rate difficulty: And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

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simplify: When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly overtake you; and you say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way; death will overtake that evil man in his evil-doing, but I will make you responsible for his blood.


simplify: Then they said one to another, We do not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king’s household.

Then they said to one another, We are not doing right. Today is a day of good news, and we say nothing: if we go on waiting here till the morning, punishment will come to us. So let us go and give the news to those of the king's house.


rate difficulty: And commanded concerning thee hath Jehovah, `No more of thy name doth spread abroad, From the house of thy gods I cut off graven and molten image, I appoint thy grave, for thou hast been vile.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

For I am not ashamed of the good news; it is the power of God which brings salvation to everyone who believes in Christ, to the Jew first, but also to the Greek.


simplify: Ephraim hath provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore shall his blood be left upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.

I have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him.


simplify: (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)

And they say to him, Lord, he has ten pounds.


simplify: And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.


simplify: Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

With reference to food that has been offered in sacrifice to idols — We are aware that all of us have knowledge! Knowledge breeds conceit, while love builds up character.


rate difficulty: And Jabez calleth to the God of Israel, saying, `If blessing Thou dost bless me, then Thou hast made great my border, and Thy hand hath been with me, and Thou hast kept <FI>me<Fi> from evil--not to grieve me;' and God bringeth in that which he asked.

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


simplify: But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?


simplify: He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming, I will give to him to eat from the hidden manna, and will give to him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, that no one knew except him who is receiving <FI>it<Fi> .

Let those who have ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To those who conquer — to them I will give a share of the mystic manna, and I will give them a white stone; and on the stone will be inscribed a new name, which no one knows except the person who receives it.”


rate difficulty: Remember this, and show yourselves men; bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.

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


simplify: and he brought near his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

Then the house of Zabdi came forward man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.


rate difficulty: Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith Jehovah, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, [As] the Lord Jehovah liveth.

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


rate difficulty: and he stood in the midst of the plot and delivered it, and smote the Philistines, and Jehovah wrought a great deliverance.

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


simplify: And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.

And Hezekiah took the letter from the hands of those who had come with it; and after reading it, Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, opening the letter there before the Lord,


rate difficulty: Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;

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


rate difficulty: For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

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


rate difficulty: And if all the people of Israel do wrong, without anyone's knowledge; if they have done any of the things which by the Lord's order are not to be done, causing sin to come on them;

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


simplify: And Jehovah said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.

And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to their voice and make a king for them. Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, Let every man go back to his town.


simplify: So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

So David did not let the ark come back to him to the town of David, but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.


simplify: Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.

Take the band which you got for a price, which is round your body, and go to Parah and put it in a secret place there in a hole of the rock.


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

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


rate difficulty: For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

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


simplify: And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the Lord, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you take an oath by the Lord, protesting to you and saying, Be certain that on the day when you go out from here, wherever you go, death will overtake you? and you said to me, Very well!


simplify: And it came to pass after many days, that the word of Jehovah came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

Now after a long time, the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go and let Ahab see you, so that I may send rain on the earth.


simplify: And he charged him to tell no one, `But, having gone away, shew thyself to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing according as Moses directed, for a testimony to them;'

and then Jesus impressed on him that he was not to say a word to anyone, “but,”he added, “set out and show yourself to the priest, and make the offerings for your cleansing, in the manner directed by Moses, as evidence of your cure.”


simplify: But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.

But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of a man, goes through dry places looking for rest, and getting it not.


rate difficulty: But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength.

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


simplify: Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

And you saw all the broken places in the wall of the town of David: and you got together the waters of the lower pool.


simplify: The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

The sun will not be your light by day, and the moon will no longer be bright for you by night: but the Lord will be to you an eternal light, and your God your glory.


rate difficulty: And she gave birth to a son, to whom he gave the name Gershom: for he said, I have been living in a strange land.

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


rate difficulty: And they say unto him, `A dream we have dreamed, and there is no interpreter of it;' and Joseph saith unto them, `Are not interpretations with God? recount, I pray you, to me.'

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

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rate difficulty: He sheweth by it <FI>to<Fi> his friend substance, Anger against perversity.

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


simplify: And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

And they took him to the place named Golgotha, which is, Dead Man's Head.


simplify: And he shall flee unto one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

And if anyone goes in flight to one of those towns, and comes into the public place of the town, and puts his cause before the responsible men of the town, they will take him into the town and give him a place among them where he may be safe.


rate difficulty: And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.


rate difficulty: “Look,” he exclaimed, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at God’s right hand!”


simplify: Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace.


simplify: So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.


simplify: And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

And when they were going away, Jesus, talking of John, said to all the people, What went you out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?


simplify: so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

Therefore do not pass judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes. He will throw light on what is now dark and obscure, and will reveal the motives in people’s minds; and then everyone will receive due praise from God.


rate difficulty: remember that which Jehovah thy God hath done to Miriam in the way, in your coming out of Egypt.

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


simplify: Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.

So now, give ear to the voice of your servant, and let me give you a little bread; and take some food to give you strength when you go on your way.


rate difficulty: Produce therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father, for I say unto you thatGod is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.


simplify: for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

The nineteenth Mallothi, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


simplify: And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place:


simplify: Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:

You say that this man has been teaching the people evil things: now I, after going into the question before you, see nothing wrong in this man in connection with the things which you have said against him:


rate difficulty: That good-for-nothing persons have gone out from among you, turning the people of their town from the right way and saying, Let us go and give worship to other gods, of whom you have no knowledge;

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


rate difficulty: And the men of Israel turn in battle, and Benjamin hath begun to smite the wounded among the men of Israel, about thirty men, for they said, `Surely they are utterly smitten before us, as <FI>at<Fi> the first battle;

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


simplify: Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.

So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.


simplify: that saying ye yourselves know, which was published throughout all Judæa, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;

That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,


simplify: So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

And they took their seats on the earth by his side for seven days and seven nights: but no one said a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.


simplify: But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.


simplify: Hear ye the word which Jehovah speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

Give ear to the word which the Lord says to you, O people of Israel:


rate difficulty: By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone.

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


simplify: But he began to curse, and to swear, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

But, with curses and oaths, he said, I have no knowledge of the man about whom you are talking.


simplify: So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?

So now the Lord, the God of Israel, has taken away their land from the Amorites and given it to his people Israel; are you then to have it?


simplify: Judas of James, and Judas Iscariot, who also became betrayer;)

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


simplify: And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:

And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun:


simplify: and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden.

And the pillars of the open space outside it, with their bases and their nails and cords and all the instruments used, and everything which has to be done there; all the instruments for which they are responsible are to be numbered by name.


simplify: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace among men with whom he is well pleased.


rate difficulty: But Paul called our loudly: “Do not harm yourself; we are all here.”

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


simplify: It shall be eighteen thousand reeds round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Jehovah is there.

It is to be eighteen thousand all round: and the name of the town from that day will be, The Lord is there.


rate difficulty: And the king put Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest he put in the place of Abiathar.


simplify: Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:

So take care not to be troubled before the time comes, about what answers you will give:


simplify: I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

I will send disease on them for their destruction, and take away their heritage, and I will make of you a nation greater and stronger than they.


rate difficulty: And morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death;

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


rate difficulty: Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

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


simplify: When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth your hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

When I was in the Temple with you every day, your hands were not stretched out against me: but this is your hour, and the authority of the dark power.


rate difficulty: And they are singing a new song —  ‘You are worthy to take the book and break its seals, for you were sacrificed, and with your blood you did buy for God people of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,

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


simplify: And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food.

And our father said, Go again and get us a little food.


simplify: and this is the love, that we may walk according to His commands; this is the command, even as ye did hear from the beginning, that in it ye may walk,

And this is love — to live in obedience to the Father’s commands. This is the command as you learned from the first, to live in a spirit of love.


rate difficulty: and sent Timotheus, our brother and fellow-workman underGod in the glad tidings of Christ, to confirm you and encourage [you] concerning your faith,

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


simplify: And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.

There were about seventy-six of us on board, all told.


simplify: And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?


simplify: I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:


rate difficulty: See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.

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


simplify: therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste.

For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.


rate difficulty: But I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, to make a search through your house and the houses of your people, and everything which is pleasing in your eyes they will take away in their hands.


simplify: For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.

For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your saviour; I have given Egypt as a price for you, Ethiopia and Seba for you.


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

But the Jews incited the women of high social standing who worshiped with them, and the leading men of the town, and started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their neighborhood.


rate difficulty: and the ewe-lamb he doth repay fourfold, because that he hath done this thing, and because that he had no pity.'

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


rate difficulty: And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Butter and honey will be his food, when he is old enough to make a decision between evil and good.

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


simplify: And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying as he did so: “I am willing; become clean.” Instantly he was made clean from his leprosy;


simplify: And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

And he said, If now I have grace in your eyes, let the Lord go among us, for this is a stiff-necked people, and give us forgiveness for our wrongdoing and our sin, and take us for your heritage.


rate difficulty: And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals.

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


simplify: And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

Then the Levite, the husband of the dead woman, said in answer, I came to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin, I and my servant-wife, for the purpose of stopping there for the night.


simplify: For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.


rate difficulty: And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.


rate difficulty: He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.

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


simplify: Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

For Hannah's prayer came from her heart, and though her lips were moving she made no sound: so it seemed to Eli that she was overcome with wine.


rate difficulty: A palanquin king Solomon made for himself, Of the wood of Lebanon,


rate difficulty: the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

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


simplify: And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

Then if anyone goes out of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, we will not be responsible; but if any damage comes to anyone in the house, his blood will be on our heads.


rate difficulty: And the first inhabitants, who <FI>are<Fi> in their possession, in their cities, of Israel, <FI>are<Fi> the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

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


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

but, since it is a dispute about words, and names, and your own law, you must see to it yourselves. I do not choose to be a judge in such matters.”


rate difficulty: but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his.

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


simplify: but, that we may not cause them to stumble, having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and the fish that hath come up first take thou up, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater, that having taken, give to them for me and thee.'

Still, so we don't offend them, go and throw a line into the Sea; take the first fish that rises, open its mouth, and you will find in it a piece of money. Take that, and give it to the collectors for both of us.”


simplify: But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

but by precious blood, as it were of a lamb, unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.


simplify: when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.

No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.


simplify: And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

While they were still unable to believe it all, overcome with joy, and were wondering if it were true, Jesus said to them: “Have you anything here to eat?”


rate difficulty: If an ox comes to be the cause of death to a man or a woman, the ox is to be stoned, and its flesh may not be used for food; but the owner will not be judged responsible.


rate difficulty: Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the distributor of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose dealers were the honourable of the earth?

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


simplify: And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

He did as Asa his father had done, not turning away from it, but doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord; but the high places were not taken away: the people went on making offerings and burning them in the high places.


simplify: And all the tithe of the herd or the flock, whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto Jehovah.

And a tenth part of the herd and of the flock, whatever goes under the rod of the valuer, will be holy to the Lord.


rate difficulty: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:


rate difficulty: And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor: and he provided him treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of goodly vessels;

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


rate difficulty: From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;


simplify: And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.

And they let the Philistine force see the two of them: and the Philistines said, Look! the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have taken cover.


rate difficulty: but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even the blood of Christ:

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


simplify: Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

Our heritage is given up to men of strange lands, our houses to those who are not our countrymen.


simplify: Then Herod privily called the Wise-men, and learned of them exactly what time the star appeared.

Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen.


rate difficulty: And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.

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


rate difficulty: thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

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


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

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


simplify: Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand.

Then you will get up from your secret position and take the town, for the Lord your God will give it up into your hands.


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

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


simplify: Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,

Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh said in answer to the heads of the families of Israel,


simplify: For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

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


rate difficulty: `And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;

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


rate difficulty: According to the grace ofGod which has been given to me, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation, but another builds upon it. But let each see how he builds upon it.

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


simplify: according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the Temple to see to the burning of perfumes.


simplify: For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.


rate difficulty: And having sailed over the waters of Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra in Lycia:

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simplify: To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;


simplify: Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;

Only by the word of the Lord did this fate come on Judah, to take them away from before his face; because of the sins of Manasseh and all the evil he did;


rate difficulty: And as he went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Teacher, behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings!

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Or has given him a blow with a stone, without seeing him, so causing his death, though he had nothing against him and no desire to do him evil:

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


simplify: Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

If any man who is a Christian has had circumcision, let him keep so; and if any man who is a Christian has not had circumcision, let him make no change.


rate difficulty: and one goat, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and its libation.


simplify: for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

For in fact he was ill almost to death: but God had mercy on him; and not only on him but on me, so that I might not have grief on grief.


rate difficulty: And they take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among beast;

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


rate difficulty: And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.


rate difficulty: And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: What is the reward then that I have? That in announcing the glad tidings I make the glad tidings costless [to others], so as not to have made use, as belonging to me, of my right in [announcing] the glad tidings.

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simplify: And he took a little child, and set him in the midst of them: and taking him in his arms, he said unto them,

And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them,


rate difficulty: Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,

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


simplify: And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives opposite the Temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew said to him privately,


simplify: Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.


rate difficulty: Thus said Jehovah: `In a time of good pleasure I answered thee, And in a day of salvation I helped thee, And I keep thee, and give thee, For a covenant of the people, To establish the earth, To cause to inherit desolate inheritances.

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


simplify: `And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother's eye, and the beam that <FI>is<Fi> in thine own eye dost not consider?

And why do you look at the speck of sawdust in someone’s eye, while you pay no attention at all to the plank of wood in your own?


simplify: And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the town had been taken by the surprise attack, and that the smoke of the town had gone up, turning round they overcame the men of Ai.


rate difficulty: But Paul was of the opinion that it was not right to take with them one who had gone away from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with the work.

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


simplify: Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

You are bound, therefore, to obey, not only through fear of God’s punishments, but also as a matter of conscience.


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


simplify: And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and thou, my lord the king, knowest it not:

And now, see, Adonijah has made himself king without my lord's knowledge;


simplify: Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

Then they took to him one with an evil spirit, who was blind and had no power of talking: and he made him well so that he had the power of talking and seeing.


simplify: And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.

All these things Moses and Aaron and the children of Israel did to the Levites; as the Lord gave orders to Moses about the Levites, so the children of Israel did.


rate difficulty: Therefore I am full of the wrath of Jehovah; I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.


simplify: And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.

Then Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom and said, Long life to the king, long life to the king!


simplify: But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

The merely intellectual person rejects the teaching of the Spirit of God; for to them it is mere folly; they cannot grasp it, because it is to be understood only by spiritual insight.


simplify: He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.

“Let anyone who has two coats,” answered John, “share with the person who has none; and anyone who has food do the same.”


rate difficulty: And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spake unto all the people, saying,

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


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

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


rate difficulty: For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,

And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,


simplify: And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he smote all the house of Baasha: he left him not a single man-child, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.

And straight away when he became king and took his place on the seat of the kingdom, he put to death all the family of Baasha: not one male child of his relations or his friends kept his life.


rate difficulty: And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the princes of the assembly swore unto them.

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


simplify: But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

And if because of food your brother is troubled, then you are no longer going on in the way of love. Do not let your food be destruction to him for whom Christ went into death.


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

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


rate difficulty: And there was a wall on the outside of the house all round, and in the man's hand there was a measuring rod six cubits long by a cubit and a hand's measure: so he took the measure of the building from side to side, one rod; and from base to top, one rod.


simplify: Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.

Then straight away everyone took his robe and put it under him on the top of the steps, and, sounding the horn, they said, Jehu is king.


simplify: `Ye may not give that which is <FI>holy<Fi> to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned--may rend you.

Do not give what is sacred to dogs; they will turn and maul you. Do not throw your pearls before pigs; they will trample them underfoot.


simplify: But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.

I remind you, friends, that the good news which I told is no mere human invention.


rate difficulty: and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

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


rate difficulty: Now there was there just at the mountain a great herd of swine feeding;


simplify: as it is written,  He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever.

As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever.


simplify: And as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

And while they were talking to the people, the priests and the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees came up to them,


rate difficulty: Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.

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


rate difficulty: I Paul write it with mine own hand, I will repay it: that I say not unto thee that thou owest to me even thine own self besides.

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


simplify: Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction.


simplify: Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

For this reason, see, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send punishment on her images; and through all her land the wounded will be crying out in pain.


simplify: And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

And he said, I will certainly come back to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And his words came to the ears of Sarah who was at the back of the tent-door.


simplify: Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:


simplify: And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.

And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Take care to keep away from that place, for the Aramaeans are waiting there in secret.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah waketh up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who <FI>are<Fi> beside the Cushim,

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: `Thou dost certainly tithe all the increase of thy seed which the field is bringing forth year by year;

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


rate difficulty: Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

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


rate difficulty: Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

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


rate difficulty: As the crowds increased, Jesus began to speak: “This generation is a wicked generation. It is asking a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah.


simplify: And ye shall do no manner of work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Jehovah your God.

And on that day you may do no sort of work, for it is a day of taking away sin, to make you clean before the Lord your God.


simplify: And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:

Now there was a man of the name of Joseph, who was a member of the Council, and who bore a good and upright character.


simplify: Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

now that we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all his people,


simplify: For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;

And the children of Israel went on with all the sins which Jeroboam did; they did not keep themselves from them;


rate difficulty: For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also <FI>is<Fi> vanity.

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


rate difficulty: And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

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


simplify: Now this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

Now this took place so that these words of the prophet might come true,


rate difficulty: Now after these days, Elizabeth his wife conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the Lord had said.

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


rate difficulty: the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder;

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


rate difficulty: It shall even be as when the hungry dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; and he awaketh, and his soul is empty; or as when the thirsty dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; and he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul craveth: so shall the multitude of all the nations be that war against mount Zion.

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


rate difficulty: Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?

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


simplify: `And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to do;

To you who are my friends I say, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but after that can do no more.


simplify: Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me round by the way without unto the outer gate, by the way of the gate that looketh toward the east; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.

And he took me out by the north doorway, and made me go round to the outside of the doorway looking to the east; and I saw waters running slowly out on the south side.


rate difficulty: I beg you, then, friends, by Jesus Christ, our Lord, and by the love inspired by the Spirit, to join me in earnest prayer to God on my behalf.

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


rate difficulty: Only, the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, from them Jehu departed not: [from] the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.


simplify: And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.

And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they became with young when they came to the water.


rate difficulty: Thy neck as a tower of the ivory, Thine eyes pools in Heshbon, near the gate of Bath-Rabbim, Thy face as a tower of Lebanon looking to Damascus,

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and he was seen for many days of them that came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses unto the people.

And for a number of days he was seen by those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses before the people.


simplify: The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,

The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,


rate difficulty: And having found [him], he brought him to Antioch. And so it was with them that for a whole year they were gathered together in the assembly and taught a large crowd: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

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


simplify: In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:

And in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he took away as prisoners from Jerusalem eight hundred and thirty-two persons:


simplify: And straightway Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power proceeding from him had gone forth, turned him about in the crowd, and said, Who touched my garments?

And straight away Jesus was conscious that power had gone out of him; and, turning to the people, he said, Who was touching my robe?


rate difficulty: You have mercy on thousands, and send punishment for the evil-doing of the fathers on their children after them: the great, the strong God, the Lord of armies is his name:


rate difficulty: Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father did.


rate difficulty: In that day there is an altar to Jehovah In the midst of the land of Egypt, And a standing pillar near its border to Jehovah,

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


rate difficulty: rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward <FI>is<Fi> great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.


rate difficulty: And Saul's servants said these things to David. And David said, Does it seem to you a small thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, of no great name?


rate difficulty: But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.


rate difficulty: And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.


rate difficulty: For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:


rate difficulty: He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

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


rate difficulty: then it shall be, if he hath sinned and transgressed, that he shall restore what he robbed or that in which he hath defrauded, or the deposit, or the lost thing which he found,

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


rate difficulty: And Hushai saith, `Thou hast known thy father and his men, that they <FI>are<Fi> heroes, and they are bitter in soul as a bereaved bear in a field, and thy father <FI>is<Fi> a man of war, and doth not lodge with the people;

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


simplify: And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.


rate difficulty: (and we were--all the souls in the ship--two hundred, seventy and six),

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


rate difficulty: But though I be rude in speech, yet am I not in knowledge; nay, in every way have we made this manifest unto you in all things.

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


rate difficulty: Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

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


simplify: for a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;

Besides, man was not created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man.


simplify: Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.


simplify: Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah, saying,

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


rate difficulty: Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.

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


simplify: And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all.


simplify: 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.

Then he took me to the door of the way into the Lord's house looking to the north; and there women were seated weeping for Tammuz.


simplify: through which the then world, by water having been deluged, was destroyed;

and that by the same means the world which then existed was destroyed in a deluge of water.


simplify: But Jehovah was with Joseph, and showed kindness unto him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

But the Lord was with Joseph, and was good to him, and made the keeper of the prison his friend.


rate difficulty: May God’s blessing be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

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


rate difficulty: In kindness and truth pardoned is iniquity, And in the fear of Jehovah Turn thou aside from evil.

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


simplify: But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

But when Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the armed forces who were with him, had news of all the evil which Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had done,


rate difficulty: And Moses and Aaron did so: as the Lord gave them orders, so they did.


rate difficulty: And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

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


rate difficulty: And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, so that she might go in flight into the waste land, to her place, where she is given food for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the snake.

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


rate difficulty: That I will not take so much as a thread or the cord of a shoe of yours; so that you may not say, I have given wealth to Abram:


simplify: And he led them forth without--unto Bethany, and having lifted up his hands he did bless them,

After this, Jesus led them out as far as Bethany, and there raised his hands and blessed them.


simplify: And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part.

And two boards for the angles at the back.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

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


rate difficulty: And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! Bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it:

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rate difficulty: Then she said, Be still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest until he have completed the matter this day.

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simplify: I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

I go in the road of righteousness, in the way of right judging:


rate difficulty: So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

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simplify: Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you; so shall the Lord bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.

And you will see that, as all the good things which the Lord your God undertook to do for you, have come to you, so the Lord will send down on you all the evil things till he has made your destruction complete, and you are cut off from the good land which the Lord your God has given you.


simplify: Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

Come up to me and give me help, and let us make an attack on Gibeon: for they have made peace with Joshua and the children of Israel.


simplify: And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might enquire of him?

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


rate difficulty: And there came one and told them, Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people.

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


rate difficulty: Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed: --

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simplify: And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year that Solomon was king of Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, the building of the Lord's house was started.


simplify: And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

And this bread was named manna by Israel: it was white, like a grain seed, and its taste was like cakes made with honey.


simplify: Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?


simplify: And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.

And when it was evening he came with the twelve.


rate difficulty: Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:

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


simplify: If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;


simplify: This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.

This is the law for the man who has the disease of the leper on him, and who is not able to get that which is necessary for making himself clean.


simplify: But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

But Jeshurun became fat and would not be controlled: you have become fat, you are thick and full of food: then he was untrue to the God who made him, giving no honour to the Rock of his salvation.


rate difficulty: Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

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simplify: The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house.


simplify: for there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, the elect.

Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way.


rate difficulty: On the fourth day, Elizur, son of Shedeur, prince of the sons of Reuben; --

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


simplify: The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.

The wrath of the Lord will not be turned back till he has done, till he has put into effect, the purposes of his heart: in days to come you will have full knowledge of this.


rate difficulty: And I made the discovery that the law whose purpose was to give life had become a cause of death:


rate difficulty: And they declare to Saul, saying, `Lo, the people are sinning against Jehovah, to eat with the blood.' And he saith, `Ye have dealt treacherously, roll unto me to-day a great stone.'

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


rate difficulty: And he set the priests in their offices, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: And over the course of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his course; and Mikloth the ruler: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

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


simplify: And he turned away from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.

And turning away from him to one of the other men, he said the same words: and the people gave him the same answer.


simplify: Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

But a boy saw them, and gave word of it to Absalom: so the two of them went away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim who had a water-hole in his garden, and they went down into it.


simplify: And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you.

And keep my rules and do them: I am the Lord, who make you holy.


simplify: And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to Jehovah: throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

And this day is to be kept in your memories: you are to keep it as a feast to the Lord through all your generations, as an order for ever.


rate difficulty: And--lo, he hath begotten a son, And he seeth all the sins of his father, That he hath done, and he feareth, And doth not do like them,

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simplify: Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will have Israel and Judah planted with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.


rate difficulty: and ye shall eat there before Jehovah yourGod, and ye shall rejoice, ye and your households, in all the business of your hand, wherein Jehovah thyGod hath blessed thee.

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


rate difficulty: And make an attack on it, shutting it in, building strong places against it, and making high an earthwork against it; and put up tents against it, placing engines all round it for smashing down its walls.


simplify: But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.


rate difficulty: And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame: for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.


simplify: for even if also anything more abundantly I shall boast concerning our authority, that the Lord gave us for building up, and not for casting you down, I shall not be ashamed;

Even if I boast extravagantly about our authority — which the Lord gave us for building up your faith and not for overthrowing it — still I have no reason to be ashamed.


rate difficulty: He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: He cutteth out channels among the rocks; And his eye seeth every precious thing.

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


rate difficulty: But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the Lord.

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


simplify: Send thou men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a prince among them.

Send men to get knowledge about the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from every tribe of their fathers you are to send a man, every one a chief among them.


rate difficulty: The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And the king lamented for Abner, and said,  Should Abner die as a fool dieth?

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


simplify: One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

A thousand will go in fear before one; even before five you will go in flight: till you are like a pillar by itself on the top of a mountain, and like a flag on a hill.


rate difficulty: When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

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


simplify: and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth:

And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:


simplify: And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him.

And Moses came and sent for the chiefs of the people and put before them all these words which the Lord had given him orders to say.


simplify: He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted their right.

His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;


rate difficulty: So Joshua and the fighting-men got ready to go up against Ai; and Joshua took thirty thousand men of war, and sent them out by night.

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


simplify: When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:

Now when the chief bread-maker saw that the first dream had a good sense, he said to Joseph, I had a dream; and in my dream there were three baskets of white bread on my head;


rate difficulty: And it came to pass at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; now Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.


simplify: The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,


rate difficulty: So King Zedekiah gave his oath to Jeremiah secretly, saying, By the living Lord, who gave us our life, I will not put you to death, or give you up to these men who are desiring to take your life.

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus uttered a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.

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


simplify: Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,


simplify: And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

And the best gold for the altar of perfumes; and gold for the design of the carriage, for the winged ones whose wings were outstretched covering the ark of the Lord's agreement.


simplify: Fifty loops made he in the one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling: the loops were opposite one to another.

Fifty twists on the one curtain and fifty on the edge of the curtain of the other group; the twists being opposite to one another.


simplify: And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

It came out that it was recorded in the book how Mordecai had given word of the designs of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's servants, keepers of the door, by whom an attack on the king had been designed.


rate difficulty: Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.


rate difficulty: Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?


rate difficulty: and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

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


simplify: And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, `What went ye out to the wilderness to view? --a reed shaken by the wind?

While John’s disciples were going back, Jesus began to say to the crowds with reference to John:


simplify: And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.

And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the Temple; and he was making signs to them without words.


rate difficulty: Now therefore give me this hill-country, whereof Jehovah spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities great and fortified: it may be that Jehovah will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as Jehovah spake.

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


simplify: But if thou utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

But if you say anything about our business here, then we will be free from the oath you have made us take.


rate difficulty: And the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah. And the children of Israel said, Tell [us], how was this wickedness?


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

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


simplify: I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”


rate difficulty: And he said to them, Thus and thus has Micah done to me; and he has hired me, and I am his priest.


simplify: And the sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son,

And the sons of Jeconiah, who was taken prisoner: Shealtiel his son,


simplify: To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.


rate difficulty: The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom shall abide in the congregation of the dead.

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simplify: `And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

‘Well done, good, trustworthy servant!’ said his master. ‘You have been trustworthy with a small sum; now I will place a large one in your hands; come and share your master’s joy!’


rate difficulty: The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying,

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


rate difficulty: that chant to the sound of the lute, [and] invent them instruments of music, like David;

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


simplify: And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said unto him, Arise, get thee down into the camp; for I have delivered it into thy hand.

The same night the Lord said to him, Up! go down now against their army, for I have given them into your hands.


rate difficulty: how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

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


simplify: And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

About three Jesus called out loudly: “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabacthani” — that is to say, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’


simplify: And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, even before the vail.

And put his finger in the blood, shaking drops of the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the veil.


rate difficulty: And Moses at his death was a hundred and twenty years old: his eye had not become clouded, or his natural force become feeble.

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


rate difficulty: Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.

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


rate difficulty: And it will be in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made small, and the strength of his body will become feeble.

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


simplify: Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she who travaileth hath brought forth: then the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

For this cause he will give them up till the time when she who is with child has given birth: then the rest of his brothers will come back to the children of Israel.


simplify: And I, John, am he who is seeing these things and hearing, and when I heard and beheld, I fell down to bow before the feet of the messenger who is shewing me these things;

It was I, John, who heard and saw these things; and, when I heard and saw them, I prostrated myself in worship at the feet of the angel that showed them to me.


rate difficulty: Simeon, Judah, Joseph, Jonam, Eliakim,

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


simplify: And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the Lord:

And to take the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of every sort of tree, year by year, into the house of the Lord;


simplify: And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And may the God of peace himself make you holy in every way; and may your spirit and soul and body be free from all sin at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.


rate difficulty: Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

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


simplify: Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

These are the names of the children he had in Jerusalem: Shammua and Shobab, Nathan and Solomon


simplify: The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

Outside is the sword, and inside disease and need of food: he who is in the open country will be put to the sword; he who is in the town will come to his end through need of food and disease.


simplify: a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.

A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family; he gave much money to the poor, and made prayer to God at all times.


simplify: For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

For I am the Lord your God: for this reason, make and keep yourselves holy, for I am holy; you are not to make yourselves unclean with any sort of thing which goes about flat on the earth.


rate difficulty: And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me to go first and bury my father.

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


simplify: And the men that journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing the voice, but beholding no man.

And the men who were with him were not able to say anything; hearing the voice, but seeing no one.


rate difficulty: And the man who acteth with presumption, so as not to hearken unto the priest (who is standing to serve there Jehovah thy God), or unto the judge, even that man hath died, and thou hast put away the evil thing from Israel,

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


simplify: This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds;

This is what you are to do: let a third of you, of the priests and Levites, who come in on the Sabbath, keep the doors;


simplify: (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;

Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:


simplify: Sing unto Jehovah, praise ye Jehovah; for he hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evil-doers.

Make melody to the Lord, give praise to the Lord: for he has made the soul of the poor man free from the hands of the evil-doers.


simplify: And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

and sent his servant, when it was time for the dinner, to say to those who had been invited ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.

Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, were recorded by Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.


rate difficulty: Their ox is ready at all times to give seed; their cow gives birth, without dropping her young.

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


rate difficulty: See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away.


simplify: and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;

And Beriah and Shema, who were heads of the families of those who were living in Aijalon, who put to flight the people living in Gath;


simplify: But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name; yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.

But when they, the children of Jacob, see the work of my hands among them, they will give honour to my name; yes, they will give honour to the Holy One of Jacob, and go in fear of the God of Israel.


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

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


simplify: in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows shall be darkened,

In the day when the keepers of the house are shaking for fear, and the strong men are bent down, and the women who were crushing the grain are at rest because their number is small, and those looking out of the windows are unable to see;


simplify: and he having gone forth upon the land, there met him a certain man, out of the city, who had demons for a long time, and with a garment was not clothed, and in a house was not abiding, but in the tombs,

and, on getting ashore, Jesus met a man, who had demons in him, coming out of the town. For a long time this man had worn no clothing, and he had not lived in a house, but in the tombs.


rate difficulty: Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.


rate difficulty: Thou hast stretched out Thy right hand--Earth swalloweth them!

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


simplify: And they asked him, saying, How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?

And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?


simplify: And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.

And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.


rate difficulty: After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

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


rate difficulty: who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye be unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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


simplify: And Paul having earnestly beheld the sanhedrim, said, `Men, brethren, I in all good conscience have lived to God unto this day;'

Paul fixed his eyes on the Council, and began:  “Brothers, for my part, I have always ordered my life before God, with a clear conscience, up to this very day.”


simplify: And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what good soever Jehovah shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.

And if you come with us, we will give you a part in whatever good the Lord does for us.


simplify: He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of gold.

He made ten tables, and put them in the Temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made a hundred gold basins.


rate difficulty: And David saith, `Jehovah, God of Israel, Thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul is seeking to come in unto Keilah, to destroy the city on mine account.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth–maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

All the people of the hill-country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, all the Zidonians; them will I send out from before the children of Israel: only make division of it to Israel for a heritage, as I have given you orders to do.


rate difficulty: Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.

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


simplify: Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

Give ear, O heavens, to my voice; let the earth take note of the words of my mouth:


simplify: Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.

Then Moses sent for the chiefs of Israel, and said to them, See that lambs are marked out for yourselves and your families, and let the Passover lamb be put to death.


rate difficulty: In the wilderness: Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacah,

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


rate difficulty: And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.

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


rate difficulty: And now, my sister, I make a request to you, not sending you a new law, but the law which we had from the first, that we have love for one another.

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


simplify: And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.


rate difficulty: Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

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


simplify: And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.


rate difficulty: Thou art passing over to-day the border of Moab, even Ar,

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


rate difficulty: And Hazael said, But what is thy servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, Jehovah hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

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


simplify: but, As Jehovah liveth, who brought up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries whither I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.

But, By the living Lord, who took up the seed of Israel, and made them come out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had sent them; and they will be living in the land which is theirs.


simplify: And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

and when a household is divided against itself, it will not be able to last.


simplify: As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.

As it says in the Writings, He who had taken up much had nothing over and he who had little had enough.


simplify: Salute ye one another in a kiss of love; peace to you all who <FI>are<Fi> in Christ Jesus! Amen.

Greet one another with the kiss of love.


rate difficulty: And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.


simplify: and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless,

They were both righteous people, who lived blameless lives, guiding their steps by all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.


rate difficulty: Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.


simplify: This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me;

‘This is a people that honor me with their lips, While their hearts are far removed from me;


rate difficulty: and I have established him in My house, and in My kingdom unto the age, and his throne is established unto the age.'

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


simplify: and Jesus said to him, `Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'

But Jesus answered: “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their dead.”


rate difficulty: And I--their works and their thoughts, I come to gather all the nations and tongues, And they have come and seen My honour.

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


simplify: And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:

And Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Lachish to Eglon: and they took up their position against it and made an attack on it;


simplify: And I besought Jehovah at that time, saying,

And at that time I made request to the Lord, saying,


rate difficulty: But Jesus called them unto him, saying, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of the whole congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward the heavens.

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


rate difficulty: And Samuel lieth till the morning, and openeth the doors of the house of Jehovah, and Samuel is afraid of declaring the vision unto Eli.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search out exactly concerning the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word, that I also may come and worship him.

And he sent them to Beth-lehem and said, Go and make certain where the young child is; and when you have seen him, let me have news of it, so that I may come and give him worship.