simplify: For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

For I have a fear that, when I come, you may not be answering to my desire, and that I may not be answering to yours; that there may be fighting, hate, angry feeling, divisions, evil talk about others, secrets, thoughts of pride, outbursts against authority;


rate difficulty: Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

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


simplify: And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

And with every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you.


simplify: and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.

I am no longer fit to be called your son; make me one of your hired servants.”’


rate difficulty: And when my glory goes by, I will put you in a hole in the rock, covering you with my hand till I have gone past:

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


simplify: That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.

You are to take a part of the first-fruits of the earth, which you get from the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket, and go to the place marked out by the Lord your God, as the resting-place of his name.


simplify: For he was commanding the unclean spirit to come out from the man. For oftentimes it had seized him: and he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters; and breaking the bands asunder, he was driven of the demon into the deserts.

For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.


rate difficulty: And Zerubbabel saith to them, also Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of the fathers of Israel, `Not for you, and for us, to build a house to our God; but we ourselves together do build to Jehovah God of Israel, as the king Cyrus, king of Persia, commanded us.'

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


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.


simplify: And if any man desireth to hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth and devoureth their enemies; and if any man shall desire to hurt them, in this manner must he be killed.

And if any man would do them damage, fire comes out of their mouth and puts an end to those who are working against them: and if any man has a desire to do them damage, in this way will he be put to death.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

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


rate difficulty: The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And a river went out of Eden giving water to the garden; and from there it was parted and became four streams.

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


simplify: And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.

And on the day after, the Lord did as he had said, causing the death of all the cattle of Egypt, but there was no loss of any of the cattle of Israel.


rate difficulty: And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them?

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


simplify: and Aaron spake all the words which Jehovah had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

And Aaron said to them all the words the Lord had said to Moses, and did the signs before all the people.


simplify: And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:

If there are red or green marks on the clothing, or on the leather, or in the threads of the cloth, or in anything made of skin, it is the leper's disease: let the priest see it.


simplify: And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.


simplify: And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

And Solomon was ruler over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the edge of Egypt; men gave him offerings and were his servants all the days of his life.


simplify: for all, out of their abundance, put in, but she, out of her want, all that she had put in--all her living.'

for everyone else put in something from what he had to spare, while she, in her need, put in all she had — everything that she had to live on.”


simplify: And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

And yet, my friends, I know that you acted as you did from ignorance, and your rulers also.


simplify: Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

So the Jews of the country places living in unwalled towns make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of feasting and joy and a good day, a day for sending offerings one to another.


rate difficulty: For this is [the] will ofGod, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;

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


simplify: For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men?


simplify: Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your snare.

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


simplify: It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.


simplify: And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

Then he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and put his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, to death on the same stone; however, Jotham, the youngest, kept himself safe by going away to a secret place.


simplify: Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.

So I say, Give ear to me, and I will put forward my knowledge.


simplify: for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.

For of this you may be sure — that no one who is unchaste or impure or greedy of gain (for to be greedy of gain is idolatry) has any place awaiting him in the kingdom of the Christ and God.


rate difficulty: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because thou hast hearkened to my voice.

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


rate difficulty: And Jonathan said unto David, Jehovah, the God of Israel, be witness: when I have sounded my father about this time to-morrow, or the third day, behold, if there be good toward David, shall I not then send unto thee, and disclose it unto thee?

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


rate difficulty: And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved as a seal, every one according to his name, for the twelve tribes.

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


simplify: Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?

If you bless God with your spirit only, how can people in the congregation who are without your gift say ‘Amen’ to your thanksgiving? They do not know what you are saying!


simplify: For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

It was by this that the holy women of old, who rested their hopes on God, adorned themselves; submitting to their husbands,


rate difficulty: For unclean spirits came out from those who had them, crying with a loud voice; and a number of those who were ill and broken in body were made well.

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


simplify: So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

So death overtook Saul and his three sons and his servant on the same day.


simplify: And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.


simplify: Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?

Am I only a God who is near, says the Lord, and not a God at a distance?


simplify: When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

At the sound of his voice there is a massing of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain, and sends out the wind from his store-houses.


simplify: But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but when they were long in expectation and beheld nothing amiss come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

But they had the idea that they would see him becoming ill, or suddenly falling down dead; but after waiting a long time, and seeing that no damage came to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god.


simplify: Else if ye do at all go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you;

For if you go back, joining yourselves to the rest of these nations who are still among you, getting married to them and living with them and they with you:


simplify: Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

Then Joseph said to the people, I have made you and your land this day the property of Pharaoh; here is seed for you to put in your fields.


rate difficulty: And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

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


rate difficulty: And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

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


rate difficulty: but bind burdens heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger.

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


simplify: Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of Jehovah, Eventhe righteous acts of his rule in Israel. Then the people of Jehovah went down to the gates.

Give ear to the women laughing by the water-springs; there they will give again the story of the upright acts of the Lord, all the upright acts of his arm in Israel.


rate difficulty: The copy of a letter that Tatnai, governor beyond the river, hath sent, and Shethar-Boznai and his companions, the Apharsachites who <FI>are<Fi> beyond the river, unto Darius the king.

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


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Jehovah that is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.

The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.

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


rate difficulty: And there they abode long time with the disciples.


rate difficulty: On the fifteenth day of this month there is to be a feast; for seven days let your food be unleavened cakes.


rate difficulty: And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue, then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.

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


rate difficulty: Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

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


simplify: Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

You know the commandments — ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not say what is false about others, Honor your father and your mother.’”


rate difficulty: that ye may judge of and approve the things that are more excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence for Christ's day,

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


rate difficulty: And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

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


simplify: And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David’s men with him, over Jordan?

Then the men of Israel came to the king and said, Why have our countrymen of Judah taken you away in secret and come over Jordan with the king and all his family, because all his people are David's men?


simplify: And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house.

From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will overcome all those who are against you; and I will make you great and the head of a line of kings.


rate difficulty: And I have planted them on their own ground, And they are not plucked up any more from off their own ground, That I have given to them, said Jehovah thy God!

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


simplify: And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:

And the children of Israel had done as Moses had said; and they got from the Egyptians ornaments of silver and of gold, and clothing:


rate difficulty: And Job spake, and said,

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


simplify: Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make <FI>them<Fi> members of an harlot? let it be not!

Do not you know that your bodies are Christ’s members? Am I, then, to take the members that belong to the Christ and make them the members of a prostitute? Heaven forbid!


rate difficulty: Heads of the people: Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,

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


rate difficulty: And played hath a suckling by the hole of an asp, And on the den of a cockatrice Hath the weaned one put his hand.

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


simplify: And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.

And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you made me come up, troubling my rest? And Saul in answer said, I am in great danger; for the Philistines are making war on me, and God has gone away from me and will no longer give me any answer, by the prophets or by dreams: so I have sent for you to make clear to me what I am to do.


rate difficulty: while any woman, who prays or preaches in public bare-headed, dishonors him who is her head; for that is to make herself like one of the shameless women who shave their heads.

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


simplify: And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.


simplify: Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.

Now it came about that, after hearing all the words, they said to one another in fear, We will certainly give the king an account of all these words.


simplify: And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah.

And it came about that after ten days the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.


simplify: who had his dwelling in the tombs: and no man could any more bind him, no, not with a chain;

He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;


simplify: For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

This we tell you on the authority of the Lord — that those of us who are still living at the coming of the Lord will not anticipate those who have passed to their rest.


simplify: And a voice came unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.

And the voice came to him a second time, What God has made clean, do not you make common.


rate difficulty: But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous beforeGod to listen to you rather than toGod, judge ye;

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


rate difficulty: Who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed?

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


rate difficulty: Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue <FI>is<Fi> deceitful in their mouth.

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


rate difficulty: And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;

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


simplify: And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spake no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and the children of Gad dwelt.

And the children of Israel were pleased about this; and they gave praise to God, and had no more thought of going to war against the children of Reuben and the children of Gad for the destruction of their land.


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.


simplify: And the cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim unto the fire that was between the cherubim, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed in linen, who took it and went out.

And stretching out his hand to the fire which was between the winged ones, he took some of it and went out.


simplify: Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

The underworld is moved at your coming: the shades of the dead are awake before you, even the strong ones of the earth; all the kings of the world have got up from their seats.


rate difficulty: though, indeed, without witness He did not leave himself, doing good--from heaven giving rains to us, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness;'

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


rate difficulty: The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the business of the house of God.

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


rate difficulty: And Nadab and Abihu were put to death before the Lord when they made an offering of strange fire before the Lord, in the waste land of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests before Aaron their father.

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


simplify: And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

And she went out and said to her mother, What is my request to be? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.


rate difficulty: and the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify him; and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.


simplify: And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.

And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the Gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules.


rate difficulty: And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

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


rate difficulty: And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehoram, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; and he was king for twelve years.

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


simplify: And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

And he took six hundred carriages, all the carriages of Egypt, and captains over all of them.


rate difficulty: And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him.


simplify: and he who is hating his brother, in the darkness he is, and in the darkness he doth walk, and he hath not known whither he doth go, because the darkness did blind his eyes.

while the person who hates others is in the darkness, and is living in the darkness, and does not know where they are going, because the darkness prevents them seeing.


rate difficulty: For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

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


simplify: And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and rid you of care.

And if this comes to the ruler's ears, we will see that he does not make you responsible.


rate difficulty: And behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, a progeny of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Jehovah toward Israel.

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


simplify: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,


simplify: and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call--us--

so as to make known his surpassing glory in dealing with the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared beforehand for glory,


simplify: And it came to pass, as he is praying alone, the disciples were with him, and he questioned them, saying, `Who do the multitudes say me to be?'

Afterwards, when Jesus was alone, praying, his disciples joined him, and he asked them this question — “Who do the people say that I am?”


rate difficulty: `And ye have separated the sons of Israel from their uncleanness, and they die not in their uncleanness, in their defiling My tabernacle which <FI>is<Fi> in their midst.

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


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:

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


rate difficulty: For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

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


simplify: Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who did also deliver him up.

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


rate difficulty: That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.


simplify: Lo, then, goodness and severity of God--upon those indeed who fell, severity; and upon thee, goodness, if thou mayest remain in the goodness, otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off.

See, then, both the goodness and the severity of God — his severity towards those who fell, and his goodness towards you, provided that you continue to confide in that goodness; otherwise you, also, will be cut off.


rate difficulty: Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:

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


rate difficulty: So she kept with the maidens of Boaz to glean, until the end of the barley-harvest and of the wheat-harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

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


simplify: And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

The building was started in the second month in the fourth year of his rule.


simplify: Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women),

Now every girl, when her turn came, had to go in to King Ahasuerus, after undergoing, for a space of twelve months, what was ordered by the law for the women (for this was the time necessary for making them clean, that is, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with sweet perfumes and such things as are needed for making women clean):


simplify: And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard:

In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.


simplify: That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:

She sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make sport of us; he came to my bed, and I gave a loud cry;


simplify: Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?

For this cause, son of man, be a prophet and say to Gog, These are the words of the Lord: In that day, when my people Israel are living without fear of danger, will you not be moved against them?


simplify: thence having gone round, we came to Rhegium, and after one day, a south wind having sprung up, the second <FI>day<Fi> we came to Puteoli;

and from there we worked to windward and so got to Rhegium. A day later a south wind sprang up and took us to Puteoli in two days.


rate difficulty: and they were not finding what they shall do, for all the people were hanging on him, hearing him.

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rate difficulty: therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.

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


simplify: Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.


simplify: When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image in the form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, to provoke him to anger;

If, when you have had children and children's children, and have been living a long time in the land, you are turned to evil ways, and make an image of any sort, and do evil in the eyes of the Lord your God, moving him to wrath:


simplify: And in the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high; and on the top of the base the stays thereof and the panels thereof were of the same.

And at the top of the base there was a round vessel, half a cubit high;


rate difficulty: And Benaiah cometh in unto the tent of Jehovah, and saith unto him, `Thus said the king, Come out;' and he saith, `Nay, but here I die.' And Benaiah bringeth back the king word, saying, `Thus spake Joab, yea, thus he answered me.'

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


rate difficulty: The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

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


rate difficulty: And the women said to Naomi, Blessed be Jehovah who hath not left thee this day without one that has the right of redemption, and may his name be famous in Israel!

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


simplify: Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

Law entails punishment; but, where no law exists, no breach of it is possible.


simplify: Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely thereon;

For this cause the Holy One of Israel says, Because you will not give ear to this word, and are looking for help in ways of deceit and evil, and are putting your hope in them:


simplify: And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.


simplify: He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

He makes safe the man who is free from sin, and if your hands are clean, salvation will be yours.


simplify: All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers.

Take care to keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may have life and be increased and go in and take as a heritage the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, undertook to give you.


rate difficulty: But, for this very reason, I have kept you from destruction, to make clear to you my power, and so that my name may be honoured through all the earth.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: Like a swallowora crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

Three days after our arrival, Paul invited the leading Jews to meet him; and, when they came, he said: “Brothers, although I had done nothing hostile to the interests of our nation or to our ancestral customs, yet I was sent from Jerusalem as a prisoner, and handed over to the Romans.


simplify: and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.

And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband.


rate difficulty: This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

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


simplify: And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.


simplify: The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God.

A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God.


rate difficulty: And she having been instigated by her mother--`Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist;

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


simplify: Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another.


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

Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth,


rate difficulty: So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.


simplify: And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.

And by his side the men of Jericho were building. And after them, Zaccur, the son of Imri.


simplify: For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:

But those parts of the body which are beautiful have no need of such care: and so the body has been joined together by God in such a way as to give more honour to those parts which had need of it;


simplify: And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits.

And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.


rate difficulty: `When a man taketh a new wife, he doth not go out into the host, and <FI>one<Fi> doth not pass over unto him for anything; free he is at his own house one year, and hath rejoiced his wife whom he hath taken.

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


rate difficulty: And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out. And they met together by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, these on the one side of the pool, and those on the other side of the pool.


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be put to shame;

For this cause says the Lord God, My servants will have food, but you will be in need of food: my servants will have drink, but you will be dry: my servants will have joy, but you will be shamed:


simplify: And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:


simplify: And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:

And on the seventh day seven oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark:


simplify: The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

... the son of Abinadab in all Naphath-dor; his wife was Taphath, the daughter of Solomon.


simplify: Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him,


simplify: Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy:

You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:


simplify: Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man--every one who is judging--for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging,

Therefore you have nothing to say in your own defense, whoever you are who set yourself up as a judge. In judging others you condemn yourself, for you who set yourself up as a judge do the very same things.


simplify: Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Fathers, never irritate your children, otherwise they might become disheartened.


simplify: And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.

There were ninety-six apples on the outside; the number of apples all round the network was a hundred.


rate difficulty: For see, the stone which I have put before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: see, the design cut on it will be my work, says the Lord of armies, and I will take away the sin of that land in one day.

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


rate difficulty: and the field of the city and its villages they have given to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession.

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


simplify: Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them?

Will not your creditors suddenly be moved against you, and your troublers get up from their sleep, and you will be to them like goods taken in war?


rate difficulty: And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,

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


rate difficulty: When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the Lord thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:

Even though I myself might have faith in the flesh: if any other man has reason to have faith in the flesh, I have more:


simplify: The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is of heaven.

The first man is from the earth, and of the earth: the second man is from heaven.


rate difficulty: And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, Knead quickly three seahs of wheaten flour, and make cakes.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.

And he said, I was watching for Satan, falling from heaven like a star.


simplify: For, if we have become planted together to the likeness of his death, <FI>so<Fi> also we shall be of the rising again;

If we have become united with him by the act symbolic of his death, surely we will also become united with him by the act symbolic of his resurrection.


rate difficulty: For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.


rate difficulty: and the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people did eat them with the blood.

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


simplify: and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.

And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat.


rate difficulty: Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.


simplify: And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.

But while your servant was turning this way and that, he was gone. Then the king of Israel said to him, You are responsible; you have given the decision against yourself.


simplify: And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;


simplify: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.


simplify: for if dead persons do not rise, neither hath Christ risen,

For, if the dead do not rise, then even Christ himself has not been raised,


simplify: And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.

And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.


simplify: The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.

The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two.


rate difficulty: and all the plain beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

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


simplify: And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured upon them from heaven; and she suffered neither the birds of the heavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

And Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, took haircloth, placing it on the rock as a bed for herself, from the start of the grain-cutting till rain came down on them from heaven; and she did not let the birds of the air come near them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.


rate difficulty: Let the things which are past come to your memory: for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like me;

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


simplify: The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The twelfth Hashabiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


simplify: delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,

since I am choosing you out from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: In the four and twentiethdayof the ninthmonth, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,


rate difficulty: There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebecca his wife; and there I buried Leah.

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


rate difficulty: Because the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; and they gave the Levites no part in the land, only towns for their living-places, with the grass-lands for their cattle and for their property.

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


simplify: And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.

“Are you the king of the Jews?” Pilate asked him. “It is true,”replied Jesus.


rate difficulty: To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,


simplify: And he answering said to them that--`To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,

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


rate difficulty: Him hasGod exalted by his right hand as leader and saviour, to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins.

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


simplify: And thou shalt behold the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.

And never again will there be an old man in your family.


simplify: because he had an only daughter about twelve years <FI>old<Fi> , and she was dying. And in his going away, the multitudes were thronging him,

because his only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying. As Jesus was going, the people were pressing closely around him.


rate difficulty: And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

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


rate difficulty: So, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one outcast who repents, than over ninety-nine religious people, who have no need to repent.

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


simplify: David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

Then David gave orders to all the chiefs of Israel to give their help to Solomon his son, saying,


simplify: For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

For we, by the help of the Spirit, are eagerly waiting for the fulfillment of our hope — that we may be pronounced righteous as the result of faith.


simplify: I will utterly consume them, saith Jehovah: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

I will put an end to them completely, says the Lord: there are no grapes on the vine and no figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf is dry.


rate difficulty: And their camels have been for a prey, And the multitude of their cattle for a spoil, And I have scattered them to every wind, Who cut off the corner <FI>of the beard<Fi> , And from all its passages I bring in their calamity, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

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


rate difficulty: And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

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


simplify: And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

So Jesus called them to him, and answered them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?


rate difficulty: for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to Tyre: shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

This is what the Lord has said to Tyre: Will not the sea-lands be shaking at the sound of your fall, when the wounded give cries of pain, when men are put to the sword in you?


rate difficulty: And there came against David one of the offspring of the Rephaim, whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, and having a new sword, he made an attempt to put David to death.

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


simplify: Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Jehovah.

Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord God.


simplify: Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.

With reference to the collection for Christ’s people, I want you to follow the instructions that I gave to the churches in Galatia.


rate difficulty: But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:

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


rate difficulty: The disciples were indignant at seeing this. “What is this waste for?” they exclaimed.

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


simplify: These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

These men are represented by ‘the two olive trees and the two lamps that stand before the Lord of the earth.’


simplify: It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness.

Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.


simplify: Destruction and misery are in their ways:


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face?

Then the Lord said to Joshua, Get up; what are you doing with your face to the earth?


rate difficulty: And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and would hold the passover to Jehovah, according to the rite of the passover, and according to the ordinance thereof, so shall he do. Ye shall have one rite, both for the stranger and for him that is born in the land.

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


rate difficulty: To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

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


rate difficulty: Then they gave us great honour, and, when we went away, they put into the ship whatever things we were in need of.

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


simplify: For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.


rate difficulty: But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

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


rate difficulty: And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:

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


simplify: And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.

And that he will make you high over all the nations he has made, in praise, in name, and in honour, and that you are to be a holy people to the Lord your God as he has said.


rate difficulty: But Jesus answered: “Go and say to that fox ‘Look you, I am driving out demons and will be completing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will have done.’


simplify: They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

Let them be holy to their God and not make the name of their God common; for the fire offerings of the Lord and the bread of their God are offered by them, and they are to be holy.


simplify: And when he completed all his sayings in the ears of the people, he went into Capernaum;

When Jesus had brought to a conclusion all that he had then had to say to the people, he entered Capernaum.


rate difficulty: And Joshua made him stone-knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of Araloth.


rate difficulty: So they went on their journey: and the fear of God was on the towns round about, so that they made no attack on the sons of Jacob.


simplify: Thou hast avouched Jehovah this day to be thy God, and that thou wouldest walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and hearken unto his voice:

Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:


simplify: The soul of the wicked desireth evil: His neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.

The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.


rate difficulty: and to await his Son from the heavens, whom he raised from among the dead, Jesus, our deliverer from the coming wrath.

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


simplify: For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.

For the daughters of Moab will be like wandering birds, like a place from which the young birds have gone in flight, at the ways across the Arnon.


simplify: Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

Come and take your seat in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; come down from your seat of power, and take your place on the earth, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will never again seem soft and delicate.


rate difficulty: and thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah God of Israel: Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the man who doth not obey the words of this covenant,

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


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

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


simplify: Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.


simplify: And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.

and had finished their visit; but, when they started to return, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, without their knowing it.


simplify: There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast forth without.

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


simplify: And straightway he constrained his disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before him unto the other side to Bethsaida, while he himself sendeth the multitude away.

And straight away he made his disciples get into the boat, and go before him to the other side to Beth-saida, while he himself sent the people away.


simplify: For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure: and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

For the priests and the Levites had made themselves clean together; they were all clean: and they put the Passover lamb to death for all those who had come back, and for their brothers the priests and for themselves.


rate difficulty: And I have declared their blood innocent, <FI>That<Fi> I did not declare innocent, And Jehovah is dwelling in Zion!

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


rate difficulty: And lo, one having come near, said to him, `Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?'

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


rate difficulty: Be glad and rejoice, because your reward in heaven will be great; this is the way they persecuted the prophets who lived before you.

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


simplify: For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.


rate difficulty: And the man riseth to go, and his father-in-law presseth on him, and he turneth back and lodgeth there.

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


simplify: On the same day it shall be eaten; ye shall leave none of it until the morning: I am Jehovah.

Let it be used for food on the same day; do not keep any part of it till the morning: I am the Lord.


simplify: And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

Now after these things, the death of Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, took place, he being then a hundred and ten years old.


simplify: O Jehovah, thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every one mocketh me.

O Lord, you have been false to me, and I was tricked; you are stronger than I, and have overcome me: I have become a thing to be laughed at all the day, everyone makes sport of me.


simplify: Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

At the very thought of it my flesh is shaking with fear.


rate difficulty: and I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, slay and eat;

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rate difficulty: And the woman taketh the two men, and hideth them, and saith thus: `The men came in unto me, and I have not known whence they <FI>are<Fi> ;

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


simplify: For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.

For Herod had arrested John, put him in chains, and shut him up in prison, to please Herodias, the wife of Herod’s brother Philip.


simplify: And it came to pass, when all the kings that were beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;

Now on hearing the news of these things, all the kings on the west side of Jordan, in the hill-country and the lowlands and by the Great Sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites,


rate difficulty: For you made them separate from all the peoples of the earth, to be your heritage, as you said by Moses your servant, when you took our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

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


rate difficulty: And answering to the border of the priests, the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: the whole length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.

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rate difficulty: And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the girl went and got the child's mother.


simplify: and Shelah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

And after the birth of Eber, Shelah went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:


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

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


simplify: Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.


simplify: And also the burnt-offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace-offerings, and with the drink-offerings for every burnt-offering. So the service of the house of Jehovah was set in order.

And there was a great amount of burned offerings, with the fat of the peace-offerings and the drink offerings for every burned offering. So the work of the Lord's house was put in order.


simplify: Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,

The son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,


simplify: Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own heart, Hear ye the word of Jehovah:

Son of man, be a prophet against the prophets of Israel, and say to those prophets whose words are the invention of their hearts, Give ear to the word of the Lord;


simplify: and all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

And all the years of Enosh were nine hundred and five: and he came to his end.


simplify: and Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

And the Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, be a prophet to my people Israel.


simplify: then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:

Then the priest will give orders for the thing on which the mark is, to be washed, and to be shut up for seven days more:


simplify: Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them.


rate difficulty: Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And straightway the cock crew.

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


rate difficulty: And Peter, looking stedfastly upon him with John, said, Look on us.

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


simplify: And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram,

And their meal offering, the best meal mixed with oil, three tenth parts for an ox, two tenth parts for a male sheep,


simplify: Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

saying —  ‘Amen. Blessing and praise, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might be ascribed to our God for ever and ever. Amen.’


rate difficulty: And from there, David went up and took cover in the safe place of En-gedi.


rate difficulty: as he spoke by [the] mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;

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


simplify: Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.

Let them say openly what they have done; and make payment for the wrong done, with the addition of a fifth part, and give it to him to whom the wrong was done.


simplify: They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.

As for those who keep themselves separate, and make themselves clean in the gardens, going after one in the middle, taking pig's flesh for food, and other disgusting things, such as the mouse: their works and their thoughts will come to an end together, says the Lord.


simplify: but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.


rate difficulty: I will take away man and beast; I will take away the fowl of the heavens and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked, and I will cut off mankind from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: Not one of them will keep his life, for I will send evil on the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.

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


simplify: for let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord--

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


rate difficulty: And it hath come to pass, They do not yet call, and I answer, They are yet speaking, and I hear.

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


simplify: for both, if we may live, to the Lord we live; if also we may die, to the Lord we die; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the Lord's;

for, if we live, our life is for the Master, and, if we die, our death is for the Master. Whether, then, we live or die we belong to the Master.


simplify: It is thy destruction, O Israel, that thou art against me, against thy help.

I have sent destruction on you, O Israel; who will be your helper?


simplify: See, O Jehovah, and behold to whom thou hast done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Look! O Lord, see to whom you have done this! Are the women to take as their food the fruit of their bodies, the children who are folded in their arms? are the priest and the prophet to be put to death in the holy place of the Lord?


simplify: There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.


rate difficulty: And he restored the eleven hundred silver-pieces to his mother; and his mother said, I had dedicated the silver to Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; and now I will restore it to thee.


rate difficulty: and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:

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


rate difficulty: And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.

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


rate difficulty: And in this mountain he will put an end to the shade covering the face of all peoples, and the veil which is stretched over all nations.

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


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

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


simplify: And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God.

And he said, By tomorrow. And he said, Let it be as you say: so that you may see that there is no other like the Lord our God.


rate difficulty: But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.

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


rate difficulty: and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common.

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


rate difficulty: So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;

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


simplify: and Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus--having scourged <FI>him<Fi> --that he might be crucified.

And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and, after scourging Jesus, gave him up to be crucified.


rate difficulty: and ye--ye have kept My statutes and My judgments, and do not <FI>any<Fi> of all these abominations, the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst,

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


simplify: And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,

And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them,


rate difficulty: So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.


simplify: And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

And Saul said, Come near, all you chiefs of the people, and let us get word from God and see in whom is this sin today.


simplify: Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.

Because you have been burning perfumes, and sinning against the Lord, and have not given ear to the voice of the Lord, or gone in the way of his law or his rules or his orders; for this reason this evil has come on you, as it is today.


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

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


simplify: And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.

And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.


simplify: Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that it may be hot, and the brass thereof may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the rust of it may be consumed.

And I will put her on the coals so that she may be heated and her brass burned, so that what is unclean in her may become soft and her waste be completely taken away.


simplify: And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me aught: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it.

And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:


rate difficulty: and the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their vessels, hath Huram his father made for king Solomon, for the house of Jehovah, of brass purified.

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


rate difficulty: Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

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


rate difficulty: Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.

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


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

And he said, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has given more than all of them:


rate difficulty: And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

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


simplify: Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan–rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan–rishathaim eight years.

So the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel were his servants for eight years.


simplify: And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.

And Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, went back to his house in Jerusalem in peace.


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.

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


simplify: And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.

And the keeper of the prison put all the prisoners under Joseph's control, and he was responsible for whatever was done there.


simplify: For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.

For their rock is not like our Rock, even our haters themselves being judges.


simplify: The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

The man who is honoured and responsible is the head, and the prophet who gives false teaching is the tail.


rate difficulty: And the cedar for the house within <FI>is<Fi> carvings of knobs and openings of flowers; the whole <FI>is<Fi> cedar, there is not a stone seen.

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


simplify: And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian:

And seeing one of them being attacked, he went to his help and gave the Egyptian a death-blow:


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

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


rate difficulty: AndGod saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; andGod repented of the evil that he had said he would do unto them, and he did [it] not.

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


rate difficulty: And David inquired again ofGod; andGod said to him, Go not up after them; turn round them and come upon them opposite the mulberry-trees.


rate difficulty: Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.

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


simplify: Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee.  Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, As upon the dance of Mahanaim?

Come back, come back, O Shulammite; come back, come back, so that our eyes may see you. What will you see in the Shulammite? A sword-dance.


rate difficulty: What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?


rate difficulty: Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

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


simplify: and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

And on all the high mountains, and on all the hills which are lifted up;


rate difficulty: See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.

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


rate difficulty: Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath–rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

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


rate difficulty: And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their districts;

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


simplify: But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.

On the contrary, when he arrived in Rome, he sought eagerly for me until he found me.


rate difficulty: And it was the third hour when they put him on the cross.

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


rate difficulty: And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.


simplify: And ye shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azel; yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; and Jehovah my God shall come, and all the holy ones with thee.

And the valley will be stopped ... and you will go in flight as you went in flight from the earth-shock in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah: and the Lord my God will come, and all his holy ones with him.


simplify: And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

And I will give you keepers, pleasing to my heart, who will give you your food with knowledge and wisdom.


simplify: And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

He got the hill Samaria from Shemer for the price of two talents of silver, and he made a town there, building it on the hill and naming it Samaria, after Shemer the owner of the hill.


simplify: Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth?

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


simplify: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

and the younger of them said to his father ‘Father, give me my share of the inheritance.’ So the father divided the property between them.


rate difficulty: And it is displeasing to David, because Jehovah hath made a breach upon Uzza, and one calleth that place `Breach of Uzza' unto this day.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of theGod of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

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


rate difficulty: looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

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


simplify: through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires.

For it was through this that he gave us what we prize as the greatest of his promises, that through them you might participate in the divine nature, now that you have fled from the corruption in the world, resulting from human passions.


simplify: But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.

But what did you go out to see? a man in soft clothing? See now, those who have beautiful clothing and delicate food are in kings' houses.


simplify: But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

But, when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for humanity were revealed, he saved us,


simplify: And all thy children shall be taught of Jehovah; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

And all your builders will be made wise by the Lord; and great will be the peace of your children.


rate difficulty: `And when a man's ox doth smite the ox of his neighbour, and it hath died, then they have sold the living ox, and halved its money, and also the dead one they do halve;

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

He still had one, a dearly loved son: he sent him last to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.


simplify: Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

laying traps for him, so as to seize on anything that he might say.


simplify: Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

You will put in vines and take care of them, but you will get no wine or grapes from them; for they will be food for worms.


simplify: All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives: but I have not been sent for to come before the king these thirty days.


rate difficulty: Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

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


rate difficulty: And Hiram sent the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold.


simplify: And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

This man used to be set down every day at the gate of the Temple called ‘the Beautiful Gate,’ to beg of those who went in.


simplify: And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

And when the time came for her to give birth, there were two children in her body.


simplify: And these are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

These are the names of the children he had in Jerusalem: Shammua and Shobab, Nathan and Solomon


rate difficulty: Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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


simplify: A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.


rate difficulty: And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

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


simplify: Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;

You have done signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and even to this day, in Israel and among other men; and have made a name for yourself as at this day;


simplify: And I will sanctify the tent of meeting, and the altar: Aaron also and his sons will I sanctify, to minister to me in the priest’s office.

I will make holy the Tent of meeting and the altar: and Aaron and his sons I will make holy, to be my priests


simplify: The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

The sons of Judah, Er and Onan: and Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan.


simplify: Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?

Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?


simplify: for it is written,  He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to guard thee:

He will give his angels orders to take care of you:


simplify: And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel–meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.

And on Jehu, son of Nimshi, making him king over Israel; and on Elisha, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, to be prophet in your place.


simplify: A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.


simplify: Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.

So give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Babylon, and to his purposes designed against the land of the Chaldaeans; Truly, they will be pulled away by the smallest of the flock; truly, he will make waste their fields with them.


simplify: Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,

in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the districts of Libya adjoining Cyrene; some of us are visitors from Rome,


simplify: Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.


rate difficulty: And four wheels of brass <FI>are<Fi> to the one base, and axles of brass; and its four corners have shoulders--under the laver <FI>are<Fi> the molten shoulders, beside each addition.

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simplify: So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

So the people gave a loud cry, and the horns were sounded; and on hearing the horns the people gave a loud cry, and the wall came down flat, so that the people went up into the town, every man going straight before him, and they took the town.


rate difficulty: before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

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rate difficulty: And Gideon said toGod, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,


rate difficulty: Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?

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


rate difficulty: That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

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


simplify: And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads.

Then Joshua, in great grief, went down on the earth before the ark of the Lord till the evening, and all the chiefs of Israel with him, and they put dust on their heads.


simplify: If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.


simplify: So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day: then did Libnah revolt at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken Jehovah, the God of his fathers.

So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, to this day: and at the same time Libnah made itself free from his rule; because he was turned away from the Lord, the God of his fathers.


simplify: And Saul said unto Ahijah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was there at that time with the children of Israel.

And Saul said to Ahijah, Let the ephod come here. For he went before Israel with the ephod at that time.


rate difficulty: Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.


rate difficulty: Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!

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

That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,


simplify: And his disciples questioned him, saying, `Why then do the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first?'

“How is it,” his disciples asked, “that our teachers of the law say that Elijah has to come first?”


rate difficulty: And they sit and eat both of them together, and drink, and the father of the young woman saith unto the man, `Be willing, I pray thee, and lodge all night, and let thy heart be glad.'

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


rate difficulty: And he said to him, Ah Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my thousand is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

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


simplify: And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus;

And may God, the giver of this patience and this encouragement, grant you to be united in sympathy in Christ,


rate difficulty: And the men of the city rise early in the morning, and lo, broken down hath been the altar of Baal, and the shrine which is by it hath been cut down, and the second bullock hath been offered on the altar which is built.

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