simplify: have all gifts of healings? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?

Are all able to take away disease? have all the power of tongues? are all able to give their sense?


rate difficulty: I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and a great voice at my back, as of a horn, came to my ears,

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


simplify: Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,


simplify: Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:

So say to them that I will make with him an agreement of peace:


simplify: Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;


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

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


simplify: Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

Let your head be uncovered and your hair cut off in sorrow for the children of your delight: let the hair be pulled from your head like an eagle's; for they have been taken away from you as prisoners.


rate difficulty: For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;

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


simplify: The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity,

The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong,


simplify: And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.

And they put to death the rest of the Amalekites who had got away safely, and made it their living-place to this day.


simplify: Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?

Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?


rate difficulty: For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

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


simplify: And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

And they went on their way from Elim, and all the children of Israel came into the waste land of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they went out of the land of Egypt.


simplify: And Paul said, `John, indeed, did baptize with a baptism of reformation, saying to the people that in him who is coming after him they should believe--that is, in the Christ--Jesus;'

“John’s baptism was a baptism on repentance,” rejoined Paul, “and John told the people (speaking of the ‘one coming; after him) that they should believe in him — that is in Jesus.”


rate difficulty: And Jonathan maketh--also David--a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,

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


rate difficulty: and certain of those with us went away unto the tomb, and found as even the women said, and him they saw not.'


rate difficulty: And David waxed greater and greater; for Jehovah, the God of hosts, was with him.

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


simplify: Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.


simplify: And the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days,


simplify: Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

See, you are fair, my loved one, and a pleasure; our bed is green.


rate difficulty: And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

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


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel had manna for their food for forty years, till they came to a land with people in it, till they came to the edge of the land of Canaan.

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


simplify: If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

If a thief is taken in the act of forcing his way into a house, and his death is caused by a blow, the owner of the house is not responsible for his blood.


simplify: Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.

Others again said — “He is Elijah,” and others — “He is a prophet, like one of the great prophets.”


rate difficulty: And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.


simplify: for she said within herself, `If only I may touch his garment, I shall be saved.'

“If I only touch his cloak,” she said to herself, “I will get well.”


simplify: And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

And there was great weeping in all the country when all the people went through; and the king himself was waiting in the Kidron valley and all the people went by him in the direction of the olive-tree on the edge of the waste land.


rate difficulty: And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

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


rate difficulty: Men of Michmas: a hundred and twenty and two.

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


rate difficulty: And he said to the elders, Wait here for us, until we return to you; and behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matter, let him come before them.


simplify: That which hath its stones bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut, ye shall not offer unto Jehovah; neither shall ye do thus in your land.

An animal which has its sex parts damaged or crushed or broken or cut, may not be offered to the Lord; such a thing may not be done anywhere in your land.


simplify: and the nations for kindness to glorify God, according as it hath been written, `Because of this I will confess to Thee among nations, and to Thy name I will sing praise,'

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


simplify: And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

And now I say to you, Do nothing to these men, but let them be: for if this teaching or this work is of men, it will come to nothing:


rate difficulty: And he returned to the man ofGod, he and all his company, and came and stood before him; and he said, Behold, I know that there is noGod in all the earth but in Israel; and now, I pray thee, take a present of thy servant.

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


rate difficulty: And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, using three hundred shekels of gold for every cover, and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

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


simplify: but ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet savor unto Jehovah: two young bullocks, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old;

And give a burned offering for a sweet smell to the Lord; two oxen, one male sheep, and seven he-lambs of the first year;


rate difficulty: And on the fourth day, the silver and the gold and the vessels were measured out by weight in the house of our God into the hands of Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the priest; and with him was Eleazar, the son of Phinehas; and with them were Jozabad, the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah, the son of Binnui, the Levites;

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


simplify: Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;

Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!


simplify: And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.

And after burning all their towns and all their tent-circles,


rate difficulty: And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel: Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them; how then can we live?


simplify: So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

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


rate difficulty: And hearken unto him doth the king of Asshur, and the king of Asshur goeth up unto Damascus, and seizeth it, and removeth <FI>the people of<Fi> it to Kir, and Rezin he hath put to death.

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


simplify: And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

And the high priest got up in the middle of them, and said to Jesus, Do you say nothing in answer? what is it which these say against you?


simplify: And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers that thou sentest unto me, saying,

Then Balaam said to Balak, Did I not say to the men you sent to me,


simplify: And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

And he will be the judge between the nations, and the peoples will be ruled by his decisions: and their swords will be turned into plough-blades, and their spears into vine-knives: no longer will the nations be turning their swords against one another, and the knowledge of war will be gone for ever.


simplify: For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore Jehovah reward thee good for that which thou hast done unto me this day.

If a man comes across his hater, will he let him get away safe? so may you be rewarded by the Lord for what you have done for me today.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it again no more; and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and there shall be no man to buy [you].

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

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


simplify: then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers’ houses, and said unto them, Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as ye do; and we sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.

Then they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of families, and said to them, Let us take part in the building with you; for we are servants of your God, even as you are; and we have been making offerings to him from the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assyria, who put us here.


rate difficulty: Joel brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Haggeri,

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


rate difficulty: Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah named Jesse, who had eight sons; and he was an old man in Saul's day, and far on in years.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Israel.

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


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

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


simplify: Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:

Saying, See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given up to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will give an order for his death, and will give him up to the Gentiles:


simplify: And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial? Or what can those who accept the faith have in common with those who reject it?


simplify: But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and for ever. Amen.

But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.


rate difficulty: And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

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


rate difficulty: And the desolate land is tilled, Instead of which it was a desolation before the eyes of every passer by,

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


rate difficulty: Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.


rate difficulty: Lo, all these [things] workethGod twice, thrice, with man,

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


rate difficulty: And when Jehovah giveth them up before you, ye shall do to them according to all the commandment which I have commanded you.

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


simplify: And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.

And across the doorway, a veil of twenty cubits of the best linen, made of needlework of blue and purple and red, with four pillars and four bases.


simplify: And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.


rate difficulty: and the Pharisees said to him, `Lo, why do they on the sabbaths that which is not lawful?'

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


rate difficulty: It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.

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


simplify: And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.

And I will make the tree give more fruit and the field fuller produce, and no longer will you be shamed among the nations for need of food.


simplify: But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

But we will certainly do every word which has gone out of our mouths, burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her as we did, we and our fathers and our kings and our rulers, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had food enough and did well and saw no evil.


simplify: As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

as unknown, yet well-known; as at death’s door, yet, see, we are living; as chastised, yet not killed;


simplify: And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.

And Israel said to Joseph, Now that I have seen you living again, I am ready for death.


simplify: And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.

And they also, in their prayers for you, express their longing to see you, because of the surpassing love of God displayed toward you.


simplify: I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

I am not laying a command on you, but I am making use of the earnestness shown by others to test the genuineness of your affection.


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

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


rate difficulty: He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

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


rate difficulty: A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

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


simplify: Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

And give ear to the prayers of your servant and of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear from heaven your living-place; and hearing have mercy.


rate difficulty: and Asa begat Josaphat, and Josaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Ozias,

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


rate difficulty: Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash. And thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I call, And He heareth from His temple my voice, And my cry <FI>is<Fi> in His ears,

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


simplify: The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

The Beast that you saw was, but is not, and is about to rise out of the bottomless pit, and is on its way to destruction. Those who are living on earth will be amazed — those whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world — when they see that the Beast was, but is not, and yet will come.’


simplify: And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

And I will put my holy House among you, and my soul will not be turned away from you in disgust.


simplify: And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.


rate difficulty: As to one who is comforted by his mother, so will I give you comfort: and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.


simplify: I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

I know your life; I know that you are neither cold nor hot. If only you were either cold or hot!


simplify: For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

For this is what the Lord has said: When seventy years are ended for Babylon, I will have pity on you and give effect to my good purpose for you, causing you to come back to this place.


rate difficulty: For who hath despised the day of small things? for these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel; these are the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

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


rate difficulty: And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

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


simplify: And he began to say unto them--`To-day hath this writing been fulfilled in your ears;'

and Jesus began:  “This very day this passage has been fulfilled in your hearing.”


rate difficulty: As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,


simplify: And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

And this Absalom did to everyone in Israel who came to the king to have his cause judged: so Absalom, like a thief, took away the hearts of the men of Israel.


rate difficulty: Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that leave nothing for the morning.


rate difficulty: And his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

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


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

Because for long enough, in times past, we have been living after the way of the Gentiles, given up to the desires of the flesh, to drinking and feasting and loose behaviour and unclean worship of images;


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

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


rate difficulty: and bringeth it not unto the door of the tent of meeting, to sacrifice it unto Jehovah; that man shall be cut off from his people.

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


simplify: Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.


simplify: And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord:

And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the same Dathan and Abiram who had a place in the meeting of the people, who together with Korah made an outcry against Moses and Aaron and against the Lord:


simplify: And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.

And he said to him, Go, take these vessels, and put them in the Temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be put up again in its place.


simplify: In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:

In that day Israel will be the third together with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the earth:


rate difficulty: And he buildeth altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: Their wine is the poison of dragons, the cruel poison of snakes.

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


rate difficulty: and even the valiant man whose heart is as the heart of a lion shall utterly melt; for all Israel knows that thy father is a mighty man, and they that are with him are valiant men.

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


rate difficulty: The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.

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


rate difficulty: Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.


rate difficulty: And if one of them gets into any vessel of earth, whatever is in the vessel will be unclean and the vessel will have to be broken.

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


simplify: For this people’s heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.

For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.


simplify: But Jesus saith unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.


simplify: And they came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And they came to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and gave him all the money which had been taken into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the door, had got from Manasseh and Ephraim and those of Israel who had not been taken away as prisoners, and from all Judah and Benjamin and the people of Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: And out of the Nile came seven cows, fat and good-looking, and their food was the river-grass;

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


rate difficulty: for he will turn away thy son from following me, and they will serve othergods, and the anger of Jehovah will be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.

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


rate difficulty: The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.


simplify: And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

And from the smoke locusts came out on the earth; and power was given them, like the power of scorpions.


simplify: And afterward the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.

After that, the people went on from Hazeroth and put up their tents in the waste land of Paran.


rate difficulty: In times past, even when Saul was king, it was thou that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and Jehovah thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt be shepherd of my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over my people Israel.

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


simplify: Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:

Let us go up against Judah, troubling her, and forcing our way into her, and let us put up a king in her, even the son of Tabeel:


rate difficulty: Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such evil things as I supposed;


simplify: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town:


rate difficulty: But a number of the priests and Levites and the heads of families, old men who had seen the first house, when the base of this house was put down before their eyes, were overcome with weeping; and a number were crying out with joy:

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


simplify: And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those that made bondmen of them.

And the tree of the field will give its fruit and the earth will give its increase, and they will be safe in their land; and they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I have had their yoke broken and have given them salvation from the hands of those who made them servants.


simplify: And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them.

On leaving that place, Jesus went into the district of Judea on the other side of the Jordan. Crowds gathered about him again; and again, as usual, he began teaching them.


rate difficulty: I the Lord have made you the vessel of my purpose, I have taken you by the hand, and kept you safe, and I have given you to be an agreement to the people, and a light to the nations:

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


simplify: and the death and the hades were cast to the lake of the fire--this <FI>is<Fi> the second death;

Then Death and the Lord of the place of Death were hurled into the lake of fire. This is the Second Death — the lake of fire;


rate difficulty: and Jehovah doth according to the word of Moses, and turneth aside the beetle from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people--there hath not been left one;

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


rate difficulty: And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.


rate difficulty: And I took the little scroll out of the hand of the messenger, and did eat it up, and it was in my mouth as honey--sweet, and when I did eat it--my belly was made bitter;

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simplify: Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.

Now when it was day, the armed men were greatly troubled about what had become of Peter.


simplify: `Then said the king to the ministrants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him up and cast forth to the outer darkness, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth;

Then the king said to the attendants ‘Tie him hand and foot, and ‘put him out into the darkness’ outside, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.’


rate difficulty: One sea, and twelve oxen under it.

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simplify: Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;


simplify: And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:


rate difficulty: and Dannah, and Kirjath-Sannah (it <FI>is<Fi> Debir)

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simplify: And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

And Ner was the father of Abner, and Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan and Malchi-shua and Abinadab and Eshbaal.


rate difficulty: ButGod prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: Then he took Aaron's sons, clothing them with the coats, and putting the bands round them, and the head-dresses on their heads, as the Lord had given him orders.

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rate difficulty: But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.


simplify: But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God, who is teaching you for your profit, guiding you by the way in which you are to go.


simplify: There is no remembrance of the former generations; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter generations that are to come, among those that shall come after.

There is no memory of those who have gone before, and of those who come after there will be no memory for those who are still to come after them.


rate difficulty: And he speaketh also to the men of Penuel, saying, `In my turning back in peace, I break down this tower.'


simplify: Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

Then he said to me, See, I have given you cow's waste in place of man's waste, and you will make your bread ready on it.


rate difficulty: And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.

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


simplify: Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.

Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.


rate difficulty: And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.

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


rate difficulty: The Commandment that should have meant life I found to result in death!


rate difficulty: And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.

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


rate difficulty: So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

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simplify: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

And it will be in that day that the Lord will make a piping sound for the fly which is in the end of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of Assyria.


simplify: But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.

But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were against the purpose of God for themselves, not having had his baptism.)


rate difficulty: But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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


rate difficulty: As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering.


simplify: And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

Then again Abner said to Asahel, Go to one side, do not keep on coming after me: why will you make me put an end to you? for then I will be shamed before your brother Joab.


rate difficulty: and I ask also thee, genuine yoke-fellow, be assisting those women who in the good news did strive along with me, with Clement also, and the others, my fellow-workers, whose names <FI>are<Fi> in the book of life.

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simplify: Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.

Then they were crushed as small as the dust of the earth, stamped down under my feet like the waste of the streets.


rate difficulty: In the cup of blessing which we bless, is not there a sharing in the blood of the Christ? And in the bread which we break, is not there a sharing in the body of the Christ?

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


simplify: if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

If he is able to get up again and go about with a stick, the other will be let off; only he will have to give him payment for the loss of his time, and see that he is cared for till he is well.


simplify: And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

Now the young Samuel was the servant of the Lord before Eli. In those days the Lord kept his word secret from men; there was no open vision.


simplify: Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the beds where it grew.

And if it is planted will it do well? will it not become quite dry at the touch of the east wind, drying up in the bed where it was planted?


rate difficulty: He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.


simplify: Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Here is wisdom. He who has knowledge let him get the number of the beast; because it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred and sixty-six.


rate difficulty: Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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


simplify: Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.


rate difficulty: And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

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


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,

Say to the children of Israel, When you have come into the land which I am giving to you for your resting-place,


simplify: Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.

Whom he got together, with other workmen of the same trade, and said to them, Men, it is clear that from this business we get our wealth.


simplify: Hear the word of Jehovah, ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hate you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, Let Jehovah be glorified, that we may see your joy; but it is they that shall be put to shame.

Give ear to the word of the Lord, you who are in fear at his word: your countrymen, hating you, and driving you out because of my name, have said, Let the Lord's glory be made clear, so that we may see your joy; but they will be put to shame.


rate difficulty: And it shall be, that whoso of all the families of the earth goeth not up unto Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, upon them there shall be no rain.

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


rate difficulty: May the blessing of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.

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


simplify: We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name.

We have become as those who were never ruled by you, on whom your name was not named.


simplify: And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

Whoever takes away the dead body of one of them is to have his clothing washed, and will be unclean till evening.


simplify: Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.


simplify: `Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Say to those who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been killed, and all things <FI>are<Fi> ready, come ye to the marriage-feasts;

A second time he sent some servants, with orders to say to those who had been invited ‘I have prepared my breakfast, my cattle and fat beasts are killed and everything is ready; come to the banquet.’


rate difficulty: And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:

And it came about, when Jesus had come to the end of these words, that the people were surprised at his teaching,


simplify: Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Look! O Lord, see to whom you have done this! Are the women to take as their food the fruit of their bodies, the children who are folded in their arms? are the priest and the prophet to be put to death in the holy place of the Lord?


simplify: Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith Jehovah; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, saith Jehovah.

Ho, ho! go in flight from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I have sent you far and wide to the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.


simplify: And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.

Turning away from the Lord, the God of his fathers, and not walking in his ways.


rate difficulty: Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> slow to anger, and great in power, And Jehovah doth not entirely acquit, In a hurricane and in a tempest <FI>is<Fi> His way, And a cloud <FI>is<Fi> the dust of His feet.

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


simplify: and Paul having called near one of the centurions, said, `This young man lead unto the chief captain, for he hath something to tell him.'

Paul called one of the Captains of the garrison and asked him to take the lad to the commanding officer, as he had something to tell him.


rate difficulty: Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

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


simplify: Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it.

Then the rest of the nations round about you will be certain that I the Lord am the builder of the places which were pulled down and the planter of that which was waste: I the Lord have said it, and I will do it.


rate difficulty: for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

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


simplify: Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another; make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

Then David said to the man, Go and say to Joab, Do not let this be a grief to you; for one man may come to his death by the sword like another: put up an even stronger fight against the town, and take it: and do you put heart into him.


rate difficulty: And Sihon hath not suffered Israel to pass through his border, and Sihon gathereth all his people, and cometh out to meet Israel into the wilderness, and cometh in to Jahaz, and fighteth against Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar <FI>is<Fi> Nathaneel son of Zuar.

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


simplify: And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or land, for my sake, will receive many times as much, and will ‘gain eternal life.’


simplify: Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

This will be brought about in his own time by the one ever-blessed Potentate, the king of all kings and Lord of all lords,


rate difficulty: And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.

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


rate difficulty: If grape-gatherers had come to thee, would they not have left a gleaning? If thieves by night, they would destroy only till they had enough.


simplify: For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do for thy great name?

For when the news comes to the Canaanites and all the people of the land, they will come up, shutting us in and cutting off our name from the earth: and what will you do for the honour of your great name?


simplify: These were they that waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.

These were the men who were waiting on the king, in addition to those placed by the king in the walled towns through all Judah.


simplify: Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth:


rate difficulty: thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will give Pharaoh-Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.

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


simplify: And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

And God went on to say to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is my sign to all generations.


rate difficulty: But the children of Belial said, How should this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no gifts. But he was as one deaf.

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


rate difficulty: And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.

And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.


simplify: Then went Haman forth that day joyful and glad of heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he stood not up nor moved for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.

Then on that day Haman went out full of joy and glad in heart; but when he saw Mordecai in the king's doorway, and he did not get to his feet or give any sign of fear before him, Haman was full of wrath against Mordecai.


simplify: and Peter said, `Silver and gold I have none, but what I have, that I give to thee; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and be walking.'

but Peter added: “I have no gold or silver, but I give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk.”


rate difficulty: On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:


rate difficulty: So Jotham became strong, because in all his ways he made the Lord his guide.

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


simplify: For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

For so has the Lord said to me, In a year, by the years of a servant working for payment, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end:


rate difficulty: But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

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simplify: Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house.

Then his brother's wife is to come to him, before the responsible men of the town, and take his shoe off his foot, and put shame on him, and say, So let it be done to the man who will not take care of his brother's name.


rate difficulty: He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not turning away from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do.

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


rate difficulty: And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,

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


rate difficulty: And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.

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


simplify: And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.

For seven days let no leaven be used through all your land; and nothing of the flesh which is put to death in the evening of the first day is to be kept through the night till morning.


simplify: Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.

Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.


rate difficulty: Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; which agreement was broken by them, and I gave them up, says the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `Too many <FI>are<Fi> the people who <FI>are<Fi> with thee for My giving Midian into their hand, lest Israel beautify itself against Me, saying, My hand hath given salvation to me;

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


rate difficulty: Zechariah son of Meshelemiah <FI>is<Fi> gatekeeper at the opening of the tent of meeting.

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


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


simplify: for they all saw him, and were troubled, and immediately he spake with them, and saith to them, `Take courage, I am <FI>he<Fi> , be not afraid.'

for all of them saw him, and were terrified. But Jesus at once spoke to them. “Courage!”he said, “it is I; do not be afraid!”


simplify: And it was, as it were, the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land till the ninth hour,

It was nearly midday, when a darkness came over the whole country, lasting until three in the afternoon,


rate difficulty: and if not, while he is yet far off, having sent an embassy, he asks for terms of peace.


simplify: and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary that was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

And certain women who had been made free from evil spirits and diseases, Mary named Magdalene, from whom seven evil spirits had gone out,


rate difficulty: and by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun one,

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


simplify: Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel before me, if only your children give attention to their ways, walking before me as you have done.


rate difficulty: And the fat, and the kidneys, and the net above the liver, of the sin-offering, he burned on the altar, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

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


simplify: As keepers of a field are they against her round about, because she hath been rebellious against me, saith Jehovah.

Like keepers of a field they are against her on every side; because she has been fighting against me, says the Lord.


simplify: And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the Lord, that was before the porch of the Lord.

And Asa, hearing these words of Azariah, the son of Oded the prophet, took heart and put away all the disgusting things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the towns which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he made new again the altar of the Lord in front of the covered way of the Lord's house.


rate difficulty: Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee out of the hour of trial, which is about to come upon the whole habitable world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

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simplify: who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.

Who goes before you on your way, looking for a place where you may put up your tents, in fire by night, lighting up the way you are to go, and in a cloud by day.


simplify: Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

Since, then, Christ suffered in body, arm yourselves with the same resolve as he; for he who has suffered in body has ceased to sin,


simplify: And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

And the servants of Amon made a secret design against him, and put the king to death in his house.


simplify: and with you, it may be, I will abide, or even winter, that ye may send me forward whithersoever I go,

And I will probably make some stay with you or, perhaps, remain for the winter, so that you may yourselves send me on my way, wherever I may be going.


simplify: that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, that were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

That Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah; and in answer to my request for news of the Jews who had been prisoners and had got away, and of Jerusalem,


simplify: And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.

They are to take the gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen,


simplify: For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.


rate difficulty: And the priest will take holy water in a pot and put in it dust from the floor of the House;

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rate difficulty: who hold doctrine that can be relied on as being in accordance with the accepted teaching; so that they may be able to encourage others by sound teaching, as well as to refute our opponents.

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


simplify: which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'

This seed is smaller than all other seeds, but, when it has grown up, it is larger than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that ‘the wild birds come and roost in its branches.’”


rate difficulty: And there was in the synagogue a man having a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried with a loud voice,


rate difficulty: Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto him, Arise, and go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.

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


simplify: So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment.

So everything was made ready and the priests took their places with the Levites in their divisions, as the king had said.


simplify: `And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feasts, and the door was shut;

But while they were on their way to buy it, the groom came; and the bridesmaids who were ready went in with him to the banquet, and the door was shut.


rate difficulty: And the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, and made her unclean with their loose desire, and she became unclean with them, and her soul was turned from them.

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


rate difficulty: My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

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


rate difficulty: And having passed through a first and second guard, they came to the iron gate which leads into the city, which opened to them of itself; and going forth they went down one street, and immediately the angel left him.


rate difficulty: And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

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


simplify: And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and how shall we do unto him?

And Manoah said, Now when your words come true, what is to be the rule for the child and what will be his work?


rate difficulty: You yourselves are our letter, whose writing is in our heart, open for every man's reading and knowledge;


rate difficulty: And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

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


simplify: And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

And our father said to us, You have knowledge that my wife gave me two sons;


rate difficulty: In all cases pay what is due from you — tribute where tribute is due, taxes where taxes are due, respect where respect is due, and honor where honor is due.

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


rate difficulty: As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

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


rate difficulty: having heard about Jesus, having come in the multitude behind, she touched his garment,


simplify: Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.

As a woman with child, whose time is near, is troubled, crying out in her pain; so have we been before you, O Lord.


rate difficulty: Shall a man makegods unto himself, and they are no-gods?

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


simplify: And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.

And when he came back he said to his father and mother, I have seen a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines: get her now for me for my wife.


rate difficulty: And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.

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


simplify: For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

We have not indeed the audacity to class or compare ourselves with some of those who indulge in self-commendation! But, when such persons measure themselves by themselves, and compare themselves with themselves, they show a want of wisdom.


rate difficulty: And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.

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


simplify: will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of sheep or with ten thousand rivers of oil? am I to give my first child for my wrongdoing, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?


simplify: And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines; and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

And the Philistines put their forces in order against Israel, and the fighting was hard, and Israel was overcome by the Philistines, who put to the sword about four thousand of their army in the field.


rate difficulty: The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

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


rate difficulty: And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.


simplify: Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

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


simplify: And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.


simplify: The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth–shemesh, and Elon–beth–hanan:

... the son of Deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;


simplify: All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.


simplify: And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.


simplify: and in like manner also Rahab the harlot--was she not out of works declared righteous, having received the messengers, and by another way having sent forth?

Was not it the same with the prostitute, Rahab? Was not it as the result of her actions that she was pronounced righteous, after she had welcomed the messengers and helped them escape by?


simplify: seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you-ward is not weak, but is powerful in you:

Seeing that you are looking for a sign of Christ giving out his word in me; who is not feeble in relation to you, but is strong in you:


rate difficulty: And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

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


rate difficulty: Then Jesus, with a loud cry, said: “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”And with these words he expired.

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


simplify: Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.

So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, in Mizpah, and was living with him among the people who were still in the land.


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


simplify: The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.

The women of my people you have been driving away from their dearly loved children; from their young ones you are taking my glory for ever.


rate difficulty: Egypt is a very fair heifer; but destruction out of the north is come, it is come.

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


simplify: And Zacharias said unto the messenger, `Whereby shall I know this? for I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?'

“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in years.”


rate difficulty: And wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, and no eye had seen me.

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


rate difficulty: And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.


simplify: have ye not known that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience, servants ye are to him to whom ye obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

Surely you know that, when you offer yourselves as servants, to obey anyone, you are the servants of the person whom you obey, whether the service be a service sin which leads to death, or a service Duty which leads to righteousness.


rate difficulty: Will I not, in that day, says the Lord, take away the wise men out of Edom, and wisdom out of the mountain of Esau?

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


simplify: Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the Lord, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the Lord. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.

Then Hezekiah made answer and said, Now that you have given yourselves to the Lord, come near and take offerings and praise-offerings into the house of the Lord. So all the people took in offerings and praise-offerings: and those whose hearts were moved, took in burned offerings.


rate difficulty: Then, looking around at them all, he said to the man: “Stretch out your hand.”The man did so; and his hand had become sound.

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


simplify: and Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,

And Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, and Azariah was the father of Johanan,


rate difficulty: and he charged them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse;


simplify: And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.

This happened three times, and then all was drawn up again into the heavens.


simplify: One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has done: on the word of two or three witnesses a question is to be judged.


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

And Pilate said in answer to them, Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?


simplify: `And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

Yes, and I say to you, Your name is ‘Peter — a Rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of the place of death will not prevail over it.


simplify: What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

What is to be done by law to Vashti the queen, because she has not done what King Ahasuerus, by his servants, gave her orders to do?


rate difficulty: And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.

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


simplify: All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The Lord thy God accept thee.

All this does the servant of my lord the king give to the king. And Araunah said, May the Lord your God be pleased with your offering!


rate difficulty: Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.


simplify: The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or of thy daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.

You may not have sex relations with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, for they are part of yourself;


rate difficulty: And he divideth himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smiteth them, and pursueth them unto Hobah, which <FI>is<Fi> at the left of Damascus;

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


rate difficulty: And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons’ due, of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire: for so I am commanded.


rate difficulty: And the coney, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

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


rate difficulty: And Kedesh and Edrei and En-Hazor

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


simplify: And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another.

And your head-dresses will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet: there will be no sorrow or weeping; but you will be wasting away in the punishment of your evil-doing, and you will be looking at one another in wonder.


simplify: Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.

Israel has done wrong, sinning against the agreement which I made with them: they have even taken of the cursed thing; acting falsely like thieves they have put it among their goods.


simplify: David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?

David, then, calls him ‘lord,’ so how is he David’s son?”


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that] wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence.

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


simplify: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:


rate difficulty: lest if Macedonians may come with me, and find you unprepared, we--we may be put to shame (that we say not--ye) in this same confidence of boasting.

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


simplify: Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

The tenth day of this seventh month is the day for the taking away of sin; let it be a holy day of worship; you are to keep from pleasure, and give to the Lord an offering made by fire.


simplify: Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.

Then Herod secretly sent for the astrologers, and found out from them the date of the appearance of the star;


simplify: And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

When you are lifted up in power, all those who come against you are crushed: when you send out your wrath, they are burned up like dry grass.


simplify: And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God.

And on that day Moses took an oath, saying, Truly the land where your feet have been placed will become a heritage for you and your children for ever, because you have been true to the Lord your God with all your heart.


simplify: Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

And so with you, my friends; as far as the law was concerned, you underwent death in the crucified body of the Christ, so that you might be united to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that our lives might bear fruit for God.


simplify: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it.


rate difficulty: While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

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


simplify: And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,

And when he had been sent for, Tertullus, starting his statement, said, Because by you we are living in peace, and through your wisdom wrongs are put right for this nation,


simplify: John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:

John, addressing them all, said: “I, indeed, baptize you with water; but there is coming one more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to unfasten his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.


simplify: And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

And they will be my people, and I will be their God:


simplify: We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.

“We owe it to your Excellency,” he said, “that we are enjoying profound peace, and we owe it to your foresight that this nation is constantly securing reforms — advantages which we very gratefully accept at all times and places.


simplify: And this shall be the sign unto thee: ye shall eat this year that which groweth of itself, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

And this will be the sign to you: you will get your food this year from what comes up of itself, and in the second year from the produce of the same; and in the third year you will put in your seed, and get in the grain, and make vine-gardens, and take of their fruit.


rate difficulty: And gone out again hath the measuring line Over-against it, unto the height of Gareb, And it hath compassed to Goah.

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


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

For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,


simplify: The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.

The last power to come to an end is death.


simplify: I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.

And the land will be watered with your blood, and the waterways will be full of you.


rate difficulty: that thine eyes may be open upon this house night and day, upon the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the first-born that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:

See, I have taken the Levites out of the children of Israel to be mine in place of the first sons of the children of Israel;


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, saith Jehovah, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth;

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


simplify: And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

After Jesus had reached Bethany, and while he was in the house of Simon the leper,


rate difficulty: And in the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin, king of Judah, had been taken prisoner, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the first year of his rule, took Jehoiachin, king of Judah, out of prison;

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


simplify: And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

and, since their trade was the same as his, he stayed and worked with them — their trade was tent-making.


simplify: So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

So they went through all the country, covering it between them; Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another by himself.


simplify: And there was there, near the mountains, a great herd of swine feeding,

There was a large drove of pigs close by, feeding on the hillside;


simplify: And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.

Then Aaron said to them, Take off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives and your sons and your daughters, and give them to me.


simplify: The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, andwith the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

The sin of Judah is recorded with a pen of iron, and with the sharp point of a jewel it is cut on their hearts of stone, and on the horns of their altars for a sign to them:


simplify: Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?

Is not it they who malign that honorable name which has been bestowed on you?


simplify: And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.

And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.


rate difficulty: What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: For astonishment had laid hold on him, and on all those who were with him, at the haul of fishes which they had taken;

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


simplify: To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,


rate difficulty: The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out.

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


rate difficulty: Whoever makes any like it, for its sweet smell, will be cut off from his people.

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


rate difficulty: The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.

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


simplify: For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.


simplify: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

They are singing what seems to be a new song, before the throne, and before the four Creatures and the councillors; and no one was able to learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from earth.


rate difficulty: Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:

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


simplify: `Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you--for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.

Alas for you when everyone speaks well of you; for this is what their ancestors did to the false prophets.


rate difficulty: And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, and its meal offering, and its drink offering.


rate difficulty: And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

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


simplify: And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth and give fruit.


rate difficulty: and it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me: at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

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


simplify: But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.

But the people took some of their goods, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which were put to the curse, to make an offering of them to the Lord your God in Gilgal.


simplify: And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.

And they said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are strong, and the birth takes place before we come to them.


rate difficulty: And these whose names are given came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and made an attack on the Meunim who were living there, and put an end to them to this day, and took their place, because there was grass there for their flocks.

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


rate difficulty: You will be engaged in the same hard struggle as that which you once saw me waging, and which you hear that I am waging still.


rate difficulty: Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy,

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


simplify: Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

Their arrows give certain death, they are all men of war.


rate difficulty: But the houses in villages that have no wall round about them shall be reckoned as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.


simplify: But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.


rate difficulty: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

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


simplify: Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ;


rate difficulty: When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 11 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

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


rate difficulty: Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

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


simplify: Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince’s, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.

And the property of the Levites and the property of the town will be in the middle of the prince's property; between the limit of Judah's part and the limit of Benjamin's part will be for the prince.


rate difficulty: (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?

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


simplify: They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:

Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about:


simplify: Forgive, O Jehovah, thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and suffer not innocent blood to remain in the midst of thy people Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

Have mercy, O Lord, on your people Israel whom you have made free, and take away from your people the crime of a death without cause. Then they will no longer be responsible for the man's death.


rate difficulty: And Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found grace in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request;

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


simplify: When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

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


rate difficulty: `What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it?

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


rate difficulty: And the city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth and the height thereof are equal.

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes unto your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

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


rate difficulty: because it doth not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it doth go out, purifying all the meats.'

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


rate difficulty: The Lord your God will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to him;

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


simplify: But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.


rate difficulty: In the third year of his rule he sent Benhail and Obadiah and Zechariah and Nethanel and Micaiah, his captains, as teachers into the towns of Judah;

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


simplify: And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

And I will send the Egyptians in flight among the nations and wandering through the countries; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,

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


simplify: Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

And all the prophets from Samuel and those who came after, every one of them, gave word of these days.


simplify: And the side-chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house continued upward; and so one went up from the lowest chamber to the highest by the middle chamber.

The side-rooms became wider as they went higher up the house, by the amount of the space let into the wall up round about the house, because of the inlets in the house; and one went up from the lowest floor by steps to the middle, and from the middle to the upper floor.