rate difficulty: And if a man shall lie with a woman in her infirmity, and uncover her nakedness, her flux doth he lay bare, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood; and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

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


rate difficulty: `Each by his standard, with ensigns of the house of their fathers, do the sons of Israel encamp; over-against round about the tent of meeting they encamp.'

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


rate difficulty: And the Ziphites come in unto Saul, at Gibeah, saying, `Is not David hiding himself in the height of Hachilah, on the front of the desert?'

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


rate difficulty: and ye have been left with few men, instead of which ye have been as stars of the heavens for multitude, because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God.

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


rate difficulty: And yet they hearkened not unto their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them: they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; but they did not so.

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


simplify: Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.


rate difficulty: save when there shall be no one in need among you; for Jehovah will greatly bless thee in the land that Jehovah thyGod giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it,

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


rate difficulty: to establish on them, to be keeping the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and the fifteenth day of it, in every year and year,

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


simplify: For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

But if, because I am untrue, God being seen to be true gets more glory, why am I to be judged as a sinner?


rate difficulty: But if the man, meeting such a virgin in the open country, takes her by force, then only the man is to be put to death;

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


simplify: And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?

And they said to him, By what authority do you do these things? or who gave you authority to do these things?


simplify: but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

but you will receive power, when the Holy Spirit will have descended on you, and will be witnesses for me not only in Jerusalem, but throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”


simplify: And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

It would be easier for the heavens and the earth to disappear than for one stroke of a letter in the law to be lost.


rate difficulty: And Pilate again asked him, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they accuse thee of.

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


simplify: Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,

Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah, the son of Johanan, Berechiah, the son of Meshillemoth Jehizkiah, the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, put themselves against those who had come from the war,


rate difficulty: Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

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


rate difficulty: Set forward Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.

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


simplify: For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;

For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;


simplify: Asa loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.


rate difficulty: And the multitude having cried out, began to ask for themselves as he was always doing to them,

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


rate difficulty: And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.

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


simplify: And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.

And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is coming on, so do not go tonight; see, the day is almost gone; take your rest here and let your heart be glad, and tomorrow early, go on your way back to your house.


simplify: She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.

She is to have nothing which comes from the vine for her food, and let her take no wine or strong drink or anything which is unclean; let her take care to do all I have given her orders to do.


rate difficulty: From his earliest days, Moab has been living in comfort; like wine long stored he has not been drained from vessel to vessel, he has never gone away as a prisoner: so his taste is still in him, his smell is unchanged.


simplify: Demetrius hath the witness of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, we also bear witness; and thou knowest that our witness is true.

Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.


simplify: Then crucified with him are two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on the left,

At the same time two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right, the other on the left.


rate difficulty: And the hare, because the horn of its foot is not parted in two, is unclean to you.

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


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

Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the evil day comes, you may be able to withstand the attack, and, having fought to the end, still to stand your ground.


rate difficulty: And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And the men of Nineveh believedGod, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

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


rate difficulty: (for many walk of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they [are] the enemies of the cross of Christ:

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


rate difficulty: Then the children of Judah came near to Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, Thou knowest the word that Jehovah spoke to Moses the man ofGod, concerning me and thee, in Kadesh-barnea.

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


simplify: Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

Then Baruch, answering, said, He said all these things to me by word of mouth, and I put them down with ink in the book.


rate difficulty: And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.


rate difficulty: For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Jehovah.

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


simplify: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:

and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.


rate difficulty: And the ruler will be responsible for the burned offering and the meal offering and the drink offering, at the feasts and the new moons and the Sabbaths, at all the fixed feasts of the children of Israel: he will give the sin-offering and meal offering and burned offering and the peace-offerings, to take away the sin of the children of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;

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


simplify: And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

Suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. The angel struck Peter on the side, and roused him with the words: “Get up quickly.”


simplify: And concerning the collection that <FI>is<Fi> for the saints, as I directed to the assemblies of Galatia, so also ye--do ye;

With reference to the collection for Christ’s people, I want you to follow the instructions that I gave to the churches in Galatia.


simplify: I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.

I will make your towns unpeopled and you will be a waste; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel! Put away violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice; take off your exactions from my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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


simplify: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall become a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel possess them that did possess him, saith Jehovah.

Because of this, see, the days are coming when I will have a cry of war sounded against Rabbah, the town of the children of Ammon; it will become a waste of broken walls, and her daughter-towns will be burned with fire: then Israel will take the heritage of those who took his heritage, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: then it shall be, if it be done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savor unto Jehovah, with the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof, according to the ordinance, and one he-goat for a sin-offering.

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


simplify: and he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat: Thus saith Jehovah unto you, Fear not ye, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

And he said, Give ear, O Judah, and you people of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat: the Lord says to you, Have no fear and do not be troubled on account of this great army; for the fight is not yours but God's.


simplify: When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

And Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, hearing of it, were greatly troubled because a man had come to the help of the children of Israel.


simplify: And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;

Uzziah of Jotham, Jotham of Ahaz, Ahaz of Hezekiah,


rate difficulty: And they delivered the burnt-offering to him, in the pieces thereof, and the head; and he burned [them] on the altar.


rate difficulty: And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,

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


rate difficulty: And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

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


simplify: And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.


rate difficulty: And her spirit returned, and immediately she rose up; and he commanded [something] to eat to be given to her.

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


rate difficulty: And more than this, there were those in the land who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, doing the same disgusting crimes as the nations which the Lord had sent out before the children of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: and they bring in, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the company of the sons of Israel, the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto the camp, unto the plains of Moab, which <FI>are<Fi> by Jordan, <FI>near<Fi> Jericho.

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


rate difficulty: And Paul having gathered a [certain] quantity of sticks together in a bundle and laid [it] on the fire, a viper coming out from the heat seized his hand.

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


rate difficulty: Then Judah came near him, and said, Let your servant say a word in my lord's ears, and let not your wrath be burning against your servant: for you are in the place of Pharaoh to us.


simplify: Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

Who, then is that trustworthy, careful servant, who has been placed by their master over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?


simplify: And the sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan’s sister.

And the sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister.


rate difficulty: And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,

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


simplify: And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

So there are to be eight boards, with their sixteen silver bases, two bases under every board.


simplify: And Micaiah said, Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.

Then he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, and all the army of heaven in their places, at his right hand and at his left.


simplify: And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.


simplify: Draw thee water for the siege; strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln.

Get water for the time when you are shut in, make strong your towns: go into the potter's earth, stamping it down with your feet, make strong the brickworks.


simplify: upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,

and is based on the hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began,


simplify: And did raise an horn of salvation to us, In the house of David His servant,

and has raised up for us the Strength of our salvation In the house of his servant David —


simplify: Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy nobles are at rest; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and there is none to gather them.

Sorrow! how are the keepers of your flock sleeping, O king of Assyria! your strong men are at rest; your people are wandering on the mountains, and there is no one to get them together.


simplify: But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

But they were full of fear, being of the opinion that they were seeing a spirit.


simplify: The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan,

The children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan,


rate difficulty: they do not make baldness on their head, and the corner of their beard they do not shave, and in their flesh they do not make a cutting;

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


rate difficulty: Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be dismayed at thy departure.

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


rate difficulty: On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

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


simplify: Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin,

Keep in mind your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, not looking at the hard heart of this people, or their evil-doing and their sin:


simplify: Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.

Then he himself went to Ramah, and came to the great water-spring in Secu; and questioning the people he said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, They are at Naioth in Ramah.


rate difficulty: whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

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


simplify: And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

Once, when a great crowd was collecting, and, when the people of town after town were flocking to Jesus, he spoke to them in the form of a parable:


simplify: Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?' --and they were being stumbled at him.

Is not he the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? And are not his sisters, too, living here among us?” This proved a hindrance to their believing in him;


simplify: To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

as a proof, I repeat, at the present time, of his own righteousness, that he might be righteous in our eyes, and might pronounce righteous the person who takes their stand on faith in Jesus.


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.

“If only you had known, while yet there was time — even you — the things that make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your sight.


rate difficulty: And Hezekiah went to rest with his fathers; and Manasseh his son became king in his place.


simplify: So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.

So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam and Achbor and Shaphan and Asaiah, went to Huldah the woman prophet, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the robes, (now she was living in Jerusalem, in the second part of the town;) and they had talk with her.


simplify: Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the Lord.

In addition, he gave orders to the people of Jerusalem to give to the priests and Levites that part which was theirs by right, so that they might be strong in keeping the law of the Lord.


simplify: Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:

Pharaoh had been angry with his servants, and had put me in prison in the house of the captain of the army, together with the chief bread-maker;


simplify: And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

The next day he again appeared on the scene, when some of them were fighting, and tried to make peace between them. ‘Men,’ he said, ‘you are brothers; how is it that you are ill-treating one another?’


simplify: Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

Then the king came back from the garden into the room where they had been drinking; and Haman was stretched out on the seat where Esther was. Then the king said, Is he taking the queen by force before my eyes in my house? And while the words were on the king's lips, they put a cloth over Haman's face.


simplify: Now therefore what is under thy hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatsoever there is present.

So now, if you have here five cakes of bread, give them into my hand, or whatever you have.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

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


rate difficulty: and immediately were his ears opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking plain.

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


simplify: And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.


simplify: Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer.


rate difficulty: These are the sons of Benjamin by their families: and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand, six hundred.

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


simplify: But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

But, if you are continually wounding and preying on one another, take care that you are not destroyed by one another.


rate difficulty: My loved one is like a roe; see, he is on the other side of our wall, he is looking in at the windows, letting himself be seen through the spaces.


simplify: He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.

By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,


rate difficulty: The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.


rate difficulty: And another angel came and took his place at the altar, having a gold vessel for burning perfume; and there was given to him much perfume, so that he might put it with the prayers of all the saints on the gold altar which was before the high seat.


simplify: But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?

But Elisha was in his house, and the responsible men were seated there with him; and before the king got there, Elisha said to those who were with him, Do you see how this cruel and violent man has sent to take away my life?


rate difficulty: And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

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


simplify: thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away;

You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and sent for from its farthest parts, saying to you, You are my servant, whom I have taken for myself, and whom I have not given up:


rate difficulty: And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

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


simplify: And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.

And Hezekiah gave the word for the burned offering to be offered on the altar. And when the burned offering was started, then the song of the Lord was started, with the blowing of horns and with all the instruments of David, king of Israel.


rate difficulty: and your border shall turn from the south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin, and shall end southward at Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-Addar, and pass on to Azmon.

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


simplify: saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee;

‘Have no fear, Paul; you must appear before the Emperor, and God himself has given you the lives of all your fellow voyagers.’


rate difficulty: And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

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


simplify: Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.

Do not put hands on any man without thought, and have no part in other men's sins: keep yourself clean.


rate difficulty: `Thou dost not take up the Name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah doth not acquit him who taketh up His Name for a vain thing.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Then they said to Jeremiah, Jehovah be a true and faithful witness amongst us, if we do not according to all the word wherewith Jehovah thy God shall send thee to us.

Then they said to Jeremiah, May the Lord be a true witness against us in good faith, if we do not do everything which the Lord your God sends you to say to us.


rate difficulty: how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.


rate difficulty: Being conscious in the first place that no man by himself may give a special sense to the words of the prophets.

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


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

And they came down to Ephesus and he left them there: and he himself went into the Synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.


simplify: His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

His hands are as rings of gold ornamented with beryl-stones; his body is as a smooth plate of ivory covered with sapphires.


simplify: and the messenger said unto him, `Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,

But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, whom you will call by the name John.


simplify: Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

Does it not seem possible to you that if I make request to my Father he will even now send me an army of angels?


simplify: Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James of Alpheus, and Lebbeus who was surnamed Thaddeus;

Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax-gather; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;


simplify: And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.


simplify: Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.


rate difficulty: Will any man say that these may not have baptism who have been given the Holy Spirit as we have?

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


rate difficulty: Remember the sabbath day to hallow it.

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


rate difficulty: but it became known to him. They even watched the gates day and night, to kill him;

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


rate difficulty: And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?

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


simplify: And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly--as to babes in Christ;

But I, my friends, could not speak to you as people with spiritual insight, but only as worldly-minded — mere infants in the faith of Christ.


simplify: If thou at all take thy neighbor’s garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:

If ever you take your neighbour's clothing in exchange for the use of your money, let him have it back before the sun goes down:


simplify: And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.

And I will give it into the hands of men from strange lands who will take it by force, and to the evil-doers of the earth to have for themselves; and they will make it unholy.


simplify: Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.

Go yourselves and get dry stems wherever you are able; for your work is not to be any less.


simplify: Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:

For this reason, truly, I will put you completely out of my memory, and I will put you, and the town which I gave to you and to your fathers, away from before my face:


simplify: Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off, and throw it away. It would be better for you to enter the life maimed or lame, than to have both hands, or both feet, and be thrown into the fire that never goes out.


simplify: Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

Take heart and be strong; for you will give to this people for their heritage the land which I gave by an oath to their fathers.


simplify: And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.

The fourth, a topaz, a beryl, and a jasper; they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold.


simplify: And these are the singers, heads of fathers’housesof the Levites, who dweltin the chambersand were free from other service; for they were employed in their work day and night.

And these were those who had the ordering of the music and songs, heads of families of the Levites, who were living in the rooms, and were free from other work, for their work went on day and night.


rate difficulty: ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;

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


simplify: After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his own house. And after him repaired Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate.

After them Zadok, the son of Immer, was working opposite his house. And after him Shemaiah, the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east door.


simplify: Beloved, faithfully dost thou do whatever thou mayest work to the brethren and to the strangers,

Dear friend, whatever you do for other followers is done in a Christian spirit — even when they are strangers to you.


rate difficulty: These are the things that defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person.”


rate difficulty: O Lord, have mercy on us; for we have been waiting for your help: be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble.


simplify: and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl;


simplify: and Jesus was silent. And the chief priest answering said to him, `I adjure thee, by the living God, that thou mayest say to us, if thou art the Christ--the Son of God.'

But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him: “I order you, by the living God, to tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”


simplify: To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

Causing rain to come on a land where no man is living, on the waste land which has no people;


rate difficulty: For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and Assyria oppressed them without cause;

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


simplify: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

(If she has done so, let her remain as she is, or else be reconciled to her husband) and also that a man is not to divorce his wife.


simplify: And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

And the rest of Jacob will be among the nations, in the middle of the mass of peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the woods, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep: if he goes through, they will be crushed under foot and pulled to bits, and there will be no saviour.


rate difficulty: For I say unto you, that I will not drink at all of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom ofGod come.

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


rate difficulty: Ye shall not respect persons in judgment: ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment isGod's; and the matter that is too hard for you shall ye bring to me, that I may hear it.

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


simplify: And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

And because I was unable to see because of the glory of that light, those who were with me took me by the hand, and so I came to Damascus.


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

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


rate difficulty: And of Dan he said, Dan is a young lion; He shall spring forth from Bashan.

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


simplify: But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?


simplify: And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.

And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him;


rate difficulty: How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

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


rate difficulty: And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Jehovah after that the ark was in rest.

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


simplify: Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,

Calling for a light, the Governor rushed in, and flung himself trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.


simplify: And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

He appointed twelve — whom he also named ‘apostles’ — so that they might be with him, and that he might send them out as his messengers, to preach,


rate difficulty: And the sons of Lotan are Hori and Heman; and a sister of Lotan <FI>is<Fi> Timna.


rate difficulty: And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?

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


simplify: And thou shalt stone him to death with stones, because he hath sought to draw thee away from Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Let him be stoned with stones till he is dead; because it was his purpose to make you false to the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.


simplify: So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and David said, God hath broken mine enemies by my hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim.

So they went up to Baal-perazim, and David overcame them there, and David said, God has let the forces fighting against me be broken by my hand, as a wall is broken down by rushing water; so they gave that place the name of Baal-perazim.


rate difficulty: The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi.


simplify: and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

Some fell into good soil, and, shooting up and growing, yielded a return, amounting to thirty, sixty, and even a hundred fold.”


simplify: though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh: if any other man thinketh to have confidence in the flesh, I yet more:

Even though I myself might have faith in the flesh: if any other man has reason to have faith in the flesh, I have more:


rate difficulty: And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem; for he said, To-day will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

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


simplify: Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God’s goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

See then that God is good but his rules are fixed: to those who were put away he was hard, but to you he has been good, on the condition that you keep in his mercy; if not, you will be cut off as they were.


rate difficulty: For he who said, Thou shalt not commit adultery, said also, Thou shalt not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become transgressor of [the] law.

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


rate difficulty: Then give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him.

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


simplify: `Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee?

Then they, in their turn, will answer ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or ill, or in prison, and did not supply your wants?’


rate difficulty: And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.

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


simplify: And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,

And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the oldest, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,


simplify: Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah:

For this cause, O loose woman, give ear to the voice of the Lord:


simplify: Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead.

See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove; your hair is as a flock of goats, which take their rest on the side of Gilead.


rate difficulty: And as he lingered, the men laid hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful to him; and they led him out, and set him without the city.

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


rate difficulty: yea, David saith unto the Gibeonites, `What do I do for you? and with what do I make atonement? and bless ye the inheritance of Jehovah.'

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


rate difficulty: So Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, sent Nebushazban, the Rab-saris, and Nergal-shar-ezer, the Rabmag, and all the chief captains of the king of Babylon,

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

“How long has he been like this?”Jesus asked the boy’s father.


simplify: Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,

Your dead bodies will be stretched out in this waste land; and of all your number, all those of twenty years old and over who have been crying out against me,


simplify: and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh down upon the desert.

And from Bamoth to the valley in the open country of Moab, and to the top of Pisgah looking over Jeshimon.


rate difficulty: And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

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


rate difficulty: So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

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


simplify: The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers’ houses: over against the tent of meeting shall they encamp round about.

The children of Israel are to put up their tents in the order of their families, by the flags of their fathers' houses, facing the Tent of meeting on every side.


rate difficulty: And they removed from Etham, and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which is opposite Baal-Zephon, and encamped before Migdol.

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


simplify: And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

And Melchizedek, king of Salem, the priest of the Most High God, took bread and wine,


simplify: And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

And he took him in to his mother, and she took him on her knees and kept him there till the middle of the day, when his life went from him.


simplify: Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;

Because I took you up out of the dust, and made you ruler over my people Israel; and you have gone in the ways of Jeroboam, and made my people Israel do evil, moving me to wrath by their sins;


simplify: An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.


rate difficulty: For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;

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


simplify: He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

He who overcomes will be dressed in white, and I will not take his name from the book of life, and I will give witness to his name before my Father, and before his angels.


rate difficulty: Thus ye also, since ye are desirous of spirits, seek that ye may abound for the edification of the assembly.

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


simplify: And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.

So the two who were sent went and found it as Jesus had told them.


rate difficulty: No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

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


simplify: He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

They will do to him what they do to the dead body of an ass; his body will be pulled out and placed on the earth outside the doors of Jerusalem.


simplify: Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place.

Then I was lifted up by the wind, and at my back the sound of a great rushing came to my ears when the glory of the Lord was lifted up from his place.


simplify: And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

And on that day certain men were put over the rooms where the things which had been given were stored, for the lifted offerings and the first-fruits and the tenths, and to take into them the amounts, from the fields of every town, fixed by the law for the priests and the Levites: for Judah was glad on account of the priests and the Levites who were in their places.


rate difficulty: There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth;

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


simplify: Then he said, What monument is that which I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el.

What is that headstone I see over there? And the men of the town said to him, It is the resting-place of the man of God who came from Judah and gave word of all these things which you have done to the altar of Beth-el.


rate difficulty: It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers [to say], Where is the strong drink?

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


rate difficulty: And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God:

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


rate difficulty: Wash thy heart, Jerusalem, from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

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


rate difficulty: And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

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


simplify: But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

And I will put hooks in your mouth, and the fish of your streams will be hanging from your skin; and I will make you come up out of your streams, with all the fish of your streams hanging from your skin.


rate difficulty: Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

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


rate difficulty: So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him.


simplify: And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.


simplify: But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

But the Jews in Shushan came together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth day of the month; and on the fifteenth day they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.


simplify: Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.


rate difficulty: And Abimelech ruled over Israel three years.

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


simplify: And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.


rate difficulty: Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast raged against me in all these things; therefore, behold, I also will bring thy way upon thy head, saith the Lord Jehovah: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness with all thine abominations.

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


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

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.

They make ready the table, they put down the covers, they take food and drink. Up! you captains; put oil on your breastplates.


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

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


simplify: They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.

They may not be used for food, and their dead bodies are disgusting to you.


rate difficulty: If you keep and do all these orders which I give you today, loving the Lord your God and walking ever in his ways; then let three more towns, in addition to these three, be marked out for you:

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


simplify: And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

So Jesus said: “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what can I liken it?


rate difficulty: because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

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


simplify: `I, Jesus did send my messenger to testify to you these things concerning the assemblies; I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star!

‘I, Jesus, sent my angel to bear testimony to you about these things before the churches. I am the Scion and the Offspring of David, the bright star of the Morning.’


simplify: Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee;

Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant and to his prayer for grace, O Lord my God, and give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant makes before you;


simplify: And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.


simplify: Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites that compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.

Then Joram went over to Zair, with all his war-carriages; ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him, ... the captains of the war-carriages; and the people went in flight to their tents.


simplify: And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to get,

And he will make an offering of one of the doves or the young pigeons, such as he is able to get;


rate difficulty: East of Jordan, in all the land of Gilead, the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer by the valley of the Arnon, all Gilead and Bashan.

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


rate difficulty: the way of peace they know not, and there is no judgment in their goings; they have made their paths crooked: whoso goeth therein knoweth not peace.

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


rate difficulty: So then, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand ye in the Lord, beloved.

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


simplify: And the day of unleavened bread came, on which the passover must be sacrificed.

And the day of unleavened bread came, when the Passover lamb is put to death.


rate difficulty: Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

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


simplify: Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:

Of the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred;


simplify: For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

For I, the Lord, take pleasure in upright judging; I will not put up with the violent taking away of right; and I will certainly give them their reward, and I will make an eternal agreement with them.


simplify: And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.

And when Joab had come out from David, he sent men after Abner, and they overtook him at the water-spring of Sirah, and made him come back with them: but David had no knowledge of it.


simplify: And Israel vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

Then Israel made an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give up this people into my hands, then I will send complete destruction on all their towns.


rate difficulty: Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

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


simplify: They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

Their words are foolish; they make agreements with false oaths, so punishment will come up like a poison-plant in a ploughed field.


rate difficulty: And they laid on him their hands, and kept hold on him;

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


rate difficulty: Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.

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


rate difficulty: ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’says the Lord, the God who is, and who was, and who will be, the Almighty.

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


simplify: Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!


rate difficulty: then he hath shaved himself, but the scall he doth not shave; and the priest hath shut up <FI>him who hath<Fi> the scall a second seven days.

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


rate difficulty: And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.

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


rate difficulty: Nor was there anyone in need among them, for all who were owners of land or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the sales

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


rate difficulty: Jehovah ourGod, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house to thy holy name, is of thy hand, and is all thine own.

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


rate difficulty: For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?


rate difficulty: Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Even these forget, but I will not forget thee.


simplify: I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

I see him, but not now: looking on him, but not near: a star will come out of Jacob, and a rod of authority out of Israel, sending destruction to the farthest limits of Moab and on the head of all the sons of Sheth.


rate difficulty: Any man who doth provoke thy mouth, and doth not hear thy words, in all that thou dost command him, is put to death; only, be strong and courageous.'

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


simplify: for nothing is secret, that shall not become manifest, nor hid, that shall not be known, and become manifest.

Nothing is hidden which will not be brought into the light of day, not ever kept hidden which will not some day become known and come into the light of day.


simplify: And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

And the land from Gilead to the valley of the Arnon, with the middle of the valley as a limit, as far as the river Jabbok which is the limit of the country of the children of Ammon, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites;


rate difficulty: And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?


simplify: And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses burned it upon the altar.

And he took all the fat on the inside parts, and the fat on the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, to be burned on the altar;


simplify: And Paul, having gone down, fell upon him, and having embraced <FI>him<Fi> , said, `Make no tumult, for his life is in him;'

But Paul went down, threw himself on him, and put his arms around him.   “Do not be alarmed,” he said, “he is still alive.”


rate difficulty: but henceforth shall the Son of man be sitting on the right hand of the power ofGod.


simplify: And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

They went up over the breadth of the whole earth, and surrounded the camp of Christ’s people and the city that he loves. Then fire fell from the heavens and consumed them;


rate difficulty: When her masters saw that there was no hope of further profit from her, they seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the public square to the authorities,

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


simplify: and they shall be an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in abomination.

They may not be used for food, and their dead bodies are disgusting to you.


simplify: And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Then Jesus added: “The Sabbath was made for people, and not people for the Sabbath;


simplify: And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the Lord’s.

That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet smell: all the fat is the Lord's.


rate difficulty: For this is what the Lord has said to me: I will be quiet, watching from my place; like the clear heat when the sun is shining, like a mist of dew in the heat of summer.

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


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

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


simplify: said, `O full of all guile, and all profligacy, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the right ways of the Lord?

“You incarnation of deceit and all fraud! You son of the devil! You opponent of all that is good! Will you never cease to divert ‘the straight paths of the Lord’? Listen!


simplify: And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily upon him, and he prophesied among them.

And when they came to Gibeah, a band of prophets came face to face with him; and the spirit of God came on him with power and he took his place among them as a prophet.


simplify: In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.

In that day this saying will be said about you, and this song of grief will be made: The heritage of my people is measured out, and there is no one to give it back; those who have made us prisoners have taken our fields from us, and complete destruction has come to us.


simplify: So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Take which thou wilt:

So Gad came to David and said to him, The Lord says, Take whichever you will:


simplify: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.


simplify: But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred shillings: and he laid hold on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay what thou owest.

But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.


simplify: From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:

On the south: all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah which is the property of the Zidonians, to Aphek, as far as the limit of the Amorites:


simplify: I am of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

Your purpose is the destruction of a mother-town in Israel: why would you put an end to the heritage of the Lord?


rate difficulty: At that time they cry to Jerusalem, `O throne of Jehovah,' And gathered unto her hath been all the nations, For the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem, Nor do they go any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

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


simplify: And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.

And all Israel put his body to rest, weeping over him, as the Lord had said by his servant Ahijah the prophet.


simplify: and them that were reckoned by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holiness.

And in the lists were all their little ones and their wives and their sons and daughters, through all the people: they made themselves holy in the positions which they were given.


rate difficulty: and it cometh to pass in his reigning, at his sitting on his throne, he hath smitten the whole house of Baasha; he hath not left to him any sitting on the wall, and of his redeemers, and of his friends.

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


simplify: And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

And a voice came from the altar, saying, Even so, O Lord God, Ruler of all, true and full of righteousness is your judging.


rate difficulty: In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria, for forty-one years.

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


simplify: for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons.

For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, took as their husbands the sons of their father's brothers:


simplify: And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

Now when Pharaoh sends for you and says, What is your business?


rate difficulty: For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

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


simplify: And thou shalt bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing; and thou shalt go forth thyself at even in their sight, as when men go forth into exile.

By day, before their eyes, take out your vessels like those of one who is taken away: and go out in the evening before their eyes, like those who are taken away as prisoners.


simplify: And when they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of Jehovah, even vessels wherewith to minister and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt-offerings in the house of Jehovah continually all the days of Jehoiada.

And when the work was done, they took the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and it was used for making the vessels for the house of the Lord, all the vessels needed for the offerings, the spoons and the vessels of gold and silver. And as long as Jehoiada was living, the regular burned offerings were offered in the house of the Lord.


rate difficulty: For an abomination to Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the perverted, And with the upright <FI>is<Fi> His secret counsel.

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


rate difficulty: When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak.

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


simplify: for many walk of whom many times I told you--and now also weeping tell--the enemies of the cross of the Christ!

For there are many — of whom I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears — who are living in enmity to the cross of the Christ.


simplify: and all to Moses were baptized in the cloud, and in the sea;

that in the cloud and in the sea they all underwent baptism as followers of Moses;


rate difficulty: But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

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


simplify: And there was seen another sign in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his heads seven diadems.

And there was seen another sign in heaven; a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.


simplify: Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nought; their molten images are wind and confusion.

Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.


rate difficulty: And the house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.

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


rate difficulty: And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.

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


rate difficulty: And they told him, and said, We came to the land to which thou didst send us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

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


simplify: Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.

Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.


simplify: But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: as Jehovah liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said, Now my master has taken nothing from Naaman, this Aramaean, of what he would have given him: by the living Lord, I will go after him and get something from him.


rate difficulty: See, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, my servant, and make them come against this land, and against its people, and against all these nations on every side; and I will give them up to complete destruction, and make them a cause of fear and surprise and a waste place for ever.

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


rate difficulty: And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

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


rate difficulty: His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:


rate difficulty: And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

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


simplify: Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

‘He is coming among the clouds!’ Every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; ‘and all the nations of the earth will mourn over him.’ So will it be. Amen.


rate difficulty: And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.


rate difficulty: And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.


simplify: And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

And fifty shekels weight of gold was used for the nails. He had all the higher rooms plated with gold.


simplify: Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.

So all the work on the House of the Tent of meeting was done; as the Lord had given orders to Moses, so the children of Israel did it.


simplify: And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said to me, Take thee a great tablet, and write thereon with a man's style, concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

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


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


simplify: And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?

Then stopping, and looking sadly at him, one of them, named Cleopas, said to him, Are you the only man living in Jerusalem who has not had news of the things which have taken place there at this time?


rate difficulty: That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever.

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


simplify: And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

Then the fifth angel emptied his bowl on the throne of the Beast; and darkness fell on its kingdom. Men gnawed their tongues for pain,


rate difficulty: And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.


simplify: And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

We realize, too, that the Son of God has come among us, and has given us the discernment to know the true God; and we are in union with the true God by our union with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and he is eternal life.


rate difficulty: Now after a long time the king of Egypt came to his end: and the children of Israel were crying in their grief under the weight of their work, and their cry for help came to the ears of God.

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


simplify: For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

For is not the fact of your going with us the sign that I and this people have grace in your eyes, so that we, that is, I and your people, are separate from all other people on the face of the earth?


simplify: Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.


rate difficulty: See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

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


simplify: And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any,

And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had given all her money to medical men, and not one of them was able to make her well,


simplify: Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?


rate difficulty: Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan and the Rab-saris and the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah, with a strong force. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and took up their position by the stream of the higher pool, by the highway of the washerman's field.

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


rate difficulty: There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.

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


simplify: whom God did set forth a mercy seat, through the faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the bygone sins in the forbearance of God--

For God set him before the world, to be, by the shedding of his blood, a means of reconciliation through faith. And this God did to prove his righteousness, and because, in his forbearance, he had passed over the sins that people had previously committed;


rate difficulty: Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

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


simplify: Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly.

His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.


simplify: And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.

And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.


simplify: And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said to Moses, Your servants will do as my lord says.


simplify: And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;

And one of the number said to him in answer, Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away his power of talking;


rate difficulty: Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

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


simplify: Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

Fools! Did not the maker of the outside make the inside too?


simplify: How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

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


rate difficulty: Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

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


rate difficulty: So I let loose my wrath on them because of those whom they had violently put to death in the land, and because they had made it unclean with their images:


simplify: My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.


rate difficulty: Once he was of little service to you, but now he has become of great service, not only to you, but to me as well;

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


rate difficulty: For many shall come in my name, saying, It is I, and shall mislead many.


simplify: And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. And those were the days of unleavened bread.

And when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he went on to take Peter in addition. This was at the time of the feast of unleavened bread.


rate difficulty: there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

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


rate difficulty: But after certain days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.

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


simplify: And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the great deep and a great chain in his hand.


rate difficulty: `Being, therefore, offspring of God, we ought not to think the Godhead to be like to gold, or silver, or stone, graving of art and device of man;


simplify: The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

The town is waste and broken down: every house is shut up, so that no man may come in.


rate difficulty: And she hasted and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw [water]; and she drew for all his camels.

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


simplify: And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.

And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, See! people are coming down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, You see the shade of the mountains like men.


rate difficulty: who shall not receive manifold more at this time, and in the coming age life eternal.

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


rate difficulty: Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.


rate difficulty: She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.


simplify: and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.

And the same holy drink: for they all took of the water from the holy rock which came after them: and the rock was Christ.


rate difficulty: Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?


simplify: And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still. Now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him kill me.

And Absalom's answer was, See, I sent to you saying, Come here, so that I may send you to the king to say, Why have I come back from Geshur? it would be better for me to be there still: let me now see the king's face, and if there is any sin in me, let him put me to death.


simplify: That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.

That you will take her in kindly, after the way of the saints, as one who is the Lord's, and give her help in anything in which she may have need of you: because she has been a help to a great number and to myself.


rate difficulty: And they were not able to get it, though a number of false witnesses came.


rate difficulty: And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

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


simplify: salute you do all the brethren; salute ye one another in an holy kiss.

All of the Lord's followers send you greetings. Greet one another with a sacred kiss.


simplify: And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.

And all joy is gone; no longer are they glad for the fertile field; and in the vine-gardens there are no songs or sounds of joy: the crushing of grapes has come to an end, and its glad cry has been stopped.


simplify: and if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.'

But if we say ‘human,’ we are afraid of the people, for everyone regards John as a prophet.”


simplify: Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

Butter from his cows and milk from his sheep, with fat of lambs and sheep of Bashan, and goats, and the heart of the grain; and for your drink, wine from the blood of the grape.


simplify: Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.

Now to give me back payment of the same sort (I am talking as to my children), let your hearts be wide open to me.


rate difficulty: saw fit to reveal his Son in me, so that I might tell the good news of him among the Gentiles, then at once, instead of consulting any human being,

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simplify: Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.


rate difficulty: All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.


rate difficulty: A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.


simplify: And Moses went up unto God, and Jehovah called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:

And Moses went up to God, and the voice of the Lord came to him from the mountain, saying, Say to the family of Jacob, and give word to the children of Israel:


rate difficulty: He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

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simplify: Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

And Isaiah says about Israel, Even if the number of the children of Israel is as the sand of the sea, only a small part will get salvation:


simplify: And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

And I will give the rain at the right time, and I will make the shower come down at the right time; there will be showers of blessing.


rate difficulty: We inform the king that if this city be built and its walls be completed, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.

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rate difficulty: So the king did not give ear to the people; and this came about by the purpose of the Lord, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be effected.

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rate difficulty: Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.

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simplify: and when we cried unto Jehovah, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border.

And the Lord gave ear to the voice of our cry, and sent an angel and took us out of Egypt: and now we are in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your land;


simplify: AndDavidmade him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

And David made houses for himself in the town of David; and he got ready a place for the ark of God, and put up a tent for it.


rate difficulty: And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Jehovah.

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simplify: And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savor; all the fat is Jehovah’s.

That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet smell: all the fat is the Lord's.


simplify: Give us this day our daily bread.


simplify: They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas.

They will send you down to the underworld, and your death will be the death of those who are put to the sword in the heart of the seas.


rate difficulty: And they put it to the decision of chance, and the decision was given for Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.

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simplify: And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

And by the help of our God they got for us Ish-sechel, one of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah with his sons and brothers, eighteen;


rate difficulty: We give thanks to God always for you all, making mentionof youin our prayers;

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rate difficulty: And David said to Jonathan, Tomorrow is the new moon, and I will not be seated with the king at his table: but let me go to a safe place in the country till the evening.


rate difficulty: (This man had not assented to the decision and action of the Council.) He belonged to Ramah, a town in Judea, and lived in expectation of the kingdom of God.


simplify: This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

This is the work which the sons of Merari are to do in connection with the Tent of meeting, under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.


simplify: Only Jehovah give thee discretion and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel; that so thou mayest keep the law of Jehovah thy God.

Only may the Lord give you wisdom, and knowledge of his orders for Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.


simplify: and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;

There is nothing, however covered up, which will not be uncovered, nor anything kept secret which will not become known.


simplify: And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male.

And they made war on Midian, as the Lord gave orders to Moses; and they put to death every male.