simplify: And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:

And you are to make a veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman:


simplify: He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

He is the Lord our God: he is judge of all the earth.


rate difficulty: Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

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


simplify: So they feared the Lord, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

So they went on worshipping the Lord, and made for themselves, from among all the people, priests for the high places, to make offerings for them in the houses of the high places.


rate difficulty: The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has done honor to his servant Jesus — him whom you gave up and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to set him free.

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


simplify: Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

So these days were named Purim, after the name of Pur. And so, because of the words of this letter, and of what they had seen in connection with this business, and what had come to them,


rate difficulty: being enlightened in the eyes of your heart, so that ye should know what is the hope of his calling, [and] what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

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


simplify: and if it be meet for me to go also, they shall go with me.

And if it is possible for me to go there, they will go with me.


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

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


simplify: but Jesus, having taken him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose.

But Jesus took his hand, and lifted him; and he stood up.


simplify: As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

Like birds with outstretched wings, so will the Lord of armies be a cover to Jerusalem; he will be a cover and salvation for it, going over it he will keep it from danger.


rate difficulty: Send the people away, so that they may go to the farms and villages around and buy themselves something to eat.”

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?

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


rate difficulty: And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them;


rate difficulty: And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.

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


simplify: And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and drive me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

But Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, Did you not, in your hate for me, send me away from my father's house? Why do you come to me now when you are in trouble?


simplify: Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?


simplify: And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.


rate difficulty: And the other answering, was rebuking him, saying, `Dost thou not even fear God, that thou art in the same judgment?

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


simplify: And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

Then another angel came out from the Temple, crying in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud — ‘Take your sickle and reap, for the time to reap has come; the Harvest of Earth is ready.’


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

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


simplify: And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

And this dream came to Pharaoh twice, because this thing is certain, and God will quickly make it come about.


simplify: And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.

Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Make a house for yourself in Jerusalem and keep there and go to no other place.


rate difficulty: And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:

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


simplify: And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

And I will be ever among the children of Israel, and will not go away from my people.


simplify: And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.

Then the children of Benjamin came out from Gibeah, cutting down twenty-two thousand of the Israelites that day.


simplify: And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest thou not watch one hour?

And he came, and saw them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? were you not able to keep watch one hour?


simplify: And Jehovah will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; forasmuch as Jehovah delivered thee into my hand to-day, and I would not put forth my hand against Jehovah’s anointed.

And the Lord will give to every man the reward of his righteousness and his faith: because the Lord gave you into my hands today, and I would not put out my hand against the man who has been marked with the holy oil.


rate difficulty: And the thing became known to Mordecai, who showed it unto Esther the queen; and Esther told the king thereof in Mordecai’s name.

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


simplify: Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

Let them be put to shame who are attacking me, but let me not be shamed; let them be overcome with fear, but let me not be overcome: send on them the day of evil, and put them to destruction twice over.


rate difficulty: My friends, whatever may be the temptations that beset you from time to time, always regard them as a reason for rejoicing,

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


rate difficulty: AndGod came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

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


rate difficulty: For it hath been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints that are at Jerusalem.

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


simplify: Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

Then the Lord said to me, The prophets say false words in my name, and I gave them no orders, and I said nothing to them: what they say to you is a false vision and wonder-working words without substance, the deceit of their hearts.


simplify: But a lad saw them, and told Absalom: and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down thither.

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.


rate difficulty: What I tell you in the dark, say again in the light; and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim on the housetops.

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


simplify: But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

but, whenever a person lays his message to heart, in that person the love of God has indeed reached its perfection. By this we know that we are in union with God —


simplify: And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood which they received of their hand, and the Levites flayed them.

And they put the Passover lambs to death, the blood being drained out by the priests when it was given to them, and the Levites did the skinning.


simplify: for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.


rate difficulty: Those saying to God, `Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?

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


rate difficulty: I find then the law upon me who will to practise what is right, that with me evil is there.

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


simplify: And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:

And the man on whose head the holy oil has been put, and who has been marked out to be a priest in his father's place, will do what is necessary to take away sin, and will put on the linen clothing, even the holy robes:


simplify: And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.

And see that you make them from the design which you saw on the mountain.


simplify: And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

And you have seen how I have done all in my power for your father,


rate difficulty: If in any way those who are of my flesh may be moved to envy, so that some of them may get salvation by me.

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


simplify: But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

But whoever gives ear to me will take his rest safely, living in peace without fear of evil.


rate difficulty: What man is like Job? he drinketh up scorning like water,

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


simplify: And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.

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


rate difficulty: Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal,

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: let not him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and let not him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God did receive him.


simplify: Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.

Then he made a brass altar, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.


rate difficulty: And they sanctify Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba (it <FI>is<Fi> Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah;

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


simplify: And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because he was guided by the teaching of Jehoiada the priest.


rate difficulty: Again, after his measuring a thousand, it became a river which it was not possible to go through: for the waters had become deep enough for swimming, a river it was not possible to go through.

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


simplify: And from thence having risen, he went away to the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and having entered into the house, he wished none to know, and he was not able to be hid,

On leaving that place, Jesus went to the district of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house, and did not wish anyone to know it, but could not escape notice.


simplify: And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

Then, after forty days, through the open window of the ark which he had made,


rate difficulty: And the Beth-Shemeshites are reaping their wheat-harvest in the valley, and they lift up their eyes, and see the ark, and rejoice to see <FI>it<Fi> .

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


rate difficulty: and said, I beseech thee, O Jehovah, the God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments:

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


simplify: And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.

No one is to come up with you, and let no man be seen anywhere on the mountain; let no flocks or herds come near to get their food at its foot.


simplify: And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.


rate difficulty: And Laban said, In our country we do not let the younger daughter be married before the older.


rate difficulty: And behold, I will send the lad, [saying,] Go, find the arrows. If I expressly say to the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come, for there is peace for thee, and it is nothing; [as] Jehovah liveth.

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


rate difficulty: And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than they that he slew in his life.

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


rate difficulty: Now Isaac had come through the waste land to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the South.

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


rate difficulty: to Timotheus, beloved child: Grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord!


rate difficulty: And Jonathan said, My father has troubled the land: see, I pray you, that mine eyes are bright, because I tasted a little of this honey.


rate difficulty: `And now, at the coming in of this letter unto you, and with you <FI>are<Fi> sons of your lord, and with you <FI>are<Fi> the chariots and the horses, and a fenced city, and the armour,

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


rate difficulty: The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.


rate difficulty: All those sinners among my people will be put to the sword who say, Evil will not overtake us or come face to face with us.

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


rate difficulty: The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

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


rate difficulty: And Huram maketh the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls, and Huram finisheth to make the work that he made for king Solomon in the house of God;

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.

And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you made me come up, troubling my rest? And Saul in answer said, I am in great danger; for the Philistines are making war on me, and God has gone away from me and will no longer give me any answer, by the prophets or by dreams: so I have sent for you to make clear to me what I am to do.


simplify: And Jesus having known, saith to them, `Why do ye reason, because ye have no loaves? do ye not yet perceive, nor understand, yet have ye your heart hardened?

and, noticing this, Jesus said to them: “Why are you talking about your being short of bread? Do not you yet see or understand? Are your minds still so slow or comprehension?


simplify: And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.


simplify: For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;

It may be that he was separated from you for an hour, for this reason, so that you might have him back for ever,


simplify: And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God's punishment be on me, if I do not make you chief of the army before me at all times in place of Joab!


rate difficulty: Moreover, thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up!

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


simplify: And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

So he said to him, If now I have grace in your eyes, then give me a sign that it is you who are talking to me.


simplify: Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah to this day. And at the same time, Libnah made itself free.


rate difficulty: As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

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


rate difficulty: A Prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.


rate difficulty: Him who knew not sin he has made sin for us, that we might becomeGod's righteousness in him.

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


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass in those days, that the Philistines gather their camps for the war, to fight against Israel, and Achish saith unto David, `Thou dost certainly know that with me thou dost go out into the camp, thou and thy men.'

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


rate difficulty: Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

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


simplify: And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said: “If anyone wishes to be first, he must be last of all, and servant of all.”


simplify: And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up?


simplify: Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?

And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord?


rate difficulty: And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

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


simplify: and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive;

while Israel, which was in search of a law which would ensure righteousness, failed to discover one.


rate difficulty: But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

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


simplify: before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,

Before ever the silver cord is cut, or the vessel of gold is broken, or the pot is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the water-hole;


simplify: Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

The same thing happened to the second and the third brothers, and indeed to all the seven.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.


simplify: And Paul, having tarried after this yet many days, took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila: having shorn his head in Cenchreæ; for he had a vow.

And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.


rate difficulty: Then the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the bar from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And no man, when he hath lighted a lamp, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but putteth it on a stand, that they that enter in may see the light.

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


simplify: Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

Then the ruler, when he saw what was done, had faith, being full of wonder at the teaching of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah. And Zebul drove out Gaal and his brethren, that they might not dwell in Shechem.

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


simplify: And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.

And if his offering is of the flock, a burned offering of sheep or goats, let him give a male without a mark.


simplify: Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honor:

So take him to your hearts in the Lord with all joy, and give honour to such as he is:


simplify: And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.


simplify: and there are diversities of workings, and it is the same God--who is working the all in all.

results differ, yet the God who brings about every result is in every case the same.


simplify: to enrol himself with Mary his betrothed wife, being with child.

To be registered with Mary, his engaged wife, who was about to become a mother.


rate difficulty: And David said to Uriah, Be here today, and after that I will let you go. So Uriah was in Jerusalem that day and the day after.

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place for burial in Israel, the valley of them that pass through on the east of the sea; and it shall stop them that pass through: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude; and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog.

And it will come about in those days, that I will give to Gog a last resting-place there in Israel, in the valley of Abarim on the east of the sea: and those who go through will be stopped: and there Gog and all his people will be put to rest, and the place will be named, The valley of Hamon-gog.


simplify: For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.

For the glory of the first no longer seems to be glory, because of the greater glory of that which comes after.


rate difficulty: Love never fails; but whether prophecies, they shall be done away; or tongues, they shall cease; or knowledge, it shall be done away.

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


simplify: These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

These are they who have not made themselves unclean with women; for they are virgins. These are they who go after the Lamb wherever he goes. These were taken from among men to be the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.


simplify: And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

And the Lord said to me, Make no attack on Moab and do not go to war with them, for I will not give you any of his land: because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for their heritage.


simplify: For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.


simplify: But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat,

But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat,


rate difficulty: and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven.


rate difficulty: Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

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


rate difficulty: I said: Days do speak, And multitude of years teach wisdom.


simplify: And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help meet for him.

And the man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but Adam had no one like himself as a help.


simplify: I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the green plants of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, Andthe pomegranates were in flower.

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


simplify: For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

For the mountains may be taken away, and the hills be moved out of their places, but my love will not be taken from you, or my agreement of peace broken, says the Lord, who has had mercy on you.


rate difficulty: In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLY UNTO JEHOVAH; and the pots in Jehovah’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar.

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


simplify: And whensoever any controversy shall come to you from your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, ye shall warn them, that they be not guilty towards Jehovah, and so wrath come upon you and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not be guilty.

And if any cause comes before you from your brothers living in their towns, where the death punishment is in question, or where there are questions of law or order, or rules or decisions, make them take care that they are not in the wrong before the Lord, so that wrath may not come on you and on your brothers; do this and you yourselves will not be in the wrong.


rate difficulty: The two disciples went, and, finding a foal tethered outside a door in the street, they untied it.

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


simplify: even he shall build the temple of Jehovah; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

And he will be the builder of the Temple of the Lord; and the glory will be his, and he will take his place as ruler on the seat of power; and Joshua will be a priest at his right hand, and between them there will be a design of peace.


simplify: And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full.


simplify: And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.

Then, fearing that by chance we might come on to the rocks, they let down four hooks from the back of the ship, and made prayers for the coming of day.


rate difficulty: And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

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


simplify: And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

And I will send the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they will be fighting every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; town against town, and kingdom against kingdom.


simplify: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

At the first God made the heaven and the earth.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,

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


simplify: And Jacob said, Swear to me first; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

And Jacob said, First of all give me your oath; and he gave him his oath, handing over his birthright to Jacob.


simplify: That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.

In order that it might make wrath come up to give punishment, she has put her blood on the open rock, so that it may not be covered.


simplify: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that they shall no more say, As Jehovah liveth, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

And so, truly, the days are coming when they will say no longer, By the living Lord, who took the children of Israel up out of the land of Egypt;


simplify: Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name: Bring an offering, and come before him; Worship Jehovah in holy array.

Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you an offering and come before him; give worship to the Lord in holy robes.


rate difficulty: And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

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


rate difficulty: And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;

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


rate difficulty: But the woman fled into the wilderness, where there is a place prepared for her by God, to be tended there for twelve hundred and sixty days.

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rate difficulty: God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.


rate difficulty: and Jehovah hath avouched thee this day to be a people for his own possession, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and to them that were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

And in Hebron, and to all the places where David and his men had been living.


simplify: Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

See, it is put into the fire for burning: the fire has made a meal of its two ends and the middle part of it is burned; is it good for any work?


simplify: Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish.


rate difficulty: And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what <FI>is<Fi> the man who cometh after the king? that which <FI>is<Fi> already--they have done it!

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


simplify: They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

They are turned back to the sins of their fathers, who would not give ear to my words; they have gone after other gods and become their servants: the people of Israel and the people of Judah have not kept the agreement which I made with their fathers.


rate difficulty: And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had said; and when his rod had been lifted up and stretched out over the waters of the Nile before the eyes of Pharaoh and his servants, all the water in the Nile was turned to blood;

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


simplify: but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also <FI>are<Fi> the wives to their own husbands in everything.

But as the church submits to the Christ, so also should wives submit to their husbands in everything.


simplify: And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

And they went to the opening into Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, in search of grass-land for their flocks.


rate difficulty: And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: If thou buy a Hebrew bondman, six years shall he serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.


simplify: until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?

Till the memory of what you have done to him is past and he is no longer angry: then I will send word for you to come back; are the two of you to be taken from me in one day?


rate difficulty: As Jehovah commanded Moses His servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so hath Joshua done; he hath not turned aside a thing of all that Jehovah commanded Moses.

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


simplify: For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.


simplify: And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.

And with him a thousand men of Benjamin, and Ziba, the servant of Saul, with his fifteen sons and twenty servants, came rushing to Jordan before the king,


rate difficulty: And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul to this day.

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


rate difficulty: And he saith: `Blessed of Jehovah my God <FI>is<Fi> Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.


simplify: God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.

It is God who has taken them out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox.


rate difficulty: Also of the ram shalt thou take the fat, and the fat-tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the net of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder — for it is a ram of consecration —

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


simplify: The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

On the one side of the doorway will be hangings fifteen cubits long, with three pillars and three bases;


rate difficulty: And Moses brought out all the rods from before Jehovah unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.


rate difficulty: And there hath been on every high mount, And on every exalted hill, Rivulets--streams of waters, In a day of much slaughter, in the falling of towers.

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


rate difficulty: and they journey at first, by the command of Jehovah, in the hand of Moses.

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


simplify: But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the Lord commanded Moses.

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


simplify: In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.


simplify: And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

And he said to me, Solomon your son will be the builder of my house and the open spaces round it; for I have taken him to be my son, and I will be his father.


simplify: And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.

Giving her his hand, Peter raised her up, and, calling in the widows and others of Christ’s people, presented her to them alive.


rate difficulty: And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.


simplify: Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

Let the first male child of every mother among the children of Israel be kept holy for me, even the first male birth among man or beast; for it is mine.


simplify: And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

So he took him into the country of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and there they made seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.


rate difficulty: Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

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


simplify: And he said, Come. And Peter went down from the boat, and walked upon the waters to come to Jesus.

And he said, Come. And Peter got out of the boat, and walking on the water, went to Jesus.


simplify: And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

What will you give me, if I give him up to you? And the price was fixed at thirty bits of silver.


rate difficulty: For, if by the wrongdoing of one, death was ruling through the one, much more will those to whom has come the wealth of grace and the giving of righteousness, be ruling in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.

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


rate difficulty: Strangers come cringing unto me: At the hearing of the ear, they obey me.

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


simplify: And there was a gate to the inner court over against the other gate, both on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.

And there was a doorway to the inner square opposite the doorway on the north, like the doorway on the east; and he took the measure from doorway to doorway, a hundred cubits.


rate difficulty: In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

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


rate difficulty: one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;


simplify: And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:

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


simplify: Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,

Then they spat in his face, and struck him, while others dealt blows at him, saying as they did so:


simplify: And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

But Hoshea's broken faith became clear to the king of Assyria because he had sent representatives to So, king of Egypt, and did not send his offering to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: so the king of Assyria had him shut up in prison and put in chains.


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

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


simplify: And he strictly charged him, and straightway sent him out,

And he sent him away, saying to him very sharply,


simplify: And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.


rate difficulty: And great drops of ice, every one about the weight of a talent, came down out of heaven on men: and men said evil things against God because of the punishment of the ice-drops; for it is very great.


rate difficulty: And all the children of Israel went away from Moses.


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

and Jesus began:  “This very day this passage has been fulfilled in your hearing.”


simplify: become not, then, partakers with them,

Therefore have nothing to do with such people.


rate difficulty: And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

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


simplify: He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

He will come and put them to destruction and give the garden to others. And when he said this, they said, May it not be so.


simplify: The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

Keepers of sheep with their flocks will come to her; they will put up their tents round her; everyone will get food in his place.


simplify: For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.

For see, I am starting to send evil on the town which is named by my name, and are you to be without any punishment? You will not be without punishment: for I will send a sword on all people living on the earth, says the Lord of armies.


simplify: And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to nations that are rebellious, which have rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me even unto this very day.

And he said to me, Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to an uncontrolled nation which has gone against me: they and their fathers have been sinners against me even to this very day.


rate difficulty: Return to thine house and relate how great thingsGod has done for thee. And he went away through the whole city, publishing how great things Jesus had done for him.

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


rate difficulty: My soul still keeps the memory of them; and is bent down in me.


simplify: Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,

Then Esther sent them back to Mordecai with this answer:


simplify: But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord.

Then Jehoiada the priest gave orders to those who were placed in authority over the army, saying, Take her outside the lines, and let anyone who goes after her be put to death with the sword, for he said, Let her not be put to death in the house of the Lord.


rate difficulty: By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I accounthim, I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God: stand ye fast therein.

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


simplify: And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. So Huram made an end of doing the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of God:

And Huram made all the pots and the spades and the basins. So he came to the end of all the work he did for King Solomon in the house of God:


simplify: And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.

And the sticks with your writing on them will be in your hand before their eyes.


simplify: I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.

I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.


rate difficulty: And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

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simplify: All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

All your walled places will be like fig-trees and your people like the first figs, falling at a shake into the mouth which is open for them.


rate difficulty: So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.


simplify: and he saw in a vision a man, by name Ananias, coming in, and putting a hand on him, that he may see again.'

and he has seen, in a vision, a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him, so that he may recover his sight.”


simplify: For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

I do not count the sufferings of our present life worthy of mention when compared with the glory that is to be revealed and bestowed on us.


simplify: For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and word of him went out through every part of the kingdom: for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.


simplify: therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nation any more, saith the Lord Jehovah;

For this reason you will no longer take the lives of men and will never again be the cause of loss of children to your nation, says the Lord.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

And love is the keeping of his laws. This is the law which was given to you from the first, so that you might keep it.


rate difficulty: With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.

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


simplify: And I say unto you, Every one who shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

And I say to you that to everyone who gives witness to me before men, the Son of man will give witness before the angels of God.


simplify: And David commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God.


rate difficulty: And the word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, saying,

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


simplify: the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah.

The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah,


simplify: for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

For in him all the wealth of God's being has a living form,


rate difficulty: They asked of Jehovah rain in a time of latter rain, Jehovah is making lightnings, And rain <FI>in<Fi> showers He doth give to them. To each--the herb in the field.

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


simplify: for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of Jehovah.

But it was all given to the workmen who were building up the house.


rate difficulty: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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


simplify: And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

‘Go out,’ the master said, ‘into the roads and hedgerows, and make people come in, so that my house may be filled;


rate difficulty: the same conflict having, such as ye saw in me, and now hear of in me.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.

So when all the nation had undergone circumcision, they kept in their tents till they were well again.


simplify: And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And the statement of his crime was put in writing on the cross, THE KING OF THE JEWS.


simplify: who was well testified to by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium;

and who was well spoken of by the followers of the Lord in Lystra and Iconium.


rate difficulty: And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul.

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


rate difficulty: There were some women also watching from a distance, among them being Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James the Little and of Joseph, and Salome —

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


simplify: And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.

And he said to her, What is your desire? She says to him, Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.


simplify: And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

And a mixed people will be living in Ashdod, and I will have the pride of the Philistines cut off.


simplify: And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

And all these kings came together, and put their forces in position at the waters of Merom, to make war on Israel.


simplify: Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?

Boasting, as you do, of your law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?


simplify: And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.

And the prisoners and the goods and everything they had taken, they took to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the people of Israel, to the tent-circle in the lowlands of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.


simplify: Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.

Show me the coin with which the tax is paid.” And, when they had brought him a coin,


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel did not smite them, because the princes of the assembly had sworn unto them by Jehovah theGod of Israel. Then all the assembly murmured against the princes.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.

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


rate difficulty: Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any of all the sins of man to work unfaithfulness against Jehovah, and that soul is guilty,

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


simplify: And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.

And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.


rate difficulty: The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

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


rate difficulty: Lo, days are coming, and borne hath been all that <FI>is<Fi> in thy house, and that thy fathers have treasured up till this day, to Babylon; there is not left a thing, said Jehovah;

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


rate difficulty: and Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, that is, Debir,

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


simplify: Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand;


rate difficulty: Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

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


simplify: Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?

Now which, do you think, of these three men,” asked Jesus, “proved himself a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers’ hands?”


simplify: O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all he did, and the force with which he went to war against Amaziah, king of Judah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?


simplify: The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

The word of the Lord came to you face to face on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire,


simplify: And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered:


simplify: Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:


rate difficulty: And I will have you forced out of your place of authority, and pulled down from your position.

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rate difficulty: And the waters were healed to this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke.


simplify: to them that were in Beth-el, and to them that were in Ramoth of the South, and to them that were in Jattir,

He sent to those who were in Beth-el, and in Ramah of the South, and in Jattir;


simplify: And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.


rate difficulty: At the end of seven years thou shalt make a release,

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


simplify: I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.


simplify: And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

And if any man of Israel, or any other living among them, takes any sort of blood for food, my wrath will be turned against that man and he will be cut off from among his people.


simplify: but in the place which Jehovah shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

But in the place marked out by the Lord in one of your tribes, there let your burned offerings be offered, and there do what I have given you orders to do.


simplify: Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place.


simplify: (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

(He had not given his approval to their decision or their acts), of Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God:


simplify: And his affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

And his love to you is the more increased by his memory of you all, how you gave way to his authority, and how you took him to your hearts with fear and honour.


rate difficulty: And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.

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


rate difficulty: [As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, ye shall not have any more to use this proverb in Israel.

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


rate difficulty: They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not so much as one:

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


simplify: And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

And the angel who was speaking to me had as a measure a gold rod, with which to measure the city and its gates and its wall.


rate difficulty: And he dreamed; and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

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


rate difficulty: Then again Abner said to Asahel, Go to one side, do not keep on coming after me: why will you make me put an end to you? for then I will be shamed before your brother Joab.

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


simplify: and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

And the sons of Joseph whom he had in Egypt were two. Seventy persons of the family of Jacob came into Egypt.


rate difficulty: So I will send evil on the line of Jeroboam, cutting off from his family every male child, those who are shut up and those who go free in Israel; the family of Jeroboam will be brushed away like a man brushing away waste till it is all gone.

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


simplify: Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,

It follows, then, that you are no longer strangers and aliens, but are fellow citizens with Christ’s people and members of God’s Household.


rate difficulty: And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.


rate difficulty: Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

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


rate difficulty: Jesus went all through Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people;

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


rate difficulty: Your heart will give thought to the cause of your fear: where is the scribe, where is he who made a record of the payments, where is he by whom the towers were numbered?

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


rate difficulty: Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great uproar in the midst thereof, and the oppressions that are within her:

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


rate difficulty: And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.


simplify: How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

What is it then, my brothers? when you come together everyone has a holy song, or a revelation, or a tongue, or is giving the sense of it. Let everything be done for the common good.


simplify: But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.


simplify: and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'

and ‘will throw them into the blazing furnace,’ where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.


simplify: For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.

For by me your days will be increased, and the years of your life will be long.


rate difficulty: O you hope of Israel, its saviour in time of trouble, why are you like one who is strange in the land, and like a traveller putting up his tent for a night?

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


simplify: Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be precious in thy sight.

For fire came down from heaven and put an end to the first two captains of fifty and their fifties; but now let my life be of value in your eyes.


simplify: sure, nevertheless, hath the foundation of God stood, having this seal, `The Lord hath known those who are His,' and `Let him depart from unrighteousness--every one who is naming the name of Christ.'

Yet God’s firm foundation still stands unmoved, and it bears this inscription —  ‘THE LORD KNOWS THOSE WHO ARE HIS’;  and this —  ‘LET ALL THOSE WHO USE THE NAME OF THE LORD TURN AWAY FROM WICKEDNESS.’


simplify: Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.

And again, measuring a thousand cubits, he made me go through the waters which came up to my knees. Again, measuring a thousand, he made me go through the waters up to the middle of my body.


rate difficulty: and be well spoken of for her kind actions. She should have brought up children, have shown hospitality to strangers, have washed the feet of her fellow Christians, have relieved those who were in distress, and devoted herself to every kind of good action.

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


rate difficulty: And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

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


simplify: Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,


simplify: Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,

Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women and all the people who had given him that answer,


simplify: And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

After making some stay in Antioch, he set out on a tour through the Phrygian district of Galatia, strengthening the faith of all the disciples as he went.


rate difficulty: And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

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


rate difficulty: For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

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


simplify: and passing by, he saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting in the tax office, and said to him: “Follow me.”Levi got up and followed him.


rate difficulty: But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.

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


rate difficulty: This comes from the Lord of armies, purposing wonders, and wise in all his acts.

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


rate difficulty: for all the prophets and the law till John did prophesy,

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


simplify: And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

And the sons of Jahdai: Regem and Jotham and Geshan and Pelet and Ephah and Shaaph.


rate difficulty: So that no flesh might have glory before God.

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


rate difficulty: Through my union with the Lord Jesus, I know and am persuaded that nothing is ‘defiling in itself.’ A thing is ‘defiling’ only to the person who holds it to be so.


simplify: And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

Take note of all these things which I have said to you, and let not the names of other gods come into your minds or from your lips.


simplify: These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

For the children of Israel and for the man from another country who is living among them, these six towns are to be safe places, where anyone causing the death of another through error may go in flight.


simplify: And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth unto Jehovah.

And at these words, Abraham's servant went down on his face and gave praise to the Lord.


simplify: And say, Hear ye the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.

Say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and people of Jerusalem; the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, I will send evil on this place which will be bitter to the ears of anyone hearing of it.


rate difficulty: I give praise to my God at every memory of you,


rate difficulty: But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.

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


simplify: which is easier, to say to the paralytic, The sins have been forgiven to thee? or to say, Rise, and take up thy couch, and walk?

Which is easier? — to say to the paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven’? Or to say ‘Get up, and take up your mat, and walk’?


simplify: But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.

But Festus answered that Paul was in prison at Caesarea, and that he himself would be leaving for that place shortly.


rate difficulty: And they will be conscious of their shame and of all the wrong which they have done against me, when they are living in their land with no sense of danger and with no one to be a cause of fear to them;

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


simplify: And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.

And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was free and he gave praise to God.


simplify: For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.


simplify: For thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither into the land which I give the children of Israel.

So you will see the land before you, but you will not go into the land which I am giving to the children of Israel.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

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


rate difficulty: since, if thou mayest bless with the spirit, he who is filling the place of the unlearned, how shall he say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, since what thou dost say he hath not known?

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


simplify: And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,

on which they began to grumble at their employer.


simplify: But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

But there is a contrast between Adam’s offense and God’s gracious gift. For, if by reason of the offense of the one man the whole race died, far more were the loving kindness of God, and the gift given in the loving kindness of the one man, Jesus Christ, lavished on the whole race.


simplify: And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man.


simplify: And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

Then they said, Do get directions from God for us, to see if the journey on which we are going will have a good outcome.


simplify: For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

The ground bears the crop of itself — first the blade, then the ear, and then the full grain in the ear;


simplify: and Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers;

And Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, with their brothers, sixty-eight of them, to be door-keepers:


rate difficulty: So Lot chose him all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

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


simplify: And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire.


rate difficulty: And David said to Achish, Thereby thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of my person for ever.

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


simplify: When he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

At the sound of his voice there is a massing of the waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain and sends out the wind from his store-houses.


simplify: But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of Jehovah, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.

But he and his servants and the people of the land did not give ear to the words of the Lord which he said by Jeremiah the prophet.


rate difficulty: They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

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


rate difficulty: And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.

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


rate difficulty: And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as the leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as a fading leaf from the fig-tree.

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


simplify: For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

For I say to you, You will not see me from this time till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And they shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their border on the north;


rate difficulty: And he made the table of acacia-wood; two cubits the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

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


simplify: For thus saith the Lord God; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

For this is what the Lord has said: How much more when I send my four bitter punishments on Jerusalem, the sword and need of food and evil beasts and disease, cutting off from it man and beast?


simplify: and the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

And let the girl's father say to the responsible men, I gave my daughter to this man for his wife, but he has no love for her;


simplify: And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

Then Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came to him, but was a cause of trouble and not of strength to him.


rate difficulty: For thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are filled with customs from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

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


rate difficulty: And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth–shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.

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


simplify: In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.

In the fifty-second year of Azariah, king of Judah, Pekah, the son of Remaliah, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for twenty years.


simplify: Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.

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


rate difficulty: And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.

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


rate difficulty: And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; and David and his men went up to the stronghold.


simplify: Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.


rate difficulty: And they removed from Kehelathah, and encamped in mount Shapher.

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


rate difficulty: and Ashan and its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh and its suburbs;


rate difficulty: So Omri went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place.

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


rate difficulty: Never let any foul word pass your lips, but only such good words as the occasion demands, so that they may be a help to those who hear them.


simplify: and they are seven kings; the five are fallen, the one is, the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a little while.

And they are seven kings; the five have come to an end, the one is, the other has not come; and when he comes, he will have to go on for a little time.


rate difficulty: Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.

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


simplify: which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:

Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross:


simplify: and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skilful workmanship.

Trained in the cutting of stones and the ornamenting of wood and in every sort of handwork.


rate difficulty: <FI> him,<Fi> whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders,

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


rate difficulty: And your limit on the north will be the line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor:


rate difficulty: and they were carried over unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

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


rate difficulty: Fear not, nor be afraid, Have I not from that time caused thee to hear, and declared? And ye <FI>are<Fi> My witnesses, Is there a God besides Me? yea, there is none, A Rock I have not known.

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


simplify: And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

And they saw that the stone had been rolled away.


simplify: And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth–lehem.

And at that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.


simplify: The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, the Mighty One, God, Jehovah, he knoweth; and Israel he shall know: if it be in rebellion, or if in trespass against Jehovah (save thou us not this day),

God, even God the Lord, God, even God the Lord, he sees, and Israel will see--if it is in pride or in sin against the Lord,


rate difficulty: May the blessing of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.


rate difficulty: and he taketh the crown of their king from off his head, and its weight <FI>is<Fi> a talent of gold, and precious stones, and it is on the head of David; and the spoil of the city he hath brought out, very much;

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


rate difficulty: `Because that ye have made perfume, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and in His law, and in His statutes, and in His testimonies ye have not walked, therefore hath this evil met you as <FI>at<Fi> this day.'

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.

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


simplify: What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?

Why do you make use of this saying about the land of Israel, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are on edge?


rate difficulty: And Amaziah saith unto Amos, `Seer, go flee for thee unto the land of Judah, and eat there bread, and there thou dost prophesy;

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offering, and all its utensils; and thou shalt hallow the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.

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


simplify: Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

And so the two daughters of Lot were with child by their father.


simplify: The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.

The children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-six.


rate difficulty: Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;

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


rate difficulty: And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.

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


rate difficulty: And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which Jehovah hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

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


simplify: and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and them he surnamed Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:

And to James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James, he gave the second name of Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:


simplify: For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

For they say false words to you, so that you may be sent away far from your land, and so that you may be forced out by me and come to destruction.


simplify: (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother’s womb);

(For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;)


rate difficulty: My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.

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


simplify: Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.


rate difficulty: and the sons of Israel turn back from burning after the Philistines, and spoil their camps.

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simplify: And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.

And take the land for yourselves, for your resting-place: for to you I have given the land as your heritage.


simplify: And those that are to be redeemed of them from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary (the same is twenty gerahs).

Payment is to be made for these when they are a month old, at the value fixed by you, a price of five shekels by the scale of the holy place, that is, twenty gerahs to the shekel.


rate difficulty: Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

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rate difficulty: And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.


simplify: But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

But if, after looking at it, he sees that there are no white hairs on it, and it is not deeper than the skin, and it is not very bright, then let the priest keep him shut up for seven days:


rate difficulty: But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

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simplify: And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?

Now while they were doing so, and I was untouched, I went down on my face, and crying out, I said, Ah, Lord! will you give all the rest of Israel to destruction in letting loose your wrath on Jerusalem?


rate difficulty: And these <FI>are<Fi> births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge.

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simplify: And David said, Jehovah that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and Jehovah shall be with thee.

And David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviour from the hands of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go! and may the Lord be with you.


simplify: I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

I will get up now and go about the town, in the streets and in the wide ways I will go after him who is the love of my soul: I went after him, but I did not see him.


simplify: and should not I have regard for Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

And am I not to have mercy on Nineveh, that great town, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons without the power of judging between right and left, as well as much cattle?


simplify: And when it came to pass that we had accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey; and they all, with wives and children, brought us on our way till we were out of the city: and kneeling down on the beach, we prayed, and bade each other farewell;

And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,


simplify: Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

No, my lord, I will give you the field with the hollow in the rock; before all the children of my people will I give it to you for a resting-place for your dead.


simplify: and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?

And crying out to the people and to Abner, the son of Ner, David said, Have you no answer to give, Abner? Then Abner said, Who is that crying out to the king?


simplify: And I said after she had done all these things, She will return unto me; but she returned not: and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

And I said, After she has done all these things she will come back to me; but she did not. And her false sister Judah saw it.


simplify: and the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.

And the priest will give orders for one of the birds to be put to death in a vessel made of earth, over flowing water.


rate difficulty: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit, and, speaking under inspiration, said:

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rate difficulty: But the king's word prevailed against Joab; and Joab departed, and went through all Israel, and came [again] to Jerusalem.

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simplify: For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God.

For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God.


rate difficulty: Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.

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rate difficulty: So as to take the children of Israel in the thoughts of their hearts, because they have become strange to me through their false gods.

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rate difficulty: Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah, the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, came near,

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