simplify: But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

But you will be named the priests of the Lord, the servants of our God: you will have the wealth of the nations for your food, and you will be clothed with their glory.


rate difficulty: Much foodis inthe tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.

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


simplify: And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the Lord, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

And he is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the Lord in the Tent of meeting; and all the rest of the blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar of burned offering at the door of the Tent of meeting.


simplify: In like manner also the chief priests mocking him among themselves with the scribes said, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

In the same way the chief priests, laughing at him among themselves with the scribes, said, A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself.


simplify: Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s highway, until we have passed thy border.

Let me go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway till we have gone past the limits of your land.


rate difficulty: Because Jehovah loveth Jacob, And hath fixed again on Israel, And given them rest on their own land, And joined hath been the sojourner to them, And they have been admitted to the house of Jacob.

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


rate difficulty: And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach and Bimhal and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet.

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


simplify: and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able,

So Herodias was incensed against John, and wanted to put him to death, but was unable to do so,


rate difficulty: And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.

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


rate difficulty: Then the king said to the woman, Now give me an answer to the question I am going to put to you; keep nothing back. And the woman said, Let my lord the king say on.

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


simplify: And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst command is done, and yet there is room.

And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been done, and still there is room.


rate difficulty: And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.

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


rate difficulty: Solomon was thirteen years building a house for himself till it was complete.

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


rate difficulty: A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;


rate difficulty: And there goeth out a man of the duellists from the camps of the Philistines, Goliath <FI>is<Fi> his name, from Gath; his height <FI>is<Fi> six cubits and a span,

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


simplify: And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped round about him.

And David got up and came to the place where Saul's tents were: and David had a view of the place where Saul was sleeping with Abner, the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts, and the tents of the people were all round him.


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

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

And the king, hearing the words of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief.


simplify: And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

And I made attacks on this Way, even to death, taking men and women and putting them in prison.


rate difficulty: And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.


rate difficulty: Huram said moreover, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

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


rate difficulty: Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

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


simplify: And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.

And after hearing what they are saying, you will get strength to go down against the army. So he went down with his servant Purah to the outer line of the tents of the armed men.


simplify: For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men; because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

For Pekah, the son of Remaliah, in one day put to death a hundred and twenty thousand men of Judah, all of them good fighting-men; because they had given up the Lord, the God of their fathers.


rate difficulty: And the day cometh, and Elkanah sacrificeth, and he hath given to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions,

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


simplify: And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:

And a clean person is to take hyssop and put it in the water, shaking it over the tent, and all the vessels, and the people who were there, and over him by whom the bone, or the body of one who has been put to death with the sword, or the body of one who has come to his end by a natural death, or the resting-place was touched.


simplify: Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies shall come up; and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

Their dead bodies will be thick on the face of the earth, and their smell will come up, and the mountains will be flowing with their blood, and all the hills will come to nothing.


simplify: if any one doth come unto you, and this teaching doth not bear, receive him not into the house, and say not to him, `Hail!'

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive them into your house or welcome them;


simplify: And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger.

And they gave up the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had taken them out of the land of Egypt, and went after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about them, worshipping them and moving the Lord to wrath.


simplify: Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

For this reason the beasts of the waste land with the wolves will make their holes there and the ostriches will be living in it: never again will men be living there, it will be unpeopled from generation to generation.


simplify: And having gone forth thence, they were passing through Galilee, and he did not wish that any may know,

Leaving that place, Jesus and his disciples went on their way through Galilee; but he did not wish anyone to know it,


rate difficulty: And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! Behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; for I will give you assured peace in this place.

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


simplify: He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

He said: “A nobleman once went to a distant country to receive his appointment to a kingdom and then return.


rate difficulty: And Moses <FI>is<Fi> a son of a hundred and twenty years when he dieth; his eye hath not become dim, nor hath his moisture fled.

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


simplify: And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord.

And on the day of the waving of the grain, you are to give a male lamb of the first year, without any mark, for a burned offering to the Lord.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

These are the words of the Lord: What evil have your fathers seen in me that they have gone far from me, and, walking after what is false, have become false?


simplify: Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.


simplify: The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,


rate difficulty: But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath.

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


simplify: And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.


simplify: Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

Then I will keep in mind the agreement which I made with Jacob and with Isaac and with Abraham, and I will keep in mind the land.


simplify: But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

But Solomon did not put the children of Israel to forced work; they were the men of war, his servants, his captains, and his chiefs, captains of his war-carriages and of his horsemen.


simplify: Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,

The son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,


simplify: And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath this man done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him and release him.

And he said to them a third time, Why, what evil has he done? I see no reason for putting him to death: I will give him punishment and let him go.


simplify: And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.

And it came about, after a little time, that he went to a town named Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a great number of people.


rate difficulty: And every creature which is in the heaven and upon the earth and under the earth, and [those that are] upon the sea, and all things in them, heard I saying, To him that sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb, blessing, and honour, and glory, and might, to the ages of ages.

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


rate difficulty: They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird on anything that causeth sweat.

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


simplify: Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the Lord: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

Make him full of wine, for his heart has been lifted up against the Lord: and Moab will be rolling in the food he was not able to keep down, and everyone will be making sport of him.


simplify: for he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great victory for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice; wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?


rate difficulty: How doth one pursue a thousand, And two cause a myriad to flee! If not--that their rock hath sold them, And Jehovah hath shut them up?


rate difficulty: Jehovah said, Verily I will strengthen thee for good; verily I will cause the enemy to make supplication unto thee in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

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


simplify: For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

But that day is the day of the Lord, the Lord of armies, a day of punishment when he will take payment from his haters: and the sword will have all its desire, drinking their blood in full measure: for there is an offering to the Lord, the Lord of armies, in the north country by the river Euphrates.


simplify: And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

when the Dragon saw that he was hurled down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman;

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


rate difficulty: It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever; from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

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


simplify: And he having spoken this, there came a dissension of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees, and the crowd was divided,

As soon as he said this, a dispute arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and there was a sharp division of opinion among those present.


rate difficulty: and his head and hairs white, as if white wool--as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;

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


simplify: And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers had only a small number of children, and their family was not as fertile as the children of Judah.


rate difficulty: And the border of the children of Ephraim was according to their families; the border of their inheritance eastwards was Ataroth-Addar as far as the upper Beth-horon;

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


rate difficulty: who hast displayed signs and wonders unto this day, in the land of Egypt and in Israel and among [other] men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day.

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


simplify: And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.

So they sent their sister Rebekah and her servant with Abraham's servant and his men.


simplify: And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,


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

That is why I send you prophets, wise people, and teachers of the law, some of whom you will crucify and kill, and some of whom you will scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from town to town;


simplify: For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection;

For, if we have been made like him in his death, we will, in the same way, be like him in his coming to life again;


simplify: Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

For they are Israelites, and theirs are the adoption as sons, the visible presence, the Covenants, the revealed law, the Temple worship, and the Promises.


rate difficulty: But Jesus said: “It is for you to give them something to eat.”   “We have not more than five loaves and two fishes,” they answered; “unless indeed we are to go and buy food for all these people.”


simplify: So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

These rules are to be your guide in judging through all your generations wherever you may be living.


rate difficulty: But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.


rate difficulty: Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

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


rate difficulty: Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.

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


simplify: But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

But sin took advantage of the Commandment to arouse in me every form of covetousness, for where there is no consciousness of law sin shows no sign of life.


rate difficulty: for we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out;


simplify: whoever then may humble himself as this child, he is the greater in the reign of the heavens.

Therefore, anyone who will humble themselves like this child — that person will be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.


rate difficulty: And Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long will ye shew yourselves slack to go to take possession of the land which Jehovah theGod of your fathers hath given you?

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


simplify: And having heard these things, Felix delayed them--having known more exactly of the things concerning the way--saying, `When Lysias the chief captain may come down, I will know fully the things concerning you;'

Felix, however, adjourned the case — though he had a fairly accurate knowledge of all that concerned the cause — with the promise: “When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down, I will give my decision in your case.”


simplify: Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

Make well those who are ill, give life to the dead, make lepers clean, send evil spirits out of men; freely it has been given to you, freely give.


simplify: And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.


rate difficulty: Whence [come] wars and whence fightings among you? [Is it] not thence, — from your pleasures, which war in your members?

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


simplify: And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the Lord had spoken by Moses.

And the heart of Pharaoh was hard, and he did not let the people go, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Moses.


rate difficulty: And Moses said, This is the order which the Lord has given: Let one omer of it be kept for future generations, so that they may see the bread which I gave you for your food in the waste land, when I took you out from the land of Egypt.

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


simplify: Wherefore my wrath and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day.

Because of this, my passion and my wrath were let loose, burning in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are waste and unpeopled as at this day.


simplify: And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

And David came to the two hundred men, who because of weariness had not gone with him, but were waiting at the stream Besor: and they went out, meeting David and the people who were with him; and when they came near them, they said, How are you?


simplify: The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.

The children of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five.


rate difficulty: that they may fear thee all the days that they live upon the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

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


rate difficulty: Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?

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


rate difficulty: They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?

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


rate difficulty: They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

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


simplify: And he said, Be it far from me, O Jehovah, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men who have put their lives in danger? So he would not take it. These things did the three great men of war.


rate difficulty: And to the east his limits went as far as the starting point of the waste land, ending at the river Euphrates, because their cattle were increased in number in the land of Gilead.

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


simplify: But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;

But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;


simplify: But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.

Presently a maidservant saw him sitting near the blaze of the fire. She looked carefully at him and said: “Why, this man was one of his companions!”


simplify: and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?


rate difficulty: and she beareth Shaaph father of Madmannah, Sheva father of Machbenah, and father of Gibea; and a daughter of Caleb <FI>is<Fi> Achsa.

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


rate difficulty: And the king of Aram commanded the heads of the charioteers whom he hath--thirty and two--saying, `Ye do not fight with small or with great, but with the king of Israel by himself.'

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


rate difficulty: And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, my wife, [saying to himself,] Lest the men of the place slay me on account of Rebecca — because she was fair in countenance.

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


simplify: Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

Are you more beautiful than any? go down, and take your rest among those without circumcision,


simplify: for as many as without law did sin, without law also shall perish, and as many as did sin in law, through law shall be judged,

All who, when they sin, are without law will also perish without law; while all who, when they sin, are under law, will be judged as being under law.


simplify: By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name:


simplify: whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

Whatever you do, do it readily, as to the Lord and not to men;


simplify: If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling;

Though I speak in the ‘tongues’ of people, or even of angels, yet have not love, I have become mere echoing brass, or a clanging cymbal!


rate difficulty: the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.

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


simplify: For Jehovah will smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking Jehovah to anger.

And even now the hand of the Lord has come down on Israel, shaking it like a river-grass in the water; and, uprooting Israel from this good land, which he gave to their fathers, he will send them this way and that on the other side of the River; because they have made for themselves images, moving the Lord to wrath.


rate difficulty: And now, if ye will hearken to my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then shall ye be my own possession out of all the peoples — for all the earth is mine —

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


rate difficulty: And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: and he made unto it a crown of gold round about.

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


rate difficulty: And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, Peace, peace! and there is no peace.

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


simplify: but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

Hard-hearted and impenitent as you are, you are storing up for yourself wrath on the ‘day of wrath,’ when God’s justice as a judge will be revealed;


rate difficulty: Then I saw thrones, and to those who took their seats on them authority was given to act as judges. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony to Jesus and because of the message of God, for they had refused to worship the Beast or its image, and had not received the brand on their foreheads and on their hands. They were restored to life, and they reigned with the Christ for a thousand years.

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


simplify: And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.

And he took it, with its king and all its towns: and he put them to the sword, giving every person in it to the curse; all were put to death: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king.


rate difficulty: And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

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


rate difficulty: And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.


rate difficulty: and the priest hath seen the raw flesh, and hath pronounced him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean, it <FI>is<Fi> leprosy.

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


rate difficulty: Transgressing, and lying against Jehovah, And removing from after our God, Speaking oppression and apostasy, Conceiving and uttering from the heart Words of falsehood.

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


rate difficulty: The robes of needlework for the work of the holy place, the holy robes for Aaron the priest, and the robes for his sons when acting as priests.


rate difficulty: And they slaughter the oxen, and the priests receive the blood, and sprinkle on the altar; and they slaughter the rams, and sprinkle the blood on the altar; and they slaughter the lambs, and sprinkle the blood on the altar;


rate difficulty: And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;


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

while, as for the person who does not rely on their obedience, but has faith in him who can pronounce the godless righteous, their faith is regarded by God as righteousness.


simplify: And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never before been sad when the king was present.


rate difficulty: Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:

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


rate difficulty: And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, that sittest above the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

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


simplify: Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

And I will have your veils violently parted in two, and will make my people free from your hands, and they will no longer be in your power for you to go after them; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.


simplify: Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In this moreover have your fathers blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

For this cause, son of man, say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: In this your fathers have further put shame on my name by doing wrong against me.


simplify: And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour’s wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,

And has not taken flesh with the blood for food, or given worship to the images of the children of Israel; if he has not had connection with his neighbour's wife, or come near to a woman at the time when she is unclean;


simplify: And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.


simplify: And I heard the altar saying, Yea, O Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

And a voice came from the altar, saying, Even so, O Lord God, Ruler of all, true and full of righteousness is your judging.


simplify: the <FI>son<Fi> of David, the <FI>son<Fi> of Jesse, the <FI>son<Fi> of Obed, the <FI>son<Fi> of Booz, the <FI>son<Fi> of Salmon, the <FI>son<Fi> of Nahshon,


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

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


rate difficulty: that each of you know his own vessel to possess in sanctification and honour,

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


rate difficulty: And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

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


simplify: And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.

And when he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into Macedonia, for it seemed certain to us that God had sent us to give the good news to them.


simplify: Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all things be accomplished.

Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all things are complete.


rate difficulty: Give my love to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them.

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


rate difficulty: Ye shall offer them besides the continual burnt-offering, and its oblation (without blemish shall they be unto you), and their drink-offerings.

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


simplify: The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.

The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Shoham and Zaccur and Ibri.


rate difficulty: Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.

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


rate difficulty: For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: this we also pray for, even your perfecting.


rate difficulty: But thou hast been thoroughly acquainted with my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, endurance,

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


simplify: All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.

All you peoples of the world, and you who are living on the earth, when a flag is lifted up on the mountains, give attention; and when the horn is sounded, give ear.


simplify: And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

And they came to Beth-saida. And they took a blind man to him, requesting him to put his hands on him.


simplify: And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

And the Lord will take away from you all disease, and will not put on you any of the evil diseases of Egypt which you have seen, but will put them on your haters.


rate difficulty: Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,

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


simplify: And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself.

And Aaron is to give the ox of the sin-offering for himself and take away sin from himself and his house, and put to death the ox of the sin-offering which is for himself.


simplify: Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, Who will go down with me to the tents of Saul? And Abishai said, I will go down with you.


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

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


simplify: for he shall be delivered up to the nations, and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon,

For he will be given up to the Gentiles, mocked, insulted and spat on;


simplify: I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.

And I will make them come back out of the land of Egypt, and will get them together out of Assyria; and I will take them into the land of Gilead, and it will not be wide enough for them.


rate difficulty: And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds asunder.

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


rate difficulty: And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

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


simplify: And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life.

And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.


simplify: Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:

Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:


rate difficulty: then shall they present with the bullock as oblation three tenth parts of fine flour mingled with half a hin of oil;

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


rate difficulty: For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

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


simplify: at the east three gates, at the north three gates, at the south three gates, at the west three gates;

‘There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.’


rate difficulty: And this was done three times, and they were all taken up again into heaven.

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


rate difficulty: the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,

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


simplify: Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:

Give ear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord:


simplify: and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace-offerings twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he-goats sixty, the he-lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.

And all the oxen for the peace-offerings, twenty-four oxen, the male sheep sixty, and the he-goats sixty, the he-lambs of the first year sixty. This was given for the altar after the holy oil was put on it.


simplify: And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.

And he made the veil of blue and purple and red, of the best linen, worked with winged ones.


simplify: For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.

For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.


rate difficulty: And thy bondmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other and slew him.

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


rate difficulty: And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.


simplify: And these things, brethren, I did transfer to myself and to Apollos because of you, that in us ye may learn not to think above that which hath been written, that ye may not be puffed up one for one against the other,

All this, friends, I have, for your sakes, applied to Apollos and myself, so that, from our example, you may learn to observe the precept — ‘Keep to what is written,’ that none of you may speak boastfully of one teacher to the disparagement of another.


simplify: And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.

And Abraham took another wife named Keturah.


rate difficulty: And it will come about that everyone who is still living, of all those nations who came against Jerusalem, will go up from year to year to give worship to the King, the Lord of armies, and to keep the feast of tents.

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


simplify: And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

And two other gold rings were put on the front of the ephod, over the arm-holes, at the join, and over the worked band.


simplify: And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

Now Pharaoh's daughter came down to the Nile to take a bath, while her women were walking by the riverside; and she saw the basket among the river-plants, and sent her servant-girl to get it.


rate difficulty: The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, for we have sinned!

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


rate difficulty: With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.


rate difficulty: And he saith to them, `Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save, or to kill?' but they were silent.


rate difficulty: And He giveth unto Moses, when He finisheth speaking with him in mount Sinai, two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written by the finger of God.

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


rate difficulty: Then the Lord put out his hand, touching my mouth; and the Lord said to me, See, I have put my words in your mouth:


rate difficulty: And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, `Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;'

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


simplify: And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.

To see if Simon, named Peter, was living there.


simplify: Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price.


simplify: And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

And Arpachshad was thirty-five years old when he became the father of Shelah:


simplify: And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.

And the dead man got up, and words came from his lips. And he gave him to his mother.


rate difficulty: Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

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


simplify: He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

Men were cruel to him, but he was gentle and quiet; as a lamb taken to its death, and as a sheep before those who take her wool makes no sound, so he said not a word.


simplify: And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil–merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

And in the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin, king of Judah, had been taken prisoner, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the first year of his rule, took Jehoiachin, king of Judah, out of prison;


simplify: Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

Therefore concentrate your minds, with the strictest self-control, and fix your hopes on the blessing that is coming for you at the appearing of Jesus Christ.


simplify: Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

So they got up and went in flight, in the half light, without their tents or their horses or their asses or any of their goods; they went in flight, fearing for their lives.


rate difficulty: And lo, I have stretched out My hand against thee, And I diminish thy portion, And give thee to the desire of those hating thee, The daughters of the Philistines, Who are ashamed of thy wicked way.

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


simplify: And they that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, every male from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.

Of these, twenty-three thousand males, from one month old and over, were numbered: they were not numbered with the rest of the children of Israel, for they had no heritage among the children of Israel.


simplify: seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them;

Does it seem only a small thing to you that the God of Israel has made you separate from the rest of Israel, letting you come near himself to do the work of the House of the Lord, and to take your place before the people to do what has to be done for them;


simplify: Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

At the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be out of the seven, all of them having been married to her?”


simplify: And herein I give my judgment: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to make a beginning a year ago, not only to do, but also to will.

And in this I give my opinion: for it is to your profit, who were the first to make a start a year before, not only to do this, but to make clear that your minds were more than ready to do it.


rate difficulty: And they went up and put up their tents in Kiriath-jearim in Judah: so that place is named Mahaneh-dan to this day. It is to the west of Kiriath-jearim.


rate difficulty: and the priest shall take a handful of the meal-offering, as the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water.

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


rate difficulty: Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, whom ye are afraid of; be not afraid of him--an affirmation of Jehovah--for with you <FI>am<Fi> I, to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

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


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

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


simplify: When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

If Pharaoh says to you, Let me see a wonder: then say to Aaron, Take your rod and put it down on the earth before Pharaoh so that it may become a snake.


rate difficulty: The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

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


simplify: and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

And Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their grass-lands; nine towns from those two tribes.


rate difficulty: As a hired servant shall he be with him year by year; [his master] shall not rule with rigour over him before thine eyes.


rate difficulty: and the king sendeth with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and they cause him to ride on the king's mule,

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


rate difficulty: Sennacherib, king of Assyria, says, In what are you placing your hope, waiting here in the walled town of Jerusalem?

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


simplify: And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

They then sang a hymn, and went out to the Mount of Olives.


rate difficulty: So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the Lord.

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


simplify: And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.

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


rate difficulty: For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses speaketh unto the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, `This <FI>is<Fi> the thing which Jehovah hath commanded:

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


simplify: So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

So the word of the Lord was increased very greatly and was full of power.


rate difficulty: And the chief priests and the chief men of the Jews made statements against Paul,

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


simplify: Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.

And she made the memory of the loose ways of her early years come back to mind, when her young breasts were crushed by the Egyptians.


simplify: And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails.

So Samson went and got three hundred foxes and some sticks of fire-wood; and he put the foxes tail to tail with a stick between every two tails;


simplify: let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.

Let women keep quiet in the churches: for it is not right for them to be talking; but let them be under control, as it says in the law.


rate difficulty: And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.

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


rate difficulty: Where their worm is ever living and the fire is not put out.

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


rate difficulty: I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.

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


simplify: And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

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


simplify: Why criest thou for thy hurt? thy pain is incurable: for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

Why are you crying for help because of your wound? for your pain may never be taken away: because your evil-doing was so great and because your sins were increased, I have done these things to you.


simplify: Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!

Sorrow to those who are resting in comfort in Zion, and to those who have no fear of danger in the mountain of Samaria, the noted men of the chief of the nations, to whom the people of Israel come!


rate difficulty: Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

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


simplify: The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.

The Lord has given up to destruction all the living-places of Jacob without pity; pulling down in his wrath the strong places of the daughter of Judah, stretching out on the earth the wounded, even her king and her rulers.


simplify: Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.


rate difficulty: What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?

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


simplify: and he said unto them, Ye yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to join himself or come unto one of another nation; and yet unto me hath God showed that I should not call any man common or unclean:

And he said to them, You yourselves have knowledge that it is against the law for a man who is a Jew to be in the company of one who is of another nation; but God has made it clear to me that no man may be named common or unclean:


rate difficulty: And having put him on one side, he made David their king, to whom he gave witness, saying, I have taken David, the son of Jesse, a man dear to my heart, who will do all my pleasure.

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


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

Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.


rate difficulty: And the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule;

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


rate difficulty: And this is the promise which he has promised us, life eternal.


simplify: In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

It is to be taken in one house; not a bit of the flesh is to be taken out of the house, and no bone of it may be broken.


rate difficulty: Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: From above He hath sent fire into my bone, And it subdueth it, He hath spread a net for my feet, He hath turned me backward, He hath made me desolate--all the day sick.

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


simplify: And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good tidings of the kingdom of God, and with him the twelve,

And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,


rate difficulty: And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of Jehovah's house, which looketh eastward; and behold, at the door of the gate were five and twenty men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

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


rate difficulty: came unto me, and standing by me said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And in that very hour I looked up on him.

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


simplify: And being moved with compassion, he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou made clean.

And being moved with pity, he put out his hand, and touching him said to him, It is my pleasure; be made clean.


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

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rate difficulty: then art thou acquitted from my oath, when thou comest unto my family, and if they give not <FI>one<Fi> to thee; then thou hast been acquitted from my oath.

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rate difficulty: Stand in the gate of Jehovah’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

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


simplify: Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

On six days work may be done; but the seventh day is a special day of rest, a time for worship; you may do no sort of work: it is a Sabbath to the Lord wherever you may be living.


simplify: Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;

Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;


simplify: And thou, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal:

And you, son of man, be a prophet against Gog, and say, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, O Gog, ruler of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal:


rate difficulty: And when the time had come, he took his seat, and the Apostles with him.

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


simplify: And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.

But you kept these things in the secret of your heart; I am certain this was in your thoughts:


rate difficulty: And he called ten servants of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said unto them, Trade ye herewith till I come.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one; and all the princes of the assembly came and told Moses.


simplify: Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.

Go up, you horses; go rushing on, you carriages of war; go out, you men of war: Cush and Put, gripping the body-cover, and the Ludim, with bent bows.


simplify: And he said to him, `Man, who set me a judge or a divider over you?'

But Jesus said to him: “Man, who made me a judge or an arbiter between you?”


rate difficulty: And Jonathan son of Saul riseth, and goeth unto David to the forest, and strengtheneth his hand in God,

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


simplify: And, take ye heed of men, for they will give you up to sanhedrims, and in their synagogues they will scourge you,

Be on your guard against others, for they will betray you to courts of law, and scourge you in their Synagogues;


rate difficulty: As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.


simplify: And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

Then Rachel said, God has been my judge, and has given ear to my voice, and has given me a son; so he was named Dan.


rate difficulty: And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

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


simplify: And he said unto them, Extort no more than that which is appointed you.

And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount.


simplify: This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

This is the third time that I am coming to you. From the mouth of two or three witnesses will every word be made certain.


rate difficulty: Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put a question to them, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And he went a little distance away from them and, falling on his knees in prayer, he said,


rate difficulty: And it was broken in that day; and so the poor of the flock that gave heed to me knew that it was the word of Jehovah.


simplify: And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

Now when the noise and the voices of the people came to the ears of Joshua, he said to Moses, There is a noise of war in the tents.


simplify: According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.

When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.


rate difficulty: And there came a man ofGod to Eli and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Did I plainly reveal myself to the house of thy father when they were in Egypt, in Pharaoh's house,

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


rate difficulty: When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

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


simplify: The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.

The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two.


simplify: Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.


simplify: If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;


simplify: to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:


simplify: So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.

The captain went with the lad to the commanding officer, and said: “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this lad to you, as he has something to tell you.”


rate difficulty: and the table and its utensils, and the pure lamp-stand and all its utensils, and the altar of incense;

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


simplify: And if thou offer a meal-offering of first-fruits unto Jehovah, thou shalt offer for the meal-offering of thy first-fruits grain in the ear parched with fire, bruised grain of the fresh ear.

And if you give a meal offering of first-fruits to the Lord, give, as your offering of first-fruits, new grain, made dry with fire, crushed new grain.


rate difficulty: And you have knowledge that he came to take away sin: and in him there is no sin.

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


simplify: For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

Because of this our hearts are feeble; for these things our eyes are dark;


simplify: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;


simplify: And he charged them much that no man should know this: and he commanded that something should be given her to eat.

And he gave them special orders that they were not to say anything of this; and he said that some food was to be given to her.


simplify: the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

children, always obey your parents; for that is pleasant to see in those who belong to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And the heaven and the earth and all things in them were complete.

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


simplify: For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

For I am not ashamed of the good news; it is the power of God which brings salvation to everyone who believes in Christ, to the Jew first, but also to the Greek.


rate difficulty: And the disciples went out and came into the town, and saw that it was as he had said: and they made ready the Passover.


simplify: Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou take the right hand, then I will go to the left.

Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.


simplify: and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,

And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its outskirts, and Mahanaim with its outskirts,


simplify: And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

And on the lines of cakes put clean sweet-smelling spices, for a sign on the bread, an offering made by fire to the Lord.


rate difficulty: and shall put thereon a covering of sealskin, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.

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


rate difficulty: men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Nerijah;

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


simplify: And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children.


simplify: they shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof: according to all the statute of the passover they shall keep it.

Nothing of it is to be kept till the morning, and no bone of it is to be broken: they are to keep it by the rules of the Passover.


rate difficulty: these with the Lamb shall make war, and the Lamb shall overcome them, because Lord of lords he is, and King of kings, and those with him are called, and choice, and stedfast.'

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


rate difficulty: Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

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


simplify: And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

And when Paul had put his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they had the power of talking in tongues, and acting like prophets.


simplify: The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.

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


rate difficulty: Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I am taken from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

And when they had come to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, Say what you would have me do for you before I am taken from you. And Elisha said, Be pleased to let a special measure of your spirit be on me.


simplify: and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,


rate difficulty: The Lord therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spake to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

And turning away from them, he was overcome with weeping; then he went on talking to them again and took Simeon and put chains on him before their eyes.


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

So then, let your hearts be changed and be turned to God, so that your sins may be completely taken away, and times of blessing may come from the Lord;


simplify: And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

And when Samuel was turning round to go away, Saul took the skirt of his robe in his hand, and the cloth came away.


simplify: Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God; and everyone who loves has received the new life from God and knows God.


simplify: And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death.


rate difficulty: You are our pride and our delight!

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


simplify: What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded

What follows from this? Why, that Israel as a nation failed to secure what it was seeking, while those whom God selected did secure it.


rate difficulty: Then, in my vision, I heard the voices of many angels around the throne, and of the Creatures, and of the councillors. In number they were ‘ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands,’

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


rate difficulty: I have loved you, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah, and I loved Jacob,

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


rate difficulty: And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

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


simplify: And these are the measures of the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth): the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about a span; and this shall be the base of the altar.

And these are the measures of the altar in cubits: (the cubit being a cubit and a hand's measure;) its hollow base is a cubit high and a cubit wide, and it has an overhanging edge as wide as a hand-stretch all round it:


simplify: But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.


rate difficulty: And thou didst commit fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and didst multiply thy whoredom to provoke me to anger.

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


rate difficulty: Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife.

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


rate difficulty: Him who is seated in power I will have cut off from Ashdod, and him in whose hand is the rod from Ashkelon; and my hand will be turned against Ekron, and the rest of the Philistines will come to destruction, says the Lord God.

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


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

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


simplify: Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

Lost to all sense of shame, they have abandoned themselves to licentiousness, in order to practice every kind of impurity without restraint.


simplify: And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.


simplify: Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.


rate difficulty: But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:

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


simplify: And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.

And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their goods from them, they saw beasts in great numbers, and wealth and clothing and things of value, more than they were able to take away; all this they took for themselves, and they were three days getting it away, there was so much.


rate difficulty: These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

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


simplify: The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.

The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.


simplify: `And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;

Everyone who listens to this teaching of mine and does not act on it may be compared to a foolish person, who built their house on the sand.


rate difficulty: And like a band of thieves waiting for a man, so are the priests watching secretly the way of those going quickly to Shechem, for they are working with an evil design.

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


simplify: Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.


simplify: Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Say to them, By my life, says the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the evil-doer; it is more pleasing to me if he is turned from his way and has life: be turned, be turned from your evil ways; why are you looking for death, O children of Israel?


simplify: And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?


rate difficulty: And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed the Baalim.


simplify: O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!


rate difficulty: My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

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


rate difficulty: Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

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


rate difficulty: And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

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


simplify: But when the people of the land shall come before Jehovah in the appointed feasts, he that entereth by the way of the north gate to worship shall go forth by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth straight before him.

But when the people of the land come before the Lord at the fixed feasts, he who comes in by the north doorway to give worship is to go out by the south doorway; and he who comes in by the south doorway is to go out by the north doorway: he is not to come back by the doorway through which he went in, but is to go straight before him.


rate difficulty: And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

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


rate difficulty: When they are sounded, all the people are to come together to you at the door of the Tent of meeting.


simplify: And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

He flung him into the bottomless pit and locked it, and set his seal on it; that he should not deceive the nations any more, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be let loose for a while.


simplify: He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

And from the town he took the unsexed servant who was over the men of war, and seven of the king's near friends who were in the town, and the scribe of the captain of the army, who was responsible for getting the people of the land together in military order, and sixty men of the people of the land who were in the town.


simplify: but he that denieth me in the presence of men shall be denied in the presence of the angels of God.

But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before the angels of God.


simplify: According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord:


simplify: For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

For I, myself, am a man under authority, having men under me; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.


rate difficulty: and called out and asked if the Simon, who was also known as Peter, was lodging there.


simplify: and in behalf of me, that to me may be given a word in the opening of my mouth, in freedom, to make known the secret of the good news,

And on my behalf also, so that when I begin to speak, words may be given me, so that I may fearlessly make known the inmost truth of the good news,


simplify: as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.


simplify: `Take therefore from him the talent, and give to him having the ten talents,

‘Therefore,’ he continued, ‘take away from him the one bag of gold, and give it to the one who has the ten bags.


simplify: And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

Being, however, unable to get him near to Jesus, owing to the crowd, they removed the roofing above Jesus; and, when they had made an opening, they let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.


rate difficulty: As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

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


simplify: Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

Have not we a right to take a wife with us, if she is a Christian, as the other apostles and the Master’s brothers and Cephas all do?


rate difficulty: And the man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand silver pieces in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take care, whoever it be [of you], of the young man Absalom.

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


rate difficulty: praying at all seasons, with all prayer and supplication in [the] Spirit, and watching unto this very thing with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints;

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


simplify: And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.

And now I will make her shame clear before the eyes of her lovers, and no one will take her out of my hand.


simplify: And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

‘Four hundred and forty gallons of oil,’ answered the man. ‘Here is your agreement,’ he said; ‘sit down at once and make it two hundred and twenty.’


rate difficulty: and desire earnestly the better gifts; and yet a far excelling way do I shew to you:

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.

And hearing it he went running out without his coat.


simplify: Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it: but whatsoever of thine is with thy brother thy hand shall release.

A man of another nation may be forced to make payment of his debt, but if your brother has anything of yours, let it go;


simplify: I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.


simplify: With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding.

Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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


rate difficulty: the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;


simplify: At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

At that time the Lord said to Joshua, Make yourself stone knives and give the children of Israel circumcision a second time.


rate difficulty: Now keep where you are and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes.

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


simplify: And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Jehovah said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.

Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.


rate difficulty: and he hath much work in cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty of valour, <FI>are<Fi> in Jerusalem.

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rate difficulty: God--who is giving vengeance to me, And bringing down peoples under me,


simplify: Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.


simplify: That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.


simplify: And Jehovah said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Jehovah appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.

And the Lord said, Truly, if Cain is put to death, seven lives will be taken for his. And the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one might put him to death.


simplify: For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more unto the king?

For all my father's family were only dead men before my lord the king: and still you put your servant among those whose place is at the king's table. What right then have I to say anything more to the king?


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

Then go in, and, shutting the door on yourself and your sons, put oil into all these vessels, putting on one side the full ones.


rate difficulty: And this shall be the sign unto thee: ye shall eat this year that which groweth of itself, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

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simplify: and I will give to him the morning star.


rate difficulty: For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there arise relief and deliverance to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall perish. And who knows whether thou art [not] come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

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rate difficulty: So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

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simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

And the Lord said to Moses, See I have made you a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother will be your prophet.


simplify: And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;

And when you get there, go in search of Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi; and go in and make him get up from among his brothers, and take him to an inner room.


rate difficulty: But whensoever raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.

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simplify: and he shall offer it before Jehovah, and make atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. This is the law for her that beareth, whether a male or a female.

And the priest is to make an offering of it before the Lord and take away her sin, and she will be made clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for a woman who gives birth to a male or a female.


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

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simplify: Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far from my people! for they are all untrue, a band of false men.


rate difficulty: Therefore, prophesy concerning the ground of Israel, And thou hast said to mountains, and to hills, To streams, and to valleys, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I, in My jealousy, and in My fury, I have spoken, Because the shame of nations ye have borne.

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rate difficulty: And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who taketh in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.

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simplify: Behold, I have receivedcommandmentto bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away.


simplify: On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

On that day the number of those who had been put to death in the town of Shushan was given to the king.


simplify: And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

As Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd, raising her voice, exclaimed: “Happy was the mother who bore you and nursed you!”


rate difficulty: Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremias the prophet, saying,

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rate difficulty: For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron: