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 thy judgments, (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.


rate difficulty: And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?

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


rate difficulty: And when it was day, the praetors sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go.

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


simplify: save thyself, and come down from the cross!'

come down from the cross and save yourself!”


rate difficulty: `These <FI>are<Fi> appointed seasons of Jehovah, which ye proclaim holy convocations, to bring near a fire-offering to Jehovah, a burnt-offering, and a present, a sacrifice, and libations, a thing of a day in its day,

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


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Because he had fear and was turned away from all the wrong which he had done, life will certainly be his, death will not be his fate.


simplify: To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:


rate difficulty: Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

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


rate difficulty: that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

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


simplify: So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.

So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.


rate difficulty: And the sons of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, As to them--their way is not pondered.

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


simplify: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.


rate difficulty: And Jacob cometh in to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which <FI>is<Fi> in the land of Canaan, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and encampeth before the city,


rate difficulty: And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

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


simplify: but for Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in the judgment than for you.

Yet the doom of Tyre and Sidon will be more bearable at the judgment than yours.


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

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


simplify: And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.

And at the death of Samlah, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river became king in his place,


rate difficulty: in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;

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


simplify: Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?

And I made answer and said to him, What are these two olive-trees on the right side of the light-support and on the left?


rate difficulty: The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are children ofGod.

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


rate difficulty: When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

And the chief priests took the silver and said, It is not right to put it in the Temple store for it is the price of blood.


simplify: And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.

And they will be living in the land which I gave to Jacob, my servant, in which your fathers were living; and they will go on living there, they and their children and their children's children, for ever: and David, my servant, will be their ruler for ever.


simplify: six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years;

He had six sons in Hebron; he was ruling there for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem for thirty-three years.


simplify: Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.

Out of Ephraim they came down into the valley; after you, Benjamin, among your tribesmen; from Machir came down the captains, and from Zebulun those in whose hand is the ruler's rod.


simplify: And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the covering,

The outer cover of sheepskins coloured red, and the cover of leather, and the veil for the doorway;


rate difficulty: This <FI>is<Fi> Aaron--and Moses--to whom Jehovah said, `Bring ye out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, by their hosts;'

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


simplify: For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated:

For this is what the Lord has said: See, I will give you up into the hands of those who are hated by you, into the hands of those from whom your soul is turned away in disgust:


simplify: Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

Your crowned ones are like the locusts, and your scribes like the clouds of insects which take cover in the walls on a cold day, but when the sun comes up they go in flight, and are seen no longer in their place.


simplify: And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.

Then Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, with all his people; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand and, cutting down branches of trees, took them and put them on his back. And he said to the people who were with him, Be quick and do as you have seen me do.


simplify: And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

And Isaac said, Come near so that I may put my hand on you, my son, and see if you are truly my son Esau or not.


simplify: The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.


rate difficulty: Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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


rate difficulty: Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.

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


rate difficulty: who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

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


simplify: And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

And David had word in the waste land that Nabal was cutting the wool of his sheep.


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

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


rate difficulty: And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, Nahor's wife.

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


simplify: And these things shall be for a statuteandordinance unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

These rules are to be your guide in judging through all your generations wherever you may be living.


simplify: Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold, one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces thereof.

Now while I was looking at the four living beings, I saw one wheel on the earth, by the side of the living beings, for the four of them.


simplify: For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.


simplify: Huram said moreover, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the Lord, and an house for his kingdom.

And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.


simplify: And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

And its windows, and the windows of its covered ways, and its palm-trees, were the same as those of the doorway looking to the east; and there were seven steps up to it; and the covered way went inside.


rate difficulty: And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah like the house of Ahab; for they were his counsellors after the death of his father, to his destruction.


simplify: And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him,

And when they had got out of the boat, the people quickly had news of him,


simplify: For ye all can prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted;

For you may all be prophets in turn so that all may get knowledge and comfort;


simplify: and not certainly with the whoremongers of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, seeing ye ought then to go forth out of the world--

not, of course, meaning people of the world who are in immoral, or who are covetous and grasping, or who worship idols; for then you would have to leave the world altogether.


simplify: And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:


simplify: After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth–zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.

By his side was working Nehemiah, the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the division of Beth-zur, as far as the place opposite the last resting-places of David's family, and the pool which was made and the house of the men of war.


simplify: But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

But Jehoiada became old and full of days, and he came to his end; he was a hundred and thirty years old at the time of his death.


simplify: And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

And after hearing the voice which came out of the dark while the mountain was burning with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your chiefs came to me,


rate difficulty: Hast thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese?

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


simplify: When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.

When Jacob and his sons had come into Egypt, and were crushed by the Egyptians, the prayers of your fathers came up to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who took your fathers out of Egypt, and he put them into this place.


rate difficulty: Sons of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.


simplify: We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

Though hard pressed on every side, we are never hemmed in; through perplexed, never driven to despair;


rate difficulty: Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

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


rate difficulty: And sons of Gomer <FI>are<Fi> Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

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


simplify: In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.

In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were not used, and travellers went by side roads.


rate difficulty: and what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how Jehovah hath destroyed them unto this day;

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


simplify: Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;


simplify: But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)

But the righteousness which results from faith finds expression in these words — ‘Do not say to yourself “Who will go up into heaven?”’ — which means to bring Christ down —


simplify: And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.


simplify: and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom.

I will let the fate of Egypt be changed, and will make them come back into the land of Pathros, into the land from which they came; and there they will be an unimportant kingdom.


rate difficulty: See, my servant will do well in his undertakings, he will be honoured, and lifted up, and be very high.

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


rate difficulty: And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings have been found, hid in the cave at Makkedah.


rate difficulty: Let the elders who take the lead [among the saints] well be esteemed worthy of double honour, specially those labouring in word and teaching;

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


simplify: For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;

Because of the share that you have had in spreading the good news, from the first day that you received it until now.


simplify: Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

I do not mean that we are to dictate to you with regard to your faith; on the contrary, we work with you for your true happiness; indeed, it is through your faith that you are standing firm.


simplify: And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.


simplify: Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,

Jonathan, the son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam, the son of Sharar the Hararite,


rate difficulty: Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

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


rate difficulty: and Ishmerai, and Jezliah, and Jobab, sons of Elpaal;

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


rate difficulty: And <FI>some<Fi> of them are appointed over the vessels, even over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

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


rate difficulty: And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,


rate difficulty: And Jesus himself, when he beganto teach, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

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


rate difficulty: For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

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


simplify: And certain of them that were with us went to the tomb, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.

And some of those who were with us went to the place, and saw that it was as the women had said, but him they did not see.


simplify: And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.

And Jesus, answering, said, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Master, say on.


simplify: Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

Now let them put their loose ways and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, and I will be among them for ever.


simplify: for as in one body we have many members, and all the members have not the same office,

For, just as in the human body there is a union of many parts, and each part has its own function,


simplify: and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah;

And it goes on to the side facing the Arabah to the north, and down to the Arabah;


rate difficulty: And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

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


simplify: Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?


rate difficulty: And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.

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


rate difficulty: and he having seen their faith, said to him, `Man, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

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


simplify: And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

He put up the pillars in front of the Temple, one on the right side and one on the left, naming the one on the right Jachin and that on the left Boaz.


rate difficulty: And I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

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


rate difficulty: Sheol and destruction <FI>are<Fi> before Jehovah, Surely also the hearts of the sons of men.

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


simplify: And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law,


rate difficulty: A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.

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


simplify: And he took it, and ate before them.


simplify: For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.

For anyone who takes as food the fat of any beast of which men make an offering by fire to the Lord, will be cut off from his people.


simplify: And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

These winged ones were plated over with gold.


rate difficulty: I also will not henceforth dispossess from before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died;


simplify: When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which Jehovah made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water.

When I had gone up into the mountain to be given the stones on which was recorded the agreement which the Lord made with you, I was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights without taking food or drinking water.


rate difficulty: But they gave no attention and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff so that they might not give ear and might not get teaching.

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


simplify: And if ye are Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, heirs according to promise.

And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.


simplify: Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

So they got up and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth and twelve of the servants of David.


simplify: Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.


rate difficulty: And the high priest stood up, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

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


rate difficulty: And she saith, `Did I ask a son from my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?'


rate difficulty: For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.


rate difficulty: Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.

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


rate difficulty: Then Ziba said to the king, Every order which you have given to your servant will be done. As for Mephibosheth, he had a place at David's table, like one of the king's sons.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: And the heaven was taken away like the roll of a book when it is rolled up; and all the mountains and islands were moved out of their places.


simplify: Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, Jehovah will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

So, as a prophet, give out these words among them, and say to them, The voice of the Lord will be sounding like a lion from on high; he will send out his voice from his holy place, like the loud voice of a lion, against his flock; he will give a cry, like those who are crushing the grapes, against all the people of the earth.


simplify: Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.


simplify: The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, Howthe wicked are overthrown to their ruin.

The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.


rate difficulty: An overturn, overturn, overturn, I make it, Also this hath not been till the coming of Him, Whose <FI>is<Fi> the judgment, and I have given it.

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


rate difficulty: Flee ye from the midst of Babylon, And deliver ye each his soul, Be not cut off in its iniquity, For a time of vengeance it <FI>is<Fi> to Jehovah, Recompence He is rendering to her.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And he said in a loud voice, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.


rate difficulty: Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

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


simplify: Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

Then Amalek came and made war on Israel in Rephidim.


simplify: They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish.

The dead will not come back to life: their spirits will not come back to earth; for this cause you have sent destruction on them, so that the memory of them is dead.


rate difficulty: And he stood and cried to the ranks of Israel, and said to them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I the Philistine, and ye servants of Saul? choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

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


simplify: Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.

Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imlah.


simplify: Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

With this in view, our constant prayer for you is that our God may count you worthy of the call that you have received, and by his power make perfect your delight in all goodness and the efforts that have resulted from your faith.


simplify: That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we did behold, and our hands did handle, concerning the Word of the Life--

It is of what has been in existence from the beginning, of what we have heard, of what we have seen with our eyes, of what we watched reverently and touched with our hands — it is about the Word who is the life that we are now writing.


simplify: What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

What will you say when he puts over you those whom you yourself have made your friends? will not pains take you like a woman in childbirth?


simplify: And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but now hold thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; take not this thing to heart. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.

And her brother Absalom said to her, Has your brother Amnon been with you? but now, let there be an end to your crying, my sister: he is your brother, do not take this thing to heart. So Tamar went on living uncomforted in her brother's house.


rate difficulty: And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael by their names according to their generations: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

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simplify: Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

Ladan was his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,


simplify: Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

Fifty-seven thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Zebulun were numbered.


simplify: Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.

Every man is to give as he is able, in the measure of the blessing which the Lord your God has given you.


simplify: Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.

Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: when my punishment comes on them, they will be made low, says the Lord.


simplify: For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.


rate difficulty: And of Gad he said,  Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: He dwelleth as a lioness, And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.

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rate difficulty: And having heard, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching;


simplify: Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

Blessed is the one who reads, and blessed are they who listen to, the words of this prophecy, and lay to heart what is here written; for the time is near.


simplify: and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

Even though I have the gift of preaching, and fathom all hidden truths and all the depths of knowledge; even though I have such faith as might move mountains, yet have not love, I am nothing!


rate difficulty: For the Lord does not give a man up for ever.

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rate difficulty: And in process of time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

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rate difficulty: And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of the assembly went forth to meet them outside the camp.

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simplify: And the space in which we came from Kadesh–barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the Lord sware unto them.

Thirty-eight years had gone by from the time when we came away from Kadesh-barnea till we went over the stream Zered; by that time all the generation of the men of war among us were dead, as the Lord had said.


simplify: Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heavens will go in flight like smoke, and the earth will become old like a coat, and its people will come to destruction like insects: but my salvation will be for ever, and my righteousness will not come to an end.


simplify: And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.

And the priests took the ark of the agreement of the Lord and put it in its place in the inner room of the house, in the most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones.


simplify: And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.

And Jehoiakim the king sent Elnathan, the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt.


rate difficulty: And we bring you good tidings of the promise made unto the fathers,

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rate difficulty: And I have cast thee, And thy mother who bore thee, unto another country, Where ye were not born, and there do ye die.

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rate difficulty: Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

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simplify: Wherefore the wrath of Jehovah was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to be tossed to and fro, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

And so the wrath of the Lord has come on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has given them up to be a cause of fear and wonder and shame, as your eyes have seen.


rate difficulty: Then Abimelech sent for Abraham, and said, What have you done to us? what wrong have I done you that you have put on me and on my kingdom so great a sin? You have done to me things which are not to be done.


simplify: And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.


simplify: and sitting down, they were watching him there,

Then they sat down, and kept watch over him there.


simplify: In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you have come together with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,


rate difficulty: and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were expressed by name.

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rate difficulty: And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

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simplify: And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

The ship was caught by it and was unable to keep her head to the wind, so we had to give way and let her drive before it.


rate difficulty: and last of all the woman also died.

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rate difficulty: And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

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rate difficulty: while God judges those who are outside? ‘Put away the wicked from among you.’


rate difficulty: Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

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rate difficulty: or his sin wherein he hath sinned hath been made known unto him, then he hath brought in his offering, a kid of the goats, a male, a perfect one,

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rate difficulty: Now, when the angels had left them and gone back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another: “Let us go at once to Bethlehem, and see this thing that has happened, of which the Lord has told us.”

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rate difficulty: His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

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rate difficulty: Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

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rate difficulty: And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, in all the places whither I have driven those that remain, saith Jehovah of hosts.

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simplify: for if even in the flesh I am absent--yet in the spirit I am with you, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in regard to Christ;

It is true that I am not with you in person, but I am with you in spirit, and am glad to see the good order and the unbroken front resulting from your faith in Christ.


simplify: And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.

So Miriam was shut up outside the tent-circle for seven days: and the people did not go forward on their journey till Miriam had come in again.


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

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rate difficulty: My loved ones, I do not give you a new law, but an old law which you had from the first; this old law is the word which came to your ears.


simplify: Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.


rate difficulty: And there was honey on the face of the field, and all the people came to the honey, the bees having gone from it;

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rate difficulty: For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.


simplify: If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:

If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and get food:


rate difficulty: And they that dwell upon the earth rejoice over them, and are full of delight, and shall send gifts one to another, because these, the two prophets, tormented them that dwell upon the earth.

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rate difficulty: Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

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simplify: And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.


rate difficulty: And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;

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rate difficulty: Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.

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simplify: And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.


simplify: But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”— he spoke to the paralyzed man — “To you I say, Get up, and take up your pallet, and go to your home.”


rate difficulty: But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.

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rate difficulty: And Moses said, I will let you have the honour of saying when I am to make prayer for you and your servants and your people, that the frogs may be sent away from you and your houses, and be only in the Nile.

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rate difficulty: Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,


simplify: And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

And all who are on the earth will give him worship, everyone whose name has not been from the first in the book of life of the Lamb who was put to death.


simplify: Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

Let the fear of the Lord your God be before you, give him worship and be true to him at all times, taking your oaths in his name.


rate difficulty: And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.

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simplify: A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.

A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.


simplify: For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.

For, when John came, neither eating nor drinking, people said ‘He has a demon in him’;


simplify: They shall call the peoples unto the mountain; There shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness: For they shall suck the abundance of the seas, And the hidden treasures of the sand.

They will send out the word for the people to come to the mountain, taking there the offerings of righteousness: for the store of the seas will be theirs, and the secret wealth of the sand.


simplify: and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,


rate difficulty: For the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

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rate difficulty: Yet can we say ‘human’?” — They were afraid of the people, for everyone regarded John as undoubtedly a prophet.


simplify: And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.

And the sons of Zerah: Zimri and Ethan and Heman and Calcol and Dara; five of them.


simplify: And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.


simplify: By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.

By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.


simplify: Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

Yes, by my hand was the earth placed on its base, and by my right hand the heavens were stretched out; at my word they take up their places.


rate difficulty: And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that have joined themselves unto Baal-peor.

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rate difficulty: They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

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simplify: O thou daughter that dwellest in Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab is come up against thee, he hath destroyed thy strongholds.

Come down from your glory, O people of Dibon, and take your seat in the place of the waste; for the attacker of Moab has gone up against you, sending destruction on your strong places.


simplify: For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

Put the question now to the past generations, and give attention to what has been searched out by their fathers:


simplify: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

But I say to you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of some serious sexual sin, leads to her committing adultery; while anyone who marries her after her divorce is guilty of adultery.


rate difficulty: O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

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simplify: And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,

And he went a little distance away from them and, falling on his knees in prayer, he said,


simplify: Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, `To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,'

Do you suppose there is no meaning in the passage of scripture which asks — ‘Is envy to result from the longings of the Spirit which God has implanted within you?’


simplify: For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.


rate difficulty: And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

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simplify: if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

If you, then, wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask him!


simplify: Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.

So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.


simplify: and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

And if we are certain that he gives ear to all our requests, we are equally certain that we will get our requests.


simplify: Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

Then the Philistines went and put up their tents in Judah, all round Lehi.


rate difficulty: And that we may be made free from foolish and evil men; for not all have faith.

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rate difficulty: In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;

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simplify: And when even was come, they brought unto him many possessed with demons: and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick:

And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill;


simplify: And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, But Esau my brother is covered with hair, while I am smooth:


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:

And the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh: for I have made his heart and the hearts of his servants hard, so that I may let my signs be seen among them:


simplify: Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

Is it your opinion that I have come to give peace on earth? I say to you, No, but division:


simplify: And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.

And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.


simplify: Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors thereof, and all the deputies thereof, and all the land of their dominion.

Make the nations ready for war against her, the king of the Medes and his rulers and all his captains, and all the land under his rule.


simplify: The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway;

The fruit of your land and all the work of your hands will be food for a nation which is strange to you and to your fathers; you will only be crushed down and kept under for ever:


simplify: O Jehovah God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember thy lovingkindnesses to David thy servant.

O Lord God, let him whom you have taken for yourself never be given up by you: keep in mind your mercies to David your servant.


simplify: And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none.

And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.


simplify: And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.

And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in the place of the dead.


simplify: And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

And if a man takes his sister, daughter of his father or his mother, and has sex relations with her and she with him, it is an act of shame: they are to be cut off before the children of their people; he has had sex relations with his sister, and his sin will be on him.


simplify: For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

For though I am not present in the flesh, still I am with you in the spirit, seeing with joy your order, and your unchanging faith in Christ.


simplify: And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not with a perfect heart.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but his heart was not completely true to the Lord.


simplify: Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

Butter and honey will be his food, when he is old enough to make a decision between evil and good.


simplify: Then called Esther for Hathach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and charged him to go to Mordecai, to know what this was, and why it was.

Then Esther sent for Hathach, one of the king's unsexed servants whom he had given her for waiting on her, and she gave him orders to go to Mordecai and see what this was and why it was.


simplify: But many of them that heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.


rate difficulty: And behold, the glory of theGod of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the valley.

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simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: And we have kept the rules of Jonadab, the son of Rechab our father, in everything which he gave us orders to do, drinking no wine all our days, we and our wives and our sons and our daughters;

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rate difficulty: If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

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simplify: Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.

Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.


simplify: And the Lord commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.

Then the Lord gave orders to the angel, and he put back his sword into its cover.


rate difficulty: and that the Gentiles also may praise God for his mercy. As scripture says — ‘Therefore will I make acknowledgment to you among the Gentiles and sing in honor of your name.’

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simplify: Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.


rate difficulty: Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.

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simplify: And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house or wife or brothers or father or mother or children, because of the kingdom of God,


simplify: And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the Lord commanded Moses.

And at the door of the House of the Tent of meeting, he put the altar of burned offerings, offering on it the burned offering and the meal offering, as the Lord had given him orders.


rate difficulty: If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us:

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


rate difficulty: and secondly, for whom do I labour? is it not before his son? as I served before thy father so am I before thee.'

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rate difficulty: Gathering the Twelve around him, Jesus said to them: “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem; and there everything that is written in the prophets will be done to the Son of Man.

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simplify: if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them.

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


rate difficulty: And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.


rate difficulty: (And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall he come forth unto me [who is] to be Ruler in Israel: whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity.)

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simplify: The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.


simplify: And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.

And his wife, a woman of the tribe of Judah, became the mother of Jered, the father of Gedor, and Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah.


rate difficulty: The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly: all her gates are desolate; her priests sigh, her virgins are in grief; and as for her, she is in bitterness.

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


rate difficulty: to the establishing your hearts blameless in sanctification before our God and Father, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

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simplify: Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.

There is no one but Luke with me. Pick up Mark on your way, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me in my work.


simplify: The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.


rate difficulty: And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.


rate difficulty: [As for] my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people! they that guide thee mislead [thee], and destroy the way of thy paths.

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


rate difficulty: And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

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


simplify: For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.


rate difficulty: The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.


simplify: For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;

For if you take care to keep all the orders which I give you, and to do them; loving the Lord your God and walking in all his ways and being true to him:


simplify: And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.

And David said to Ahimelech, Have you no sword or spear with you here? for I have come without my sword and other arms, because the king's business had to be done quickly.


simplify: Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom.


simplify: And they said, Some say John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.


rate difficulty: And he said kind words to him and put his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

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


rate difficulty: But his reply has been — ‘My help is enough for you; for my strength attains its perfection in the midst of weakness.’  Most gladly, then, will I boast all the more of my weaknesses, so that the strength of the Christ may overshadow me.


simplify: For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

For they gave out of their wealth, having more than enough for themselves: but she, even out of her need, has put in all her living.


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 I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

And being certain that God was able to keep his word.


simplify: Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate,

While Peter was still perplexed as to the meaning of the vision that he had seen, the men sent by Cornelius, having enquired the way to Simon’s house, came up to the gate,


rate difficulty: For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.


simplify: And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.


simplify: And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not go on living in this place but go into the land of Judah. Then David went away and came to the woodland of Hereth.


rate difficulty: Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

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


simplify: and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananite,

Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,


rate difficulty: to deliver up such a one to the Adversary for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.


rate difficulty: If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

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


simplify: One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

This man puts one day before another: to that man they are the same. Let every man be certain in his mind.


simplify: Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.

And he said to me, These waters are flowing out to the east part of the land and down into the Arabah; and they will go to the sea, and the waters will be made sweet.


simplify: Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?

And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?


simplify: An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

A teacher of the foolish, having in the law the form of knowledge and of what is true;


rate difficulty: Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers’ houses. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead.

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


simplify: And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

So Samuel made all the tribes of Israel come near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.


simplify: But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

“It is a wicked and unfaithful generation,” answered Jesus, “that is asking for a sign, and no sign will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.


simplify: For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ.


rate difficulty: And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink.

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


simplify: But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;


rate difficulty: At the west side four thousand and five hundred, [and] their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.

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


simplify: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

I was wandering, and you took me not in; without clothing, and you gave me no clothing; ill, and in prison, and you came not to me.


simplify: When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.

When you go out to war and put your tents in position, keep from every evil thing.


rate difficulty: Good living beseemeth not a fool; how much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

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


rate difficulty: And thou hast brought them near before Jehovah, and the priests have cast upon them salt, and have caused them to go up, a burnt-offering to Jehovah.

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


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

And he who was seated on the cloud sent in his blade on the earth; and the grain of the earth was cut.


rate difficulty: For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town.


rate difficulty: Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, saying Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

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


simplify: And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?

And while Obadiah was on his way, he came face to face with Elijah; and seeing who it was, he went down on his face and said, Is it you, my lord Elijah?


simplify: But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

But I say to you that it will be better for the land of Sodom in the day of judging, than for you.


simplify: `When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,

“When you are invited by anyone to a wedding banquet, do not seat yourself in the best place. Someone of higher rank might have been invited by your host;


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

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


simplify: of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,

From whom all ‘fatherhood’ in heaven and on earth derives its name —


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

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


simplify: For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.

For whenever you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death — until he comes.


simplify: Whosoever toucheth a dead person, the body of a man that hath died, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water for impurity was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.

Anyone touching the body of a dead man without making himself clean in this way, makes the House of the Lord unclean; and that man will be cut off from Israel: because the water was not put on him, he will be unclean; his unclean condition is unchanged.


rate difficulty: Do not offer any part of your bodies to sin, in the cause of unrighteousness, but once for all offer yourselves to God (as those who, though once dead, now have life), and devote every part of your bodies to the cause of righteousness.

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


simplify: Lo, these shall come from far; and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

See, these are coming from far; and these from the north and the west; and these from the land of Sinim.


simplify: Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.


simplify: and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation--to remission of sins,

And John went through the whole district of the Jordan, proclaiming baptism on repentance, for the forgiveness of sins.


simplify: And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

and said to his attendants: “This must be John the Baptist; he must be risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are active in him.”


simplify: Then did they spit in his face and buffet him: and some smote him with the palms of their hands,

Then they put shame on him, and were cruel to him: and some gave him blows, saying,


simplify: And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

suffering themselves, as the penalty for the suffering that they have inflicted. They think that pleasure consists in the self-indulgence of the moment. They are a stain and a disgrace, indulging, as they do, in their wanton revelry, even while joining you at your feasts.


simplify: Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

Then Boaz said, On the day when you take this field, you will have to take with it Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, so that you may keep the name of the dead living in his heritage.


rate difficulty: And his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to sacrifice the yearly sacrifice.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.


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

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


rate difficulty: and to put on the new man, which, according to God, was created in righteousness and kindness of the truth.

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


rate difficulty: The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise, as some count slowness; but he is forbearing with you, as it is not his will that any of you should perish, but that all should be brought to repentance.

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


simplify: Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.


simplify: Let these words sink into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered up into the hands of men.

Let these words go deep into your ears, for the Son of man will be given up into the hands of men.


rate difficulty: and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

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


simplify: Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

Then Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said,


simplify: And as they are coming down from the mount, he charged them that they may declare to no one the things that they saw, except when the Son of Man may rise out of the dead;

As they were going down the mountainside, Jesus cautioned them not to relate what they had seen to anyone, until after the Son of Man should have risen again from the dead.


simplify: And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.

And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what he gave her freely from the impulse of his heart. So she went back to her country, she and her servants.


simplify: For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

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


rate difficulty: `And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee in your land, thou dost not oppress him;

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


simplify: And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

And that we would take the first of our rough meal, and our lifted offerings, and the fruit of every sort of tree, and wine and oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take a tenth in all the towns of our ploughed land.


rate difficulty: that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

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


simplify: and he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a son;

and, when he was abandoned, the daughter of Pharaoh found him and brought him up as her own son.


simplify: And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?


simplify: And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing.


simplify: For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.

For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.


rate difficulty: And he goeth up from thence <FI>to<Fi> Beer-Sheba,

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


rate difficulty: And Barzillai saith unto the king, `How many <FI>are<Fi> the days of the years of my life, that I go up with the king to Jerusalem?

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


simplify: And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;


simplify: The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

The young lions have made an outcry against him with a loud voice: they have made his land waste; his towns are burned up, with no one living in them.


simplify: Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite unto this day; because that he wholly followed Jehovah, the God of Israel.

So Hebron became the heritage of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, to this day, because with all his heart he was true to the Lord, the God of Israel.


simplify: And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped about the altar which was made.

So they took the ox which was given them, and made it ready, crying out to Baal from morning till the middle of the day, and saying, O Baal, give ear to us. But there was no voice and no answer. And they were jumping up and down before the altar they had made.


rate difficulty: Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

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


rate difficulty: And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.

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


simplify: even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation.


rate difficulty: Keeping back his soul from the underworld, so that he may see the light of life.


simplify: But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

But she had taken them up to the roof, covering them with the stems of flax which she had put out in order there.


rate difficulty: and Jehovah bringeth <FI>it<Fi> in, and doth as He spake, because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not hearkened to His voice, even this thing hath been to you.

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


simplify: And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

And this came to the knowledge of all those who were living in Jerusalem, so that the field was named in their language, Akel-dama, or, The field of blood.)


rate difficulty: And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.

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


simplify: The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.

The Lord of armies has taken an oath by himself, saying, Truly, I will make you full with men as with locusts, and their voices will be loud against you.


simplify: And he said unto me, Son of man, this is the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever. And the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, and by the dead bodies of their kings in their high places;

And he said to me, Son of man, this is the place where the seat of my power is and the resting-place of my feet, where I will be among the children of Israel for ever: and no longer will the people of Israel make my holy name unclean, they or their kings, by their loose ways and by the dead bodies of their kings;


simplify: Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)

My fellow prisoner, Aristarchus, sends you his greeting, and Barnabas’s cousin, Mark, sends his. (You have received directions about him. If he comes to you, make him welcome.)


simplify: And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold, the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, thine enemy, who sought thy life; and Jehovah hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

And they took the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul your hater, who would have taken your life; the Lord has taken payment for the wrongs of my lord the king from Saul and his seed today.


simplify: And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

Afterwards, leaving Nazareth, he went and settled at Capernaum, which is by the side of the Sea, within the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali;


simplify: The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the oracle.   The man saith unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel and Ucal:

The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, from Massa. The man says: I am full of weariness, O God, I am full of weariness; O God, I have come to an end:


simplify: whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart:

Whom I have sent back to you, him who is my very heart:


simplify: And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,

Now when Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house, and all Solomon's desires, which he had in mind were effected;


simplify: In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.

In the second year of Joash, son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah, the son of Joash, became king of Judah.


rate difficulty: In that day faint do the fair virgins, And the young men, with thirst.

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


simplify: Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Now after these things were done, the captains came to me and said, The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not kept themselves separate from the people of the lands, but have taken part in the disgusting ways of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.


simplify: And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, resting on every part of the land, in very great numbers; such an army of locusts had never been seen before, and never will be again.


simplify: But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.

“No,” said Paul, “I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of a city of some note; and I beg you to give me permission to speak to the people.”


simplify: And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

And you have not taken care of my holy things; but you have put them as keepers to take care of my work in my holy place.


simplify: How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?


rate difficulty: Men of scorning ensnare a city, And the wise turn back anger.

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


rate difficulty: as Jehovah commanded Moses, so have the sons of Israel done, and they apportion the land.

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


simplify: And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

And a number of nations will be joined to the Lord in that day, and will become my people; and I will be living among you, and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.


simplify: But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:

but whoever slanders the Holy Spirit remains unforgiven to the end; he has to answer for an enduring sin.”


rate difficulty: The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.


simplify: And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar:

And the sons of Aaron gave him the blood and he put his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar, draining out the blood at the base of the altar;


simplify: But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.

“What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed waving in the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man richly dressed? Why, those who wear rich things are to be found in the courts of kings!


simplify: Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,

The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,


rate difficulty: because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come.

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


simplify: And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

And let the overseers say to the people, If there is any man who has made for himself a new house and has not gone into it, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another may not take his house for himself.


simplify: For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the Lord; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:

And I will let Elam be broken before their haters, and before those who are making designs against their lives: I will send evil on them, even my burning wrath, says the Lord; and I will send the sword after them till I have put an end to them:


simplify: And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have made destruction of your altars, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life.


rate difficulty: Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.

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


simplify: Ministrants--in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,

So, too, assistant officers should be serious and straightforward, not given to taking much drink or to questionable money-making,


rate difficulty: and Hazar-Shual, and Balah, and Azem,

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, and the mountain burned with fire, that ye came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

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


rate difficulty: and, after saying the thanksgiving, broke it and said “This is my own body given on your behalf. Do this in memory of me.”

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


simplify: And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

And I will get the rest of my flock together from all the countries where I have sent them, and will make them come back again to their resting-place; and they will have offspring and be increased.


simplify: For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

In scripture, again, it is said to Pharaoh — ‘It was for this purpose that I raised you to the throne, to show my power by my dealings with you, and to make my name known throughout the world.’


rate difficulty: And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they abode with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

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


simplify: And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

With these words he dismissed the Assembly.


simplify: Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

After John had been arrested, Jesus went to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God —


simplify: To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.


simplify: And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

and that, from your childhood, you have known the sacred writings, which can give you the wisdom that, through belief in Christ Jesus, leads to salvation.


simplify: And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:

And David said to all the men of Israel who had come together there, If it seems good to you and if it is the purpose of the Lord our God, let us send to all the rest of our brothers, everywhere in the land of Israel, and to the priests and the Levites in their towns and the country round them, and get them to come together here to us;


simplify: And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off: so they gave it me; and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.

Then I said to them, Whoever has any gold, let him take it off; so they gave it to me, and I put it in the fire, and this image of an ox came out.


simplify: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.


rate difficulty: And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.


simplify: How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.

How dark has the gold become! how changed the best gold! the stones of the holy place are dropping out at the top of every street.


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken; for thou hast found favor in my sight, and I know thee by name.

And the Lord said to Moses, I will do as you say: for you have grace in my eyes, and I have knowledge of you by your name.


simplify: And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty’s sake.

And again he said to him, By chance there may be forty there. And he said, I will not do it if there are forty.


simplify: upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

On one day in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, that is, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.