simplify: Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.


rate difficulty: of Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of Aaron, Zadok:

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


simplify: A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.

True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.


simplify: Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt-offering: the burnt-offering shall be on the hearth upon the altar all night unto the morning; and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning thereon.

Give orders to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law for the burned offering: the offering is to be on the fire-wood on the altar all night till the morning; and the fire of the altar is to be kept burning.


simplify: Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:


rate difficulty: And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

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


rate difficulty: And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.

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


simplify: These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.


rate difficulty: I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;

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


simplify: And Laban said unto him, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have divined that Jehovah hath blessed me for thy sake.

And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.


simplify: and the whole city was gathered together near the door,

and the whole city was gathered around the door.


simplify: Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

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


simplify: For he that is not against us is for us.


rate difficulty: A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.


simplify: Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief),

And Hosah, a son of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the oldest, his father made him chief);


simplify: she having followed Paul and us, was crying, saying, `These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us a way of salvation;'

This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, calling: “These men are servants of the most high God, and they are bringing you news of a way to salvation.”


rate difficulty: Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?

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


simplify: But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.

And, when you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified, for these things must occur first; but the end will not be at once.”


simplify: All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

All the towns of the rest of the families of the children of Kohath were ten with their grass-lands.


simplify: And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman,

With reference to the subjects about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man to remain single.


rate difficulty: But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

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


simplify: Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee.

And now, see, the Lord has put a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the Lord has said evil against you.


rate difficulty: And another went in the direction of Beth-horon: and another went by the hill looking down on the valley of Zeboiim, in the direction of the waste land.


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,

Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land where I am guiding you,


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

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


simplify: Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets.


rate difficulty: And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and hallowed them.

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rate difficulty: And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

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


simplify: And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.


rate difficulty: But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt.

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


rate difficulty: Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.

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


simplify: Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.

Then she made the ass ready and said to her servant, Keep driving on; do not make a stop without orders from me.


simplify: For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.


rate difficulty: And when she was no longer able to keep him secret, she made him a basket out of the stems of water-plants, pasting sticky earth over it to keep the water out; and placing the baby in it she put it among the plants by the edge of the Nile.

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


simplify: what then do I say? that an idol is anything? or that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything? --

What do I mean? That an offering made to an idol, or the idol itself, is anything?


simplify: And on the eve of the sabbaths, at the dawn, toward the first of the sabbaths, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre,

After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary had gone to look at the grave,


simplify: And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.


rate difficulty: Mary was much disturbed at his words, and was wondering to herself what such a greeting could mean,

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


rate difficulty: And another fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

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


rate difficulty: And the nations shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory, and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah shall name.

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


rate difficulty: And the city shall have suburbs: toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.


rate difficulty: Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

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


rate difficulty: And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.

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


simplify: But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?

on which Jesus said to him: “Judas, is it by a kiss that you betray the Son of Man?”


simplify: And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

And Zephaniah the priest made clear to Jeremiah the prophet what was said in the letter, reading it to him.


simplify: Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.

If, then, Demetrius and the workmen who are with him have a protest to make against any man, the law is open to them, and there are judges; let them put up a cause at law against one another.


rate difficulty: also every sickness and every stroke which is not written in the book of this law; Jehovah doth cause them to go up upon thee till thou art destroyed,

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


simplify: This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

This is a true saying; and it is my desire that you may give certain witness about these things, so that those who have had faith in God may give attention to good works. These things are good and of profit to men;


simplify: The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;


rate difficulty: and build an altar unto Jehovah thy God upon the top of this stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt-offering with the wood of the Asherah which thou shalt cut down.

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simplify: and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not;

And when the days of the feast came to an end and they were going back, the boy Jesus was still in Jerusalem, but they had no knowledge of it:


simplify: But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father.


simplify: for ye were as sheep going astray, but ye turned back now to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.

Once you were straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.


rate difficulty: but I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive it into a land barren and desolate, its forepart into the eastern sea, and its hinder part into the western sea; and its stench shall come up, and its ill savor shall come up, because it hath done great things.

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


simplify: As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.

But Jesus, overhearing what they were saying, said to the synagogue leader: “Do not be afraid; only have faith.”


simplify: and on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the ledges there was a pedestal above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.

And on the square sides between the frames were lions, oxen, and winged ones; and the same on the frame; and over and under the lions and the oxen and the winged ones were steps.


rate difficulty: But if thou wilt go, do [it]; be strong for the battle:God will make thee fall before the enemy, for there is withGod power to help and to cast down.

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


rate difficulty: And those who heard, said, `And who is able to be saved?'

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


simplify: Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

Or one whose back is bent, or one who is unnaturally small, or one who has a damaged eye, or whose skin is diseased, or whose sex parts are damaged;


simplify: But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:


simplify: And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

Peter and John, having borne their testimony and delivered the Lord’s message, returned to Jerusalem, telling the good news, as they went, in many Samaritan villages.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass that when Pharaoh shall call you and say, What is your occupation?


simplify: Wherefore Levi hath no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah thy God spake unto him.)

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


simplify: and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;


rate difficulty: And do not say evil things against the Lord, as some of them did, and destruction overtook them.

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simplify: Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying, `Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?'

Then John’s disciples came to Jesus, and asked: “Why do we and the Pharisees fast while your disciples do not?”


simplify: Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

Give orders to the children of Israel to give you clean olive oil for the light, so that a light may be burning at all times,


simplify: Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the Lord thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

Then she said, Let the king keep in mind the Lord your God, so that he who gives punishment for blood may be kept back from further destruction and that no one may send death on my son. And he said, By the living Lord, not a hair of your son's head will come to the earth.


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

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


simplify: The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, Yea, four that say not, Enough:

The night-spirit has two daughters, Give, give. There are three things which are never full, even four which never say, Enough:


simplify: or his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be waxed rich, he may redeem himself.

Or his father's brother, or the son of his father's brother, or any near relation; or if he gets money, he may make himself free.


simplify: And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

Then let it be put to death, so that the sides of the altar are marked with its blood.


rate difficulty: And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.

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


simplify: Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

Is not my word like fire? says the Lord; and like a hammer, smashing the rock to bits?


rate difficulty: The peoples heard it, they were afraid: A thrill seized the inhabitants of Philistia.


rate difficulty: And the poorest of the land will have food, and those in need will be given a safe resting-place: but your seed will come to an end for need of food, and the rest of you will be put to the sword.

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon saith to God, `Thou hast done with David my father great kindness, and hast caused me to reign in his stead.

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


simplify: And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say:


rate difficulty: And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

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


rate difficulty: Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,


simplify: Thus Jehovah saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.

So the Lord gave Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem salvation from the power of Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, and from all others, giving them rest on every side.


simplify: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

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


rate difficulty: But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.


rate difficulty: Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were seven thousand, five hundred.

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


rate difficulty: Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.

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


simplify: and he said unto them--`Also to the other cities it behoveth me to proclaim good news of the reign of God, because for this I have been sent;'

Jesus, however, said to them: “I must take the good news of the kingdom of God to the other town also, for that was why I was sent.”


simplify: He isa trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.


rate difficulty: He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

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


simplify: And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee.

And writing on them all the words of this law, after you have gone over; so that you may take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said.


rate difficulty: And the sixth, Ithream, whose mother was David's wife Eglah. These were the sons of David, whose birth took place in Hebron.

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


simplify: The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.


simplify: Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.

So his servants said to him, Let search be made for a young virgin for my lord the king, to take care of him and be waiting on him; and you may take her in your arms, and so my lord the king will be warm.


simplify: and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty, and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite,

And Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a great man among the thirty, and their chief; and Jeremiah and Jehaziel and Johanan and Jozabad the Gederathite;


rate difficulty: But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

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


rate difficulty: But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?


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

For I myself, though absent in body, have been present with you in spirit, and in the name of our Lord Jesus I have already passed judgment, just as if I had been present, on the man who has acted in this way.


rate difficulty: And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth–shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel–meholah, unto Tabbath.

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


simplify: Thou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

So then, my child, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus.


rate difficulty: My prayer is that the God of Jesus Christ our Lord, the all-glorious Father, may inspire you with wisdom and true insight through a fuller knowledge of himself;

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


simplify: And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their work? get back to your work.


rate difficulty: And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.

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


simplify: For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them.

For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they took from the children of Israel the desire to go into the land which the Lord had given them.


rate difficulty: And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.

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


rate difficulty: saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

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


rate difficulty: But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in the place concerning the Bush, how God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

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


simplify: And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.

Some of them, however, who were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, on coming to Antioch, addressed themselves also to the Jews of foreign birth, telling them the good news about that Lord Jesus.


rate difficulty: And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

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


simplify: And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

And their country was from Mesha, in the direction of Sephar, the mountain of the east.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

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


simplify: But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowful; for he was one that had great possessions.

But hearing these words the young man went away sorrowing: for he had much property.


simplify: Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.


simplify: Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.

To the south it is Ephraim's, and to the north it is Manasseh's, and the sea is his limit; and they are touching Asher on the north, and Issachar on the east.


rate difficulty: But when I saw that they do not walk straightforwardly, according to the truth of the glad tidings, I said to Peter before all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as the nations and not as the Jews, how dost thou compel the nations to Judaize?

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


simplify: and ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

Together you are the body of Christ, and individually its parts.


simplify: And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,

and Carmel and in the towns of the Jerahmeelites, and in the towns of the Kenites;


rate difficulty: For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.

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


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: And the Jews smite among all their enemies--a smiting of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction--and do with those hating them according to their pleasure,

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


simplify: And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

and the next day Paul went with us to see James, and all the officers of the church were present.


simplify: The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.

The churches of Asia send their love to you. So do Aquila and Prisca, with the church which is in their house.


simplify: Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

And those who were her fighters for payment are like fat oxen; for they are turned back, they have gone in flight together, they do not keep their place: for the day of their fate has come on them, the time of their punishment.


simplify: And his wife the Jewess bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.

And his wife, a woman of the tribe of Judah, became the mother of Jered, the father of Gedor, and Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah.


simplify: And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

Now on the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his three sons dead on the earth in Mount Gilboa.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said to Moses, Hew for thyself two tables of stone like the first; and I will write upon the tables the words that were upon the first tables, which thou hast broken.

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


simplify: And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his power, and how he made the pool and the stream, to take water into the town, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?


simplify: Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.


rate difficulty: and they say to me, `Those left, who have been left of the captivity there in the province, <FI>are<Fi> in great evil, and in reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burnt with fire.'

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


simplify: And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.

And the sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korahites.


simplify: And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;

And Huram made all the pots and the spades and the basins. So he came to the end of all the work he did for King Solomon in the house of God:


rate difficulty: And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

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


simplify: So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

And Baasha went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth at Tirzah; and Elah his son became king in his place.


rate difficulty: And I made controllers over the store-houses, Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and with them was Hanan, the son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah: they were taken to be true men and their business was the distribution of these things to their brothers.

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


simplify: And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews.


simplify: And there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord.

And there are different sorts of servants, but the same Lord.


simplify: For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

For those whom God chose from the first he also destined from the first to be transformed into likeness to his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest among many brothers and sisters.


simplify: And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

And the waters went slowly back from the earth, and at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters were lower.


rate difficulty: And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

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


simplify: Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.


simplify: and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?

And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?


simplify: but He who is comforting the cast-down--God--He did comfort us in the presence of Titus;

But God, who encourages the downcast, has encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.


simplify: And Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

Then Moses took Israel forward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the waste land of Shur; and for three days they were in the waste land where there was no water.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,


simplify: And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Jehovah.

And the ark was in Kiriath-jearim for a long time, as much as twenty years: and all Israel was searching after the Lord with weeping.


simplify: And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,

And Jesus, stopping, gave orders that he was to come to him, and when he came near, he said to him,


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


rate difficulty: When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the sake of God’s message and for the testimony which they had borne.

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


rate difficulty: And Esther calleth to Hatach, of the eunuchs of the king, whom he hath stationed before her, and giveth him a charge for Mordecai, to know what this <FI>is<Fi> , and wherefore this <FI>is<Fi> .

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

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


simplify: If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.


rate difficulty: And the voice of the Lord God came to the man, saying, Where are you?

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


simplify: Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

See, I will put a spirit into him, and bad news will come to his ears, and he will go back to his land; and there I will have him put to death by the sword.


rate difficulty: the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,


simplify: And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, and came into the town. So Joab went back from fighting the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: And I will leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle upon thee, and I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

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rate difficulty: And David said to Joab and all the people who were with him, Go in grief and put haircloth about you, in sorrow for Abner. And King David went after the dead body.


simplify: Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?


simplify: Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.


simplify: And Mary said, `Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,' and the messenger went away from her.

“I am the servant of the Lord,” exclaimed Mary; “let it be with me as you have said.” Then the angel left her.


simplify: And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

And he said to him, Far be the thought: you will not be put to death: see, my father does nothing, great or small, without giving me word of it: would he keep this secret from me? It is not so.


simplify: By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

By the breath of God ice is made, and the wide waters are shut in.


simplify: My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:


rate difficulty: Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

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


simplify: I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

It is the same to me if I am looked down on or honoured; everywhere and in all things I have the secret of how to be full and how to go without food; how to have wealth and how to be in need.


rate difficulty: And they found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fought against him, and they smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

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


simplify: A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

A sword is on the men of pride, and they will become foolish: a sword is on her men of war, and they will be broken.


rate difficulty: he making defence--`Neither in regard to the law of the Jews, nor in regard to the temple, nor in regard to Caesar--did I commit any sin.'

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


rate difficulty: And all the assembly of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, according to their journeys, at the command of Jehovah; and they encamped in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink.

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


simplify: Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;


simplify: Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:

As well as the first of our sons and of our cattle, as it is recorded in the law, and the first lambs of our herds and of our flocks, which are to be taken to the house of our God, to the priests who are servants in the house of our God:


rate difficulty: And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.

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


simplify: And they went away, and found a colt tied at the door without in the open street; and they loose him.

And they went away and saw a young ass by the door outside in the open street; and they were getting him loose.


simplify: To boast, really, is not profitable for me, for I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

I must boast! It is unprofitable; but I will pass to visions and revelations given by the Lord.


rate difficulty: And he standeth and calleth unto the ranks of Israel, and saith to them, `Why are ye come out to set in array the battle? <FI>am<Fi> not I the Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose for you a man, and let him come down unto me;

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.


simplify: So there was gathered much people together, and they stopped all the fountains, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?

So they got together a great number of people, and had all the water-springs and the stream flowing through the land stopped up, saying, Why let the kings of Assyria come and have much water?


simplify: Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about;


simplify: My little children, guard yourselves from idols.

My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.


simplify: And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

Presently some Pharisees came up and, to test him, asked: “Has a husband the right to divorce his wife?”


rate difficulty: that they say to him, `Say, I pray thee, Shibboleth;' and he saith, `Sibboleth,' and is not prepared to speak right--and they seize him, and slaughter him at the passages of the Jordan, and there fall at that time, of Ephraim, forty and two chiefs.

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


simplify: And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:

And in answer he said to them, I will put a question to you, and do you give me an answer:


simplify: Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth–lehem–judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth–el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

Then the king, hearing the man of God crying out against the altar at Beth-el, put out his hand from the altar, saying, Take him prisoner. And his hand, stretched out against him, became dead, and he had no power of pulling it back.


simplify: Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as Jehovah had spoken.

Then the wonder-workers said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: but Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.


simplify: if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each--so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:

In any case, a person should continue to live in the condition which the Lord has allotted to them, and in which they were when God called them. This is the rule that I lay down in every church.


rate difficulty: It is not said of thee any more, `Forsaken!' And of thy land it is not said any more, `Desolate,' For to thee is cried, `My delight <FI>is<Fi> in her,' And to thy land, `Married,' For Jehovah hath delighted in thee, And thy land is married.

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


simplify: and having the feet shod in the preparation of the good-news of the peace;

And with the readiness to serve the good news of peace as shoes for your feet.


simplify: And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

So the responsible men of Moab and Midian went away, taking in their hands rewards for the prophet; and they came to Balaam and said to him what Balak had given them orders to say.


simplify: I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

I am the First and the Last, says the Lord God who is and was and is to come, the Ruler of all.


rate difficulty: And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And they say to him, `To bind thee we have come down--to give thee into the hand of the Philistines.' And Samson saith to them, `Swear to me, lest ye fall upon me yourselves.'

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


simplify: The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:


rate difficulty: And Jesus said, Were there not ten men who were made clean? where are the nine?


simplify: to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.

Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

For this cause the Lord has said: Like the vine-tree among the trees of the woods which I have given to the fire for burning, so will I give the people of Jerusalem.


simplify: Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

So the makers of wise sayings say, Come to Heshbon, building up the town of Sihon and making it strong:


simplify: Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

But Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, gave Jeremiah his help, so that he was not given into the hands of the people to be put to death.


rate difficulty: for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.


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

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


rate difficulty: We are sending with him one of the Lord's followers whose fame in the service of the good news has spread through all the churches;

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simplify: For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.


simplify: And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far from it: as Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

And the people said to Saul, Is death to come to Jonathan, the worker of this great salvation for Israel? Let it not be so: by the living Lord, not one hair of his head is to be touched, for he has been working with God today. So the people kept Jonathan from death.


simplify: Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:

Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:


rate difficulty: And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.

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


simplify: Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;


simplify: so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

Let your light so shine before the eyes of others so that, seeing your good actions, they will praise your Father who is in heaven.


rate difficulty: therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,

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


simplify: Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

Till another king came to power, who had no knowledge of Joseph.


simplify: And he, having risen, took the child and his mother, and came to the land of Israel,

He woke up, and taking the child and his mother, went into the Land of Israel.


simplify: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;


simplify: And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me; and all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of Jehovah that was thrown down.

Then Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me; and all the people came near. And he put up again the altar of the Lord which had been broken down.


simplify: And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

Then the sixth angel emptied his bowl on the great river Euphrates; and the water in the river was dried up, so that the road for the kings of the East might be made ready.


simplify: peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.

If by chance there are five less than fifty upright men, will you give up all the town to destruction because of these five? And he said, I will not give it to destruction if there are forty-five.


simplify: And the gospel must first be published among all nations.

And the good news has first to be given to all the nations.


simplify: Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.


simplify: I <FI>am<Fi> the God of thy fathers; the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. `And Moses having become terrified, durst not behold,

‘I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled, and did not dare to look.


simplify: And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

And all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear.


simplify: Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;

Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and his servants and his princes and all his people;


simplify: Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

This tent, which was handed down to them, was brought into this country by our ancestors who accompanied Joshua (at the conquest of the nations that God drove out before their advance), and remained here until the time of David.


simplify: And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

Then he took his place in front of the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present,


rate difficulty: but holding the truth in a spirit of love, we will grow into complete union with him who is our head — Christ himself.

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rate difficulty: but the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon was thirteen years building his own house; and he finished all his house.

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


simplify: These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

These are the sons of Seir the Horite who were living in that country; Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,


simplify: And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.


simplify: All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.


rate difficulty: she-goats two hundred, and he-goats twenty, ewes two hundred, and rams twenty,

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


simplify: And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

And he said, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.


simplify: In the light of the king’s countenance is life; And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.

In the light of the king's face there is life; and his approval is like a cloud of spring rain.


simplify: for if according to the flesh ye do live, ye are about to die; and if, by the Spirit, the deeds of the body ye put to death, ye shall live;

If you live in obedience to your earthly nature, you will inevitably die; but if, by the power of the Spirit, you put an end to the evil habits of the body, you will live.


rate difficulty: If any one speak — as oracles ofGod; if any one minister — as of strength whichGod supplies; thatGod in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the might for the ages of ages. Amen.

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


simplify: And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.

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


simplify: Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto Jehovah thy God; for in the month of Abib Jehovah thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

Take note of the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God: for in the month of Abib the Lord your God took you out of Egypt by night.


simplify: When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.


simplify: And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

And about three hours after, his wife, having no knowledge of what had taken place, came in.


rate difficulty: So then, he who gets married to his virgin does well, and he who keeps her unmarried does better.

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


rate difficulty: Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.


simplify: at the right hand then of God having been exalted--also the promise of the Holy Spirit having received from the Father--he was shedding forth this, which now ye see and hear;

And now that he has been exalted to the right hand of God, and has received from the Father the promised gift of the Holy Spirit, he has begun to pour out that gift, as you yourselves now see and hear.


simplify: And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him to wife.

She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.


rate difficulty: Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

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


rate difficulty: For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

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


simplify: The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with the towns thereof, and Timnah with the towns thereof, Gimzo also and the towns thereof: and they dwelt there.

And the Philistines, forcing their way into the towns of the lowlands and the south of Judah, had taken Beth-shemesh and Aijalon and Gederoth and Soco, with their daughter-towns, as well as Timnah and Gimzo and their daughter-towns, and were living there.


simplify: And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth-shean and its towns, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel.

And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites living in the valley have iron war-carriages, those in Beth-shean and its towns as well as those in the valley of Jezreel.


simplify: Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not?

Tell us, then, what you think. Are we right in paying taxes to the Emperor, or not?”


rate difficulty: Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, bearer of the weapons of Joab son of Zeruiah,

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


rate difficulty: And the remnant of the whoremongers who were left in the days of Asa his father he took away out of the land;

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rate difficulty: And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round about.


rate difficulty: Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

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


rate difficulty: And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.


rate difficulty: So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.

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


simplify: He said, Bring them hither to me.


simplify: But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached the gospel to all the cities, till he came to Cæsarea.

But Philip came to Azotus, and went through all the towns, preaching the good news, till he came to Caesarea.


simplify: For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.

The Lord has said, See, my hand will be stretched out against the Philistines, cutting off the Cherethites and sending destruction on the rest of the sea-land.


rate difficulty: What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.


rate difficulty: And Mizraim begat the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim,

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


rate difficulty: Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

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


simplify: Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

If only my words might be recorded! if they might be put in writing in a book!


simplify: For David said, The Lord God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:

For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever;


simplify: Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.

Then I will make strong the seat of your kingdom, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be ruler in Israel.


rate difficulty: And the cities for the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, for their families, have been Jericho, and Beth-Hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,

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


simplify: And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.

And Jehu sent out through all Israel; and all the servants of Baal came, not one kept away. And they came into the house of Baal, so that it was full from end to end.


rate difficulty: And he bringeth me in unto the inner court eastward, and he measureth the gate according to these measures;

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


simplify: And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

And they said, Your servants have with us here fifty strong men; be pleased to let them go in search of Elijah; for it may be that the spirit of the Lord has taken him up and put him down on some mountain or in some valley. But he said, Do not send them.


simplify: and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

that the spirit of your minds must be constantly renewed;


simplify: And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, side by side with the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

And as the property for the town you are to have a part five thousand wide and twenty-five thousand long, by the side of the offering of the holy part of the land: this is to be for all the children of Israel.


simplify: Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith Jehovah. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

Are you not as the children of the Ethiopians to me, O children of Israel? says the Lord. Have I not taken Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Aramaeans from Kir?


simplify: As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,

Elkanah his son: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,


rate difficulty: And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;

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rate difficulty: These are the two olive-trees and the two lights, which are before the Lord of the earth.

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


rate difficulty: We will make thee plaits of gold With studs of silver.

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


simplify: When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;

If a ruler does wrong, and in error does any of the things which, by the order of the Lord his God, are not to be done, causing sin to come on him;


simplify: And it was so, that, when any man came nigh to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.

And if any man came near to give him honour, he took him by the hand and gave him a kiss.


simplify: And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:


simplify: It is as when a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, commanded also the porter to watch.

It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.


rate difficulty: Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.


simplify: And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink-offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink-offerings unto her, without our husbands?

And the women said, When we were burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her, did we make cakes in her image and give her our drink offerings without the knowledge of our husbands?


simplify: And Josiah kept a passover unto Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

And Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem; on the fourteenth day of the first month they put the Passover lamb to death.


simplify: And it came to pass at the end of forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto Jehovah, in Hebron.

Now at the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, Let me go to Hebron and give effect to the oath which I made to the Lord:


simplify: For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

For in fact he was ill almost to death: but God had mercy on him; and not only on him but on me, so that I might not have grief on grief.


simplify: And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;

And if 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 and requesting your grace in this house:


simplify: For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

Because it has come to my knowledge, through those of the house of Chloe, that there are divisions among you, my brothers.


rate difficulty: and the women also who have come with him out of Galilee having followed after, beheld the tomb, and how his body was placed,

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


rate difficulty: for the man who was the subject of this miraculous cure was more than forty years old.

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


simplify: They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

And they will get together a meeting against you, stoning you with stones and wounding you with their swords.


rate difficulty: See, all the rest of the women in the house of the king of Judah will be taken out to the king of Babylon's captains, and these women will say, Your nearest friends have been false to you and have got the better of you: they have made your feet go deep into the wet earth, and they are turned away back from you.

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


simplify: Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face; and I will show the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

See, I am against you, says the Lord of armies, and I will have your skirts pulled over your face, and let the nations see you unclothed, and the kingdoms your shame.


rate difficulty: Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

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


rate difficulty: And in the morning came the word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

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


rate difficulty: and they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;

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


simplify: David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.

And after that David came out of the hollow rock, and crying after Saul said, My lord the king. And when Saul gave a look back, David went down on his face and gave him honour.


rate difficulty: And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

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


rate difficulty: Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome; because of Jehovah, and because of the words of his holiness.


simplify: Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

This is the way by which to know the inspiration of God — All inspiration that acknowledges Jesus Christ as come in our human nature is from God;


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, as if it was a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians; and he went and served Baal and worshipped him.

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


rate difficulty: There will be many, too, who will follow their licentious courses, and cause the way of the truth to be maligned.


simplify: And there come near unto him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying unto him, Teacher, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall ask of thee.

And there came to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying to him, Master, will you give us whatever may be our request?


simplify: Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.

Gomer and all her forces; the people of Togarmah in the inmost parts of the north, with all his forces: a great number of peoples with you.


rate difficulty: When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

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


rate difficulty: But as he was about to be led into the fortress, Paul says to the chiliarch, Is it allowed me to say something to thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?

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


rate difficulty: Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

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


simplify: For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey:

For the master of the house is away on a long journey:


simplify: But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Jehovah.

But Samuel was not pleased when they said to him, Give us a king to be our judge. And Samuel made prayer to the Lord.


simplify: `for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh;'

‘For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife; and the man and his wife will become one.’


rate difficulty: Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

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


simplify: Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat:

Then let him put to death the goat of the sin-offering for the people, and take its blood inside the veil and do with it as he did with the blood of the ox, shaking drops of it on and before the cover of the ark.


rate difficulty: Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?


simplify: And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

They should be tested first, and only appointed to their office if no objection is raised against them.


simplify: And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?

Who will do you any damage if you keep your minds fixed on what is good?


rate difficulty: And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.

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


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

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


simplify: And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.

And in the morning Balak took Balaam up to the high places of Baal, and from there he was able to see the outer limits of the people.


simplify: Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.


simplify: Therefore thou shalt love Jehovah thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, alway.

So have love for the Lord your God, and give him worship, and keep his laws and his decisions and his orders at all times.


simplify: And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.

And saying these words, he went in, and saw that a great number of people had come together;


rate difficulty: And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, thatGod had prepared the people; for the thing was done suddenly.

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


simplify: Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

Make war ready against her; up! let us go up when the sun is high. Sorrow is ours! for the day is turned and the shades of evening are stretched out.


simplify: and he said to them, `Come ye yourselves apart to a desert place, and rest a little,' for those coming and those going were many, and not even to eat had they opportunity,

“Come by yourselves privately to some lonely spot,”he said, “and rest for a while”— for there were so many people coming and going that they had not time even to eat.


simplify: For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.

For every word I say is a cry for help; I say with a loud voice, Violent behaviour and wasting: because the word of the Lord is made a shame to me and a cause of laughing all the day.


simplify: And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

It exercises all the authority of the first Beast under its eyes; and it makes the earth and all who are living on it worship that first Beast, whose mortal wound was healed.


rate difficulty: And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.

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


rate difficulty: For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

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


rate difficulty: In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

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


rate difficulty: `And when there is in any garment a plague of leprosy, --in a garment of wool, or in a garment of linen,

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


rate difficulty: the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,

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


rate difficulty: And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.

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


rate difficulty: And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.

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


simplify: So Paul departed from among them.


rate difficulty: On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

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


simplify: And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s house among the sons of Pharaoh.

And the sister of Tahpenes had a son by him, Genubath, whom Tahpenes took care of in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was living in Pharaoh's house among Pharaoh's sons.


simplify: and the candlesticks with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;

And the supports for the lights with their lights, to be burning in the regular way in front of the inmost room, of the best gold;


rate difficulty: Salute Prisca and Aquila my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus,

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


rate difficulty: And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp.


simplify: Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.


simplify: And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.


simplify: He kisseth the lips Who giveth a right answer.

He gives a kiss with his lips who gives a right answer.


simplify: Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all the nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy righteous acts have been made manifest.

What man is there who will not have fear before you, O Lord, and give glory to your name? because you only are holy; for all the nations will come and give worship before you; for your righteousness has been made clear.


simplify: Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.

Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so will it be done to them: they will go away as prisoners.


rate difficulty: Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehu hath come into the gate, and she saith, `Was there peace <FI>to<Fi> Zimri--slayer of his lord?'

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


rate difficulty: And they held the feast of tabernacles as it is written, and [offered] daily burnt-offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;

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


simplify: And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, seated at table, there came a woman with a bottle of perfumed oil of great price; and when the bottle was broken she put the perfume on his head.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses on Mount Sinai,


simplify: They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe.


simplify: Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.


rate difficulty: He who professes to maintain union with God is himself bound to live as Christ lived.

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


simplify: And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

And the Lord said, If there are fifty upright men in the town, I will have mercy on it because of them.


rate difficulty: And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, A roll going through the air; it is twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.

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


rate difficulty: And David was clothed with a robe of fair linen, as were all the Levites who took up the ark, and those who made melody, and Chenaniah the master of those who made melody; and David had on a linen ephod;

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


rate difficulty: But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

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


rate difficulty: And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

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


simplify: A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.

The smallest of their families will become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I, the Lord, will make it come quickly in its time.


rate difficulty: Trust ye in Jehovah for ever, For in Jah Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a rock of ages,

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


rate difficulty: And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.


simplify: And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

And his oldest son Abdon, and Zur and Kish and Baal and Ner and Nadab


rate difficulty: Elihu spake moreover, and said,


simplify: And the messenger said to her, `Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

when the angel spoke again: “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.


rate difficulty: By putting their doorstep by my doorstep, and the pillar of their door by the pillar of my door, with only a wall between me and them; and they have made my holy name unclean by the disgusting things which they have done: so in my wrath I sent destruction on them.

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


simplify: For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it.

For first of all, it has come to my ears that when you come together in the church, there are divisions among you, and I take the statement to be true in part.


simplify: And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

Then Josiah, turning round, saw on the mountain the places of the dead, and he sent and had the bones taken out of their places and burned on the altar, so making it unclean, as the Lord had said by the man of God when Jeroboam was in his place by the altar on that feast-day. And he, turning his eyes to the resting-place of the man of God who had given word of these things, said:


simplify: And his disciples answered him, `Whence shall any one be able these here to feed with bread in a wilderness?'

“Where will it be possible,” his disciples answered, “to get sufficient bread for these people in this lonely place?”


rate difficulty: and unto me hath stretched out kindness before the king and his counsellors, and before all the mighty heads of the king: and I have strengthened myself as the hand of Jehovah my God <FI>is<Fi>  upon me, and I gather out of Israel heads to go up with me.

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


rate difficulty: 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.

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


simplify: Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, that thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out now, I pray, and fight with them.

Then Zebul said to him, Now where is your loud talk when you said, Who is Abimelech that we are to be his servants? Is this not the people whom you were rating so low? Go out now, and make war on them.


simplify: Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of Jehovah in the midst of the assembly;

Then, before all the meeting, the spirit of the Lord came on Jahaziel, the son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite and one of the family of Asaph;


rate difficulty: All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.


rate difficulty: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have looked after that which Amalek did to Israel, that which he laid for him in the way in his going up out of Egypt.

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


simplify: for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,

I am jealous over you with the jealousy of God. For I engaged you to one husband so that I might present you to the Christ a pure bride.


simplify: They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.

They who are against me without cause have gone hard after me as if I was a bird;


rate difficulty: And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the Lord gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

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


simplify: And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded, saying, Go and draw unto mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

And she sent for Barak, the son of Abinoam, from Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, given orders saying, Go and get your force into line in Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?


simplify: And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

And again Bilhah, Rachel's servant, was with child, and gave birth to a second son.


rate difficulty: And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?

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


simplify: And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

Yet they were not allowed to kill them, but it was ordered that those men should be tortured for five months. Their torture was like the torture caused by a scorpion when it stings a person.


rate difficulty: And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, that of the seventh month.

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


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

‘Come,’ say the Spirit and the Bride; and let him who hears say ‘Come.’ Let him who thirsts come; let him who will take the water of life freely.


simplify: Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children alway.

But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on the family of David, because of the agreement he had made with David, when he said he would give to him and to his sons a light for ever.


rate difficulty: Flee, save your lives, and be like a shrub in the wilderness.

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


simplify: And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.

And the second took her, and at his death there were no offspring; and the third the same:


rate difficulty: The wise in heart shall be called prudent; And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

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


simplify: being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.


rate difficulty: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

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


simplify: But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.

But their eyes were not open that they might have knowledge of him.


simplify: In the fifthdayof the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,

On the fifth day of the month, in the fifth year after King Jehoiachin had been made a prisoner,


simplify: The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.

The Babylonians and all the Chaldaeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: young men to be desired, captains and rulers all of them, and chiefs, her neighbours, all of them on horseback.


rate difficulty: And his sisters, are they not all with us? from where, then, has he all these things?


rate difficulty: And his rock shall pass away by reason of terror, and his princes shall be dismayed at the ensign, saith Jehovah, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.

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