rate difficulty: Which also I did in Jerusalem, and myself shut up in prisons many of the saints, having received the authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote.

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simplify: And thou shalt do according to the tenor of the sentence which they shall show thee from that place which Jehovah shall choose; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee:

And you are to be guided by the decision they give in the place named by the Lord, and do whatever they say:


rate difficulty: And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

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


simplify: Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

Then Absalom said, Now send for Hushai the Archite, and let us give ear to what he has to say.


rate difficulty: But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah’s flock is taken captive.

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


simplify: Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the 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.


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

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


rate difficulty: Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.

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


simplify: And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:

And Samson said, Now I have a hard question for you: if you are able to give me the answer before the seven days of the feast are over, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing;


simplify: and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.

And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.


rate difficulty: Turn back to Him from whom sons of Israel Have deepened apostasy.


simplify: And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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


simplify: Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:

Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord;


rate difficulty: And Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces, and all the people, have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, to dwell in the land of Judah;

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


simplify: and I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all;

And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king over them all: and they will no longer be two nations, and will no longer be parted into two kingdoms:


simplify: now therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, O remnant of Judah: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, If ye indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

Then give ear now to the word of the Lord, O you last of Judah: the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, If your minds are fixed on going into Egypt and stopping there;


rate difficulty: then ye have brought them both out unto the gate of that city, and stoned them with stones, and they have died: --the damsel, because that she hath not cried, <FI>being<Fi> in a city; and the man, because that he hath humbled his neighbour's wife; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.

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


simplify: And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

And anyone touching these things will be unclean, and his clothing will have to be washed and his body bathed in water and he will be unclean till evening.


simplify: And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.

And they were recorded by their generations, heads of their families, great men of war, twenty thousand, two hundred.


rate difficulty: And the chief of the butlers turneth back and findeth the king of Asshur fighting against Libnah, for he hath heard that he hath journeyed from Lachish.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

And he said to them, Make the house unclean, make the open places full of dead: go forward and send destruction on the town.


rate difficulty: but in everything commending ourselves asGod's ministers, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits,

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


rate difficulty: Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hiddenplace.

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


simplify: Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

Then he goes and gets seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they go in, and take their places there: and the last condition of that man is worse than the first.


rate difficulty: Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.

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


simplify: For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

For Ezra had given his mind to learning the law of the Lord and doing it, and to teaching his rules and decisions in Israel.


simplify: and the twelve, having called near the multitude of the disciples, said, `It is not pleasing that we, having left the word of God, do minister at tables;

The Twelve, therefore, called together the general body of the disciples and said to them: “It is not well for us to see to the distribution at the tables and neglect God’s message.


rate difficulty: And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.

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


rate difficulty: whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses’ hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind:


rate difficulty: For the sake of meat do not destroy the work ofGod. All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil to that man who eats while stumbling [in doing so].

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


simplify: And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.


simplify: Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength;


simplify: let not him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and let not him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God did receive him.

The person who eats meat must not despise the person who abstains from it; nor must the person who abstains from eating meat pass judgment on the one who eats it, for God himself has received them.


rate difficulty: And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

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


rate difficulty: Sweet also <FI>is<Fi> the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.


rate difficulty: And having entered into the temple, he began to cast forth those selling in it, and those buying,

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


simplify: by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;

By your wisdom and deep knowledge you have got power for yourself, and put silver and gold in your store-houses:


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

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


simplify: And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

And ten thousand more the children of Israel took living, and made them go up to the top of the rock, pushing them down from the top of the rock so that their bodies were broken by the fall.


simplify: The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,

Ahiezer was their chief, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Beracah and Jehu the Anathothite;


simplify: And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick and at the point of death.

And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death.


simplify: Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?


rate difficulty: As Jesus was walking out of the Temple Courts, one of his disciples said to him: “Teacher, look what fine stones and buildings these are!”


rate difficulty: Is it not thus? My word <FI>is<Fi> as a fire, An affirmation of Jehovah. And as a hammer--it breaketh in pieces a rock.


rate difficulty: And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

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


rate difficulty: and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,


rate difficulty: Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

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


rate difficulty: These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.


simplify: For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

For the Lord had made the sound of carriages and horses, and the noise of a great army, come to the ears of the Aramaeans, so that they said to one another, Truly, the king of Israel has got the kings of the Hittites and of the Egyptians for a price to make an attack on us.


simplify: And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.

And I will send on you the punishment of your evil ways, and you will be rewarded for your sins with your images: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: and over workmen of the field for the service of the ground <FI>is<Fi> Ezri son of Chelub;


rate difficulty: And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

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


simplify: These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.

These are the names of David's men of war: Ishbaal the Hachmonite, chief of the three; his axe was lifted up against eight hundred put to death at one time.


rate difficulty: And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.

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


simplify: therefore also without gainsaying I came, having been sent for; I ask, therefore, for what matter ye did send for me?'

That was why I came, when I was sent for, without raising any objection. And now I ask your reason for sending for me.”


simplify: And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.

And they did evil against the God of their fathers, worshipping the gods of the people of the land, whom God had put to destruction before them.


rate difficulty: in the twenty and fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

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


rate difficulty: There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

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


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

And the rooms in it and the uprights and the covered ways, by these measures:


rate difficulty: or how art thou able to say to thy brother, Brother, suffer, I may take out the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thine eye--thyself the beam in thine own eye not beholding? Hypocrite, take first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to take out the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thy brother's eye.

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


simplify: Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them.


simplify: to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

To whom be the glory for ever and ever. So be it.


simplify: And in process of time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

And after a time, Bath-shua, Judah's wife, came to her end; and after Judah was comforted for her loss, he went to Timnah, where they were cutting the wool of his sheep, and his friend Hirah of Adullam went with him.


simplify: And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth–aven, on the east side of Beth–el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is by the side of Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and said to them, Go up and make a search through the land. And the men went up and saw how Ai was placed.


rate difficulty: whom I found to be accused about questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

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


simplify: Wherefore receive ye one another, even as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.

So then, take one another to your hearts, as Christ took us, to the glory of God.


rate difficulty: and the present passeth over before his face, and he hath lodged during that night in the camp.

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


rate difficulty: And they lay hold, each on the head of his companion, and his sword <FI>is<Fi> in the side of his companion, and they fall together, and <FI>one<Fi> calleth that place Helkath-Hazzurim, which <FI>is<Fi> in Gibeon,

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

This is what the Lord has said: See, waters are coming up out of the north, and will become an overflowing stream, overflowing the land and everything in it, the town and those who are living in it; and men will give a cry, and all the people of the land will be crying out in pain.


simplify: And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

And Moses said to God, Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egypt?


rate difficulty: Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

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


rate difficulty: And the priest is to come again on the seventh day and have a look and see if the marks on the walls of the house are increased in size;


simplify: And the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.

And by day the cloud of the Lord went over them, when they went forward from the place where they had put up their tents.


simplify: Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife and gave her to his friend. So the Philistines came up and had her and her father's house burned.


rate difficulty: Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.

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


simplify: Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.


simplify: And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

And at the death of Husham, Hadad, son of Bedad, who overcame the Midianites in the field of Moab, became king; his chief town was named Avith.


rate difficulty: And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten.

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


rate difficulty: And Sheva was the scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

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


rate difficulty: Suddenly hath Babylon fallen, Yea, it is broken, howl ye for it, Take balm for her pain, if so be it may be healed.

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


simplify: All these that were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their office of trust.

There were two hundred and twelve whose business it was to keep the doorway. These were listed by families in the country places where they were living, whom David and Samuel the seer put in their responsible positions.


simplify: But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother slew him.

And when he put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimea, David's brother, put him to death.


simplify: The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.

And the nations had news of him; he was taken in the hole they had made: and, pulling him with hooks, they took him into the land of Egypt.


simplify: In that day: A vineyard of wine, sing ye unto it.

In that day it will be said, A vine-garden of delight, make a song about it.


simplify: So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.

And when they had said more sharp words to them, they let them go, not seeing what punishment they might give them, because of the people; for all men were giving praise to God for what had taken place.


simplify: And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not?


simplify: For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;


simplify: Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.

Then give ear to this, you heads of the children of Jacob, you rulers of the children of Israel, hating what is right, twisting what is straight.


simplify: We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.

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


simplify: And Balaam said unto the angel of Jehovah, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.

And Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, I have done wrong, for I did not see that you were in the way against me: but now, if it is evil in your eyes, I will go back again.


simplify: Look ye out therefore, brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.


rate difficulty: And the king said to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness of which thy heart is conscious, which thou didst to David my father; and Jehovah returns thy wickedness upon thine own head;

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Sons of Zattu, nine hundred and forty and five.

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


simplify: For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.


simplify: So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt.

So Solomon kept the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great meeting, for the people had come together from the way into Hamath and from as far as the river of Egypt.


simplify: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.

For this cause, see, a time is coming, says the Lord, when this place will no longer be named Topheth, or, The valley of the son of Hinnom, but, The valley of Death.


simplify: And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

“You do not know the meaning of this parable?”he went on; “Then how will you understand all the other parables?


rate difficulty: Sons of Ater of Hezekiah: ninety and eight.

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


rate difficulty: and they say unto Jeremiah the prophet, `Let, we pray thee, our supplication fall before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, for all this remnant; for we have been left a few out of many, as thine eyes do see us;

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


rate difficulty: For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.


simplify: How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?


rate difficulty: Then Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, with his brothers, got up and made the altar of the God of Israel for burned offerings as is recorded in the law of Moses, the man of God.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Jehovah! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy wrath upon Jerusalem?

Now while they were doing so, and I was untouched, I went down on my face, and crying out, I said, Ah, Lord! will you give all the rest of Israel to destruction in letting loose your wrath on Jerusalem?


simplify: And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before Jehovah for the issue of her uncleanness.

To be offered by the priest, one for a sin-offering and one for a burned offering; and the priest will take away her sin before the Lord on account of her unclean condition.


simplify: Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

So the chiefs of the Philistines gave her seven new bow-cords which had never been made dry, and she had them tightly knotted round him.


rate difficulty: Then I heard another voice from heaven saying — ‘Come out of her, my people, so that you may not participate in her sins, and that you may not suffer from the curses inflicted on her.

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


simplify: I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

I am astonished at your so soon deserting him, who called you through the love of Christ, for a different ‘good news,’


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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


rate difficulty: The sons of Ladan: sons of the Gershonites of the family of Ladan, heads of families of Ladan the Gershonite, Jehieli.


simplify: And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times: then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it; whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

Then the man of God was angry with him and said, If you had done it five or six times, then you would have overcome Aram completely; but now you will only overcome them three times.


rate difficulty: And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first-fruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.

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


simplify: To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;


simplify: Speak not thou in thy heart, after that Jehovah thy God hath thrust them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness Jehovah hath brought me in to possess this land; whereas for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah doth drive them out from before thee.

And after the Lord has sent them in flight from before you, say not in your heart, Because of my righteousness the Lord has given me this land; when it is because of their evil-doing that the Lord is driving these nations out before you.


simplify: For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.


rate difficulty: Now whoever has caused the pain has not so much pained me, as he has, to some extent — not to be too severe — pained every one of you.

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


rate difficulty: and Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs;

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


simplify: And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.

And King Ahaz gave orders to Urijah the priest, saying, Make the morning burned offering and the evening meal offering and the king's burned offering and meal offering, with the burned offerings of all the people and their meal offerings and drink offerings, on the great altar, and put on it all the blood of the burned offerings and of the beasts which are offered; but the brass altar will be for my use to get directions from the Lord.


rate difficulty: All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred thousand and eight thousand and a hundred, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth third.

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


simplify: therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that ye have not known, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.

For this reason I will send you away out of this land into a land which is strange to you, to you and to your fathers; there you will be the servants of other gods day and night, and you will have no mercy from me.


simplify: And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.

And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.


simplify: Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church;

Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;


simplify: for David, indeed, his own generation having served by the will of God, did fall asleep, and was added unto his fathers, and saw corruption,

David, after obediently doing God’s will in his own time, ‘fell asleep and was laid by the side of his ancestors, and did undergo corruption;


rate difficulty: serving the Lord with all lowliness, and tears, and temptations, which happened to me through the plots of the Jews;


simplify: Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

But truly, there will still be a small band who will be safe, even sons and daughters: and they will come out to you, and you will see their ways and their doings: and you will be comforted about the evil which I have sent on Jerusalem, even about everything I have sent on it.


rate difficulty: And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,

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


simplify: And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

After seizing Peter, Herod put him in prison, and entrusted him to the keeping of four Guards of four soldiers each, intending, after the Passover, to bring him up before the people.


simplify: And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.

There is a contrast, too, between the gift and the results of the one man’s sin. The judgment, which followed on the one man’s sin, resulted in condemnation, but God’s gracious gift, which followed on many offenses, resulted in a decree of righteousness.


rate difficulty: For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.

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


simplify: Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.


simplify: And Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

Then Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came to him, but was a cause of trouble and not of strength to him.


rate difficulty: It may be that Jehovah will look on mine affliction, and that Jehovah will requite me good for my being cursed this day.

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


rate difficulty: and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them.

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


rate difficulty: And these <FI>are<Fi> the names of the tribes: From the north end unto the side of the way of Hethlon, at the coming in to Hamath, Hazar-Enan, the border of Damascus northward, unto the side of Hamath, and they have been his--side east and west, Dan one,

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


simplify: From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation:

Numbering all those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work in the Tent of meeting;


rate difficulty: For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.


simplify: Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?


rate difficulty: And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as seems good to thee.

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


rate difficulty: Know therefore, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.

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


rate difficulty: And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.

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


rate difficulty: And the watchman said, I see the running of the foremost like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man; and comes with good news.

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


rate difficulty: But Jehoshabeath the daughter of the king took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that she did not slay him;

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


simplify: For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Indeed, the same God who said ‘Out of darkness light will shine,’ has shone in on our hearts, so that we should bring out into the light the knowledge of the glory of God, seen in the face of Christ.


simplify: And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:

And God did special works of power by the hands of Paul:


simplify: Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, a hundred cubits, both on the east and on the north.

Then he took the measure of the square across, from before the lower doorway inside to before the inner doorway outside, one hundred cubits. And he took me in the direction of the north,


simplify: And when the men were come unto him, they said, John the Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?

And when the men came to him they said, John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?


simplify: Therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.

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


rate difficulty: Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.

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


simplify: His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

His sons come to honour, and he has no knowledge of it; they are made low, but he is not conscious of it.


simplify: And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.

And his captains freely gave an offering to the people, the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand, six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen.


simplify: And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

And I will make the arms of the king of Babylon strong, and will put my sword in his hand: but Pharaoh's arms will be broken, and he will give cries of pain before him like the cries of a man wounded to death.


simplify: And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

Falling on one another, as before the sword, when no one comes after them; you will give way before your haters.


simplify: For the body is not one member, but many.

The human body, I repeat, consists not of one part, but of many.


simplify: Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you?


simplify: A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.


simplify: And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah’s anointed?

And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?


rate difficulty: Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

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


rate difficulty: Then Saul said to Jonathan, Give me an account of what you have done. And Jonathan gave him the story and said, Certainly I took a little honey on the end of my rod; and now death is to be my fate.

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


rate difficulty: Of their half shall ye take it, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for a heave-offering of Jehovah.

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


simplify: And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

And in every part of the kingdom, wherever the king's word and his order came, there was great sorrow among the Jews, and weeping and crying and going without food; and numbers of them were stretched on the earth covered with dust and haircloth.


simplify: And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar--Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene--

In the fifteenth year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was Governor of Judea, Herod Ruler of Galilee, his brother Philip Ruler of the territory comprising Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias Ruler of Abilene,


simplify: And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spake unto all the people, saying,

Now it came to the ears of Shephatiah, the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah, the son of Pashhur, and Jucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur, the son of Malchiah, that Jeremiah had said to all the people,


simplify: Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

So, as I have done to Samaria and her images, I will do to Jerusalem and her images.


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

It will not be put out day or night; its smoke will go up for ever: it will be waste from generation to generation; no one will go through it for ever.


rate difficulty: In that day the Lord will take away the glory of their foot-rings, and their sun-jewels, and their moon-ornaments,

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


rate difficulty: Make war ready against her; up! let us go up when the sun is high. Sorrow is ours! for the day is turned and the shades of evening are stretched out.


rate difficulty: Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

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


rate difficulty: `Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye come in unto the land which I am giving to you, then hath the land kept a sabbath to Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king!

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


simplify: They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters play the harlot, and your brides commit adultery.

They make offerings on the tops of mountains, burning perfumes in high places, under trees of every sort, because their shade is good: and so your daughters are given up to loose ways and your brides are false to their husbands.


simplify: saying, Go your way into the village over against you; in which as ye enter ye shall find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat: loose him, and bring him.

Saying, Go into the little town in front of you, and on going in you will see a young ass fixed with a cord, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose and take him.


simplify: if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.

If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself.


rate difficulty: These were the chief superintendents that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, that ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

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


simplify: Then I was by him, asa master workman; And I was dailyhisdelight, Rejoicing always before him,

Then I was by his side, as a master workman: and I was his delight from day to day, playing before him at all times;


simplify: When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

When they were near the house of Micah, hearing a voice which was not strange to them, that of the young Levite, they went out of their road to his place, and said to him, How did you come here? and what are you doing in this place? and why are you here?


simplify: Lo, I come quickly, be holding fast that which thou hast, that no one may receive thy crown.

I will come quickly. Hold to what you have received so that no one may take your crown.


rate difficulty: And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

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


simplify: In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were chambers.

(And he took me) to the south, and in front of the separate place and in front of the building there were rooms.


rate difficulty: I have made haircloth the clothing of my skin, and my horn is rolled in the dust.

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


simplify: And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

Of this silver, a hundred talents was used for making the bases of the pillars of the holy place and of the veil; a talent for every base.


simplify: And Jesus answering said to them, `As against a robber ye came out, with swords and sticks, to take me!

But Jesus spoke up, and said to the men: “Have you come out, as if after a robber, with swords and clubs, to take me?


rate difficulty: By the hand of Eleasah son of Shaphan, and Gemariah son of Hilkijah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon--to Babylon, saying,

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


simplify: And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,

And he gave orders to Hilkiah and to Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Abdon, the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe and Asaiah, the king's servant, saying,


rate difficulty: render, therefore, to all <FI>their<Fi> dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.


simplify: Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:

And their land is full of silver and gold, and there is no end to their stores; their land is full of horses, and there is no end to their carriages.


simplify: And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this great city?

And nations from all sides will go past this town, and every man will say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done such things to this great town?


simplify: And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:

Then Jesus began: “See that no one leads you astray.


rate difficulty: The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;


simplify: Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.

Six days let work be done, but the seventh day is to be a holy day to you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on that day is to be put to death.


rate difficulty: But when he came out he could not speak to them, and they recognised that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was making signs to them, and continued dumb.

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


simplify: Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

For this reason he makes an offering to his net, burning perfume to his fishing-net; because by them he gets much food and his meat is fat.


simplify: and they sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all, according as any man had need.

And exchanging their goods and property for money, they made division of it among them all, as they had need.


rate difficulty: And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

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


rate difficulty: And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this.

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


simplify: When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

Hearing these things, they were cut to the heart and moved with wrath against him.


simplify: But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

On the contrary, they should be hospitable, eager for the right, discreet, upright, people of holy life and capable of self-restraint,


rate difficulty: You are scrupulous in keeping days and months and seasons and years!

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


rate difficulty: And he said to the people, Be ready by the third day: do not come near a woman.


rate difficulty: Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),

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


simplify: And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.

And they gave their word that they would put away their wives; and for their sin, they gave an offering of a male sheep of the flock.


simplify: Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

Your people will all be upright, the land will be their heritage for ever; the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, to be for my glory.


simplify: And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.

And a great storm of wind came up, and the waves came into the boat, so that the boat was now becoming full.


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

When they had almost reached Jerusalem, having come as far as Bethphage, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent on two disciples.


rate difficulty: Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.

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


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

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


simplify: He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

He took me to the house of wine, and his flag over me was love.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

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


rate difficulty: Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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


simplify: and for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, that hath had no husband; for her may he defile himself.

And for his sister, a virgin, for she is his near relation and has had no husband, he may make himself unclean.


simplify: I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.


simplify: And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.


rate difficulty: Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, chosen men out of themselves to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas--Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren--

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


simplify: Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.

And you, son of man, have two ways marked out, so that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; let the two of them come out of one land: and let there be a pillar at the top of the road:


simplify: He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not come under the power of the second death.


rate difficulty: (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar-trees and fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: and Jehovah is seen in the tent, in a pillar of a cloud; and the pillar of the cloud standeth at the opening of the tent.

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


rate difficulty: then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest?

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


simplify: There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.


simplify: In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

In the same way, with the cup, after the meal, he said, This cup is the new testament in my blood: do this, whenever you take it, in memory of me.


rate difficulty: Ephraim is looking <FI>away<Fi> from My God, The prophet! a snare of a fowler <FI>is<Fi> over all his ways, Hatred <FI>is<Fi> in the house of his God.

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


rate difficulty: But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

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


simplify: The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

The priests did not say, Where is the Lord? and those who were expert in the law had no knowledge of me: and the rulers did evil against me, and the prophets became prophets of the Baal, going after things without value.


simplify: And lo, two men were speaking together with him, who were Moses and Elijah,

And all at once two men were talking with Jesus; they were Moses and Elijah,


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel that were present held the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

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


simplify: and at morning, Foul weather to-day, for the heaven is red--gloomy; hypocrites, the face of the heavens indeed ye do know to discern, but the signs of the times ye are not able!

But in the morning you say ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is as red as fire and threatening.’ You learn to read the sky; yet you are unable to read the signs of the times!


simplify: And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them that came up at the first, and I found written therein:

And my God put it into my heart to get together the rulers and the chiefs and the people so that they might be listed by families. And I came across a record of the names of those who came up at the first, and in it I saw these words:


rate difficulty: And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.

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simplify: and there went also of the disciples from Caesarea with us, bringing with them him with whom we may lodge, a certain Mnason of Cyprus, an aged disciple.

Some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, and brought Mnason with them, a Cypriot disciple of long standing, with whom we were to stay.


simplify: Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim–hodshi; and they came to Dan–jaan, and about to Zidon,

Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of the Hittites under Hermon; and they came to Dan, and from Dan they came round to Zidon,


rate difficulty: For I have known--many <FI>are<Fi> your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside.

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

“Have not you read,” replied Jesus, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’


rate difficulty: Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

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simplify: Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

For of this I am confident, that he who began a good work in you will complete it in readiness for the day of Jesus Christ.


simplify: All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, the offspring of his body, were sixty-six, without taking into account the wives of Jacob's sons.


simplify: And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:

And early in the morning they got up, when the sun was shining on the water, and they saw the water facing them as red as blood.


simplify: Therefore the Lord stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.

So the Lord made his kingdom strong; and all Judah gave offerings to Jehoshaphat, and he had great wealth and honour.


simplify: For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

For even your brothers, your father's family, even they have been untrue to you, crying loudly after you: have no faith in them, though they say fair words to you.


simplify: And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.

And Judas, the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, he who was false to him.


rate difficulty: And Moses commandeth, and they cause a voice to pass over through the camp, saying, `Let not man or woman make any more work for the heave-offering of the sanctuary;' and the people are restrained from bringing,

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rate difficulty: But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.

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simplify: And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

And that day Gad came to David and said to him, Go up, and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.


simplify: Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?

Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?


simplify: And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the Lord in Shiloh.

So the men got up and went; and Joshua gave orders to those who went, to make a record of the land, saying, Go up and down through the land, and make a record of it and come back here to me, and I will make the distribution for you here by the decision of the Lord in Shiloh.


simplify: and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, a faithful town.

And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town.


rate difficulty: Alas for you Pharisees! You delight to have the front seat in the Synagogues, and to be greeted in the markets with respect.

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simplify: and all the multitude were seeking to touch him, because power from him was going forth, and he was healing all.

and everyone in the crowd was trying to touch him, because a power went out from him which restored them all.


simplify: I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.

The fair and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will be cut off by my hand.


simplify: Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

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


simplify: They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.

They came on me in the day of my trouble: but the Lord was my support.


rate difficulty: Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord, like David his father:

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rate difficulty: and so became a pattern to all who believed in Christ throughout Macedonia and Greece.

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simplify: and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.

And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.


simplify: The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.

The wrath of the Lord will not be turned back till he has done, till he has put into effect, the purposes of his heart: in days to come you will have full knowledge of this.


rate difficulty: And Remeth and En-gannim and En-haddah and Beth-pazzez;

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rate difficulty: `And He hath brought back on thee all the diseases of Egypt, of the presence of which thou hast been afraid, and they have cleaved to thee;

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


simplify: And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Speak unto the birds of every sort, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink blood.

And you, son of man, this is what the Lord has said: Say to the birds of every sort and to all the beasts of the field, Get together and come; come together on every side to the offering which I am putting to death for you, a great offering on the mountains of Israel, so that you may have flesh for your food and blood for your drink.


simplify: And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.

Then Moses and the responsible men of Israel gave the people these orders: Keep all the orders which I have given you this day;


rate difficulty: And he brought into the house of Jehovah the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, silver and gold and vessels.

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


rate difficulty: For from their least unto their greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, And from prophet even unto priest, Every one is dealing falsely,

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.


simplify: Their feet are swift to shed blood;

Their feet are quick in running after blood;


simplify: And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,


simplify: one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;

One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;


rate difficulty: But from Miletus having sent to Ephesus, he called over [to him] the elders of the assembly.


simplify: And no sin-offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt with fire.

No sin-offering, the blood of which is taken into the Tent of meeting, to take away sin in the holy place, may be used for food: it is to be burned with fire.


simplify: These were heads of fathers’ houses throughout their generations, chief men: these dwelt in Jerusalem.

These were heads of families in their generations; chief men: these were living in Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will make him suddenly run away from it; and who is a chosen [man] whom I may appoint over her? For who is like me? and who will assign me a time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

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


rate difficulty: From Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the ravine even to Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: Jehovah ourGod delivered all before us.

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rate difficulty: What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

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


rate difficulty: and these twelve stones, which they have taken out of the Jordan, hath Joshua raised up in Gilgal.

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simplify: When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the Lord commanded Moses.

Whenever they went into the Tent of meeting, and when they came near the altar, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.


simplify: And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease.

Then Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and let his work come to an end.


simplify: The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;

The sons of Benjamin by their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:


rate difficulty: For, through his wife, the husband who is an unbeliever has become associated with Christ’s people; and the wife who is an unbeliever has become associated with Christ’s people through the Lord's follower whom she has married. Otherwise your children would be ‘defiled,’ but, as it is, they belong to Christ’s people.

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


rate difficulty: And he made chains, like neck ornaments, and put them on the tops of the pillars, and a hundred apples on the chains.


simplify: Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!


rate difficulty: Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat.


rate difficulty: Then take care that you are not turned away from the Lord your God and from keeping his orders and decisions and laws which I give you this day:

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


simplify: And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that in the time when all things are made new, and the Son of man is seated in his glory, you who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.


rate difficulty: And the day began to decline, and the twelve having come near, said to him, `Let away the multitude, that having gone to the villages and the fields round about, they may lodge and may find provision, because here we are in a desert place.'

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


rate difficulty: And if they say, `Jehovah liveth,' Surely to a falsehood they swear.

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


simplify: And there was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

And there was no water for the people: and they came together against Moses and against Aaron.


rate difficulty: two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.


simplify: And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.

And from the base on the earth level to the lower shelf, the altar is two cubits high and a cubit wide; and from the smaller shelf to the greater shelf it is four cubits high and a cubit wide.


simplify: And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Here am I.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: and Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

Then he said to them, I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to go out and come in: and the Lord has said to me, You are not to go over Jordan.


simplify: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:


simplify: Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

A curse on him who is building a place with blood, and basing a town on evil-doing!


rate difficulty: Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

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simplify: For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:

For it is not the case, as it would be if we were not in the habit of coming to you, that we are exceeding our bounds! Why, we were the very first to reach you with the good news of the Christ!


simplify: Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.

Like pomegranate fruit are the sides of your head under your veil.


simplify: Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.

So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.


rate difficulty: For we who are in this ‘tent’ sigh under our burden, unwilling to take it off, yet wishing to put our heavenly body over it, so that all that is mortal may be absorbed in life.

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simplify: Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, saying Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

So this is what the Lord has said about Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will make no weeping for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they will make no weeping for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!


rate difficulty: So wherever he went — to villages, or towns, or farms — they would lay their sick in the market-places, begging him to let them touch only the tassel of his cloak; and all who touched were made well.

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


rate difficulty: Do the same with his ass or his robe or anything which has gone from your brother's keeping and which you have come across: do not keep it to yourself.

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


rate difficulty: Jehovah do so and much more to Jonathan. Should it please my father [to do] thee evil, then I will apprise thee of it, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and Jehovah be with thee, as he has been with my father.

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


rate difficulty: He now went to see Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus;


rate difficulty: and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless,

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rate difficulty: For Jerusalem has become feeble, and destruction has come on Judah, because their words and their acts are against the Lord, moving the eyes of his glory to wrath.

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simplify: The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.

The hand of the Lord had been on me, and he took me out in the spirit of the Lord and put me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones;


simplify: 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.

And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.


simplify: And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:

And when he had put it to rest, he said to his sons, When I am dead, then you are to put my body into the earth with the body of this man of God, and put me by his bones so that my bones may be kept safe with his bones.


simplify: The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

The king said further to Zadok the priest, See, you and Abiathar are to go back to the town in peace, with your two sons, Ahimaaz, your son, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar.


rate difficulty: And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

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


simplify: And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.

And if the land is fertile or poor, and if there is wood in it or not. And be of good heart, and come back with some of the produce of the land. Now it was the time when the first grapes were ready.


simplify: And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

And they made an agreement to be true to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and all their soul;


rate difficulty: So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt gird them with the girdle — Aaron and his sons, and bind the high caps on them; and the priesthood shall be theirs for an everlasting statute; and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

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


simplify: Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

Who would not have fear of you, O King of the nations? for it is your right: for among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.


simplify: and being full of the Holy Spirit, having looked stedfastly to the heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

He, filled as he was with the Holy Spirit, fixed his eyes intently on the heavens, and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at God’s right hand.


simplify: Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

You are to make a brass washing-vessel, with a brass base; and put it between the Tent of meeting and the altar, with water in it;


simplify: and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him.

They left their nets at once, and followed him.


rate difficulty: And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together; and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.


simplify: And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

And after the birth of Terah, Nahor went on living for a hundred and nineteen years, and had sons and daughters:


rate difficulty: `Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause <FI>others<Fi> to turn aside;

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


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

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


simplify: And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

And they took him and put him to death, pushing his body out of the garden.


rate difficulty: She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

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


simplify: for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,

A man ought not to have his head covered, for he has been from the beginning ‘the likeness of God’ and the reflection of his glory, but woman is the reflection of man’s glory.


simplify: but--the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

but the inner life with the imperishable beauty of a quiet and gentle spirit; for this is very precious in God’s sight.


rate difficulty: Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

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


simplify: He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

He who overcomes will be dressed in white, and I will not take his name from the book of life, and I will give witness to his name before my Father, and before his angels.


rate difficulty: And when he had thus spoken, he went on before, going up to Jerusalem.

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


simplify: And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

Every winged thing which goes flat on the earth is unclean to you and may not be used as food.


rate difficulty: Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor’s good.


rate difficulty: For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.

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


simplify: And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

And as for my sheep, their food is the grass which has been stamped on by your feet, and their drink the water which has been made dirty by your feet.


rate difficulty: Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.


simplify: And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.


rate difficulty: If he is able to have a fight with me and overcome me, then we will be your servants: but if I am able to overcome him, then you will be our servants and do work for us.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.

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


rate difficulty: For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith Jehovah.

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


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

And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out and came face to face with them by the pool of Gibeon; and they took up their position, facing one another on opposite sides of the pool.


rate difficulty: And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’ garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.

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


rate difficulty: Is this man Coniah a despised broken vase? a vessel wherein is no delight? Wherefore are they thrown out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

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


simplify: But they were not all obedient to the good tidings, for Isaiah saith, `Lord, who did give credence to our report?'

Still, it may be said, everyone did not give heed to the good news. No, for Isaiah asks — ‘Lord, who has believed our teaching?’


rate difficulty: and he hath laid his hand on the head of the sin-offering, and hath slaughtered it for a sin-offering in the place where he slaughtereth the burnt-offering.

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


simplify: And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.

And when it came to the ears of the ten, they were angry with the two brothers.


rate difficulty: For, just as you judge others, you will yourselves be judged, and the standard that you use will be used for you.

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


simplify: So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.


rate difficulty: And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

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


simplify: Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds.


simplify: And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled hands?

And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?


simplify: For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

They are the spirits of demons, and perform marvels; they go to kings all over the world, to collect them for the battle on the great day of Almighty God.


rate difficulty: And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.


simplify: but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.

But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.


simplify: And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years.

Now the years of Abraham's life were a hundred and seventy-five.


simplify: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

As scripture says —  ‘There is not even one who is righteous,


rate difficulty: But seek not Beth–el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer–sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth–el shall come to nought.

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


rate difficulty: Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.

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


rate difficulty: And the commandment, which [was] for life, was found, [as] to me, itself [to be] unto death:

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


simplify: Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.


simplify: The Spirit himself doth testify with our spirit, that we are children of God;

The Spirit himself unites with our spirits in bearing witness to our being God’s children,


rate difficulty: And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day.

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


rate difficulty: But they would not hear, and hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, who did not believe in Jehovah theirGod.

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rate difficulty: and lo, as thy soul hath been great this day in mine eyes, so is my soul great in the eyes of Jehovah, and He doth deliver me out of all distress.'

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


simplify: Now if Christ is preached that he hath been raised from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead?


rate difficulty: and teaching them to lay to heart all the commands that I have given you; and, remember, I myself am with you every day until the close of the age.”


simplify: and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also played on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason! treason!

And looking, she saw the king in his place by the pillar at the doorway, and the captains and the horns by his side; and all the people of the land were giving signs of joy and sounding the horns; and the makers of melody were playing on instruments of music, taking the chief part in the song of praise. Then Athaliah, violently parting her robes, said, Broken faith, broken faith!


simplify: Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Let both grow side by side until harvest; and then I will say to the reapers, Gather the weeds together first, and tie them in bundles for burning; but bring all the wheat into my barn.’”


simplify: Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai,

Then Esther sent them back to Mordecai with this answer:


simplify: The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.


simplify: And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?


simplify: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah who exerciseth lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.

But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord.