simplify: And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.

We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days,


rate difficulty: And the sons of Zerah: Zimri and Ethan and Heman and Calcol and Dara; five of them.

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simplify: and through him to reconcile the all things to himself--having made peace through the blood of his cross--through him, whether the things upon the earth, whether the things in the heavens.

and through him to reconcile all things to himself (making peace by the shedding of Christ’s blood offered on the cross) — whether on earth or in heaven.


rate difficulty: But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.

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


simplify: For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

(The word Hagar meaning in Arabia Mount Sinai) and it ranks with the Jerusalem of today, for she and her children are in slavery.


simplify: But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel.

But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made his son go through the fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.


simplify: We will pass over armed before Jehovah into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.

We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, and you will give us our heritage on this side of Jordan.


simplify: And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.

But the servant said in answer, I have here a fourth part of a shekel of silver: I will give that to the man of God, and he will give us directions about our way.


simplify: And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord.

And I will give her punishment for the days of the Baals, to whom she has been burning perfumes, when she made herself fair with her nose-rings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, giving no thought to me, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.

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


simplify: All they that know thee among the peoples shall be astonished at thee: thou art become a terror, and thou shalt nevermore have any being.

All who have knowledge of you among the peoples will be overcome with wonder at you: you have become a thing of fear, and you will never be seen again.


rate difficulty: For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. But now, O God, strengthen thou my hands.

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


simplify: And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is in the earth shall die.

For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.


simplify: They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

They take a grip of one another; they are joined together, so that they may not be parted.


rate difficulty: The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

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


simplify: But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

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


simplify: And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.

And if your offering is of meal cooked in fat over the fire, let it be made of the best meal mixed with oil.


simplify: They arechildren of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.

They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.


simplify: And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah.

And Joshua put these words on record, writing them in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and put it up there under the oak-tree which was in the holy place of the Lord.


simplify: Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.


rate difficulty: which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

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


rate difficulty: And Jeremiah cometh in from Tophet, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy, and he standeth in the court of the house of Jehovah, and he saith unto all the people:

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Acting in agreement with their teaching and the decision they give: not turning to one side or the other from the word they have given you.

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


rate difficulty: Neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar; which Jehovah thy God hateth.

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


rate difficulty: that He might show, in the ages that are coming, the exceeding riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus,

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


simplify: Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.

Anyone causing the death of another is himself to be put to death on the word of witnesses: but the word of one witness is not enough.


simplify: Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

My loved one, it is my prayer that you may do well in all things, and be healthy in body, even as your soul does well.


simplify: Them also king David dedicated unto the Lord, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

These King David made holy to the Lord, together with the silver and gold he had taken from all nations; from Edom and Moab and from the children of Ammon and from the Philistines and from Amalek.


rate difficulty: All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

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


rate difficulty: Ye ran well; who has stopped you that ye should not obey the truth?

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


rate difficulty: The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

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


simplify: The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.


rate difficulty: And he saith unto him, `We are passing over from Beth-Lehem-Judah unto the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim--thence I <FI>am<Fi> , and I go unto Beth-Lehem-Judah; and to the house of Jehovah I am going, and there is no man gathering me into the house,

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


simplify: And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?

And when they had come to Capernaum, those who took the Temple tax came to Peter and said, Does not your master make payment of the Temple tax?


simplify: and he came down to Ephesus, and did leave them there, and he himself having entered into the synagogue did reason with the Jews:

They put into Ephesus, and there Paul, leaving his companions, went into the synagogue and addressed the Jews.


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

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


simplify: Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes.


rate difficulty: And this <FI>is<Fi> the work of the base: they have borders, and the borders <FI>are<Fi> between the joinings;


rate difficulty: and they come up, and bring out from Egypt a chariot for six hundred silverlings, and a horse for fifty and a hundred, and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Aram--by their hand they bring out.

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


rate difficulty: And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, Who is there like Tyre, like her that is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?

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


rate difficulty: And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?

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


rate difficulty: And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.

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


rate difficulty: and they were carried over into Sychem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in money from the sons of Emmor, of Sychem.

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


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,


rate difficulty: And there come to him [men] bringing a paralytic, borne by four;

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


simplify: (And Jehovah gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as beforetime.

(And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so that they became free from the hands of the Aramaeans; and the children of Israel were living in their tents as in the past.


simplify: for before the coming of certain from James, with the nations he was eating, and when they came, he was withdrawing and separating himself, fearing those of the circumcision,

Before certain persons came from James, he had been in the habit of eating with the Gentile converts; but, when they came, he began to withdraw and hold aloof, because he was afraid of offending those who still held to circumcision.


simplify: Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.


simplify: What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant.


simplify: A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.


rate difficulty: And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife <FI>is<Fi> Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife <FI>is<Fi> Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.

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


rate difficulty: And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

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


simplify: Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

When did we see you ill, or in prison, and come to you?’


rate difficulty: And it hath come to pass, in the going up of the force of the Chaldeans from off Jerusalem, because of the force of Pharaoh,

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jesus finished all these words, he said to his disciples,

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


rate difficulty: and the chamber, whose front <FI>is<Fi> northward, <FI>is<Fi> for priests keeping charge of the altar: they <FI>are<Fi> sons of Zadok, who are drawing near of the sons of Levi unto Jehovah, to serve Him.'

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


rate difficulty: As to the rest, then, brethren, we request you, and call upon you in the Lord Jesus, as ye did receive from us how it behoveth you to walk and to please God, that ye may abound the more,

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Mary of Magdala and the other Mary remained behind, sitting in front of the grave.

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


simplify: and the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, if on the sabbath he will heal, that they might find an accusation against him.

The teachers of the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely, to see if he would work cures on the Sabbath, so that they might find a charge to bring against him.


rate difficulty: And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king’s house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

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


rate difficulty: For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.


simplify: for I say to you, that no more may I eat of it till it may be fulfilled in the reign of God.'

For I tell you that I will not eat it again, until it has had its fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”


simplify: and Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,

And Jehud and Bene-berak and Gath-rimmon;


simplify: And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for Jehovah, nor offer a burnt-offering without cost.

And King David said to Ornan, No; I will certainly give you the full price for it, because I will not take for the Lord what is yours, or give a burned offering without payment.


rate difficulty: as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

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


simplify: For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and the great waters shall cover thee;

For this is what the Lord has said: I will make you a waste town, like the towns which are unpeopled; when I make the deep come upon you, covering you with great waters.


simplify: It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.

It is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.


simplify: And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.

and how the chief priests and our leading men gave him up to be sentenced to death, and afterwards crucified him.


simplify: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

Therefore practice and lay to heart everything that they tell preach but do not practice.


simplify: And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

And the disciples were full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.


rate difficulty: and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the hindmost sea,


simplify: But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

But they were full of fear, and said, The two kings have gone down before him: how may we keep our place?


rate difficulty: Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not; for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there stood a man before him with his sword drawn in his hand. And Joshua went to him, and said to him: Art thou for us, or for our enemies?

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord will send out the sound of his great voice, and they will see his arm stretched out, with the heat of his wrath, and the flame of a burning fire; with a cloud-burst, and storm, and a rain of ice.

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


simplify: And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

And have knowledge of his desires, and are a judge of the things which are different, having the learning of the law,


simplify: The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.

The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.


simplify: from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting,

All those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work in the Tent of meeting,


rate difficulty: But the crowd rebuked them, that they might be silent. But they cried out the more, saying, Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David.

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


simplify: Pilate said unto them, Ye have a guard: go, make it as sure as ye can.

Pilate said to them, You have watchmen; go and make it as safe as you are able.


simplify: And there went with us also certain of the disciples from Cæsarea, bringing with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge.

And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, taking a certain Mnason of Cyprus, one of the early disciples, in whose house we were to be living.


simplify: Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.


simplify: And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

He will take a tenth of your seed and of the fruit of your vines and give it to his servants.


rate difficulty: And Moses took half the blood and put it in basins; draining out half of the blood over the altar.

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


rate difficulty: And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light in the house of the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

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


rate difficulty: And so the seven good years in Egypt came to an end.


rate difficulty: Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.


simplify: And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

And do not go out from the door of the Tent of meeting, or death will come to you; for the holy oil of the Lord is on you. And they did as Moses said.


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

Who among all the gods of these countries have kept their country from falling into my hands, to give cause for the thought that the Lord will keep Jerusalem from falling into my hands?


rate difficulty: My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account.

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


simplify: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

And if we are certain that he gives ear to all our requests, we are equally certain that we will get our requests.


simplify: He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.

He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out:


simplify: from afar having stood because of the fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city! Babylon, the strong city! because in one hour did come thy judgment.

while they stand at a distance, horrified at her torture, and cry — ‘Alas! Alas! Great city! Mighty city of Babylon! In a single hour your judgment fell.


rate difficulty: And he set judges in the land throughout the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.

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


simplify: And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

And he was king for forty-one years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.


simplify: till I shall make thine enemies thy footstool;

until I put your enemies as a stool for your feet.”’


rate difficulty: And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

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


rate difficulty: I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;

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


simplify: Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.


simplify: and thou shalt rejoice in all the good which Jehovah thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thy house, thou, and the Levite, and the sojourner that is in the midst of thee.

And you will have joy in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and to your family; and the Levite, and the man from a strange land who is with you, will take part in your joy.


simplify: and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

And Zela, Eleph and the Jebusite (which is Jerusalem), Gibeath and Kiriath; fourteen towns with their unwalled places. This is the heritage of the children of Benjamin by their families.


simplify: Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

For he gave himself on our behalf, to deliver us from all wickedness, and to purify for himself a people who should be peculiarly his own and eager to do good.


rate difficulty: and the unprofitable servant cast ye forth to the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

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


simplify: And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

And the men went on from there in the direction of Sodom; and Abraham went with them on their way.


simplify: But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.

But the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for wherever I send you, you are to go, and whatever I give you orders to say, you are to say.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to Moses,

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


simplify: Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.

Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.


rate difficulty: This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said to all those whom I have taken away prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon:

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


simplify: and whether we be in tribulation, <FI>it is<Fi> for your comfort and salvation, that is wrought in the enduring of the same sufferings that we also suffer; whether we are comforted, <FI>it is<Fi> for your comfort and salvation;

If we meet with trouble, it is for the sake of your consolation and salvation; and, if we find consolation, it is for the sake of the consolation that you will experience when you are called to endure the sufferings that we ourselves are enduring;


rate difficulty: then the elders of his city have sent and taken him from thence, and given him into the hand of the redeemer of blood, and he hath died;

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


simplify: Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:

Go then, and make disciples of all the nations, giving them baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:


simplify: even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Jehovah; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.

And let the vessels of those men, who with their lives have made payment for their sin, be hammered out into plates as a cover for the altar; for they have been offered before the Lord and are holy; so that they may be a sign to the children of Israel.


rate difficulty: When thy valuation hath been of the male from a son of twenty years even unto a son of sixty years, then hath been thy valuation fifty shekels of silver by the shekel of the sanctuary.

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


rate difficulty: (Now he was obliged to release one for them at the feast.)


rate difficulty: And if a man has given his house as holy to the Lord, then the priest will put a value on it, if it is good or bad; as the priest gives decision so will the value be fixed.

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


simplify: A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.


simplify: Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;

Every chasm will be filled, Every mountain and hill will be leveled, The winding ways will be straightened, The rough roads made smooth,


simplify: let their eyes be darkened--not to behold, and their back do Thou always bow down.'

may their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; and do you always make their backs to bend.’


simplify: And they journeyed from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came unto mount Hor.

And they went on from Kadesh, and came, with all their people, to Mount Hor.


simplify: I know that after my departing grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock;

I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;


simplify: The children of thine elect sister salute thee.

The children of your noble sister, who is of God's selection, send you their love.


rate difficulty: With good pasture I do feed them, And on mountains of the high place of Israel is their habitation, There do they lie down in a good habitation, And fat pastures they enjoy on mountains of Israel.

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


simplify: So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, andshe knoweth it not.

She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.


rate difficulty: Then came the voice which I had heard from heaven. It spoke to me again, and said — ‘Go and take the book that is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land.’


rate difficulty: The wise amongst her ladies answer [her], Yea, she returneth answer to herself,

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


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: When thy people Israel are smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; if they turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication unto thee in this house:

When your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers to you and requesting your grace in this house:


simplify: And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

And he will make her take an oath, and say to her, If no man has been your lover and you have not been with another in place of your husband, you are free from this bitter water causing the curse;


simplify: Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

Have no fear, for I am with you: I will take your seed from the east, and get you together from the west;


simplify: but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,

No, when you entertain, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;


rate difficulty: And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;

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rate difficulty: And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: and I say unto her, `Many days thou dost remain for Me, thou dost not go a-whoring, nor become any one's; and I also <FI>am<Fi> for thee.'

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


simplify: And Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

And death came to Elisha and they put his body into the earth. Now in the spring of the year, armed bands of Moabites frequently came, overrunning the land.


rate difficulty: And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

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rate difficulty: And [while] desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.

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


rate difficulty: `When men strive together, one with another, and the wife of the one hath drawn near to deliver her husband out of the hand of his smiter, and hath put forth her hand, and laid hold on his secrets,

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


rate difficulty: For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord.

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


simplify: It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.

It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.


simplify: And, therefore, indeed with many other things, exhorting, he was proclaiming good news to the people,

And so with many different appeals John told his good news to the people.


rate difficulty: What are you designing against the Lord? he will put an end to it: his haters will not come up again a second time.


rate difficulty: They profess to knowGod, but in works deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work.

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


simplify: And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

Now truly, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which says these things to you.


rate difficulty: Offering every day what had been ordered by Moses, on the Sabbaths and at the new moon and at the regular feasts three times a year, that is at the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tents.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it?


rate difficulty: And I said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these? And he said to me, These are the horns which have sent Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem in flight.

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


rate difficulty: And a buck of the goats shall be offered, for a sin-offering to Jehovah, besides the continual burnt-offering, and its drink-offering.

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


rate difficulty: Briefly then, just as a single offense resulted for all humanity in condemnation, so, too, a single decree of righteousness resulted for all humanity in that declaration of righteousness which brings life.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.


simplify: Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore thus saith Jehovah theGod of Israel concerning the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.

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


simplify: Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:


simplify: But after no long time there beat down from it a tempestuous wind, which is called Euraquilo:

But after a little time, a very violent wind, named Euraquilo, came down from it with great force.


simplify: When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.

heard about Jesus, came behind in the crowd, and touched his cloak.


rate difficulty: If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.

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


simplify: And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;


rate difficulty: and Moses saith unto Joshua, `Choose for us men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to-morrow I am standing on the top of the hill, and the rod of God in my hand.'

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


simplify: of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.

Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.


rate difficulty: And he took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, and sent throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoever comes not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen! And the fear of Jehovah fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

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


simplify: And she said unto him, Not so, because this great wrong in putting me forth is worse than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.

And she said to him, Not so, my brother, for this great wrong in sending me away is worse than what you did to me before. But he gave no attention to her.


simplify: And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.

Then Zadok came, and Abiathar, and with them the ark of God's agreement: and they put down the ark of God, till all the people from the town had gone by.


rate difficulty: And for all cedars of Lebanon, The high and the exalted ones, And for all oaks of Bashan,

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


rate difficulty: and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

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


rate difficulty: and the third took her: and in like manner also the seven left no children and died;

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


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

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


rate difficulty: But Ruth said, Give up requesting me to go away from you, or to go back without you: for where you go I will go; and where you take your rest I will take my rest; your people will be my people, and your God my God.


simplify: Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.

Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.


rate difficulty: And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

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


simplify: And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.

And when he came to the place, he said to them, Make a prayer that you may not be put to the test.


simplify: Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

Let your eyes be looking down from heaven, from your holy and beautiful house: where is your deep feeling, the working of your power? do not keep back the moving of your pity and your mercies:


simplify: A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day.

A copy of the writing, to be made public in every part of the kingdom, was sent out to all the peoples, so that they might be ready when that day came.


simplify: And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.

Then Gedaliah gave his oath to them and their men, saying, Have no fear because of the servants of the Chaldaeans; go on living in the land under the rule of the king of Babylon, and all will be well.


simplify: Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.

Keep the Sabbath day as a holy day, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God.


simplify: Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town;


simplify: Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.

So then, son of man, be a prophet, and put your hands together with a loud sound, and give two blows with the sword, and even three; it is the sword of those who are wounded, even the sword of the wounded; the great sword which goes round about them.


simplify: As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.


simplify: Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.

Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.


rate difficulty: Their hearts will be full of fear; pains and sorrows will overcome them; they will be in pain like a woman in childbirth; they will be shocked at one another; their faces will be like flames.


rate difficulty: And he said, If with all your heart you will give attention to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in his eyes, giving ear to his orders and keeping his laws, I will not put on you any of the diseases which I put on the Egyptians: for I am the Lord your life-giver.


rate difficulty: Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.

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


rate difficulty: Then Jesus went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee. On the Sabbath he taught the people.


rate difficulty: I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the work of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith Jehovah.

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


simplify: And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:

And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:


simplify: And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

Then Elijah took off his robe, and, rolling it up, gave the water a blow with it, and the waters were parted, flowing back this way and that, so that they went over on dry land.


rate difficulty: go not up, for Jehovah is not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies;

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


rate difficulty: And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and Jehovah hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

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


simplify: And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

And when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, On your life, O king, I have no idea.


simplify: for what doth the writing say? `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him--to righteousness;'

For what are the words of scripture? ‘Abraham had faith in God, and his faith was regarded by God as righteousness.’


simplify: So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.

So death came to Moses, the servant of the Lord, there in the land of Moab, as the Lord had said.


rate difficulty: and the forces of the king of Babylon are fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that are left--against Lachish, and against Azekah, for these have been left among the cities of Judah, cities of fortresses.

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


simplify: And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:


rate difficulty: and having passed some time, they were let go with peace from the brethren unto the apostles;

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


simplify: according to the good news of the glory of the blessed God, with which I was entrusted.

as is taught in the glorious good news of the ever-blessed God, with which I was entrusted.


simplify: For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

And they were talking in tongues, and giving glory to God. Then Peter said,


simplify: It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee; for to the double of the hire of a hireling hath he served thee six years: and Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.

Let it not seem hard to you that you have to send him away free; for he has been working for you for six years, which is twice the regular time for a servant: and the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.


rate difficulty: If all the body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If it were all hearing, where would the sense of smell be?

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


rate difficulty: So, when the blades of corn shot up, and came into ear, the weeds made their appearance also.

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


simplify: The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

The four and twenty rulers go down on their faces before him who is seated on the high seat, and give worship to him who is living for ever and ever, and take off their crowns before the high seat, saying,


rate difficulty: I want you to recall what was foretold by the holy prophets, as well as the command of our Lord and Savior given to you through your apostles.

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


simplify: And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.

And Moses, answering, said, It is certain that they will not have faith in me or give ear to my voice; for they will say, You have not seen the Lord.


simplify: But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

But you should exclude the younger widows from the list; for, when they grow restive under the yoke of the Christ, they want to marry,


rate difficulty: And if the Levite shall come from one of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and shall come according to all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah will choose,

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


simplify: And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.


rate difficulty: Any carcase and torn thing, of the fowl, and of the beasts, the priests do not eat.

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


simplify: If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:

If then you have done what is true and upright to Jerubbaal and his family this day, may you have joy in Abimelech, and may he have joy in you;


rate difficulty: WillGod hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?

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


rate difficulty: So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.


simplify: And he said unto them, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day?

And he said to them, Which of you, whose ox or ass has got into a water-hole, will not straight away get him out on the Sabbath?


rate difficulty: being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;

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


simplify: For I rejoiced greatly, when brethren came and bare witness unto thy truth, even as thou walkest in truth.

For it gave me great joy when some of the brothers came and gave witness that you had the true faith and were walking in the true way.


simplify: All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.


simplify: And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.


simplify: And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.

And the fat of the sin-offering is to be burned by him on the altar.


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.

This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Like these good figs, so in my eyes will be the prisoners of Judah, whom I have sent from this place into the land of the Chaldaeans for their good.


simplify: The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that they shall take you away with hooks, and your residue with fish-hooks.

The Lord God has taken an oath by his holy name, that the days are coming when they will take you away with hooks, and the rest of you with fish-hooks.


simplify: But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.


rate difficulty: that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;

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


rate difficulty: In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even unto the end.

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


rate difficulty: And Joseph hath not been able to refrain himself before all those standing by him, and he calleth, `Put out every man from me;' and no man hath stood with him when Joseph maketh himself known unto his brethren,

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


simplify: Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is epileptic, and suffereth grievously; for oft-times he falleth into the fire, and oft-times into the water.

Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and is in great pain; and frequently he goes falling into the fire, and frequently into the water.


rate difficulty: and the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and of the Levites, from a son of twenty years and upward, in their charges, in their courses;


rate difficulty: And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.

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


simplify: At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

At that time the Lord had the tribe of Levi marked out to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, to be before the Lord and to do his work and to give blessings in his name, to this day.


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

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


simplify: For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.


rate difficulty: My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

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


rate difficulty: Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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


rate difficulty: Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

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


rate difficulty: and Nebo, and Baal-meon (of which the names were changed), and Sibmah; and they gave other names to the cities that they built.

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


simplify: And they did bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

And the rings on the bag were fixed to the rings of the ephod by a blue cord, keeping it in place over the band, so that the bag might not get loose, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.


simplify: and five of them were prudent, and five foolish;

Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent.


simplify: above all, having taken up the shield of the faith, in which ye shall be able all the fiery darts of the evil one to quench,

At every onslaught take up faith for your shield; for with it you will be able to extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.

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


rate difficulty: `Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy concerning him, and concerning Egypt--all of it.

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


rate difficulty: saying,  Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

And on hearing it, King Hezekiah took off his robe, and put on haircloth, and went into the house of the Lord.


simplify: and after these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

And after these things he gave them judges, till the time of Samuel the prophet.


simplify: Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that day the spirit of the Lord came on David with power. So Samuel went back to Ramah.


rate difficulty: Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

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


rate difficulty: Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spake unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,

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


simplify: And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;


rate difficulty: Amon his son, Josiah his son.


simplify: Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.


simplify: Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof. And they brought back word to the king.

See, I will let you go to your fathers, and be put in your last resting-place in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will send on this place and on its people. So they took this news back to the king.


rate difficulty: He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

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


rate difficulty: and his disciples having come to him, awoke him, saying, `Sir, save us; we are perishing.'


simplify: So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there: they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.

Such will be the fate of all the men whose minds are fixed on going into Egypt and stopping there; they will come to their end by the sword, by being short of food, and by disease: not one of them will keep his life or get away from the evil which I will send on them.


rate difficulty: Then said he to the multitudes coming forth to be baptised by him, `Brood of vipers! who did prompt you to flee from the coming wrath?

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


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilful women, that they may come:

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


simplify: And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.

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


simplify: how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to him to eat, nor to those with him, except to the priests alone?

how he went into the house of God, and how they ate the consecrated bread, through it was not allowable for him or his companions to eat it, but only for the priests?


rate difficulty: Moreover they that were nigh unto them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victuals of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: O Jehovah, I heard thy report, I have been afraid, O Jehovah, Thy work! in midst of years revive it, In the midst of years Thou makest known In anger Thou dost remember mercy.

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


simplify: The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The seventeenth Joshbekashah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


simplify: If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee,

If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you,


simplify: And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to Jehovah with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

Never before had there been a king like him, turning to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his power, as the law of Moses says; and after him there was no king like him.


simplify: If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances?

Since, with Christ, you became dead to the puerile teaching of this world, why do you submit, as as if you still belonged to the world,


simplify: And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I.


rate difficulty: And he having come into the house, his disciples were questioning him by himself--`Why were we not able to cast it forth?'

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And bowed themselves have the people of the land at the opening of that gate, on sabbaths, and on new moons, before Jehovah.


simplify: In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif:

In the fourth year the base of the house was put in its place, in the month Ziv.


simplify: Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.

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


simplify: Take it of them, that they may be used in doing the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.

Take the things from them, to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting; and give them to the Levites, to every man what is needed for his work.


rate difficulty: And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

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


rate difficulty: And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.

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


rate difficulty: Thou shalt also suck the milk of the nations, and shalt suck the breast of kings; and thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

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


rate difficulty: Let not, then, your good be evil spoken of,

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


simplify: For he that is dead is freed from sin.

For the man who has so died has been pronounced righteous and released from sin.


simplify: He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

He will have a place on high: he will be safely shut in by the high rocks: his bread will be given to him; his waters will be certain.


simplify: And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth–lehem.

So Rachel came to her end and was put to rest on the road to Ephrath (which is Beth-lehem).


simplify: When they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return, lest my father leave off caring for the asses, and be anxious for us.

And when they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to the servant who was with him, Come, let us go back, or my father may give up caring about the asses and be troubled about us.


simplify: And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

And they came to Elim where there were twelve water-springs and seventy palm-trees: and they put up their tents there by the waters.


rate difficulty: and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

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


simplify: And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out from Samaria.

And the servants of the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land went forward first; and when Ben-hadad sent out, they gave him the news, saying, Men have come out from Samaria.


rate difficulty: And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.


simplify: And Saul sware to her by Jehovah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.

And Saul made an oath to her by the Lord, saying, By the living Lord, no punishment will come to you for this.


rate difficulty: if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thyGod, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn to Jehovah thyGod with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

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


simplify: For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be mentioned by their name.

For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and never again will she say their names.


rate difficulty: Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

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


simplify: And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.

And of the sons of Azgad, Johanan, the son of Hakkatan; and with him a hundred and ten males.


simplify: Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:

Because Manasseh, king of Judah, has done these disgusting things, doing more evil than all the Amorites before him, and making Judah do evil with his false gods,


rate difficulty: And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.

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


simplify: and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.

And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen towns with their unwalled places.


rate difficulty: and they shall cover the face of the earth, so that one shall not be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:

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


rate difficulty: And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

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


rate difficulty: If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

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


rate difficulty: And every stroke of the appointed staff, which Jehovah shall lay upon him, shall be with the sound of tabrets and harps; and in battles with the brandishing of his arm will he fight with them.

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


rate difficulty: So they and all theirs went down living into the underworld, and the earth was shut over them, and they were cut off from among the meeting of the people.

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


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


simplify: In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.


simplify: And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Jehovah, this same king Ahaz.

And in the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz did even more evil against the Lord.


simplify: and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;

All such actions, when exposed, have their true character made manifest by the light.


simplify: Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

And it was revealed to them that it was not for themselves, but for you, that they were acting as Ministers of the truths which have now been told to you, by those who, with the help of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, have brought you the good news — truths into which even angels long to look.


simplify: For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.


rate difficulty: And <FI>men<Fi> have entered into caverns of rocks, And into caves of dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth.

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


simplify: And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards,

And all the fat of it, the fat tail and the fat covering the inside parts, is to be given as an offering.


simplify: And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.

And Samuel said to him, The Lord has taken away the kingdom of Israel from you this day by force, and has given it to a neighbour of yours who is better than you.


rate difficulty: They shall cry unto me, MyGod, we know thee; [we], Israel.

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


simplify: And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, after the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.


simplify: Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.

Then when its time comes, desire gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is of full growth, gives birth to death.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `One plague more I do bring in on Pharaoh, and on Egypt, afterwards he doth send you away from this; when he is sending you away, he surely casteth you out altogether from this <FI>place<Fi> ;

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


rate difficulty: For, if we have become planted together to the likeness of his death, <FI>so<Fi> also we shall be of the rising again;

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


rate difficulty: Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.


rate difficulty: that hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbor’s wife,

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


simplify: And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

And the sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.


rate difficulty: The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you.

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


simplify: and the first living creature <FI>is<Fi> like a lion, and the second living creature <FI>is<Fi> like a calf, and the third living creature hath the face as a man, and the fourth living creature <FI>is<Fi> like an eagle flying.

The first Creature is like a lion, the second Creature like a calf, the third Creature has a face like a man’s, and the fourth Creature is like an eagle on the wing.


simplify: And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

And I will make my agreement with you; never again will all flesh be cut off by the waters; never again will the waters come over all the earth for its destruction.


rate difficulty: Arise, go to Padan–aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.

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


rate difficulty: And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like unto a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

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


simplify: Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Honor your father and your mother.’ And ‘You must love your neighbor as you love yourself.”


simplify: In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.


rate difficulty: For you said in your heart, I will go up to heaven, I will make my seat higher than the stars of God; I will take my place on the mountain of the meeting-place of the gods, in the inmost parts of the north.

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


rate difficulty: and whoever may cause to stumble one of those little ones who are believing in me, it is better for him that a weighty millstone may be hanged upon his neck, and he may be sunk in the depth of the sea.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

The land of Goshen will be your living-place, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have:


rate difficulty: He smote the Philistines unto Gazah and its borders, from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city.

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


simplify: But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.

And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over Israel, they all went up in search of David; and David, hearing of it, went down to the strong place.


simplify: He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

Complete destruction will come on any man who makes offerings to any other god but the Lord.


simplify: Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

And though you were turned away from, and hated, and had no helper, I will make you a pride for ever, a joy from generation to generation.


rate difficulty: And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly.

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


simplify: And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

And make five pillars for the curtain, of hard wood plated with gold; their hooks are to be of gold and their bases of brass


simplify: Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.

You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.


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.


simplify: And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.

And the Lord made up to Job for all his losses, after he had made prayer for his friends: and all Job had before was increased by the Lord twice as much.


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord God.

In whatever tribe the man from a strange land is living, there you are to give him his heritage, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And as they went on the way, a certain man said unto him, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

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


rate difficulty: Then I saw that heaven lay open. There appears a white horse; its rider is called ‘Faithful’ and ‘True’; righteously does he judge and make war.

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


rate difficulty: Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

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


rate difficulty: And had made the women and all who were there, small and great, prisoners: they had not put any of them to death, but had taken them all away.

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


simplify: And all in the synagogue were filled with wrath, hearing these things,

All the people in the synagogue, as they listened to this, became enraged.


simplify: that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?

Who made the world a waste, overturning its towns; who did not let his prisoners loose from the prison-house.


rate difficulty: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring the sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest:

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


simplify: But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

By the seed which was sown on rocky places is meant the person who hears the message, and at once accepts it joyfully;


simplify: I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight:

I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:


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


simplify: And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,

And Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez was the father of Eleasah,


rate difficulty: And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

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


simplify: And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth–shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.

And their limit goes as far as Tabor and Shahazimah and Beth-shemesh, ending at Jordan; sixteen towns with their unwalled places.


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,

And when Jesus had come to the end of all these words, he said to his disciples,


rate difficulty: And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.

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


rate difficulty: Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.

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


simplify: What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;


simplify: Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

incapable of affection, merciless, slanderous, wanting in self-control, brutal, careless of the right,


simplify: And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,

And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God;


simplify: if an <FI>unknown<Fi> tongue any one do speak, by two, or at the most, by three, and in turn, and let one interpret;

If any of you use the gift of ‘tongues,’ not more than two, or at the most three, should do so — each speaking in his turn — and some one should interpret them.


rate difficulty: Go in flight out of Babylon, go out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and be like he-goats before the flocks.

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


rate difficulty: ‘An enemy has done this,’ was the owner’s answer. ‘Do you wish us, then,’ they asked,’ to go and gather them together?’

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


simplify: And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

And Topheth, in the valley of the sons of Hinnom, he made unclean, so that no man might make his son or his daughter go through the fire to Molech.


simplify: In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.

In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, he is to give the same for seven days; the sin-offering, the burned offering, the meal offering, and the oil as before.


rate difficulty: And Jesus said unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, It is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

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


rate difficulty: And on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord doth appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, `Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be thou there till I may speak to thee, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.'

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


simplify: And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

And when the time came, he sent a servant to get from the workmen some of the fruit of the garden.


simplify: But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office.

But Nadab and Abihu came to their end before their father, and had no children; so Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel; and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.


simplify: But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written,  The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?

But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?


simplify: For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

As for me, my life blood is already being poured out; the time of my departure is close at hand.


simplify: And on the tenth day of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall do no manner of work;

And on the tenth day of this seventh month there will be a holy meeting; keep yourselves from pleasure, and do no sort of work;


simplify: And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.

And Moses gave orders to the children of Israel to keep the Passover.


rate difficulty: And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.


simplify: Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

Hurai of Nahale-gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,


simplify: Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.

And he said to me, This is the place where the offering for error and the sin-offering are to be cooked in water by the priests, and where the meal offering is to be cooked in the oven; so that they may not be taken out into the outer square to make the people holy.


rate difficulty: From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, to Eglath-shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.

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


simplify: Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Unfaithful people! Do not you know that to be friends with the world means to be at enmity with God? Therefore whoever chooses to be friends with the world makes himself an enemy to God.


rate difficulty: `And the bullock of the sin-offering, and the goat of the sin-offering, whose blood hath been brought in to make atonement in the sanctuary, doth <FI>one<Fi> bring out unto the outside of the camp, and they have burnt with fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung;

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


rate difficulty: Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

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


rate difficulty: And the Bene-Ammon pass over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, and Israel hath great distress.

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


rate difficulty: And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.

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


rate difficulty: And they found written in the law, how that Jehovah had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month;

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


simplify: And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject unto us in thy name.

And the seventy came back with joy, saying, Lord, even the evil spirits are under our power in your name.


rate difficulty: And Job made answer and said,


simplify: Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;

Now he who makes our faith strong together with you, in Christ, and has given us of his grace, is God;


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

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


simplify: And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.

And the children of Dan said to him, Say no more, or men of bitter spirit may make an attack on you, causing loss of your life and the lives of your people.


simplify: At that time Berodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

At that time, Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters with an offering to Hezekiah, because he had news that Hezekiah had been ill.


simplify: Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come unto her, saith Jehovah.

Even if Babylon was lifted up to heaven, even if she had the high places of her strength shut in with walls, still I would send against her those who will make her waste, says the Lord.


simplify: And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

And Moses put out his rod to heaven: and the Lord sent thunder, and an ice-storm, and fire running down on the earth; the Lord sent an ice-storm on the land of Egypt.


rate difficulty: And we came to Jerusalem and were there for three days.

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


rate difficulty: And they forsake there their idols, and David and his men lift them up.

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


rate difficulty: For see, this day have I made you a walled town, and an iron pillar, and walls of brass, against all the land, against the kings of Judah, against its captains, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.

But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.


simplify: My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

My God will give them up because they did not give ear to him; they will be wandering among the nations.


simplify: Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.

Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.


simplify: And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, made answer and said, I am young, and you are very old, so I was in fear, and kept myself from putting my knowledge before you.


simplify: Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

That is why it is said —  ‘When he went up on high, he led his captives into captivity. And gave gifts to humanity.’


rate difficulty: Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

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


rate difficulty: for she said within herself, If I do but touch his garment, I shall be made whole.


rate difficulty: And Ornan turneth back, and seeth the messenger, and his four sons <FI>are<Fi> with him, hiding themselves, and Ornan is threshing wheat.

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


rate difficulty: and twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.


simplify: And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

Then David and all Israel made melody before God with all their strength, with songs and corded instruments of music, and with brass instruments and horns.