simplify: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

And it was then that he went and preached to the imprisoned spirits,


rate difficulty: And Joshua taketh all this land: the hill-country, and all the south, and all the land of Goshen, and the low country, and the plain, even the hill-country of Israel and its low lands,

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


simplify: And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

Give orders to this effect, so that no evil may be said of anyone.


rate difficulty: If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us.

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


simplify: (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us.

As the children of Esau did for me in Seir and the Moabites in Ar; till I have gone over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God is giving us.


rate difficulty: And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

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


simplify: whom Jason hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king--Jesus.'

and have been harbored by Jason! They say that some one else is king — a man called Jesus!”


rate difficulty: Was not it the same with the prostitute, Rahab? Was not it as the result of her actions that she was pronounced righteous, after she had welcomed the messengers and helped them escape by?

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


rate difficulty: Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord’s glory.


simplify: I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

With you the keeper of sheep with his flock will be broken, and with you the farmer and his oxen will be broken, and with you captains and rulers will be broken.


rate difficulty: Then says Pilate to him, Do you give no attention to what their witnesses say against you?


simplify: And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.

And the voice of the angel of the waters came to my ears, saying, True and upright is your judging, O Holy One, who is and was from all time:


simplify: And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.


simplify: that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.


simplify: For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

For it has been the good pleasure of those of Macedonia and Achaia to send a certain amount of money for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: And they shall be brought together, [as] an assemblage of prisoners for the pit, and shall be shut up in prison, and after many days shall they be visited.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.

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


simplify: Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.

For fire came down from heaven and put an end to the first two captains of fifty and their fifties; but now let my life be of value in your eyes.


simplify: And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.

Then he took heart, building up the wall where it was broken down, and making its towers higher, and building another wall outside; and he made strong the Millo in the town of David, and got together a great store of all sorts of instruments of war.


simplify: And behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Lord, have mercy on us, thou son of David.

And two blind men seated by the wayside, when they had the news that Jesus was going by, gave a loud cry, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.


rate difficulty: But we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, sustain the weak, be patient towards all.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Who is the liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, even he that denieth the Father and the Son.


rate difficulty: Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.

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


simplify: that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.


simplify: And they remembered his sayings,

Then they remembered the words of Jesus,


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan,

At the conclusion of this teaching, Jesus withdrew from Galilee, and went into that district of Judea which is on the other side of the Jordan.


simplify: And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?

Now while I was saying these things, death came to Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah. Then falling down on my face and crying out with a loud voice, I said, Ah, Lord! will you put an end to all the rest of Israel?


simplify: the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ <FI>is<Fi> with you! Amen.

May the blessing of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.


simplify: Their heart cried unto the Lord: O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night; Give thyself no respite; let not the apple of thine eye cease.

Let your cry go up to the Lord: O wall of the daughter of Zion, let your weeping be flowing down like a stream day and night; give yourself no rest, let not your eyes keep back the drops of sorrow.


simplify: Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.

For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.


simplify: The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;

The sons of Simeon by their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:


rate difficulty: Pilate said unto them, Ye have a guard: go, make it as sure as ye can.

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


rate difficulty: When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king’s house unto the house of the Lord, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the Lord’s house.

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


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

And saying, The time has come, and the kingdom of God is near: let your hearts be turned from sin and have faith in the good news.


simplify: When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?

But when those who were around Jesus saw what was going to happen, they exclaimed: “Master, should we use our swords?”


simplify: Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head.

Every man who takes part in prayer, or gives teaching as a prophet, with his head covered, puts shame on his head.


rate difficulty: and the company's half is, of the flock three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred;

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


rate difficulty: Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, and all their devices against me,

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


simplify: At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

At the end of seven years every man is to let go his countryman who is a Hebrew, who has become yours for a price and has been your servant for six years; you are to let him go free: but your fathers gave no attention and did not give ear.


rate difficulty: And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot and put one omer of manna in it, and put it away before the Lord, to be kept for future generations.

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


simplify: Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

Zebulun did not make the people of Kitron or the people of Nahalol go out; but the Canaanites went on living among them and were put to forced work.


simplify: And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord God of your fathers.

And I said to them, You are holy to the Lord and the vessels are holy: and the silver and the gold are an offering freely given to the Lord, the God of your fathers.


simplify: And I will leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle upon thee, and I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

And I will let you be stretched on the land; I will send you out violently into the open field; I will let all the birds of heaven come to rest on you and will make the beasts of all the earth full of you.


simplify: And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?


rate difficulty: and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought; for by their trade they were tentmakers.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

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


simplify: and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

And even with the fat cows inside them they seemed as bad as before. And so I came out of my sleep.


rate difficulty: In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.

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


rate difficulty: Moreover, our eyes have seen — and we are testifying to the fact — that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.


simplify: and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him:

And said to them, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to put your request before him:


simplify: And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings.

And when they went, the sound of their wings was like the sound of great waters to my ears, like the voice of the Ruler of all, a sound like the rushing of an army: when they came to rest they let down their wings.


rate difficulty: For [it is] not in order that there may be ease for others, and for you distress,

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


rate difficulty: And the chief priests and the scribes were there, making statements against him violently.

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


simplify: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:


rate difficulty: Of the sons of Nebo, Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah.

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


simplify: We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

And still stronger is the assurance that we have in the teaching of the prophets; to which you will do well to pay attention (as if it were a lamp shining in a gloomy place), until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.


rate difficulty: And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the oldest, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And Jehozadak went into captivity, when Jehovah carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

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


simplify: And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

And when the Aramaeans saw that Israel had overcome them, they sent men to get the Aramaeans who were on the other side of the River, with Shophach, the captain of Hadadezer's army, at their head.


rate difficulty: and doing kindness to thousands, to those loving Me, and to those keeping My commands.

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


simplify: And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

So all the people went to Gilgal; and there in Gilgal they made Saul king before the Lord; and peace-offerings were offered before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel were glad with great joy.


simplify: And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.


simplify: And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

Asahel went running after Abner, not turning to the right or to the left.


simplify: Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

Give ear to this, O priests; give attention, O Israel, and you, family of the king; for you are to be judged; you have been a deceit at Mizpah and a net stretched out on Tabor.


rate difficulty: as it is lifted up from the ox of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings; and the priest hath made them a perfume on the altar of the burnt-offering.

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


rate difficulty: In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, on that same day the hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me thither.

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


simplify: And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.

Their flesh is to be yours; like the breast of the wave offering and the right leg, it is to be yours.


rate difficulty: because even if I made you sorry in the letter, I do not repent--if even I did repent--for I perceive that the letter, even if for an hour, did make you sorry.

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


rate difficulty: He says to him, Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked bondman: thou knewest that I am a harsh man, taking up what I have not laid down and reaping what I have not sowed.

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


rate difficulty: and the Tirshatha saith to them that they eat not of the most holy things till the standing up of the priest with Urim and Thummim.

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


simplify: `Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid;

It is you who are the light of the world. A town that stands on a hill cannot be hidden.


simplify: Then answered certain of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, `Teacher, we will to see a sign from thee.'

At this point, some teachers of the law and Pharisees spoke up. “Teacher,” they said, “we want to see some sign from you.”


rate difficulty: Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.

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


simplify: And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.

And he said, Come. And Peter got out of the boat, and walking on the water, went to Jesus.


simplify: For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.


rate difficulty: And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the Lord.

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


simplify: And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.


simplify: And having come unto the disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them,

When they came to the other disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and some teachers of the law arguing with them.


simplify: concerning whom I have no certain thing to write to <FI>my<Fi> lord, wherefore I brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, that the examination having been made, I may have something to write;

But I have nothing definite to write about him to my Imperial Master; and for that reason I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examining him, I may have something to write.


simplify: And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:

And he put the chief wine-servant back in his old place; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.


simplify: It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.

It is a watch-night before the Lord who took them out of the land of Egypt: this same night is a watch-night to the Lord for all the children of Israel, through all their generations.


rate difficulty: whom Jason has received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, that there is another king, Jesus.

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


simplify: And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

Presently, as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the Treasurer exclaimed: “Look! Here is water; what is to prevent my being baptized?”


rate difficulty: But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:

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


rate difficulty: And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the Lord hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

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


simplify: Then said I, Ah, Lord God! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.

Then said I, Ah, Lord God! your words were not true when you said to this people and to Jerusalem, You will have peace; when the sword has come even to the soul.


rate difficulty: There, a Canaanite woman of that district came out and began calling to Jesus: “Take pity on me, Master, Son of David; my daughter is grievously possessed by a demon.”


simplify: And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.

Then Moses took the blood and let it come on the people, and said, This blood is the sign of the agreement which the Lord has made with you in these words.


simplify: Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.


rate difficulty: And he saith, `My gods which I made ye have taken, and the priest, and ye go; and what to me more? and what <FI>is<Fi> this ye say unto me, What--to thee!'

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


simplify: We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

We are children without fathers, our mothers are like widows.


rate difficulty: and he bringeth near the sons of Aaron, and Moses putteth of the blood on the tip of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot. And Moses sprinkleth the blood on the altar round about,

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


simplify: Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:


simplify: I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

And I have sent you all my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them, saying, Come back, now, every man from his evil way, and do better, and go not after other gods to become their servants, and you will go on living in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but your ears have not been open, and you have not given attention to me.


rate difficulty: For he said, The Lord has taken his oath that there will be war with Amalek from generation to generation.

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


simplify: The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.


simplify: Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

So Peter was kept in prison, but meanwhile the prayers of the church were being earnestly offered to God on his behalf.


rate difficulty: `Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel; and thou hast said unto them, This <FI>is<Fi> the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, saying,

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?


rate difficulty: Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

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


rate difficulty: And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

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


simplify: I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat:

I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;


simplify: For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness;

For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;


simplify: It may be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way; that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.

It may be that they will give ear, and that every man will be turned from his evil way, so that my purpose of sending evil on them because of the evil of their doings may be changed.


simplify: Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

But when it is turned to the Lord, the veil will be taken away.


simplify: And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, using three hundred shekels of gold for every cover, and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.


rate difficulty: And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth?

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


rate difficulty: And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace <FI>is<Fi> on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us.

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


rate difficulty: Speak unto them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am taking the stick of Joseph, that <FI>is<Fi> in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions, and have given them unto him, with the stick of Judah, and have made them become one stick, and they have been one in My hand.

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


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

If a man does a crime for which the punishment is death, and he is put to death by hanging him on a tree;


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

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


rate difficulty: And thou didst look back to the lewdness of thy youth, in the handling of thy teats by the Egyptians, for the breasts of thy youth.

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


simplify: So Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

These Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took with him to the king of Babylon at Riblah.


rate difficulty: But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light,

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


simplify: Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him in the name of the Lord.


simplify: The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter.


rate difficulty: Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

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


rate difficulty: If therefore thou shouldest offer thy gift at the altar, and there shouldest remember that thy brother has something against thee,

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


simplify: because on account of the work of the Christ he drew near to death, having hazarded the life that he might fill up your deficiency of service unto me.

For it was owing to his devotion to the Master’s work that he was at the point of death, having risked his own life in the effort to supply what was wanting in the help that you sent me.


rate difficulty: And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian; for they are strong, and they have borne before the midwife comes to them.


simplify: In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.

Now that you are broken by the seas in the deep waters, your goods and all your people will go down with you.


rate difficulty: By my life, says the Lord, you will no longer have this saying in Israel.


simplify: Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

See, then, that you have a change of heart; or I will come to you quickly, and will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.


simplify: The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years: the two have the same sense.


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

The girl went out, and said to her mother “What must I ask for?”   “The head of John the Baptizer,’ answered her mother.


simplify: And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

And he took butter and milk and the young ox which he had made ready and put it before them, waiting by them under the tree while they took food.


simplify: And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

And it will become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and will be a skin-disease bursting out in wounds on man and beast through all the land of Egypt.


simplify: And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:

Then let Eleazar the priest take some of her blood on his finger, shaking the blood seven times in the direction of the front of the Tent of meeting:


rate difficulty: Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain--early and latter;

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


rate difficulty: So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

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


simplify: And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:

Then the men in authority over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came to Moses,


rate difficulty: And ye came to this place; and Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us for battle, and we smote them.

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


rate difficulty: that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?

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


rate difficulty: And the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, the prince of a father's house of the Simeonites.

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


rate difficulty: `Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy;

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


simplify: Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen our Lord Jesus? Are not you yourselves my work achieved in union with the Lord?


rate difficulty: Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

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


rate difficulty: Paul wished to go into the amphitheater and face the people, but the disciples would not let him,

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


rate difficulty: So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by the borders thereof; and the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them:

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


simplify: Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.


simplify: Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;

Take the offerings of those who went away as prisoners, from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, and from the family of Josiah, the son of Zephaniah, who have come from Babylon;


rate difficulty: And Joseph took the body, folding it in clean linen,

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


simplify: but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

But I say to you that anyone who looks at a woman and desires her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.


simplify: The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

The second Trouble is past: see, the third Trouble comes quickly.


simplify: And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.

And the house which I am building is to be great, for our God is greater than all gods.


simplify: But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:


simplify: Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice; for Jehovah hath done great things.

Have no fear, O land; be glad with great joy; for the Lord has done great things.


simplify: Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

Then Haman took the robes and the horse, and dressing Mordecai in the robes, he made him go on horseback through the streets of the town, crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.


rate difficulty: As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

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


simplify: And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,

Every armed man of you going across Jordan before the Lord till he has overcome and sent in flight all who are against him,


simplify: My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house:

My servant Moses is not so; he is true to me in all my house:


rate difficulty: only, surely the people which is dwelling in the land <FI>is<Fi> strong; and the cities are fenced, very great; and also children of Anak we have seen there.


rate difficulty: The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

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


rate difficulty: Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.

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


simplify: and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, `I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'

So she went in as quickly as possible to the king, and made her request. “I want you,” she said, “to give me at once, on a dish, the head of John the Baptist.”


rate difficulty: and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad.

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


rate difficulty: And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.

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


simplify: wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things;

Among whom you were living in the past, when you did such things.


simplify: And they came into the land of Egypt; for they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah: and they came unto Tahpanhes.

And they came into the land of Egypt; for they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord: and they came to Tahpanhes.


simplify: and having returned, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy, and they had not known what they might answer him.

and coming back again he found them asleep, for their eyes were heavy; and they did not know what to say to him.


rate difficulty: The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Prisca salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.

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


rate difficulty: And I heard a loud voice out of the heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle ofGod [is] with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, andGod himself shall be with them, theirGod.

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


simplify: for if willing I do this, I have a reward; and if unwillingly--with a stewardship I have been entrusted!

If I do this work willingly, I have a reward; but, if unwillingly, I have been charged to perform a duty.


simplify: And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.

And they went on from Hazeroth, and put up their tents in Rithmah.


rate difficulty: And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

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


simplify: And if aught of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

And if any of the flesh of the offering or of the bread is over till the morning, let it be burned with fire; it is not to be used for food, for it is holy.


rate difficulty: And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to do, the ten words; and he wrote them on two tables of stone.


simplify: And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.

But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land.


simplify: `And no one having lighted a lamp, doth put <FI>it<Fi> in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, that those coming in may behold the light.

No one sets light to a lamp, and then puts it in the cellar or under a basket, but he puts it on the lamp-stand, so that anyone who comes in may see the light.


rate difficulty: And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.

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


rate difficulty: And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

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


rate difficulty: And I witness again to every man [who is] circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law.


simplify: In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.


simplify: An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.

An end has come, the end has come; see, it is coming on you.


rate difficulty: Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.

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


simplify: And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

There we saw those great men, the sons of Anak, offspring of the Nephilim: and we seemed to ourselves no more than insects, and so we seemed to them.


simplify: Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.


rate difficulty: then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

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


simplify: And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

So Moses made a snake of brass and put it on a rod; and anyone who had a snakebite, after looking on the snake of brass, was made well.


simplify: And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

And the Lord came to Balaam, and put words in his mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.


simplify: and it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and rush upon the city; and, behold, when he and the people that are with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.

And in the morning, when the sun is up, get up early and make a rush on the town; and when he and his people come out against you, do to them whatever you have a chance to do.


simplify: nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Nor yet the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you took away?


rate difficulty: and the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; [of] beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.

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


simplify: But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;

But your wives and your little ones and your cattle (for it is clear that you have much cattle) may go on living in the towns I have given you;


simplify: But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:

But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade:


simplify: And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar.

And at the head of the army of the children of Issachar was Nethanel, the son of Zuar.


simplify: And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.

And he took the offering to Eglon, king of Moab, who was a very fat man.


rate difficulty: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

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


simplify: Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another:


simplify: He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased.


simplify: and having cast down the silverlings in the sanctuary, he departed, and having gone away, he did strangle himself.

Judas flung down the pieces of silver in the Temple, and left; and went away and hanged himself.


rate difficulty: Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

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


simplify: And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears;

And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears:


rate difficulty: Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

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


rate difficulty: The stars from heaven were fighting; from their highways they were fighting against Sisera.

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


simplify: Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

From Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, charged to strengthen the faith of God’s chosen people, and their knowledge of that truth which makes for godliness


simplify: In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.


rate difficulty: But I was alive without law once; but the commandment having come, sin revived, but I died.


rate difficulty: No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.


rate difficulty: And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great trespass, seeing that thou ourGod hast punished us less than our iniquities [deserve], and hast given us such deliverance as this,

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


simplify: Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.


simplify: Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

Come together, even come near, you nations who are still living: they have no knowledge who take up their image of wood, and make prayer to a god in whom is no salvation.


rate difficulty: For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

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


rate difficulty: And he uncovereth the covering of Judah: and thou didst look in that day to the armour in the house of the forest;

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


simplify: And of Zebulun he said,  Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; And, Issachar, in thy tents.

And of Zebulun he said, Be glad, Zebulun, in your going out; and, Issachar, in your tents.


simplify: how nothing I did keep back of what things are profitable, not to declare to you, and to teach you publicly, and in every house,

I never shrank from telling you anything that could be helpful to you, or from teaching you both in public and in private.


rate difficulty: But Solomon built him a house.


simplify: is a fig-tree able, my brethren, olives to make? or a vine figs? so no fountain salt and sweet water <FI>is able<Fi> to make.

Can a fig tree, my friends, bear olives? Or a vine bear figs? No, nor can a brackish well give good water.


rate difficulty: And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and the whole assembly, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying,

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


simplify: Furthermore Jehovah spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

And then the Lord said to me, I have seen that this people is stiff-necked:


simplify: And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

And Saul said, Give ear now, O son of Ahitub. And answering he said, Here I am, my lord.


simplify: For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

The person who, when speaking, uses the gift of ‘tongues’ is speaking, not to people, but to God, for no one understands them; yet in spirit they are speaking of hidden truths.


simplify: if we may say--`we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk--we lie, and do not the truth;

If we say that we have communion with him, and yet continue to live in the darkness, we lie, and are not living the truth.


rate difficulty: And he said to her, Give your son to me. And lifting him out of her arms, he took him up to his room and put him down on his bed.

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


simplify: and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

Then they said, This is blood: it is clear that destruction has come on the kings; they have been fighting one another: now come, Moab, let us take their goods.


simplify: `Woe to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

Alas for you! You build the monuments of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.


simplify: Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old; and he was king in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.


rate difficulty: and ye did not so learn the Christ,

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


simplify: And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:

And he who made his offering on the first day was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:


simplify: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

Or to the things which go flat on the earth, and they will give you wisdom; and the fishes of the sea will give you news of it.


rate difficulty: For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.

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


rate difficulty: and when they came to the place that is called Skull, there they crucified him and the evil-doers, one on the right hand and one on the left.

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


simplify: That no flesh should glory in his presence.

So that no flesh might have glory before God.


simplify: O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

Miserable man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body that is bringing me to this death?


rate difficulty: For Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

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


rate difficulty: For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and [for] my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off.

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


rate difficulty: Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

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


rate difficulty: Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I.


simplify: But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.

And the Aramaeans went in flight before Israel; and David put to the sword the men of seven thousand Aramaean war-carriages and forty thousand footmen, and put to death Shophach, the captain of the army.


rate difficulty: And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

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


rate difficulty: Recompense her even as she has recompensed; and double [to her] double, according to her works. In the cup which she has mixed, mix to her double.

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


rate difficulty: And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

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


simplify: Doth not Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Jehovah our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Is it not Hezekiah who has got you to do it, causing your death from need of food and water, by saying, The Lord our God will give us salvation out of the hands of the king of Assyria?


simplify: And the destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Jehovah hath spoken.

And the attacker will come against every town, not one will be safe; and the valley will be made waste, and destruction will come to the lowland, as the Lord has said.


simplify: and having given her <FI>his<Fi> hand, he lifted her up, and having called the saints and the widows, he presented her alive,

Giving her his hand, Peter raised her up, and, calling in the widows and others of Christ’s people, presented her to them alive.


rate difficulty: And there is a word of Jehovah by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:

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


rate difficulty: And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.


rate difficulty: For I have caused my terror in the land of the living; and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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


simplify: His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone.

His heart is as strong as a stone, hard as the lower crushing-stone.


rate difficulty: Then I will let you go on living in this place, in the land which I gave to your fathers in the past and for ever.

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


rate difficulty: So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

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


simplify: For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron. I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.

In place of brass, I will give gold, and for iron silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: and I will make Peace your judge, and Righteousness your overseer.


rate difficulty: Only, do not go against the Lord or go in fear of the people of the land, for they will be our food; their strength has been taken from them and the Lord is with us: have no fear of them.


rate difficulty: And the seven angels that had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

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


simplify: Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

Say, you whose desire it is to be under the law, do you not give ear to the law?


rate difficulty: Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; but set not thy soul upon killing him.

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


simplify: And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food: we know not who put our money in our sacks.

As well as more money, with which to get food: we have no idea who put our money in our bags.


simplify: Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.

And in front of the house he made two pillars, thirty-five cubits high, with crowns on the tops of them, five cubits high.


simplify: Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee;

The Passover offering is not to be put to death in any of the towns which the Lord your God gives you:


simplify: And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

And they all had baptism from Moses in the cloud and in the sea;


simplify: And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt-offering unto Jehovah; it is a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

And let them all be burned on the altar as a burned offering to the Lord: a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the Lord.


simplify: Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty and two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.

Now the king of Aram had given orders to the thirty-two captains of his war-carriages, saying, Make no attack on small or great, but only on the king of Israel.


simplify: and he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah.

Turning away from the Lord, the God of his fathers, and not walking in his ways.


rate difficulty: And he gave him no answer, not even to one word: insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

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


simplify: And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.

And Ahimaaz, crying out to the king, said, It is well. And falling down before the king, with his face to the earth, he said, May the Lord your God be praised, who has given up the men who took up arms against my lord the king!


simplify: And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

But Naomi said, Go back, my daughters; why will you come with me? Have I more sons in my body, to become your husbands?


rate difficulty: And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?

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


rate difficulty: You said, Sorrow is mine! for the Lord has given me sorrow in addition to my pain; I am tired with the sound of my sorrow, and I get no rest.


simplify: Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bullock of the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread;

Take Aaron, and his sons with him, and the robes and the holy oil and the ox of the sin-offering and the two male sheep and the basket of unleavened bread;


rate difficulty: and I will fill his mountains with his slain. In thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy water-courses shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

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


rate difficulty: And there came a scribe, and said unto him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

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


simplify: saying with a great voice, `Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing!'

and they cried in a loud voice —  ‘Worthy is the Lamb that was sacrificed to receive all power, and wealth, and wisdom, and might, and honor, and praise, and blessing.’


rate difficulty: If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

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


simplify: and he answering said, `It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast to the little dogs.'

“It is not fair,” replied Jesus, “to take the children’s food and throw it to dogs.”


simplify: And the Lord said, `To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

“To what then,”Jesus continued, “should I compare the people of the present generation? What are they like?


simplify: Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

Two of every sort of bird and cattle and of every sort of living thing which goes on the earth will you take with you to keep them from destruction.


simplify: They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

Those who were full are offering themselves as servants for bread; those who were in need are at rest; truly, she who had no children has become the mother of seven; and she who had a family is wasted with sorrow.


rate difficulty: lo, Rebekah <FI>is<Fi> before thee, take and go, and she is a wife to thy lord's son, as Jehovah hath spoken.'

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


simplify: For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:


simplify: Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Then he let Barabbas go free: but after having Jesus whipped, he gave him up to be put to death on the cross.


simplify: But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship, than to those things which were spoken by Paul.

But the captain gave more attention to the master and the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.


simplify: This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.

These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food.


simplify: And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

And I will send a great disease on the people living in this town, on man and on beast, causing their death.


simplify: I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them: and now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

Truly, I have seen the sorrows of my people in Egypt, and their cries have come to my ears, and I have come down to make them free: and now, come, I will send you to Egypt.


simplify: The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.


simplify: so that thou art no more a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.

You, therefore, are no longer a slave, but a son; and, if a son, then an heir also, by God’s appointment.


simplify: And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

As they remained silent, Jesus looked around at them in anger, grieving at the hardness of their hearts, and said to the man: “Stretch out your hand.”The man stretched it out; and his hand had become sound.


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

and swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, and the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it,’ that time should cease to be.


simplify: Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

You are the salt of the earth; but if its taste goes from the salt, how will you make it salt again? it is then good for nothing but to be put out and crushed under foot by men.


rate difficulty: `And these <FI>are<Fi> the names of the men who stand with you: `For Reuben--Elizur son of Shedeur.

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


simplify: And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

And I am very angry with the nations who are living untroubled: for when I was only a little angry, they made the evil worse.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

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


rate difficulty: in the second month, on the fourteenth day, between the evenings they prepare it; with unleavened and bitter things they eat it;


simplify: And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

And the priests put them to death, and made a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to take away the sin of all Israel: for the king gave orders that the burned offering and the sin-offering were for all Israel.


simplify: And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

He gave five bags of gold to one, two to another, and one bag to a third, in proportion to the ability of each. Then he set out on his travels.


simplify: For the ministration of this service not only filleth up the measure of the wants of the saints, but aboundeth also through many thanksgivings unto God;

For this work of giving not only takes care of the needs of the saints, but is the cause of much praise to God;


rate difficulty: According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.

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


rate difficulty: Only, be sure that thou eat not the blood; for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh;

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


rate difficulty: And when they had gone through all the island to Paphos, they came across a certain wonder-worker and false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus;

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


rate difficulty: The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,


simplify: so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and Jehovah will be my God,

So that I come again to my father's house in peace, then I will take the Lord to be my God,


simplify: But the man from whom the demons were gone out prayed him that he might be with him: but he sent him away, saying,

But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,


simplify: And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

So that you may go on living in the land which I gave to your fathers; and you will be to me a people, and I will be to you a God.


simplify: Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.


simplify: Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

I tell you, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have been fraudulently keeping back, are crying out against you, and the outcries of your reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts!


simplify: And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

And Heber was the father of Japhlet and Shomer and Hotham and Shua, their sister.


rate difficulty: Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

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


rate difficulty: Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

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


rate difficulty: He beholdeth all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.


rate difficulty: and to his son I give one tribe, for there being a lamp to David My servant all the days before Me in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to Myself to put My name there.

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


rate difficulty: Ever learning, and never coming to the knowledge of what is true.

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


simplify: And Moses was very wroth, and said unto Jehovah, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.


simplify: and I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it behoved me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is of you all,

So I wrote as I did because I was afraid that if I had come, I should have been pained by those who ought to have made me glad; for I felt sure that it was true of you all that my joy was in every case yours also.


simplify: And the shooters shot at thy servants from off the wall; and some of the king’s servants are dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

And the archers sent their arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king's servants are dead, and among them is your servant Uriah the Hittite.


rate difficulty: And Josiah held a passover to Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they slaughtered the passover on the fourteenth of the first month.

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


rate difficulty: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

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


rate difficulty: Our water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price.

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


rate difficulty: And I saw another sign in the heaven, great and wonderful, seven messengers having the seven last plagues, because in these was completed the wrath of God,

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord God; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.

For this cause the Lord has said, No man from a strange land, without circumcision of heart and flesh, of all those who are living among the children of Israel, is to come into my holy place.


rate difficulty: Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal in Beth-haccerem; for evil appeareth out of the north, and a great destruction.

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


rate difficulty: Thou art worthy, O our Lord and [our]God, to receive glory and honour and power; for thou hast created all things, and for thy will they were, and they have been created.

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


rate difficulty: We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

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


rate difficulty: So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.


simplify: Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of Jehovah.

Even if you are kind to the evil-doer, he will not go after righteousness; even in the land of the upright he will still go on in his wrongdoing, and will not see the glory of the Lord.


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.

And when they come in by the doorways of the inner square, they are to be clothed in linen robes; there is to be no wool on them while they are doing my work in the doorway of the inner square and inside the house.


simplify: the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?


rate difficulty: And on the fourth day hath been weighed the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, in the house of our God, unto the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah the priest, and with him Eleazar son of Phinehas, and with them Jozabad son of Jeshua, and Noadiah son of Binnui, the Levites:

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


simplify: For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.


simplify: But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

For the tenths which the children of Israel give as a lifted offering to the Lord I have given to the Levites as their heritage. and so I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they will have no heritage.


simplify: Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Have I not given you your orders? Take heart and be strong; have no fear and do not be troubled; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go,


simplify: and if indeed it may bear fruit--;and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.'

Then, if it bears in future, well and good; but if not, you can have it cut down.’”


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

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


rate difficulty: And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.

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


simplify: And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hid from the king which he told her not.

And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which the king did not make clear to her.


rate difficulty: So he summoned two of them, and sent them to the Master to ask — “Are you ‘the coming one,’ or are we to look for some one else?”

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


simplify: And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

The next day, a meeting of the leaders of the people, the councillors, and the teachers of the law was held in Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, are giving the portions of the singers, and of the gatekeepers, the matter of a day in its day, and are sanctifying to the Levites, and the Levites are sanctifying to the sons of Aaron.

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


simplify: For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.


simplify: Long time therefore they tarried there speaking boldly in the Lord, who bare witness unto the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.


rate difficulty: Where is the king of the Jews that has been born? for we have seen his star in the east, and have come to do him homage.


rate difficulty: And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwell in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the camp; for the camp was at its ease.

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


rate difficulty: a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;

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


simplify: And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

From Kohath come the Amramites and the Izharites and the Hebronites and the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites.


rate difficulty: And again there was war with the Philistines; and Elhanan, the son of Jair, put to death Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the stem of whose spear was like a cloth-worker's rod.

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

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


rate difficulty: Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

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


simplify: Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said unto him, This is the land that I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 11 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?


rate difficulty: The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

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


simplify: And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:

And he made the two crowns to be put on the tops of the pillars, of brass made soft in the fire; the crowns were five cubits high.


simplify: And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.

Even for them will be the offering from the offering of the land, a thing most holy, on the limit of the land given to the Levites.


simplify: And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

Then Balak said to Balaam, If you will not put a curse on them, at all events do not give them a blessing.


simplify: For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off:


simplify: My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

My face is red with weeping, and my eyes are becoming dark;


simplify: A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.


rate difficulty: Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore, lo, I am bringing in against thee strangers, The terrible of the nations, And they have drawn out their swords Against the beauty of thy wisdom, And they have pierced thy brightness.

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


simplify: Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.


simplify: And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.


simplify: Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither unto the right hand nor to the left.

Let me go through your land: I will keep to the highway, not turning to the right or to the left;


simplify: and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon--a great multitude--having heard how great things he was doing, came unto him.

A great number, hearing of all that he was doing, came to him from Judea, from Jerusalem, from Edom, from beyond the Jordan, and from the country around Tyre and Sidon.


simplify: And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning this matter.

And the servant put his hand under Abraham's leg, and gave him his oath about this thing.


rate difficulty: And thou dost not pray for this people, Nor lift up for them crying and prayer, Nor intercede with Me, for I hear thee not.

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


rate difficulty: to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.

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


simplify: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;


simplify: And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.

The jewels are to be twelve in number, for the names of the children of Israel; every jewel having the name of one of the twelve tribes cut on it as on a stamp.


simplify: God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

He does wonders, more than may be searched out; great things of which we have no knowledge;


simplify: But the king was wroth; and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire.


rate difficulty: and they brought to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the assembly of the children of Israel, the captives and the prey and the booty, to the camp in the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan of Jericho.

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


rate difficulty: And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

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


rate difficulty: and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.

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


simplify: Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.

Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.


simplify: Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

until I put your enemies as a stool for your feet.”’


simplify: For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, whereof one saith, This is it, the cause of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double unto his neighbor.

In any question about an ox or an ass or a sheep or clothing, or about the loss of any property which anyone says is his, let the two sides put their cause before God; and he who is judged to be in the wrong is to make payment to his neighbour of twice the value.


simplify: Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

So keep in mind where you were at first, and be changed in heart and do the first works; or I will come to you, and will take away your light from its place, if your hearts are not changed.


simplify: And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

And Israel said, Why were you so cruel to me as to say to him that you had a brother?


simplify: who for my life their own neck did lay down, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations--

who risked their own lives to save mine. It is not I alone who thank them, but all the churches among the Gentiles thank them also.


simplify: Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

Then the armed men, cutting the cords of the boat, let her go.


rate difficulty: They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.


rate difficulty: And got the ass and the young one, and put their clothing on them, and he took his seat on it.

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


rate difficulty: Make up your minds, therefore, not to prepare your defense;


simplify: If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.


simplify: The lip of truth shall be established for ever; But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.


rate difficulty: David himself [therefore] calls him Lord, and whence is he his son? And the mass of the people heard him gladly.


rate difficulty: and they had what seemed to be iron breastplates, while the noise of their wings was like the noise of chariots drawn by many horses, galloping into battle.

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


rate difficulty: And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

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


simplify: and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and if I see aught, I will tell thee.

And I will go out and take my place by my father's side in the field near where you are; and I will get into talk with my father about you, and when I see how things are, I will give you word.


simplify: And David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.


rate difficulty: Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother;

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


rate difficulty: As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

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


simplify: Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the Lord our God forbad us.

But you did not go near the land of the children of Ammon, that is, all the side of the river Jabbok or the towns of the hill-country, wherever the Lord our God had said we were not to go.


simplify: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

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


rate difficulty: For this reason the Lord has said, See, I will send you away from off the face of the earth: this year death will overtake you, because you have said words against the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Abner looketh behind him, and saith, `Art thou he--Asahel?' and he saith, `I <FI>am<Fi> .'

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


rate difficulty: But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

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


simplify: As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

By my life, says the Lord, you will no longer have this saying in Israel.