simplify: For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then will relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father’s house will perish: and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

If at this time you say nothing, then help and salvation will come to the Jews from some other place, but you and your father's family will come to destruction: and who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this?


rate difficulty: then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

And fire came out from before the Lord, burning them up and causing their destruction before the Lord.


simplify: And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt.


simplify: For these are not drunken, as ye suppose; seeing it is but the third hour of the day;

For these men are not overcome with wine, as it seems to you, for it is only the third hour of the day;


rate difficulty: But the hand of the Lord was hard on the people of Ashdod and he sent disease on them through all the country of Ashdod.

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


simplify: And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Make ye no ado; for his life is in him.

And Paul went down and, falling on him, took him in his arms and said, Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.


rate difficulty: A night of watchings it <FI>is<Fi> to Jehovah, to bring them out from the land of Egypt; it <FI>is<Fi> this night to Jehovah of watchings to all the sons of Israel to their generations.

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


simplify: I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

I press on to the goal, to gain the prize of that heavenward call which God gave me through Christ Jesus.


rate difficulty: And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

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


simplify: If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;

If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;


rate difficulty: These three <FI>are<Fi> sons of Noah, and from these hath all the earth been overspread.

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


simplify: Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those parts: for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.


simplify: This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

I say this so that you may not be turned away by any deceit of words.


simplify: And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the home-born; half of them in front of mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.

And all Israel, those who were Israelites by birth, as well as the men from other lands living with them, and their responsible men and their overseers and judges, took their places round the ark, in front of the priests, the Levites, whose work it was to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement; half of them were stationed in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal, in agreement with the orders for the blessing of the children of Israel which Moses, the servant of the Lord, had given.


rate difficulty: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

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


simplify: and Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the chief priest,

There were present Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all who were of High-Priestly rank.


simplify: From thence they journeyed, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that cometh out of the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

From there they went on and put up their tents on the other side of the Arnon, which is on the waste land at the edge of the land of the Amorites; for the Arnon is the line of division between Moab and the Amorites:


rate difficulty: He gave five bags of gold to one, two to another, and one bag to a third, in proportion to the ability of each. Then he set out on his travels.

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


simplify: The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink: the young children are crying out for bread, and no man gives it to them.


rate difficulty: And Moses maketh a serpent of brass, and setteth it on the ensign, and it hath been, if the serpent hath bitten any man, and he hath looked expectingly unto the serpent of brass--he hath lived.

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


rate difficulty: Jesus directed them to make all the people take their seats on the green grass, in parties;


simplify: Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O inhabitant of Lachish: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

Let the war-carriage be yoked to the quick-running horse, you who are living in Lachish: she was the first cause of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the wrongdoings of Israel were seen in you.


rate difficulty: And a man hath come from Baal-Shalishah, and bringeth in to the man of God bread of first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in its husk, and he saith, `Give to the people, and they eat.'

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


rate difficulty: And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

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


simplify: Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

And that as you are full of every good thing, of faith, of the word, of knowledge, of a ready mind, and of love to us, so you may be full of this grace in the same way.


simplify: well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath used hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints’ feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.

And if witness is given of her good works; if she has had the care of children, if she has been kind to travellers, washing the feet of the saints, helping those who are in trouble, giving herself to good works.


simplify: And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.

And he said to his sons, Make ready the ass for me. And they did so.


simplify: And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.

Then Aaron said to them, Take off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives and your sons and your daughters, and give them to me.


simplify: but also on ours, to whom it is about to be reckoned--to us believing on Him who did raise up Jesus our Lord out of the dead,

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


rate difficulty: They therefore went their way from [the] presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be dishonoured for the name.

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


rate difficulty: Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

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


rate difficulty: And fear came on him, and he said, This is a holy place; this is nothing less than the house of God and the doorway of heaven.

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


rate difficulty: Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor;

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


rate difficulty: For this cause therefore I have called you to [me] to see and to speak to you; for on account of the hope of Israel I have this chain about me.


simplify: Verily I say to you, Wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this <FI>one<Fi> did shall also be spoken of--for a memorial of her.'

I tell you, wherever, in the whole world, this good news is proclaimed, what this woman has done will be told in memory of her.”


rate difficulty: And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

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


rate difficulty: Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation?


simplify: Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

So Saul sent him away, and made him a captain over a thousand; and he went about his business before the people.


simplify: No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.


simplify: And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, after the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of those nations whom the Lord had sent out before the children of Israel.


simplify: He therefore that supplieth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

He who gives you the Spirit, and does works of power among you, is it by the works of law, or by the hearing of faith?


simplify: And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal.


simplify: So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:

So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing:


simplify: And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

The eyes of all the members of the Council were riveted on Stephen, and they saw his face looking like the face of an angel.


rate difficulty: `And thou, speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Only, My sabbaths ye do keep, for it <FI>is<Fi> a sign between Me and you, to your generations, to know that I, Jehovah, am sanctifying you;

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


rate difficulty: Therefore, when presenting your gift at the altar, if even there you remember that your brother or sister has something against you,

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


simplify: Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

‘We wipe off the dust of your town which has clung to Our feet; still, be assured that the kingdom of God is close at Hand.’


rate difficulty: attack them not; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot-breadth; for I have given mount Seir as a possession unto Esau.

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


rate difficulty: Yet she will be happier if she remains as she is — in my opinion, for I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

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


simplify: And see; if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.

If it goes by the land of Israel to Beth-shemesh, then this great evil is his work; but if not, then we may be certain that the evil was not his doing, but was the working of chance.


simplify: But thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as at this day.

But keep in mind the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, so that he may give effect to the agreement which he made by his oath with your fathers, as at this day.


simplify: And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;

And if you say, Where will our food come from in the seventh year, when we may not put in seed, or get in the increase


simplify: And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

And they took him, and gave him blows, and sent him away with nothing.


simplify: Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?


rate difficulty: Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations.

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


simplify: And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.


rate difficulty: as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.


simplify: Andhisbrightness was as the light; He had rayscoming forthfrom his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.

He was shining like the light; he had rays coming out from his hand: there his power was kept secret.


rate difficulty: And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth part of the day; andanotherfourth part they confessed, and worshipped Jehovah their God.

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


simplify: And there appeared unto them Elijah with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.

And there came before them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.


simplify: And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.

“John the Baptist,” they answered, “but others say Elijah, while others say one of the prophets.”


simplify: And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold unto David.

And some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to David in his strong place.


rate difficulty: Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.

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


simplify: And Samson said unto them, This time shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.

Then Samson said to them, This time I will give payment in full to the Philistines, for I am going to do them great evil.


simplify: For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for joy.


simplify: And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

The ephod he made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen;


rate difficulty: But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God.

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


rate difficulty: Instead of this, you wrong and cheat others yourselves — yes, even other followers!

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


simplify: Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

Undergo teaching, O Jerusalem, or my soul will be turned away from you, and I will make you a waste, an unpeopled land.


simplify: The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

Country towns were no more in Israel, *** were no more, till you, Deborah, came up, till you came up as a mother in Israel.


simplify: These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.


simplify: Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

And Jehoash was seven years old when he became king.


simplify: and Jesus having turned unto them, said, `Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves weep ye, and for your children;

So Jesus turned and said to them: “Women of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.


rate difficulty: Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus.

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


simplify: So I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.

So, as the Lord said, I got a band for a price and put it round my body.


rate difficulty: And they appoint for them the graven image of Micah, which he had made, all the days of the house of God being in Shiloh.

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


simplify: and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

And the thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows who came up first;


simplify: Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

So with joy will you get water out of the springs of salvation.


simplify: (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.

And they will come out after us, till we have got them away from the town; for they will say, They have gone in flight from us as before; so we will go in flight before them;


simplify: And the sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three.

And the sons of Neariah: Elioenai and Hizkiah and Azrikam, three.


simplify: and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), <FI>is<Fi> whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine,

you say ‘If a person says to their father or mother “Whatever of mine might have been of service to you is Korban”’(which means ‘Given to God’) —


simplify: The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters: the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.


simplify: Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord,

Was not the sin of Baal-peor great enough, from which we are not clear even to this day, though punishment came on the people of the Lord,


rate difficulty: and he speaketh with them, saying, `If it is your desire to bury my dead from before me, hear me, and meet for me with Ephron, son of Zoar;

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


simplify: Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.

Esther had not said what family or people she came from, for Mordecai had given her orders not to do so.


simplify: Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:

Keep in mind Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, who came back from the dead, as my good news gives witness:


simplify: And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

And Saul sent men to take David; and when they saw the band of prophets at work, with Samuel in his place at their head, the spirit of God came on Saul's men, and they became like prophets.


rate difficulty: And all those to whose ears it came were full of wonder at the things said by the keepers of the sheep.

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


simplify: Now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba; which Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

In earlier times the name of Hebron had been Kiriath-arba, named after Arba, the greatest of the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.


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

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


simplify: And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.

And they went out, preaching everywhere, the Lord working with them, and giving witness to the word by the signs which came after. So be it.


simplify: And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;


rate difficulty: Is it not clear to you that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave the rule over Israel to David and to his sons for ever, by an agreement made with salt?

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


simplify: And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord:

And the priest is to take one of the male lambs and give it as an offering for wrongdoing, and the log of oil, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord;


rate difficulty: And the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath promised unto you.

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


simplify: And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.

And the cloud was moved from over the Tent; and straight away Miriam became a leper, as white as snow: and Aaron, looking at Miriam, saw that she was a leper.


simplify: What can David say yet more unto thee concerning the honor which is done to thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant.


simplify: And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

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


simplify: Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God.

And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.


rate difficulty: And I bought of Hanameel, mine uncle's son, the field which is in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, seventeen shekels of silver.

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


rate difficulty: And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.

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


simplify: Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being a prophet to the nations.


rate difficulty: Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then that which is spiritual.

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


simplify: they therefore having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, `Whom will ye I shall release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?'

So, when the people had collected, Pilate said to them: “Which do you wish me to release for you? Barabbas? Or Jesus who is called ‘Christ’?”


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,

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


rate difficulty: but the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to taskwork.

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


rate difficulty: To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord God.

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


simplify: `And these are they, in like manner, who on the rocky ground are sown: who, whenever they may hear the word, immediately with joy do receive it,

So, too, those meant by the seed sown on the rocky places are the people who, when they have heard the message, at once accept it joyfully;


simplify: How is it broken down! how do they wail! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all that are round about him.

How is it broken down! how is Moab's back turned in shame! so Moab will be a cause of sport and of fear to everyone round about him.


simplify: Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

Then says Pilate to him, Do you give no attention to what their witnesses say against you?


rate difficulty: And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebecca as wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian.

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


rate difficulty: Then do they cry unto Jehovah, And He doth not answer them, And hideth His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.

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


rate difficulty: And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne?

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


simplify: And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.

And from Tebah and Berothai, towns of Hadadezer, King David took a great store of brass.


rate difficulty: Perfect I am! --I know not my soul, I despise my life.


rate difficulty: and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper; mounted in enclosures of gold in their settings.

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


simplify: The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.


simplify: But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way.


rate difficulty: and they possess all the border of the Amorite from Arnon, and unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness, and unto the Jordan.

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


rate difficulty: And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it:

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


rate difficulty: yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness. The pillar of the cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them on the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

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simplify: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

And death has no more power over them, for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being of those who will come back from the dead.


simplify: Now therefore seeing that I am come to speak this word unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.

And now it is my fear of the people which has made me come to say these words to my lord the king: and your servant said, I will put my cause before the king, and it may be that he will give effect to my request.


rate difficulty: And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.


simplify: and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

And Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.


rate difficulty: Then brought all Judah the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.

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rate difficulty: But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:

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simplify: Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.

The buds and the branches were made of the same metal, all together one complete work of the best hammered gold.


rate difficulty: And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.


simplify: in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,

who will make use of the hypocrisy of lying teachers. These people’s consciences are seared,


rate difficulty: And Jehovah had said to Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken to you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.


rate difficulty: Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,

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rate difficulty: And they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it;


rate difficulty: You will come to your last resting-place in full strength, as the grain is taken up to the crushing-floor in its time.

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rate difficulty: My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they turned them away on the mountains: they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their resting-place.


simplify: There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.

No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.


simplify: Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Therefore, anyone who will humble themselves like this child — that person will be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.


simplify: Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;

For this reason, you mountains of Israel, give ear to the word of the Lord; this is what the Lord has said to the mountains and to the hills, to the streams and to the valleys, to the unpeopled wastes and to the towns where no one is living, from which the goods have been taken and which have been put to shame by the rest of the nations who are round about:


rate difficulty: And after the birth of Nahor, Serug went on living for two hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

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simplify: And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

On reaching a place named Golgotha (a place named from its likeness to a skull),


rate difficulty: which having hoisted up, they used helps, frapping the ship; and fearing lest they should run into Syrtis and run aground, and having lowered the gear they were so driven.

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


simplify: And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons: and Joseph had come to Egypt before them.


simplify: Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

They want to be teachers of the law, and yet do not understand either the words they use, or the subjects on which they speak so confidently.


simplify: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take anything out of his house:


simplify: Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

How is it, that if any one of you has a cause at law against another, he takes it before a Gentile judge and not before the saints?


rate difficulty: But if she is clean she will be free and will have offspring.


simplify: that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with meal-offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the house of Jehovah.

Some people came from Shechem, from Shiloh and Samaria, eighty men, with the hair of their faces cut off and their clothing out of order, and with cuts on their bodies, and in their hands meal offerings and perfumes which they were taking to the house of the Lord.


simplify: And I say Jesus Christ to have become a ministrant of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises to the fathers,

For I tell you that Christ, in vindication of God’s truthfulness, has become a minister of the covenant of circumcision, so that he may fulfill the promises made to our ancestors,


rate difficulty: And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armour-bearer after him; and they fell before Jonathan; and his armour-bearer slew after him.

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simplify: Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

And you will be free from your oath to me when you come to my people; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from your oath.


simplify: And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.

Now on their way, when David came back after the destruction of the Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel, with songs and dances, meeting David with melody and joy and instruments of music.


simplify: And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah.

And they got their brothers together and made themselves holy, and went in, as the king had said by the word of the Lord, to make the house of the Lord clean.


simplify: And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

He who was sitting on the cloud brought his sickle down on the earth, and the Harvest of Earth was reaped.


simplify: And Jehovah spake by his servants the prophets, saying,

And the Lord said, by his servants the prophets,


rate difficulty: Cursed shalt thou be in thy coming in, and cursed shalt thou be in thy going out.

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


simplify: And he was with them going in and going out at Jerusalem,

And he was with them, going in and out at Jerusalem,


simplify: There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; there is an end of all delight, the joy of the land is gone.


rate difficulty: And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

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


rate difficulty: Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside and serve othergods, and bow down to them,

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


rate difficulty: This was the order in which the children of Israel were journeying by armies; so they went forward.

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simplify: For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.

For the images have said what is not true, and the readers of signs have seen deceit; they have given accounts of false dreams, they give comfort to no purpose: so they go out of the way like sheep, they are troubled because they have no keeper.


simplify: But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am Jehovah your God, who hath separated you from the peoples.

But I have said to you, You will take their land and I will give it to you for your heritage, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God who have made you separate from all other peoples.


rate difficulty: And they glorified God in me.


rate difficulty: If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;

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simplify: But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

The boat was by this time some miles from shore, laboring in the waves, for the wind was against her.


rate difficulty: for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed,

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


rate difficulty: The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be praise for ever, is witness that the things which I say are true.

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simplify: And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.


simplify: And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren that hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word.


rate difficulty: She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.


simplify: And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his pictured image: he goes down on his face before it, giving worship to it, and making prayer to it, saying, Be my saviour; for you are my god.


rate difficulty: In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought for themselves an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day [their lot] had not fallen to them for inheritance among the tribes of Israel.


simplify: but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;

But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;


simplify: to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

Give to anyone who asks and, if someone wants to borrow from you, do not turn them away.


rate difficulty: and they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine that we may enter into them.

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rate difficulty: And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron,


simplify: And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled--

About that time an edict was issued by the Emperor Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole Empire.


rate difficulty: And he began to speak to them in similes: `A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-wine-vat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;

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simplify: Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth.

Israel has come to destruction; now they are among the nations like a cup in which there is no pleasure.


simplify: Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nabal.


simplify: Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine is all that pertaineth unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I do obeisance; let me find favor in thy sight, my lord, O king.

Then the king said to Ziba, Truly everything which was Mephibosheth's is yours. And Ziba said, I give honour to my lord, may I have grace in your eyes, my lord, O king!


simplify: Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

As for the woman who is really widowed and left quite alone, her hopes are fixed on God, and she devotes herself to prayers and supplications night and day.


rate difficulty: I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts.

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


simplify: Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.


simplify: Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

Happy is the land whose ruler is of noble birth, and whose chiefs take food at the right time, for strength and not for feasting.


rate difficulty: But the chief bread-maker was put to death by hanging, as Joseph had said.

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simplify: And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?

And he said, What are you questioning them about?


simplify: And when the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

And when the sons of the prophets who were facing him at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha. And they came out to him, and went down on the earth before him.


simplify: They looked, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.

They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.


rate difficulty: And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

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simplify: And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.


simplify: that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.

So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.


rate difficulty: And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth–lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord,

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


rate difficulty: And running to Eli he said, Here am I, for you said my name. And Eli said, I did not say your name; go to your rest again. So he went back to his bed.

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


simplify: The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.

The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.


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

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simplify: They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

By the seed which fell on the rock are meant those who, as soon as they hear the message, welcome it joyfully; but they have no root, and believe it only for a time, and, when the time of temptation comes, they draw back.


simplify: And he said,  I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, And thou heardest my voice.

In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice.


rate difficulty: and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,

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simplify: The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.

The children of Azgad, two thousand, three hundred and twenty-two.


rate difficulty: And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Cesar’s.

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


simplify: And he having come into the house, his disciples were questioning him by himself--`Why were we not able to cast it forth?'

When Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately: “Why could not we drive it out?”


simplify: For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:


rate difficulty: And they went down, they and all that they had, alive into Sheol, and the earth covered them; and they perished from among the congregation.

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simplify: and ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye brake down the houses to fortify the wall;

And you had the houses of Jerusalem numbered, pulling down the houses to make the wall stronger.


simplify: Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?

O you foolish ones! did not he who made the outside in the same way make the inside?


simplify: Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

be sure that the person who brings a sinner back from their mistaken ways will save that person’s soul from death, and throw a veil over countless sins.


simplify: Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh, a chief, Hanniel, the son of Ephod:


simplify: Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.


rate difficulty: and Jehovah will take away from thee all sickness, and none of the evil infirmities of Egypt, which thou knowest, will he put upon thee; but he will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

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simplify: So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.

So the king came back, and came as far as Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, meeting the king there, to take him back with them over Jordan.


rate difficulty: the fifth Shephatiah, of Abital; the sixth Ithream, of Eglah his wife.


simplify: Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.

So the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, were banded together, and went up with all their armies and took up their position before Gibeon and made war against it.


rate difficulty: I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

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


rate difficulty: You will have greater blessings than any other people: no male or female among you or among your cattle will be without offspring.


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

And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.


simplify: Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; Butthat which isin the inward part of fools is made known.

Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.


simplify: Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools istheirfolly.

Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.


simplify: And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

And it was made clear to them by God in a dream that they were not to go back to Herod; so they went into their country by another way.


rate difficulty: Rooting them out of their land, in the heat of his wrath and passion, and driving them out into another land, as at this day.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord sent out a great wind on to the sea and there was a violent storm in the sea, so that the ship seemed in danger of being broken.

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


rate difficulty: As thou didst rejoice over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: Epaphras, my brother-prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you his love;

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


simplify: Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.

You have seen all the evil rewards they have sent on me, and all their designs against me.


simplify: To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

To whom be the glory for ever and ever. So be it.


rate difficulty: And then he added: “Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of their prosperity a person’s true life does not depend on what they have.”

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


rate difficulty: A son of twenty years <FI>is<Fi> Ahaz in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he hath not done that which <FI>is<Fi> right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father,

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


rate difficulty: A bundle of myrrh is my beloved unto me; He shall pass the night between my breasts.

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


rate difficulty: saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, even at least in this thy day, the things that are for thy peace: but now they are hid from thine eyes;

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


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

Why are you lifted up in pride on account of your valleys, your flowing valley, O daughter ever turning away? who puts her faith in her wealth, saying, Who will come against me?


simplify: Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.


rate difficulty: Then Judah said, Let her take [it] for herself, lest we be put to shame. Behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

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


rate difficulty: Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.


simplify: for many are called, and few chosen.'


rate difficulty: There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

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


simplify: If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.

If men came to get your grapes, would they not let some be uncut on the vines? if thieves came by night, would they not make waste till they had enough?


simplify: and having found a ship passing over to Phenicia, having gone on board, we sailed,

where we found a ship crossing to Phoenicia, and went on board and set sail.


simplify: And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

And if a man has sex relations with his son's wife, the two of them are to be put to death: it is unnatural; their blood will be on them.


simplify: for they are spirits of demons, doing signs--which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to bring them together to the battle of that great day of God the Almighty; --

They are the spirits of demons, and perform marvels; they go to kings all over the world, to collect them for the battle on the great day of Almighty God.


simplify: Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;


simplify: behold, Jehovah will smite with a great plague thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance;

Now, truly, the Lord will send a great destruction on your people and your children and your wives and everything which is yours:


rate difficulty: Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,

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


rate difficulty: If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands,

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rate difficulty: The portion of Jacob is not like them; for it is he that hath formed all [things], and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

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


simplify: And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.

Then Gaal, the son of Ebed, came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their faith in him.


rate difficulty: For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

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simplify: And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the Lord.

But after these things, I will let the fate of the children of Ammon be changed, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.

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


rate difficulty: And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.

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


simplify: So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah: But let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might.  And the land had rest forty years.

So may destruction come on all your haters, O Lord; but let your lovers be like the sun going out in his strength. And for forty years the land had peace.


rate difficulty: And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,

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


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah unto this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Jehovah doth not accept them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

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


rate difficulty: And when he came back he said to his father and mother, I have seen a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines: get her now for me for my wife.


simplify: And they brake down the altars of the Baalim in his presence; and the sun-images that were on high above them he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

He had the altars of the Baals broken down, while he himself was present; and the sun-images which were placed on high over them he had cut down; and the pillars of wood and the metal images he had broken up and crushed to dust, dropping the dust over the resting-places of the dead who had made offerings to them.


simplify: Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.


rate difficulty: and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

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


simplify: Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

No one who has received the new life from God lives sinfully, because the nature of God dwells within them; and they cannot live in sin, because they have received the new life from God.


rate difficulty: And in Jerusalem he made machines, the invention of expert men, to be placed on the towers and angles of the walls for sending arrows and great stones. And his name was honoured far and wide; for he was greatly helped till he was strong.

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


rate difficulty: But the sailors wishing to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat into the sea under pretext of being about to carry out anchors from the prow,

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rate difficulty: And she arose, she and her daughters-in-law, and returned from the fields of Moab; for she had heard in the fields of Moab how that Jehovah had visited his people to give them bread.

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


rate difficulty: But Judah shall abide for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

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


rate difficulty: And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

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


rate difficulty: It has been said too, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a letter of divorce.


rate difficulty: As to the gate of the outer court whose front <FI>is<Fi> northward, he hath measured its length and its breadth;

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


rate difficulty: Even these I will give up into the hands of their haters and into the hands of those who have designs against their lives: and their dead bodies will become food for the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.

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


simplify: Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

Your boatmen have taken you into great waters: you have been broken by the east wind in the heart of the seas.


simplify: Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.


rate difficulty: And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael went out to meet him, and said to him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And he went into her [tent], and behold, Sisera lay dead, and the pin was in his temples.

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


rate difficulty: Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:


rate difficulty: and Aaron hath made atonement on its horns, once in a year, by the blood of the sin-offering of atonements; once in a year doth he make atonement for it, to your generations; it <FI>is<Fi> most holy to Jehovah.'


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass when all the nation have completed to be circumcised, that they abide in their places in the camp till their recovering;

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


simplify: Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

But he did not take away the high places, and the people still went on making offerings and burning them in the high places.


rate difficulty: And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

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


rate difficulty: and die did the third of the creatures that <FI>are<Fi> in the sea, those having life, and the third of the ships were destroyed.

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


rate difficulty: And David made him a name when he returned, after he had smitten the Syrians in the valley of salt, eighteen thousand [men].

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


rate difficulty: And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.


simplify: saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them.


simplify: and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.

And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.


simplify: And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.


rate difficulty: Now he that delivered him up had given them a sign between them, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he; seize him, and lead [him] away safely.

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


simplify: And he took the crown of their king from off his head; and the weight thereof was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on David’s head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much.

And he took the crown of Milcom from his head; the weight of it was a talent of gold, and in it were stones of great price; and it was put on David's head. And he took a great store of goods from the town.


simplify: And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;


simplify: Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.


simplify: And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.

So the controller of the king's house, with the ruler of the town, and the responsible men, and those who had the care of Ahab's sons, sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants and will do all your orders; we will not make any man king; do whatever seems best to you.


simplify: Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

And the people of Israel were overcome there by the servants of David, and there was a great destruction that day, and twenty thousand men were put to the sword.


simplify: And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?


simplify: In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?


rate difficulty: to whom be ascribed all glory for ever and ever. Amen.


simplify: And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.

Now after this, death came to the king of the children of Ammon, and Hanun, his son, became king in his place.


rate difficulty: And Joshua swore at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Jehovah who shall rise up and build this city Jericho! In his first-born shall he lay its foundation, and in his youngest son shall he set up its gates.

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


rate difficulty: My eyes are wasted with weeping, the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved, my inner parts are drained out on the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because of the young children and babies at the breast who are falling without strength in the open squares of the town.

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


simplify: Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:

To the Thessalonian church in union with God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, From Paul, Silas, and Timothy.


simplify: And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.

And Moses was trained in all the wisdom of Egypt, and was great in his words and works.


simplify: Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holy unto Jehovah of hosts; and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and boil therein: and in that day there shall be no more a Canaanite in the house of Jehovah of hosts.

And every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the Lord of armies: and all those who make offerings will come and take them for boiling their offerings: in that day there will be no more traders in the house of the Lord of armies.


simplify: Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:

Alexander the copper-worker did me much wrong: the Lord will give him the reward of his works:


rate difficulty: a copy of the writing to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, to be ready for this day.

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


rate difficulty: And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.

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


simplify: For thus saith Jehovah concerning the house of the king of Judah: Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon; yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.

For this is what the Lord has said about the family of the king of Judah: You are Gilead to me, and the top of Lebanon: but, truly, I will make you waste, with towns unpeopled.


rate difficulty: But he, answering, said to them, An evil and false generation is looking for a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of the prophet Jonah:

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


rate difficulty: and so to enhance that glorious manifestation of his loving kindness which he gave us in the one he loves;

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


simplify: Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Prætorium, and gathered unto him the whole band.

Then the ruler's armed men took Jesus into the open square, and got all their band together.


simplify: And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her stronghold, and that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.

And all the nations making war on Ariel, and all those who are fighting against her and shutting her in with their towers, will be like a dream, like a vision of the night.


rate difficulty: Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.


rate difficulty: And behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day that I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Jehovah saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

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


simplify: For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

For my people have done two evils; they have given up me, the fountain of living waters, and have made for themselves water-holes, cut out from the rock, broken water-holes, of no use for storing water.


simplify: that is, the children of the flesh--these <FI>are<Fi> not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;

This means that it is not the children born in the course of nature who are God’s children, but it is the children born in fulfillment of the Promise who are to be regarded as Abraham’s descendants.


simplify: Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.


rate difficulty: This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.

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


simplify: And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

Then Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples: “How hard it will be for people of wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”


simplify: And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and boil its flesh in a holy place.

Then take the sheep of the wave offering and let its flesh be cooked in water in a holy place.


rate difficulty: And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

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


simplify: Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.

Then let the loud horn be sounded far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the day of taking away sin let the horn be sounded through all your land.


simplify: And he was during the days in the temple teaching, and during the nights, going forth, he was lodging at the mount called of Olives;

During the days, Jesus continued to teach in the Temple Courts, but he went out and spent the nights on the hill called the ‘Mount of Olives.’


rate difficulty: For was not Israel a derision unto thee? Was he found among thieves, that as oft as thou didst speak of him, thou didst shake the head?

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


simplify: for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now;

Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;


simplify: But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, secretly took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, away from among the king's sons who were put to death, and put him and the woman who took care of him in a bedroom. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest and sister of Ahaziah, kept him safe from Athaliah, so that she did not put him to death.


rate difficulty: And the men are working faithfully in the business, and over them are appointed Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathite, to overlook; and of the Levites, every one understanding about instruments of song,

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


rate difficulty: What man is there who will not have fear before you, O Lord, and give glory to your name? because you only are holy; for all the nations will come and give worship before you; for your righteousness has been made clear.

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


simplify: Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry unto the gods unto which they offer incense: but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.

Then the towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go crying for help to the gods to whom they have been burning perfumes: but they will give them no salvation in the time of their trouble.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

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


rate difficulty: Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;

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


simplify: And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

And he said to him, These are the words of the Lord: Because you have let go from your hands the man whom I had put to the curse, your life will be taken for his life, and your people for his people.


simplify: who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:

Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:


simplify: And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.

And you will be named happy by all nations: for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of armies.


simplify: And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick of a fever.

And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother in bed, very ill.


rate difficulty: Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.

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


simplify: And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus;

and their teaching will spread like a cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are instances of this.


rate difficulty: And no one having drunk old wine [straightway] wishes for new, for he says, The old is better.

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


simplify: Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.

Let those who say this keep in mind that, what we are in word by letters when we are away, so will we be in act when we are present.


rate difficulty: Now Joab was over all the army; and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was at the head of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

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


simplify: They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.

They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me.


simplify: And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.

Then David had discussions with the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and with every chief.


rate difficulty: for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

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


rate difficulty: O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.

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


simplify: lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;

Listen, I will tell you God’s hidden purpose! We will not all have passed to our rest, but we will all be transformed — in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,


rate difficulty: `And if to his son he betroth her, according to the right of daughters he doth to her.

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


simplify: And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?

he asked: “Whose head and title are these?”


rate difficulty: And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:


simplify: And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the Lord’s tribute was threescore and one.

The number of asses was thirty thousand, five hundred, of which the Lord's part was sixty-one.


rate difficulty: He whose testimony this is says — ‘Assuredly I will come quickly.’‘Amen, come, Lord Jesus.’

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


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

“Moses, owing to the hardness of your hearts,” answered Jesus, “permitted you to divorce your wives, but that was not so at the beginning.


simplify: Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.

Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

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


rate difficulty: apart from their servants and their handmaids--these <FI>are<Fi> seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven; and of them <FI>are<Fi> singers and songstresses, two hundred forty and five.

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


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

Then Amaziah sent representatives to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us have a meeting face to face.


rate difficulty: Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;


simplify: And it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end of setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them and sanctified them;

And when Moses had put up the House completely, and had put oil on it and made it holy, with all the things in it, and had made the altar and all its vessels holy with oil;


simplify: God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

It is God who has taken him out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox; the nations warring against him will be his food, their bones will be broken, they will be wounded with his arrows.


rate difficulty: And they of about the eleventh hour having come, did receive each a denary.

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


simplify: preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: and he spake and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but they were seeking to kill him.

Preaching in the name of the Lord without fear; and he had discussions with the Greek Jews; but they were working for his death.


simplify: The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.


simplify: Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

And they said much before me of the good he had done, and gave him accounts of my words. And Tobiah sent letters with the purpose of causing me fear.


rate difficulty: And he presented the burnt-offering and offered it according to the ordinance.

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


rate difficulty: And he saith, `Who <FI>art<Fi> thou?' and she saith, `I <FI>am<Fi> Ruth thy handmaid, and thou hast spread thy skirt over thy handmaid, for thou <FI>art<Fi> a redeemer.'

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


rate difficulty: And every offering--thy present--with salt thou dost season, and thou dost not let the salt of the covenant of thy God cease from thy present; with all thine offerings thou dost bring near salt.

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


rate difficulty: He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of Jeroboam and the sin which he made Israel do.

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


simplify: He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.


simplify: But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!

But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!


simplify: None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:


rate difficulty: And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man’s hand under their wings.

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


simplify: And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.

He had much property in the towns of Judah; he had forces of armed men, great and strong, in Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: Moses himself said —  ‘The Lord your God will raise up from among yourselves a prophet, as he raised me. To him you will listen whenever he speaks to you.


simplify: And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.

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


rate difficulty: And if any one sin, and hear the voice of adjuration, and he is a witness whether he hath seen or known [it], if he do not give information, then he shall bear his iniquity.

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


simplify: So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

So about three thousand of the people went up, and were sent in flight by the men of Ai.


simplify: if the foot may say, `Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body;' it is not, because of this, not of the body;

If the foot says ‘Since I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,’ it does not because of that cease to belong to the body.


simplify: Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah, and gave him blows and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.


rate difficulty: And the king speaketh, and they make one chest, and put it at the gate of the house of Jehovah without,

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


simplify: And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

And they gave up the Lord, and became the servants of Baal and the Astartes.


simplify: A gracious woman obtaineth honor; And violent men obtain riches.

A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.


simplify: stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word, and of all acceptation worthy;

How true that saying is and worthy of the fullest acceptance!


simplify: And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

The Philistines were stationed on the mountain on one side and Israel on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.


rate difficulty: and those who die by the plague are fourteen thousand and seven hundred, apart from those who die for the matter of Korah;

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


simplify: And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim named Micah.


simplify: And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.

Paul and Barnabas then went through Pisidia, and came into Pamphylia,


rate difficulty: And their brothers the Levites were responsible for all the work of the Tent of the house of God.

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


rate difficulty: And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching out his hand answered in his defence:

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


rate difficulty: But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

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


simplify: When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord God; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

This is what the Lord has said: Give blows with your hand, stamping with your foot, and say, O sorrow! because of all the evil and disgusting ways of the children of Israel: for death will overtake them by the sword and through need of food and by disease.


simplify: And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherewith any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean.

The dead body of any of these, falling on anything, will make that thing unclean; if it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or bag, whatever it is, if it is used for any purpose, it will have to be put into water, and will be unclean till evening; after that it will be clean.


rate difficulty: and sitting down, they were watching him there,

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


rate difficulty: And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea-shore for multitude.


rate difficulty: Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.

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


simplify: And if the leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appeareth to the priest;

And if the disease comes out all over his skin, from his head to his feet, as far as the priest is able to see,