simplify: Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

Then the rulers said to the king, Let this man be put to death, because he is putting fear into the hearts of the men of war who are still in the town, and into the hearts of the people, by saying such things to them: this man is not working for the well-being of the people, but for their damage.


rate difficulty: Will ye speak unrighteously forGod? and for him speak deceit?

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


simplify: And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore Jehovah will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

And say to the people, Make yourselves clean before tomorrow and you will have flesh for your food: for in the ears of the Lord you have been weeping and saying, Who will give us flesh for food? for we were well off in Egypt: and so the Lord will give you flesh, and it will be your food;


simplify: And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

And King Solomon and all the men of Israel who had come together there, were with him before the ark, making offerings of sheep and oxen more than might be numbered.


simplify: For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

It was not David who went up into heaven; for he himself says —  ‘The Lord said to my master: “Sit on my right hand,


rate difficulty: And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

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


rate difficulty: And saying, The time has come, and the kingdom of God is near: let your hearts be turned from sin and have faith in the good news.

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


simplify: A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

And I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you: I will take away the heart of stone from your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh.


simplify: So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

So Esther was taken in to King Ahasuerus in his house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his rule.


rate difficulty: `When a man hath in the skin of his flesh a rising, or scab, or bright spot, and it hath become in the skin of his flesh a leprous plague, then he hath been brought in unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests;

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


rate difficulty: And ye have said, Wherefore hath not the son, Borne of the iniquity of the father? And--the son judgment and righteousness hath done, All My statutes he hath kept, And he doeth them, he surely liveth.

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


simplify: This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

This is the law of the house: On the top of the mountain all the space round it on every side will be most holy. See, this is the law of the house.


simplify: Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

Truly, because they had no faith they were broken off, and you have your place by reason of your faith. Do not be lifted up in pride, but have fear;


simplify: And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

All who heard the shepherds were astonished at their story,


simplify: Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:


rate difficulty: Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.


rate difficulty: Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.

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


simplify: And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

And he saw an angel of the Lord in his place on the right side of the altar.


rate difficulty: `Go, and thou hast said unto David My servant, Thus said Jehovah, Thou dost not build for Me the house to dwell in:

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


simplify: The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

This king acted deceitfully towards our race and ill-treated our ancestors, making them abandon their own infants, so that they should not be reared.


simplify: idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,

Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings,


rate difficulty: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat.

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


rate difficulty: And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

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


rate difficulty: `Son of man, The house of Israel are dwelling on their land, And they defile it by their way and by their doings, As the uncleanness of a separated one hath their way been before Me.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

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


simplify: And Gallio being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a rush with one accord upon Paul, and brought him unto the tribunal,

While Gallio was governor of Greece, some of the Jewish leaders made a combined attack on Paul, and brought him before the Governor’s Bench,


simplify: And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

Great hailstones, a pound in weight, are falling on men from the heavens. And men blasphemed God because of the curse of the hail, for it was a very terrible curse.


simplify: And Herod having seen Jesus did rejoice exceedingly, for he was wishing for a long <FI>time<Fi> to see him, because of hearing many things about him, and he was hoping some sign to see done by him,

When Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly pleased, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, having heard a great deal about him; and he was hoping to see some sign given by him.


rate difficulty: For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

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


simplify: Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.

It was only yesterday you came to us; why then am I to make you go up and down with us? for I have to go where I may; go back then, and take your countrymen with you, and may the Lord's mercy and good faith be with you.


simplify: until Jehovah give rest unto your brethren, as unto you, and they also possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth them beyond the Jordan: then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.

Till the Lord has given rest to your brothers as to you, and till they have taken for themselves the land which the Lord your God is giving them on the other side of Jordan: then you may go back, every man of you, to the heritage which I have given you.


simplify: and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

And the second, Chileab, whose mother was Abigail, the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom, son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur;


rate difficulty: And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.

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


simplify: And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?

And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?


simplify: and he hath seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight.

And he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hands on him, so that he may be able to see.


rate difficulty: `And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he <FI>is<Fi> a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

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


rate difficulty: And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not Jehovah; and Jehovah sent lions among them, which killed [some] of them.


simplify: Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.

And they sent word to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and is dead.


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Moses, Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.

And the Lord said to Moses, I will send one more punishment on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will let you go; and when he does let you go, he will not keep one of you back, but will send you out by force.


rate difficulty: Woe to you that are filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.

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


simplify: Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land.


simplify: And they made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab.

And they went to war against the Hagarites, with Jetur and Naphish and Nodab.


simplify: But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

But the Pharisees heard of it and said: “He drives out demons only by the help of Beelzebul the chief of the demons.”


rate difficulty: I see it, but not now; I behold it, but not near; A star hath proceeded from Jacob, And a sceptre hath risen from Israel, And hath smitten corners of Moab, And hath destroyed all sons of Sheth.

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


simplify: Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

And about this thing I made request to the Lord three times that it might be taken away from me.


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, Ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

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


rate difficulty: And the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph; to Gedaliah the second: he and his brethren and his sons were twelve.

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


simplify: For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God.

For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.


rate difficulty: that which we have seen and heard declare we to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship <FI>is<Fi> with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ;

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


simplify: For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.

because his only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying. As Jesus was going, the people were pressing closely around him.


rate difficulty: Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:


rate difficulty: Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

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


simplify: And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them,

and, when there was an attempt on the part of both Gentiles and Jews, with their leaders, to resort to violence and to stone them,


simplify: Yea, many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek Jehovah of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of Jehovah.

And great peoples and strong nations will come to give worship to the Lord of armies in Jerusalem and to make requests for grace from the Lord.


simplify: and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;

And it is to be with him for his reading all the days of his life, so that he may be trained in the fear of the Lord his God to keep and do all the words of this teaching and these laws:


simplify: (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

It is not those who hear the words of a law that are righteous before God, but it is those who obey it that will be pronounced righteous.


simplify: And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

Then he got ten of the responsible men of the town, and said, Be seated here. And they took their seats.


rate difficulty: And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if it is your purpose to give a good outcome to my journey,

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


simplify: Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Thus the law has proved a guide to lead us to Christ, in order that we may be pronounced righteous as the result of faith.


rate difficulty: And Hezekiah turneth round his face unto the wall, and prayeth unto Jehovah,

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

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


rate difficulty: Give ear in heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.

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


rate difficulty: And his captains freely gave an offering to the people, the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand, six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen.

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


simplify: And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.

And his prison clothing was changed, and he was a guest at the king's table every day for the rest of his life.


rate difficulty: Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

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


simplify: The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?

“I have observed all these,” said the young man. “What is still wanting in me?”


rate difficulty: For there is no use or purpose in the help of Egypt: so I have said about her, She is Rahab, who has come to an end.


simplify: And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.

And when the ruler comes in, he is to go in through the covered way of the doorway, and he is to go out by the same way.


simplify: and having landed at Syracuse, we remained three days,

We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days,


simplify: Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?

Or is it by your orders that the eagle goes up, and makes his resting-place on high?


simplify: And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.

Then the children of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were stronger than he, he went back to his house.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah answereth the messenger, who is speaking with me, good words, comfortable words.

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


simplify: and they having requested <FI>him<Fi> to remain a longer time with them, he did not consent,

When they asked him to prolong his stay, he declined, saying however,


simplify: But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.

But Jesus, hearing this, spoke to the leader: “Do not be afraid; only have faith, and she will yet be delivered.”


simplify: Thy holy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

Why have evil men gone over your holy place, so that it has been crushed under the feet of our haters?


rate difficulty: Then Jehoiada the priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears and body-covers which had been King David's and which were kept in the house of God.

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


rate difficulty: They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass in the increase that ye shall give the fifth to Pharaoh, and the four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

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


simplify: If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.

If a ruler gives attention to false words, all his servants are evil-doers.


simplify: And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,

From the tribes of the children of Judah and the children of Simeon they gave these towns, listed here by name:


rate difficulty: And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord.


rate difficulty: But they had no fear and gave no signs of grief, not the king or any of his servants, after hearing all these words.

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


simplify: for all the prophets and the law till John did prophesy,

For the teaching of all the prophets and of the law continued until the time of John;


rate difficulty: In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

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


rate difficulty: Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil.

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


simplify: Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:

Now these are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whose mother was Hagar the Egyptian, the servant of Sarah:


rate difficulty: he <FI>is<Fi> son of a woman, a widow, of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father a man of Tyre, a worker in brass, and he is filled with the wisdom and the understanding, and the knowledge to do all work in brass--and he cometh unto king Solomon, and doth all his work.

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


simplify: And on the sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spake unto the women that were come together.

And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.


simplify: She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.

She sees that her marketing is of profit to her: her light does not go out by night.


rate difficulty: And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,

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


simplify: Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?

Among the smooth stones of the valley is your heritage; they, even they, are your part: even to them have you made a drink offering and a meal offering. Is it possible for such things to be overlooked by me?


rate difficulty: And masters, treat your slaves in the same spirit. Give up threatening them; for you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that before him there is no distinction of rank.


rate difficulty: but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the citizens of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the citizens of Shechem and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.


simplify: He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

Again, a second time, he went away, and prayed. “My Father,” he said, “if I cannot be spared this cup, but must drink it, your will be done!”


simplify: Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.

Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.


simplify: And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.


rate difficulty: And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,

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


rate difficulty: And though no cause of death was seen in him, they made a request to Pilate that he might be put to death.

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


rate difficulty: But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take heart; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour.

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


simplify: and thou shalt teach them the statutes and the laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

Teaching them his rules and his laws, guiding them in the way they have to go, and making clear to them the work they have to do.


rate difficulty: Stand in the gate of the house of Jehovah, and thou hast proclaimed there this word, and hast said, Hear a word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, who are coming in at these gates, to bow before Jehovah:

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: For this reason I will do to the house which is named by my name, and in which you have put your faith, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

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


simplify: Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

Truly, God will not give up him who is without sin, and will not take evil-doers by the hand.


rate difficulty: So mightily grew the word of the Lord and prevailed.


rate difficulty: according as it is written, He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor, his righteousness remains for ever.

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


simplify: He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

Iron is to him as dry grass, and brass as soft wood.


simplify: Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?

O keep in mind that you made me out of earth; and will you send me back again to dust?


simplify: And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?

Now when Saul's old friends saw him among the band of prophets, the people said to one another, What has come to Saul, the son of Kish? Is even Saul among the prophets?


simplify: For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year.

For I will send out the nations before you and make wide the limits of your land; and no man will make an attempt to take your land while you go up to give worship to the Lord, three times in the year.


simplify: Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Remember, I have given you the power to ‘trample on snakes and scorpions,’ and to meet all the strength of the Enemy. Nothing will ever harm you in any way.


simplify: And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, 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 fruits 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 he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?

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


simplify: And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

And I saw a strong angel saying in a loud voice, Who is able to make the book open, and to undo its stamps?


rate difficulty: and the giving of drink in vessels of gold, and the vessels <FI>are<Fi> divers vessels, and the royal wine <FI>is<Fi> abundant, as a memorial of the king.

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


simplify: And David said to all the assembly, Now bless Jehovah your God. And all the assembly blessed Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped Jehovah, and the king.

And David said to all the people, Now give praise to the Lord your God. And all the people gave praise to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with bent heads worshipping the Lord and the king.


rate difficulty: And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.


rate difficulty: Before I was aware, my soul set me Amongthe chariots of my princely people.

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


rate difficulty: Christ, then, having suffered for us in [the] flesh, do ye also arm yourselves with the same mind; for he that has suffered in [the] flesh has done with sin,

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


simplify: And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?

And Moses said to God, When I come to the children of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you: and they say to me, What is his name? what am I to say to them?


simplify: And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

But see that they make the same number of bricks as before, and no less: for they have no love for work; and so they are crying out and saying, Let us go and make an offering to our God.


rate difficulty: Wisdom has made her house, putting up her seven pillars.

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


simplify: And he gave order to the centurion that he should be kept in charge, and should have indulgence; and not to forbid any of his friends to minister unto him.

And he gave orders to the captain to keep Paul under his control, and to let him have everything he had need of; and not to keep his friends from coming to see him.


rate difficulty: That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

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


rate difficulty: `And I have left the remnant of Mine inheritance, and given them into the hand of their enemies, and they have been for a prey and for a spoil to all their enemies,

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


simplify: The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:


simplify: and how shall they preach, if they may not be sent? according as it hath been written, `How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!'

And how is anyone to proclaim him unless they are sent as his messengers? As scripture says — ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!’


rate difficulty: and he himself hath turned back from the graven images which <FI>are<Fi> at Gilgal, and saith, `A secret word I have unto thee, O king;' and he saith, `Hush!' and go out from him do all those standing by him.

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


simplify: I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,


rate difficulty: And in the days of Joiakim there were priests, heads of families: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And being afraid they marvelled, saying one to another, Who then is this, that he commandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey him?

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


rate difficulty: For day by day there came [men] to David to help him, until it was a great camp, like the camp ofGod.

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


rate difficulty: and the sore is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is the sore of leprosy, and shall be shewn unto the priest.

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


rate difficulty: And he buildeth the twenty cubits on the sides of the house with ribs of cedar, from the floor unto the walls; and he buildeth for it within, for the oracle, for the holy of holies.

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


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

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


simplify: But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.

Please also get a lodging ready for me, for I hope that I will be given back to you all in answer to your prayers.


simplify: And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

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


rate difficulty: And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

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


rate difficulty: There is Asshur and all her army, round about her last resting-place: all of them put to death by the sword:

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


simplify: Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there the heart is free.


simplify: If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.

God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him.


simplify: Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?

And when the wall has come down, will they not say to you, Where is the whitewash which you put on it?


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

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


rate difficulty: And David said to Ziba, What is your reason for this? And Ziba said, The asses are for the use of the king's people, and the bread and the fruit are food for the young men; and the wine is for drink for those who are overcome by weariness in the waste land.


simplify: And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah.

And when Pharaoh came near, the children of Israel, lifting up their eyes, saw the Egyptians coming after them, and were full of fear; and their cry went up to God.


simplify: And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

And after that, Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and said, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, Let my people go so that they may keep a feast to me in the waste land.


simplify: And Moses went out, and told the people the words of Jehovah: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the Tent.

And Moses went out and gave the people the words of the Lord: and he took seventy of the responsible men of the people, placing them round the Tent.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

And this is what the Lord said to Moses: Go to Pharaoh and say to him, The Lord says, Let my people go so that they may give me worship.


rate difficulty: `And any garment, or any skin on which there is seed of copulation, hath also been washed with water, and been unclean till the evening.

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


simplify: They that fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and hath devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

Those who went in flight from the fear are waiting under the shade of Heshbon: for a fire has gone out from Heshbon and a flame from the house of Sihon, burning up the pride of Moab and the crown of the head of the violent ones.


simplify: Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

Let your ears be open to my voice; give attention to what I say.


rate difficulty: It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise, than to hear the song of fools.


rate difficulty: And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

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


simplify: and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing.

But the other would not, but went and put him in prison until he should pay his debt.


simplify: And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.

and Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed him.


rate difficulty: And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.

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


rate difficulty: Say not, How is it that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

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


rate difficulty: And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:


rate difficulty: But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.

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


simplify: But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.

But he, having knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom in which there is division is made waste; and a house in which there is division comes to destruction.


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

for I, also, try to please everybody in everything, not seeking my own advantage, but do what is best for others, so that they may be saved.


rate difficulty: For the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph.


rate difficulty: These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them, fifty-three thousand four hundred.

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


rate difficulty: See, then, I have made my hands come together in wrath against your taking of goods by force and against the blood which has been flowing in you.

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


simplify: And Peter said, `Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;'

“No, Lord, I cannot,” answered Peter, “for I have never eaten anything ‘defiled’ and ‘unclean’.”


rate difficulty: Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for two years; his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

And while he was giving the king the story of how Elisha had given life to the dead, the woman whose son had come back to life came to the king with a request for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, My lord king, this is the woman and this is her son, whose life Elisha gave back to him.


simplify: Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.


simplify: Call together the archers against Babylon, all them that bend the bow; encamp against her round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her; for she hath been proud against Jehovah, against the Holy One of Israel.

Send for the archers to come together against Babylon, all the bowmen; put up your tents against her on every side; let no one get away: give her the reward of her work; as she has done, so do to her: for she has been uplifted in pride against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.


simplify: But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord.

But to be a witness between us and you, and between the future generations, that we have the right of worshipping the Lord with our burned offerings and our offerings of beasts and our peace-offerings; so that your children will not be able to say to our children in time to come, You have no part in the Lord.


rate difficulty: They are like children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another and saying, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

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


rate difficulty: Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

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


rate difficulty: And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.


simplify: And, having asked for a light, he sprang in, and trembling he fell down before Paul and Silas,

Calling for a light, the Governor rushed in, and flung himself trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.


simplify: Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you.

But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.


simplify: For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

For the mind of this nation has grown dense, And their ears are dull of hearing, Their eyes also have they closed; Otherwise some day they might see with their eyes, And with their ears they might hear, And in their mind they might understand, and might turn — And I might heal them.’


simplify: For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

For the punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of Sodom, which was overturned suddenly without any hand falling on her.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, in the coming in of David and his men to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites have pushed unto the south, and unto Ziklag, and smite Ziklag, and burn it with fire,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

And now it is my fear of the people which has made me come to say these words to my lord the king: and your servant said, I will put my cause before the king, and it may be that he will give effect to my request.


simplify: O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?

O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again?


simplify: As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.

By my life, says the Lord, Sodom your sister never did, she or her daughters, what you and your daughters have done.


simplify: For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

He put up again the high places which had been pulled down by Hezekiah his father; he made altars for Baal, and an Asherah, as Ahab, king of Israel, had done; he was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven.


rate difficulty: and saith, `Jehovah, God of Israel, there is not a God like Thee, in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath, keeping the covenant and the kindness for Thy servants, those walking before Thee with all their heart,


rate difficulty: And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come.

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


simplify: Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.

Now when evening was come, he was seated at table with the twelve disciples;


simplify: But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets;


simplify: And all his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

All his best fighting-men will be put to the sword, and the rest will be sent away to every wind: and you will be certain that I the Lord have said it.


rate difficulty: Of laughter I said, `Foolish!' and of mirth, `What <FI>is<Fi> this it is doing?'

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


simplify: Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.

Then I went down to the potter's house, and he was doing his work on the stones.


simplify: Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judæa, and all the region round about the Jordan;

Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;


simplify: And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

And Caleb, the son of Hezron, had children by Azubah his wife, the daughter of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher and Shobab and Ardon.


simplify: And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

And straight away she took down her vessel from her arm, and said, Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels.


rate difficulty: And Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces who <FI>are<Fi> with him, take all the remnant of the people whom he hath brought back from Ishmael son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah--after he had smitten Gedaliah son of Ahikam--mighty ones, men of war, and women, and infants, and eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon,

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


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel that spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give unto us:

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


rate difficulty: And by his hand hath Shallum son of Halohesh, head of the half of the district of Jerusalem, strengthened, he and his daughters.

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


rate difficulty: And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

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


rate difficulty: And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt.

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


simplify: A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.


simplify: The word of the Lord came also unto me, saying,

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


simplify: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;


rate difficulty: And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;

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


simplify: Also you--being dead in the trespasses and the sins,

You yourselves were once dead because of your offenses and sins.


simplify: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.


rate difficulty: It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.

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


rate difficulty: `And when a person bringeth near an offering, a present to Jehovah, of flour is his offering, and he hath poured on it oil, and hath put on it frankincense;

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


rate difficulty: And the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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


simplify: Behold, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.

The Lord has sent out word to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your saviour comes; those whom he has made free are with him, and those to whom he has given salvation go before him.


rate difficulty: Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

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


rate difficulty: And according to Paul's custom he went in among them, and on three sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures,

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


rate difficulty: they gave the city of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,

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


rate difficulty: Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

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


simplify: And behold, a man called by name Zacchæus; and he was a chief publican, and he was rich.

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


rate difficulty: And He saith, `What art thou seeing, Amos?' and I say, `A basket of summer-fruit.' And Jehovah saith unto me: `The end hath come unto My people Israel, I do not add any more to pass over to it.

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


simplify: `He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

Anyone who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and anyone who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.


simplify: And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

Then David made this song of grief for Saul and Jonathan, his son:


simplify: And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

any righteousness that I have being, not the righteousness that results from law, but the righteousness which comes through faith in Christ — the righteousness which is derived from God and is founded on faith.


rate difficulty: that Jehovah may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

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


simplify: He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.


simplify: But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

But he who is united to the Lord is one spirit.


rate difficulty: but has been made manifest now by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who has annulled death, and brought to light life and incorruptibility by the glad tidings;

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And gone out have the inhabitants of cities of Israel, And they have burned and kindled <FI>a fire<Fi> , With armour, and shield, and buckler, With bow, and with arrows, And with hand-staves, and with javelins, And they have caused a fire to burn with them seven years,

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


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they hearkened unto the word of Jehovah, and returned and went their way, according to the word of Jehovah.

The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers, the children of Israel; go back, every man to his house, because this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the word of the Lord, and went back, as the Lord had said.


rate difficulty: “Teacher,” a man in the crowd said to Jesus, “tell my brother to share the property with me.”

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


rate difficulty: And now I want you to complete the work, so that its completion may correspond with your willing readiness — in proportion, of course, to your means.

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


simplify: that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray,

Then we will no longer be like infants, tossed backward and forward, blown about by every breath of human teaching and by people's trickery and craftiness;


rate difficulty: Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.

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


simplify: After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.

After him Binnui, the son of Henadad, was working on another part, from the house of Azariah as far as the turning of the wall and the angle.


simplify: And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;

And he took with him Peter and James and John, and grief and great trouble came on him.


rate difficulty: And it is complete--all the work that king Solomon hath made <FI>for<Fi> the house of Jehovah, and Solomon bringeth in the sanctified things of David his father; the silver, and the gold, and the vessels he hath put in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.


rate difficulty: Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

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


rate difficulty: And Elisha sent a servant to him, saying, Go to Jordan, and after washing seven times in its waters your flesh will be well again and you will be clean.


rate difficulty: And the Egyptians are urgent on the people, hasting to send them away out of the land, for they said, `We are all dead;'


simplify: And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.

And after the voice was gone they saw that Jesus was by himself. And they kept quiet, and said nothing at that time to anyone of the things which they had seen.


simplify: The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;

The two pillars and the two cups of the crowns which were on the tops of the two pillars; and the network covering the two cups of the crowns on the tops of the pillars,


simplify: And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

To another man Jesus said: “Follow me.”   “Let me first go and bury my father,” said the man.


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

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;

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


simplify: And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

And he does great signs, even making fire come down from heaven on the earth before the eyes of men.


rate difficulty: And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.

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


simplify: And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.

And when he came, Eli was seated by the wayside watching: and in his heart was fear for the ark of God. And when the man came into the town and gave the news, there was a great outcry.


rate difficulty: For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall frustrate [it]? And his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

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


rate difficulty: And the statutes and the ordinances and the law, and the commandment which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear othergods.

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


simplify: Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

for Jesus ‘was given up to death to atone for our offenses,’ and was raised to life that we might be pronounced righteous.


rate difficulty: I beheld the mountains, and lo, they trembled, and all the hills shook violently.

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


simplify: For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:

For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority;


simplify: And he went and found his body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the body: the lion had not eaten the body, nor torn the ass.

And he went and saw the dead body stretched out in the road with the ass and the lion by its side: the lion had not taken the body for its food or done any damage to the ass.


simplify: I must needs glory, though it is not expedient; but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

As it is necessary for me to take glory to myself, though it is not a good thing, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.


simplify: And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days; and they keptotherseven days with gladness.

And by the desire of all the people, the feast went on for another seven days, and they kept the seven days with joy.


simplify: And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.

And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the towns with their outskirts.


rate difficulty: And he said, No; for [as] captain of the army of Jehovah am I now come. Then Joshua fell upon his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said to him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

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


simplify: and apart from thy mind I willed to do nothing, that as of necessity thy good deed may not be, but of willingness,

But I do not wish to do anything without your consent, because I want your generosity to be voluntary and not, as it were, compulsory.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who [are] near the Ethiopians;

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah God saith unto the serpent, `Because thou hast done this, cursed <FI>art<Fi> thou above all the cattle, and above every beast of the field: on thy belly dost thou go, and dust thou dost eat, all days of thy life;

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 11 | difficulty: hard


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

And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.


simplify: Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels’ necks.

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels' necks.


simplify: `For I testify to every one hearing the words of the prophecy of this scroll, if any one may add unto these, God shall add to him the plagues that have been written in this scroll,

I declare to all who hear the words of the prophecy contained in this book — ‘If anyone adds to it, God will add to his troubles the curses described in this book;


rate difficulty: Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.

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


rate difficulty: And the son of Saul heareth that Abner <FI>is<Fi> dead in Hebron, and his hands are feeble, and all Israel have been troubled.

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


rate difficulty: and Saul seeth that he is acting very wisely, and is afraid of him,

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


simplify: In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,

In that day will the Lord of armies be a crown of glory, and a fair ornament, to the rest of his people;


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

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


simplify: If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?


rate difficulty: And--in their ways thou hast not walked, And according to their abominations done, As a little thing it hath been loathed, And thou dost more corruptly than they in all thy ways.

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


rate difficulty: Thy bow was made naked, The rods [of discipline] sworn according to [thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

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


rate difficulty: And they have kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren, for the service of the house of Jehovah.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: but if we should say, Of men, the whole people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

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


rate difficulty: Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek a refuge from the enemy.

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


simplify: And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.

And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.


simplify: And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.

And there was the glory of the God of Israel coming from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of great waters, and the earth was shining with his glory.


rate difficulty: And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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


rate difficulty: I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars;

And the four hundred apples for the network, two lines of apples for every network, covering the two cups of the crowns on the pillars;


rate difficulty: Sons of Manasseh: of Machir <FI>is<Fi> the family of the Machirite; and Machir hath begotten Gilead; of Gilead <FI>is<Fi> the family of the Gileadite.

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


rate difficulty: Three times in the year all thy males shall appear in the presence of the Lord Jehovah.

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


simplify: Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, andPethahiah, said, Stand up and bless Jehovah your God from everlasting to everlasting; and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, Get up and give praise to the Lord your God for ever and ever. Praise be to your great name which is lifted up high over all blessing and praise.


simplify: Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.


rate difficulty: But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:


rate difficulty: And Benaiah came to the Tent of Jehovah, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

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


simplify: And also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

And Asa would not let Maacah, his mother, be queen, because she had made a disgusting image for Asherah; and Asa had her image cut down and broken up and burned by the stream Kidron.


rate difficulty: And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.

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


rate difficulty: Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, And be glad in her, all ye loving her, Rejoice ye with her for joy, All ye are mourning for her,

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


rate difficulty: Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.


rate difficulty: Now by chance there was present a good-for-nothing person named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he, sounding the horn, said, We have no part in David, or any interest in the son of Jesse: let every man go to his tent, O Israel.

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


rate difficulty: All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel <FI>are<Fi> forty and eight cities, and their suburbs.

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


simplify: may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

May have strength to see with all the saints how wide and long and high and deep it is,


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Saul putteth the people in three detachments, and they come into the midst of the camp in the morning-watch, and smite Ammon till the heat of the day; and it cometh to pass that those left are scattered, and there have not been left of them two together.

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


simplify: for if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in his life.

For if, when we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, much more, now that we have become reconciled, will we be saved by virtue of Christ’s life.


simplify: And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.

And I will send the sword, and need of food, and disease, among them till they are all cut off from the land which I gave to them and to their fathers.


rate difficulty: The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and twenty-eight.

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


rate difficulty: (Touch not; taste not; handle not;

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


simplify: For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;

I can bear witness that to the full extent of their power, and even beyond their power, spontaneously,


simplify: that ye may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

So that you may take of the comfort flowing from her breasts, and be delighted with the full measure of her glory.


simplify: The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, Toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,


simplify: stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word, and of all acceptation worthy, that Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners--first of whom I am;

How true the saying is, and worthy of the fullest acceptance, that ‘Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’! And there is no greater sinner than I!


simplify: He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

So he sent men to Balaam, son of Beor, at Pethor by the River in the land of the children of his people, saying to him, See, a people has come out of Egypt, covering all the face of the earth, and they have put up their tents opposite to me:


rate difficulty: and the sons of Israel say unto them, `Oh that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, in our sitting by the flesh-pot, in our eating bread to satiety--for ye have brought us out unto this wilderness to put all this assembly to death with hunger.'

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Come with me and see how I am on fire for the Lord's cause. So he made him go with him in his carriage.

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


simplify: And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

She had been doing this for several days, when Paul, much vexed, turned and said to the spirit within her: “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to leave her.” That very moment the spirit left her.


simplify: and he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:

And put one of the birds to death in a vessel of earth over flowing water;


rate difficulty: For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.

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


rate difficulty: And the people made an outcry to Moses, and Moses made prayer to the Lord, and the fire was stopped.

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


simplify: But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

But Uriah took his rest at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.


rate difficulty: Only conduct yourselves worthily of the glad tidings of the Christ, in order that whether coming and seeing you, or absent, I may hear of what concerns you, that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul, labouring together in the same conflict with the faith of the glad tidings;

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


simplify: Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying,


rate difficulty: And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the Lord commanded Moses.


simplify: Because ye have said, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;

For you have said, The Lord has given us prophets in Babylon.


simplify: in all the signs and the wonders, which Jehovah sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,

In all the signs and wonders which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and all his land;


rate difficulty: But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear;


rate difficulty: But a certain [man], a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in honour of all the people, rose up in the council, and commanded to put the men out for a short while,

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


simplify: So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.

So David made selection of the disease; and the time was the days of the grain-cutting, when the disease came among the people, causing the death of seventy thousand men from Dan as far as Beer-sheba.


rate difficulty: Thus will I make mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him that passeth through and him that returneth.

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


simplify: Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:

Take your chance with us, and we will all have one money-bag:


simplify: they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Even now they are turned away from the rule I gave them, and have made themselves a metal ox and given worship to it and offerings, saying, This is your god, O Israel, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.


simplify: The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.

It is about John’s baptism. Was it of divine or human origin? Answer me that.”


rate difficulty: and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword,

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


simplify: Behold, it wasformypeacethatI had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory.


simplify: And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

And Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and was living in Tirzah.


simplify: But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;


simplify: And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto Jehovah.

Then the Levites are to be put before Aaron and his sons, to be offered as a wave offering to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.

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


rate difficulty: Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

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


simplify: But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

But Elymas, the astrologer (for that is the meaning of the word), opposed them, eager to divert the Governor’s attention from the faith.


rate difficulty: One Sabbath, as Jesus was walking through the cornfields, his disciples began to pick the ears of wheat as they went along.

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


simplify: for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh--lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error,

With boastful and foolish talk, they appeal to the passions of people’s lower nature, and, by their profligacy, entice those who are just escaping from the people who live such misguided lives.


simplify: and having seen him, they bowed to him, but some did waver.

and, when they saw him, they bowed to the ground before him; although some felt doubtful.


simplify: They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field;

They took their flocks and their herds and their asses and everything in their town and in their fields,


simplify: Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

Even to the woodworkers and builders to get cut stone and wood for joining the structure together and for making boards for the houses which the kings of Judah had given up to destruction.


simplify: And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,

All this was said within hearing of the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, and they began to sneer at Jesus.


simplify: The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.

The opener of the way will go up before them: forcing their way out they will go on to the doorway and out through it: their king will go on before them, and the Lord at their head.


simplify: And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

And I will send a great disease on the people living in this town, on man and on beast, causing their death.


rate difficulty: My people, go out from her, and let every man get away safe from the burning wrath of the Lord.


simplify: That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?


simplify: And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

And the water went all round the altar, till the drain was full.


rate difficulty: But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.

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


rate difficulty: My days go quicker than a post-runner: they go in flight, they see no good.

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


rate difficulty: For the promise is for you and for your children, and also for all those now far away, who may be called by the Lord our God.”

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


simplify: And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

And whenever Israel's grain was planted, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east came up against them;


simplify: That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

So that they may give you worship all the days of their life in the land which you gave to our fathers.


rate difficulty: And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?

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


simplify: Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

Nor let us try the patience of the Lord too far, as some of them tried it, with the result that they ‘were, one after another, destroyed by the snakes.’


simplify: Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

Let all flesh be quiet and make no sound before the Lord: for he is awake and has come from his holy resting-place.


simplify: For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.

For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.


simplify: For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

For, as we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring, with Jesus, those who through him have passed to their rest.


simplify: Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

And they will send ... to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.


simplify: for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,

You yourselves know well that the day of the Lord will come just as a thief comes in the night.


simplify: For indeed we are in danger to be accused concerning this day’s riot, there being no cause for it: and as touching it we shall not be able to give account of this concourse.

For, truly, we are in danger of being made responsible for this day's trouble, there being no cause for it: and we are not able to give any reason for this coming together.


simplify: And I besought thy disciples to cast it out; and they could not.

And I made a request to your disciples to send it out of him, but they were not able to do it.


rate difficulty: But the angel of Jehovah said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?

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


rate difficulty: And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.

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


simplify: who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; this one having called for Barnabas and Saul, did desire to hear the word of God,

He was at the court of the Governor, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who sent for Barnabas and Saul and asked to be told God’s message.


rate difficulty: And of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.


simplify: But now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you either by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophesying, or of teaching?

But, now, my brothers, if I come to you using tongues, what profit will it be to you, if I do not give you a revelation, or knowledge, or the word of the prophet, or teaching?


simplify: And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years.


rate difficulty: We have conceived, we have been pained. We have brought forth as it were wind, Salvation we do not work in the earth, Nor do the inhabitants of the world fall.

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rate difficulty: For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.


rate difficulty: But thanks [be] toGod, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ, and makes manifest the odour of his knowledge through us in every place.

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


simplify: In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.


rate difficulty: And Absalom put Amasa at the head of the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had been the lover of Abigail, the daughter of Jesse, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

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


simplify: If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

If anyone thinks that he has the gift of preaching or any other spiritual gift, let him recognize that what I am now saying to you is a command from the Lord.


simplify: But if a revelation be made to another sitting by, let the first keep silence.

But if a revelation is given to another who is seated near, let the first be quiet.


rate difficulty: For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.


simplify: evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

They became back-biters, slanderers, impious, insolent, boastful. They devised new sins. They disobeyed their parents.


simplify: And the Lord said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth–gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

And the Lord said, How may Ahab, king of Israel, be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another.


rate difficulty: In those days before the flood they went on eating and drinking, marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark,

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simplify: Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

Bearing fruit and growing, as it does, through all the world, just as it did among you, from the very day that you heard of God’s loving kindness, and understood what that loving kindness really is.


simplify: The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel and Jeush and Jalam and Korah.


rate difficulty: Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

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


simplify: And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.

And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.


rate difficulty: And all the wise-hearted men among them that wrought the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, Bezalel made them.

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


simplify: Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.


simplify: And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:

I will make the family of Ahab like that of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and Baasha, the son of Ahijah.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, `Dost thou then know what thou dost read?'

So Philip ran up, and he heard the Abyssinian reading the prophet Isaiah.   “Do you understand what you are reading?” he asked.


simplify: who is he that condemneth? It is Christ Jesus that died, yea rather, that was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

Who will give a decision against us? It is Christ Jesus who not only was put to death, but came again from the dead, who is now at the right hand of God, taking our part.


rate difficulty: Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.


rate difficulty: For this reason I also, no longer able to refrain myself, sent to know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter had tempted you and our labour should be come to nothing.

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simplify: The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.

The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured:


rate difficulty: then hath the priest commanded, and they have washed that in which the plague <FI>is<Fi> , and he hath shut it up a second seven days.

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