worldly.


rate difficulty: See that ye despise not one of these little ones: for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.

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rate difficulty: This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

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simplify: But if in his eyes the scall be at a stay, and black hair be grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

But if, in his opinion, the growth is stopped, and black hair has come up on it, the disease has gone; he is clean and the priest will say that he is clean.


simplify: So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

So after going through all the land in every direction, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.


simplify: Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: is not Jehovah in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with foreign vanities?

The voice of the cry of the daughter of my people comes from a far land: Is the Lord not in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they made me angry with their images and their strange gods which are no gods?


simplify: I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

I have sent for one from the north, and from the dawn he has come; in my name he will get rulers together and go against them; they will be like dust, even as the wet earth is stamped on by the feet of the potter.


rate difficulty: And on the limit of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side: Reuben, one part.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they tied up and counted the money that was found in the house of Jehovah.

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simplify: And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor–missabib.

Then on the day after, Pashhur let Jeremiah loose. Then Jeremiah said to him, The Lord has given you the name of Magor-missabib (Cause-of-fear-on-every-side), not Pashhur.


rate difficulty: The mouth of a righteous [man] putteth forth wisdom; but the froward tongue shall be cut out.


simplify: that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.

Then, in the loving kindness of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ, will the name of Jesus, our Lord, be honored in you, and you in him.


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?

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rate difficulty: `Thou dost not see the ox of thy brother or his sheep driven away, and hast hidden thyself from them, thou dost certainly turn them back to thy brother;

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rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord God to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?


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

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


rate difficulty: The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

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rate difficulty: And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

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simplify: The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.

And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.


simplify: Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

Up! make the people holy; say to them, Make yourselves holy before tomorrow, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said, There is a cursed thing among you, O Israel, and you will give way before your attackers in the fight till the cursed thing has been taken away from among you.


rate difficulty: A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

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simplify: After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.

After a long time the master of those servants returned, and settled accounts with them.


simplify: a tenth part shalt thou offer for every lamb of the seven lambs;

And a separate tenth part for every one of the seven lambs;


simplify: Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon his God.

Who among you has the fear of the Lord, giving ear to the voice of his servant who has been walking in the dark and has no light? Let him put his faith in the name of the Lord, looking to his God for support.


rate difficulty: The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know it.

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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:

But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:


rate difficulty: And I was very sad, because there was no one able to get the book open or to see what was in it.


simplify: David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.

And David had taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, to be his wife; these two were his wives.


simplify: God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

Which God has now put into effect for our children, by sending Jesus; as it says in the second Psalm, You are my Son; this day I have given you being.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.

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simplify: And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

And they said, Not one of your relations has that name.


rate difficulty: Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

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simplify: And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

And everyone took with him an offering, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats of metal, and spices, and horses and beasts for transport, regularly year by year.


simplify: Simeon did declare how at first God did look after to take out of the nations a people for His name,

Simon has described the manner in which God first visited the Gentiles, in order to take from among them a people to bear his name.


rate difficulty: When the second came, he said ‘Your ten pounds, Sir, have produced fifty.’

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rate difficulty: Then the Lord said to him, Truly, I will be with you, and you will overcome the Midianites as if they were one man.

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simplify: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

and through whom we have found deliverance in the forgiveness of our sins.


simplify: and began to teach them, that it behoveth the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and after three days to 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.


rate difficulty: And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

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


simplify: And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.


simplify: And all Israel from Dan even to Beer–sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord.

And it was clear to all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba that Samuel had been made a prophet of the Lord.


simplify: Now there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they entreated him that he would give them leave to enter into them. And he gave them leave.

Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them.


simplify: And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

And the Egyptians will see that I am the Lord, when I get honour over Pharaoh and his war-carriages and his horsemen.


simplify: And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire.

And the rest of the meal offering will be for Aaron and his sons; it is most holy among the Lord's fire offerings.


rate difficulty: The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.

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


simplify: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:


simplify: And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.

And from the part given to the children of Israel, take one out of every fifty, from the persons, and from the oxen and asses and sheep, and give it to the Levites who have the care of the House of the Lord.


simplify: And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:

And you are to make them linen trousers, covering their bodies from the middle to the knee;


rate difficulty: And they said to him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may give thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me that ye will not fall on me yourselves.

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


simplify: Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

Now on the mountain side there was a great herd of pigs getting their food.


simplify: And on Paul's purposing to enter in unto the populace, the disciples were not suffering him,

Paul wished to go into the amphitheater and face the people, but the disciples would not let him,


simplify: And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;

And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;


simplify: And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

And Joram went to rest with his fathers and was put into the earth with his fathers in the town of David: and Ahaziah his son became king in his place.


simplify: And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?

And when they went into Micah's house and took out the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image, the priest said to them, What are you doing?


simplify: For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.

For the earth is the Lord's and all things in it.


simplify: And if he be not redeemed by these means, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his children with him.

And if he is not made free in this way, he will go out in the year of Jubilee, he and his children with him.


simplify: And Judah went up; and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

And Judah went up; and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands; and they overcame ten thousand of them in Bezek.


simplify: And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?


rate difficulty: Verily I say unto you, I shall no more drink of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

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


simplify: Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

But the children of Manasseh were not able to make the people of those towns go out; but the Canaanites would go on living in that land.


rate difficulty: And those building have founded the temple of Jehovah, and they appoint the priests, clothed, with trumpets, and the Levites, sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Jehovah, by means of <FI>the instruments of<Fi> David king of Israel.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And in addition to what he got from traders of different sorts, all the kings of Arabia and the rulers of the country gave gold and silver to Solomon.

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


simplify: And it was the Magdalene Mary, and Joanna, and Mary of James, and the other women with them, who told unto the apostles these things,

There were Mary of Magdala, and Joanna, and Mary, the mother of James. The other women, too, spoke about this to the apostles.


rate difficulty: Here is endurance of the saints: here <FI>are<Fi> those keeping the commands of God, and the faith of Jesus.'

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


rate difficulty: And they went in to the king into the court; but they had laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king.


simplify: Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?

And so I came without question, when I was sent for. What then is your purpose in sending for me?


rate difficulty: The word of the Lord about Babylon which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw.


rate difficulty: and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

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


simplify: Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi–ezer the Antothite,

Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,


simplify: And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.


rate difficulty: And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power and his seat and great authority.

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


simplify: Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

While Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his heart was stirred at seeing the whole city full of idols.


simplify: I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

I have seen his ways, and I will make him well: I will give him rest, comforting him and his people who are sad.


rate difficulty: Jehovah hath appeared from afar unto me, [saying,] Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.

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


simplify: And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

And the snake sent out of his mouth after the woman a river of water, so that she might be taken away by the stream.


simplify: And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,

Then they immediately got up and returned to Jerusalem, where they found the Eleven and their companions all together,


simplify: the hand-mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils.

The looking-glasses, and the fair linen, and the high head-dresses, and the veils.


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

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


rate difficulty: And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee [some] of the people that are with me. And he said, What need? Let me find favour in the eyes of my lord.

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


simplify: And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered;

And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say;


rate difficulty: No temptation has taken you but such as is according to man's nature; andGod is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able [to bear], but will with the temptation make the issue also, so that [ye] should be able to bear [it].


simplify: And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.

And they made curtains of goats' hair for the tent; eleven curtains were made.


simplify: Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed unto thy servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?


simplify: And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,

These are the names of the chiefs of Esau in the order of their families and their places: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,


simplify: teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,

leading us to renounce irreligious ways and worldly ambitions, and to live discreet, upright, and religious lives here in this present world,


rate difficulty: And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and there be no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:

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


rate difficulty: For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

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


simplify: And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.

Do not keep any of it till the morning; anything which is not used is to be burned with fire.


rate difficulty: And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

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


rate difficulty: The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.


rate difficulty: Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food?


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Again there will be in this place, which is a waste, without man and without beast, and in all its towns, a resting-place where the keepers of sheep will make their flocks take rest.


rate difficulty: And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

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


simplify: Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work: for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts:

But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, says the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land, says the Lord, and get to work: for I am with you, says the Lord of armies:


simplify: And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.

And all the guests of Adonijah got up in fear and went away, every man to his place.


rate difficulty: But to you that hear I say, Love your enemies; do good to those that hate you;


simplify: And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, Asher, one portion.

And on the limit of Dan, from the east side to the west side: Asher, one part.


rate difficulty: For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead.


simplify: Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

My lord, truly you are a great chief among us; take the best of our resting-places for your dead; not one of us will keep back from you a place where you may put your dead to rest.


rate difficulty: And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

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


simplify: And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.

And all the people came early in the morning to give ear to his words in the Temple.


rate difficulty: Yea, surely,God acteth not wickedly, and the Almighty perverteth not judgment.

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


simplify: Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:

And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;


rate difficulty: And Hiram is giving to Solomon cedar-trees, and fir-trees, all his desire,

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


simplify: I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

I have knowledge of a man in Christ, fourteen years back (if he was in the body, or out of the body, I am not able to say, but God only), who was taken up to the third heaven.


simplify: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:

Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; which agreement was broken by them, and I gave them up, says the Lord.


simplify: Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the Lord: so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

On the first day of the first month the work of making the house holy was started, and on the eighth day they came to the covered way of the Lord; in eight days they made the Lord's house holy, and on the sixteenth day of the first month the work was done.


simplify: I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

Truly, I have seen the sorrows of my people in Egypt, and their cries have come to my ears, and I have come down to make them free: and now, come, I will send you to Egypt.


rate difficulty: And he speaketh unto me, saying, `Hast thou not known what these <FI>are<Fi> ?' And I say, `No, my lord.'

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


rate difficulty: In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;

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


simplify: It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And Samuel was wroth; and he cried unto Jehovah all night.

It is no longer my pleasure for Saul to be king; for he is turned back from going in my ways, and has not done my orders. And Samuel was very sad, crying to the Lord in prayer all night.


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


simplify: Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.


rate difficulty: and having stood over her, he rebuked the fever, and it left her, and presently, having risen, she was ministering to them.

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


rate difficulty: But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger.

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


simplify: And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

And she put it before Saul and his servants, and they had a meal. Then they got up and went away the same night.


simplify: wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the heaven.

In which were all sorts of beasts and birds.


simplify: searching in regard to what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ that was in them was manifesting, testifying beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory after these,

as they strove to discern what that time could be, to which the Spirit of Christ within them was pointing, when foretelling the sufferings that Christ would have to endure, and the glories that would follow.


simplify: And Peter, having looked stedfastly toward him with John, said, `Look toward us;'

Peter fixed his eyes on him, and so did John, and then Peter said: “Look at us.”


rate difficulty: And the sons of Hebron: Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema.


rate difficulty: And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?

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


rate difficulty: That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

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


rate difficulty: And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.


simplify: But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God.

But we have not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may have knowledge of the things which are freely given to us by God.


rate difficulty: And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.


simplify: And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.

She recognized Peter’s voice, but in her joy left the gate unopened, and ran in, and told them that Peter was standing outside.


rate difficulty: And he brought me into the inner court toward the east; and he measured the gate according to these measures:


rate difficulty: After him repaired their brethren, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the chief of the half district of Keilah.

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


rate difficulty: Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

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


rate difficulty: I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

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


simplify: Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to wailing.

So these are the words of the Lord, the God of armies, the Lord: There will be weeping in all the open spaces; and in all the streets they will say, Sorrow! sorrow! and they will get in the farmer to the weeping, and the makers of sad songs to give cries of grief.


simplify: He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

He who keeps back grain will be cursed by the people; but a blessing will be on the head of him who lets them have it for a price.


simplify: To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

To take their property by force and go off with their goods; turning your hand against the waste places which now are peopled, and against the people who have been got together out of the nations, who have got cattle and goods for themselves, who are living in the middle of the earth.


rate difficulty: When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.

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


simplify: And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

And they will be my people, and I will be their God:


rate difficulty: So Edom would not let Israel go through his land; and Israel went in another direction.

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


rate difficulty: And the third messenger did pour out his vial to the rivers, and to the fountains of the waters, and there came blood,

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


rate difficulty: If it is in the threads of the linen or of the wool, or in leather, or in anything made of skin;

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


simplify: a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs:

A separate tenth part for every one of the seven lambs;


rate difficulty: And he will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they put their faith?


simplify: And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their stead; because there was pasture there for their flocks.

And these whose names are given came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and made an attack on the Meunim who were living there, and put an end to them to this day, and took their place, because there was grass there for their flocks.


rate difficulty: And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.

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


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

And Jesus said: “Recover your sight, your faith has delivered you.”


rate difficulty: so also it hath been written, `The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam <FI>is<Fi> for a life-giving spirit,

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


rate difficulty: And at the end of four hundred and thirty years, to the very day, all the armies of the Lord went out of the land of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that make my people to err; that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and whoso putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him:

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


simplify: And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

And selection was made of them for their special work, all having equal chances, small as well as great, the teacher as the learner.


simplify: But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

But, for my part, may I never boast of anything except the cross of Jesus Christ, our Master, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.


rate difficulty: If I rejoice because great <FI>is<Fi> my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,

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


rate difficulty: because, having known God they did not glorify <FI>Him<Fi> as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened,

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


simplify: among whom are also ye, the called of Jesus Christ;

And among these nations are you — you who have been called to belong to Jesus Christ.


simplify: And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord hath spoken.

And the attacker will come against every town, not one will be safe; and the valley will be made waste, and destruction will come to the lowland, as the Lord has said.


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

And the Lord said to Moses, I have been watching this people, and I see that they are a stiff-necked people.


simplify: He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;


rate difficulty: The fig-tree melloweth her winter figs, And the vines in bloom give forth [their] fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away!

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


simplify: bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.

Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.


simplify: Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with psalteries and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;

Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Uzziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Mattithiah and Eliab and Benaiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel, with corded instruments of music; and Asaph, with brass instruments sounding loudly;


rate difficulty: For thus saith Jehovah, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

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


simplify: For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?


simplify: Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son, Samuel his son.


simplify: I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.

I will give hearing to your cause, he said, when those who are against you have come. And he gave orders for him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.


rate difficulty: That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O Lord.

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


rate difficulty: But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

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


simplify: that in the name of Jesus every knee may bow--of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth--

so that in adoration of the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven, on earth, and under the earth,


rate difficulty: even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

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


rate difficulty: And even as they refused to have God intheirknowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

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


simplify: Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil.


rate difficulty: And Saul went to Gibeah, to his house; and with him went the men of war whose hearts had been touched by God.

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


simplify: I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

I can do everything in the strength of him who makes me strong!


rate difficulty: And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month.

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


simplify: As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.

Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.


rate difficulty: No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.


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.

All their neighbors were awe-struck at this; and throughout the hill-country of Judea the whole story was much talked about;


rate difficulty: And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

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


rate difficulty: and it cometh to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing that he <FI>is<Fi> not the king of Israel, that they turn back from after him.


rate difficulty: Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth.


rate difficulty: Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.


rate difficulty: and she bare him sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.

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


simplify: for these are not drunken, as ye take it up, for it is the third hour of the day.

These people are not drunk, as you suppose; for it is only now nine in the morning! No!


simplify: And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.


rate difficulty: he hath built Elath, and bringeth it back to Judah, after the lying of the king with his fathers.

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


rate difficulty: Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

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


rate difficulty: And the chamber and its opening <FI>is<Fi> by the posts of the gates, there they purge the burnt-offering.

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


rate difficulty: And in that day his feet will be on the Mount of Olives, which is opposite Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives will be parted in the middle to the east and to the west, forming a very great valley; and half the mountain will be moved to the north and half of it to the south.

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


rate difficulty: Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, that ye have taken captive of your brethren; for the fierce wrath of Jehovah is upon you.

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


rate difficulty: Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

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


simplify: And when these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.

And when those lepers came to the outer line of tents, they went into one tent, and had food and drink, and took from it silver and gold and clothing, which they put in a secret place; then they came back and went into another tent from which they took more goods, which they put away in a secret place.


simplify: These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe.


simplify: Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

So now, let it be given out to the people that anyone who is shaking with fear is to go back from Mount Galud. So twenty-two thousand of the people went back, but there were still ten thousand.


simplify: And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

And the God of peace will be crushing Satan under your feet before long. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.


simplify: and after the reading of the law and of the prophets, the chief men of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, `Men, brethren, if there be a word in you of exhortation unto the people--say on.'

After the reading of the law and the prophets, the synagogue leader sent them this message — “Friends, if you have any helpful words to address to the people, now is the time to speak.”


simplify: And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.

And when all the vessels were full, she said to her son, Get me another vessel. And he said, There are no more. And the flow of oil was stopped.


simplify: Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

Be certain to do this with all care: do not let trouble be increased to the king's damage.


rate difficulty: And the woman saw that it was Saul, and she gave a loud cry, and said to Saul, Why have you made use of deceit? for you are Saul.

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


simplify: So he made the pillars; and there were two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars: and so did he for the other capital.

And he made ornaments of apples; and two lines of apples all round over the network, covering the crowns of the pillars, the two crowns in the same way.


rate difficulty: The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.

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


rate difficulty: To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.

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


rate difficulty: If thou dost this thing, and God hath commanded thee, then thou hast been able to stand, and all this people also goeth in unto its place in peace.'

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Behold, he comes with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they which have pierced him, and all the tribes of the land shall wail because of him. Yea. Amen.


simplify: And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

And men from strange lands, who are to be feared among the nations, after cutting him off, have let him be: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches have come down; his arms are broken by all the waterways of the land; all the peoples of the earth have gone from his shade, and have let him be.


rate difficulty: And they fear very greatly, and say, `Lo, the two kings have not stood before him, and how do we stand--we?'

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


rate difficulty: Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

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


rate difficulty: and Jehovah appeareth unto him during that night, and saith, `I <FI>am<Fi> the God of Abraham thy father, fear not, for I <FI>am<Fi> with thee, and have blessed thee, and have multiplied thy seed, because of Abraham My servant;'

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


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?


simplify: Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

Brothers, as men would say, even a man's agreement, when it has been made certain, may not be put on one side, or have additions made to it.


rate difficulty: What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

This is what the Lord has said: A curse on the foolish prophets who go after the spirit which is in them and have seen nothing!


simplify: And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.

And the child at the breast will be playing by the hole of the snake, and the older child will put his hand on the bright eye of the poison-snake.


rate difficulty: He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.


rate difficulty: one male of the goats for a sin-offering;

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


rate difficulty: And all the prophets said the same thing, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and it will go well for you, for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

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


rate difficulty: Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.

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


rate difficulty: in distress <FI>being<Fi> to thee, and all these things have found thee, in the latter end of the days, and thou hast turned back unto Jehovah thy God, and hast hearkened to His voice;


rate difficulty: And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.

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


rate difficulty: and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;


simplify: And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

Now the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his sons dead in Mount Gilboa.


rate difficulty: save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, let them take their portion.

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


simplify: And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.


rate difficulty: The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.


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

He is before all things, and in him all things have being.


rate difficulty: Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and mother.

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


simplify: For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,


simplify: And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, which he did and made Israel do; he did not keep himself from them.


rate difficulty: Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.


rate difficulty: The man who has mercy will be rewarded, but the cruel man is the cause of trouble to himself.

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


rate difficulty: And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.

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


rate difficulty: But when Moses went in before Jehovah to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.

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


rate difficulty: O Jehovah, to thee do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

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


rate difficulty: But Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day; for to-day Jehovah has wrought deliverance in Israel.

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


simplify: And if it be from sixty years old and upward; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

And for sixty years old and over, for a male the value will be fifteen shekels, and for a female, ten.


rate difficulty: Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers’ houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


simplify: I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

If I have done wrong, what have I done to you, O keeper of men? why have you made me a mark for your blows, so that I am a weariness to myself?


simplify: Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

And this they did, sending it to the officers of the church by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.


simplify: But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

But when they saw that he was a Jew, all of them with one voice went on crying out for about two hours, Great is Diana of Ephesus.


simplify: How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!

How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!


rate difficulty: They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but to fill them with the dead bodies of the men whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.

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


simplify: that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, to wit, Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

All the captains of the king of Babylon came in and took their places in the middle doorway of the town, Nergal-shar-ezer, ruler of Sin-magir, the Rabmag, and Nebushazban, the Rab-saris, and all the captains of the king of Babylon.


simplify: Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

Then the high priest said, Are these things true?


simplify: Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

So take a bath, and, after rubbing your body with sweet oil, put on your best robe, and go down to the grain-floor; but do not let him see you till he has come to the end of his meal.


simplify: And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?


rate difficulty: The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred and thirty.

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


simplify: and all who heard did lay them up in their hearts, saying, `What then shall this child be?' and the hand of the Lord was with him.

and all who heard it kept it in mind, asking one another — “What can this child be destined to become?” For the Power of the Lord was with him.


rate difficulty: And when the dawn hath ascended, then the messengers press upon Lot, saying, `Rise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters who are found present, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.'

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God;

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


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon–gog.

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


simplify: And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.

Going on a little further, he saw James, Zebedee’s son, and his brother John, who were in their boat mending the nets.


rate difficulty: Dear friends, it is no new command that I am writing to you, but an old command, which you have had from the first. That old command is the message to which you listened.


rate difficulty: one kid of the goats for a sin-offering;

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


simplify: I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him.

I will give the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is near and to him who is far off, says the Lord; and I will make him well.


rate difficulty: And the stars of heaven were falling to the earth, like green fruit from a tree before the force of a great wind.

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


simplify: Thus shall he do with the bullock; as he did with the bullock of the sin-offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.

Let him do with the ox as he did with the ox of the sin-offering; and the priest will take away their sin and they will have forgiveness.


rate difficulty: Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.

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


rate difficulty: Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

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


rate difficulty: Hear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears.


rate difficulty: And they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. But at the last two false witnesses came forward


simplify: and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.

And the sixth, Ithream, whose mother was David's wife Eglah. These were the sons of David, whose birth took place in Hebron.


rate difficulty: Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord’s house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.


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

For it seems to me that God has put us the Apostles last of all, as men whose fate is death: for we are put on view to the world, and to angels, and to men.


simplify: And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.


simplify: and he shall reign over the house of Jacob to the ages; and of his reign there shall be no end.'

and he will reign over the descendants of Jacob for ever; And to his kingdom there will be no end.”


rate difficulty: In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

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


simplify: And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith by him.


rate difficulty: I went down into the garden of nuts to see the green plants of the valley, and to see if the vine was in bud, and the pomegranate-trees were in flower.

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


simplify: Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?

No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.


rate difficulty: And he will be the judge between the nations, and the peoples will be ruled by his decisions: and their swords will be turned into plough-blades, and their spears into vine-knives: no longer will the nations be turning their swords against one another, and the knowledge of war will be gone for ever.


simplify: `If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

“If any one comes to me and does not hate their father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and even their life, he can be no disciple of mine.


simplify: Since also Jews ask a sign, and Greeks seek wisdom,

While Jews ask for miraculous signs, and Greeks study philosophy,


rate difficulty: and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the princes of the earth; for with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived.

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


simplify: Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

Give my love to Prisca and Aquila and those of the house of Onesiphorus.


rate difficulty: Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

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


simplify: But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.


simplify: And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

And you have the power of waiting, and have undergone trouble because of my name, without weariness.


simplify: it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

It is planted a natural body; it comes again as a body of the spirit. If there is a natural body, there is equally a body of the spirit.


rate difficulty: Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

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


rate difficulty: And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

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


simplify: Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.

About such a man I will boast, but about myself I will not boast except as regards my weaknesses.


rate difficulty: After two days he will give us life, and on the third day he will make us get up, and we will be living before him.

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


simplify: Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

So he said to his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley in it; go and put it on fire. And Absalom's servants put the field on fire.


rate difficulty: Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth <FI>his<Fi> going.

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


simplify: And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

Then Moab said to the responsible men of Midian, It is clear that this great people will be the destruction of everything round us, making a meal of us as the ox does of the grass of the field. At that time Balak, the son of Zippor, was king of Moab.


rate difficulty: and overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew upon the ground.

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


rate difficulty: And Jeremiah saith unto Seraiah, `When thou dost enter Babylon, then thou hast seen, and hast read all these words,

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


simplify: Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

See, the Lord will take away her heritage, overturning her power in the sea; and she will be burned up with fire.


simplify: because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

Because of all the false ways of the loose woman, expert in attraction and wise in secret arts, who takes nations in the net of her false ways, and families through her secret arts.


simplify: He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

And he went round and took the measure of it on the north side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.


simplify: Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord: it is most holy.

Say to Aaron and his sons, This is the law for the sin-offering: the sin-offering is to be put to death before the Lord in the same place as the burned offering; it is most holy.


rate difficulty: a window dost thou make for the ark, and unto a cubit thou dost restrain it from above; and the opening of the ark thou dost put in its side, --lower, second, and third <FI>stories<Fi> dost thou make it.

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


rate difficulty: Behold the mounds, they are come unto the city for taking it; and the city is given over into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, by the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and behold, thou seest [it].

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Your sun will never again go down, or your moon keep back her light: for the Lord will be your eternal light, and the days of your sorrow will be ended.

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


simplify: then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and shall bring her oblation for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is a meal-offering of jealousy, a meal-offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

Then let him take her to the priest, offering for her the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal, without oil or perfume; for it is a meal offering of a bitter spirit, a meal offering keeping wrongdoing in mind.


simplify: But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

Let everyone test their own work, and then their cause for satisfaction will be in themselves and not in a comparison with their neighbor;


rate difficulty: — And the Levites: Jeshua the son of Azaniah; Binnui, of the sons of Henadad; Kadmiel,

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


rate difficulty: And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,

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


simplify: I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.


simplify: And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

And I heard what seemed to be a voice, coming from among the four Creatures, crying — ‘A quart of wheat for a silver coin, and three quarts of barley for a silver coin! But do not harm the oil and the wine.’


rate difficulty: And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord.


simplify: If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

If anyone comes to you not having this teaching, do not take him into your house or give him words of love:


simplify: And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.


rate difficulty: And the children of Benjamin were living from Geba, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and its daughter-towns,

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


simplify: So Jehu smote all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

So Jehu put to death all the rest of the seed of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his relations and his near friends and his priests, till there were no more of them.


simplify: And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping <FI>it<Fi> !'

But Jesus replied: “Rather, happy are those who listen to God’s message and keep it.”


rate difficulty: Let those who have ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.”

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


simplify: Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

Moses gave us a law, a heritage for the people of Jacob.


simplify: And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.

And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.


rate difficulty: These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.

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


simplify: And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; they shall be punished; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

If any man has sex relations with a servant-woman who has given her word to be married to a man, and has not been made free for a price or in any other way, the thing will be looked into; but they will not be put to death because she was not a free woman.


rate difficulty: And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any that are round about them, that did despite unto them; and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

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


simplify: Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

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