rate difficulty: Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

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


simplify: She that hath borne seven languisheth; she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she hath been put to shame and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith Jehovah.

The mother of seven is without strength; her spirit is gone from her, her sun has gone down while it is still day: she has been shamed and overcome: and the rest of them I will give up to the sword before their haters, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;

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


rate difficulty: And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

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


rate difficulty: And he preached, saying, There comes he that is mightier than I after me, the thong of whose sandals I am not fit to stoop down and unloose.

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


rate difficulty: And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smote the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

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


simplify: What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?

What? was it from you that the word of God went out? or did it only come in to you?


rate difficulty: And Jesus was before the ruler, who put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say so.

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


simplify: And Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

And when Moses put these words before the children of Israel, the people were full of grief.


rate difficulty: If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?


simplify: And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:

and so that he may send you, in Jesus, your long-appointed Christ.


simplify: It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

It is enough for a scholar to be treated like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!


simplify: And Peter went down to the men, and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?

And Peter went down to the men, and said, I am the man you are looking for: why have you come?


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

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


simplify: And they journeyed from Makheloth, and encamped in Tahath.

And they went on from Makheloth, and put up their tents in Tahath.


rate difficulty: Then hath this Sheshbazzar come--he hath laid the foundations of the house of God that <FI>is<Fi> in Jerusalem, and from thence even till now it hath been building, and is not finished.

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


simplify: When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the oblation of an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

When an ox or a sheep or a goat is given birth, let it be with its mother for seven days; and after the eighth day it may be taken as an offering made by fire to the Lord.


rate difficulty: Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

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


rate difficulty: And now your two sons who came to birth in Egypt before I came to you here, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, in the same way as Reuben and Simeon are.


simplify: And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of Jehovahgivenby Moses.

Now when they were taking out the money which had come into the Lord's house, Hilkiah the priest came across the book of the law of the Lord, which he had given by the mouth of Moses.


rate difficulty: And Samuel said, Has Jehovah delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, As in hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, Attention than the fat of rams.

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


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

and said to them: “You brought this man before me charged with misleading the people; and yet, for my part, though I examined him before you, I did not find this man to blame for any of the things of which you accuse him;


rate difficulty: Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is unclean by the dead:

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


rate difficulty: And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Beth–lehem.

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


simplify: and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here;

Here, however, I tell you, there is something greater than the Temple!


simplify: Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:

Then men will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he took them out of the land of Egypt:


rate difficulty: Take great care, then, how you live — not unwisely but wisely,

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


rate difficulty: So this is what the Lord has said about Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will make no weeping for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they will make no weeping for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

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


rate difficulty: But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.


simplify: And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.

And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.


simplify: and ye have known that he was manifested that our sins he may take away, and sin is not in him;

And you know that Christ appeared to take away our sins; and in him sin has no place.


rate difficulty: Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and everything whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.

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


simplify: And Jehovah spake to Manasseh, and to his people; but they gave no heed.

And the word of the Lord came to Manasseh and his people, but they gave no attention.


rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And it is come to pass after all thy wickedness (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord Jehovah),

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


simplify: Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.

Then you may be certain that the Lord your God will not go on driving these nations out from before you; but they will become a danger and a cause of sin to you, a whip for your sides and thorns in your eyes, till you are cut off from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.


simplify: But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the Lord, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;

But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: As to the words which have come to your ears,


simplify: And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

They put him in chains and led him away, and gave him up to the Roman Governor, Pilate.


simplify: Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah hath destroyed thy works. And the ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

Then the word of Eliezer the prophet, the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah, came against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have let yourself be joined with Ahaziah, the Lord has sent destruction on your works. And the ships were broken and were not able to go to Tarshish.


simplify: They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.

They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.


simplify: And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.

But the disciples began talking among themselves about their having brought no bread.


simplify: The whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

The number of all the people together was forty-two thousand, three hundred and sixty;


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You yourselves have seen that my voice has come to you from heaven


rate difficulty: He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

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


simplify: And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to his country.


rate difficulty: And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

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


rate difficulty: For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and he is more to be feared than all other gods.

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


simplify: for as many as to Christ were baptized did put on Christ;

For all of you who were baptized into union with Christ clothed yourselves with Christ.


simplify: And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.

So Judas assented, and looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus to them, in the absence of a crowd.


rate difficulty: And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.

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


simplify: And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

And you may not have sex relations with a beast, making yourself unclean with it; and a woman may not give herself to a beast: it is an unnatural act.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.

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


rate difficulty: Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle, — do no more!

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


simplify: And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come,

After this, the Master appointed seventy-two other disciples, and sent them on as his messengers, two and two, in advance, to every town and place that he was himself intending to visit.


simplify: 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.

For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land of Sinai, in the Tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt,


simplify: A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it.

The altar is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high, and its horns are to be made of the same.


rate difficulty: And Ahimaaz, crying out to the king, said, It is well. And falling down before the king, with his face to the earth, he said, May the Lord your God be praised, who has given up the men who took up arms against my lord the king!

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


simplify: All these, being men of war, that could order the battle array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

All these men of war, expert in ordering the fight, came to Hebron with the full purpose of making David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel were united in their desire to make David king.


simplify: So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

And so may you, as soon as you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.


simplify: Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

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


rate difficulty: And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

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


simplify: So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;

So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland and the Arabah, the hill-country of Israel and its lowland;


simplify: And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.


simplify: for a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.

For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.


simplify: and again I say to you, it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to go, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.'

I say again, it is easier for a camel to get through a needle’s eye than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!”


simplify: Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.

And after that, the children of Israel will come back and go in search of the Lord their God and David their king; and they will come in fear to the Lord and to his mercies in the days to come.


rate difficulty: For to Me <FI>are<Fi> the sons of Israel servants; My servants they <FI>are<Fi> , whom I have brought out of the land of Egypt; I, Jehovah, <FI>am<Fi> your God.


simplify: Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

Son of man, let your face be turned to the mountains of Israel, and be a prophet to them, and say,


simplify: Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

Let him have drink, and his need will go from his mind, and the memory of his trouble will be gone.


simplify: And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?

And those who were present said, Then who may have salvation?


simplify: The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.

The door to the lowest side rooms was in the right side of the house; and they went up by twisting steps into the middle rooms, and from the middle into the third.


simplify: Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.

For if you do not let my people go, see, I will send clouds of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and into their houses; and the houses of the Egyptians and the land where they are will be full of flies.


rate difficulty: Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them.

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


simplify: And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever;

He put the image of Asherah which he had made in the house of which the Lord had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever.


simplify: And the sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.

And the sons of Hebron: Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema.


rate difficulty: This is the reward of the evil man, and the heritage given to him by God.

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


simplify: And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

Let them quickly make cries of sorrow for us, so that drops may be flowing from our eyes till they are streaming with water.


rate difficulty: and repayeth them that hate him [each] to his face, to cause them to perish: he delayeth not with him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

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


simplify: Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

Otherwise, if you have laid the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will laugh at you,


rate difficulty: They put the fat on the breasts, and the fat was burned on the altar.

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


rate difficulty: `And, now, send, strengthen thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field; every man and beast which is found in the field, and is not gathered into the house--come down on them hath the hail, and they have died.'

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


simplify: Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

A curse will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.


simplify: But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong,  By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob  (From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),

But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel:


simplify: and they did bring them together to the place that is called in Hebrew Armageddon.

And the spirits collected the kings at the place called in Hebrew ‘Har-Magedon.’


simplify: Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.

All his holy ones are at his hand; they go at his feet; they are lifted up on his wings.


rate difficulty: Keep before you, as an example of sound teaching, all that you learnt from me as you listened with that faith and love which come from union with Christ Jesus.

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


rate difficulty: And the words were heard which David spoke, and they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.


simplify: and when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more, for he was going on his way rejoicing;

But, when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the Treasurer saw no more of him; for he continued his journey with a joyful heart.


rate difficulty: and to give the clothing and the horse into the hand of a man of the heads of the king, the chiefs, and they have clothed the man in whose honour the king hath delighted, and caused him to ride on the horse in a broad place of the city, and called before him: Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.'

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which Jehovah hath made with you concerning all these words.

Then Moses took the blood and let it come on the people, and said, This blood is the sign of the agreement which the Lord has made with you in these words.


simplify: And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.

“Why, what harm has this man done?” Pilate said to them for the third time. “I have found nothing in him for which he could be condemned to death. So I will have him scourged, and then release him.”


rate difficulty: Son of man, when a land sinneth against me by working unfaithfulness, and I stretch out my hand upon it, and break the staff of the bread thereof, and send famine upon it, and cut off man and beast from it;

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


simplify: And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

And the cow and the bear will be friends while their young ones are sleeping together.


simplify: and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

And his oldest son Abdon, and Zur and Kish and Baal and Ner and Nadab


rate difficulty: And Jesus went out of the Temple, and on the way his disciples came to him, pointing out the buildings of the Temple.

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


rate difficulty: even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.

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


simplify: Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

Now as to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and our meeting with him, it is our desire, my brothers,


rate difficulty: And Jehovah gave it also and the king thereof into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it: and he did to the king thereof as he had done to the king of Jericho.

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


simplify: And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

And Moses took off Aaron's robes, and put them on Eleazar, his son; and there on the top of the mountain death came to Aaron: then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.


simplify: But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.


rate difficulty: And if the way is so long that you are not able to take these things to the place marked out by the Lord your God for his name, when he has given you his blessing, because it is far away from you;

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


simplify: Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

All thanks to God, who, through our union with the Christ, leads us in one continual triumph, and uses us to spread the sweet perfume of the knowledge of him in every place.


rate difficulty: And he consented, and sought opportunity to deliver him unto them in the absence of the multitude.

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


simplify: but if ye also should suffer because of righteousness, happy <FI>are ye<Fi> ! and of their fear be not afraid, nor be troubled,

Even if you should suffer for righteousness, count yourselves blessed! ‘Do not let people terrify you, or allow yourselves to be dismayed.’


rate difficulty: And ten young men that bare Joab’s armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

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


simplify: But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:

But the Roman officer, anxious to save Paul, prevented their carrying out their intention, and ordered that those who could swim should be the first to jump into the sea and try to reach the shore;


simplify: and they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Jehovah commanded to make.

And said to Moses, The people are giving much more than is needed for the work which the Lord has given us orders to do.


rate difficulty: And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible for the broken oath.

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


rate difficulty: And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar, one portion.

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


simplify: And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until they be consumed.

And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself horns of iron and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely.


rate difficulty: Then David took hold of his garments and rent them; and all the men that were with him [did] likewise.


simplify: They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer–sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

Those who make their oaths by the sin of Samaria and say, By the life of your God, O Dan; and, By the living way of Beer-sheba; even they will go down, never again to be lifted up.


rate difficulty: And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.


rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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


rate difficulty: Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

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


simplify: so being desirous of you, we are well-pleased to impart to you not only the good news of God, but also our own souls, because beloved ye have become to us,

In our strong affection for you, that seemed to us the best way of sharing with you, not only God’s Good news, but our lives as well — so dear had you become to us.


simplify: And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

Now Balak, the son of Zippor, saw what Israel had done to the Amorites.


simplify: But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.

But heaven and earth will come to an end before the smallest letter of the law may be dropped out.


simplify: That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

That which has been, is that which is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will be done, and there is no new thing under the sun.


simplify: Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.


rate difficulty: And besides, my son, be warned by them: of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.


rate difficulty: Be watchful over yourselves, and over the whole flock, of which the Holy Spirit has placed you in charge, to shepherd the church of God, which he won for himself at the cost of his life.

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


rate difficulty: And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the highest place of the sepulchres of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

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


rate difficulty: And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:

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


simplify: The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron and Carmi and Hur and Shobal.


simplify: And he, being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, at his reclining (at meat), there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, of spikenard, very precious, and having broken the alabaster box, did pour on his head;

When Jesus was still at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, while he was sitting at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of choice spikenard perfume of great value. She broke the jar, and poured the perfume on his head.


rate difficulty: Thus hath Jehovah said unto me: Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;

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


simplify: And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.

And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach and Bimhal and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet.


simplify: because all that <FI>is<Fi> in the world--the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life--is not of the Father, but of the world,

for all that the world can offer — the gratification of the earthly nature, the gratification of the eye, the pretentious life — belongs, not to the Father, but to the world.


simplify: And there was one called Barabbas, lying bound with them that had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

And there was one named Barabbas, in prison with those who had gone against the government and in the fight had taken life.


rate difficulty: This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and go after othergods, to serve them and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle which is good for nothing.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And they will go down with him to the underworld, to those who have been put to the sword; even those who were his helpers, living under his shade among the nations

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


rate difficulty: (Now Jeremiah was going about among the people, for they had not put him in prison.

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


rate difficulty: And those who encamped before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, were Moses, and Aaron and his sons, who kept the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.


simplify: Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

Much more, if we now have righteousness by his blood, will salvation from the wrath of God come to us through him.


rate difficulty: Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise:

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


simplify: And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.

And he is to take off all its fat, burning it on the altar.


simplify: Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: By me the yoke of the king of Babylon has been broken.


rate difficulty: And there, at the memory of your ways and of all the things you did to make yourselves unclean, you will have bitter hate for yourselves because of all the evil things you have done.

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


simplify: to love Jehovah thy God, to obey his voice, and to cleave unto him; for he is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

In loving the Lord your God, hearing his voice and being true to him: for he is your life and by him will your days be long: so that you may go on living in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.


simplify: And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

Now when the Philistine made a move and came near to David, David quickly went at a run in the direction of the army, meeting the Philistine face to face.


simplify: and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances (which if a man do, he shall live in them), and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear.


simplify: And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

And Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.


simplify: And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

And all these curses will come after you and overtake you, till your destruction is complete; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, or keep his laws and his orders which he gave you:


rate difficulty: Ye see that a man is justified on the principle of works, and not on the principle of faith only.

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


rate difficulty: So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

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


simplify: For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

For the violent acts against Lebanon will come on you, and the destruction of the cattle will be a cause of fear to you, because of men's blood and the violent acts against the land and the town and all who are living in it.


simplify: His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

His bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth.


rate difficulty: Now she who [is] a widow indeed, and is left alone, has put [her] hope inGod, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

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


rate difficulty: And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.

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


simplify: then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that play the harlot after him, to play the harlot with Molech, from among their people.

Then my face will be turned against him and his family, and he and all those who do evil with him will be cut off from among their people.


simplify: And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Jehovah, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Jehovah, the God of Israel:

And he put some of the Levites before the ark of the Lord as servants, to keep the acts of the Lord in memory, and to give worship and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel:


simplify: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the Lord.

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


simplify: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, 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.


rate difficulty: This is what the Lord has said: In the day when I make you clean from all your evil-doings I will let the towns be peopled and there will be building on the waste places.

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


rate difficulty: And he saith, `Go ye and see where he <FI>is<Fi> , and I send and take him;' and it is declared to him, saying, `Lo--in Dothan.'

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


simplify: So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.


simplify: And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

And straight away, while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great band with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority.


rate difficulty: Therefore submit to God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.


simplify: And while he was yet speaking to the multitudes, lo, his mother and brethren had stood without, seeking to speak to him,

While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers were standing outside, asking to speak to him.


simplify: But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.


simplify: Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

You are full of shame in place of glory: take your part in the drinking, and let your shame be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's right hand will come round to you and your glory will be covered with shame.


rate difficulty: And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)

(For all these disgusting things were done by the men of this country who were there before you, and the land has been made unclean by them;)


simplify: They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

There is no more drinking of wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who take it.


simplify: In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.

In the thirty-eighth year of Azaliah, king of Judah, Zechariah, son of Jeroboam, was king over Israel for six months.


simplify: As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,


rate difficulty: And that which the rest of the people have given <FI>is<Fi> of gold, drams two myriads, and of silver, pounds two thousand, and of priests coats, sixty and seven.

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


simplify: But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot;

But this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by the decision of the Lord;


rate difficulty: And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.

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


simplify: and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that Jehovah thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place.

And in the waste land, where you have seen how the Lord was supporting you, as a man does his son, in all your journeying till you came to this place.


simplify: And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded to be done.

And Moses said to the people, This is what the Lord has given orders to be done.


simplify: Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

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


simplify: After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.

And as you went through the land viewing it for forty days, so for forty years, a year for every day, you will undergo punishment for your wrongdoing, and you will see that I am against you.


simplify: Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Now the divisions into which the sons of Aaron were grouped were these: the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.


rate difficulty: Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

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


simplify: Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature;

That, I say, is why God abandoned them to degrading passions. Even the women among them perverted the natural use of their bodies to the unnatural;


rate difficulty: sons of Gazzam, sons of Uzza, sons of Phaseah,

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


rate difficulty: And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And carriages went up with him and horsemen, a great army.


simplify: The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

and now that the Son of Man has come, eating and drinking, you are saying ‘Here is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and outcasts.’


rate difficulty: And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and they hired masons and carpenters to renew the house of Jehovah, and also such as wrought in iron and bronze, to repair the house of Jehovah.

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


simplify: And Jesus answered and spake again in parables unto them, saying,

And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:


rate difficulty: Then she said, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And awaking from his sleep, he said, I will go out as at other times, shaking myself free. But he was not conscious that the Lord had gone from him.


rate difficulty: ye do no servile work, and ye have brought near a fire-offering to Jehovah.'

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


rate difficulty: And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father.

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


simplify: and the spiritual gift of prophets to prophets are subject,

(The spirit that moves the preachers is within the preachers’ control;


simplify: And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

And Abigail went back to Nabal; and he was feasting in his house like a king; and Nabal's heart was full of joy, for he had taken much wine; so she said nothing to him till dawn came.


rate difficulty: For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

And it came about that when he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath, to have a meal, they were watching him.


simplify: And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.

The day will come,”he said to his disciples, “when you will long to see but one of the days of the Son of Man, and will not see it.


simplify: In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

In the twenty-seventh year of Asa, king of Judah, Zimri was king for seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were attacking Gibbethon in the land of the Philistines.


rate difficulty: And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehoshaphat hath riches and honour in abundance, and joineth affinity to Ahab,

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


rate difficulty: The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.

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


simplify: And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

On the first day of the week, when we had met for the breaking of bread, Paul, who was intending to leave the next day, began to address those who were present, and prolonged his address until midnight.


simplify: and also upon My men-servants, and upon My maid-servants, in those days, I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy;

Yes, even on the slaves — for they are mine — both men and women, I will in those days pour out my Spirit, And they will become prophets;


simplify: And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.


simplify: and Jesus said to him, `Go, thy faith hath saved thee:' and immediately he saw again, and was following Jesus in the way.

“You may go,”Jesus said; “your faith has delivered you.”Immediately he recovered his sight, and began to follow Jesus along the road.


rate difficulty: And he goeth on in another way, and hath not turned back in the way in which he came in unto Beth-El.

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


simplify: But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

But I am anxious that you should understand that the Christ is the head of every man, that man is the head of woman, and that God is the head of the Christ.


simplify: And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned over his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

Then Joseph's heart went out to his brother, and he went quickly into his room, for he was overcome with weeping.


simplify: because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer;

For, on behalf of Christ, you have had the privilege granted you, not only of trusting in him, but also of suffering on his behalf.


simplify: And when they had crossed over, they came to the land unto Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.

And when they had gone across, they came to Gennesaret, and got their boat to land.


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

And they made a request to him to go out of their country.


simplify: Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.

Now the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Now, give me an account of all the great things Elisha has done.


simplify: And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.

Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.


rate difficulty: And they burn the house of God, and break down the wall of Jerusalem, and all its palaces they have burnt with fire, and all its desirable vessels--to destruction.

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


simplify: Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.


simplify: For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.


simplify: In the wilderness, Beth–arabah, Middin, and Secacah,

In the waste land, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah;


simplify: And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.


rate difficulty: And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

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


rate difficulty: And taking about five thousand men, he put them in position for a surprise attack on the west side of Ai, between Beth-el and Ai.

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


simplify: And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go back to your mothers' houses: may the Lord be good to you as you have been good to the dead and to me:


simplify: And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

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


rate difficulty: For in vain is the net spread  In the sight of any bird:

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


rate difficulty: `And of thy seed thou dost not give to pass over to the Molech; nor dost thou pollute the name of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

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


simplify: And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

And around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these I saw twenty-four councillors sitting clothed in white robes; and on their heads they had crowns of gold.


rate difficulty: And Jehu came to Jizreel; and Jezebel heard of it, and she put paint to her eyes, and decked her head, and looked out at the window.

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


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 with the coasts 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: For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;


simplify: And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.

And Joshua said to them, Have no fear and do not be troubled; be strong and take heart: for so will the Lord do to all against whom you make war.


simplify: But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

he answered: “Do you want me to release the ‘king of the Jews’ for you?”


rate difficulty: And afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests, because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering the burnt-offerings and the fat until night: therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.

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


rate difficulty: 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.

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


simplify: No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.

“No man who has got into a strong man’s house can carry off his goods, without first securing him; and not until then will he plunder his house.


simplify: Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

A curse on the man who gave the news to my father, saying, You have a male child; making him very glad.


simplify: And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.

The men with me saw the light, but did not hear the speaker’s voice.


rate difficulty: And what do ye at a day of inspection? And at desolation? --from afar it cometh. Near whom do ye flee for help? And where do ye leave your honour?

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


simplify: and in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and its blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

And on the vine were three branches; and it seemed as if it put out buds and flowers, and from them came grapes ready for cutting.


rate difficulty: And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.

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


rate difficulty: And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.

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


simplify: The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;

And any clothing of wool or of linen in which is the mark of the disease;


simplify: Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.


simplify: Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

Be pleased to take teaching from his mouth, and let his words be stored up in your heart.


simplify: For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

For the violent acts against Lebanon will come on you, and the destruction of the cattle will be a cause of fear to you, because of men's blood and the violent acts against the land and the town and all who are living in it.


rate difficulty: But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

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simplify: and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was due.

And in the same way the men gave up the natural use of the woman and were burning in their desire for one another, men doing shame with men, and getting in their bodies the right reward of their evil-doing.


rate difficulty: And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the Lord:

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simplify: And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?

And he said, I will give you a young goat from the flock. And she said, What will you give me as a sign till you send it?


simplify: And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.

And they put the ark of God on a new cart and took it out of the house of Abinadab which was on the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were the drivers of the cart.


simplify: I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;

My desire, then, is that it should be the custom everywhere for the men to lead the prayers, with hands reverently uplifted, avoiding heated controversy.


rate difficulty: I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

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simplify: The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man istriedby his praise.

The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.


simplify: And the devil said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become bread.

And the Evil One said to him, If you are the Son of God, give orders to this stone to become bread.


simplify: But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

Some of the Pharisees’ party, however, who had become believers in Christ, came forward and declared that they were bound to circumcise converts and to direct them to observe the law of Moses.


simplify: My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: Thou, O Solomon, shalt have the thousand, And those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

My vine-garden, which is mine, is before me: you, O Solomon, will have the thousand, and those who keep the fruit of them two hundred.


rate difficulty: AndGod said to Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.

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rate difficulty: And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.


simplify: And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.

And he will give Israel up because of the sins which Jeroboam has done and made Israel do.


rate difficulty: But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

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simplify: For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.

For by the slope of Luhith they will go up, weeping all the way; for on the way down to Horonaim the cry of destruction has come to their ears.


simplify: But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

who will not receive a hundred times as much, even now in the present — houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land — though not without persecutions, and, in the age that is coming, eternal life.


simplify: and if what we do not behold we hope for, through continuance we expect <FI>it<Fi> .

But when we hope for what is not before our eyes, then we wait for it with patience.


rate difficulty: For there was an order from the king about them and a regular amount for the music-makers, for their needs day by day.

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rate difficulty: and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and byssus, and goats' [hair],

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simplify: They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.

Away! unclean! they were crying out to them, Away! away! let there be no touching: when they went away in flight and wandering, men said among the nations, There is no further resting-place for them.


simplify: Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?


rate difficulty: On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

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rate difficulty: as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.

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rate difficulty: Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

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rate difficulty: And he lighted the lamps before the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.

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simplify: all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not;

Therefore practice and lay to heart everything that they tell preach but do not practice.


simplify: And I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, who are yet to sound.

And there came to my ears the cry of an eagle in flight in the middle of heaven, saying with a great voice, Trouble, trouble, trouble, to all on the earth, because of the other voices of the horns of the three angels, whose sounding is still to come.


simplify: And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;


rate difficulty: Which things have a secret sense; because these women are the two agreements; one from the mountain of Sinai, giving birth to servants, which is Hagar.


simplify: So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

So Heman, the son of Joel, and, of his brothers, Asaph, the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan, the son of Kushaiah, were put in position by the Levites;


rate difficulty: his offering <FI>is<Fi> one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty <FI>shekels<Fi> ; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;

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simplify: Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.

Now keep where you are and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes.


rate difficulty: And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire;


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

So put yourselves under the authority, not for fear of wrath, but because you have the knowledge of what is right.


rate difficulty: A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

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rate difficulty: And a man of God came up and said to the king of Israel, The Lord says, Because the Aramaeans have said, The Lord is a god of the hills and not of the valleys; I will give all this great army into your hands, and you will see that I am the Lord.

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rate difficulty: And he had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah: and Peninnah was the mother of children, but Hannah had no children.


simplify: Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the Lord commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.

Let all the people of twenty years old and over be numbered, as the Lord has given orders to Moses and the children of Israel who have come out of Egypt.


simplify: And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

So that day he took all the he-goats which were banded or coloured, and all the she-goats which were marked or coloured or had white marks, and all the black sheep, and gave them into the care of his sons;


rate difficulty: In the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days: unleavened bread shall be eaten.

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simplify: Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.

But they gave no attention to Moses, and some of them kept it till the morning and there were worms in it and it had an evil smell: and Moses was angry with them.


simplify: But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.

But go, say to his disciples and to Peter, He goes before you into Galilee: there you will see him, as he said to you.


rate difficulty: and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,


simplify: And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

Then he took me to the inner square by the south doorway: and he took the measure of the south doorway by these measures;


simplify: And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.

And the fish in the Nile will come to destruction, and the river will send up a bad smell, and the Egyptians will not be able, for disgust, to make use of the water of the Nile for drinking.


simplify: And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews.


simplify: And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

Then Gideon said to God, Do not be moved to wrath against me if I say only this: let me make one more test with the wool; let the wool now be dry, while the earth is covered with dew.


rate difficulty: And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.

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rate difficulty: And you will be a fair crown in the hand of the Lord, and a king's head-dress in the hand of your God.

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simplify: And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

And when Peter came to his senses he said, Now, truly, I am certain that the Lord has sent his angel and taken me out of the hands of Herod, against all the hopes of the Jews.


rate difficulty: He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he hath shaken the kingdoms: Jehovah hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof.

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simplify: Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

But you will say to me, Why does he still make us responsible? who is able to go against his purpose?


rate difficulty: After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.

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rate difficulty: But he had knowledge of their thoughts; and he said to the man whose hand was dead, Get up and come into the middle. And he got up and came forward.

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rate difficulty: and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

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rate difficulty: And Laban came up with Jacob; and Jacob had pitched his tent on the mountain; Laban also with his brethren pitched on mount Gilead.

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simplify: And having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews,

After passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, Paul and Silas came to Thessalonica. Here the Jews had a synagogue;


simplify: and saying--`Fulfilled hath been the time, and the reign of God hath come nigh, reform ye, and believe in the good news.'

“The time has come, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe the good news.”


rate difficulty: So they came back and gave him word of it. And he said, This is what the Lord said by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the heritage of Jezreel the flesh of Jezebel will become food for dogs;


rate difficulty: Fearful <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah against them, For He made bare all gods of the land, And bow themselves to Him, each from his place, Do all islanders of the nations.

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simplify: have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

Do not you know that wrong-doers will have no share in God’s kingdom? Do not be deceived. No one who is immoral, or an idolater, or an adulterer, or licentious, or a sexual pervert,


rate difficulty: Not that we rule over your faith, but are fellow-workmen of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

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rate difficulty: And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.


simplify: When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.

Now when he had gone, the king's servants came, and saw that the doors of the summer-house were locked; and they said, It may be that he is in his summer-house for a private purpose.


rate difficulty: I, indeed, baptize you with water to teach repentance; but he who is coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.


simplify: The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.


simplify: And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish–bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

And Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, went out and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, when he was resting in the middle of the day. Now the woman who kept the door was cleaning grain, and sleep overcame her.


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

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simplify: And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.

And some of the scribes said among themselves, This man has no respect for God.


simplify: Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

Rejoice with those who are rejoicing, and weep with those who are weeping.


simplify: Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?

Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?


simplify: and came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine; and he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds, with oil and wine; and he put him on his beast and took him to a house and took care of him.


simplify: Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

Do not let what is right for you become a matter of reproach.


simplify: And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

For David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Take your seat at my right hand,


rate difficulty: and they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many infirm, and healed them.

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rate difficulty: For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

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simplify: but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;


simplify: And David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.

And David sent the people out, a third of them under the orders of Joab, and a third under the orders of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, And I myself will certainly go out with you.


simplify: For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

If, after having escaped the polluting influences of the world, through knowing our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, people are again entangled in them, and give way to them, their last state has become worse than their first.


simplify: And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.

And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you.


simplify: The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

The earth is troubled before them and the heavens are shaking: the sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining:


simplify: and the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out;

and the foolish said to the prudent ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’


rate difficulty: But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him: Thus saith Jehovah theGod of Israel touching the words which thou hast heard:

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rate difficulty: And God saith again unto Moses, `Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel, Jehovah, God of your fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you; this <FI>is<Fi>  My name--to the age, and this My memorial, to generation--generation.

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simplify: and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division.


simplify: And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.


simplify: and if any one may say to you, `This is a thing sacrificed to an idol,' --do not eat, because of that one who shewed <FI>it<Fi> , and of the conscience, for the Lord's <FI>is<Fi> the earth and its fulness:

But, if anyone should say to you ‘This has been offered in sacrifice to an idol,’ then, for the sake of the speaker and his scruples, do not eat it.


simplify: So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

So the town was shut in by their forces till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.


rate difficulty: And you are to keep this as an order to you and to your sons for ever.

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simplify: And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

And Isaiah said to them, This is what you are to say to your master: The Lord says, Be not troubled by the words which the servants of the king of Assyria have said against me in your hearing.


simplify: And a certain man in Lystra, impotent in the feet, was sitting, being lame from the womb of his mother--who never had walked,

In the streets of Lystra there used to sit a man who had no power in his feet; he had been lame from his birth, and had never walked.


rate difficulty: For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.

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rate difficulty: And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

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simplify: And the house which king Solomon built for Jehovah, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

The house which Solomon made for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.


simplify: And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

And Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, took haircloth, placing it on the rock as a bed for herself, from the start of the grain-cutting till rain came down on them from heaven; and she did not let the birds of the air come near them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.


rate difficulty: We made a raid upon the South of the Cherethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.


rate difficulty: The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai,


rate difficulty: For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.

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simplify: Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

We have been placed with him among the dead through baptism into death: so that as Christ came again from the dead by the glory of the Father, we, in the same way, might be living in new life.


simplify: He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

He had the high places taken away, and the stone pillars broken to bits, and the Asherah cut down; and the brass snake which Moses had made was crushed to powder at his order, because in those days the children of Israel had offerings burned before it, and he gave it the name Nehushtan.


rate difficulty: But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship, than to those things which were spoken by Paul.

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simplify: But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.

For my own sake, as well, I decided not to pay you another painful visit.


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

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rate difficulty: Send thou men, that they may search out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel. Ye shall send a man of every tribe of his fathers, each a prince among them.

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rate difficulty: Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest in thy land.

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rate difficulty: For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

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simplify: Destruction and misery are in their ways:

Destruction and trouble are in their ways;


rate difficulty: And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

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rate difficulty: And the doors of it will never be shut by day (for there is no night there):

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


simplify: My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

My soul, my soul! I am pained to my inmost heart; my heart is troubled in me; I am not able to be quiet, because the sound of the horn, the note of war, has come to my ears.


rate difficulty: Out of Asher his bread <FI>is<Fi> fat; And he giveth dainties of a king.

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


simplify: `And he who heard and did not, is like to a man having builded a house upon the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream brake forth, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house became great.'

But those who have listened and not acted on what they have heard may be compared to a person who built a house on the ground without any foundation. The river swept down on it, and the house immediately collapsed; and great was the crash that followed.”


rate difficulty: For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

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


simplify: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.

The sun will be made dark and the moon turned to blood, before the great day of the Lord comes, a day to be feared.


rate difficulty: And Simon answered and said, Master, we toiled all night, and took nothing: but at thy word I will let down the nets.

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


simplify: And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his father had done, not turning away from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do.


simplify: If they hearken and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.

If they give ear to his voice, and do his word, then he gives them long life, and years full of pleasure.


simplify: And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

And meat was put before him, but he said, I will not take food till I have made my business clear to you. And they said, Do so.


simplify: Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:


simplify: And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

And the Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, These are the words of the great king, the king of Assyria: In what are you placing your hope?


simplify: No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

Nobody ever puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for such a patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made.


simplify: and I have oxen, and asses, and flocks, and men-servants, and maid-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in thy sight.

And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to Moses, Now you will see what I am about to do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand he will be forced to let them go, driving them out of his land because of my outstretched arm.

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


simplify: And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

Then I saw new heavens and a new earth. The former heavens and the former earth had passed away; and the sea has ceased to be.


simplify: but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.

But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.


simplify: Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.

Every day for seven days you are to give a goat for a sin-offering: and let them give in addition a young ox and a male sheep from the flock without any mark on them.


rate difficulty: Though he is lifted up to the heavens, and his head goes up to the clouds;


simplify: And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.

And Baasha, the son of Ahijah, of the family of Issachar, made a secret design against him, attacking him at Gibbethon, a town of the Philistines; for Nadab and the armies of Israel were making war on Gibbethon.


rate difficulty: And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy continually.

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


rate difficulty: And the walls round Jerusalem were broken down by the Chaldaean army which was with the captain.

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


simplify: Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.

Take note of all these orders I am giving you and give attention to them, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you for ever, while you do what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.


simplify: And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

and then went home, and prepared spices and perfumes.


rate difficulty: And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

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


rate difficulty: Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.

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