rate difficulty: But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am Jehovah your God, who hath separated you from the peoples.

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


rate difficulty: For to a man who <FI>is<Fi> good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity and vexation of spirit.

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad.

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


simplify: But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

No, but what does it say? ‘The message of faith’ which we proclaim.


simplify: And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure-house.

And the priest, the son of Aaron, is to be with the Levites, when the Levites take the tenths: and the Levites are to take a tenth of the tenths into the house of our God, to the rooms, into the store-house;


rate difficulty: So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

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


simplify: Then shall it be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread: yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

Then it will be used to make a fire, so that a man may get warm; he has the oven heated with it and makes bread: he makes a god with it, to which he gives worship: he makes a pictured image out of it, and goes down on his face before it.


simplify: But of all clean fowls ye may eat.


simplify: Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; And my feet have not slipped.

You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet make no slip.


rate difficulty: And Amaziah said unto Amos, [Thou] seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there.

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


rate difficulty: Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

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


rate difficulty: and so when the cloud is a number of days over the tabernacle; by the command of Jehovah they encamp, and by the command of Jehovah they journey.

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


simplify: But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.

But to this day, at the reading of the law of Moses, a veil is over their heart.


simplify: Should ye not hear the words which the Lord hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?

Are not these the words which the Lord said to you by the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem was full of people and wealth, and the towns round about her and the South and the Lowland were peopled?


rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,


simplify: And I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

And I will make your land a waste, a wonder to your haters living in it.


simplify: Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.

The Lord of armies will come in with thunder and earth-shaking and great noise, with rushing wind and storm, and the flame of burning fire.


simplify: Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,


simplify: Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

Then King Hezekiah and the captains gave orders to the Levites to give praise to God in the words of David and Asaph the seer. And they made songs of praise with joy, and with bent heads gave worship.


simplify: And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Make clear to us, when will these things be? and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world?


simplify: In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

In him, I say, for by our union with him we became God’s heritage, having from the first been destined for this in the intention of him who, in all that happens, is carrying out his own fixed purpose;


simplify: Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after man’s command.

Ephraim is troubled; he is crushed by his judges, because he took pleasure in walking after deceit.


simplify: Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:


simplify: But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee,

But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;


simplify: In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shaketh over it.

In that day the Egyptians will be like women: and the land will be shaking with fear because of the waving of the Lord's hand stretched out over it.


rate difficulty: There is, I tell you, no one born of a woman who is greater than John; and yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”


simplify: And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Jehovah; and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung.

And I will send trouble on men so that they will go about like the blind, because they have done evil against the Lord: and their blood will be drained out like dust, and their strength like waste.


simplify: And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

And word came to David, saying, Ahithophel is among those who are joined to Absalom. And David said, O Lord, let the wisdom of Ahithophel be made foolish.


simplify: He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Let him who has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To him who conquers — to him I will give the right ‘to eat the fruit of the Tree of life, which stands in the Paradise of God.’ “


rate difficulty: `O our God, dost Thou not execute judgment upon them? for there is no power in us before this great multitude that hath come against us, and we know not what we do, but on Thee <FI>are<Fi> our eyes.'

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


rate difficulty: And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.

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


rate difficulty: Of those who are thought somewhat highly of — what they once were makes no difference to me; God does not recognize human distinctions — those, I say, who are thought highly of added nothing to my message.

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


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

Then he said in answer, I have not been troubling Israel, but you and your family; because, turning away from the orders of the Lord, you have gone after the Baals.


rate difficulty: And he said unto him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man turned from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and maid-servants?

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


rate difficulty: That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

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


rate difficulty: Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the Asherah four hundred, that eat at Jezebel’s table.

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


simplify: David, then, doth call him lord, and how is he his son?'

David, then, calls him ‘lord,’ so how is he David’s son?”


rate difficulty: Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

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


rate difficulty: Then Jehovah will be jealous for his land, and will have pity on his people.

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


simplify: Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

by one who recognizes that laws were not made for good people, but for the lawless and disorderly, for irreligious and wicked people, for those who are irreverent and profane, for those who ill-treat their fathers or mothers, for murderers,


rate difficulty: And if also any one contend [in the games], he is not crowned unless he contend lawfully.

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


rate difficulty: And these <FI>are<Fi> kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel have smitten beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal-Gad, in the valley of Lebanon, and unto the mount of Halak, which is going up to Seir; and Joshua giveth it to the tribes of Israel--a possession according to their divisions;

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


simplify: neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had showed unto Israel.

And they were not kind to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, in reward for all the good he had done to Israel.


rate difficulty: After these things I will return, And I will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen; And I will build again the ruins thereof, And I will set it up:


simplify: of the gods of the peoples that are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;

Gods of the peoples round about you, near or far, from one end of the earth to the other;


simplify: for, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

For you are with child and will give birth to a son; his hair is never to be cut, for the child is to be separate to God from his birth; and he will take up the work of freeing Israel from the hands of the Philistines.


simplify: and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

And the Lord will be your guide at all times; in dry places he will give you water in full measure, and will make strong your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like an ever-flowing spring.


simplify: And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, thou knowest.

And he said to me, Son of man, is it possible for these bones to come to life? And I made answer, and said, It is for you to say, O Lord.


simplify: Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.

Give praise to the Lord in the east, to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the sea-lands.


rate difficulty: For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.

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


rate difficulty: and sandals, old and patched, on their feet, and old garments upon them, and all the bread of their provision is dry--it was crumbs.

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


rate difficulty: But at midnight a shout was raised — ‘The groom is coming! Come out to meet him!’


rate difficulty: Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein;

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


simplify: And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

It is not enough for one who is my servant to put the tribes of Jacob again in their place, and to get back those of Israel who have been sent away: my purpose is to give you as a light to the nations, so that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.


simplify: Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt.

Now, the reward is credited to him who does works, not as of grace but as a debt.


simplify: For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.

Because of the mountain of Zion which is a waste; jackals go over it.


simplify: Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

Therefore, dear friends, in expectation of these things, make every effort to be found by him spotless, blameless, and at peace.


rate difficulty: For sin will not lord it over you. You are living under the reign, not of law, but of love.

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


simplify: And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.

And they took the boy in, living, and were greatly comforted.


rate difficulty: Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

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


simplify: and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:

And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;


simplify: And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

And when the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord, he gave them a saviour, Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.


rate difficulty: All this land will be a waste and a cause of wonder; and these nations will be the servants of the king of Babylon for seventy years.

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


rate difficulty: And I have put on you reproach age-during, And shame age-during that is not forgotten!

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


simplify: Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz: the cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.


rate difficulty: For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:


simplify: and to make thee high above all nations that he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou mayest be a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, as he hath spoken.

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


simplify: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.


rate difficulty: Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,

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


simplify: These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

All these were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when the children of Israel were numbered in the lowlands of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.


simplify: to abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom; from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well; be strong!'

That you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating the flesh of strangled animals, and from impurity. If you guard yourselves against such things, it will be well with you. Farewell.’


rate difficulty: In his turning away the right of a man before the face of the Most High.


simplify: Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,

Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand;


rate difficulty: Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? It is no longer fit for anything but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot by men.

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


rate difficulty: and he sendeth messengers unto Abimelech deceitfully, saying, `Lo, Gaal son of Ebed and his brethren are coming into Shechem, and lo, they are fortifying the city against thee;

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


rate difficulty: Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

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


simplify: By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.


simplify: The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

Looking out from the window she gave a cry, the mother of Sisera was crying out through the window, Why is his carriage so long in coming? When will the noise of his wheels be sounding?


simplify: and ye--ye are witnesses of these things.

You yourselves are to be witnesses to all this.


simplify: And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.

And then the Levites went in to do their work in the Tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons: all the orders which the Lord had given Moses about the Levites were put into effect.


rate difficulty: By me kings reign, and rulers make just decrees;

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


rate difficulty: And the Philistines are standing on the mountain on this side, and the Israelites are standing on the mountain on that side, and the valley <FI>is<Fi> between them.

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


simplify: That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.


simplify: And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:

He who overcomes, and keeps my works to the end, to him I will give rule over the nations,


rate difficulty: And these <FI>are<Fi> the last words of David: --`The affirmation of David son of Jesse--And the affirmation of the man raised up--Concerning the Anointed of the God of Jacob, And the Sweetness of the Songs of Israel:

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


simplify: And after three months, we set sail in a ship (that had wintered in the isle) of Alexandria, with the sign Dioscuri,

After three months, we set sail in a ship that had wintered in the island. She was an Alexandrian vessel, and had the Twin sons of Zeus for her figure-head.


simplify: Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:

No! Those parts of the body that seem naturally the weaker are indispensable;


simplify: Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the lier-in-wait by the way.

Then we went away from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was on us, and he gave us salvation from our haters and those who were waiting to make an attack on us by the way.


simplify: I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish; ye shall not prolong your days in the land, whither thou passest over the Jordan to go in to possess it.

I give witness against you this day that destruction will certainly be your fate, and your days will be cut short in the land where you are going, the land of your heritage on the other side of Jordan.


rate difficulty: Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

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


rate difficulty: “I tell you,” replied Jesus, “if you have faith, without ever a doubt, you will do what not only what has been done to the fig tree, but, even if you should say to this hill ‘Be lifted up and hurled into the sea!’ it would be done.

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


rate difficulty: Then Gideon, hearing the story of the dream and the sense in which they took it, gave worship; then he went back to the tents of Israel, and said, Up! for the Lord has given the army of Midian into your hands.

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


rate difficulty: Mine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission,

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


simplify: and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;

And the sign or the wonder takes place, and he says to you, Let us go after other gods, which are strange to you, and give them worship;


rate difficulty: Lord, by these things [men] live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit; and thou hast recovered me, and made me to live.

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


rate difficulty: and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,


rate difficulty: And Joseph came in to them in the morning, and looked on them, and behold, they were sad.

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


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: So David would not bring the ark of Jehovah home unto himself into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.


simplify: And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!

For it will be done to the Son of man after the purpose of God, but unhappy is that man by whom he is given up.


simplify: And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater.


rate difficulty: and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: easy


simplify: Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:

“Learn the lesson taught by the fig-tree. As soon as its branches are full of sap, and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.


simplify: What then is it? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing psalms with the spirit, and I will sing psalms also with the understanding;

What, then, is my conclusion? Simply this — I will pray with my spirit, but with my mind as well; I will sing with my spirit, but with my mind as well.


simplify: To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

Everyone, high and low, paid attention to him. ‘This man,’ they used to say, ‘must be that power of God which people call “The Great Power.”’


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the firstmonth, in the firstdayof the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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


simplify: Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.


simplify: And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

And Mordecai went out from before the king, dressed in king-like robes of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold and clothing of purple and the best linen: and all the town of Shushan gave loud cries of joy.


rate difficulty: Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken unto me.

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


rate difficulty: And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.


simplify: And there entered a reasoning among them, this, Who may be greater of them?

A discussion arose among the disciples as to which of them was the greatest;


simplify: And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:

But they began to shout as one man: “Kill this fellow, but release Barabbas for us.”


rate difficulty: From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.

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


simplify: And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:

And Seth was a hundred and five years old when he became the father of Enosh:


simplify: Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.


rate difficulty: The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and glittering with gold ornaments, precious stones, and pearls. In her hand she held a gold cup, full of idolatrous abominations, and the unclean fruits of her licentiousness;

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


simplify: And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life.


rate difficulty: But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

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


simplify: Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should suck?

Why did the knees take me, or why the breasts that they might give me milk?


rate difficulty: All the animals, all the creeping things, and all the fowl — everything that moves on the earth, after their kinds, went out of the ark.

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


simplify: But Jesus said, Some one did touch me; for I perceived that power had gone forth from me.

But Jesus said, Someone was touching me, for I had the feeling that power had gone out from me.


simplify: At that time did Herod the tetrarch hear the fame of Jesus,

At that time Prince Herod heard of the fame of Jesus,


rate difficulty: Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

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


simplify: So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.


simplify: and many things having suffered under many physicians, and having spent all that she had, and having profited nothing, but rather having come to the worse,

and undergone much at the hands of many doctors, (spending all she had without obtaining any relief, but, on the contrary, growing worse),


rate difficulty: one God and Father of all, who <FI>is<Fi> over all, and through all, and in you all,

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


simplify: And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: all the people that came forth out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt.

And this is the reason why Joshua did so: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the fighting-men, had been overtaken by death in the waste land on the way, after they came out of Egypt.


simplify: But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

You will admit that I was not a burden to you but you say that I was “crafty” and caught you “by a trick”!


simplify: And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

they will trample you down and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone on another, because you did not know ‘the time of your visitation.’”


simplify: Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

Watch and pray,” he said to them all, “so that you may not fall into temptation. True, the spirit is eager, but human nature is weak.”


simplify: for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips--not to speak guile;

‘The person who wants to enjoy life And see happy days — Let them keep their tongue from evil And their lips from deceitful words,


simplify: so that my bonds became manifest in Christ throughout the whole prætorian guard, and to all the rest;

So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;


rate difficulty: When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah.

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


simplify: And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

And make two more gold rings and put them on the front of the ephod at the top of the arms, at the join, over the worked band:


simplify: and Paul having laid on them <FI>his<Fi> hands, the Holy Spirit came upon them, they were speaking also with tongues, and prophesying,

and, after Paul had placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit descended on them, and they began to speak with ‘tongues’ and to preach.


rate difficulty: Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.

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


rate difficulty: And he goeth down and dippeth in Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh doth turn back as the flesh of a little youth, and is clean.

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


simplify: And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.

And they put the ark of God on a new cart and took it out of the house of Abinadab which was on the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were the drivers of the cart.


rate difficulty: and the seventh day <FI>is<Fi> a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, --

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


rate difficulty: and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.


simplify: He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.


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

These were of the offspring of the Rephaim in Gath; they came to their death by the hands of David and his servants.


simplify: And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.

And when he was getting into the boat, the man in whom had been the evil spirits had a great desire to come with him.


rate difficulty: If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?

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


simplify: Hanan the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

Hanan, the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,


rate difficulty: And Jeroboam lieth with his fathers, with the kings of Israel, and reign doth Zechariah his son in his stead.

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


rate difficulty: The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus went into the Temple and sent out all who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those trading in doves.

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


rate difficulty: And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enosh:

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


simplify: that the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work.

So that the man of God may be complete, trained and made ready for every good work.


simplify: And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,

And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;


rate difficulty: And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praisingGod with singing, and the prisoners listened to them.

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


simplify: And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables.

On the outer side, to the north, as one goes up to the opening of the doorway, were two tables.


rate difficulty: But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what manner of body do they come?


rate difficulty: And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

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


simplify: And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.

And the watchman said, It seems to me that the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and his news will be good.


rate difficulty: And I have charged on her the days of the Baalim, To whom she maketh perfume, And putteth on her ring and her ornament, And goeth after her lovers, And Me forgat--an affirmation of Jehovah.

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


simplify: And the high priest said, Are these things so?

Then the high priest said, Are these things true?


rate difficulty: My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.

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


simplify: So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

So the prophet went away, and pulling his head-band over his eyes to keep his face covered, took his place by the road waiting for the king.


rate difficulty: Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:

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


simplify: And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it.


simplify: Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he hath broken down his altar.

So that day he gave him the name of Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal take up his cause against him because his altar has been broken down.


rate difficulty: Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers: they bartered with thee the persons of men, and vessels of bronze.


simplify: Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.


simplify: A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.


rate difficulty: He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

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


simplify: Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Now when the building of the wall was complete and I had put up the doors, and the door-keepers and the music-makers and the Levites had been given their places,


simplify: And the devil said unto him, To thee will I give all this authority, and the glory of them: for it hath been delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

And the Evil One said, I will give you authority over all these, and the glory of them, for it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone at my pleasure.


simplify: Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:

Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.


simplify: If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.


simplify: that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy grain, and thy new wine, and thine oil.

Then I will send rain on your land at the right time, the early rains and the late rains, so that you may get in your grain and your wine and your oil.


rate difficulty: Honour widows who are really widows;

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


rate difficulty: For the Lord your God will give you his blessing as he has said: you will let other nations have the use of your money, but you will not make use of theirs; you will be rulers over a number of nations, but they will not be your rulers.


simplify: And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.

And you are not to go out from the door of the Tent of meeting for seven days, till the days for making you priest are ended; for this will be the work of seven days.


simplify: And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.


simplify: For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

Therefore, as I said, we do not lose heart. No, even though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.


rate difficulty: A thousand will go in fear before one; even before five you will go in flight: till you are like a pillar by itself on the top of a mountain, and like a flag on a hill.

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


simplify: For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.

Which is the greater — the master at the table or his servant? Is not it the master at the table? Yet I myself am among you as one who serves.


rate difficulty: And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

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


simplify: And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.

And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.


simplify: And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God.

And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.


simplify: If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

If in any way I may have the reward of life from the dead.


simplify: And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.

Then their father said to them, Which way did he go? Now his sons had seen which way the man of God who came from Judah had gone.


rate difficulty: And Moses put out his rod to heaven: and the Lord sent thunder, and an ice-storm, and fire running down on the earth; the Lord sent an ice-storm on the land of Egypt.


rate difficulty: And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark had rest.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: Seven days shall the son that is priest in his stead put them on, when he cometh into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.

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


simplify: And Jesus departed thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.

And Jesus went from there and came to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and took his seat there.


simplify: The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.


rate difficulty: If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, far off or near;

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


rate difficulty: And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with Midian? And they did chide with him sharply.

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


rate difficulty: And the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem you have given for a price to the sons of the Greeks, to send them far away from their land:

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


simplify: and the lodges thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about; it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

And of the rooms in it and its uprights and its covered ways, by these measures: and there were windows in it and in the covered way round about: it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.


simplify: Then shall ye remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

And at the memory of your evil ways and your wrongdoings, you will have bitter hate for yourselves because of your evil-doings and your disgusting ways, O children of Israel.


rate difficulty: But as these were going out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed by a demon.

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


simplify: And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,

And those of the sons of Merari who were numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,


rate difficulty: Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

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


simplify: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

and if anyone takes away any of the words in the book containing this prophecy, God will take away his share in the Tree of life, and in the Holy City — as described in this book.’


rate difficulty: And men were scorched with great heat: and they blasphemed the name of God who hath the power over these plagues; and they repented not to give him glory.

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


simplify: and to them that were in Hormah, and to them that were in Bor-ashan, and to them that were in Athach,

And to those who were in Hormah and in Bor-ashan and in Athach;


rate difficulty: And he is to put his hand on the head of the burned offering and it will be taken for him, to take away his sin.

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


simplify: `Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,

That is why I speak to them in parables, because, though they have eyes, they do not see, and though they have ears, they do not hear or understand.


rate difficulty: and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Behold thou <FI>art<Fi> conceiving, and bearing a son, and hast called his name Ishmael, for Jehovah hath hearkened unto thine affliction;

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


rate difficulty: therefore David himself saith of him Lord, and whence is he his son?' And the great multitude were hearing him gladly,

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, that David abode two days in Ziklag.


simplify: Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

You are to have a third part burned with fire inside the town, when the days of the attack are ended; and a third part you are to take and give blows with the sword round about it; and give a third part for the wind to take away, and let loose a sword after them.


simplify: Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

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


simplify: according as it hath been written, `Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.'

The words of scripture are — ‘I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau.’


simplify: As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

When the news comes to Egypt they will be bitterly pained at the fate of Tyre.


simplify: And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.

And he sent to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has got free from my authority: will you go with me to make war on Moab? And he said, I will go with you: I am as you are, my people as your people, and my horses as your horses.


rate difficulty: All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their precious things for food to revive [their] soul. See, Jehovah, and consider, for I am become vile.

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


rate difficulty: Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armorbearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah,

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


simplify: he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

To him will be given of the wine of God's wrath which is ready unmixed in the cup of his wrath and he will have cruel pain, burning with fire before the holy angels and before the Lamb:


simplify: But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward.


simplify: But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

But take care; see, I have made all things clear to you before the time.


simplify: And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God.

Then the priest will take the basket from your hand and put it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God.


simplify: If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou artmy mother, and my sister;

If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.

Say to the children of Israel: You are not to take any fat, of ox or sheep or goat, for food.


rate difficulty: And they journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped in Hazeroth.

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


rate difficulty: Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou also hast wrought all our works for us.

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


rate difficulty: And David hath not turned aside the ark unto himself, unto the city of David, and turneth it aside unto the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

And Shelah was thirty years old when he became the father of Eber:


simplify: But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

But he let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.


simplify: Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

Make your request to the Lord for rain in the time of the spring rains, even to the Lord who makes the thunder-flames; and he will give them showers of rain, to every man grass in the field.


simplify: And he causeth all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that there be given them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead;

And he gives to all, small and great, the poor and those who have wealth, the free and those who are not free, a mark on their right hand or on their brows;


simplify: And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

And the sons of Ezrah: Jether and Mered and Epher and Jalon; and these are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, the wife of Mered. And she became the mother of Miriam and Shammai and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.


rate difficulty: The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.


simplify: And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth–lehem, which is by the gate!

And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town!


rate difficulty: In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned hath Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah,

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


simplify: So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.

So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down and put Solomon on King David's beast and took him to Gihon.


rate difficulty: Jehovah will open unto thee his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

Let them be fixed to your fingers, and recorded in your heart.


simplify: but did empty himself, the form of a servant having taken, in the likeness of men having been made,

but impoverished himself by taking the nature of a servant and becoming like one of us;


simplify: Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,

Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the valleys of Gaash,


rate difficulty: Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.

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


rate difficulty: Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

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


rate difficulty: And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

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


rate difficulty: And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

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


simplify: Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Professing to be wise, they showed themselves fools;


rate difficulty: Let us no longer therefore judge one another; but judge ye this rather, not to put a stumbling-block or a fall-trap before his brother.

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


rate difficulty: But, while Paul was speaking at length about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became terrified, and interrupted him — “Go for the present, but, when I find an opportunity, I will send for you again.”

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


simplify: And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

The woman went home, and found the child lying on her bed, and the demon gone.


simplify: And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the public places, and upright behaviour may not come into the town.


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

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


rate difficulty: no wallet for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto his men, The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.

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


simplify: But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

But Jezebel, his wife, came to him and said, Why is your spirit so bitter that you have no desire for food?


simplify: And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire.

And the fourth let what was in his vessel come out on the sun; and power was given to it that men might be burned with fire.


simplify: For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;

For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to take away from Jerusalem and from Judah all their support; their store of bread and of water;


rate difficulty: And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.


rate difficulty: Hear a word of Jehovah, O nations, And declare ye among isles afar off, and say: He who is scattering Israel doth gather him, And hath kept him as a shepherd <FI>doth<Fi> his flock,

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


simplify: And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.

Now in the ninth year of his rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came against Jerusalem with all his army and took up his position before it, building earthworks all round the town.


simplify: Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all thy lovers are destroyed.

Go up to Lebanon and give a cry; let your voice be loud in Bashan, crying out from Abarim; for all your lovers have come to destruction


rate difficulty: So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he had come to Bethel.


simplify: Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.


simplify: His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!


simplify: Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

Take away the waste from silver, and a vessel will come out for the silver-worker.


rate difficulty: `And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

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


simplify: And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

So they kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the waste land of Sinai: as the Lord gave orders to Moses, so the children of Israel did.


simplify: But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

But an oath made by a widow or one who is no longer married to her husband, and every undertaking she has given, will have force.


simplify: And after he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain apart to pray: and when even was come, he was there alone.

And after he had sent the people away, he went up into the mountain by himself for prayer: and when evening was come, he was there by himself.


rate difficulty: Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

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


simplify: And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

And another angel came and took his place at the altar, having a gold vessel for burning perfume; and there was given to him much perfume, so that he might put it with the prayers of all the saints on the gold altar which was before the high seat.


rate difficulty: For the name of Jehovah will I proclaim: Ascribe greatness unto ourGod!

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

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


simplify: So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.


simplify: And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

And they are to take away the burned waste from the altar, and put a purple cloth on it;


simplify: The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or beast.

The priests may not take for food any bird or beast which has come to a natural death or whose death has been caused by another animal.


simplify: And I will show wonders in the heaven above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke:

And wonders will be seen in heaven, and signs on the earth, blood and fire and smoke:


rate difficulty: and the evil spirit, answering, said, `Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; and ye--who are ye?'

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


simplify: and the women also who have come with him out of Galilee having followed after, beheld the tomb, and how his body was placed,

The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and saw the tomb and how the body of Jesus was laid,


simplify: Blessed <FI>is<Fi> God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort,

Blessed is the God and Father of Jesus Christ our Lord, the all-merciful Father, the God ever ready to console,


simplify: And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

And if the first-fruit is holy, so is the mass: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.


rate difficulty: and walketh in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also, molten images hath made for Baalim,

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


rate difficulty: Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not.

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


rate difficulty: And there was another eagle with great wings and thick feathers: and now this vine, pushing out its roots to him, sent out its branches in his direction from the bed where it was planted, so that he might give it water.

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


simplify: For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

For he must reign until God ‘has put all his enemies under his feet.’


simplify: And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

And when the grain is cut, you are to give a fifth part to Pharaoh, and four parts will be yours for seed and food, and for your families and your little ones.


rate difficulty: According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

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


simplify: Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

Truly, the Lord's hand has not become short, so that he is unable to give salvation; and his ear is not shut from hearing:


rate difficulty: And Jehovah hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

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


simplify: and having called ten servants of his own, he gave to them ten pounds, and said unto them, Do business--till I come;

He called ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds of silver each, and told them to trade with them during his absence.


rate difficulty: the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words may not pass away.

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


rate difficulty: No one devoted, that shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.


rate difficulty: If God is one; and he will give righteousness because of faith to those who have circumcision, and through faith to those who have not circumcision.


simplify: For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church.

For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.


simplify: Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

Your strength and that of the people will be completely used up: this work is more than you are able to do by yourself.


rate difficulty: And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the Lord.

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


simplify: And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:

And he made the table of hard wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high;


rate difficulty: Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who is able to judge this thy numerous people?

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


simplify: And Eshton begat Beth–rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir–nahash. These are the men of Rechah.

And Eshton was the father of Bethrapha and Paseah and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.


rate difficulty: A golden cup <FI>is<Fi> Babylon in the hand of Jehovah, Making drunk all the earth, Of its wine drunk have nations, Therefore boast themselves do nations.

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


simplify: Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

Then Joshua sent for the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh,


simplify: And turning to the disciples, he said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:

And, turning to the disciples, he said privately, Happy are the eyes which see the things you see:


simplify: And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.

So Eleazar and Moses did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.


rate difficulty: For each man shall bear his own burden.

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


simplify: Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.

Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are all the children of Israel: and see, they are saying, Our bones have become dry our hope is gone, we are cut off completely.


simplify: And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:

But to the Rechabites Jeremiah said, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Because you have done the orders of Jonadab your father, and have kept his rules, and done everything as he gave you orders to do it;


simplify: And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

Then his master, in anger, handed him over to the jailers, until he should pay the whole of his debt.


simplify: In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all he did, and his sins, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?


simplify: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

(For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);


simplify: And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kiriath-huzoth.

And Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath-huzoth.


simplify: Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

See, the Lord is making the earth waste and unpeopled, he is turning it upside down, and sending the people in all directions.


simplify: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Beware of false teachers — people who come to you in the guise of sheep, but at heart they are ravenous wolves.


rate difficulty: And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.

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


rate difficulty: He is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me?

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


simplify: But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

(The rest of the dead were not restored to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.


simplify: Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

So they got up and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth and twelve of the servants of David.


simplify: Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.

Ho! Ariel, Ariel, the town against which David made war; put year to year, let the feasts come round:


rate difficulty: and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: In that day shall men look unto their Maker, and their eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

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


simplify: Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.

So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.


rate difficulty: Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

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


rate difficulty: When his daughter — that is, the daughter of Herodias — came in and danced, she delighted Herod and those who were dining with him. “Ask me for whatever you like,” the king said to the girl, “and I will give it to you”;

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


rate difficulty: Even then, in your great mercy, you did not put an end to them completely, or give them up; for you are a God of grace and mercy.


simplify: And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power; thou shalt not have one lot only:

Then Joshua said to the children of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, You are a great people, and have great power: you are not to have one property only,


simplify: Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

So they were put into groups, by the Lord's decision, one with another; for there were rulers of the holy place and rulers of the house of God among the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.


simplify: We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!

We were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there is only a great fear.


simplify: And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

And he was in the waste land for forty days, being tested by Satan; and he was with the beasts; and the angels took care of him.


rate difficulty: It is better that you should suffer, if that should be God’s will, for doing right, than for doing wrong.


rate difficulty: And Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sendeth unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

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


simplify: O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

O family of David, this is what the Lord has said: Do what is right in the morning, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away, or my wrath will go out like fire, burning so that no one may put it out, because of the evil of your doings.


simplify: Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

And the higher rooms were shorter: for the covered ways took up more space from these than from the lower and middle rooms.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.


simplify: Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.


simplify: Also they spake of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

And they said much before me of the good he had done, and gave him accounts of my words. And Tobiah sent letters with the purpose of causing me fear.


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

and submit to one another because you honor and respect him.


simplify: In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our righteousness.

In those days, Judah will have salvation and Jerusalem will be safe: and this is the name which will be given to her: The Lord is our righteousness.


simplify: and afterwards come also do the rest of the virgins, saying, Sir, sir, open to us;

Afterwards the other bridesmaids came. ‘Sir, Sir,’ they said, ‘open the door to us!’


rate difficulty: The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole decision is of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: In a mountain--the high place of Israel, I plant it, And it hath borne boughs, and yielded fruit, And become a goodly cedar, And dwelt under it have all birds of every wing, In the shade of its thin shoots they dwell.

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


rate difficulty: then it hath come to pass when he seeth that the youth is not, that he hath died, and thy servants have brought down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to sheol;

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


rate difficulty: and there may not at all enter into it any thing defiling and doing abomination, and a lie, but--those written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb.

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


rate difficulty: Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?


simplify: The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

The word about the Beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and grief, the land of the she-lion and the voice of the lion, of the snake and the burning winged snake, they take their wealth on the backs of young asses, and their stores on camels, to a people in whom is no profit.


simplify: And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

And he will give to the Lord his days of being separate, offering a he-lamb of the first year as an offering for error: but the earlier days will be a loss, because he became unclean.


simplify: This day Jehovah thy God commandeth thee to do these statutes and ordinances: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

Today the Lord your God gives you orders to keep all these laws and decisions: so then keep and do them with all your heart and all your soul.


simplify: And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

And his mouth was open to say evil against God, and against his name and his Tent, even against those who are in heaven.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

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


simplify: And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

Meanwhile Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,


simplify: Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the Lord hath set a king over you.

Here, then, is the king marked out by you: the Lord has put a king over you.


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

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


simplify: So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome.


simplify: Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off.

Those who had taken Jesus prisoner took him away into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance.


simplify: And Barzillai said unto the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

And Barzillai said to the king, How much of my life is still before me, for me to go up to Jerusalem with the king?


rate difficulty: In the reign of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the division called after Abijah. His wife, whose name was Elizabeth, was also a descendant of Aaron.

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


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:

So this is what the Lord has said: See, I am giving this town into the hands of the Chaldaeans and into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon, and he will take it:


rate difficulty: Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

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


simplify: And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there be wrath no more upon the children of Israel.

You are to be responsible for the holy place and the altar, so that wrath may never again come on the children of Israel.


simplify: But if the sacrifice of his oblation be a vow, or a freewill-offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offereth his sacrifice; and on the morrow that which remaineth of it shall be eaten:

But if his offering is made because of an oath or given freely, it may be taken as food on the day when it is offered; and the rest may be used up on the day after:


simplify: And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

And by a prophet the Lord made Israel come up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.


rate difficulty: But the people, the men of Israel, taking heart again, put their forces in order and took up the same position as on the first day.

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


simplify: And they departed from Rimmon–parez, and pitched in Libnah.

And they went on from Rimmon-perez, and put up their tents in Libnah.


simplify: Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:

And over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer, the son of Zichri; of the Simeonites, Shephatiah, the son of Maacah;


rate difficulty: And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; a designer and a trained workman, expert in needlework of blue and purple and red and the best linen.

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


simplify: The king’s favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.

The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame.


rate difficulty: And there is hope for thy latter end, An affirmation of Jehovah, And the sons have turned back <FI>to<Fi> their border.

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


rate difficulty: And Gilead I gave to Machir.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

Now after the meal he made ready the ass for him, for the prophet whom he had taken back.


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


simplify: But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.

But be you strong and let not your hands be feeble, for your work will be rewarded.


simplify: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

So that no man might be able to do trade but he who has the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name.


rate difficulty: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I <FI>am<Fi> against the shepherds, And have required My flock from their hand, And caused them to cease from feeding the flock, And no more do the shepherds feed themselves, And I have delivered My flock from their mouth, And they are not to them for food.

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


simplify: The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth–el, one;

The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Beth-el, one;


simplify: Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the Lord of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning.

And you are to give a lamb a year old without any mark on it for a burned offering to the Lord every day: morning by morning you are to give it.


simplify: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.


simplify: But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!

The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!


simplify: And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.

And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and sent it from his leather band straight at the Philistine, and the stone went deep into his brow, and he went down to the earth, falling on his face.


simplify: Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

And Benjamin was the father of Bela his oldest son, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,


rate difficulty: Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.


simplify: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up.


simplify: Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:

Then the chief wine-servant said to Pharaoh, The memory of my sin comes back to me now;


simplify: Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

Building no houses for ourselves, having no vine-gardens or fields or seed:


simplify: Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

Then he said to the man. “Stretch out your hand.” The man stretched it out; and it had become as sound as the other.


simplify: And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him,

On seeing the crowds of people, Jesus went up the hill; and, when he had taken his seat, his disciples came up to him;


simplify: and the brother who is infirm shall perish by thy knowledge, because of whom Christ died?

And so, through this knowledge of yours, the weak person is ruined — someone for whose sake Christ died!


simplify: So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.

And the water was made sweet again to this day, as Elisha said.


simplify: And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.


simplify: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

For from him the whole body, closely joined and knit together by the contact of every part with the source of its life, derives its power to grow, in proportion to the vigour of each individual part; and so is being built up in a spirit of love.


simplify: And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

The number of his army was fifty-three thousand, four hundred.


simplify: Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.

Of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand: of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand: of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand:


rate difficulty: I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where <FI>is<Fi> this--the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.

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


rate difficulty: When these went on, the others went; and when these came to rest, the others came to rest; and when these were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up by their side: for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

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


simplify: and didst make us to our God kings and priests, and we shall reign upon the earth.'

and did make them a kingdom of priests in the service of our God, and they are reigning on the earth.’


simplify: And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,

And this is the offering you are to take from them: gold and silver and brass;


simplify: But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

No, we are trying to commend ourselves under all circumstances, as God’s ministers should — in many an hour of endurance, in troubles, in hardships, in difficulties,


rate difficulty: for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.


simplify: And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.

And when he had his hair cut, (which he did at the end of every year, because of the weight of his hair;) the weight of the hair was two hundred shekels by the king's weight.


rate difficulty: The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

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


rate difficulty: And the land by the sea will be grass-land, with houses for keepers of sheep and walled places for flocks.

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


simplify: Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, The earth swallowed them.

When your right hand was stretched out, the mouth of the earth was open for them.