simplify: Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.


simplify: Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

But you yourself will not be the builder of my house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.


rate difficulty: and calleth unto her husband, and saith, `Send, I pray thee, to me, one of the young men, and one of the asses, and I run unto the man of God, and return.'

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

See, the Lord God will come as a strong one, ruling in power: see, those made free by him are with him, and those whom he has made safe go before him.


rate difficulty: and Moses finisheth to speak all these words unto all Israel,

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


simplify: And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To give you a price for your grain-floor, so that I may put up an altar to the Lord, and the disease may be stopped among the people.


simplify: Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him:

This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him:


simplify: Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations.

From generation to generation you are to give to the Lord a lifted offering from the first of your rough meal.


rate difficulty: and the tongue [is] fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.

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


simplify: Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time.

Then Abishai said to David, God has given up your hater into your hands today; now let me give him one blow through to the earth with his spear, and there will be no need to give him a second.


simplify: And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.

And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.


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

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


rate difficulty: And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

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


simplify: And the priest of the Zeus that is before their city, oxen and garlands unto the porches having brought, with the multitudes did wish to sacrifice,

and the priest of Zeus-beyond-the-Walls, accompanied by the crowd, brought bullocks and garlands to the gates, with the intention of offering sacrifices.


rate difficulty: what prayer, what supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, when they shall know every man his own plague, and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house;

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus having known, saith to them, `Why do ye reason, because ye have no loaves? do ye not yet perceive, nor understand, yet have ye your heart hardened?

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


simplify: the enmity in his flesh, the law of the commands in ordinances having done away, that the two he might create in himself into one new man, making peace,

and in his human nature put an end to the cause of enmity between them — the law with its injunctions and ordinances — in order to create, through union with himself, from Jew and Gentile, one new humanity and so make peace.


rate difficulty: And David saith unto Achish, `But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant from the day that I have been before thee till this day--that I go not in and have fought against the enemies of my lord the king?'

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


simplify: But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen,


rate difficulty: Of the priests: Jedaiah, the son of Joiarib, Jachin,

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


simplify: and laid them at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto each, according as any one had need.

And put it at the feet of the Apostles for distribution to everyone as he had need.


rate difficulty: And the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; but thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusest to be ashamed.

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


rate difficulty: And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: For he knew not what he should say, for they were filled with fear.


rate difficulty: Crispus, the synagogue leader, came to believe in the Lord, and so did all his household; and many of the Corinthians, as they listened to Paul, became believers in Christ and were baptized.

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


rate difficulty: — Do ye not know? Have ye not heard? Hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not understood the foundation of the earth?

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


simplify: Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face, and make good any deficiency in your faith.


simplify: And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.

Seventy thousand he put to the work of transport, eighty thousand to cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers to put the people to work.


rate difficulty: Assyria will not be our salvation; we will not go on horses; we will not again say to the work of our hands, You are our gods; for in you there is mercy for the child who has no father.


simplify: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou:

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God has made all this clear to you, there is no other man of such wisdom and good sense as you:


rate difficulty: Then I was by him, asa master workman; And I was dailyhisdelight, Rejoicing always before him,


rate difficulty: And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the Lord delivered Chushan–rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan–rishathaim.

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


rate difficulty: And the princes in Issachar were with Deborah; And Issachar, like Barak; They were sent into the valley at his feet. In the divisions of Reuben there were great resolves of heart!


rate difficulty: The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.


rate difficulty: Only he did not take the land of the priests, for the priests had their food given them by Pharaoh, and having what Pharaoh gave them, they had no need to give up their land.

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


simplify: then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin; he is clean.

Then the priest is to see them: and if the white marks on their skin are not very bright, it is a skin disease which has come out on the skin; he is clean.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.


simplify: And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Jehovah delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand: and his hand prevailed against Cushan-rishathaim.

And the spirit of the Lord came on him and he became judge of Israel, and went out to war, and the Lord gave up Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia, into his hands and he overcame him.


simplify: in power of signs and wonders, in power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circle as far as Illyricum, have fully preached the good news of the Christ;

by my words and actions, through the power displayed in signs and marvels, and through the power of the Holy Spirit. And so, starting from Jerusalem and its neighborhood, and going as far as Illyria, I have told in full the good news of the Christ;


rate difficulty: And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 11 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: But Paul said, I am standing before Cæsar’s judgment-seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou also very well knowest.

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


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

If the bugle sounds a doubtful call, who will prepare for battle?


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

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


rate difficulty: And it went out to the south side to Maaleh–acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh–barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:

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


simplify: Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

Do not be turned from us in disgust, because of your name; do not put shame on the seat of your glory: keep us in mind, let not your agreement with us be broken.


rate difficulty: And a man that committeth adultery with a man's wife, who committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, — the adulterer and the adulteress shall certainly be put to death.

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


rate difficulty: My heritage is unto me [as] a speckled bird of prey; the birds of prey round about are against her. Go, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.

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


simplify: And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.

And the holy place had two doors, and the doors had two turning leaves, two for one and two for the other.


rate difficulty: Behold, I go forward, but he is notthere; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;

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


simplify: Now when all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

Now when it came to the ears of all the captains of the forces who were in the field, and their men, that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, ruler in the land, and had put under his care the men and women and children, all the poorest of the land, those who had not been taken away to Babylon;


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, like as he called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, saith Jehovah of hosts;

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


simplify: (For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

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


simplify: Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.


simplify: (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

(This man had not assented to the decision and action of the Council.) He belonged to Ramah, a town in Judea, and lived in expectation of the kingdom of God.


rate difficulty: But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, says the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land, says the Lord, and get to work: for I am with you, says the Lord of armies:

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


simplify: These are the names of the men that Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.

These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to get knowledge about the land. And Moses gave to Hoshea, the son of Nun, the name of Joshua.


rate difficulty: Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

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


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

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


rate difficulty: And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?


simplify: And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

And all her glory has gone from the daughter of Zion: her rulers have become like harts with no place for food, and they have gone in flight without strength before the attacker.


rate difficulty: To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

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


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


simplify: And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.

Everyone had sufficient to eat, and what was left of the broken pieces was picked up — twelve baskets.


rate difficulty: See, it is recorded before me, says the Lord: I will not keep back my hand, till I have sent punishment,


simplify: Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

As for yourself — keep this faith of yours to yourself, as in the presence of God. Happy the person who never has to condemn themselves in regard to something they think right!


rate difficulty: Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of Jehovah stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.


rate difficulty: You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet.


simplify: For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

For see, I will put a sheep-keeper over the land, who will have no care for that which is cut off, and will not go in search of the wanderers, or make well what is broken, and he will not give food to that which is ill, but he will take for his food the flesh of the fat, and let their feet be broken.


rate difficulty: Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?

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


simplify: And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together; and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.

Then Balak was full of wrath against Balaam, and angrily waving his hands he said to Balaam, I sent for you so that those who are against me might be cursed, but now, see, three times you have given them a blessing.


simplify: Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but, by your conversation, your conduct, your love, your faith, and your purity, be an example to those who hold the faith.


rate difficulty: In Israel I have seen a very evil thing; there false ways are seen in Ephraim, Israel is unclean;

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


rate difficulty: And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.

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


simplify: He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years.


simplify: Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take out the grain of dust from your eye, when you yourself have a bit of wood in your eye?


simplify: on the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

And on the east were three doors; and on the north three doors; and on the south three doors; and on the west three doors.


simplify: They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.

They will take dust as their food like a snake, like the things which go flat on the earth; they will come shaking with fear out of their secret places: they will come with fear to the Lord our God, full of fear because of you.


rate difficulty: And king Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

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


rate difficulty: And when the people saw it hanging on his hand, they said to one another, Without doubt this man has put someone to death, and though he has got safely away from the sea, God will not let him go on living.

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


simplify: Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, mybride; Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

You have taken away my heart, my sister, my bride; you have taken away my heart, with one look you have taken it, with one chain of your neck!


simplify: and by their supplication in your behalf, longing after you because of the exceeding grace of God upon you;

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


simplify: Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

On the first day of every week each of you should put by what he can afford, so that no collections need be made after I have come.


rate difficulty: For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who are turned away from him.

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


simplify: And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.

And her husband went with her as far as Bahurim, weeping while he went. Then Abner said to him, Go back. And he went back.


rate difficulty: And he brought Aaron’s sons; and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.


simplify: And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

And Hezekiah took the letter from the hands of those who had come with it; and after reading it, Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, opening the letter there before the Lord,


simplify: And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.

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


simplify: Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,

Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah, the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, came near,


rate difficulty: And they go up into Baal-Perazim, and David smiteth them there, and David saith, `God hath broken up mine enemies by my hand, like the breaking up of waters;' therefore they have called the name of that place Baal-Perazim.

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.

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


simplify: forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.


rate difficulty: and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

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


simplify: Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.

In addition, we make it clear to you, that it will be against the law to put any tax or payment in goods or forced payment on any of the priests or Levites, the music-makers, door-keepers, Nethinim, or any servants of this house of God.


simplify: Swiftly theypass awayupon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.

They go quickly on the face of the waters; their heritage is cursed in the earth; the steps of the crusher of grapes are not turned to their vine-garden.


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

So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.


simplify: And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.

And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might give him up to them.


simplify: Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

In their hands are bows and spears; they are cruel, violently putting the young men to death, and crushing the young women; they have no pity for children, and no mercy for the fruit of the body.


simplify: For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord;

Let it not seem to such a man that he will get anything from the Lord;


rate difficulty: The jailer told Paul of his instructions. “The Magistrates have sent an order for your discharge,” he said, “so you had better leave the place at once and go quietly away.”

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


simplify: and when did we see thee a stranger, and we received? or naked, and we put around?

When did we see you a stranger, and take you to our homes? Or naked, and clothe you?


simplify: This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.

This is the same Moses, who said to the children of Israel, God will give you a prophet from among your brothers, like me.


simplify: And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

And his friend in answer said, This is certainly the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash, the men of Israel: into their hands God has given up all the army of Midian.


rate difficulty: and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this <FI>is<Fi> the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.


simplify: And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

On your way proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is at hand.


rate difficulty: And the heads of the fathers, and the heads of the tribes of Israel, and the heads of the thousands, and of the hundreds, even to the heads of the work of the king, offer willingly.

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


rate difficulty: And when Moses heard that, it was well-pleasing in his sight.

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


simplify: And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.


simplify: For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king’s sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.

Because today he has gone down and has put to death oxen and fat beasts and sheep in great numbers, and has sent for all the king's sons to come to him, with the captains of the army and Abiathar the priest; and they are feasting before him and crying, Long life to King Adonijah!


simplify: Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:


rate difficulty: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord.

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


simplify: That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.


rate difficulty: yea, it cometh to pass, according to the speaking of the man of God unto the king, saying, `Two measures of barley at a shekel, and a measure of fine flour at a shekel are, at this time to-morrow, in the gate of Samaria;'

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


simplify: and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.

And have given their gods to the fire: for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.


rate difficulty: But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

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


simplify: And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him.

And when he had come, he went straight to him and said, Master; and gave him a kiss.


rate difficulty: And I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.


simplify: And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

And when the disciples came to the other side they had not taken thought to get bread.


rate difficulty: And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah: the dead bodies shall be many; in every place shall they cast them forth with silence.

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


rate difficulty: For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.

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


simplify: And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias;


rate difficulty: But if a man like myself--I answer him, We come together into judgment.


simplify: Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

But these men will make an agreement with us to go on living with us and to become one people, only on the condition that every male among us undergoes circumcision as they have done.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

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


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

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


simplify: And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

The chains dropped from his wrists, and then the angel said: “Put on your girdle and sandals.” When Peter had done so, the angel added: “Throw your cloak around you and follow me.”


rate difficulty: But when the time came to give Merab, Saul's daughter, to David, she was given to Adriel of Meholath.

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


simplify: Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying:

Her children get up and give her honour, and her husband gives her praise, saying,


simplify: Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel,  Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; And thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.

It was on the day when the Lord gave up the Amorites into the hands of the children of Israel that Joshua said to the Lord, before the eyes of Israel, Sun, be at rest over Gibeon; and you, O moon, in the valley of Aijalon.


rate difficulty: Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

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


simplify: As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.


rate difficulty: the first man was from the dust of the earth; the second man from heaven.

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


simplify: I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.


simplify: For because ye bare it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance.

For because you did not take it at the first, the Lord our God sent punishment on us, because we did not get directions from him in the right way.


rate difficulty: And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold, also, the gallows fifty cubits high, that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him on it!

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


rate difficulty: And I took the writing of the purchase, that which was sealed [according to] the law and the statutes, and that which was open;

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


simplify: The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

And the Jews had light and joy and honour.


rate difficulty: One male of the goats for a sin-offering;

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


simplify: In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.

In those days and in that time, says the Lord, when the evil-doing of Israel is looked for, there will be nothing; and in Judah no sins will be seen: for I will have forgiveness for those whom I will keep safe.


simplify: For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God.


rate difficulty: The Son of man will be given up into the hands of evil-doers, and be put to death on the cross, and on the third day he will come back to life.

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


simplify: Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them.


rate difficulty: And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

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


rate difficulty: And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

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


rate difficulty: Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the Lord shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.

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


simplify: But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed,

But these men, like beasts without reason, whose natural use is to be taken and put to death, crying out against things of which they have no knowledge, will undergo that same destruction which they are designing for others;


simplify: And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:

And have among your arms a spade; and when you have been to that place, let that which comes from you be covered up with earth:


rate difficulty: Then the priest is to see the diseased place: and if it seems to go deeper than the skin, and if there is thin yellow hair in it, then the priest will say that he is unclean: he has the mark of the leper's disease on his head or in the hair of his chin.

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


simplify: And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.

And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son, came down for the purpose of meeting the king; his feet had not been cared for or his hair cut or his clothing washed from the day when the king went away till the day when he came back in peace.


simplify: For thus saith Jehovah unto me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Jehovah of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.

For the Lord has said to me, As a lion, or a young lion, makes an angry noise over his food, and if a band of herdsmen come out against him, he will not be in fear of their voices, or give up his food for their noise: so the Lord of armies will come down to make war against Mount Zion and its hill.


simplify: And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

And one of her little ones came to growth under her care, and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.


simplify: And of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.

And of the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah, Jashub and Shimron, four.


simplify: Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.

And the Lord was pleased ... see a seed, long life, ... will do well in his hand. ...


rate difficulty: And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

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


simplify: And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

Then falling down on their faces they said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, because of one man's sin will your wrath be moved against all the people?


simplify: By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

In the true word, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,


rate difficulty: And behold, a leper came up to [him] and did him homage, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.

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


simplify: Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

Blessings be on Jael, more than on all women! Blessings greater than on any in the tents!


rate difficulty: So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God.

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


simplify: And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.

And when Moses went into the Tent of meeting to have talk with him, then the Voice came to his ears from over the cover which was on the ark of witness, from between the two winged ones. And he had talk with him.


simplify: `And after many years I came, about to do kind acts to my nation, and offerings,

After some years’ absence I had come to bring charitable gifts to my nation, and to make offerings;


rate difficulty: And every day he was teaching in the Temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people were attempting to put him to death;


simplify: The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: Thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast slaughtered, and not pitied.

The young men and the old are stretched on the earth in the streets; my virgins and my young men have been put to the sword: you have sent death on them in the day of your wrath, causing death without pity.


simplify: And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

And they gave him blows on the head with a stick and put shame on him and, going down on their knees, gave him worship.


simplify: Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

Go from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.


rate difficulty: But the things that come out of the mouth proceed from the heart, and it is these that defile a person;


simplify: And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him.

And when they came inside the town, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the men who were with him, put them to death and put their bodies into a deep hole.


rate difficulty: Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man,


rate difficulty: To Zedad, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the limit of Damascus and the limit of Hazar-hatticon, which is on the limit of Hauran.

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


simplify: And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto Jehovah; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.

And all the valley of the dead bodies, and all the field of death as far as the stream Kidron, up to the angle of the horses' doorway to the east, will be holy to the Lord; it will not again be uprooted or overturned for ever.


rate difficulty: And the remainder of the oblation [shall be] Aaron's and his sons': [it is] most holy of Jehovah's offerings by fire.

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


rate difficulty: But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

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


simplify: But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;


rate difficulty: For the waters of Dimon are full of blood: and I'm sending even more on Moab, a lion on those of Moab who go in flight, and on the rest of the land.


simplify: And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,

Shortly afterwards, Jesus went on a journey through the towns and villages, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. With him went the Twelve,


simplify: And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

And all the people went away to take food and drink, and to send food to others, and to be glad, because the words which were said to them had been made clear.


simplify: And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.

Then she said, Here is my servant Bilhah, go in to her, so that she may have a child on my knees, and I may have a family by her.


simplify: For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

For I tell you, until the heavens and the earth disappear, not even the smallest letter, nor one stroke of a letter, will disappear from the law until all is done.


simplify: Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it (as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king), and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;

Now when it came to the ears of Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, that Joshua had taken Ai, and had given it up to the curse (for as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king); and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living among them;


simplify: Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the Lord, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the people of Pekod; put them to death and send destruction after them, says the Lord, and do everything I have given you orders to do.


rate difficulty: And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,

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


simplify: And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also?

And he said, Give ear now, O family of David: is it not enough that you are driving men to disgust? will you do the same to my God?


simplify: And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

And he made a great metal water-vessel ten cubits across from edge to edge, five cubits high and thirty cubits round.


simplify: And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

And of the children of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand; for up to that time the greater part of them had been true to Saul.


simplify: For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.


simplify: I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

I made it beautiful with its mass of branches: so that all the trees in the garden of God were full of envy of it.


rate difficulty: And at the words of Moses, Aaron took his vessel, and went running among the people; and even then the disease had made a start among them; and he put spices in his vessel to take away the sin of the people.


rate difficulty: This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

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


simplify: Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

the divine righteousness which is bestowed, through faith in Jesus Christ, on all, without distinction, who believe in him.


rate difficulty: Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

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


rate difficulty: And Joshua overcame Amalek and his people with the sword.

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


rate difficulty: Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

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


simplify: For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them.


rate difficulty: And he doth the evil in the eyes of Jehovah, he hath turned not aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin, all his days.

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


simplify: Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:

All the birds of heaven have come to rest on his broken stem where it is stretched on the earth, and all the beasts of the field will be on his branches:


simplify: Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;

My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;


rate difficulty: And their brethren, according to their generations, <FI>are<Fi> nine hundred and fifty and six. All these <FI>are<Fi> men, heads of fathers, according to the house of their fathers.

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


simplify: The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.


simplify: And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.

And I saw the glory of the Lord there, as in the vision which I saw in the valley.


rate difficulty: And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah.

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


simplify: And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them.

For three days they were there with David, feasting at his table, for their brothers had made ready food for them.


rate difficulty: He shall lend to thee, but thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

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


rate difficulty: Jehovah giveth the rain of thy land--dust and ashes; from the heavens it cometh down on thee till thou art destroyed.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

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


simplify: And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.

Now this man went up from his town every year to give worship and to make offerings to the Lord of armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.


rate difficulty: despise not prophesyings;

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


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


rate difficulty: for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast--but not before God;

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


simplify: For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.


simplify: These are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

These are the words of the agreement which Moses was ordered by the Lord to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the agreement which he made with them in Horeb.


rate difficulty: And anyone wounding a beast and causing its death, will have to make payment for it: a life for a life.

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


simplify: For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

For it is the day of the Lord's punishment, when he gives payment for the wrongs done to Zion.


simplify: The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;

The word about Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab has become waste, and is seen no longer; for in a night Kir of Moab has become waste, and is seen no longer.


rate difficulty: And when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

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


simplify: and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

And he will be judge between great peoples, and strong nations far away will be ruled by his decisions; their swords will be hammered into plough-blades and their spears into vine-knives: nations will no longer be lifting up their swords against one another, and knowledge of war will have gone for ever.


rate difficulty: And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.

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


rate difficulty: And Jezebel his wife saith unto him, `Thou now dost execute rule over Israel! rise, eat bread, and let thy heart be glad, --I do give to thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.'

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


simplify: and go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

Do not go after other gods to be their servants and to give them worship, and do not make me angry with the work of your hands, causing evil to yourselves.


rate difficulty: But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

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


simplify: What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death.


simplify: Hold the pattern of sound words which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Keep the form of those true words which you had from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

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


simplify: These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.


rate difficulty: He turned about to the west side, [and] measured five hundred reeds with the measuring-reed.

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


simplify: And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

And Hadadezer sent for the Aramaeans who were on the other side of the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach, the captain of Hadadezer's army, at their head.


simplify: And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;


simplify: But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:

But they said, We will take no wine: for Jonadab, the son of Rechab our father, gave us orders, saying, You are to take no wine, you or your sons, for ever:


rate difficulty: `The tender woman in thee, and the delicate, who hath not tried the sole of her foot to place on the ground because of delicateness and because of tenderness--her eye is evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter,

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


rate difficulty: Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.

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


rate difficulty: and Jeuz, and Shobia, and Mirmah; these were his sons, chief fathers.

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


rate difficulty: And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.


simplify: Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

And their brothers the Levites were responsible for all the work of the Tent of the house of God.


simplify: When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.

When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.


rate difficulty: And on the limit of Asher, from the east side to the west side: Naphtali, one part.

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


simplify: And they gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.

And they gave their word that they would put away their wives; and for their sin, they gave an offering of a male sheep of the flock.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah cometh, and stationeth Himself, and calleth as time by time, `Samuel, Samuel;' and Samuel saith, `Speak, for Thy servant is hearing.'

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


simplify: Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.


simplify: And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

Then they said to him, Be seated now, and give us a reading from it. So Baruch did so, reading it to them.


rate difficulty: And how do ye comfort me <FI>with<Fi> vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?

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


simplify: Because of the wrath of Jehovah she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

Because of the wrath of the Lord no one will be living in it, and it will be quite unpeopled: everyone who goes by Babylon will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.


simplify: And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

Then Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, I have made discovery of the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.


simplify: Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:

And it will be, that if you give attention to these decisions and keep and do them, then the Lord will keep his agreement with you and his mercy, as he said in his oath to your fathers.


rate difficulty: Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

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


rate difficulty: For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s harvest field, God’s building.

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


simplify: and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one came not near the other all the night.

And it came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel; and there was a dark cloud between them, and they went on through the night; but the one army came no nearer to the other all the night.


simplify: of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty;

Of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and twenty;


simplify: and having come, he findeth them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

And coming back again he found them asleep, for their eyes were heavy.


rate difficulty: Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:


simplify: Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Jehovah.

It was these who, moved by Balaam, were the cause of Israel's sin against the Lord in the question of Peor, because of which disease came on the people of the Lord.


simplify: So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:

So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;


rate difficulty: Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

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


simplify: And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days:

And after it has been seen by the priest, the thing which is so marked is to be shut up for seven days:


simplify: And stand thou not in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; and deliver not up those of his that remain in the day of distress.

And do not take your place at the cross-roads, cutting off those of his people who get away; and do not give up to their haters those who are still there in the day of trouble.


rate difficulty: Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.

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


rate difficulty: Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

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


simplify: Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.


rate difficulty: By the hand of thy messengers Thou hast reproached the Lord, and sayest: In the multitude of my chariots I have come up to a high place of mountains--The sides of Lebanon, And I cut down the height of its cedars, The choice of its firs, And I enter the lodging of its extremity, The forest of its Carmel.

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


simplify: for what <FI>is<Fi> our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? are not even ye before our Lord Jesus Christ in his presence?

For what hope or joy will be ours, or what crown will we have to boast of, in the presence of our Lord Jesus, at his coming, if it be not you?


simplify: And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and giving thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.


simplify: Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

For fear that through drinking they may come to have no respect for the law, wrongly judging the cause of those who are in trouble.


simplify: And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

Then Barak sent for Zebulun and Naphtali to come to Kedesh; and ten thousand men went up after him, and Deborah went up with him.


simplify: thou who in the law dost boast, through the transgression of the law God dost thou dishonour?

Boasting, as you do, of your law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?


simplify: For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:

For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:


rate difficulty: Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.


simplify: And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

and if a place does not welcome you, or listen to you, as you go out of it shake off the dust that is on the soles of your feet, as a protest against them.”


simplify: that ye may be accepted, ye shall offer a male without blemish, of the bullocks, of the sheep, or of the goats.

So that it may be pleasing to the Lord, let him give a male, without any mark, from among the oxen or the sheep or the goats.


simplify: ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl.

Ten fat oxen and twenty oxen from the fields, and a hundred sheep, in addition to harts and gazelles and roes and fat fowls.


simplify: And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.

And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing.


simplify: Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

For you, first, God raised up his servant, and sent him to bless you, by turning each one of you from his wicked ways.”


rate difficulty: And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:

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


simplify: Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:

Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.


rate difficulty: Thus said Jehovah, Who is giving in the sea a way, And in the strong waters a path.


rate difficulty: so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

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


simplify: Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?


simplify: And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his apparel, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

And Jonathan took off the robe he had on and gave it to David, with all his military dress, even to his sword and his bow and the band round his body.


rate difficulty: the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,

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


simplify: when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.

When Zion has been washed from her sin by the Lord, and Jerusalem made clean from her blood by a judging and a burning wind.


rate difficulty: For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?

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


rate difficulty: `And lo, with us--at <FI>our<Fi> head--<FI> is<Fi> God, and His priests and trumpets of shouting to shout against you; O sons of Israel, do not fight with Jehovah, God of your fathers, for ye do not prosper.'

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


simplify: Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.

And Pilate said to the chief priests and the people, In my opinion this man has done no wrong.


simplify: Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

Is this man Coniah a broken vessel of no value? is he a vessel in which there is no pleasure? why are they violently sent out, he and his seed, into a land which is strange to them?


simplify: The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

The glory of young men is their strength, and the honour of old men is their grey hairs.


rate difficulty: the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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


rate difficulty: 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.

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


rate difficulty: and go, say to his disciples, and Peter, that he doth go before you to Galilee; there ye shall see him, as he said to you.'

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


rate difficulty: Yet if I choose to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will be speaking no more than the truth. But I refrain, in case anyone should credit me with more than he can see in me or hear from me, and because of the marvelous character of the revelations.


rate difficulty: Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto the land that I will show thee:

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


rate difficulty: And demons also were coming forth from many, crying out and saying--`Thou art the Christ, the Son of God;' and rebuking, he did not suffer them to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.

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


rate difficulty: and they journey from the mountains of Abarim, and encamp in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, <FI>near<Fi> Jericho.

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


simplify: He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;


simplify: and when the epistle may be read with you, cause that also in the assembly of the Laodiceans it may be read, and the <FI>epistle<Fi> from Laodicea that ye also may read;

And when this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read before the church at Laodicea, and that you yourselves read the letter which will be forwarded from there.


simplify: And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;


rate difficulty: and slew James, the brother of John, with the sword.

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


rate difficulty: And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kirjath-huzoth.

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


simplify: We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

Friends, it is our duty always to thank God about you, as is but right, considering the wonderful growth of your faith, and because, without exception, your love for one another is continually increasing.


simplify: And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.


simplify: And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith;

And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith;


simplify: For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.

For John had said to Herod — “You have no right to be living with your brother’s wife.”


simplify: And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?

And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or makes him seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?


rate difficulty: And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

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


simplify: Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.

The children of Israel are to put up their tents in the order of their families, by the flags of their fathers' houses, facing the Tent of meeting on every side.


simplify: And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith Jehovah, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Jehovah; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more.

And it will come about, when your numbers are increased in the land, in those days, says the Lord, that they will no longer say, The ark of the agreement of the Lord: it will not come into their minds, they will not have any memory of it, or be conscious of the loss of it, and it will not be made again.


rate difficulty: neither give place to the devil;


simplify: And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the Lord, which he spake to Elijah.

And when he came to Samaria, he put to death all those of Ahab's family who were still in Samaria, till there were no more of them, as the Lord had said to Elijah.


rate difficulty: And the king of Assyria overran the whole land, and went up against Samaria, and besieged it three years.

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


rate difficulty: And there were gathered together the apostles and the elders, to see about this matter,

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


simplify: And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;

After my return to Jerusalem, while I was praying one day in the Temple, I fell into a trance,


simplify: And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

His answer was: “It is not for you to know times or hours, for the Father has reserved these for his own decision;


simplify: And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

all the years of his life were nine hundred and fifty: and he came to his end.


rate difficulty: I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.


simplify: `Happy the poor in spirit--because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,  for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.


rate difficulty: From thirty years old and upward to fifty years old shalt thou number them; every one that cometh to labour in the work, to perform the service in the tent of meeting.

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


simplify: But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.

But, as the Jewish leaders opposed my release, I was compelled to appeal to the Emperor — not, indeed, that I had any charge to make against my own nation.


rate difficulty: There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.

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


rate difficulty: For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

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


rate difficulty: And he stayeth yet other seven days, and sendeth forth the dove, and it added not to turn back unto him any more.

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


simplify: Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow: for thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, There is a devoted thing in the midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the devoted thing from among you.

Up! make the people holy; say to them, Make yourselves holy before tomorrow, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said, There is a cursed thing among you, O Israel, and you will give way before your attackers in the fight till the cursed thing has been taken away from among you.


simplify: and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of life among you--but of the ship;

Yet, even as things are, I beg you not to lose courage, for there will not be a single life lost among you — only the ship.


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

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


rate difficulty: And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

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


simplify: and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all thine enemies. Moreover I tell thee that Jehovah will build thee a house.

From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will overcome all those who are against you; and I will make you great and the head of a line of kings.


simplify: Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.

And Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah and Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites made the law clear to the people: and the people kept in their places.


rate difficulty: And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the House, then the children of Israel went journeying on; and in the place where the cloud came to rest, there the children of Israel put up their tents.


simplify: and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the men of Sheba, to a nation far off: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

I will give your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah for a price, and they will give them for a price to the men of Sheba, a nation far off: for the Lord has said it.


simplify: And as they spake these things, he himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

And while they were saying these things, he himself was among them, and said to them, Peace be with you!


rate difficulty: For I have satiated the weary soul, And every grieved soul I have filled.'

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


rate difficulty: There is only one lawgiver and judge — he who has the power both to save and to destroy. But who are you that pass judgment on your neighbor?


rate difficulty: When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.

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


rate difficulty: the work of each shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare [it], because it is revealed in fire; and the fire shall try the work of each what it is.


simplify: Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.

Get your goods together and go out of the land, O you who are shut up in the walled town.


rate difficulty: I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all.


simplify: And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

And this will be the sign for you. You will find the infant swathed, and lying in a manger.”


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, in the company being assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they turn towards the tent of meeting, and lo, the cloud hath covered it, and the honour of Jehovah is seen;

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


simplify: And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,

About midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and while the prisoners were listening to them,


simplify: So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

So then, death is working in us, but life in you.


simplify: And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

There he settled in the town of Nazareth, in fulfillment of these words in the prophets — ‘He will be called a Nazarene.’


simplify: And they said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?

And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?


rate difficulty: Does anyone ever serve as a soldier at his own expense? Does anyone plant a vineyard and not eat its produce? Or does anyone look after a herd and not drink the milk?


simplify: As for Samaria, her king is cut off, as foam upon the water.

As for Samaria, her king is cut off, like mist on the water.


rate difficulty: hath walked in my statutes, and kept mine ordinances, to deal faithfully: he is righteous, he shall certainly live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the family of Ahab did: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.


simplify: having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love that <FI>is<Fi> to all the saints,

now that we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all his people,


simplify: Yet hear the word of Jehovah, O Zedekiah king of Judah: thus saith Jehovah concerning thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword;

But give ear to the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah, king of Judah; this is what the Lord has said about you: Death will not come to you by the sword:


rate difficulty: And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skilfully woven band of the ephod.

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


rate difficulty: There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.


simplify: And it came to pass, as he was praying apart, the disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Who do the multitudes say that I am?

And it came about that when he was in prayer, by himself, and the disciples were with him, he put a question to them, saying, Who do the people say I am?


rate difficulty: But Jehovah was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

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


simplify: And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.


simplify: For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.


rate difficulty: Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the Lord;

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


simplify: But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father’s servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.

But if you go back to the town and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as in the past I have been your father's servant, so now I will be yours: then you will be able to keep Ahithophel's designs against me from being put into effect.


rate difficulty: and by some that Elias had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.

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


simplify: But the Jews that were disobedient stirred up the souls of the Gentiles, and made them evil affected against the brethren.

But those Jews who had not the faith, made the minds of the Gentiles bitter against the brothers.


rate difficulty: And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

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


rate difficulty: and Jehovah hath separated him for evil, out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the oaths of the covenant which is written in this book of the law.

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


simplify: and their word as a gangrene will have pasture, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus,

and their teaching will spread like a cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are instances of this.


rate difficulty: Said in a loud voice, Get up on your feet. And, jumping up, he went walking about.

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


rate difficulty: For it is the day of the Lord's punishment, when he gives payment for the wrongs done to Zion.

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


simplify: And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of Jehovah.

Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent for the priests and said to them, Take up the ark of the agreement, and let seven priests take seven horns in their hands and go before the ark of the Lord.


simplify: But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.


rate difficulty: Those who were numbered of the children of Israel were six hundred and one thousand, seven hundred and thirty.

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


simplify: so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;


simplify: The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.

The children of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five.


simplify: For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.


rate difficulty: And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.

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


simplify: Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food.


simplify: And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew: now he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram.

And one who had got away from the fight came and gave word of it to Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the holy tree of Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner, who were friends of Abram.


rate difficulty: Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within the palace, and said, We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of burnt-offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the table of showbread, with all the vessels thereof.

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


simplify: For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods.

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


rate difficulty: Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

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


rate difficulty: Have them lettered on the pillars of your houses and over the doors of your towns.

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


rate difficulty: And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

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


simplify: as, then, ye did receive Christ Jesus the Lord, in him walk ye,

Since, therefore, you have received Jesus, the Christ, as your Lord, live your lives in union with him —


rate difficulty: And he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou made clean. And straightway his leprosy was cleansed.


simplify: And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.


simplify: And these things having said, having bowed his knees, with them all, he did pray,

When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down and prayed with them all.


rate difficulty: And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

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


rate difficulty: The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, saith Jehovah of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith Jehovah of hosts.

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


simplify: And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.

And his servants took his body in a carriage from Megiddo to Jerusalem, and put him into the earth there. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and put the holy oil on him and made him king in place of his father.


simplify: And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

And all to whose ears it came were full of wonder at his knowledge and the answers which he gave.


rate difficulty: For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

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