rate difficulty: From there it goes south of the slope up to Akrabbim, and on to Zin, then south past Kadesh-barnea, and on by Hezron and up to Addar, turning in the direction of Karka:

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


rate difficulty: For this boy I prayed; and Jehovah has granted me my petition which I asked of him.

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


rate difficulty: Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!

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


simplify: For none of us to himself doth live, and none to himself doth die;

There is not one of us whose life concerns ourselves alone, and not one of us whose death concerns ourself alone;


simplify: And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

And the power of the children of Israel went on increasing against Jabin, king of Canaan, till he was cut off.


rate difficulty: And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox went up, it would break down their stone wall. —

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


simplify: Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.

A curse is on the keepers who are causing the destruction and loss of the sheep of my field, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: The thoughts of the evil [man] are an abomination to Jehovah; but pure words are pleasant.


rate difficulty: But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

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


simplify: And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who gives ear, say, Come. And let him who is in need come; and let everyone desiring it take of the water of life freely.


rate difficulty: And Samuel said unto the people, It is the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

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


simplify: But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

The whole of this occurred in fulfillment of the Prophetic scriptures. Then the disciples all forsook him and fled.


simplify: And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,

And Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah was the father of Azariah,


rate difficulty: and to pass through to Macedonia by you, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be set forward by you to Judaea.

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


simplify: and when they came to the place that is called Skull, there they crucified him and the evil-doers, one on the right hand and one on the left.

When they had reached the place called ‘The Skull,’ there they crucified Jesus and the criminals, one on the right, and one on the left.


simplify: Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.

But he said to me — ‘Forbear; I am your fellow servant, and the fellow servant of your fellow prophets, and of all who lay to heart the words in this book. Worship God.’


rate difficulty: For we know that the whole creation groans together and travails in pain together until now.

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


simplify: And the fear of Jehovah fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

And the fear of the Lord was on all the kingdoms of the lands round Judah, so that they made no wars against Jehoshaphat.


simplify: And having called them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus,

So they called the apostles in, and ordered them not to speak or teach in the name of Jesus.


rate difficulty: And as to you, your carcases shall fall in this wilderness.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

Then when the burned offering was ended, straight away Jehu said to the armed men and the captains, Go in and put them to death; let not one come out. So they put them to the sword; and, pulling the images to the earth, they went into the holy place of the house of Baal.


simplify: And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan; and Jether died without children.

And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether came to his end without sons.


rate difficulty: By your endurance you will win yourselves life.

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


simplify: And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.

And when they went in, they saw a young man seated on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were full of wonder.


simplify: And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah saith, `Thus do the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations whither I drive them.'

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


rate difficulty: they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above upon it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,

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


simplify: For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for their cattle and for their substance.

Because the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; and they gave the Levites no part in the land, only towns for their living-places, with the grass-lands for their cattle and for their property.


simplify: and Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

And Jattir with its grass-lands, and Eshtemoa with its grass-lands;


rate difficulty: And I will turn my face from them; and they shall profane my secret [place]; and the violent shall enter into it, and profane it.

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


rate difficulty: And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.


rate difficulty: And whence [is] this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?


simplify: Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.

Then there was a division among the people of Israel; half the people were for making Tibni, son of Ginath, king, and half were supporting Omri.


simplify: And others, trying him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him.


rate difficulty: and his host, even those that were numbered of them, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.


simplify: Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

But be you strong and let not your hands be feeble, for your work will be rewarded.


simplify: But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.


rate difficulty: Take care to do the orders which I give you today; I will send out from before you the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

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


simplify: And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

And he gave the divisions of the priests their places for their work, as ordered by his father David, and to the Levites he gave their work of praise and waiting on the priests, to do what was needed day by day; and he gave the door-keepers their places in turn at every door; for so David, the man of God, had given orders.


simplify: And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

And to the people Jesus said: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once ‘There is a storm coming,’ and come it does.


rate difficulty: And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

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


rate difficulty: And thou--be speaking what doth become the sound teaching;

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


simplify: And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.

And of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.


simplify: For riches are not for ever; And doth the crown endure unto all generations?

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord.

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


simplify: But Tychicus I sent to Ephesus.


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

Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.


simplify: for this could have been sold for more than three hundred denaries, and given to the poor;' and they were murmuring at her.

This perfume could have been sold for more than a year's wages, and the money given to the poor.”


simplify: The husbandman that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.

It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.


rate difficulty: And in the top of the base <FI>is<Fi> the half of a cubit in the height all round about; and on the top of the base its spokes and its borders <FI>are<Fi> of the same.


rate difficulty: Knowest thou [not] this, that of old, since man was placed upon earth,

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


rate difficulty: These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

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


rate difficulty: Every meal offering offered for the priest is to be completely burned: nothing of it is to be taken for food.

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


simplify: For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

Because of this true knowledge which is in us, and will be with us for ever:


rate difficulty: And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.

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


simplify: Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children.

Now this Hagar is the mountain Sinai in Arabia, and is the image of the Jerusalem which now is: which is a servant with her children.


rate difficulty: But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places:

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


rate difficulty: And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

And it is right for such servants to be safe persons.


simplify: And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

And they have put the fate of my people to the decision of chance: giving a boy for the price of a loose woman and a girl for a drink of wine.


simplify: A remnant shall return, eventhe remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

The rest, even the rest of Jacob, will come back to the Strong God.


rate difficulty: And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

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


simplify: Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, according as the Lord thy God promised him.

For this reason Levi has no part or heritage for himself among his brothers: the Lord is his heritage, as the Lord your God said to him.)


simplify: A fool despiseth his father’s correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.


simplify: Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.

Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.


simplify: `And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did <FI>it<Fi> to one of these my brethren--the least--to me ye did <FI>it<Fi> .

And the king will reply ‘I tell you, as often as you did it to one of these my brothers or sisters, however unimportant they seemed, you did it to me.’


simplify: And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

And the people were moved with pity for Benjamin, because the Lord had let his wrath loose on the tribes of Israel.


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

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


rate difficulty: Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.

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


simplify: Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years.


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah, The people that were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

The Lord has said, Grace came in the waste land to a people kept safe from the sword, even to Israel on the way to his resting-place.


rate difficulty: And he burnt the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.

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


rate difficulty: take heed to thyself, and to the teaching; remain in them, for this thing doing, both thyself thou shalt save, and those hearing thee.

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


rate difficulty: Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

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


simplify: Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

“People of Israel! Help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place; and, what is more, he has actually brought Greeks into the Temple and defiled this sacred place.”


rate difficulty: Ships of Tarshish <FI>are<Fi> thy double walls of thy merchandise, And thou art filled and honoured greatly, In the heart of the seas.

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


rate difficulty: And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

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


simplify: Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon’s house, and dress him meat.

Then David sent to the house for Tamar and said, Go now to your brother Amnon's house and get a meal for him.


simplify: And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died.

And about ten days after, the Lord sent disease on Nabal and death came to him.


rate difficulty: We have been with child, we have been in travail, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought the deliverance of the land, neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

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


rate difficulty: So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Take which thou wilt:

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


rate difficulty: And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asnath bore to him, the daughter of Potipherah the priest in On.

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


simplify: So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

But when this has taken place, then that which was said in the Writings will come true, Death is overcome by life.


simplify: If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.

If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.


simplify: So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

So is it with the coming back from the dead. It is planted in death; it comes again in life:


simplify: `But I have against thee: That thy first love thou didst leave!

But this I have against you — You have abandoned your first love.


rate difficulty: And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?

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


rate difficulty: In the same way, when you see these things taking place you may be certain that the kingdom of God is near.


simplify: And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord.


rate difficulty: As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions.

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


simplify: Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?


rate difficulty: and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.

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


simplify: For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

Your thanksgiving may be excellent, but the other is not helped by it.


simplify: And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.

And the fruit of your soul's desire has gone from you, and all things delicate and shining have come to an end and will never again be seen.


rate difficulty: And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And Saul sent his men to see David, saying, Do not come back without him, take him in his bed, so that I may put him to death.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died,

And when Zimri saw that the town was taken, he went into the inner room of the king's house, and burning the house over his head, came to his end,


rate difficulty: And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

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


rate difficulty: Do not disparage one another, friends. The person who disparages others, or passes judgment on them, disparages the law and passes judgment on the law. But, if you pass judgment on the law, you are not obeying it, but judging it.


simplify: to Timotheus--genuine child in faith: Grace, kindness, peace, from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord,

To Timothy, my true child in the faith: May God, the Father, and Christ Jesus, our Lord, bless you, and be merciful to you, and give you peace.


simplify: But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

But the beasts of the waste land will have their holes there; and the houses will be full of crying jackals, and ostriches will have their place there, and evil spirits will be dancing there.


simplify: And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him — “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”


simplify: For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

For, by the living Lord, the saviour of Israel, even if the sinner is Jonathan, my son, death will certainly be his fate. But not a man among all the people gave him any answer.


rate difficulty: Truly I say to you, he will put him in control of all his goods.


simplify: And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,

And the sons of Jeconiah, who was taken prisoner: Shealtiel his son,


rate difficulty: As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

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


simplify: Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.

Forty-one thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Asher were numbered.


simplify: Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.


simplify: Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.


simplify: And he said, `Bring ye them to me hither.'


simplify: For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.

In place of brass, I will give gold, and for iron silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: and I will make Peace your judge, and Righteousness your overseer.


simplify: And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.

Then I saw another portent in the heavens — a great and marvelous portent — seven angels with the seven last curses; because with them the wrath of God is ended.


rate difficulty: So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.

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


simplify: that she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us: he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:

She sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make sport of us; he came to my bed, and I gave a loud cry;


rate difficulty: And those of the sons of Gershon who were numbered by families,

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


simplify: Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

Then the virgin will have joy in the dance, and the young men and the old will be glad: for I will have their weeping turned into joy, I will give them comfort and make them glad after their sorrow.


simplify: For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,


simplify: And at the lame man who was healed holding Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch called Solomon's--greatly amazed,

While the man still clung to Peter and John, the people all quickly gathered around them in the Colonnade named after Solomon, in the greatest astonishment.


simplify: Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.

Then he said to all Israel, You be on one side, and I with Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do whatever seems good to you.


rate difficulty: And if he do not these three things unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money.

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


rate difficulty: And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.


simplify: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless plague! It is charged with deadly poison!


rate difficulty: and they were glorifying God in me.

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


simplify: and there came voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and a great earthquake came, such as came not since men came upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake--so great!

There followed ‘flashes of lightning, cries, and peals of thunder’; and there was a great earthquake, such as had not occurred since man began to be on the earth — none so great;


simplify: Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

Then he said to Gehazi, Make yourself ready, and take my stick in your hand, and go: if you come across anyone on the way, give him no blessing, and if anyone gives you a blessing, give him no answer. And put my stick on the child's face.


simplify: If a man die, shall he liveagain? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.

If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.


simplify: And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

And in this mountain will the Lord of armies make for all peoples a feast of good things, a feast of wines long stored, of good things sweet to the taste, of wines long kept and tested.


rate difficulty: Or if any man is newly married and has had no sex relations with his wife, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another man may not take her.

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


simplify: He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

The lion has come out of his secret place, for the land has become a waste because of the cruel sword, and because of the heat of his wrath.


simplify: so that he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

So that he who is requesting a blessing will make use of the name of the true God, and he who takes an oath will do so by the true God; because the past troubles are gone out of mind, and because they are covered from my eyes.


rate difficulty: And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.


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


simplify: And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.

And another comes to his end with a bitter soul, without ever tasting good.


simplify: If thou shalt hear tell concerning one of thy cities, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to dwell there, saying,

And if word comes to you, in one of the towns which the Lord your God is giving you for your resting-place,


rate difficulty: And by his hand <FI>are<Fi> Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shechaniah, in cities of the priests, faithfully to give to their brethren in courses, as the great so the small,

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


simplify: Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor.

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


rate difficulty: Woe <FI>to<Fi> those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, `Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'

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


simplify: And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

and he appeared for many days to those who had gone up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, and who are now witnesses for him to the people.


rate difficulty: Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:


simplify: He shall have neither son nor son’s son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.

He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.


rate difficulty: And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

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


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

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


simplify: Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.


simplify: And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.

And he went out again by the seaside; and all the people came to him, and he gave them teaching.


simplify: and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.

By every altar they are stretched on clothing taken from those who are in their debt, drinking in the house of their god the wine of those who have made payment for wrongdoing.


simplify: Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

All thanks to God for his inestimable gift!


rate difficulty: Brethren, let it be allowed to speak with freedom to you concerning the patriarch David, that he has both died and been buried, and his monument is amongst us unto this day.

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


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

“Though you have eyes, do you not see? And though you have ears, do you not hear?’ Do not you remember,


rate difficulty: Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.

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


rate difficulty: For to snow He saith, `Be <FI>on<Fi> the earth.' And the small rain and great rain of His power.

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


rate difficulty: For who shall have pity upon thee, Jerusalem? and who shall bemoan thee? and who shall turn aside to ask after thy welfare?

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


rate difficulty: they then indeed, having been scattered, went abroad proclaiming good news--the word.

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


simplify: And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.

And if he has no daughter, then give his heritage to his brothers.


rate difficulty: And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God--speak that these stones may become loaves.'

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


rate difficulty: so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love;


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

And at the Lord's order, the fish sent Jonah out of its mouth on to the dry land.


simplify: But Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness.

Then Paul said, I am not off my head, most noble Festus, but my words are true and wise.


simplify: because of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard of before in the word of the truth of the good news,

because of the hope which awaits its fulfillment in heaven. Of this hope you heard long ago in the true message of the good news which reached you —


simplify: Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.

The rod has come on Ephraim, their root is dry, let them have no fruit; even though they give birth, I will put to death the dearest fruit of their bodies.


simplify: And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

And when you sow, you sow not the body that will be, but a mere grain — perhaps of wheat, or something else.


rate difficulty: But when they had rest, they did evil again before thee; and thou didst leave them in the hand of their enemies, and they had dominion over them; and again they cried unto thee, and thou heardest [them] from the heavens, and many times didst thou deliver them, according to thy mercies.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


simplify: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

One male of the goats for a sin-offering;


rate difficulty: So the men of Benjamin did this, and got wives for themselves for every one of their number, taking them away by force from the dance; then they went back to their heritage, building up their towns and living in them.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: for I indeed, as being absent as to the body, and present as to the spirit, have already judged, as being present, him who so wrought this thing:

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rate difficulty: And he took me to the south, and I saw a doorway looking to the south: and he took the measure of its rooms and its uprights and its covered ways by these measures.

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


simplify: And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.

And all the doors and windows had square frames, with the windows facing one another in three lines.


rate difficulty: But you have some names in Sardis who have kept clean their robes; and as a reward they will go in white with me.


simplify: and Peter answered her, `Tell me if for so much ye sold the place;' and she said, `Yes, for so much.'

“Is it true,” Peter asked, addressing her, “that you sold your land for such a sum?”   “Yes,” she answered, “we did.”


simplify: For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the Lord.

For the Lord made Judah low, because of Ahaz, king of Israel; for he had given up all self-control in Judah, sinning greatly against the Lord.


simplify: And of the Danites that could set the battle in array, twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.

And of the Danites, twenty-eight thousand, six hundred, expert in ordering the fight.


rate difficulty: They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the nation, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.

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


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

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


simplify: They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat:

They will never be in need of food or drink: and they will never again be troubled by the burning heat of the sun:


simplify: And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am Jehovah:


rate difficulty: for thou hast felt all my vessels: what hast thou found of all the vessels of thy house? set here before my brethren, and thy brethren, and they decide between us both.

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


simplify: and Peter afar off did follow him, to the inside of the hall of the chief priest, and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself near the fire.

Peter, who had followed Jesus at a distance into the courtyard of the high priest, was sitting there among the police officers, warming himself at the blaze of the fire.


rate difficulty: She shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah; and she shall become a spoil to the nations.

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


simplify: And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, came back from the Jordan, and was guided by the Spirit in the waste land


simplify: The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

The word about the valley of vision. Why have all your people gone up to the house-tops?


rate difficulty: but Jesus, having taken him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose.


simplify: But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.

But when all the people are to come together, the horn is to be sounded but not loudly.


simplify: I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’says the Lord, the God who is, and who was, and who will be, the Almighty.


rate difficulty: Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.


rate difficulty: Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:


simplify: And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.

And it was said to the king of Jericho, See, some men have come here tonight from the children of Israel with the purpose of searching out the land.


rate difficulty: Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

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


simplify: And the posts thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.

Its uprights were on the side nearest to the outer square; there were palm-trees on the uprights, on this side and on that: and there were eight steps going up to it.


simplify: And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,

And on the other side of Jordan, at Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the waste land with its outskirts, and Jahzah with its outskirts,


simplify: Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.

He instantly got together some officers and soldiers, and charged down on the crowd, who, when they saw the commanding officer and his soldiers, stopped beating Paul.


rate difficulty: But if thou hast gone astray to another instead of thy husband, and hast been defiled, and a man other than thy husband have lain with thee,

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

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


simplify: Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Her priests have been acting violently against my law; they have made my holy things unclean: they have made no division between what is holy and what is common, and they have not made it clear that the unclean is different from the clean, and their eyes have been shut to my Sabbaths, and I am not honoured among them.


rate difficulty: Anyone touching a dead body will be unclean for seven days:

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


rate difficulty: So Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight, and followed him.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

Now when all Israel had news that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him to come before the meeting of the people, and made him king over Israel: not one of them was joined to the family of David but only the tribe of Judah.


simplify: Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.

Why is the name of our father to be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give us a heritage among our father's brothers.


rate difficulty: And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

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


simplify: They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

They will be questioning about the way to Zion, with their faces turned in its direction, saying, Come, and be united to the Lord in an eternal agreement which will be kept in mind for ever.


simplify: And when Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.


rate difficulty: for the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;

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


rate difficulty: Declare ye him drunk, For against Jehovah he made himself great And Moab hath stricken in his vomit, And he hath been for a derision--even he.

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


simplify: And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the Lord commanded Moses.

And he took the ark into the House, hanging up the veil before it as the Lord had given him orders.


simplify: As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

The words of scripture are — ‘I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau.’


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

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


simplify: And David perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.

And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, lifting up his kingdom on high because of his people Israel.


simplify: and Jesus said to them, `Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these things.'

“Then I,”said Jesus, “refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things.”


rate difficulty: The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:


simplify: And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:

And said to them, You have kept all the orders of Moses, the Lord's servant, and have done everything I gave you orders to do:


simplify: But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

But you will be given up even by your fathers and mothers, your brothers and relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death.


rate difficulty: And Moses speaketh <FI>concerning<Fi> the appointed seasons of Jehovah unto the sons of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And when all Jabesh–gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,


simplify: O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

Take no part in their secrets, O my soul; keep far away, O my heart, from their meetings; for in their wrath they put men to death, and for their pleasure even oxen were wounded.


simplify: the <FI>son<Fi> of Judah, the <FI>son<Fi> of Jacob, the <FI>son<Fi> of Isaac, the <FI>son<Fi> of Abraham, the <FI>son<Fi> of Terah, the <FI>son<Fi> of Nahor,


simplify: Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:

Obil the Ishmaelite had control of the camels and Jehdeiah the Meronothite of the she-asses;


rate difficulty: and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.

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


simplify: But he denied, saying, I neither know, nor understand what thou sayest: and he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.

But he said, I have no knowledge of him, or of what you are saying: and he went out into the doorway; and there came the cry of a cock.


rate difficulty: When Jesus had finished teaching all of that, he said to his disciples:


rate difficulty: Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, the produce of the field, year by year.

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


rate difficulty: So David checked his men with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.


simplify: Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

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


simplify: And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us.


rate difficulty: And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.

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


rate difficulty: And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, And I <FI>am<Fi> a fetter to them all.

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


simplify: And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow unto the goodness of Jehovah, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

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


rate difficulty: Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?

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


simplify: And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him.

And Lot went out to them in the doorway, shutting the door after him.


rate difficulty: Then take the bottle and put the oil on his head, and say, The Lord says, I have put the holy oil on you to make you king over Israel. Then, opening the door, go in flight, without waiting.


simplify: And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

And there came a poor widow, and she put in two little bits of money, which make a farthing.


simplify: And Laban called it Jegar–sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed.


rate difficulty: But ye did not so learn Christ;

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


rate difficulty: For which of them has knowledge of the secret of the Lord, and has seen him, and given ear to his word? which of them has taken note of his word and given attention to it?


rate difficulty: <FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it,


rate difficulty: Presently they came to a garden known as Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples “Sit down here while I pray.”

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt offer every day a bullock as a sin-offering for atonement; and the altar shalt thou cleanse from sin, by making atonement for it, and shalt anoint it, to hallow it.

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


rate difficulty: But, just as the seven days were drawing to a close, some of the Jewish people from Roman Asia caught sight of Paul in the Temple, and caused great excitement among all the people present, by seizing Paul and shouting:

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


rate difficulty: Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.

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


simplify: Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.


rate difficulty: With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;


simplify: Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.

Let the work of this house of God go on; let the ruler of the Jews and their responsible men put up this house of God in its place.


simplify: the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

True, God looked with indulgence on the days of people’s ignorance, but now he is announcing to everyone everywhere the need for repentance,


rate difficulty: For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and beast.

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


rate difficulty: What thereforeGod has joined together, let not man separate.

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


simplify: But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

And I will put it into the hand of your cruel masters, and of those whose yoke has been hard on you; who have said to your soul, Down on your face! so that we may go over you: and you have given your backs like the earth, even like the street, for them to go over.


simplify: Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

Put on much wood, heating up the fire, boiling the flesh well, and making the soup thick, and let the bones be burned.


simplify: Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

But still the Kenites will be wasted, till Asshur takes you away prisoner.


rate difficulty: Andhisbrightness was as the light; He had rayscoming forthfrom his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.

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


rate difficulty: Then will the upright make answer to him, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food, and give it to you? or in need of drink, and give it to you?

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


simplify: And Paul, looking stedfastly on the council, said, Brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day.

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that, as Jehovah rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Jehovah will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

And as the Lord took delight in doing you good and increasing you, so the Lord will take pleasure in cutting you off and causing your destruction, and you will be uprooted from the land which you are about to take as your heritage.


rate difficulty: But no one can, having entered into his house, plunder the goods of the strong [man] unless he first bind the strong [man], and then he will plunder his house.

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus answering said to them, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did when he hungered, he and those who were with him,

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


simplify: The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.


simplify: And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

And I will give you keepers, pleasing to my heart, who will give you your food with knowledge and wisdom.


rate difficulty: And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

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


simplify: and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.

And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how.


simplify: If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto a land far off or near;

If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them, and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away prisoners to a land far off or near;


simplify: For God appointed us not unto wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,


simplify: and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by drink; and he was uncovered in his tent.


rate difficulty: The villages ceased in Israel, Ceased until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.

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rate difficulty: For Solomon had made a platform of bronze, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and he kneeled down on his knees before the whole congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward the heavens,

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simplify: When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;

While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me;


rate difficulty: And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.


rate difficulty: So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;

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simplify: And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Jehovah: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah unto this day.

On the fourth day they all came together in the Valley of Blessing, and there they gave blessing to the Lord; for which cause that place has been named the Valley of Blessing to this day.


rate difficulty: And the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite.

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rate difficulty: And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.

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simplify: And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.


rate difficulty: And a great sign was seen in the heaven, a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars,

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rate difficulty: And I have given to you shepherds According to Mine own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.

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rate difficulty: The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

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rate difficulty: From his mouth comes a sharp sword, with which ‘to smite the nations; and he will rule them with an iron rod.’ He ‘treads the grapes in the press’ of the maddening wine of the wrath of Almighty God;

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simplify: And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

Being ready to give punishment to whatever is against his authority, after you have made it clear that you are completely under his control.


simplify: For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.


rate difficulty: and made them to ourGod kings and priests; and they shall reign over the earth.


rate difficulty: For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.

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rate difficulty: Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.


rate difficulty: Because they are turned away from me to the worship of Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites; they have not been walking in my ways or doing what is right in my eyes or keeping my laws and my decisions as his father David did.

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simplify: For the king knoweth of these things, unto whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him; for this hath not been done in a corner.

For the king has knowledge of these things, to whom I am talking freely; being certain that all this is common knowledge to him; for it has not been done in secret.


simplify: I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

I am full of grief for you, my brother Jonathan: very dear have you been to me: your love for me was a wonder, greater than the love of women.


simplify: Thus shall the things be unto thee wherein thou hast labored: they that have trafficked with thee from thy youth shall wander every one to his quarter; there shall be none to save thee.

Small profit have you had from those who, from your earliest days, got great profit out of you; they have gone in flight, every one straight before him, and you have no saviour.


simplify: As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor.


simplify: Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:


simplify: And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.


simplify: (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

(For every man of the army had taken goods for himself in the war.)


rate difficulty: Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.


simplify: For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the Lord delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.

For though the army of Aram was only a small one, the Lord gave a very great army into their hands, because they had given up the Lord, the God of their fathers. So they put into effect the punishment of Joash.


rate difficulty: And they, when they came to Jesus, made their request warmly, saying,


simplify: When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:

So the distribution of the land and its limits was complete; and the children of Israel gave Joshua, the son of Nun, a heritage among them;


simplify: And the chief priest, having rent his garments, saith, `What need have we yet of witnesses?

At this the high priest tore his vestments. “Why do we want any more witnesses?” he exclaimed.


simplify: how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

How while they were undergoing every sort of trouble, and were in the greatest need, they took all the greater joy in being able to give freely to the needs of others.


simplify: And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.

And the king said that this was to be done, and the order was given out in Shushan, and the hanging of Haman's ten sons was effected.


simplify: One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

The law is the same for him who is an Israelite by birth and for the man from a strange country who is living with you.


rate difficulty: Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.

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simplify: Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.


simplify: each silver platterweighinga hundred and thirtyshekels, and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand and four hundredshekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;

The weight of every silver plate was a hundred and thirty shekels, and of every basin seventy; the weight of all the silver of the vessels was two thousand and four hundred shekels, by the scale of the holy place;


simplify: Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

Every one had four faces and every one had four wings; and hands like a man's hands were under their wings.


simplify: For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,

(For Solomon had made a brass stage, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the middle of the open space; on this he took his place and went down on his knees before all the meeting of Israel, stretching out his hands to heaven.)


rate difficulty: If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

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rate difficulty: And the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

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simplify: Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:

The sons of Issachar by their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Puvah, the family of the Punites:


rate difficulty: Because all these men, having seen my glory and the signs which I have done in Egypt and in the waste land, still have put me to the test ten times, and have not given ear to my voice;

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rate difficulty: And God calleth to the dry land `Earth,' and to the collection of the waters He hath called `Seas;' and God seeth that <FI>it is<Fi> good.

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simplify: and the word of the Lord was spread abroad through all the region.

and the Lord’s message was carried throughout that district.


rate difficulty: of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may be taught by discipline not to blaspheme.

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rate difficulty: And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.


rate difficulty: And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?

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simplify: And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

And for forty days and forty nights Moses was there with the Lord, and in that time he had no food or drink. And he put in writing on the stones the words of the agreement, the ten rules of the law.


rate difficulty: For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

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rate difficulty: And Ner was the father of Kish; and Kish was the father of Saul; and Saul was the father of Jonathan and Malchi-shua and Abinadab and Eshbaal.


simplify: And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but let them serve them the rather, because they that partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. These things teach and exhort.

And let those whose masters are of the faith have respect for them because they are brothers, working for them the more readily, because those who take part in the good work are of the faith and are dear. Give orders and teaching about these things.


rate difficulty: And take from them a small number of hairs, folding them in your skirts.


simplify: A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.


rate difficulty: And they sought for a fair damsel throughout the territory of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

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simplify: And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye would say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea; and it would obey you.

And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.


simplify: And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.

and, when they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, they were utterly astonished and amazed at what had happened to him.


rate difficulty: And if thine eye cause thee to stumble, cast it out: it is good for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell;

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simplify: Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;


simplify: As Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land.

As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so the people of Israel did, and they made division of the land.


simplify: and the border extended from the top of the mountain unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath-jearim);

And the limit is marked out from the top of the mountain to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and out to the towns of Mount Ephron, as far as Baalah (which is Kiriath-jearim):


rate difficulty: And the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak, were forced out from there by Caleb.

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rate difficulty: And one he-goat for a sin-offering, to take away your sin:

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simplify: For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

For he was feeble in that he was put to death on the cross, but he is living by the power of God. And we are feeble in him, but we will be living with him through the power of God in relation to you.


rate difficulty: At this the high priest tore his vestments. “Why do we want any more witnesses?” he exclaimed.


rate difficulty: Therefore, since I could no longer endure the uncertainty, I sent to make inquiries about your faith, fearing that the Tempter had tempted you, and that our toil might prove to have been in vain.

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simplify: one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

There is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism.


rate difficulty: who is at the right hand of God, having gone on to heaven--messengers, and authorities, and powers, having been subjected to him.

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rate difficulty: It is planted in shame; it comes again in glory: feeble when it is planted, it comes again in power:


simplify: the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them was fallen upon all the peoples.

On that day, the Jews came together in their towns through all the divisions of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, for the purpose of attacking all those who were attempting evil against them: and everyone had to give way before them, for the fear of them had come on all the peoples.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.


simplify: And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

And one of his servants said in answer, Send men and let them take five of the horses which we still have in the town; if they keep their lives they will be the same as those of Israel who are still living here; if they come to their death they will be the same as all those of Israel who have gone to destruction: let us send and see.


simplify: and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them,

Then there appeared tongues of what seemed to be flame, separating, so that one settled on each of them;


simplify: Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

For this cause I will make her come into the waste land and will say words of comfort to her.


rate difficulty: Now that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,

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

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rate difficulty: And Uzziah prepareth for them, for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, even to stones of the slings.

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rate difficulty: And so he did for all his strange wives, who made offerings with burning of perfumes to their gods.

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simplify: Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.

But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.


simplify: And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

“Who touched me?”Jesus asked; and, while everyone was denying having done so, Peter exclaimed: “Why, Sir, the people are crowding around you and pressing against you!”


simplify: And again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words.

And again he went away, and said a prayer, using the same words.


simplify: Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.

But only this one thing which I said among them in a loud voice, I am this day being judged on the question of the coming back from the dead.


rate difficulty: And said to him, Has it come to your knowledge that Baalis, the king of the children of Ammon, has sent Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, to take your life? But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, put no faith in what they said.

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

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rate difficulty: And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

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simplify: Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?

Why did you not make a meal of the sin-offering in the holy place? For it is most holy and he has given it to you, so that the sin of the people may be put on it, to take away their sin before the Lord.


rate difficulty: Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:

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simplify: saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we shall have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.

Do no damage to the earth, or the sea, or the trees, till we have put a mark on the servants of our God.


simplify: And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.


simplify: And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

And the woman said to him, But you have knowledge of what Saul has done, how he has put away out of the land those who have control of spirits and the users of secret arts: why would you, by a trick, put me in danger of death?


simplify: And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.

The dispute was becoming so violent, that the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces between them, ordered the Guard to go down and rescue him from them, and take him into the Fort.


rate difficulty: The king of Eglon, one; The king of Gezer, one;

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simplify: And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

And the Philistines came up again, and went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.


rate difficulty: And they shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

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rate difficulty: Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.

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rate difficulty: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

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


rate difficulty: Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

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rate difficulty: That a rebellious people <FI>is<Fi> this, sons--liars, Sons not willing to hear the law of Jehovah.

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simplify: Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will speak.

Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.


rate difficulty: And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael.

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rate difficulty: And they crying out and casting up their garments, and throwing dust into the air,

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simplify: Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.

Take no bag for money or for food, and no shoes; say no word to any man on the way.


rate difficulty: who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.


simplify: `But this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:

This is what is spoken of in the prophet Joel —


simplify: Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

Damascus has become feeble, she is turned to flight, fear has taken her in its grip: pain and sorrows have come on her, as on a woman in birth-pains.


simplify: It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

But the ruler will be seated there to take his food before the Lord; he will go in by the covered way to the door, and will come out by the same way.


simplify: But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.


simplify: A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

A man taking false news is a cause of trouble, but he who gives news rightly makes things well.


simplify: Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.

Then Jeremiah took another book, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who put down in it, from the mouth of Jeremiah, all the words of the book which had been burned in the fire by Jehoiakim, king of Judah: and in addition a number of other words of the same sort.


simplify: That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across opposite Jericho.


rate difficulty: For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:

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simplify: And they journeyed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.

And from Dibon-gad they went on, and put up their tents in Almon-diblathaim.


rate difficulty: And David spoke to Jehovah when he saw the angel that smote among the people, and said, Behold, it is I that have sinned, and it is I that have committed iniquity; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, be on me, and on my father's house!

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


simplify: Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not Jehovah? he against whom we have sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, neither were they obedient unto his law.

Who gave up Jacob to those who took away his goods, and Israel to his attackers? Did not the Lord? he against whom they did wrong, and in whose ways they would not go, turning away from his teaching.


simplify: But the noble deviseth noble things; and in noble things shall he continue.

But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.


simplify: And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

And Pilate again said in answer to them, What then am I to do to him to whom you give the name of the King of the Jews?


simplify: and when the kindness and the love to men of God our Saviour did appear

But, when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for humanity were revealed, he saved us,


rate difficulty: But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith?

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


simplify: to do good, to be rich in good works, to be ready to impart, willing to communicate,

Teach them to show kindness, to exhibit a wealth of good actions, to be open-handed and generous,


simplify: How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

How much more precious a person is than a sheep! Therefore it is allowable to do good on the Sabbath.”


simplify: And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

And she said to them, Do not let my name be Naomi, but Mara, for the Ruler of all has given me a bitter fate.


rate difficulty: And Moses turneth, and goeth down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony <FI>are<Fi> in his hand, tables written on both their sides, on this and on that <FI>are<Fi> they written;

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


rate difficulty: And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.

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


rate difficulty: Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.

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


rate difficulty: but they were to wear sandals, and not to put on a second coat.

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


rate difficulty: And it deceives those that dwell upon the earth by reason of the signs which it was given to it to work before the beast, saying to those that dwell upon the earth to make an image to the beast, which has the wound of the sword, and lived.

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


rate difficulty: The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field;

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


simplify: For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,


simplify: The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.

The children of Azgad, two thousand, three hundred and twenty-two.


simplify: And Jehovah shall be seen over them; and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.

And the Lord will be seen over them, and his arrow will go out like the thunder-flame: and the Lord God, sounding the war-horn, will go in the storm-winds of the South.


simplify: And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

And when the people saw that Moses was a long time coming down from the mountain, they all came to Aaron and said to him, Come, make us a god to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us up out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.


rate difficulty: And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:

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


rate difficulty: And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;

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


rate difficulty: And it shall be the prince’s part to give the burnt-offerings, and the meal-offerings, and the drink-offerings, in the feasts, and on the new moons, and on the sabbaths, in all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin-offering, and the meal-offering, and the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings, to make atonement for the house of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And he set the graven image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

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


simplify: And thus shall ye eat it: with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is Jehovah’s passover.

And take your meal dressed as if for a journey, with your shoes on your feet and your sticks in your hands: take it quickly: it is the Lord's Passover.


rate difficulty: Thou knowest this, that all who [are] in Asia, of whom is Phygellus and Hermogenes, have turned away from me.

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


rate difficulty: Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.

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


rate difficulty: That you would send new witnesses against me, increasing your wrath against me, and letting loose new armies on me.

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


simplify: And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the Levites.

And the Levites are to put their hands on the heads of the oxen, and one of the oxen is to be offered for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering to the Lord to take away the sin of the Levites.