simplify: And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent?

And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?


rate difficulty: And you had the houses of Jerusalem numbered, pulling down the houses to make the wall stronger.

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


simplify: His mouth is most sweet; Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

His mouth is most sweet; yes, he is all beautiful. This is my loved one, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: And Paul and Barnabas spake out boldly, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, he reclining (at meat) in the house, that lo, many tax-gatherers and sinners having come, were lying (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples,

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


rate difficulty: Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Jehovah your God; and Jehovah will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

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


simplify: And I have not learned wisdom, Neither have I the knowledge of the Holy One.

I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.


simplify: And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.

And she said to her husband, Now I see that this is a holy man of God, who comes by day after day.


rate difficulty: And, if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It would be best for you to lose one part of your body, and not to have the whole of it go down to Gehenna.

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


simplify: But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

But we will certainly do every word which has gone out of our mouths, burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her as we did, we and our fathers and our kings and our rulers, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had food enough and did well and saw no evil.


rate difficulty: As the spring keeps its waters cold, so she keeps her evil in her: the sound of cruel and violent behaviour is in her; before me at all times are disease and wounds.

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


simplify: And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

And of the Levites: Shemaiah, the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni,


simplify: For if the trumpet give an uncertain voice, who shall prepare himself for war?

For if the war-horn gives out an uncertain note, who will get ready for the fight?


rate difficulty: and the young man runneth, and declareth to Moses, and saith, `Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.'

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


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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt lie with no beast to become unclean therewith; and a woman shall not stand before a beast to lie down with it: it is confusion.

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


simplify: The children of Kirjath–arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.

The children of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.


simplify: Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.

And they sent word to David, saying, The Philistines are fighting against Keilah and taking the grain from the grain-floors.


rate difficulty: And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

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


rate difficulty: and, having supposed him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and were seeking him among the kindred and among the acquaintances,

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


rate difficulty: And the children of Benjamin came together from all their towns to Gibeah, to go to war with the children of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast the upper stone of a handmill from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why did ye go near the wall? — then say thou, Thy servant Urijah the Hittite is dead also.

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


simplify: And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns thereof.

And Israel took all their towns, living in Heshbon and all the towns and small places of the Amorites.


simplify: But Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the castle and told Paul.

But Paul's sister's son had word of their design, and he came into the army building and gave news of it to Paul.


rate difficulty: Lifting me up, you make me go on the wings of the wind; I am broken up by the storm.

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


simplify: but is under tutors and stewards till the time appointed of the father,

He is subject to the control of guardians and stewards, during the period for which his father has power to appoint them.


rate difficulty: Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.


rate difficulty: For thou hast confided in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath seduced thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, It is I, and there is none but me.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 13 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: `The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it.

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


simplify: as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and officers of the Word, --

just as they were reported to us by those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses, and afterwards became bearers of the message.


rate difficulty: And David saith unto Abishai, and unto all his servants, `Lo, my son who came out of my bowels is seeking my life, and also surely now the Benjamite; leave him alone, and let him revile, for Jehovah hath said <FI>so<Fi> to him;

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


simplify: And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.

And some said one thing and some another, among the people: and as he was not able to get a knowledge of the facts because of the noise, he gave orders for Paul to be taken into the army building.


rate difficulty: After dismissing the crowds, he went up the hill by himself to pray; and, when evening fell, he was there alone.


rate difficulty: All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.


rate difficulty: And if a sore of leprosy is in a garment, in a woollen garment, or a linen garment,

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


rate difficulty: From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

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


simplify: Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.

Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.


rate difficulty: And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

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


simplify: Because he saith also in another psalm, Thou wilt not give thy Holy One to see corruption.

Because he says in another Psalm, You will not let your Holy One see destruction.


rate difficulty: who also attempted to profane the temple; whom we also had seized, [and would have judged according to our law;


rate difficulty: As the shame of a thief when he is found, So put to shame have been the house of Israel, They, their kings, their heads, And their priests, and their prophets,


simplify: and the second took the wife, and he died childless,

The second and third brothers both took her as their wife;


rate difficulty: The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

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


simplify: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

therefore let us keep our festival, not with the leaven of former days, nor with the leaven of vice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.


rate difficulty: Ahaziah son of Ahab hath reigned over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigneth over Israel two years,

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


rate difficulty: to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

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


simplify: And Moses did as Jehovah commanded him; and the congregation was assembled at the door of the tent of meeting.

And Moses did as the Lord said, and all the people came together at the door of the Tent of meeting.


rate difficulty: At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.


simplify: But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the Lord.

But if they will not give ear, then I will have that nation uprooted, and given to destruction, says the Lord.


simplify: so also we, when we were babes, under the elements of the world were in servitude,

And so is it with us; when we were under age, as it were, we were slaves to the puerile teaching of this world;


simplify: My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.


simplify: in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,

by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindliness, by holiness of spirit, by unfeigned love;


rate difficulty: And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore are we turned again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and thou shalt be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

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


rate difficulty: for not the hearers of the law <FI>are<Fi> righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: --

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


simplify: And Ben–hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

Then Ben-hadad sent to him, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if there is enough of the dust of Samaria for all the people at my feet to take some in their hands.


rate difficulty: And the youth who is declaring <FI>it<Fi> to him saith, I happened to meet in mount Gilboa, and lo, Saul is leaning on his spear; and lo, the chariots and those possessing horses have followed him;

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


simplify: And he said to them, `Doth the lamp come that under the measure it may be put, or under the couch--not that it may be put on the lamp-stand?

Jesus said to them: “Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under the couch, instead of being put on the lamp-stand?


rate difficulty: And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

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


simplify: Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.


simplify: Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,

Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear helper in the faith,


rate difficulty: and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

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


rate difficulty: Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

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


simplify: That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.


rate difficulty: and over the olive-trees and the sycamore-trees that were in the lowland was Baal-hanan the Gederite; and over the cellars of oil was Joash.

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


simplify: And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before our God day and night.

And a great voice in heaven came to my ears, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because he who says evil against our brothers before our God day and night is forced down.


simplify: And as they are speaking unto the people, there came to them the priests, and the magistrate of the temple, and the Sadducees--

While Peter and John were still speaking to the people, the chief priest, with the officer in charge at the Temple and the Sadducees, came up to them,


simplify: And he said to them, `Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do reasonings come up in your hearts?

but Jesus said to them: “Why are you so startled? And why do doubts arise in your minds?


simplify: But Jehovah thy God will deliver them up before thee, and will discomfit them with a great discomfiture, until they be destroyed.

But the Lord your God will give them up into your hands, overpowering them till their destruction is complete.


simplify: To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?


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

Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.


rate difficulty: Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

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


simplify: Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not that Jehovah hath anointed thee to be prince over his inheritance?

Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on his head and gave him a kiss and said, Is not the Lord with the holy oil making you ruler over Israel, his people? and you will have authority over the people of the Lord, and you will make them safe from the hands of their attackers round about them, and this will be the sign for you:


rate difficulty: He has stretched out his hand to his servant Israel, Ever mindful of his mercy

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


rate difficulty: And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles that dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letter that she had sent to them:

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


rate difficulty: And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

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


rate difficulty: So my wrath will be complete and my passion will come to rest on them; and they will be certain that I the Lord have given the word of decision, when my wrath against them is complete.


rate difficulty: `And the ram of the consecration thou dost take, and hast boiled its flesh in the holy place;

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


rate difficulty: Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an inadvertence. Wherefore shouldGod be wroth at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

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


rate difficulty: I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

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


rate difficulty: and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron shall be gathered [to his peoples], and shall die there.


simplify: While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?

Before he had finished speaking, some people from the house of the synagogue leader came and said: “Your daughter is dead! Why should you trouble the teacher further?”


simplify: So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?

So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?


rate difficulty: And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

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


simplify: And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

But he said, I will not go with you, I will go back to the land of my birth and to my relations.


simplify: Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom?


rate difficulty: Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

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


simplify: And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

And there was in their Synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he gave a cry,


rate difficulty: And there are borne to him seven sons and three daughters,


simplify: There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

There will be weeping and cries of sorrow when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are shut outside.


simplify: Now Jehovah had revealed unto Samuel a day before Saul came, saying,

Now the day before Saul came, the word of God had come to Samuel, saying,


rate difficulty: There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it <FI>is<Fi> from the hand of God.

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


simplify: The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred forty and eight.

The music-makers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight.


simplify: and they shall deal with thee in hatred, and shall take away all thy labor, and shall leave thee naked and bare; and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be uncovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

And they will take you in hand with hate, and take away all the fruit of your work, and let you be unveiled and without clothing: and the shame of your loose behaviour will be uncovered, your evil designs and your loose ways.


simplify: And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth–el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth–adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth–horon.

And from there the line goes south to Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Beth-el), then down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain to the south of Beth-horon the lower.


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

And every blow of the rod of his punishment, which the Lord will send on him, will be with the sound of music: and with the waving of his sword the Lord will make war against him.


rate difficulty: He <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah our God, In all the earth <FI>are<Fi> His judgments.

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


simplify: The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.


rate difficulty: For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe.

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


rate difficulty: Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Edom, A report we have heard from Jehovah, And an ambassador among nations was sent, `Rise, yea, let us rise against her for battle.'

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


rate difficulty: And the king of Babylon causeth Mattaniah his father's brother to reign in his stead, and turneth his name to Zedekiah.

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


simplify: therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

So the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to be a worker on the earth from which he was taken.


rate difficulty: With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.

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


simplify: And he brought into the house of Jehovah the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

He took into the house of the Lord all the things which his father had made holy, and those which he himself had made holy, silver and gold and vessels.


simplify: And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.

And Jeroboam said to his wife, Now come, put on different clothing so that you may not seem to be the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh; see, Ahijah is there, the prophet who said I would be king over this people.


simplify: And he said unto him, Why askest thou me concerning that which is good? One there is who is good: but if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.

And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.


simplify: And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Jehovah, worshipping Jehovah.

Then Jehoshaphat went down with his face to the earth, and all Judah and the people of Jerusalem gave worship to the Lord, falling down before him.


rate difficulty: Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness.

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


simplify: And they journeyed from Terah, and encamped in Mithkah.

And they went on from Terah, and put up their tents in Mithkah.


rate difficulty: Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

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


rate difficulty: And he went forth to the source of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith Jehovah: I have healed these waters: there shall not be from thence any more death or barrenness.

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


rate difficulty: Jesus replied to them: “See that no one leads you astray;

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


simplify: Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

Do not go after false gods, and do not make metal images of gods for yourselves: I am the Lord your God.


rate difficulty: Amalek dwells in the land of the south; and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.

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


rate difficulty: And who is bearing the day of his coming? And who is standing in his appearing? For he <FI>is<Fi> as fire of a refiner, And as soap of a fuller.


rate difficulty: Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant.


rate difficulty: According to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses, so had the children of Israel done all the labour.

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


rate difficulty: And Hezekiah had very great wealth and honour; and he made himself store-houses for his gold and silver and jewels and spices, and for body-covers and all sorts of beautiful vessels.

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


simplify: do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?


rate difficulty: Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

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


simplify: And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

And Solomon went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and Solomon went to rest with his fathers and Rehoboam his son became king in his place.


simplify: That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it?


simplify: And if ye do good to them that do good to you, what thank have ye? for even sinners do the same.

And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners do the same.


rate difficulty: The sons of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.


simplify: Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:

Give my greeting to Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in the cause of Christ Jesus,


simplify: even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: Jehovah do so; Jehovah perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of Jehovah’s house, and all them of the captivity, from Babylon unto this place.

The prophet Jeremiah said, So be it: may the Lord do so: may the Lord give effect to the words which you have said, and let the vessels of the Lord's house, and all the people who have been taken away, come back from Babylon to this place.


rate difficulty: So causing sin to come on them when they take their holy things for food: I am the Lord who make them holy.

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


simplify: Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months and ten days, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.


simplify: For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

For with their hearts people believe and so attain to righteousness, while with their lips they make their Profession of faith and so find salvation.


rate difficulty: Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power?


rate difficulty: The Lord, then, indeed, after speaking to them, was received up to the heaven, and sat on the right hand of God;

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


simplify: And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

Then, in my vision, I saw a white cloud, and on the cloud there was sitting one ‘like a man.’ On his head he had a crown of gold, and in his hand a sharp sickle.


rate difficulty: Better <FI>is<Fi> a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.

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


rate difficulty: And one out of Jacob shall have dominion, and will destroy out of the city what remaineth.

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


simplify: And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:


simplify: And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:

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


rate difficulty: For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.

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


simplify: And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,


rate difficulty: And they judged the people at all times: the hard matters they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged.

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


simplify: And his servant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? But he said, Give the people, that they may eat; for thus saith Jehovah, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.

But his servant said, How am I to put this before a hundred men? But he said, Give it to the people for food; for the Lord says, There will be food for them and some over.


simplify: And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.

And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my kingdom.


simplify: For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and I will cut them off.

And my angel will go before you, guiding you into the land of the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, and they will be cut off by my hand.


simplify: So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.

So the servants of the chiefs of the divisions of the land went out of the town, with the army coming after them.


rate difficulty: And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.

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


rate difficulty: and after them goeth Hoshaiah, and half of the heads of Judah,

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


rate difficulty: And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou give them into my hand? And Jehovah said to David, Go up; for I will certainly give the Philistines into thy hand.

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


rate difficulty: In thy going to-day from me--then thou hast found two men by the grave of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin, at Zelzah, and they have said unto thee, The asses have been found which thou hast gone to seek; and lo, thy father hath left the matter of the asses, and hath sorrowed for you, saying, What do I do for my son?

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 11 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.

And when she has gone away from him, she may become another man's wife.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,

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


simplify: Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

Is it not clear, my brothers (I am using an argument to those who have knowledge of the law), that the law has power over a man as long as he is living?


rate difficulty: Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered.

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


simplify: For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.

Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word.


rate difficulty: And their chief will be of their number; their ruler will come from among themselves; and I will let him be present before me, so that he may come near to me: for who may have strength of heart to come near me? says the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.

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


rate difficulty: My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En–gedi.

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


simplify: And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he hath spoken on this wise, I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.

And about his coming back from the dead, never again to go to destruction, he has said these words, I will give you the holy and certain mercies of David.


simplify: There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.


simplify: And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;

those who are weeping as if not weeping, those who are rejoicing as if not rejoicing, those who buy as if not possessing,


simplify: Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.

Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God.


rate difficulty: for Jachin the one and twentieth, for Gamul the two and twentieth,

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


rate difficulty: Then stopping, and looking sadly at him, one of them, named Cleopas, said to him, Are you the only man living in Jerusalem who has not had news of the things which have taken place there at this time?

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


simplify: Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.

Take the Levites out from among the children of Israel and make them clean.


simplify: Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God.

Say to them then, This is what the Lord has said: Not one of my words will be put off any longer, but what I say I will do, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,

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


rate difficulty: Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

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


simplify: And this is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, a thousand platters of silver, nine and twenty knives,

And this is the number of them: there were thirty gold plates, a thousand silver plates, twenty-nine knives,


rate difficulty: And Aaron said to them, Break off the golden rings that are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] to me.

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


rate difficulty: Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

And they said in answer, He was a man clothed in a coat of hair, with a leather band about his body. Then he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

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


rate difficulty: and after him, Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight:

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


simplify: And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord God.

And when these days have come to an end, then on the eighth day and after, the priests will make your burned offerings on the altar and your peace-offerings; and I will take pleasure in you, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

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


rate difficulty: But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza: the same is desert.

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


rate difficulty: and she riseth, and goeth, and turneth aside her vail from off her, and putteth on the garments of her widowhood.

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


rate difficulty: `Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it;

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


simplify: And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

And while they went on their way, going on talking together, suddenly there were carriages and horses of fire separating them from one another and Elijah went up to heaven in a great wind.


simplify: By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.

Their heritage by the Lord's decision, as he gave orders by Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.


rate difficulty: But there was a strong tower in the midst of the city, and thither fled all the men and women, all the citizens of the city; and they shut it behind them, and went up to the roof of the tower.

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


rate difficulty: A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade--and no order, And the shining <FI>is<Fi> as thick darkness.'

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.


rate difficulty: In the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you are to keep it at the regular time, and in the way ordered in the law.

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


simplify: As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

As to one who is comforted by his mother, so will I give you comfort: and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.


simplify: Now a mediator is not a mediator of one; but God is one.

Now a go-between is not a go-between of one; but God is one.


simplify: And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

And Shechem said to her father and her brothers, If you will give ear to my request, whatever you say I will give to you.


rate difficulty: Do not be guided by him or give attention to him; have no pity on him or mercy, and give him no cover;

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


simplify: And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.

And you yourself will undergo the cruel pains of a disease in your stomach, so that day by day your inside will be falling out because of the disease.


rate difficulty: See to yourselves, that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive full wages.


rate difficulty: And Agrippa [said] to Festus, I myself also would desire to hear the man. To-morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.

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


simplify: Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,

Now after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, the word of the Lord came to Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses' helper, saying,


rate difficulty: And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.

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


simplify: As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.

As for me, I will be living in Mizpah as your representative before the Chaldaeans who come to us: but you are to get in your wine and summer fruits and oil and put them in your vessels, and make living-places for yourselves in the towns which you have taken.


rate difficulty: and Ramoth and its suburbs, and Anem and its suburbs;

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


rate difficulty: And Pilate demanded of him saying, Art thou the king of the Jews? And he answering him said, Thou sayest.

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


rate difficulty: for ye have shewed yourselves perverse in your souls, for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God, and according to all that Jehovah our God saith, so declare to us, and we have done <FI>it<Fi> ;

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


rate difficulty: And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.

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


rate difficulty: If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;

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


rate difficulty: And he said, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said, I will saddle me the ass, and ride thereon, and go with the king; for thy servant is lame.


rate difficulty: Take the first-fruits of your land as an offering to the house of the Lord your God. Let not the young goat be cooked in its mother's milk


rate difficulty: And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:


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

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


rate difficulty: It is through this that love has attained its perfection in us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment, because what Christ is that we also are in this world.

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


simplify: And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

And oil for the lights, and spices for the holy oil and for the sweet perfumes for burning.


simplify: And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.

And the woman said, Why have you had such a thought about the people of God? (for in saying these very words the king has put himself in the wrong because he has not taken back the one whom he sent far away.)


simplify: `And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?

Why do you call me ‘Master! Master!’ and yet fail to do what I tell you?


rate difficulty: For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back:

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


simplify: Whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

Or if the cloud came to rest on the House for two days or a month or a year without moving, the children of Israel went on waiting there and did not go on; but whenever it was taken up they went forward on their journey.


rate difficulty: and he giveth to me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which <FI>is<Fi> in the extremity of his field; for full money doth he give it to me, in your midst, for a possession of a burying-place.'

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


simplify: and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;

And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine;


simplify: And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

And with the stones he made an altar to the name of the Lord; and he made a deep drain all round the altar, great enough to take two measures of seed.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to Aaron:

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


simplify: And he said unto them, Do ye not yet understand?

And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you?


rate difficulty: Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.


simplify: He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.

He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants.


simplify: But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.

But two men were still in the tent-circle one of them named Eldad and the other Medad: and the spirit came to rest on them; they were among those who had been sent for, but they had not gone out to the Tent: and the prophet's power came on them in the tent-circle.


simplify: And when they lead you to judgment, and deliver you up, be not anxious beforehand what ye shall speak: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit.

And when you are taken and given up to be judged, do not be troubled about what to say: but whatever is given to you in that hour, say: because it is not you who say it, but the Holy Spirit.


rate difficulty: And on the day after the new moon, that is, the second day, there was still no one in David's seat: and Saul said to his son Jonathan, Why has the son of Jesse not come to the feast yesterday or today?

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


rate difficulty: And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading.

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


simplify: all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

laying all your anxieties on him, for he makes you his care.


rate difficulty: The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: and the host who invited you both will come and say to you ‘Make room for this person,’ and then you will begin in confusion to take the lowest place.


simplify: And ye shall mark out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham;

And on the east, your limit will be marked out from Hazar-enan to Shepham,


simplify: And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them?

And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?


simplify: And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,

as well as some women who had been cured of wicked spirits and of infirmities. They were Mary, known as Mary of Magdala (from whom seven demons had been expelled),


simplify: And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

And they went on from the mountains of Abarim, and put up their tents in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho;


rate difficulty: From the standpoint of the good news, the Jews are God’s enemies for your sake; but from the standpoint of God’s selection, they are dear to him for the sake of the Patriarchs.

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


rate difficulty: And Samuel said unto Saul, Jehovah sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of Jehovah.

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


simplify: And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

They left the tomb quickly, in awe and great joy, and ran to tell the news to the disciples.


simplify: And when he had spent three months there, and a plot was laid against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

And when he had been there three months, because the Jews had made a secret design against him when he was about to take ship for Syria, he made a decision to go back through Macedonia.


rate difficulty: And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than they all:

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


simplify: And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

Many false prophets, also, will appear and lead many astray;


rate difficulty: And they said unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

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


simplify: Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See now, I have given Esther the family of Haman, and he has come to his death by hanging, because he made an attack on the Jews.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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


rate difficulty: For Jehovah hath called thee as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off, saith thy God.

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


simplify: With many other exhortations therefore preached he good tidings unto the people;

And so comforting them with these and other words, he gave the good news to the people;


rate difficulty: And I consume them, and smite them, And they rise not, and fall under my feet.


rate difficulty: Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them.

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


rate difficulty: See Israel after the flesh: do not those who take as food the offerings of the altar take a part in the altar?

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


rate difficulty: Then Joseph, unable to keep back his feelings before those who were with him, gave orders for everyone to be sent away, and no one was present when he made clear to his brothers who he was.

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


rate difficulty: And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: `Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them;


simplify: and it was the third hour, and they crucified him;

It was nine in the morning when they crucified him.


simplify: And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

And the king said to me (the queen being seated by his side), How long will your journey take, and when will you come back? So the king was pleased to send me, and I gave him a fixed time.


simplify: But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness.


simplify: Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

Give now a cry for help; is there anyone who will give you an answer? and to which of the holy ones will you make your prayer?


simplify: Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.

And the Lord said to me, Give your love again to a woman who has a lover and is false to her husband, even as the Lord has love for the children of Israel, though they are turned to other gods and are lovers of grape-cakes.


rate difficulty: Then her husband Elkanah said to her, Hannah, why are you weeping? and why are you taking no food? why is your heart troubled? am I not more to you than ten sons?

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simplify: If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor’s goods.

If they do not get the thief, let the master of the house come before the judges and take an oath that he has not put his hand on his neighbour's goods.


simplify: In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything that shall be after him.

In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.


rate difficulty: If not, give attention to me, and keep quiet, and I will give you wisdom.


rate difficulty: And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I have no knowledge of writing.


rate difficulty: But you, like a birth before its time, are stretched out with no resting-place in the earth; clothed with the bodies of the dead who have been put to the sword, who go down to the lowest parts of the underworld; a dead body, crushed under foot.

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


rate difficulty: And there are bodies of heaven and bodies of earth, but the glory of the one is different from that of the other.

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


simplify: And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

And, when they spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say — ‘Keep secret what the seven peals of thunder said, and do not write it down.’


rate difficulty: Who <FI>is<Fi> the wise man? and he understandeth this, And he to whom the mouth of Jehovah spake? And he doth declare it, For what hath the land perished? It hath been burnt up as a wilderness, Without any passing through.

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


simplify: And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.


simplify: Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.


simplify: And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.

But Jesus said to me ‘Go; for I will send you to the Gentiles far away’.”


simplify: Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of Jehovah; and they sanctified the house of Jehovah in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

On the first day of the first month the work of making the house holy was started, and on the eighth day they came to the covered way of the Lord; in eight days they made the Lord's house holy, and on the sixteenth day of the first month the work was done.


rate difficulty: And the king and his people came tired to Jordan, and took their rest there.

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


simplify: Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother;

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:


rate difficulty: And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.

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


simplify: And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them up into the hand of Midian for seven years.


simplify: And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, saith Jehovah, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth;

And it will be, in that day, says the Lord, that I will give an answer to the heavens, and the heavens to the earth;


rate difficulty: Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

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


rate difficulty: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

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


rate difficulty: because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession.

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


simplify: not of works, that no man should glory.

Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.


rate difficulty: And out of his mouth goes a sharp [two-edged] sword, that with it he might smite the nations; and he shall shepherd them with an iron rod; and he treads the wine-press of the fury of the wrath ofGod the Almighty.

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


simplify: He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.

He may not make search to see if it is good or bad, or make any changes in it; and if he makes exchange of it for another, the two will be holy; he will not get them back again.


rate difficulty: Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.

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


simplify: Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;

Afterwards I went to the districts of Syria and Cilicia.


simplify: For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.


rate difficulty: But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

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


simplify: Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there.

So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem, and did not go away from there.


simplify: for both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.

For the prophet as well as the priest is unclean; even in my house I have seen their evil-doing, says the Lord.


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.

Say to the children of Israel, If a woman is with child and gives birth to a male child, she will be unclean for seven days, as when she is unwell.


simplify: And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.

She had a sister called Mary, who seated herself at the Master’s feet, and listened to his teaching;


rate difficulty: Peter signed to them with his hand to be silent, and then told them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison, adding: “Tell James and the others all this.” Then he left the house, and went away to another place.

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


rate difficulty: And whatever more shall be needful for the house of thyGod which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, All these things have I observed from my youth up.


rate difficulty: Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth–gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.

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


simplify: It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

We met and decided to choose certain men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,


rate difficulty: And greater is the iniquity of the daughter of my people, Than the sin of Sodom, That was overturned as <FI>in<Fi> a moment, And no hands were stayed on her.

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


rate difficulty: And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.


simplify: And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.

So Moses said all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he and Hoshea, the son of Nun.


simplify: Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the brass for the things of brass, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, stones for inlaid work, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

Now as far as I am able, I have made ready what is needed for the house of my God; the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the silver things, and the brass for the brass things, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; beryls and jewels to be framed, and stones of different colours for ornament; all sorts of stones of great price, and polished building-stone, as much as is needed and more.


rate difficulty: Keep my Sabbaths and give honour to my holy place: I am the Lord.

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


simplify: So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.

And the heat of my wrath against you will have an end, and my bitter feeling will be turned away from you, and I will be quiet and will be angry no longer.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

And it will come about, that if any nation does not become a servant to this same Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and does not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, then I will send punishment on that nation, says the Lord, by the sword and need of food and by disease, till I have given them into his hands.


simplify: And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.

The way in which his hand came to be lifted up against the king was this: Solomon was building the Millo and making good the damaged parts of the town of his father David;


simplify: and he shall rend it by the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder. And the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

And let it be broken open at the wings, but not cut in two; and let it be burned on the altar by the priest on the wood which is on the fire; it is a burned offering; an offering made by fire for a sweet smell to the Lord.


rate difficulty: and they have blown with them, and all the company have met together unto thee, unto the opening of the tent of meeting.

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


simplify: And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.

And the man got up to go away, but his father-in-law would not let him go, so he took his rest there again for the night.


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

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


simplify: They, therefore, indeed, having come together, were questioning him, saying, `Lord, dost thou at this time restore the reign to Israel?'

So, when the apostles had met together, they asked Jesus this question — “Master, is this the time when you intend to re-establish the kingdom for Israel?”


simplify: on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongeth to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the border of the Amorites;

On the south: all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah which is the property of the Zidonians, to Aphek, as far as the limit of the Amorites:


rate difficulty: Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.

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


simplify: And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come with you, you will not see my face again.


simplify: And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

He did not work many miracles there, because of their want of faith.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Midian were Ephah, and Epher, and Enoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were sons of Keturah.

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


simplify: But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,

But to what will I compare the present generation? It is like little children sitting in the market-places and calling out to their playmates —


simplify: These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

These were the children of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, seven persons.


rate difficulty: Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God be with thee: be thou for the people to God-ward, and bring thou the causes unto God:

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


simplify: A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

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


simplify: And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.

And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.


simplify: Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

See! I am building a house for the name of the Lord my God, to be made holy to him, where perfumes of sweet spices will be burned before him, and the holy bread will be placed at all times, and burned offerings will be offered morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts of the Lord our God. This is a law for ever to Israel.


rate difficulty: And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.

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


rate difficulty: Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house ofGod which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets ofGod, who helped them.

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


rate difficulty: See, I will be waiting at the way across the river, in the waste land, till I get news from you.

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


rate difficulty: There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; And he that hateth reproof shall die.


rate difficulty: And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? And the coming things, and those that shall happen, let them declare unto them.

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


rate difficulty: therefore behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, far from my face, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers.

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


simplify: and he said unto them, `Exact no more than that directed you.'

“Do not collect more than you have authority to demand,” John answered.


simplify: and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.

This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world as a witness to all nations; and then will come the end.


rate difficulty: And I have set among them a sign, And have sent out of them those escaping unto the nations, (Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, drawing bow, Tubal and Javan, the isles that are far off,) Who have not heard My fame, nor seen Mine honour, And they have declared Mine honour among nations.

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


rate difficulty: And ye have come in and stood before Me, In this house on which My name is called, And have said, `We have been delivered,' In order to do all these abominations.

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


simplify: Jehovah forbid that I should put forth my hand against Jehovah’s anointed: but now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let us go.

Never will my hand be stretched out against the man marked with the holy oil; but take the spear which is by his head and the vessel of water, and let us go.


simplify: And Humtah, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:

And Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron), and Zior; nine towns with their unwalled places.


rate difficulty: The number of his army was forty thousand, five hundred.


rate difficulty: Then said he to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and it was made as well as the other.


simplify: but if also I am poured forth upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and joy 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;


simplify: And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, we pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is bad, and the land miscarrieth.

Now the men of the town said to Elisha, You see that the position of this town is good; but the water is bad, causing the young of the cattle to come to birth dead.


simplify: But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

But for us in addition, to whose account it will be put, if we have faith in him who made Jesus our Lord come back again from the dead,


rate difficulty: the twenty-four elders shall fall before him that sits upon the throne, and do homage to him that lives to the ages of ages; and shall cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

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


simplify: And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.

And I myself will be fighting against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even with angry feeling and passion and in great wrath.


simplify: The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

The Lord your God has given you increase, and now you are like the stars of heaven in number.


rate difficulty: And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will have been taken away from them, and then they will fast.

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


rate difficulty: For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision; [a day of] breaking down the wall, and of crying to the mountain:

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


rate difficulty: Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:

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


rate difficulty: The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

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


rate difficulty: but the seventh day is the sabbath of Jehovah thyGod: thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy bondman, nor thy handmaid, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy sojourner that is within thy gates; that thy bondman and thy handmaid may rest as well as thou.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 15 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.

May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.


simplify: But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.


rate difficulty: Howbeit the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

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


rate difficulty: And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.

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


simplify: To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

And to whom he gave clear and certain signs that he was living, after his death; for he was seen by them for forty days, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God:


simplify: Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,

Then were fulfilled these words spoken in the prophet Jeremiah, where he says —


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

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


simplify: and he shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleannesses of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their sins: and so shall he do for the tent of meeting, that dwelleth with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.

And let him make the holy place free from whatever is unclean among the children of Israel and from their wrongdoing in all their sins; and let him do the same for the Tent of meeting, which has its place among an unclean people.


simplify: And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

‘Leave your country and your kindred, and come into the country that I will show you.’


rate difficulty: Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?

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


simplify: Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour;


rate difficulty: and on the third day thou dost certainly come down, and hast come in unto the place where thou wast hidden in the day of the work, and hast remained near the stone Ezel.

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


rate difficulty: for we being still without strength, in [the] due time Christ has died for [the] ungodly.


rate difficulty: For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.)

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


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

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


simplify: And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.


simplify: And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, at dawn the sea came flowing back, meeting the Egyptians in their flight, and the Lord sent destruction on the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.


rate difficulty: With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?

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


rate difficulty: But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:


rate difficulty: From the sole of the foot--unto the head, There is no soundness in it, Wound, and bruise, and fresh smiting! They have not been closed nor bound, Nor have they softened with ointment.

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


simplify: And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

And Absalom would say to him, See, your cause is true and right; but no man has been named by the king to give you a hearing.


simplify: And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.

And any man of Israel, or any other living among them, who gets with his bow any beast or bird used for food, is to see that its blood is covered with earth.


rate difficulty: and speaketh unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land, saying, `Only--if thou wouldest hear me--I have given the money of the field--accept from me, and I bury my dead there.'

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


simplify: but he whom God raised up saw no corruption.

But he, who was lifted up by God, did not see destruction.


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

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder.

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


rate difficulty: Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

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


rate difficulty: Turn again to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! even to-day do I declare I will render double unto thee.

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


rate difficulty: For the teaching of all the prophets and of the law continued until the time of John;

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


simplify: A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.

A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.


rate difficulty: Then we told them after this manner, what the names of the men were that were making this building.

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


simplify: The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.

You may take the lizard in your hands, but it is in kings' houses.


rate difficulty: This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.

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


simplify: And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?

And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he put the question to them, What were you talking about on the way?


rate difficulty: Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?

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


rate difficulty: (and, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.

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


simplify: Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

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


simplify: Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.

Give attention to him and give ear to his voice; do not go against him; for your wrongdoing will not be overlooked by him, because my name is in him.


rate difficulty: Then said Solomon, `Jehovah said--to dwell in thick darkness,

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

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


rate difficulty: To ransom those who were subject to law, so that we might take our position as sons.


rate difficulty: Then they said to him, Now say Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth, and was not able to say it in the right way; then they took him and put him to death at the crossing-places of Jordan; and at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites were put to death.

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


rate difficulty: Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:

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


simplify: And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

And not by his coming only, but by the comfort which he had in you, while he gave us word of your desire, your sorrow, your care for me; so that I was still more glad.


rate difficulty: Have no fear of them, but keep well in mind what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt;

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


simplify: all the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.

And all the other families by themselves, and their wives by themselves.


simplify: Of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand;

Of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand: of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand: of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand:


simplify: The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur, the son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,


rate difficulty: They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

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


simplify: and did charge them that they might not make him manifest,

but he warned them not to make him known,


simplify: in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

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


simplify: Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:

And Pharaoh with his strong army and great forces will be no help to him in the war, when they put up earthworks and make strong walls for the cutting off of lives:


rate difficulty: Come to him, then, as to a living stone, rejected, indeed, by men, but in God’s eyes choice and precious;


simplify: This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.

This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church.


rate difficulty: Come with me from Lebanon, mybride, With me from Lebanon: Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions’ dens, From the mountains of the leopards.

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


simplify: And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man.


rate difficulty: If ye hearken not, and if ye lay <FI>it<Fi> not to heart, To give honour to My name, said Jehovah of Hosts, I have sent against you the curse, And I have cursed your blessings, Yea, I have also cursed it, Because ye are not laying <FI> it<Fi> to heart.

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


simplify: So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.

So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.


rate difficulty: And again he sent unto them another servant; and him they wounded in the head, and handled shamefully.

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