rate difficulty: And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

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


simplify: I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.


simplify: And she vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto Jehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.


simplify: And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, Thy God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne: and the king bowed himself upon the bed.

And the king's servants came to our lord King David, blessing him and saying, May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and the seat of his authority greater than your seat; and the king was bent low in worship on his bed.


rate difficulty: Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

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


rate difficulty: And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

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


rate difficulty: And further, I gave them rules which were not good and orders in which there was no life for them;

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


rate difficulty: And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:

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


simplify: For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

But in taking this view they put out of their minds the memory that in the old days there was a heaven, and an earth lifted out of the water and circled by water, by the word of God;


rate difficulty: Do ye not know that they who labour [at] sacred things eat of the [offerings offered in the] temple; they that attend at the altar partake with the altar?

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


simplify: For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side,


rate difficulty: much annoyed because they were teaching the people, and because, through Jesus, they were preaching the resurrection from the dead.

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


simplify: For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; But by men of understandingandknowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.


rate difficulty: or his uncle, or a son of his uncle, doth redeem him, or any of the relations of his flesh, of his family, doth redeem him, or--his own hand hath attained--then he hath been redeemed.

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


rate difficulty: For the children of Israel had walked forty years in the wilderness, till the whole nation of men of war had perished who had come out of Egypt, who had not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah; to whom Jehovah had sworn that he would not show them the land which Jehovah had sworn unto their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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


rate difficulty: And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.

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


simplify: In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,

In that day the Lord will take away the glory of their foot-rings, and their sun-jewels, and their moon-ornaments,


simplify: Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.

Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us.


simplify: Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.


simplify: And after a little, another having seen him, said, `And thou art of them!' and Peter said, `Man, I am not.'

A little while afterwards some one else — a man — saw him and said: “Why, you are one of them!”  “No,” Peter said, “I am not.”


rate difficulty: There we found the disciples and stayed a week with them. Speaking under the influence of the Spirit, they warned Paul not to set foot in Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `The people <FI>is<Fi> unable to come up unto mount Sinai, for Thou--Thou hast protested to us, saying, Make a border <FI>for<Fi> the mount, then thou hast sanctified it.'

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


simplify: And when even was come, the disciples came to him, saying, The place is desert, and the time is already past; send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food.

And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.


simplify: They are of the world: therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them.

They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.


rate difficulty: And now, Jehovah ourGod, save us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Jehovah, thou only.

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


simplify: And if the righteous is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear?

And if it is hard for even the good man to get salvation, what chance has the man without religion or the sinner?


simplify: While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The Chaldaeans made themselves into three bands, and came down on the camels and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.


rate difficulty: So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their courses, according to the king’s commandment.


simplify: But we must be cast upon a certain island.

But we will be sent on to a certain island.


simplify: Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

Now some are full of pride, as if I was not coming to you.


simplify: And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.

So the woman gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Samson; and he became a man and the blessing of the Lord was on him.


simplify: wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,

Therefore, friends, do your best to put God’s call and selection of you beyond all doubt; for, if you do this, you will never fall.


simplify: And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.


rate difficulty: And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that were on the four feet thereof.

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


simplify: And sailing from thence, we came the following day over against Chios; and the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after we came to Miletus.

And going from there by sea, we came on the day after opposite Chios, and touching at Samos on the day after that, we came on the third day to Miletus.


simplify: And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for removing, and in the even I digged through the wall with my hand; I brought it forth in the dark, and bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.

And I did as I was ordered: I took out my vessels by day, like those of one who is taken away, and in the evening I made a hole through the wall with a tent-pin; and in the dark I went out, taking my things on my back before their eyes.


simplify: And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.

And if the bright place keeps the same size and gets no greater on the skin, but is less bright, it is the effect of the burn, and the priest will say that he is clean: it is the mark of the burn.


simplify: Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

Now the first name to come out was that of Jehoiarib; the second Jedaiah,


rate difficulty: I made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards.

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


simplify: And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

Now after this, he was in love with a woman in the valley of Sorek, named Delilah.


simplify: Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,


simplify: Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.

See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.


rate difficulty: So Moses took note of the words of his father-in-law, and did as he had said.


rate difficulty: And Jesus said to them, `Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit--ye also--upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;

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


rate difficulty: Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

And it came about as he said: I was put back in my place, and the bread-maker was put to death by hanging.


simplify: And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

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.


simplify: And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

For forty years he was ruling as king over Israel, seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

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


simplify: And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.


rate difficulty: and the hand of the Lord was with them, a great number also, having believed, did turn unto the Lord.

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


simplify: and Peter was following him afar off, unto the court of the chief priest, and having gone in within, he was sitting with the officers, to see the end.

Peter followed him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the offices, to see the end.


rate difficulty: for what is there in which ye were inferior to the rest of the assemblies, except that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this injustice!

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


rate difficulty: And they say each unto his neighbour, `Come, and we cast lots, and we know on whose account this evil <FI>is<Fi> on us.' And they cast lots, and the lot falleth on Jonah.

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


rate difficulty: AndGod hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.


simplify: For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

Such a person must not expect that they will receive anything from the Lord,


rate difficulty: And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.


rate difficulty: Yea, all the people of the land have buried them, and it hath been to them for a name--the day of My being honoured--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

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


simplify: So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

So the traders in all sorts of goods took their night's rest outside Jerusalem once or twice.


rate difficulty: and Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-Gilead? And one said after this manner, and another said after that manner.

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


simplify: Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

Is this blessing, then, for the circumcision only, or in the same way for those who have not circumcision? for we say that the faith of Abraham was put to his account as righteousness.


simplify: Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.


simplify: So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no food the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.

So Jonathan got up from the table, burning with wrath, and took no part in the feast the second day of the month, being full of grief for David because his father had put shame on him.


rate difficulty: With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.

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


simplify: With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

As for your gods, if anyone of us has them, let him be put to death: make search before us all for what is yours, and take it. For Jacob had no knowledge that Rachel had taken them.


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her: establish then your vows, and perform your vows.

This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: You women have said with your mouths, and with your hands you have done what you said, We will certainly give effect to the oaths we have made, to have perfumes burned to the queen of heaven and drink offerings drained out to her: then give effect to your oaths and do them.


rate difficulty: And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them riding upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the staff ofGod in his hand.


simplify: And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and sore troubled.

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


rate difficulty: Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.

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


simplify: And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, when the wall hath been built, that I set up the doors, and the gatekeepers are appointed, and the singers, and the Levites,

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


rate difficulty: Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.

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


rate difficulty: There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you;

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


simplify: And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

And when the day came for Elkanah to make his offering, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and daughters, their part of the feast:


simplify: and every island did flee away, and mountains were not found,

and every island vanished, and the mountains disappeared.


simplify: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends words of love to the twelve tribes of the Jews living in all parts of the earth.


rate difficulty: and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess it.

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


simplify: With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.


simplify: For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.


rate difficulty: And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.


simplify: And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.


simplify: And when he was entered in, he saith unto them, Why make ye a tumult, and weep? the child is not dead, but sleepeth.

And when he had gone in, he said to them, Why are you making such a noise and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleeping.


simplify: and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.

And do not grieve God’s Holy Spirit; for it was through that Spirit that God sealed you as his, against the day of Redemption.


simplify: And Esther’s maidens and her chamberlains came and told it her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take his sackcloth from off him; but he received it not.

And Esther's women and her servants came and gave her word of it. Then great was the grief of the queen: and she sent robes for Mordecai, so that his clothing of haircloth might be taken off; but he would not have them.


rate difficulty: So <FI>are<Fi> the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish,

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


simplify: Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

So keep my rules and my decisions and do them, and you will be safe in your land.


rate difficulty: Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them.

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


rate difficulty: If any part of the dead body of one of these gets on to any seed for planting, it is clean;

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


rate difficulty: if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.


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


rate difficulty: and heal the sick in it, and say to them, The kingdom ofGod is come nigh to you.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria;

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


rate difficulty: The ways of Zion are mourning, Without any coming at the appointed time, All her gates are desolate, her priests sigh, Her virgins are afflicted--and she hath bitterness.

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


simplify: And he will bring upon thee again all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

He will send on you again all the diseases of Egypt, which were a cause of fear to you, and they will take you in their grip.


simplify: Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

And yet, even if, when your faith is offered as a sacrifice to God, my lifeblood must be poured out in addition, still I will rejoice and share the joy of you all;


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

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


rate difficulty: And the boards are to be plated with gold, having gold rings for the rods to go through: and the rods are to be plated with gold.


rate difficulty: and Jehovah, God of Israel, giveth Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smite them, and Israel possesseth all the land of the Amorite, the inhabitant of that land,

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, Meek, and riding upon an ass, And upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to you, gentle and seated on an ass, and on a young ass.


rate difficulty: Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.


simplify: using hospitality one to another without murmuring:

Keep open house for all with a glad heart;


rate difficulty: `And the elders of that city have taken the man, and chastise him,


rate difficulty: the Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.


simplify: Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

The generations of the sons of Dan were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years and over who was able to go to war;


rate difficulty: And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.

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


simplify: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;

Let the message of the Christ be alive in your minds in all its wealth, bringing all wisdom with it. Teach and admonish one another with psalms, and hymns, and sacred songs, full of the loving kindness of God, lifting your hearts in song to him.


simplify: When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

When I say to the upright that life will certainly be his; if he puts his faith in his righteousness and does evil, not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory; but in the evil he has done, death will overtake him.


simplify: And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.

And he put up the hangings forming the open space round the House and the altar, and put the curtain over the doorway. So Moses made the work complete.


rate difficulty: the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the Tent,

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


rate difficulty: The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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


simplify: And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.

And they will take your countrymen out of all the nations for an offering to the Lord, on horses, and in carriages, and in carts, and on asses, and on camels, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, as the children of Israel take their offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.


simplify: And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.

And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and crushing them into Pharaoh's cup, gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.


simplify: And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.

And they went on from Mount Shepher, and put up their tents in Haradah.


rate difficulty: And Abimelech pursued him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, as far as the entrance of the gate.


simplify: Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

Who has ever taken off his outer skin? who may come inside his inner coat of iron?


rate difficulty: And David is wrapped in an upper robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who are bearing the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah head of the burden of the singers; and on David <FI>is<Fi> an Ephod of linen.

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


simplify: For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.


simplify: And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.

So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the responsible men of Israel went with him.


rate difficulty: And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;

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


rate difficulty: a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;

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


simplify: Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.

and I recalled the saying of the Master — ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’


rate difficulty: And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

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


rate difficulty: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall become a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel possess them that did possess him, saith Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: And some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat gifts and tribute-silver. The Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand seven hundred rams, and seven thousand seven hundred he-goats.

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


simplify: And these are the children of Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.

These are the children of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.


simplify: And I will cast off the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

And I will put away from me the rest of my heritage, and give them up into the hands of their haters, who will take their property and their goods for themselves;


simplify: Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.

They came out from the man and took possession of the pigs; and the drove rushed down the steep slope into the lake and were drowned.


rate difficulty: And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

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


rate difficulty: And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.

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


simplify: I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.

I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give witness to you of these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star.


rate difficulty: And Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan; and the sons of Dedan were the Asshurim, and the Letushim, and the Leummim.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah, Lo, Mine anger and My fury is poured out on this place, On man, and beast, and on tree of the field, And on fruit of the ground, And it hath burned, and it is not quenched.

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


simplify: and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.

And because of the death of those who had done no wrong, for he made Jerusalem full of the blood of the upright; and the Lord had no forgiveness for it.


simplify: And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

And now, O our God, what are we to say after this? for we have not kept your laws,


rate difficulty: And Haman goeth forth on that day rejoicing and glad in heart, and at Haman's seeing Mordecai in the gate of the king, and he hath not risen nor moved for him, then is Haman full of fury against Mordecai.


simplify: Now it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and unto the rest of our enemies, that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein (though even unto that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),

Now when word was given to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our haters, that I had done the building of the wall and that there were no more broken places in it (though even then I had not put up the doors in the doorways);


rate difficulty: And by a prophet hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it hath been watched.

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


rate difficulty: and they cannot establish the charges which they are now making against me.

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


simplify: Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

Now when Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she had all the rest of the seed of the kingdom put to death.


simplify: but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong;

but God chose what the world counts foolish to put its wise to shame, and God chose what the world counts weak to put its strong to shame,


rate difficulty: and he that regarded not the word of Jehovah left his servants and his cattle in the field.


rate difficulty: For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink; and thou indeed, shouldest thou be altogether unpunished? Thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink.

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


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


rate difficulty: A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

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


simplify: And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is Jehovah, the God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they were divided hither and thither; and Elisha went over.

And he took Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and giving the water a blow with it, said, Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah? and at his blow the waters were parted this way and that; and Elisha went over.


simplify: And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

However, Paul shook the creature off into the fire and took no harm.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, at Elisha the man of God's hearing that the king of Israel hath rent his garments, that he sendeth unto the king, saying, `Why hast thou rent thy garments? let him come, I pray thee, unto me, and he doth know that there is a prophet in Israel.'

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


rate difficulty: And he gave them up to the Gibeonites, and they put them to death, hanging them on the mountain before the Lord; all seven came to their end together in the first days of the grain-cutting, at the start of the cutting of the barley.

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


rate difficulty: I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

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


rate difficulty: Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

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


simplify: The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

“The kingdom of heaven,” he said, “may be compared to a king who gave a banquet in honor of his son’s wedding.


rate difficulty: `And thou hast made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer; he maketh it <FI>with<Fi> cherubs;

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


simplify: Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of them that gathered themselves together against Jehovah in the company of Korah: but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.

Death overtook our father in the waste land; he was not among those who were banded together with Korah against the Lord; but death came to him in his sin; and he had no sons.


simplify: And when I look, there is no man: even among them there is no counsellor, that, when I ask of them, can answer a word.

And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.


simplify: and he disowned him, saying, `Woman, I have not known him.'

But Peter denied it. “I do not know him,” he replied.


rate difficulty: And those of them who get away safely will go and be in the secret places like the doves of the valleys, all of them will come to death, every one in his sin.

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


rate difficulty: Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad!

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


simplify: God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.


rate difficulty: For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

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


simplify: And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

And put the table inside, placing all the things on it in order; and put in the support for the lights, and let its lights be burning.


simplify: So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

So they will be life for your soul, and grace for your neck.


rate difficulty: And the men of Israel say unto Gideon, `Rule over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, for thou hast saved us from the hand of Midian.'

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


simplify: If thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayers to you turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have put up for your name:


rate difficulty: And thy people <FI>are<Fi> all of them righteous, To the age they possess the earth, A branch of My planting, A work of My hands, to be beautified.

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


simplify: And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.


simplify: And as they are eating, Jesus having taken bread, having blessed, brake, and gave to them, and said, `Take, eat; this is my body.'

While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and, after saying the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, and said: “Take it; this is my body.”


rate difficulty: I am theGod of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, where thou vowedst a vow to me. Now arise, depart out of this land, and return to the land of thy kindred.

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


simplify: Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.

Peter, meanwhile, was sitting outside in the courtyard; and a maidservant came up to him, and exclaimed: “Why, you were with Jesus the Galilean!”


simplify: And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.

And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.


simplify: And the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; all her kindred also they brought out; and they set them without the camp of Israel.

So the searchers went in and got out Rahab and her father and mother and her brothers and all she had, and they got out all her family; and they took them outside the tents of Israel.


simplify: So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

So David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.


simplify: And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

Then Joshua and all Israel, acting as if they were overcome before them, went in flight by way of the waste land.


simplify: And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.

His legs were covered with plates of brass and hanging on his back was a javelin of brass.


rate difficulty: And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness,

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


rate difficulty: And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose one bullock for yourselves, and sacrifice it first; for ye are the many; and call on the name of yourgod, but put no fire.

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


rate difficulty: For he received indeed the entreaty, but, being full of zeal, he went of his own accord to you;

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


rate difficulty: and the shower is on the earth forty days and forty nights.

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


simplify: While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.

While he was still talking to the people, his mother and his brothers came, desiring to have talk with him.


simplify: How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?


simplify: And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.

And when he came up with us at Assos, we took him in the ship and went on to Mitylene.


simplify: Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling.

Your chiefs have made my holy place unclean, so I have made Jacob a curse, and Israel a thing of shame.


simplify: and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,

And the giver of punishment, meeting him outside the walls of the town, puts him to death, he will not be responsible for his blood:


rate difficulty: They reveled in every form of wickedness, evil, greed, vice. Their lives were full of envy, murder, quarreling, treachery, malice.

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


rate difficulty: And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the Lord, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the Lord your God, and his people Israel,

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


rate difficulty: A curse on him who says to the wood, Awake! to the unbreathing stone, Up! let it be a teacher! See, it is plated with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all inside it.

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


rate difficulty: To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

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


rate difficulty: Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou didst smite off the head from the house of the wicked, Laying bare the foundation even to the neck. Selah.

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


simplify: And Jethro said, Blessed be Jehovah, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

And Jethro said, Praise be to the Lord, who has taken you out of the hand of Pharaoh and out of the hand of the Egyptians; freeing the people from the yoke of the Egyptians.


rate difficulty: And I see the living creatures, and lo, one wheel <FI>is<Fi> in the earth, near the living creatures, at its four faces.

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


simplify: Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.

Jerusalem keeps in mind, in the days of her sorrow and of her wanderings, all the desired things which were hers in days gone by; when her people came into the power of her hater and she had no helper, her attackers saw their desire effected on her and made sport of her destruction.


rate difficulty: And Ben-hadad did as King Asa said, and sent the captains of his armies against the towns of Israel, attacking Ijon and Dan and Abel-maim, and all the store-towns of Naphtali.

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


simplify: And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

And Jesus came back to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news of him went through all the country round about.


rate difficulty: for unclean spirits came forth from many who were possessed, crying with a loud voice, and many who have been paralytic and lame were healed,

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


rate difficulty: And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with swords and spears, till the blood gushed out upon them.

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


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

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


simplify: And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.

And the third let what was in his vessel come out into the rivers and the fountains of water; and they became blood.


simplify: And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings.

And one he-goat for a sin-offering in addition to the regular burned offering, and its meal offering, and their drink offerings.


simplify: The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

The word of the Lord about Babylon which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw.


simplify: And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.

And Jethro was glad because the Lord had been good to Israel, freeing them from the power of the Egyptians.


simplify: For what have I to do with judging them that are without? Do not ye judge them that are within?

For it is no business of mine to be judging those who are outside; but it is yours to be judging those who are among you;


simplify: If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:

If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayer to the Lord, turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have made for your name:


simplify: There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

There are sixty queens, and eighty servant-wives, and young girls without number.


rate difficulty: What wilt thou that I shall do to thee? And he said, Lord, that I may see.

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


rate difficulty: “To you,” answered Jesus, “the knowledge of the hidden truths of the kingdom of heaven has been imparted, but not to those.

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


simplify: And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant.


simplify: And Micaiah said, As Jehovah liveth, what my God saith, that will I speak.

And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.


simplify: `For Moses, indeed, unto the fathers said--A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me; him shall ye hear in all things, as many as he may speak unto you;

Moses himself said —  ‘The Lord your God will raise up from among yourselves a prophet, as he raised me. To him you will listen whenever he speaks to you.


rate difficulty: And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

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


rate difficulty: And they lift up their voice, and weep again, and Orpah kisseth her mother-in-law, and Ruth hath cleaved to her.

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


simplify: Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.

And after reading it, they were glad of its comfort.


rate difficulty: and those beside the way are those hearing, then cometh the Devil, and taketh up the word from their heart, lest having believed, they may be saved.

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


rate difficulty: and Beth-Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

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


simplify: Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;

Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord,


rate difficulty: And I will send on her disease and blood in her streets; and the wounded will be falling in the middle of her, and the sword will be against her on every side; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

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


simplify: How is the city of praise not forsaken, the city of my joy?

How has the town of praise been wasted, the place of joy!


simplify: And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

And they put everything in the town to the curse; men and women, young and old, ox and sheep and ass, they put to death without mercy.


simplify: and if there be no rising again of dead persons, neither hath Christ risen;

But, if there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead, then even Christ has not been raised;


rate difficulty: Jehovah repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord Jehovah.


simplify: Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they expel you from among them, and insult you, and reject your name as an evil thing — because of the Son of Man.


rate difficulty: if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, then I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

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


rate difficulty: Honor and majesty are before him: Strength and gladness are in his place.


simplify: And all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

And all those who were in the Sanhedrin, looking at him, saw that his face was like the face of an angel.


simplify: The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains;


rate difficulty: And they came to some good fertile grass-land, in a wide quiet country of peace-loving people; for the people who were living there before were of the offspring of Ham.

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


simplify: Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

Therefore, friends, look for seven men of reputation among yourselves, wise and spiritually-minded men, and we will appoint them to attend to this matter;


simplify: And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.


simplify: And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.

And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry.


rate difficulty: Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

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


simplify: And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.

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


simplify: Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

though pursued, never abandoned; though struck down, never killed!


simplify: Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

Will the river-plant come up in its pride without wet earth? will the grass get tall without water?


rate difficulty: Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

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


rate difficulty: Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

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


rate difficulty: In addition to what came to him from the business of the traders, and from all the kings of the Arabians, and from the rulers of the country.


simplify: And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the Lord commanded Moses.

Stretching the outer tent over it, and covering it, as the Lord had given him orders.


simplify: Thus will I do unto this place, saith Jehovah, and to the inhabitants thereof, even making this city as Topheth:

This is what I will do to this place, says the Lord, and to its people, making this town like Topheth:


rate difficulty: And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens; and whatsoever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be bound in the heavens; and whatsoever thou mayest loose on the earth shall be loosed in the heavens.

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


rate difficulty: and they are crying to the mountains and the rocks — ‘Fall on us, and hide us from the eyes of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,

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


simplify: And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

And they paid attention to him because they had for a long time been mystified by his magic arts.


simplify: I also walked contrary unto them, and brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity;

So that I went against them and sent them away into the land of their haters: if then the pride of their hearts is broken and they take the punishment of their sins,


simplify: He will come, and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.' And having heard, they said, `Let it not be!'

He will come and put those tenants to death, and will let the vineyard to others.”   “heaven forbid!” they exclaimed when they heard it.


simplify: And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king grieveth for his son.

And the salvation of that day was changed to sorrow for all the people: for it was said to the people, The king is in bitter grief for his son.


rate difficulty: Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.

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


rate difficulty: And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

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


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

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


rate difficulty: When they were indoors, the disciples asked him again about this,

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


rate difficulty: Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation.


simplify: to know him, and the power of his rising again, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

Then indeed I will know Christ, and the power of his resurrection, and all that it means to share his sufferings,


simplify: And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.

And Samuel said to the cook, Give me that part which I gave you orders to keep by you.


rate difficulty: And seeing one fig-tree in the way, he came to it and found on it nothing but leaves only. And he says to it, Let there be never more fruit of thee for ever. And the fig-tree was immediately dried up.

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


simplify: The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

The children of Immer, a thousand and fifty-two.


rate difficulty: Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;

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


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

She will be a place for the stretching out of nets in the middle of the sea; for I have said it, says the Lord: and her goods will be given over to the nations.


simplify: That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin,

That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,


simplify: And around the throne <FI>are<Fi> thrones twenty and four, and upon the thrones I saw the twenty and four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and they had upon their heads crowns of gold;

And around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these I saw twenty-four councillors sitting clothed in white robes; and on their heads they had crowns of gold.


rate difficulty: So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.

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


rate difficulty: And why didst thou not give my money to [the] bank; and I should have received it, at my coming, with interest?

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


simplify: And going forth they were going through the several villages, proclaiming good news, and healing everywhere.

Then they set out and went from village to village, telling the good news and curing people everywhere.


simplify: And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

What will become of me in my shame? and as for you, you will be looked down on with disgust by all Israel. Now then, go and make your request to the king, for he will not keep me from you.


simplify: All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess.

All your trees and the fruit of your land will be the locust's.


rate difficulty: When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

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


rate difficulty: And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and did homage toGod who sits upon the throne, saying, Amen, Hallelujah.

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


simplify: but those accounted worthy to obtain that age, and the rising again that is out of the dead, neither marry, nor are they given in marriage;

but, for those who are thought worthy to attain to that other world and the resurrection from the dead, there is no marrying or being married,


simplify: And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,

And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal and Abdon, with their grass-lands:


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

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


rate difficulty: and the mariners are afraid, and cry each unto his god, and cast the goods that <FI>are<Fi> in the ship into the sea, to make <FI>it<Fi> light of them; and Jonah hath gone down unto the sides of the vessel, and he lieth down, and is fast asleep.

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


rate difficulty: But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

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


rate difficulty: And they have been gathered--A gathering of bound ones in a pit, And shut up they have been in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected.

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


simplify: I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.

And may the sin of your servant have forgiveness: for the Lord will certainly make your family strong, because my lord is fighting in the Lord's war; and no evil will be seen in you all your days.


simplify: There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there was but one hope set before you when you received your call.


rate difficulty: All these things, O king, doth Araunah give to the king. And Araunah said to the king, Jehovah thyGod accept thee.

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


rate difficulty: And Jacob riseth, and lifteth up his sons and his wives on the camels,

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


simplify: but God giveth it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.

But God gives it a body, as it is pleasing to him, and to every seed its special body.


rate difficulty: holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.


simplify: And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.

Jesus went up to her and, grasping her hand, raised her up; the fever left her, and she began to take care of them.


simplify: And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.


simplify: and those having believing masters, let them not slight <FI>them<Fi> , because they are brethren, but rather let them serve, because they are stedfast and beloved, who of the benefit are partaking. These things be teaching and exhorting;

Those who have Christian masters should not think less of them because they are also followers of Christ, but on the contrary they should serve them all the better, because those who are to benefit by their good work are dear to them as their fellow Christians.


simplify: Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.


simplify: But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.

But Barak went after the war-carriages and the army as far as Harosheth of the Gentiles; and all Sisera's army was put to the sword; not a man got away.


rate difficulty: While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.

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


simplify: And if it have any blemish, as if it be lame or blind, any ill blemish whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto Jehovah thy God.

But if it has any mark on it, if it is blind or has damaged legs, or if there is anything wrong with it, it may not be offered to the Lord your God.


simplify: neither give place to the devil;


rate difficulty: And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

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


simplify: Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

So you are to do to all the towns far away, which are not the towns of these nations.


rate difficulty: And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

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


simplify: because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.


rate difficulty: and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to [the] judgment of death and crucified him.

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


simplify: And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

And I will take you as my bride for ever; truly, I will take you as my bride in righteousness and in right judging, in love and in mercies.


simplify: therefore thou shalt with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal-offerings and their drink-offerings, and shalt offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

So with this money get with care oxen, sheep, and lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, to be offered on the altar of the house of your God, which is in Jerusalem.


simplify: not according to command do I speak, but because of the diligence of others, and of your love proving the genuineness,

I am not laying a command on you, but I am making use of the earnestness shown by others to test the genuineness of your affection.


simplify: Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

Another parable which he told them was this — “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a person took and sowed in his field.


simplify: And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.


simplify: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the purpose of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and those who have faith in Christ Jesus:


simplify: who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick):

Who sends out the war-carriages and the horses, the army with all its force; they have come down, they will not get up again; like a feebly burning light they are put out.


rate difficulty: for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

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


simplify: The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.

These words of love to you at the end are in my writing, Paul's writing, and this is the mark of every letter from me.


rate difficulty: Do you forbid adultery, and yet commit adultery? Do you loathe idols, and yet plunder temples?

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


rate difficulty: And give to the Lord a burned offering for a sweet smell; one ox, one male sheep, seven he-lambs of the first year: only those without any mark on them may be used:

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


rate difficulty: And he said to him, Did not my heart go, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and bondmen, and bondwomen?

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


simplify: Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

Jesus says to him, You say so: but I say to you, From now you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.


simplify: Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the choice sojourners of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

To the people of God who are living abroad, dispersed throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Roman Asia, and Bithynia,


simplify: For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way.

For the secret of evil is even now at work: but there is one who is keeping back the evil till he is taken out of the way.


simplify: And David the king came and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?


rate difficulty: But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.

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


simplify: The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah—the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

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


simplify: My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver.


simplify: And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;

Asa of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat of Jehoram, Jehoram of Uzziah,


rate difficulty: And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.

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


simplify: Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the Lord.

Keep well in mind how you made the Lord your God angry in the waste land; from the day when you went out of Egypt till you came to this place, you have gone against the orders of the Lord.


rate difficulty: and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe in the gospel.

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


simplify: And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;

When he had almost reached the place where the road led down the Mount of Olives, everyone of the many disciples began in their joy to praise God loudly for all the miracles that they had seen:


rate difficulty: If you see your brother's ox or his ass falling down on the road, do not go by without giving him help in lifting it up again.

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


simplify: And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

See, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give to every man the outcome of his works.


simplify: Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came forth two women, and the wind was in their wings; now they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the ephah between earth and heaven.

And lifting up my eyes I saw two women coming out, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they took the ephah, lifting it up between earth and heaven.


simplify: And if his oblation be a goat, then he shall offer it before Jehovah:

And if his offering is a goat, then let it be placed before the Lord,


rate difficulty: But the men would not hearken to him; and the man took his concubine, and brought her forth to them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning; and let her go when the morning-dawn arose.

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


rate difficulty: For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

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


simplify: and not terrified in anything by those opposing, which to them indeed is a token of destruction, and to you of salvation, and that from God;

without ever shrinking from your opponents. To them this will be a sign of their destruction and of your salvation — a sign from God.


simplify: But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks.


simplify: and they shall see His face, and His name <FI>is<Fi> upon their foreheads,

they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.


rate difficulty: 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.

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


rate difficulty: Who knoweth? He doth turn back, and God hath repented, and hath turned back from the heat of His anger, and we do not perish.'

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


rate difficulty: Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn?

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


simplify: And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.

And we have faith in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things about which we give you orders.


rate difficulty: Do not put on one side him who is feeble in faith, and do not put him in doubt by your reasonings.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and it is the cauldron; but you will I bring forth out of the midst of it.

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


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


simplify: And the messengers of John having gone away, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John: `What have ye gone forth to the wilderness to look on? a reed by the wind shaken?

When John’s messengers had left, Jesus, speaking to the crowds, began to say with reference to John:


simplify: Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?

Do you assert that I took advantage of you through any of those whom I have sent to you?


simplify: For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.


rate difficulty: For their sins and the sins of their fathers, who were burning perfumes on the mountains, and saying evil things against me on the hills: so I will take the measure of their sins, and will send the punishment for them into their breast.

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


rate difficulty: But to whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes have I forgiven it in the presence of Christ;


simplify: For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid my face and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

I was quickly angry with his evil ways, and sent punishment on him, veiling my face in wrath: and he went on, turning his heart from me.


rate difficulty: and now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and it hath been for a witness between me and thee.'

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


simplify: Then came the word of the Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,


rate difficulty: And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.

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


simplify: say unto them that daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.

Say to those who put whitewash on it, There will be an overflowing shower; and you, O ice-drops, will come raining down; and it will be broken in two by the storm-wind.


rate difficulty: But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.

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


rate difficulty: “Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I am about to make.”

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


rate difficulty: and Jacob deceiveth the heart of Laban the Aramaean, because he hath not declared to him that he is fleeing;

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


rate difficulty: And the son of Solomon was Rehoboam; and the son of Rehoboam was Abijah; and the son of Abijah was Asa;


rate difficulty: And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, And of the dew of heaven from above;

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


rate difficulty: thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre, and take off the crown; this shall be no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.


simplify: And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

Now there came a time, in the days of the judges, when there was no food in the land. And a certain man went from Beth-lehem-judah, he and his wife and his two sons, to make a living-place in the country of Moab.


simplify: And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben–hadad,

And he sent representatives into the town to Ahab, king of Israel;


simplify: Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.


simplify: Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,

Why is your heart uncontrolled, and why are your eyes lifted up;


simplify: Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.

Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.


simplify: and the synagogue having been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes did follow Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading them to remain in the grace of God.

After the congregation had dispersed, many of the Jews, and of the converts who joined in their worship, followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked with them and urged them to continue to rely on the loving kindness of God.


simplify: And Jesus answering said to them, `For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,

“It was owing to the hardness of your hearts,”said Jesus, “that Moses gave you this direction;


rate difficulty: All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.

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


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

Every valley will be lifted up, and all the mountains and hills made low, and the twisted will be made straight, and the rough ways smooth;


simplify: And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,


rate difficulty: and the sons of Midian <FI>are<Fi> Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah: all these <FI>are<Fi> sons of Keturah.


simplify: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

but impoverished himself by taking the nature of a servant and becoming like one of us;


simplify: They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.

They are to come into my holy place and they are to come near to my table, to do my work and have the care of my house.


rate difficulty: If any one see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life, for those that do not sin unto death. There is a sin to death: I do not say of that that he should make a request.

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


rate difficulty: And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

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


rate difficulty: `When <FI>one<Fi> hath fled unto one of these cities, and hath stood <FI>at<Fi> the opening of the gate of the city, and hath spoken in the ears of the elders of that city his matter, then they have gathered him into the city unto them, and have given to him a place, and he hath dwelt with them.

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


rate difficulty: For I was not put to shame in anything in which I may have made clear to him my pride in you; but as we said nothing to you but what was true, so the good things which I said to Titus about you were seen by him to be true.

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


simplify: Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.


simplify: Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

And the men of Judah gave a loud cry; and at their cry, God put fear into Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.


simplify: And the fire upon the altar shall be kept burning thereon, it shall not go out; and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning: and he shall lay the burnt-offering in order upon it, and shall burn thereon the fat of the peace-offerings.

The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it is never to go out; every morning the priest is to put wood on it, placing the burned offering in order on it, and there the fat of the peace-offering is to be burned.


rate difficulty: And it shall be, when Jehovah thyGod bringeth thee into the land which he swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee: great and good cities which thou buildedst not,

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


rate difficulty: `And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;

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


simplify: That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;

You yourselves know the story which spread through all Judea, how, beginning form Galilee, after the baptism which John proclaimed —


simplify: When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

When my steps were washed with milk, and rivers of oil were flowing out of the rock for me.


rate difficulty: Jehoshaphat made Tarshish-ships to go to Ophir for gold; but they went not, for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

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


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

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


simplify: The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; And the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.


simplify: And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

And Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders got them at a price from Kue.


rate difficulty: I--I am surety <FI>for<Fi> him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee--then I have sinned against thee all the days;

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


rate difficulty: And Pilate said to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he said in answer, You say so.

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


simplify: and two years having been fulfilled, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus; Felix also willing to lay a favour on the Jews, left Paul bound.

But, after the lapse of two years, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and, wishing to gain popularity with the Jewish leaders, he left Paul a prisoner.


rate difficulty: They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

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


simplify: And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,


rate difficulty: The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.


simplify: And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

And of the sons of Pashhur, Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.


simplify: Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was of a long time desirous to see him, because he had heard concerning him; and he hoped to see some miracle done by him.

Now when Herod saw Jesus he was very glad, having for a long time had a desire to see him, for he had had accounts of him, and was hoping to see some wonders done by him.


simplify: The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.

The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah when there was no water.


rate difficulty: So they spread a tent for Absalom upon the roof; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.


simplify: for even the Christ did not please himself, but, according as it hath been written, `The reproaches of those reproaching Thee fell upon me;'

Even the Christ did not please himself! On the contrary, as scripture says of him — ‘The reproaches of those who were reproaching you fell upon me.’


simplify: Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

Benjamin is a wolf, searching for meat: in the morning he takes his food, and in the evening he makes division of what he has taken.


simplify: One thousand shall flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.

A thousand will go in fear before one; even before five you will go in flight: till you are like a pillar by itself on the top of a mountain, and like a flag on a hill.


rate difficulty: I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago, (whether in [the] body I know not, or out of the body I know not,God knows;) such [a one] caught up to [the] third heaven.


simplify: Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.


rate difficulty: And at the villages with their fields, of the sons of Judah there have dwelt, in Kirjath-Arba and its small towns, and in Dibon and its small towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,

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


rate difficulty: This is what the Lord has said: Because the Philistines have taken payment, with the purpose of causing shame and destruction with unending hate;

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


simplify: Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death.


rate difficulty: 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;

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