simplify: Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

So, whatever you have said in the dark, will come to men's hearing in the light, and what you have said secretly inside the house, will be made public from the house-tops.


simplify: And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

But the vine said to them, Am I to give up my wine, which makes glad God and men, to go waving over the trees?


rate difficulty: And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.

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


simplify: Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;


simplify: Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

Take my yoke on you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble, and ‘you will find rest for your souls’;


simplify: For thus hath the Lord of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

For this is what the Lord of armies has said: Let trees be cut down and an earthwork be placed against Jerusalem: sorrow on the false town! inside her there is nothing but cruel ways.


simplify: And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord.

Now after this Joash had a desire to put the house of the Lord into good order again;


rate difficulty: afterward the desire having conceived, doth give birth to sin, and the sin having been perfected, doth bring forth death.

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rate difficulty: And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.

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


rate difficulty: And Job answered and said:

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


rate difficulty: And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore pray to the owner of the harvest to send laborers to gather in his harvest.”

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


simplify: They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.

And they, answering, said, John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has come back.


rate difficulty: but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

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


simplify: and he shall go forth to lead the nations astray, that are in the four corners of the earth--Gog and Magog--to gather them together to war, of whom the number <FI>is<Fi> as the sand of the sea;

and he will come out to deceive the nations that live in ‘the four corners of the earth — Gog and Magog.’ He will come to gather them together for battle; and their number will be as great as the sand on the sea-shore.


rate difficulty: Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush.

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


rate difficulty: And he turned aside to her by the way, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me go in to thee; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in to me?

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


rate difficulty: And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting, and burn the fat for a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, Be silent and hearken, Israel! this day thou art become the people of Jehovah thyGod.

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


simplify: And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

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


simplify: Riches and honor are with me; Yea, durable wealth and righteousness.

Wealth and honour are in my hands, even wealth without equal and righteousness.


simplify: Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?

judge for yourselves. Is it fitting that a woman should pray to God in public with her head uncovered?


simplify: And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

And they said to one another, Let us make a captain over us, and go back to Egypt.


rate difficulty: Those meant by the seed sown among the brambles are different; they are the people who hear the message,

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


rate difficulty: And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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


simplify: A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.


simplify: I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;

I give you orders before God, the giver of life, and Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate gave witness to the faith,


rate difficulty: But the word of God came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,

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


rate difficulty: for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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


rate difficulty: To bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth,


simplify: only they would that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.

Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.


rate difficulty: Now of the group of Asaph, the first name to come out was Joseph; the second Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve?


simplify: And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.

And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking for him, and they came to him and would have kept him from going away.


simplify: And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.

With outstretched wings five cubits wide; the distance from the edge of one wing to the edge of the other was ten cubits.


rate difficulty: For this reason, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he does, babbling against us with wicked words; and not content with these, neither does he himself receive the brethren; and those who would he prevents, and casts [them] out of the assembly.

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


simplify: And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

And made him king over Gilead and the Asherites and over Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin, that is, over all Israel.


rate difficulty: Now it came to pass that Peter, passing through all [quarters], descended also to the saints who inhabited Lydda.

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


simplify: And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

And the two stones are to be placed on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel: Aaron will have their names on his arms when he goes in before the Lord, to keep the Lord in mind of them.


simplify: Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

And still you said, I have done no wrong; truly, his wrath is turned away from me. See, I will take up the cause against you, because you say, I have done no wrong.


simplify: And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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


simplify: And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

and on his robe and on his thigh he has this name written — ‘KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.’


simplify: Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all.


rate difficulty: (Now this man, with the reward of his evil-doing, got for himself a field, and falling head first, came to a sudden and violent end there.

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rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah came to Isaiah, saying,


simplify: And with great power were the apostles giving the testimony to the rising again of the Lord Jesus, great grace also was on them all,

The apostles continued with great power to bear their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God’s blessing rested on them all abundantly.


simplify: For my sword hath drunk its fill in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

For my sword in heaven is full of wrath: see, it is coming down on Edom, in punishment on the people of my curse.


simplify: Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah.

Uthai, the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the sons of Perez, the son of Judah.


simplify: And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

And he took all the gold and silver and all the vessels which were in the house of the Lord and in the store-house of the king, together with those whose lives would be the price of broken faith, and went back to Samaria.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah doth lead thee continually, And hath satisfied in drought thy soul, And thy bones He armeth, And thou hast been as a watered garden, And as an outlet of waters, whose waters lie not.

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


simplify: And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to Jehovah, the God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.

And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give glory and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel; give me word now of what you have done, and keep nothing back from me.


simplify: And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou art falling away to the Chaldeans.

But when he was at the Benjamin door, a captain of the watch named Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, who was stationed there, put his hand on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are going to give yourself up to the Chaldaeans.


simplify: And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins: and they have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble.


simplify: And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship;


simplify: if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.

If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.


simplify: All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

All these buildings were made, inside and out, from base to crowning stone, and outside to the great walled square, of highly priced stone, cut to different sizes with cutting-instruments.


simplify: About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.

about whom, when I came to Jerusalem, the Jewish chief priest and the councillors laid an information, demanding judgment against him.


simplify: Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

Now after the baptism of all the people, and when Jesus had been baptized and was still praying, the heavens opened,


simplify: but will not <FI>rather<Fi> say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink?

Instead of saying ‘Prepare my dinner, and then make yourself ready and serve me while I am eating and drinking, and after that you will eat and drink yourself’?


simplify: In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

In the day of your planting you were watching its growth, and in the morning your seed was flowering: but its fruit is wasted away in the day of grief and bitter sorrow.


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

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


simplify: how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers:

How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers:


simplify: I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

May heaven and earth be my witnesses against you today, that destruction will quickly overtake you, cutting you off from that land which you are going over Jordan to take; your days will not be long in that land, but you will come to a complete end.


rate difficulty: Then said Jehovah to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather the daily need on its day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.

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


simplify: And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.

And put the rods through the rings at the two opposite sides of the altar, for lifting it.


rate difficulty: And to him they agreed, and having called near the apostles, having beaten <FI>them<Fi> , they commanded <FI>them<Fi> not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go;

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


simplify: And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.

And David took from him a thousand war-carriages and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and he had the leg-muscles of all the horses cut, keeping only enough of them for a hundred war-carriages.


simplify: As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, that were not of Israel;

As for all the rest of the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel:


rate difficulty: The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord.

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


simplify: Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; Neither did he acknowledge his brethren, Nor knew he his own children: For they have observed thy word, And keep thy covenant.

Who said of his father, Who is he? and of his mother, I have not seen her; he kept himself separate from his brothers and had no knowledge of his children: for they have given ear to your word and kept your agreement.


rate difficulty: Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.


simplify: For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.


simplify: And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.


simplify: And Jehoshaphat said, The word of Jehovah is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.


simplify: They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.

They will take dust as their food like a snake, like the things which go flat on the earth; they will come shaking with fear out of their secret places: they will come with fear to the Lord our God, full of fear because of you.


rate difficulty: But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

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


rate difficulty: Then the flag of the children of Ephraim went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elishama, the son of Ammihud.


rate difficulty: and Joseph answereth Pharaoh, saying, `Without me--God doth answer Pharaoh with peace.'

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

Sending for a bird of strong flight from the east, the man of my purpose from a far country; I have said it, and I will give effect to it; the thing designed by me will certainly be done.


simplify: And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth–el, and pitched his tent, having Beth–el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.

And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.


simplify: But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

But whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.


rate difficulty: And the rest of the people, who were not put to death by these evils, were not turned from the works of their hands, but went on giving worship to evil spirits, and images of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood which have no power of seeing or hearing or walking:

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


simplify: It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so make your prayer for the rest of the people.


simplify: And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,

So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt; for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victuals.

And they made unleavened cakes from the paste which they had taken out of Egypt; it was not leavened, for they had been sent out of Egypt so quickly, that they had no time to make any food ready.


simplify: but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

No, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added for you.


simplify: And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth–gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.

When he came to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, are we to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And he said, Go up, and it will go well for you; and they will be given up into your hands.


simplify: And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.

Meanwhile the chief priests and the teachers of the law stood by and vehemently accused him.


simplify: And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.

And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king.


simplify: Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

So, whatever you have said in the dark, will come to men's hearing in the light, and what you have said secretly inside the house, will be made public from the house-tops.


simplify: Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.

Someone told him this, and Jesus replied:


rate difficulty: All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. [It is] an everlasting statute in your generations, [their portion] of Jehovah's offerings by fire: whatever toucheth these shall be holy.

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


simplify: But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

If the system of religion which involved death, embodied in a written law and engraved on stones, began amid such glory, that the Israelites were unable to gaze at the face of Moses because of its glory, though it was but a passing glory,


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

But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;


simplify: But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come.

But you, O mountains of Israel, will put out your branches and give your fruit to my people Israel; for they are ready to come.


rate difficulty: Behold, I stand [here] by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.

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


simplify: And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;

And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:


simplify: Therefore fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

So have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, says the Lord; and do not be troubled, O Israel: for see, I will make you come back from far away, and your seed from the land where they are prisoners; and Jacob will come back, and will be quiet and at peace, and no one will give him cause for fear.


rate difficulty: And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host;

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


simplify: For I make known to you, brethren, as touching the gospel which was preached by me, that it is not after man.

Because I say to you, my brothers, that the good news of which I was the preacher is not man's.


rate difficulty: And the eunuch answering Philip said, I pray thee, concerning whom does the prophet say this? of himself or of some other?

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


simplify: and they shall scourge and kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.


rate difficulty: “Let the children be satisfied first,”answered Jesus. “For it is not fair to take the children’s food, and throw it to dogs.”


rate difficulty: and ye have kept the words of this covenant, and done them, so that ye cause all that ye do to prosper.

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


rate difficulty: And the man hath not been willing to lodge all night, and he riseth, and goeth, and cometh in till over-against Jebus (It <FI>is<Fi> Jerusalem), and with him <FI>are<Fi> a couple of asses saddled; and his concubine <FI>is<Fi> with him.

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


rate difficulty: And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.


rate difficulty: But when it came to the ears of Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabians and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites, that the building of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and the broken places were being made good, they were full of wrath;

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


rate difficulty: and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?

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


rate difficulty: not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, if I sent thee to them, they would hearken unto thee.

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


simplify: Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

This I say, friends — Flesh and blood can have no share in the kingdom of God, nor can the perishable share the imperishable.


simplify: Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

Now it was Solomon's purpose to put up a house for the name of the Lord and a house for himself as king.


simplify: Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.


simplify: for so was it charged me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that thou camest.

For so I was ordered by the word of the Lord, who said, You are not to take food or a drink of water, and you are not to go back the way you came.


simplify: For he shall be delivered up unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon:

For he will be given up to the Gentiles, and will be made sport of and put to shame:


simplify: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.


simplify: Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;


simplify: And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

She was a very beautiful girl, a virgin, who had never been touched by a man: and she went down to the spring to get water in her vessel.


simplify: The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.

A copy of the writing, to be made public in every part of the kingdom, was sent out to all the peoples, so that they might be ready when that day came.


rate difficulty: Yea, ye pierce Me concerning My people, For handfuls of barley, And for pieces of bread, to put to death Souls that should not die, And to keep alive souls that should not live, By your lying to My people--hearkening to lies.

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


rate difficulty: And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

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


rate difficulty: And, when he reached the spot, he said to them: “Pray that you may not fall into temptation.”

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


simplify: And no one was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.

And no one was able to give him an answer, and so great was their fear of him, that from that day no one put any more questions to him.


simplify: even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.

Even so, being full of loving desire for you, we took delight in giving you not only God's good news, but even our lives, because you were dear to us.


simplify: And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul, the son of a woman of Canaan;


simplify: Salute Mary, who did labour much for us;


rate difficulty: And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.


rate difficulty: Thou hast said: Only a word of the lips! counsel and might <FI>are<Fi> for battle; now, on whom hast thou trusted that thou hast rebelled against me?

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


rate difficulty: If the Lord of armies had not kept some at least of us safe, we would have been like Sodom, and the fate of Gomorrah would have been ours.

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


simplify: And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth;

And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,


rate difficulty: `Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, who bringeth near his offering, of all his vows, or of all his willing offerings which they bring near to Jehovah for a burnt-offering;

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


rate difficulty: And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.

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


rate difficulty: but Jehovah alone, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched-out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

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


simplify: And they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.

And they had him shut up, because they had no directions about what was to be done with him.


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


rate difficulty: Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.

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


simplify: But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

Indeed, we had the presentiment that we must die, so that we might rely, not on ourselves, but on God who raises the dead.


simplify: And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

And he sent another; and they put him to death: and a number of others, whipping some, and putting some to death.


simplify: Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say,  Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:

So the makers of wise sayings say, Come to Heshbon, building up the town of Sihon and making it strong:


simplify: `And signs shall accompany those believing these things; in my name demons they shall cast out; with new tongues they shall speak;

Moreover these signs will attend those who believe. In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak with ‘tongues’;


simplify: And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

For the way into the inmost room he made doors of olive-wood, the arch and the door supports forming a five-sided opening.


rate difficulty: But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?

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


rate difficulty: Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.

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


simplify: And Jesus said unto them, I ask you, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to destroy it?

And Jesus said, I put the question to you, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to take it away?


simplify: and I was wishing to be present with you now, and to change my voice, because I am in doubt about you.

But I could wish to be with you now and speak in a different tone, for I am perplexed about you.


rate difficulty: And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

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


simplify: And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

And to her it has been granted to robe herself in fine linen, white and pure, for that linen is the good deeds of the people of Christ.’


rate difficulty: And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: And on receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,


rate difficulty: From John, to the seven churches which are in Roman Asia. Blessing and peace be yours from him who is, and who was, and who will be, and from the seven spirits that are before his throne,

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


rate difficulty: The lip of truth shall be established for ever; But a lying tongue is but for a moment.


rate difficulty: And also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to its place; and thou shalt put them in the house of God.

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


simplify: In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him that is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: so shalt thou be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

In that day your mouth will be open to him who has got away safe, and you will say words to him and your lips will no longer be shut: so you will be a sign to them and they will be certain that I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: And when this letter has been made public among you, let the same be done in the church of Laodicea; and see that you have the letter from Laodicea.


simplify: and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.

And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels.


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

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


simplify: And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

And Bath-sheba said, Good! I will make your request to the king.


simplify: And they reasoned with themselves, saying--`If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

But they began arguing together: “If we say ‘divine,’ he will say ‘Why did not you believe him?’


simplify: And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.

And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his sayings, are recorded in the account of the prophet Iddo.


simplify: Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.


simplify: And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the Lord was with him.

In the past Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, had been ruler over them; may the Lord be with him!


rate difficulty: My skin is black and dropping off me; and my bones are burning with the heat of my disease.


simplify: And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.

And they said to him, Jesus of Nazareth is going by.


simplify: So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, out of a fourth part of the wall;

Then he made pillars of olive-wood for the way into the Temple; the pillars were square:


rate difficulty: and Israel and the Philistines set in array rank to meet rank.

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


rate difficulty: Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

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


rate difficulty: and when [Esther] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows.

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


simplify: For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

for I tell you all that not one of those people who were invited will taste my dinner.’”


simplify: but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, so that he will not hear.

But your sins have come between you and your God, and by your evil doings his face has been veiled from you, so that he will give you no answer.


simplify: For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

Surely in the past you have spent time enough living as the Gentiles delight to live. For your path has lain among scenes of debauchery, licentiousness, drunkenness, revelry, hard-drinking, and profane idolatry.


simplify: and Matthew and Thomas, and James the son of Alphæus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,

And Matthew and Thomas and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was named the Zealot,


rate difficulty: 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;

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


rate difficulty: And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,

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


rate difficulty: And they said unto Joshua, Truly Jehovah hath delivered into our hands all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do melt away before us.

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


simplify: Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof),

Give orders to the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land which is to be your heritage, the land of Canaan inside these limits,)


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

‘But, Sir,’ they said, ‘he has a hundred pounds already!’


simplify: And thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven: and they shall light the lamps thereof, to give light over against it.

Then you are to make its seven vessels for the lights, putting them in their place so that they give light in front of it.


rate difficulty: My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch;

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


rate difficulty: Hath one tried a word with thee? --Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?

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


rate difficulty: Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,

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


rate difficulty: Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

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


simplify: Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

Now Barzillai was a very old man, as much as eighty years old: and he had given the king everything he had need of, while he was at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.


rate difficulty: A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

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


simplify: And there was also a superscription over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And these words were put in writing over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying,

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


simplify: Then mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall see my desire upon her; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

And my hater will see it and be covered with shame; she who said to me, Where is the Lord your God? my eyes will see their desire effected on her, now she will be crushed under foot like the dust of the streets.


rate difficulty: For [it is] better, if the will ofGod should will it, to suffer [as] well-doers than [as] evildoers;

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


rate difficulty: And the Philistine came on and approached David; and the man that bore the shield was before him.


simplify: The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the Lord: it was the priests’.

The money of the offerings for error and the sin-offerings was not taken into the house of the Lord; it was the priests'.


simplify: Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.


rate difficulty: I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.


simplify: But that ye also may know my affairs, how I do, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:

But so that you may have knowledge of my business, and how I am, Tychicus, the well-loved brother and tested servant in the Lord, will give you news of all things:


rate difficulty: The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.


rate difficulty: And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.

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


rate difficulty: and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.

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


simplify: The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

The Spirit himself unites with our spirits in bearing witness to our being God’s children,


rate difficulty: and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,

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


rate difficulty: And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, Do they fall, and not rise? Doth he turn back, and not return?

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


simplify: At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

At that time the armies of Nebuchadnezzar came up to Jerusalem and the town was shut in on every side.


rate difficulty: And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers’housesof Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

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


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

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


rate difficulty: As soon as Judas came, he went up to Jesus at once, and said: “Rabbi!” and kissed him.


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

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


simplify: And let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Jehovah hath commanded:

And let every wise-hearted man among you come and make whatever has been ordered by the Lord;


rate difficulty: And in the eighth year you will put in your seed, and get your food from the old stores, till the fruit of the ninth year is ready.

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


simplify: In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.

He made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, at the way across the river, at Adama, between Succoth and Zarethan.


rate difficulty: And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.


simplify: But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart: that is, the word of faith of which we are the preachers:


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Then will everyone who invokes the name of the Lord be saved.’


simplify: And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.

So Joshua gave Ai to the flames, and made it a waste mass of stones for ever, as it is to this day.


simplify: Then Bath–sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

Then Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour, and said, May my lord King David go on living for ever.


simplify: Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

So let him who seems to himself to be safe go in fear of a fall.


simplify: And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.

The smoke of the incense ascended, with the prayers of Christ’s people, from the hand of the angel before God.


simplify: The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?

The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?


simplify: The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The fourth Izri, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


rate difficulty: Every valley will be lifted up, and all the mountains and hills made low, and the twisted will be made straight, and the rough ways smooth;

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass as he was in one of the cities, that behold, there was a man full of leprosy, and seeing Jesus, falling upon his face, he besought him saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.

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


simplify: Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.

And David the king said to all the people, Solomon my son, the only one who has been marked out by God, is still young and untested, and the work is great, for this great house is not for man, but for the Lord God.


rate difficulty: `And now, Israel, hearken unto the statutes, and unto the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that ye live, and have gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah God of your fathers is giving to you.

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


rate difficulty: Take up the cause against your mother, take it up, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband; let her put away her loose ways from her face, and her false ways from between her breasts;

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


rate difficulty: the headtires, and the ankle chains, and the sashes, and the perfume-boxes, and the amulets;

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


simplify: And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.

My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.


rate difficulty: He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.

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


simplify: Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son’s day will I bring the evil upon his house.

Do you see how Ahab has made himself low before me? because he has made himself low before me, I will not send the evil in his life-time, but in his son's time I will send the evil on his family.


simplify: For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.


simplify: The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

You had been named by the Lord, A branching olive-tree, fair with beautiful fruit: with the noise of a great rushing he has put it on fire and its branches are broken.


simplify: And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

and his feet were like brass’ as when molten in a furnace; ‘his voice was like the sound of many streams,’


rate difficulty: And of Asher, going forth to the host, to arrange battle, <FI>are<Fi> forty thousand.

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


simplify: And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left.


rate difficulty: But when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. And the children of Israel sent tribute by him unto Eglon the king of Moab.

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


rate difficulty: But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their shoulders.

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


simplify: When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest in to dispossess them, and thou dispossessest them, and dwellest in their land;

When the people of the land where you are going have been cut off before you by the Lord your God, and you have taken their land and are living in it;


simplify: And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?

On the first day of the Festival of the unleavened bread, when it was customary to kill the Passover lambs, his disciples said to Jesus: “Where do you wish us to go and make preparations for your eating the Passover?”


simplify: For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?

What have I to do with judging those outside the church? Is it not for you to judge those who are within the church,


simplify: for God did shut up together the whole to unbelief, that to the whole He might do kindness.

For God has given all alike over to disobedience, that to all alike he may show mercy.


rate difficulty: And Samson goeth and catcheth three hundred foxes, and taketh torches, and turneth tail unto tail, and putteth a torch between the two tails, in the midst,

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


rate difficulty: Yes, and he who falls on this stone will be dashed to pieces, while anyone on whom it falls — it will scatter him as dust.”

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


simplify: And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.

And so the seven good years in Egypt came to an end.


rate difficulty: You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.

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


rate difficulty: And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

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


simplify: And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

And if a woman goes near a beast and has sex relations with it, you will put an end to the woman and the beast: their blood will be on them.


simplify: And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.


simplify: And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

Joseph, having bought a linen sheet, took Jesus down, and wound the sheet around him, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of the rock; and then rolled a stone up against the entrance of the tomb.


rate difficulty: so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated on twelve thrones as judges of the twelve tribes of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And he saith, `Wherefore art thou going unto him to-day? --neither new moon nor sabbath!' and she saith, `Peace <FI>to thee<Fi> !'

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


simplify: And the anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bullock to the tent of meeting:

And the priest is to take some of its blood to the Tent of meeting;


rate difficulty: and the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah for his issue.

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


simplify: the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.


simplify: And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And he will be for a holy place: but for a stone of falling and a rock of trouble to the two houses of Israel, and to the men of Jerusalem, for a net in which they may be taken.


simplify: Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us;

Now may the Lord our God be with us as he was with our fathers; let him never go away from us or give us up;


rate difficulty: Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

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


rate difficulty: And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates;

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


simplify: Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

For this cause, truly, the days are coming when I will send punishment on the images of Babylon, and all her land will be shamed, and her dead will be falling down in her.


rate difficulty: O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

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


simplify: So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

And I gave the word at his orders, and breath came into them, and they came to life and got up on their feet, a very great army.


rate difficulty: And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

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


simplify: Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?


simplify: The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed:

The kings of the earth were lifted up, the rulers came together, against the Lord, and against his Christ:


rate difficulty: And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: But the sight of the crowds of people filled the minds of the Jews with jealousy, and they kept contradicting Paul’s statements in violent language.

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


simplify: And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?


rate difficulty: Of the sons of Zebulun--their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host--

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


simplify: Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said, I will destroy Man, whom I have created, from the earth — from man to cattle, to creeping things, and to fowl of the heavens; for I repent that I have made them.


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and slay me; for anguish hath taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.

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


simplify: And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

and then go quickly and say to him disciples ‘He has risen from the dead, and is going before you into Galilee; there you will see him.’ Remember, I have told you.”


rate difficulty: Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.


simplify: According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, a foundation I have laid, and another doth build on <FI>it<Fi> ,

In fulfillment of the charge which God had entrusted to me, I laid the foundation like a skillful master; but someone else is now building on it. Let everyone take care how they build;


rate difficulty: So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

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


simplify: Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.

They are numbered among the Rephaim, like the Anakim; but are named Emim by the Moabites.


simplify: For if a woman is not veiled, let her also be shorn: but if it is a shame to a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled.

For if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off; but if it is a shame to a woman to have her hair cut off, let her be veiled.


rate difficulty: And its land is full of idols, To the work of its hands it boweth itself, To that which its fingers have made,

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


simplify: And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.

And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.


simplify: But and if thou mayest marry, thou didst not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you.

still, if you should marry, that is not wrong; nor, if a young woman marries, is that wrong. But those who marry will have much trouble to bear, and my wish is to spare you.


simplify: Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and thy heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

You say, See, I have overcome Edom; and your heart is lifted up with pride: now keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?


simplify: And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.

And Joab came back from fighting Abner: and when he had got all his men together, it was seen that nineteen of David's men, in addition to Asahel, were not with them.


simplify: And they having heard, and having become full of wrath, were crying out, saying, `Great <FI>is<Fi> the Artemis of the Ephesians!'

When they heard this, the men were greatly enraged, and began shouting — “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”


simplify: Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.


rate difficulty: Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?

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


rate difficulty: And the whole assembly sent to speak to the children of Benjamin that were at the cliff of Rimmon, and to proclaim peace to them.

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


simplify: And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

If in his hate he put a sword through him, or waiting secretly for him sent a spear or stone at him, causing his death;


simplify: Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.


rate difficulty: “As for these things that you are looking at, a time is coming when not one stone will be left on another here, which will not be thrown down.”

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


rate difficulty: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

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


simplify: And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

And as for you, keep yourselves from the cursed thing, for fear that you may get a desire for it and take some of it for yourselves, and so be the cause of a curse and great trouble on the tents of Israel.


rate difficulty: `When one is found slain on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it--fallen in a field--it is not known who hath smitten him,

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


simplify: Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,

Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Archite,


simplify: Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

Therefore, if people say to you ‘He is in the wilderness!’, do not go out there; or ‘He is in an inner room!’, do not believe it;


rate difficulty: then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;

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


simplify: And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

And he came and took it out of the right hand of him who was seated on the high seat.


rate difficulty: The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened.

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


rate difficulty: forty <FI>times<Fi> he doth smite him--he is not adding, lest, he is adding to smite him above these--many stripes, and thy brother is lightly esteemed in thine eyes.

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


simplify: And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

And he went on waiting there for seven days, the time fixed by Samuel: but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were starting to go away from him.


simplify: The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

The word about Edom. A voice comes to me from Seir, Watchman, how far gone is the night? how far gone is the night?


simplify: Their knops and their branches shall be of one piece with it; the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.

The buds and the branches are to be made of the same metal; all together one complete work of hammered gold.


rate difficulty: And they came to Samaria, and put the king's body to rest in Samaria.


simplify: Make ye him drunken; for he magnified himself against Jehovah: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

Make him full of wine, for his heart has been lifted up against the Lord: and Moab will be rolling in the food he was not able to keep down, and everyone will be making sport of him.


simplify: And he that blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the sojourner, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, shall be put to death.

And he who says evil against the name of the Lord will certainly be put to death; he will be stoned by all the people; the man who is not of your nation and one who is an Israelite by birth, whoever says evil against the holy Name is to be put to death.


rate difficulty: And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

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


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

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


simplify: And the soldiers led him away into the hall, which is Praetorium, and call together the whole band,

The soldiers then took Jesus away into the courtyard — that is the Government house — and they called the whole garrison together.


rate difficulty: Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.

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


simplify: Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.


simplify: receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

For so you have the true end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.


simplify: And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:


simplify: The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,

The House and its tent and its cover, its hooks and its boards, its rods and its pillars and its bases;


simplify: Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Giving praise to the Father who has given us a part in the heritage of the saints in light;


rate difficulty: The others went on from Perga and arrived at Antioch in Pisidia. There they went into the synagogue on the Sabbath and took their seats.

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


simplify: And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.

In the evening of the same day, Jesus said to them: “Let us go across.”


rate difficulty: And when I gave a loud cry he went running out without his coat.

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


rate difficulty: And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there:

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


simplify: And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father did.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as David his father had done.


rate difficulty: But surely I count also all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all, and count them to be filth, that I may gain Christ;

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


rate difficulty: And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.


rate difficulty: And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,


simplify: Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.

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


rate difficulty: and six branches are coming out of its sides, three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the second side;

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


rate difficulty: Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.


simplify: And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

And whenever Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, without driving them out completely.


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.

And a great light was seen shining in the room, and an angel of the Lord came to Peter and, touching him on his side so that he came out of his sleep, said, Get up quickly. And his chains came off his hands.


simplify: Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?

Have you no memory of the evil-doing of your fathers, and the evil-doing of the kings of Judah, and the evil-doing of their wives, and the evil which you yourselves have done, and the evil which your wives have done, in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?


simplify: But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema.

But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him.


simplify: and there arose certain of those of the synagogue, called of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia, and Asia, disputing with Stephen,

But some members of the Synagogue of the Freed Slaves (as it was called), Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and Visitors from Cilicia and Roman Asia, were roused to action and began disputing with Stephen;


simplify: And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

And Saul came to the town of Amalek, and took up his position in the valley secretly.


simplify: And those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the harlot after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

And those of you who are kept safe will have me in mind among the nations where they have been taken away as prisoners, how I sent punishment on their hearts which were untrue to me, and on their eyes which were turned to their false gods: and they will be full of hate for themselves because of the evil things which they have done in all their disgusting ways.


simplify: And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar); and they set the battle in array against them in the vale of Siddim;

And the king of Sodom with the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is Zoar), went out, and put their forces in position in the valley of Siddim,


simplify: And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

And they had no care till the waters came and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.


simplify: And Saul was still more strengthened, and he was confounding the Jews dwelling in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

Saul’s influence, however, kept steadily increasing, and he confounded the Jewish people who lived in Damascus by the proofs that he gave that Jesus was the Christ.


simplify: For God speaketh once, Yea twice, though man regardeth it not.

For God gives his word in one way, even in two, and man is not conscious of it:


rate difficulty: For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

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


simplify: I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.


rate difficulty: And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea,

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


simplify: And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;

And the door-keepers: Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their brothers: Shallum was the chief.


simplify: Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,

Heldai, the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai, the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,


simplify: But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.

And those of them who get away safely will go and be in the secret places like the doves of the valleys, all of them will come to death, every one in his sin.


simplify: They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.

The jackals will be there, and her great ones will be gone; they will say, There is no longer a kingdom there, and all her chiefs will have come to an end.


simplify: Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

And he put out Zedekiah's eyes; and the king of Babylon, chaining him in iron bands, took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.


simplify: Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.

Then I will go against you, and I will give you punishment, I myself, seven times for all your sins.


simplify: For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted for it, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.


simplify: So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?


simplify: That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Who makes the signs of those who give word of the future come to nothing, so that those who have knowledge of secret arts go off their heads; turning the wise men back, and making their knowledge foolish:


rate difficulty: Nor trodden it have the sons of pride, Not passed over it hath the fierce lion.

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


simplify: Beloved, I call upon <FI>you<Fi> , as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,

Dear friends, I beg you, as pilgrims and strangers on earth, to refrain from indulging the cravings of your earthly nature, for they make war on the soul.


simplify: They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

They are building up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with evil-doing.


simplify: He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:

He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;


rate difficulty: I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men;

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


simplify: Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

On the mountains of Israel you will come down, you and all your forces and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to cruel birds of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be their food.


rate difficulty: After that, King Agrippa, I did not fail to obey the heavenly vision;

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


simplify: And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

And you made an angry outcry in your tents, and said, In his hate for us the Lord has taken us out of the land of Egypt, to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction.


simplify: And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

And she will be made waste among the countries which have been made waste, and her towns will be among the towns which are unpeopled.


simplify: And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

But they had no child, Elizabeth being barren; and both of them were advanced in years.


rate difficulty: Sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.


rate difficulty: then hath Jehovah thy God turned back <FI>to<Fi> thy captivity, and pitied thee, yea, He hath turned back and gathered thee out of all the peoples whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 11 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Man and beast will be increased in you, and they will have offspring and be fertile: I will make you thickly peopled as you were before, and will do more for you than at the first: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

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


simplify: The burden upon Arabia.  In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.

The word about Arabia. In the thick woods of Arabia will be your night's resting-place, O travelling bands of Dedanites!


simplify: For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

The workman made it, it is no god; the ox of Samaria will be broken into bits.


simplify: But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.


simplify: And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

And the living beings went out and came back as quickly as a thunder-flame.


rate difficulty: Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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


simplify: for thou, indeed, dost give thanks well, but the other is not built up!

Your thanksgiving may be excellent, but the other is not helped by it.


simplify: There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.


simplify: But to you I say, to the rest that are in Thyatira, as many as have not this teaching, who know not the deep things of Satan, as they are wont to say; I cast upon you none other burden.

But to you I say, to the rest in Thyatira, even to those who have not this teaching, and have no knowledge of the secrets of Satan, as they say; I put on you no other weight.


simplify: I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

I have made my bed sweet with perfumes and spices.


rate difficulty: Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

Then Jezebel, hearing that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, said to Ahab, Get up and take as your heritage the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he would not give you for money, for Naboth is no longer living but is dead.


rate difficulty: And get the bits together, the fat tail, every good part, the leg and the top part of it: make it full of the best bones.

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


simplify: Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

There were once seven brothers; of whom the eldest took a wife, but died and left no family;


rate difficulty: For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.


simplify: And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

‘We have played the flute for you, but you have not danced; We have wailed, but you have not mourned.’


rate difficulty: And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David: he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.


rate difficulty: If those who take their stand on law are to inherit the world, then faith is robbed of its meaning and the promise comes to nothing!

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


simplify: And they spake of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.

Talking of the God of Jerusalem as if he was like the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands.


simplify: And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

and that in this way the words of scripture came true — “Abraham believed God, and that was regarded by God as righteousness,” and “He was called the friend of God.”


rate difficulty: The priests, the Levites, [and] the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: Jehovah's offerings by fire, and his inheritance shall they eat,

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


rate difficulty: Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink [and] ferment; [so] a little folly is weightier than wisdom [and] honour.

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


simplify: But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.


rate difficulty: And he came to Derbe and Lystra: and there was a certain disciple there named Timothy, whose mother was one of the Jews of the faith, but his father was a Greek;


simplify: And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.


rate difficulty: Wherefore do the wicked live, grow old, yea, become mighty in power?

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


rate difficulty: For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even they dealt treacherously against thee, Even they--they called after thee fully, Trust not in them, when they speak to thee good things.

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


rate difficulty: And Tyre made for herself a strong place, and got together silver like dust and the best gold like the earth of the streets.


simplify: Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

The hair is cut off from the head of Gaza; Ashkelon has come to nothing; the last of the Anakim are deeply wounding themselves.


rate difficulty: for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

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


simplify: For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.

For so I was ordered by the word of the Lord, who said, You are not to take food or a drink of water, and you are not to go back the way you came.


simplify: And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, with a loud voice glorifying God;

And one of them, when he saw that he was clean, turning back, gave praise to God in a loud voice;


rate difficulty: Knotting his ass's cord to the vine, and his young ass to the best vine; washing his robe in wine, and his clothing in the blood of grapes:


simplify: And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

And kept safe Lot, the upright man, who was deeply troubled by the unclean life of the evil-doers


simplify: If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you.


simplify: When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

When I take away your bread of life, ten women will be cooking bread in one oven, and your bread will be measured out by weight; you will have food but never enough.


rate difficulty: And having found no cause of death [in him], they begged of Pilate that he might be slain.

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


rate difficulty: If any man has not love for the Lord, let him be cursed. Maran atha (our Lord comes).


rate difficulty: That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

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


simplify: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of which Jehovah your God spake unto you, so will Jehovah bring upon you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.

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