rate difficulty: And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

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rate difficulty: Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

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rate difficulty: And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:

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


simplify: And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go and show yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were cleansed.

And when he saw them he said, Go, and let the priests see you. And, while they were going, they were made clean.


simplify: We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.

And we made request for their names, so that we might send you word, and give you the names of the men at the head of them.


rate difficulty: And ye say, Why doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? But the son hath done judgment and justice, hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them; he shall certainly live.

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


simplify: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone.


simplify: Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

Seeing a crowd around him, Jesus gave orders to go across.


simplify: Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

To all Christ’s people at Philippi, with the presiding officers and assistants, from Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus.


simplify: Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

Truly, the hope of his attacker is false; he is overcome even on seeing him!


rate difficulty: 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.

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rate difficulty: for a holy people <FI>art<Fi> thou to Jehovah thy God; on thee hath Jehovah thy God fixed, to be to Him for a peculiar people, out of all the peoples who <FI>are<Fi> on the face of the ground.

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


rate difficulty: And then on the seventh day the child's death took place. And David's servants were in fear of giving him the news of the child's death: for they said, Truly, while the child was still living he gave no attention when we said anything to him: what will he do to himself if we give him word that the child is dead?

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


simplify: that caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? that divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

He who made the arm of his glory go at the right hand of Moses, by whom the waters were parted before them, to make himself an eternal name;


rate difficulty: Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.

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


simplify: That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.

So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.


simplify: but I--I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;

But I say to you that you must not resist those who wrong you; but, if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to them also.


simplify: I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?

I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?


rate difficulty: The word which came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,

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


rate difficulty: But now also complete the doing of it; so that as [there was] the readiness to be willing, so also to complete out of what ye have.

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


rate difficulty: And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and make sport before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.


simplify: But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

But with you I will make an agreement; and you will come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.


simplify: wherefore, I give you to understand that no one, in the Spirit of God speaking, saith Jesus <FI>is<Fi> anathema, and no one is able to say Jesus <FI>is<Fi> Lord, except in the Holy Spirit.

Therefore I tell you plainly that no one who speaks under the influence of the Spirit of God says ‘JESUS IS ACCURSED,’ and that no one can say ‘JESUS IS LORD,’ except under the influence of the Holy Spirit.


rate difficulty: This is what the Lord of armies has said: Take thought and send for the weeping women, so that they may come; and send for the wise women, so that they may come:


simplify: And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:

And on the day when you go over Jordan into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, put up great stones, coating them with building-paste,


rate difficulty: And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.

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


rate difficulty: Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.

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


rate difficulty: And this is the witness, thatGod has given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son.

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


rate difficulty: And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan, the son of Gideoni.


rate difficulty: Lo, the people as a lioness riseth, And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he eateth prey, And blood of pierced ones doth drink.'

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.


rate difficulty: In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day have been broken up all fountains of the great deep, and the net-work of the heavens hath been opened,

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


simplify: For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

For we came into the world with nothing, and we are not able to take anything out;


simplify: And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.

When they came to the other disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and some teachers of the law arguing with them.


rate difficulty: And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

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


simplify: Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.

And you have made yourselves great against me with your mouths, increasing your words against me; and it has come to my ears.


simplify: The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.

If a prophet has a dream, let him give out his dream; and he who has my word, let him give out my word in good faith. What has the dry stem to do with the grain? says the Lord.


rate difficulty: Only, the daughter of Pharaoh went up out of the city of David unto her house that <FI>Solomon<Fi> built for her; then he built Millo.

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


simplify: Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt bountifully give unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil-disposed when thou givest unto him; because for this thing Jehovah thyGod will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the business of thy hand.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And do not give your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrongdoing, but give yourselves to God, as those who are living from the dead, and your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.

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


simplify: Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

Let all the children of Levi be numbered by their families and their fathers' houses; let every male of a month old and over be numbered.


rate difficulty: She put out her hand to the tent-pin, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; and she gave Sisera a blow, crushing his head, wounding and driving through his brow.

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


simplify: Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which cometh forth from the field year by year.

Put on one side a tenth of all the increase of your seed, produced year by year.


simplify: And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these things.


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


simplify: But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

But, should the servant be a bad servant, and say to themselves ‘My master is a long time in coming,’


rate difficulty: She maketh herself coverlets; her clothing is byssus and purple.

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


simplify: But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

But death is to come to me in this land, I may not go over Jordan: but you will go over and take that good land for your heritage.


simplify: And Jonathan gave his weapons unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.

And Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy, and said to him, Take these and go back to the town.


simplify: and a sign he did receive of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith in the uncircumcision, for his being father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness also being reckoned to them,

Not after, but before. And it was as a sign of this that he received the rite of circumcision — to show the righteousness due to the faith of an uncircumcised man — in order that he might be the father of all who have faith in God even when uncircumcised, so that they also may be regarded by God as righteous;


simplify: But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.

But now I go to Jerusalem, taking help for the saints.


rate difficulty: And Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: Or can it be that you do not know that all of us, who were baptized into union with Christ Jesus, in our baptism shared his death?

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


simplify: And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not turning away from the sin of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, which he did and made Israel do, but he went on with it.


rate difficulty: receive him, therefore, in the Lord, with all joy, and hold such in honour,

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


rate difficulty: with their genealogy, after their generations, heads of a house of their fathers, mighty of valour, twenty thousand and two hundred.

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


rate difficulty: Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

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


simplify: Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

So they will come with songs on the high places, flowing together to the good things of the Lord, to the grain and the wine and the oil, to the young ones of the flock and of the herd: their souls will be like a watered garden, and they will have no more sorrow.


simplify: Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.


simplify: Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

For your sorrow will go from your memory, like waters flowing away:


simplify: And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.

And I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, so that you may have food in full measure.


rate difficulty: For I bear him witness that he labours much for you, and them in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.


simplify: And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;

And he made two winged ones, hammered out of one bit of gold, for the two ends of the cover;


rate difficulty: `Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a net that was cast into the sea, and did gather together of every kind,

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


rate difficulty: And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

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


simplify: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.


simplify: And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

The two men heard a loud voice from heaven which said to them — ‘Come up here,’ and they went up to heaven in the cloud, while their enemies watched them.


simplify: Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.

You have become cruel to me; the strength of your hand is hard on me.


rate difficulty: Take possession of the right, place thyself at the left, Whither thy face is appointed.

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


simplify: And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.

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


simplify: And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

And David came to his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women to whom he had given the care of the house, and had them shut up, and gave them the necessaries of life, but did not go near them. So they were shut up till the day of their death, living as widows.


simplify: And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.

So Absalom's servants did to Amnon as Absalom had given them orders. Then all the king's sons got up, and every man got on his beast and went in flight.


simplify: For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.

For the person who eats and drinks brings a judgment on themselves by their eating and drinking, when they do not discern the body.


rate difficulty: And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,

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


simplify: To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.

To Hosah, the door on the west, by the door of Shallecheth, at the footway which goes up, watch by watch.


rate difficulty: `Take this Book of the Law, and thou hast set it on the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and it hath been there against thee for a witness;

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


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah shall do to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning thee, and shall appoint thee ruler over Israel,

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


simplify: lo, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and their whole body we turn about;

When we put bits into horses’ mouths, to make them obey us, we control the rest of their bodies so.


simplify: And Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

And Benjamin was the father of Bela his oldest son, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,


rate difficulty: `And make thou for them linen trousers to cover the naked flesh: they are from the loins even unto the thighs;

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


simplify: Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.

Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.


simplify: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If we say that there is no sin in us, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth has no place in us.


simplify: But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.

But you have quite given us up; you are full of wrath against us.


rate difficulty: And so did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

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


rate difficulty: Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in the things that they hallow unto me: I am Jehovah.


simplify: And, behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

A man, named Zacchaeus, who was the chief tax-farmer, and a man of wealth,


simplify: Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.


simplify: For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy.


simplify: Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

Is it a time for you to be living in roofed houses while this house is a waste?


rate difficulty: And Zacharias his father was filled with [the] Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

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


rate difficulty: A voice of one saying, Give a cry! And I said, What is my cry to be? All flesh is grass, and all its strength like the flower of the field.

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


simplify: Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

Did you come to me with offerings of beasts and meal offerings in the waste land for forty years, O Israel?


simplify: Then shalt thou say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?

Then you will say in your heart, Who has given me all these children? when my children had been taken from me, and I was no longer able to have others, who took care of these? when I was by myself, where then were these?


rate difficulty: Declare ye in Judah, and cause it to be heard in Jerusalem, and say, ...and blow the trumpet in the land, cry aloud and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fenced cities.

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


rate difficulty: The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.

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


rate difficulty: Because, Whoever will give worship to the name of the Lord will get salvation.

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


simplify: Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

I tell you, unless a man receives the kingdom of God like a child, he will not enter it at all.”


simplify: But with him that standeth here with us this day before the Lord our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:

But with everyone who is here with us today before the Lord our God, as well as with those who are not here:


rate difficulty: They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry,

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

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


simplify: Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.

Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.


simplify: Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt.


simplify: And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now:

And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban:


rate difficulty: Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction.

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


simplify: For,  All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:


simplify: But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow,


simplify: But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.


rate difficulty: for as many as <FI>are<Fi> promises of God, in him <FI>are<Fi> the Yes, and in him the Amen, for glory to God through us;

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


rate difficulty: None of his transgressions that he hath committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

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


simplify: And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.

And under it was a design of flowers all round it, ten to a cubit, circling the water-vessel in two lines; they were made from liquid metal at the same time as the water-vessel.


simplify: I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

But I was guiding Ephraim's footsteps; I took them up in my arms, but they were not conscious that I was ready to make them well.


simplify: And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord as his fathers had done.


simplify: for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him;

Because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to put before him;


rate difficulty: For a person who has laid the law, as a whole, to heart, but has failed in one particular, is accountable for breaking all its provisions.

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


simplify: But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,

But a certain man of Samaria, journeying that way, came where he was, and when he saw him, he was moved with pity for him,


rate difficulty: And they were smiting him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and having bent the knee, were bowing to him,

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


rate difficulty: And very early on the first day of the week, they come to the tomb when the sun was risen.

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


simplify: I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.

Now I want you all to speak in ‘tongues,’ but much more I wish that you should preach. A preacher is worth more than one who speaks in ‘tongues,’ unless they interprets their words, so that the faith of the church may be built up.


simplify: And Saul built an altar unto Jehovah: the same was the first altar that he built unto Jehovah.

And Saul put up an altar to the Lord: this was the first altar which he put up to the Lord.


simplify: Thensent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River: Peace, and so forth.

Then the king sent an answer to Rehum, the chief ruler, and Shimshai the scribe, and their friends living in Samaria, and to the rest of those across the river, saying, Peace to you:


simplify: Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, lifting himself up in pride, said, I will become king; and he made ready his carriages of war and his horsemen, with fifty runners to go before him.


rate difficulty: and thou hast joined the five curtains apart, and the six curtains apart, and hast doubled the six curtains over-against the front of the tent.

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


simplify: But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

But Amasa did not see danger from the sword which was now in Joab's left hand, and Joab put it through his stomach so that his inside came out on to the earth, and he did not give him another blow. So Joab and his brother Abishai went on after Sheba, the son of Bichri.


simplify: and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

And my face will be turned against that man, and I will make him a sign and a common saying, cutting him off from among my people; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: If therefore ye, being wicked, know [how] to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask of him?

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


rate difficulty: `The altar of burnt-offering and the brazen grate which it hath, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base,

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


simplify: which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit--

In former generations it was not made known to humanity, as fully as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to the apostles and prophets among Christ’s people —


simplify: (but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel);

(But one tribe will be his, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town which, out of all the tribes of Israel, I have made mine,)


rate difficulty: But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? And who am I that I should build him a house, except to burn sacrifice before him?


rate difficulty: And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went out and took their places facing them a long way off, while the two of them were by the edge of Jordan.

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


simplify: even all that Jehovah hath commanded you by Moses, from the day that Jehovah gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations;

All the laws which the Lord has given you by the hand of Moses, from the day when the Lord gave them, and ever after from generation to generation;


rate difficulty: Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,

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


rate difficulty: See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.


simplify: And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?

Then the Lord said to Joshua, Get up; what are you doing with your face to the earth?


rate difficulty: But, as things are, I say that you are not to associate with anyone who, although a follower of Christ in name, is immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or abusive, or a drunkard, or grasping — no, not even to sit down to eat with such people.

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


rate difficulty: Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

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


simplify: And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

He will take your men-servants and your servant-girls, and the best of your oxen and your asses and put them to his work.


rate difficulty: And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.

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


rate difficulty: The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he hath remaining;

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

If all that we have done has been to place our hope in Christ for this life, then we of all people are the most to be pitied.


rate difficulty: And the Lord was with Joseph, and he did well; and he was living in the house of his master the Egyptian.

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


rate difficulty: And he drave them from the judgment seat.

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


simplify: And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.


simplify: And there also came together the multitude from the cities round about Jerusalem, bringing sick folk, and them that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

And numbers of people came together from the towns round about Jerusalem, with those who were ill and those who were troubled with unclean spirits: and they were all made well.


simplify: What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

Whatever prayer or request for your grace is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, whatever his trouble may be, whose hands are stretched out to this house:


simplify: And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

And said to them, Whoever gives honour to this child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour to him who sent me: for whoever is least among you all, that man is great.


simplify: And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John.

On hearing of this, the ten others were at first very indignant about James and John.


simplify: and being with child she doth cry out, travailing and pained to bring forth.

She was pregnant; and ‘she is crying out in the pain and agony of childbirth.’


rate difficulty: `Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the masters of Shechem, Which <FI>is<Fi> good for you--the ruling over you of seventy men (all the sons of Jerubbaal), or the ruling over you of one man? --and ye have remembered that I <FI>am<Fi>  your bone and your flesh.'

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


simplify: But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the Spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but had not gone out unto the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.

But two men were still in the tent-circle one of them named Eldad and the other Medad: and the spirit came to rest on them; they were among those who had been sent for, but they had not gone out to the Tent: and the prophet's power came on them in the tent-circle.


rate difficulty: nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;

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


rate difficulty: And Aaron and his sons are making perfume on the altar of the burnt-offering, and on the altar of the perfume, for all the work of the holy of holies, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses servant of God commanded.

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


simplify: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;


simplify: Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

And to the sons of Merari, by their families, twelve towns were given by the Lord's decision, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.


simplify: And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

And at the head of the army of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for Jehovah hath given you the city.

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


rate difficulty: And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite? shall I smite [them]?


simplify: Ye look at the things that are before your face. If any man trusteth in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ’s, so also are we.

Give attention to the things which are before you. If any man seems to himself to be Christ's, let him keep in mind that we are as much Christ's as he is.


simplify: And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.

The four wheels were under the frames, and the rods on which the wheels were fixed were in the base; the wheels were a cubit and a half high.


simplify: And immediately, in the morning, the chief priests having made a consultation, with the elders, and scribes, and the whole sanhedrim, having bound Jesus, did lead away, and delivered <FI>him<Fi> to Pilate;

As soon as it was daylight, the chief priests, after holding a consultation with the councillors and teachers of the law — that is to say, the whole High Council — put Jesus in chains, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate.


simplify: There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;

Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;


rate difficulty: Thus do ye say to them, The gods Who the heavens and earth have not made, They do perish from the earth, And from under these heavens.


simplify: And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.


rate difficulty: And the king stood on the dais, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all [his] heart, and with all [his] soul, to establish the words of this covenant that are written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

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


rate difficulty: For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.


rate difficulty: All who heard him were amazed.   “Is not this,” they asked, “the man who worked havoc in Jerusalem among those that invoke this name, and who had also come here for the express purpose of having such persons put in chains and taken before the chief priests?”

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


rate difficulty: Let the doors be open, so that the upright nation which keeps faith may come in.

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


rate difficulty: But with most of them God was not pleased: for they came to their end in the waste land.

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


rate difficulty: And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

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


simplify: And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son.


rate difficulty: Will a man make for himself gods which are no gods?


rate difficulty: See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.


simplify: 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.

To the angel of the church in Sardis write: —  “These are the words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars; — I know your life, and that people say of you that you are living, though you are dead.


rate difficulty: And king David saith to Ornan, `Nay, for I surely buy for full silver; for I do not lift up that which is thine to Jehovah, so as to offer a burnt-offering without cost.'

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


simplify: but she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.

But if they go on in faith and love and holy self-control, she will be kept safe at the time of childbirth.


simplify: And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul,

And when the people of Jabesh-gilead had news of what the Philistines had done to Saul,


rate difficulty: And the rest of the matters of Jotham, and all his battles, and his ways, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

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


simplify: And Agrippa said unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cæsar.

And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been made free, if he had not put his cause before Caesar.


rate difficulty: All of those who are chosen for gatekeepers at the thresholds <FI>are<Fi> two hundred and twelve; they <FI>are<Fi> in their villages, by their genealogy; they whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their office.


simplify: And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.


simplify: And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face.

And it will come about in that day, when Gog comes up against the land of Israel, says the Lord, that my wrath will come up, and my passion and my bitter feeling.


rate difficulty: And they came to the place of which God had given him knowledge; and there Abraham made the altar and put the wood in place on it, and having made tight the bands round Isaac his son, he put him on the wood on the altar.

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


simplify: And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah,

And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu, the son of Meshullam, Judah, the son of Hassenuah,


simplify: Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

Let your voice be loud in song, O heavens; and be glad, O earth; make sounds of joy, O mountains, for the Lord has given comfort to his people, and will have mercy on his crushed ones.


rate difficulty: the <FI>son<Fi> of Neri, the <FI>son<Fi> of Melchi, the <FI>son<Fi> of Addi, the <FI>son<Fi> of Cosam, the <FI>son<Fi> of Elmodam, the <FI>son<Fi> of Er,

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


rate difficulty: But when they had rest, they did evil again before you: so you gave them into the hands of their haters, who had rule over them: but when they came back and made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; again and again, in your mercy, you gave them salvation;


rate difficulty: So those who are last will be first, and the first last.”


simplify: Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

And, not to speak of other things, there is my daily burden of anxiety about all the churches.


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

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


simplify: from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation.

From the blood of Abel down to the blood of Zechariah, who was slain between the altar and the house of God.” Yes, I tell you, it will be exacted from this generation.


simplify: I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.

I will let loose the beasts of the field among you, and they will take away your children and send destruction on your cattle, so that your numbers will become small and your roads become waste.


simplify: And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and they did as the Lord had said: and Aaron put his rod down on the earth before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a snake.


simplify: Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.

Now these things were done as an example; and were put down in writing for our teaching, on whom the last days have come.


simplify: Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?


simplify: and on the morrow, having suffered the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the castle;

and on the next day, leaving the troopers to go on with him, they returned to the Fort.


rate difficulty: and thou hast taken in to thy father, and he hath eaten, so that his soul doth bless thee before his death.

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


simplify: But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.

But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.


simplify: And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

And if you go to war in your land against any who do you wrong, then let the loud note of the horn be sounded; and the Lord your God will keep you in mind and give you salvation from those who are against you.


simplify: and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a great name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth.

And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name great, like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.


simplify: Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.


simplify: And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.

And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.


rate difficulty: Grace be with all those who have true love for our Lord Jesus Christ.

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


simplify: And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.

And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners do the same.


rate difficulty: And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, saith Jehovah thy God.

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


rate difficulty: And after drinking it, they will go rolling from side to side, and be off their heads, because of the sword which I will send among them.

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


rate difficulty: And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

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


simplify: By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

and by means of which you are being saved. I would like to remind you of the words that I used in telling it to you, since you are still holding fast to it, and since it was not in vain that you became believers in Christ.


simplify: Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:


rate difficulty: And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, men have come hither to-night from the children of Israel to search out the land.


simplify: Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

And three of the thirty went down to David, to the rock, into the strong place of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.


rate difficulty: And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

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


rate difficulty: Show me the coin with which the tax is paid.” And, when they had brought him a coin,


simplify: But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.

We, however, will not give way to unlimited boasting, but will confine ourselves to the limits of the sphere to which God limited us, when he permitted us to come as far as Corinth.


simplify: And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.

The wheels were made like carriage-wheels, the rods on which they were fixed, the parts forming their edges, their rods and the middle points of them, were all formed out of liquid metal.


simplify: Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

And you, son of man, be a prophet against Gog, and say, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, O Gog, ruler of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal:


simplify: who are Israelites, whose <FI>is<Fi> the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises,

For they are Israelites, and theirs are the adoption as sons, the visible presence, the Covenants, the revealed law, the Temple worship, and the Promises.


simplify: He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.


simplify: Take both your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.

And take your flocks and your herds as you have said, and be gone; and give me your blessing.


simplify: For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.


rate difficulty: Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,


simplify: If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

If the iron has no edge, and he does not make it sharp, then he has to put out more strength; but wisdom makes things go well.


rate difficulty: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

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


simplify: That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

So that they may give you worship, walking in your ways, as long as they are living in the land which you gave to our fathers.


simplify: And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

And Moses said to the Lord, My lips are unclean; how is it possible that Pharaoh will give me a hearing?


rate difficulty: Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.

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


simplify: If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

If a man makes a fire in a field or a vine-garden, and lets the fire do damage to another man's field, he is to give of the best produce of his field or his vine-garden to make up for it.


simplify: So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifthdayofthe monthElul, in fifty and two days.

So the wall was complete on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.


rate difficulty: From him <FI>is<Fi> a corner-stone, From him a nail, from him a battle-bow, From him goeth forth every exactor together.

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


simplify: And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

And when she was going to get it, he said to her, And get me with it a small bit of bread.


rate difficulty: And it hath come to pass, That he who doth not go up of the families of the land unto Jerusalem, To bow himself to the King, Jehovah of Hosts, Even on them there is no shower.

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


rate difficulty: And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

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


simplify: And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.

And a certain man saw it and said to Joab, I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.


simplify: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything, as of ourselves, but our sufficiency <FI>is<Fi> of God,

I do not mean that we are fit to form any judgment by ourselves, as if on our own authority;


simplify: And those who stood by said, `The chief priest of God dost thou revile?'

The people standing near said to Paul: “Do you know that you are insulting God’s high priest?”


simplify: Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not with us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah said to the Rab-shakeh, Will you kindly make use of the Aramaean language in talking to your servants, for we are used to it, and do not make use of the Jews' language in the hearing of the people on the wall.


rate difficulty: And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.

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


simplify: But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ.

But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.


simplify: I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.


simplify: And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.


rate difficulty: I have hated--I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.

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


simplify: Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.

And they are not able to give facts in support of the things which they say against me now.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Pharaoh doth not hearken unto you, so as to multiply My wonders in the land of Egypt;'

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


rate difficulty: Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of Jehovah, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.

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


simplify: And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?


simplify: And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.

And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.


rate difficulty: (For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;)

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.


simplify: And they set forward from the mount of Jehovah three days’ journey; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah went before them three days’ journey, to seek out a resting-place for them.

So they went forward three days' journey from the mountain of the Lord; and the ark of the Lord's agreement went three days' journey before them, looking for a resting-place for them;


rate difficulty: And Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.

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


rate difficulty: Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy care hath preserved my spirit;

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


simplify: Stolen waters are sweet, And breadeatenin secret is pleasant.

Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.


simplify: As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.

Then when he went back to Ziklag, there came over to him, of the men of Manasseh, Adnah and Jozabad and Jediael and Michael and Jozabad and Elihu and Zillethai, captains of thousands from the armies of Manasseh.


simplify: And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.

And the people went up, requesting him to do as he had done for them in other years.


simplify: He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Islikeone that taketh a dog by the ears.

He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.


simplify: And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.

And if a man takes his brother's wife, it is an unclean act; he has put shame on his brother; they will have no children.


rate difficulty: It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people.

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


simplify: as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live:

For example, if a man goes into the woods with his neighbour for the purpose of cutting down trees, and when he takes his axe to give a blow to the tree, the head of the axe comes off, and falling on to his neighbour gives him a wound causing his death; then the man may go in flight to one of these towns and be safe:


rate difficulty: Then her husband got up and went after her, with the purpose of talking kindly to her, and taking her back with him; he had with him his young man and two asses: and she took him into her father's house, and her father, when he saw him, came forward to him with joy.


rate difficulty: Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

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


simplify: These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

These words the Lord said to all of you together on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire, out of the cloud and the dark, with a great voice: and he said no more; he put them in writing on the two stones of the law and gave them to me.


rate difficulty: to whom we gave place in the way of subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.


rate difficulty: and they presented at the dedication of this house ofGod a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

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


simplify: And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

And Joshua said, Why have you been a cause of trouble to us? Today the Lord will send trouble on you. And all Israel took part in stoning him; they had him stoned to death and then burned with fire.


simplify: As I exhorted thee to tarry at Ephesus, when I was going into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

It was my desire, when I went on into Macedonia, that you might make a stop at Ephesus, to give orders to certain men not to put forward a different teaching,


rate difficulty: And if he is poor and not able to get so much, then he may take one male lamb as an offering for wrongdoing, to be waved to take away his sin, and one tenth part of an ephah of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;

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


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

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


simplify: and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.


rate difficulty: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

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


rate difficulty: They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes to his death, and the egg which is crushed becomes a poison-snake.

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


rate difficulty: And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses rose and helped them, and watered their flock.


simplify: So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.


simplify: For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.

For when she had made an offering of her children to her images, she came into my holy place to make it unclean; see, this is what she has done inside my house.


simplify: For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.

For this is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: The store of meal will not come to an end, and the bottle will never be without oil, till the day when the Lord sends rain on the earth.


rate difficulty: And the angel who was talking to me came again, awaking me as a man out of his sleep.

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


rate difficulty: so that the Christ, through your faith, may make his home within your hearts in love; And I pray that you, now firmly rooted and established, may, with all Christ’s people,

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


rate difficulty: For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

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


rate difficulty: Yes, and confessedly wonderful are the deep truths of our religion; for —  ‘He was revealed in our nature, Pronounced righteous in spirit, Seen by angels, Proclaimed among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Taken up into glory.’

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


simplify: Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

So now, make a change for the better in your ways and your doings, and give ear to the voice of the Lord your God; then the Lord will let himself be turned from the decision he has made against you for evil.


rate difficulty: And ten thousand more the children of Israel took living, and made them go up to the top of the rock, pushing them down from the top of the rock so that their bodies were broken by the fall.

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


simplify: Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

And his wife said to him, Are you still keeping your righteousness? Say a curse against God, and put an end to yourself.


rate difficulty: You were tired with your long journeys; but you did not say, There is no hope: you got new strength, and so you were not feeble.


simplify: And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of Jehovah, even over Israel.

And he got up and went into the house; then he put the holy oil on his head and said to him, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, I have made you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel.


rate difficulty: And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,

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


simplify: and he said, `Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken: The God of the glory did appear to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before his dwelling in Haran,

Stephen replied: “Brothers and fathers, hear what I have to say. God, who manifests himself in the glory, appeared to our ancestor Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, and before he settled in Haran, and said to him —


rate difficulty: And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned.

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


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

Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.


simplify: And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Now, see, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: they are given to you and to the Lord, to do the work of the Tent of meeting.


simplify: Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death.


rate difficulty: Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

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


simplify: For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

For the Lord your God is an all-burning fire, and he will not let the honour which is his be given to any other.


simplify: And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah.

And they went on from Hazeroth, and put up their tents in Rithmah.


rate difficulty: And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot [a son] in his likeness, after his image, and called his name Seth.


simplify: And they went up, and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan, unto this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath-jearim.

And they went up and put up their tents in Kiriath-jearim in Judah: so that place is named Mahaneh-dan to this day. It is to the west of Kiriath-jearim.


rate difficulty: Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds, according to that which is written in the law of Jehovah,

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


rate difficulty: And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

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


simplify: Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Fix your thoughts on the things that are above, not on those that are on earth.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass that, as soon as he was king, he smote all the house of Jeroboam: he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him; according unto the saying of Jehovah, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;

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


rate difficulty: answer me, O Jehovah, answer me, and this people doth know that Thou <FI>art<Fi> Jehovah God; and Thou hast turned their heart backward.'

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


rate difficulty: Because we are certain that he who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead, will do the same for us, and will give us a place in his glory with you.

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


simplify: And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;

Keep these words, which I say to you this day, deep in your hearts;


simplify: And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.

I will make you completely disgusting and full of shame, and will put you up to be looked at by all.


simplify: Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?


rate difficulty: and he turneth behind him, and seeth me, and calleth unto me, and I say, Here <FI>am<Fi> I.


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

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


rate difficulty: Who doth make thee as a brother to me, Sucking the breasts of my mother? I find thee without, I kiss thee, Yea, they do not despise me,

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


rate difficulty: And I will give her vine-gardens from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will give her answer there as in the days when she was young, and as in the time when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

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


simplify: Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?

Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?


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

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


simplify: And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for whatcanthe mandothat cometh after the king? even that which hath been done long ago.

And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.


simplify: who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

Who was put to death for our evil-doing, and came to life again so that we might have righteousness.


rate difficulty: 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.

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


simplify: For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

Pharaoh, king of Egypt, came and took Gezer, burning it down and putting to death the Canaanites living in the town, and he gave it for a bride-offering to his daughter, Solomon's wife. ...


rate difficulty: Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

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


simplify: Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Why do these people of Jerusalem go back, for ever turning away? they will not give up their deceit, they will not come back.


simplify: And it came to pass that, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of Jehovah their God, wherewith Jehovah their God had sent him to them, even all these words,

And it came about that when Jeremiah had come to the end of giving all the people the words of the Lord their God, which the Lord their God had sent him to say to them, even all these words,


simplify: For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

For if some one should see you who possess this knowledge, feasting in an idol’s temple, will not their conscience, if they are weak, become so hardened that they, too, will eat food offered to idols?


simplify: having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin--to the heaven, and before thee,

I will get up and go to my father, and say to him “Father, I sinned against heaven and against you;


simplify: To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.


rate difficulty: For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done nothing but evil in my eyes from their earliest years: the children of Israel have only made me angry with the work of their hands, says the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: that your generations may know that I caused the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah yourGod.


rate difficulty: Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

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


simplify: And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

When the thousand years are ended, Satan will be let loose from his prison,


simplify: seeing we have heard that certain having gone forth from us did trouble you with words, subverting your souls, saying to be circumcised and to keep the law, to whom we did give no charge,

As we had heard that some of our number had upset you by their assertions, and unsettled your minds — without instructions from us —


rate difficulty: `Go, and thou hast spoken to Ebed-Melech the Cushite, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in My words unto this city for evil, and not for good, and they have been before thee in that day.

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


simplify: And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of Jehovah, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

And it came about in that year, when Zedekiah first became king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah, the son of Azzur the prophet, who came from Gibeon, said to Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, before the priests and all the people,


simplify: And in the house again his disciples of the same thing questioned him,

When they were indoors, the disciples asked him again about this,


rate difficulty: and also I have caused him to be asked for Jehovah, all the days that he hath lived--he is asked for Jehovah;' and he boweth himself there before Jehovah.

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


simplify: Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?

Afterwards the disciples came up to Jesus, and asked him privately: “Why was it that we could not drive it out?”


rate difficulty: The sound of the crying of the keepers of the flock! for their glory is made waste: the sound of the loud crying of the young lions! for the pride of Jordan is made waste.

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


rate difficulty: and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah in the high place that was at Gibeon,

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


simplify: And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,

And Meshobab and Jamlech and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,


simplify: and the Life was manifested, and we have seen, and do testify, and declare to you the Life, the age-during, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us--

That life was made visible, and we have seen it, and now bear our testimony to it, and tell you of that eternal life, which was with the Father and was made visible to us.


simplify: But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is destroyed, and his brethren, and his neighbors; and he is not.

I have had Esau searched out, uncovering his secret places, so that he may not keep himself covered: his seed is wasted and has come to an end, and there is no help from his neighbours.


rate difficulty: And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.


simplify: and if ye <FI>are<Fi> of Christ then of Abraham ye are seed, and according to promise--heirs.

And, since you belong to Christ, it follows that you are Abraham’s offspring and, under the promise, sharers in the inheritance.


rate difficulty: Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry untoGod, [and] they wander for lack of meat?

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


rate difficulty: and he bringeth near the present, and filleth his palm with it, and maketh perfume on the altar, apart from the burnt-offering of the morning.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: and were calling on him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment, and as many as did touch were saved.

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


simplify: Afterward the woman also died.

And last of all, the woman came to her end.


rate difficulty: And Saul hasteth and falleth--the fulness of his stature--to the earth, and feareth greatly because of the words of Samuel; also power was not in him, for he had not eaten bread all the day, and all the night.

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


rate difficulty: And their brethren the sons of Merari were on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,


rate difficulty: Upon his ruin all the birds of the heavens shall dwell, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches;

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


rate difficulty: Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.


simplify: For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.


simplify: Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

How he said that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of wicked men, and be crucified, and rise again on the third day.”


rate difficulty: And Jehovah appeared to him the same night, and said, I am theGod of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

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


simplify: How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways.

With what care are your ways ordered when you are looking for love! so ... your ways.


rate difficulty: Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.


rate difficulty: He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.

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


simplify: Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.

He then, seeing Peter and John going into the Temple, made a request to them.


simplify: And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;

And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;


rate difficulty: And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;


simplify: And Zilpah Leah’s handmaid bare Jacob a son.

And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a son.


rate difficulty: And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.

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


simplify: We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord.

And we have here an offering for the Lord from what every man took in the war, ornaments of gold, leg-chains and arm-rings, finger-rings, ear-rings, and neck-ornaments, to make our souls free from sin before the Lord.


rate difficulty: And them that had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; and they became servants to him and his sons, until the reign of the kingdom of Persia;

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


simplify: And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus went forth and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea-Philippi. And by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Who do men say that I am?

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the thirdmonth, in the firstdayof the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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


simplify: When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king’s house unto the house of the Lord, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the Lord’s house.

And the rulers of Judah, hearing of these things, came up from the king's house to the house of the Lord, and took their seats by the new door of the Lord's house.


simplify: Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.


rate difficulty: whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness;

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


simplify: And he having entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, `Who is this?'

When he had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred, and asked —


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh approached; and the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and the children of Israel were much afraid, and cried out to Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: one buck of the goats for a sin-offering;


rate difficulty: Therefore behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns; and I will fence [her] in with a wall, that she shall not find her paths.


rate difficulty: And now, Jehovah,God of Israel, let thy word be verified which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: The remnant of Israel do no perversity, nor speak lies, Nor found in their mouth is a deceitful tongue, For they have delight, and have lain down, And there is none troubling.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and I fear, lest, as the serpent did beguile Eve in his subtilty, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that <FI>is<Fi> in the Christ;

Yet I fear that it may turn out that, just as the snake by his craftiness deceived Eve, so your minds may have lost the loyalty and purity due from you to the Christ.


rate difficulty: `And ye have served Jehovah your God, and He hath blessed thy bread and thy water, and I have turned aside sickness from thine heart;

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


simplify: And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

And no price may be offered for one who has gone in flight to a safe town, for the purpose of letting him come back to his place before the death of the high priest.


rate difficulty: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom ofGod.

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


simplify: For he hath said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have brought down them that sit on thrones:

For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them;


rate difficulty: See my servant, the man of my selection, my loved one in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him, and he will make my decision clear to the Gentiles.

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


simplify: The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

The two pillars, the great water-vessel and the wheeled bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.


simplify: And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house,

Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the house of the Lord and a house for himself,


rate difficulty: And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh–naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

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


rate difficulty: So we present the offering of Jehovah, that which each one hath found, jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.


simplify: Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.


simplify: who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,

To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God;


simplify: And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.


simplify: And except the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the elect’s sake, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time short.


simplify: Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.

Whom I will see on my side, and not as one strange to me. My heart is broken with desire.


rate difficulty: People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lamp-stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house.

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


simplify: And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased; he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and camels and asses.


simplify: let no man beguile you in any wise: for it will not be, except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,

Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith, and the revelation of the man of sin, the son of destruction,


rate difficulty: Do not take only water as your drink, but take a little wine for the good of your stomach, and because you are frequently ill.

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