rate difficulty: And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek unto Jehovah; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

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simplify: For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

For, if some newcomer is proclaiming a Jesus other than him whom we proclaimed, or if you are receiving a Spirit different from the Spirit which you received, or a good news different from that which you welcomed, then you are marvelously tolerant!


simplify: therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, I will give them, even this people, bitter plants for food and bitter water for drink.


simplify: There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

While you are living, all will give way before you: as I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not take away my help from you or give you up.


rate difficulty: And Samuel said unto the people, It is Jehovah that appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

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simplify: And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.

And it came about, on another Sabbath, that he went into the Synagogue and was teaching there. And a man was there whose right hand was dead.


simplify: They that builded the wall and they that bare burdens laded themselves; every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his weapon;

Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part, everyone working with one hand, with his spear in the other;


simplify: And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.

“Master,” Peter exclaimed, “if it is you, tell me to come to you on the water.”


rate difficulty: An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

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


simplify: Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,

O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you,


simplify: And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.

So that Moses was not able to go into the Tent of meeting, because the cloud was resting on it, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord.


simplify: desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm.

Desiring to be teachers of the law, though they have no knowledge of what they say or of the statements which they make so certainly.


simplify: And I heard a great voice out of the sanctuary saying to the seven messengers, `Go away, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God to the earth;'

Then I heard a loud voice, which came from the Temple, saying to the seven angels — ‘Go and empty the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth.’


rate difficulty: And Jehovah sent thee on a way and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.


rate difficulty: And he took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of Jehovah, and came by the way of the gate of the guard unto the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

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


rate difficulty: But you, Timothy, must always be temperate. Face hardships; do the work of a missionary; discharge all the duties of your office.

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


rate difficulty: Remember His wonders that He did, His signs, and the judgments of His mouth,


rate difficulty: For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

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


rate difficulty: `And if the leprosy break out greatly in the skin, and the leprosy hath covered all the skin of <FI>him who hath<Fi> the plague, from his head even unto his feet, to all that appeareth to the eyes of the priest,

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


simplify: And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

And every day Mordecai took his walk before the square of the women's house, to see how Esther was and what would be done to her.


simplify: Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.

And the sin of these young men was very great before the Lord; for they gave no honour to the Lord's offerings.


simplify: For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:

For I will send punishment on those who are living in the land of Egypt, as I have sent punishment on Jerusalem, by the sword and by need of food and by disease:


rate difficulty: and Hazar-Gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-Palet,

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simplify: And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.

Now when Jehu was effecting the punishment of the family of Ahab, he came to the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's brothers, the servants of Ahaziah, and put them to death.


simplify: Against an elder receive not an accusation, except at the mouth of two or three witnesses.

Do not take as true any statement made against one in authority, but only if two or three give witness to it.


rate difficulty: and the priest looketh, and behold, the leprosy covereth all his flesh, he shall pronounce [him] clean [that hath] the sore; it is all turned white; he is clean.

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


rate difficulty: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.

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


simplify: Let all things be done decently and in order.

Let everything be done in a proper and orderly manner.


rate difficulty: And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.


simplify: And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.


simplify: For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

For the poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.


simplify: Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake, and for the gospel’s sake,

Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, because of me and the good news,


simplify: And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.

And he took up arms against King Nebuchadnezzar, though he had made him take an oath by God; but he made his neck stiff and his heart hard, turning away from the Lord, the God of Israel.


simplify: And God spake unto Noah, saying,


simplify: And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, `Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten <FI>is<Fi> of the Holy Spirit,

He had been thinking this over, when an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream.   “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary for your wife, for her child has been conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit.


simplify: And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,

The farthest towns of the tribe of Judah in the direction of the limits of Edom to the south, were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur;


simplify: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;


simplify: And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

And Mattaniah, the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who had to give the first note of the song of praise in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers, and Abda, the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.


simplify: But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life.


rate difficulty: Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

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


simplify: And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.

Her parents were amazed, but Jesus impressed on them that they were not to tell anyone what had happened.


rate difficulty: I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.


simplify: Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of the land.

Then the king of Assyria gave orders, saying, Send there one of the priests whom you took away, and let him be living there and teaching the people the way of the god of the land.


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Now the rest of the acts which Omri did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?


simplify: I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

I took note and gave ear, but no one said what is right: no man had regret for his evil-doing, saying, What have I done? everyone goes off on his way like a horse rushing to the fight.


simplify: Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hephzi–bah.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king; for fifty-five years he was ruling in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hephzi-bah.


simplify: And on the following night, the Lord having stood by him, said, `Take courage, Paul, for as thou didst fully testify the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so it behoveth thee also at Rome to testify.'

That night the Lord came and stood by Paul, and said: “Courage! You have borne witness for me in Jerusalem and you must bear witness in Rome also.”


simplify: And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him,

But they had no sooner left her than the people, recognizing Jesus,


rate difficulty: He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

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rate difficulty: For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

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


simplify: Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

You have been fearing the sword, and I will send the sword on you, says the Lord.


simplify: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.


simplify: Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

Small profit have you had from those who, from your earliest days, got great profit out of you; they have gone in flight, every one straight before him, and you have no saviour.


simplify: A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.


simplify: and lo, a spirit doth take him, and suddenly he doth cry out, and it teareth him, with foaming, and it hardly departeth from him, bruising him,

all at once a spirit will seize him, suddenly shriek out, and throw him into convulsions until he foams, and will leave him only when he is utterly exhausted.


simplify: This testimony is true. For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

This witness is true. So say sharp words to them so that they may come to the right faith,


rate difficulty: Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? yea, it shall rise up wholly like the River; and it shall be troubled and sink again, like the River of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.

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


simplify: Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:


simplify: Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?

You have made the Lord tired with your words. And still you say, How have we made him tired? By your saying, Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and he has delight in them; or, Where is God the judge?


simplify: And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand.

And the Lord gave them peace on every side, as he had said to their fathers: all those who were against them gave way before them, for the Lord gave them all up into their hands.


simplify: And thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

Then keep the orders of the Lord your God, fearing him and walking in his ways.


simplify: Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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


rate difficulty: Jehovah was [purposed] to save me. — And we will play upon my stringed instruments all the days of our life, in the house of Jehovah.


simplify: All they shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?

They all make answer and say to you, Have you become feeble like us? have you been made even as we are?


simplify: Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord.

You are to keep all my rules and my decisions and do them: I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,


simplify: And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

And this stone which I have put up for a pillar will be God's house: and of all you give me, I will give a tenth part to you.


rate difficulty: `Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;

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rate difficulty: And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And he called her, and she stood before him.

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


rate difficulty: Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.

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


simplify: So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead.


simplify: for it was said to me by the word of Jehovah, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

For the Lord said to me, You are not to take food or water there, or go back again by the way you came.


simplify: And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated, whosoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth, and of his brethren.

And everything Samuel the prophet and Saul, the son of Kish, and Abner, the son of Ner, and Joab, the son of Zeruiah, had made holy; whatever anyone had given, it was under the care of Shelomoth and his brothers.


simplify: And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

So has the Lord said: In Ramah there is a sound of crying, weeping and bitter sorrow; Rachel weeping for her children; she will not be comforted for their loss.


simplify: Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love.

Make me strong with wine-cakes, let me be comforted with apples; I am overcome with love.


rate difficulty: But they were filled with madness, and they spoke together among themselves what they should do to Jesus.

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


simplify: And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

And took his oath by him who is living for ever and ever, who made the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there would be no more waiting:


simplify: Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

As these are undeniable facts, you ought to keep calm and do nothing rash;


rate difficulty: Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith Jehovah.

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simplify: And the robbers also that were crucified with him cast upon him the same reproach.

And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.


rate difficulty: AndGod said to him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called his name Israel.

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


rate difficulty: That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

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


simplify: And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

Some of the people were bringing even their babies to Jesus, for him to touch them; but, when the disciples saw it, they began to find fault with those who had brought them.


simplify: And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.


simplify: And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,

and Jesus, knowing of the discussion that was occupying their thoughts, took hold of a little child, and placed it beside him,


simplify: And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.

And all the people went away, every man to his house; and David went back to give a blessing to his family.


rate difficulty: Then Jeremiah the prophet said all these things to Zedekiah, king of Judah, in Jerusalem,


rate difficulty: And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: and they shall walk in mine ordinances, and keep my statutes, and do them.

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


simplify: (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

(And a sword will go through your heart;) so that the secret thoughts of men may come to light.


rate difficulty: and their dwelling is from Mesha, <FI>in<Fi> thy coming towards Sephar, a mount of the east.

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


rate difficulty: When the priests enter in, they shall not go forth from the sanctuary into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister, for they are holy; and they shall put on other garments, and shall approach to that which is for the people.

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


rate difficulty: Seeing then that these things cannot be gainsaid, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.


simplify: But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

But I will make them responsible for the care of the house and all its work and everything which is done in it.


simplify: I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, let not love be moved till it is ready.


rate difficulty: If so be they hearken, and turn back each from his evil way, then I have repented concerning the evil that I am thinking of doing to them, because of the evil of their doings.

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


simplify: And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.


simplify: And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?

And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller?


simplify: And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight: I am no more worthy to be called thy son.

And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.


simplify: In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,


simplify: And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:

Ezri, the son of Chelub, had authority over the field-workers and farmers;


simplify: And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.

And brass was used for all the vessels of the altar, the baskets and the spades, the basins and the meat-hooks and the fire-trays; all the vessels he made of brass


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

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


rate difficulty: These sought their genealogical register, but it was not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.

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


rate difficulty: But the people of that place, recognizing Jesus, sent out to the whole country around, and brought to him all who were ill,

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


simplify: And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

And the gold body-covers of the servants of Hadadezer, David took to Jerusalem.


simplify: When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

At whose request do you come before me, making my house unclean with your feet?


simplify: And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus.


rate difficulty: They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;

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


rate difficulty: and the ass seeth the messenger of Jehovah standing in the way, and his drawn sword in his hand, and the ass turneth aside out of the way, and goeth into a field, and Balaam smiteth the ass to turn it aside into the way.

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


simplify: A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.


rate difficulty: Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.

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


rate difficulty: Hand for hand! an evil [man] shall not be held innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

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


simplify: for if the casting away of them <FI>is<Fi> a reconciliation of the world, what the reception--if not life out of the dead?

For, if their being cast aside has meant the reconciliation of the world, what will their reception mean, but life from the dead?


simplify: But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the Lord shall forgive her.

But if her husband, on hearing of it, made them without force or effect, then whatever she has said about her oaths or her undertaking has no force: her husband has made them without effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.


simplify: Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:


simplify: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

Was not the Christ bound to undergo this suffering before entering into his glory?”


simplify: And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

and they may yet come to a sober mind, and escape from the devil's net, when captured by the Lord’s servant to do the will of God.


rate difficulty: `He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me, doth scatter.

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


simplify: But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that is toward Christ.

But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.


rate difficulty: neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

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


rate difficulty: sons of Delaiah, sons of Tobiah, sons of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.


rate difficulty: but if ye [are] of Christ, then ye are Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.

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


simplify: And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.

And the nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory: and you will have a new name, given by the mouth of the Lord.


rate difficulty: The Lord God is my strength, and he makes my feet like roes' feet, guiding me on my high places. For the chief music-maker on corded instruments.

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


simplify: My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

All the Jews have knowledge of my way of life from my early years, as it was from the start among my nation, and at Jerusalem;


rate difficulty: but whosoever shall speak injuriously against the Holy Spirit, to eternity has no forgiveness; but lies under the guilt of an everlasting sin;

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


rate difficulty: and it cometh to pass, when he hath come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king saith to him, `Why didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth?'

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


rate difficulty: Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he take thy life, that all the Jews that are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?

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


rate difficulty: And she revealeth her whoredoms, And she revealeth her nakedness, And alienated is My soul from off her, As alienated was My soul from off her sister.

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


simplify: We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.


simplify: For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices:

For I said nothing to your fathers, and gave them no orders, on the day when I took them out of Egypt, about burned offerings or offerings of beasts:


rate difficulty: Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to Jerusalem to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions; and with her came a very great train, and camels weighted down with spices, and great stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

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


simplify: And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

Rehoboam made Abijah, the son of Maacah, chief and ruler among his brothers, for it was his purpose to make him king.


rate difficulty: Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; Buta woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

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


rate difficulty: Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.


rate difficulty: Jehovah hath turned back on thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned, and Jehovah doth give the kingdom in to the hand of Absalom thy son; and lo, thou <FI>art<Fi>  in thine evil, for a man of blood thou <FI>art<Fi> .'

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

So now give ear to this, you who are troubled and overcome, but not with wine:


rate difficulty: Through wisdom is a house builded; And by understanding it is established;


rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little: that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

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


rate difficulty: Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

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


simplify: And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.

And over them they are to put a red cloth, covering it with a leather cover, and putting its rods in their places.


simplify: Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:

Son of man, say as a prophet, These are the words of the Lord: Say, A sword, a sword which has been made sharp and polished:


simplify: Also when a woman voweth a vow unto Jehovah, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father’s house, in her youth,

If a woman, being young and under the authority of her father, takes an oath to the Lord or gives an undertaking;


rate difficulty: And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

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


simplify: and when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, vex them not, nor contend with them; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.

And when you come near the land of the children of Ammon, give them no cause of trouble and do not make war on them, for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon for your heritage: because I have given it to the children of Lot.


rate difficulty: The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?

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


rate difficulty: Then let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting; and after washing them with water,

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


simplify: And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

And he will put up a flag as a sign to the nations, and he will get together those of Israel who had been sent away, and the wandering ones of Judah, from the four ends of the earth.


simplify: The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

The fishermen will be sad, and all those who put fishing-lines into the Nile will be full of grief, and those whose nets are stretched out on the waters will have sorrow in their hearts.


simplify: And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

And the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of those who violently took their property, and into the hands of their haters all round them, so that they were forced to give way before them.


rate difficulty: And the city entereth into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,

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


simplify: And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.

And I will give the rain at the right time, and I will make the shower come down at the right time; there will be showers of blessing.


simplify: Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.


simplify: But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Jehovah, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.


rate difficulty: And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

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


simplify: Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

Now a new king came to power in Egypt, who had no knowledge of Joseph.


rate difficulty: Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

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


rate difficulty: Deep waters <FI>are<Fi> the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> a flowing brook.


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Say to the children of Israel, When you go over Jordan into the land of Canaan,


simplify: And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

And the Lord saw with disgust the evil-doing of his sons and daughters.


simplify: Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.

Give ear to my voice, you women who are living in comfort; give attention to my words, you daughters who have no fear of danger.


simplify: Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him.


rate difficulty: And in their flight before Israel, on the way down from Beth-horon, the Lord sent down great stones from heaven on them all the way to Azekah, causing their death: those whose death was caused by the stones were more than those whom the children of Israel put to death with the sword.

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


rate difficulty: And I have turned back <FI>to<Fi> the captivity of Moab, In the latter end of the days, An affirmation of Jehovah! Hitherto <FI>is<Fi> the judgment of Moab.


simplify: God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. The heavens were covered with his glory, and the earth was full of his praise.


rate difficulty: And in the time of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his friends, sent a letter to Artaxerxes, king of Persia, writing it in the Aramaean writing and language.

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


simplify: persecutions, sufferings; what things befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: and out of them all the Lord delivered me.

My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah strengtheneth the heart of Pharaoh, and he hath not been willing to send them away;


rate difficulty: And immediately the father of the young child crying out said [with tears], I believe, help mine unbelief.

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


simplify: And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

And by the third day let them be ready: for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai, before the eyes of all the people.


simplify: Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.


simplify: The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.

The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.


simplify: But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

But, on going out, that same servant came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. Seizing him by the throat, he said ‘Pay what you owe me.’


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

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


simplify: So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

So Michal let David down through the window, and he went in flight and got away.


simplify: And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all he did, and his wisdom, are they not recorded in the book of the acts of Solomon?


simplify: And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,

And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people living in the waste land;


simplify: But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

But the birds of the waste land will have their place there; it will be a heritage for the bittern and the raven: and it will be measured out with line and weight as a waste land.


rate difficulty: faithful <FI>is<Fi> God, through whom ye were called to the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

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


simplify: But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

And even if there is still a tenth part in it, it will again be burned, like a tree of the woods whose broken end is still in the earth after the tree has been cut down (the holy seed is the broken end).


rate difficulty: and the volume hath begun to go up from the city--a pillar of smoke--and Benjamin turneth behind, and lo, gone up hath the perfection of the city toward the heavens.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur.

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


simplify: Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.

Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light.


rate difficulty: “You will indeed drink my cup,” he said, “but as to a seat at my right and at my left — that is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

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


rate difficulty: And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

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


simplify: And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.

And they had him shut up, because they had no directions about what was to be done with him.


rate difficulty: My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: The thousand [silver-pieces] be to thee, Solomon; And to the keepers of its fruit, two hundred.

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


simplify: And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and hearken, O Israel: This day thou art become the people of Jehovah thy God.

Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, said to all Israel, Be quiet and give ear, O Israel; today you have become the people of the Lord your God.


simplify: Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

Her house is the way to the underworld, going down to the rooms of death.


rate difficulty: Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin-offering. At the place where the burnt-offering is slaughtered shall the sin-offering be slaughtered before Jehovah: it is most holy.

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


rate difficulty: And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them.

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


simplify: And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben–hadad.

And I will have a fire lighted on the wall of Damascus, burning up the great houses of Ben-hadad.


rate difficulty: But ye that forsake Jehovah, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for Fortune, and that fill up mingled wine unto Destiny;

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


rate difficulty: And the heart of the priest is glad, and he taketh the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and goeth into the midst of the people,

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


simplify: And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

And when morning came, the angels did all in their power to make Lot go, saying, Get up quickly and take your wife and your two daughters who are here, and go, for fear that you come to destruction in the punishment of the town.


rate difficulty: Catching sight of Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed to the ground before him,

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


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


simplify: Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

Therefore, as God’s people, consecrated and dear to him, clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindliness, humility, gentleness, forbearance;


rate difficulty: if so be their supplication doth fall before Jehovah, and they turn back each from his evil way, for great <FI>is<Fi> the anger and the fury that Jehovah hath spoken concerning this people.'

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


simplify: And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

And Ornan, turning back, saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him went to a secret place. Now Ornan was crushing his grain.


rate difficulty: the camels, four hundred and thirty-five; the asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

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


rate difficulty: At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

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


rate difficulty: And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came so doth he go away, and what profit hath he, in having laboured for the wind?


simplify: And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.

And there was a doorway to the inner square looking to the south: he took the measure from doorway to doorway to the south, a hundred cubits.


simplify: He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.

And the clothing, or the wool or linen material, or anything of leather in which is the disease, is to be burned: for the disease is biting into it; let it be burned in the fire.


rate difficulty: Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

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


rate difficulty: And thou, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades. For if the works of power which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it had remained until this day.

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


rate difficulty: And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, while his servants were besieging it.

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


simplify: for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known;

As yet we see, in a mirror, dimly, but then — face to face! As yet my knowledge is incomplete, but then I will know in full, as I have been fully known.


rate difficulty: having spoiled principalities and authorities, he made a show of them publicly, leading them in triumph by it.


simplify: to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.

To say no evil of any man, not to be fighters, to give way to others, to be gentle in behaviour to all men.


rate difficulty: And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.

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


rate difficulty: and the sons of those smiting <FI>him<Fi> he hath not put to death, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses that Jehovah commanded, saying, `Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers, but each for his own sin is put to death.'

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


rate difficulty: “How many loaves have you?”he asked. “Seven,” they answered.


rate difficulty: Because, till the law came, sin was in existence, but sin is not put to the account of anyone when there is no law to be broken.

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


rate difficulty: As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

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


rate difficulty: verily I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till that thou mayest pay the last farthing.

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


simplify: And when the dragon saw that he was cast forth to the earth, he pursued the woman who did bring forth the male,

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


simplify: And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

And Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma was the father of Boaz,


rate difficulty: He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.

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


simplify: one doth believe that he may eat all things--and he who is weak doth eat herbs;

One person’s faith permits of their eating food of all kinds, while another whose faith is weak eats only vegetable food.


rate difficulty: And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

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


simplify: And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: for the children of Israel went out with a high hand.

And the Lord made the heart of Pharaoh hard, and he went after the children of Israel: for the children of Israel had gone out without fear.


simplify: But if we may say, From men,' --they were fearing the people, for all were holding John that he was indeed a prophet;

Yet can we say ‘human’?” — They were afraid of the people, for everyone regarded John as undoubtedly a prophet.


simplify: This do: take you censers, Korah, and all his company;

So do this: let Korah and all his band take vessels for burning perfumes;


rate difficulty: Never have [men] heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor hath eye seen aGod beside thee, who acteth for him that waiteth for him.

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


simplify: Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

Take the curser outside the tent-circle; and let all in whose hearing the words were said put their hands on his head, and let him be stoned by all the people.


simplify: But the wise answered, saying, Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you: go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves.


simplify: And some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues;

In the church God has appointed, first, apostles, secondly preachers, thirdly teachers; then he has given supernatural powers, then power to cure diseases, aptness for helping others, capacity to govern, varieties of the gift of ‘tongues.’


rate difficulty: And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

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


simplify: Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

It was then that Paul made the reply: “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart like this? For my part, I am ready not only to be bound, but even to suffer death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”


simplify: their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.

The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands.


rate difficulty: If you say in your hearts, These nations are greater in number than we are: how are we to take their land from them?

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


simplify: All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.


simplify: And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.

And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father.


simplify: Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him shalt thou serve; and to him shalt thou cleave, and by his name shalt thou swear.

Let the fear of the Lord your God be before you, give him worship and be true to him at all times, taking your oaths in his name.


rate difficulty: and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

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


rate difficulty: that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

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


rate difficulty: and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases;


rate difficulty: And while it was drawing on to daylight, Paul exhorted them all to partake of food, saying, Ye have passed the fourteenth day watching in expectation without taking food.

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


rate difficulty: and now, Thou hast been pleased to bless the house of Thy servant, to be to the age before Thee; for Thou, O Jehovah, hast blessed, and it is blessed to the age.'

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


simplify: And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

Then Joseph said, Without God there will be no answer of peace for Pharaoh.


simplify: And in his speaking these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began fearfully to urge and to press him to speak about many things,

When Jesus left the house, the teachers of the law and the Pharisees began to press him hard and question him closely on many subjects,


rate difficulty: This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.

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


simplify: Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

To the Thessalonian church in union with God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, from Paul, Silas, and Timothy. May God bless you and give you peace.


simplify: and the Devil said to him, `To thee I will give all this authority, and their glory, because to me it hath been delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I do give it;

“I will give you all this power, and the splendor of them; for it has been given into my hands and I give it to whom I wish.


simplify: without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful:

Without knowledge, not true to their undertakings, unkind, having no mercy:


simplify: and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,

So they took soundings, and found twenty fathoms of water. After waiting a little, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.


simplify: and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in heaven: and then all the nations of the earth will have sorrow, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.


simplify: how then was it reckoned? he being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;

Under what circumstances, then, did this take place? After his circumcision or before it?


rate difficulty: And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

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


rate difficulty: This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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


simplify: How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who comes with good news, who gives word of peace, saying that salvation is near; who says to Zion, Your God is ruling!


simplify: Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,

Then Jesus said to his disciples: “If anyone wishes to walk in my steps, let him renounce self, and take up his cross, and follow me.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.

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


rate difficulty: And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not [a place] where I shall lay up my fruits.

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


simplify: And Gideon said, Therefore when Jehovah hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.

Then Gideon said, Because of this, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will have you stretched on a bed of thorns of the waste land and on sharp stems, and have you crushed as grain is crushed on a grain-floor.


rate difficulty: And they were exceedingly astonished, saying to one another, And who can be saved?


simplify: And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?


simplify: She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

And she said, We have a great store of dry grass and cattle-food, and there is room for you.


simplify: In that day shall the branch of Jehovah be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.

In that day will the young growth of the Lord be beautiful in glory, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride of those who are still living in Israel.


rate difficulty: The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.


simplify: for the crowd of the people was following after, crying, `Away with him.'

for the people were following in a mass, shouting out: “Kill him!”


simplify: Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot — the apostle who betrayed him.


rate difficulty: Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the Lord,

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


rate difficulty: And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

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


rate difficulty: If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

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


rate difficulty: Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

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


rate difficulty: Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and, lo, a basket of summer-fruit.

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


simplify: That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?

So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?


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

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.

This is what the Lord said to me: Go and get yourself a linen band and put it round you and do not put it in water.


rate difficulty: Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.

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


simplify: O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.

O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who give you up will be put to shame; those who go away from you will be cut off from the earth, because they have given up the Lord, the fountain of living waters.


simplify: So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.

So I gave the word as I was ordered: and at my words there was a shaking of the earth, and the bones came together, bone to bone.


simplify: Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.

And Solomon took his place on the seat of David his father, and his kingdom was made safe and strong.


simplify: Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table.

The rings are to be fixed under the frame to take the rods with which the table is to be lifted.


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

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


simplify: and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

And kept back part of the price, his wife having knowledge of it, and took the rest and put it at the feet of the Apostles.


rate difficulty: and that they should publish and proclaim through all their cities, and at Jerusalem, saying, Go forth to the mount, and fetch olive-branches, and wild olive-branches, and myrtle-branches, and palm-branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And the sons of Pallu: Eliab.

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


simplify: John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

From John, to the seven churches which are in Roman Asia. Blessing and peace be yours from him who is, and who was, and who will be, and from the seven spirits that are before his throne,


simplify: And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.

And Mephibosheth said, Let him take it all, now that my lord the king has come back to his house in peace!


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

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


simplify: And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:

And the captain of the armed men took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three door-keepers;


rate difficulty: And they said, An Egyptian came to our help against the keepers of sheep and got water for us and gave it to the flock.

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


simplify: But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

But the heart of this people is uncontrolled and turned away from me; they are broken loose and gone.


simplify: And Jehovah discomfited them before Israel, and he slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.

And the Lord made them full of fear before Israel, and they put great numbers of them to death at Gibeon, and went after them by the way going up to Beth-horon, driving them back to Azekah and Makkedah


rate difficulty: So that day the Lord gave Israel salvation from the hands of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea's edge.


simplify: And as he reasoned of righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, Go thy way for this time; and when I have a convenient season, I will call thee unto me.

And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.


rate difficulty: And Jacob cometh in to Luz which <FI>is<Fi> in the land of Canaan (it <FI>is<Fi> Bethel), he and all the people who <FI>are<Fi> with him,

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


rate difficulty: His food in his bowels is turned, The bitterness of asps <FI>is<Fi> in his heart.


simplify: If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:

If, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you come across the dead body of a man in the open country, and you have no idea who has put him to death:


rate difficulty: Shall that which is insipid be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?


simplify: for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evil-doer, or as an inspector into other men's matters;

I need hardly say that no one among you must suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a criminal, or for interfering in matters which do not concern Christians.


rate difficulty: And Aaron was a hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.


simplify: Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbor’s wife: and shall ye possess the land?

You put your faith in your swords, you do disgusting things, everyone takes his neighbour's wife: are you to have the land for your heritage?


simplify: And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,

And Meshobab and Jamlech and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,


simplify: but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.


simplify: And Jeremiah said, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came to me, saying,


simplify: And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

And it is no wonder; for even Satan himself is able to take the form of an angel of light.


simplify: and ye are in him made full, who is the head of all principality and authority,

and, by your union with him, you also are filled with it. He is the head of all archangels and powers of heaven.


simplify: From that time began Jesus to show unto his disciples, that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

From that time Jesus went on to make clear to his disciples how he would have to go up to Jerusalem, and undergo much at the hands of those in authority and the chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and the third day come again from the dead.


simplify: I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.

And the hearts of numbers of peoples will be troubled, when I send your prisoners among the nations, into a country which is strange to you.


simplify: But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.

But Peter vehemently protested: “Even if I must die with you, I will never disown you!” And they all said the same.


rate difficulty: And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.

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


rate difficulty: `And evening having come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the workmen, and pay them the reward, having begun from the last--unto the first.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

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


simplify: Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.


rate difficulty: I, even I, am the Lord; and there is no saviour but me.

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


simplify: He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.


simplify: And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:


rate difficulty: Sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. And these <FI>are<Fi> families of the Levite according to their fathers;

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


simplify: And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.

And Ephah, Caleb's servant-wife, had Haran and Moza and Gazez; and Haran was the father of Gazez.


rate difficulty: For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.

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


rate difficulty: and he saith unto Moses, `I, thy father-in-law, Jethro, am coming unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.'

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: If any of thine outcasts be in the uttermost parts of heaven, from thence will Jehovah thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:

Even if those who have been forced out are living in the farthest part of heaven, the Lord your God will go in search of you, and take you back;


rate difficulty: And it hath come to pass, in the latter end of the days, I turn back <FI>to<Fi> the captivity of Elam, An affirmation of Jehovah!'

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


simplify: It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.

It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.


simplify: And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

And he took me into the inner square of the Lord's house, and at the door of the Temple of the Lord, between the covered way and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs turned to the Temple of the Lord and their faces turned to the east; and they were worshipping the sun, turning to the east.


rate difficulty: the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them light hath shone.

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


rate difficulty: In those days and at that time, I will let a Branch of righteousness come up for David; and he will be a judge in righteousness in the land.


rate difficulty: For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

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


rate difficulty: And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.


rate difficulty: And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.


simplify: Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.


simplify: And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:

Then the priests, the sons of Levi, are to come near; for they have been marked out by the Lord your God to be his servants and to give blessings in the name of the Lord; and by their decision every argument and every blow is to be judged:


rate difficulty: `And yet for this I have caused thee to stand, so as to show thee My power, and for the sake of declaring My Name in all the earth;

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


simplify: Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right?


rate difficulty: So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

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


simplify: For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

For Moses says that the man who does the righteousness which is of the law will get life by it.


simplify: And they questioned him, saying, `Teacher, when, then, shall these things be? and what <FI>is<Fi> the sign when these things may be about to happen?'

So the disciples questioned Jesus: “But, teacher, when will this be? And what sign will there be when this is near?”


simplify: And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and came unto Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

And when they were near Jerusalem, and had come to Beth-phage, to the Mountain of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,


rate difficulty: Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

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


rate difficulty: Inasmuch as we have heard that some who went out from amongst us have troubled you by words, upsetting your souls, [saying that ye must be circumcised and keep the law]; to whom we gave no commandment;

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


rate difficulty: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

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


simplify: the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.

As well as the Arabah, with the river Jordan as their limit, from Chinnereth to the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah to the east.


rate difficulty: Wherefore I judge, not to trouble those who from the nations turn toGod;

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


simplify: Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

So Paul took his stand in the middle of the Court, and said — “People of Athens, on every hand I see signs of your being very devout.


rate difficulty: And Moses said to them, Stay, and I will hear what Jehovah commands concerning you.

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


rate difficulty: These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.


rate difficulty: Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch his wings toward the south?

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


rate difficulty: And lifting up his eyes, Abraham saw a sheep fixed by its horns in the brushwood: and Abraham took the sheep and made a burned offering of it in place of his son.

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


rate difficulty: their numbered ones, for the tribe of Benjamin, <FI>are<Fi> five and thirty thousand and four hundred.

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


rate difficulty: So her young men will be falling in her streets, and all the men of war will be cut off in that day, says the Lord of armies.


rate difficulty: But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.

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


rate difficulty: And [the] book of the prophet Esaias was given to him; and having unrolled the book he found the place where it was written,

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


simplify: And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

And they were very said, and said to him, one by one, Is it I, Lord?


rate difficulty: and the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land do hear, and have come round against us, and cut off our name out of the earth; and what dost Thou do for Thy great name?'

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


rate difficulty: Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.


rate difficulty: And they will be united in attacking the Philistines on the west, and together they will take the goods of the children of the east: their hand will be on Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon will be under their rule.


simplify: And his heart was lifted up in the ways of Jehovah: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.

His heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord; and he went so far as to take away the high places and the wood pillars out of Judah.


simplify: And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.

And Eli, hearing the noise and the cries, said, What is the reason of this outcry? And the man came quickly and gave the news to Eli.


rate difficulty: And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.

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


simplify: and certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph;

And certain of the priests' sons with wind instruments; Zechariah, the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,


simplify: Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.

And you will be certain that I am the Lord, when their dead men are stretched among their images round about their altars on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every branching tree, and under every thick oak-tree, the places where they made sweet smells to all their images.


rate difficulty: The servant who had received the five bags of gold came up and brought five bags more. ‘Sir,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold; look, I have made another five bags!’


rate difficulty: Thy father's blessings have been mighty Above the blessings of my progenitors, Unto the limit of the heights age-during They are for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the one Separate <FI>from<Fi> his brethren.

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


simplify: And they were pressing with loud voices asking him to be crucified, and their voices, and those of the chief priests, were prevailing,

But they persisted in loudly demanding his crucifixion; and their clamor gained the day.


simplify: But we became gentle in your midst, as a nurse may cherish her own children,

But we lived among you with the simplicity of a child; we were like a woman nursing her own children.


simplify: So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth–gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

When he came to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, are we to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And in answer he said, Go up, and it will go well for you; and the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.


rate difficulty: Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

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


simplify: Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name;


rate difficulty: And do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room;

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


simplify: But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order.


simplify: and in this I do exercise myself, to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.

This being so, I strive at all times to keep my conscience clear before both God and people.


rate difficulty: Who is like unto thee, Jehovah, among thegods? Who is like unto thee, glorifying thyself in holiness, Fearful [in] praises, doing wonders?

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


simplify: But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.


rate difficulty: For if you give a blessing with the spirit, how will the man who has no knowledge say, So be it, after your prayer, seeing that he has not taken in what you are saying?

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


rate difficulty: Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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


simplify: Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Not one will come into the land which I gave my word you would have for your resting-place, but only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun.


simplify: I rose up to open to my beloved; And my hands dropped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, Upon the handles of the bolt.

I got up to let my loved one in; and my hands were dropping with myrrh, and my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the lock of the door.


rate difficulty: And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.

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


simplify: And the priest shall offer the sin-offering, and make atonement for him that is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness: and afterward he shall kill the burnt-offering;

And the priest will give the sin-offering, and take away the sin of him who is to be made clean from his unclean condition; and after that he will put the burned offering to death.


simplify: and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river; and the border passed along to the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel;

Then the line goes up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so to the north, in the direction of Gilgal, which is opposite the slope up to Adummim, on the south side of the river: and the line goes on to the waters of En-shemesh, ending at En-rogel:


simplify: And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

And looking on the Kenites he went on with his story and said, Strong is your living-place, and your secret place is safe in the rock.


rate difficulty: Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste,

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


simplify: But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

It is always honorable to have your favor sought in an honorable cause, and not only when I am with you, my dear children —


rate difficulty: And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.


simplify: Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

But still she went on the more with her loose behaviour, keeping in mind the early days when she had been a loose woman in the land of Egypt.


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land;

Then the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear and do not be troubled: take with you all the fighting-men and go up against Ai: for I have given into your hands the king of Ai and his people and his town and his land:


simplify: And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped him;

And when he saw Jesus from far off, he went quickly to him and gave him worship;