rate difficulty: And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:

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


rate difficulty: For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.

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


simplify: And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,

And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon and Geba with their grass-lands;


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

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


rate difficulty: And he said, O Lord God, how may I be certain that it will be mine?

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


simplify: the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.

Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.


simplify: And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, came back from the Jordan, and was guided by the Spirit in the waste land


rate difficulty: And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging-place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.


simplify: And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

And Joab, answering her, said, Far, far be it from me to be a cause of death or destruction;


rate difficulty: When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.


simplify: Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child.


rate difficulty: and there is hail, and fire catching itself in the midst of the hail, very grievous, such as hath not been in all the land of Egypt since it hath become a nation.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights.

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


simplify: I did write to you, fathers, because ye have known him who <FI>is<Fi> from the beginning; I did write to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God in you doth remain, and ye have overcome the evil.

I write, adults in the faith, to you, because you have learned to know him who has been from the beginning. I write, young ones in the faith, to you, because you are strong, and God’s message is always in your hearts, and you have conquered the evil one.


simplify: then it shall be, if he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he hath gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,

Causing sin to come on him, then he will have to give back the thing he took by force or got by cruel acts, or the goods which were put in his care or the thing he came on by chance,


simplify: and his signs, and his works, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;

Or his signs and wonders which he did in Egypt, to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and all his land;


rate difficulty: And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the set feasts of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not subsist.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.

And it came about that while Peter was going through all parts of the country he came to the saints who were living at Lydda.


rate difficulty: And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

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


rate difficulty: These were the offerings given for the altar by the chiefs of Israel, when the holy oil was put on it: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve gold spoons;


simplify: And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

And now I am myself about to send you that which my Father has promised. But you must remain in the city until you have been invested with power from above.”


simplify: And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

And the high priest, Ananias, gave orders to those who were near him to give him a blow on the mouth.


simplify: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

‘Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive all praise, and honor, and power, for you did create all things, and at your bidding they came into being and were created.’


simplify: And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:


simplify: But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,


simplify: And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.

And all the chiefs and the captains and the rulers and those who did the king's business gave support to the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai had come on them.


rate difficulty: and he digged it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

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


simplify: When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

If you let your brother have the use of anything which is yours, do not go into his house and take anything of his as a sign of his debt;


simplify: And knowing their thoughts he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

And having knowledge of their thoughts he said to them, Every kingdom having division in itself is made waste, and every town or house having division in itself will come to destruction.


simplify: And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

The Lamb came forward; and he has taken the book from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne.


rate difficulty: and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.

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


simplify: If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.


simplify: And as they went out, they besought that these words might be spoken to them the next sabbath.

And when they went out, they made a request that these words might be said to them again on the Sabbath after.


rate difficulty: But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is destroyed, and his brethren, and his neighbors; and he is not.

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


rate difficulty: And another, a second, angel followed, saying, Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen, which of the wine of the fury of her fornication has made all nations drink.

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


simplify: And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.


rate difficulty: Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.

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


simplify: And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

And there came to my ears the number of those who had the mark on their brows, a hundred and forty-four thousand, who were marked out of every tribe of the people of Israel.


rate difficulty: And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;


simplify: And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and reduced them to ashes, holding them up as a warning to the godless of what was in store for them;


rate difficulty: andarenot as Moses, whoput a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel should not look stedfastly on the end of that which was passing away:

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


rate difficulty: And the man departed out of the city from Beth–lehem–judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

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


simplify: And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?


simplify: And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.

Then Moses and Eleazar the priest and the chiefs of the people went out to them before they had come into the tent-circle.


simplify: Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.

See, O strong man, the Lord will send you violently away, gripping you with force,


simplify: Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

For the rest, my brothers, let there be prayer for us that the word of the Lord may go forward with increasing glory, even as it does with you;


rate difficulty: If, then, with me thou hast fellowship, receive him as me,

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


rate difficulty: Judah of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez of Hezron, Hezron of Ram,

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


rate difficulty: And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.

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


simplify: And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.

And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad.


simplify: What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

“Who among you who has a hundred sheep, and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine out in the open country, and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?


simplify: Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The Lord hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.

Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, Give ear, now, Hananiah; the Lord has not sent you; but you are making this people put their faith in what is false.


rate difficulty: then it shall come to pass that to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

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


simplify: If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.

If I make sharp my shining sword, and my hand is outstretched for judging, I will give punishment to those who are against me, and their right reward to my haters.


rate difficulty: And unto Moses He said, `Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and ye have bowed yourselves afar off;'

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


simplify: Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God: and Jehovah do that which seemeth him good.

Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God; and may the Lord do what seems good to him.


simplify: And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.

And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself horns of iron and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely.


simplify: So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.

So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah to this day. And at the same time, Libnah made itself free.


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and them that dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

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


simplify: watch ye, therefore, for ye have not known when the lord of the house doth come, at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or at the morning;

Therefore watch, for you cannot be sure when the Master of the house is coming — whether in the evening, at midnight, at daybreak, or in the morning —


simplify: and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was begotten Jesus, who is named Christ.

Jacob of Joseph, the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus, who is called ‘Christ’.


simplify: And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

And the heaven was taken away like the roll of a book when it is rolled up; and all the mountains and islands were moved out of their places.


rate difficulty: Then the king came back from the garden into the room where they had been drinking; and Haman was stretched out on the seat where Esther was. Then the king said, Is he taking the queen by force before my eyes in my house? And while the words were on the king's lips, they put a cloth over Haman's face.

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


simplify: And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

And he gave them an account of the glories of his wealth, and the number of children he had, and the ways in which he had been honoured by the king, and how he had put him over the captains and servants of the king.


simplify: Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.

You put unclean bread on my altar. And you say, How have we made it unclean? By your saying, The table of the Lord is of no value.


simplify: For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

And Isaiah said, Let them take a cake of figs, and put it on the diseased place, and he will get well.


simplify: And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

And Isaac took Rebekah into his tent and she became his wife; and in his love for her, Isaac was comforted after his father's death.


simplify: And Moses did as Jehovah commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:

So Moses did as the Lord said: he took Joshua and put him before Eleazar the priest and the meeting of the people:


simplify: So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave every one to his own inheritance.

And no property will be handed from one tribe to another, but every tribe of the children of Israel will keep its heritage.


rate difficulty: And in every province and province, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, a great mourning have the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and lamenting: sackcloth and ashes are spread for many.

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


simplify: Jesus who <FI>is<Fi> from Nazareth--how God did anoint him with the Holy Spirit and power; who went through, doing good, and healing all those oppressed by the devil, because God was with him;

The story, I mean, of Jesus of Nazareth, and how God consecrated him his Christ by enduing him with the Holy Spirit and with power; and how he went about doing good and curing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.


simplify: Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

Ethiopia was her strength and Egyptians without number; Put and Lubim were her helpers.


simplify: Also upon Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Jehovah.

And in Judah the power of God gave them one heart to do the orders of the king and the captains, which were taken as the word of the Lord.


simplify: and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

This he put into the pot, and everything which came up on the hook the priest took for himself. This they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.


simplify: Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.

And the angel who was talking to me went out and said to me, Let your eyes be lifted up now, and see the ephah which is going out.


simplify: And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

Then for forty years the land had peace, till the death of Othniel, the son of Kenaz.


rate difficulty: And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

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


simplify: But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

But now that faith has come we no longer need a guide.


rate difficulty: And he will be a wild-ass of a man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell before the face of all his brethren.

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


simplify: But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.


simplify: and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.


rate difficulty: I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.

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


simplify: And this I also did in Jerusalem: and I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.

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


simplify: To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat.


simplify: And it came to pass, while they are perplexed about this, that lo, two men stood by them in glittering apparel,

While they were at a loss to account for this, all at once two men stood beside them, in dazzling clothing.


rate difficulty: no man doth station himself in your presence; your dread and your fear doth Jehovah your God put on the face of all the land on which ye tread, as He hath spoken to you.

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


simplify: And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.

And word came to the family of David that Aram had put up its tents in Ephraim. And the king's heart, and the hearts of his people, were moved, like the trees of the wood shaking in the wind.


simplify: and there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord;

ways of serving differ, yet the Master is the same;


rate difficulty: He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others,

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


simplify: And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

And under their orders was a trained army of three hundred and seven thousand, five hundred, of great strength in war, helping the king against any who came against him.


rate difficulty: Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

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


rate difficulty: Yourselves know that these hands have ministered to my wants, and to those who were with me.

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


simplify: and I have known that coming unto you--in the fulness of the blessing of the good news of Christ I shall come.

And I know that, when I come to you, it will be with a full measure of blessing from Christ.


rate difficulty: For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the herbage is withered away, the grass hath failed, there is no green thing.

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


rate difficulty: as the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, and the Moabites that dwell in Ar, did unto me; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah our God giveth us.

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


rate difficulty: And we said to my lord, The youth cannot leave his father: if he should leave his father, [his father] would die.

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


simplify: The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.

The words of Lemuel, king of Massa: the teaching which he had from his mother.


rate difficulty: and he judgeth Israel twenty and three years, and he dieth, and is buried in Shamir.

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


rate difficulty: And Hadad died; and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

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


simplify: To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

To be registered with Mary, his engaged wife, who was about to become a mother.


simplify: And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.

And when he had taken food his strength came back. And for some days he kept with the disciples who were in Damascus.


simplify: So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.


simplify: For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Milcom, the disgusting god of the Ammonites.


rate difficulty: But Jesus turned and rebuked them.

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


simplify: And on the sabbath day two he-lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof:

And on the Sabbath day, two he-lambs of the first year, without any mark, and two tenth parts of the best meal for a meal offering mixed with oil, and its drink offering:


simplify: And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,

And their limit was Helkath and Hali and Beten and Achshaph


rate difficulty: You have been tricked by the pride of your heart, O you whose living-place is in the cracks of the rock, whose house is high up; who has said in his heart, Who will make me come down to earth?


simplify: Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;

Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;


simplify: But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

But before faith came, we were kept in prison under the law, waiting for the revelation of the faith which was to come.


simplify: And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:

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


rate difficulty: Happy <FI>are<Fi> ye sowing by all waters, Sending forth the foot of the ox and the ass!

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


simplify: For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.

For a number of nations and great kings will make servants of them, even of them: and I will give them the reward of their acts, even the reward of the work of their hands.


simplify: And having seen <FI>it<Fi> , his disciples were much displeased, saying, `To what purpose <FI>is<Fi> this waste?

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


rate difficulty: Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.

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


rate difficulty: And these are the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah yourGod commanded to teach you, that ye may do them in the land whereunto ye pass over to possess it,

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

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


rate difficulty: And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

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


rate difficulty: When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand),

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


simplify: And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.

And the town has no need of the sun, or of the moon, to give it light: for the glory of God did make it light, and the light of it is the Lamb.


rate difficulty: Be gathered, and come in, Come nigh together, ye escaped of the nations, They have not known, Who are lifting up the wood of their graven image, And praying unto a god <FI>that<Fi> saveth not.

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


rate difficulty: And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

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


rate difficulty: But let the seventh year be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord; do not put seed into your land or have your vines cut.

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simplify: It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

It is good for a man to undergo the yoke when he is young.


simplify: And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

Why have you made us come out of Egypt into this evil place? This is no place of seed or figs or vines or other fruits, and there is no water for drinking.


simplify: And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay, but a king shall reign over us; when Jehovah your God was your king.

And when you saw that Nahash, the king of the Ammonites, was coming against you, you said to me, No more of this; we will have a king for our ruler: when the Lord your God was your king.


simplify: Therefore will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.

For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, will make his fat become wasted; and in his inner parts a fire will be lighted like a burning flame.


simplify: And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he was questioning them, `What were ye reasoning in the way among yourselves?'

They came to Capernaum. When Jesus had gone into the house, he asked them: “What were you discussing on the way?”


rate difficulty: And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

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simplify: Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?

Was your wrath burning against the rivers? were you angry with the sea, that you went on your horses, on your war-carriages of salvation?


simplify: And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

The stones were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, cut on the stones.


simplify: Henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear branded on my body the marks of Jesus.

From this time on let no man be a trouble to me; because my body is marked with the marks of Jesus.


simplify: For all the people that came out were circumcised; but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, they had not circumcised.

All the people who came out had undergone circumcision; but all the people whose birth had taken place in the waste land on their journey from Egypt had not.


simplify: I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou art afraid of man that shall die, and of the son of man that shall be made as grass;

I, even I, am your comforter: are you so poor in heart as to be in fear of man who will come to an end, and of the son of man who will be like grass?


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

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


rate difficulty: And Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, do hearken to the voice of Jehovah their God, and unto the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him, and the people are afraid of the face of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: And they removed from mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah.

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


simplify: Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God.

My brothers, however, who went up with me, made the heart of the people like water: but I was true to the Lord with all my heart.


simplify: The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

The sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.


simplify: Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.


simplify: And he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

And he said to her, Take your place at the door of the tent, and if anyone comes and says to you, Is there any man here, say, No.


simplify: And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.

And he sent to Abimelech at Arumah, saying, See, Gaal, the son of Ebed, and his brothers have come to Shechem, and they are working up the town against you.


rate difficulty: And Ehud made him a sword having two edges, it was of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right hip.

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


simplify: And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ.


rate difficulty: then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate;

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


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


simplify: And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

Then the Lord sent poison-snakes among the people; and their bites were a cause of death to numbers of the people of Israel.


simplify: And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

When all the people go forward, Aaron is to go in with his sons, and take down the veil of the curtain, covering the ark of witness with it;


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing Jehoshaphat, that they said, `He <FI>is<Fi> only the king of Israel;' and they turn aside to him to fight, and Jehoshaphat crieth out,

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


rate difficulty: And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; and I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies;

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


simplify: And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

Now in the twelfth year after we had been taken away prisoners, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, one who had got away in flight from Jerusalem came to me, saying, The town has been taken.


simplify: But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

Yet, after I have risen, I will go before you into Galilee.”


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

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


simplify: In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is the name whereby she shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.

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


simplify: Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;

And further, I gave them rules which were not good and orders in which there was no life for them;


rate difficulty: the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;


rate difficulty: And the messenger of Jehovah saith unto Manoah, `Of all that I said unto the woman let her take heed;

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


simplify: and when evening came, he was going forth without the city.

As soon as evening fell, Jesus and his disciples went out of the city.


simplify: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place to bury.

For this cause, the days are coming, says the Lord, when it will no longer be named Topheth, or, The valley of the son of Hinnom, but, The valley of Death: for they will put the dead into the earth in Topheth till there is no more room.


rate difficulty: of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

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


rate difficulty: And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:

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


simplify: So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.


simplify: The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

The rulers of Judah are like those who take away a landmark; I will let loose my wrath on them like flowing water.


simplify: And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

And my God will give you all you have need of from the wealth of his glory in Christ Jesus.


rate difficulty: and hast come in unto the priests, the Levites, and unto the judge who is in those days, and hast inquired, and they have declared to thee the word of judgment,

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


simplify: Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon: behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

Get up now, and go on your journey, crossing over the valley of the Arnon: see, I have given into your hands Sihon, the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and all his land: go forward to make it yours, and make war on him,


simplify: I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.

It is with no wish to shame you that I am writing like this; but to warn you as my own dear children.


rate difficulty: And he hath not discerned him, for his hands have been hairy, as the hands of Esau his brother, and he blesseth him,

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


simplify: A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei; and the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister;


simplify: And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.

The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz; the captain of his army was Abner, the son of Ner, brother of Saul's father.


simplify: And he was looking round to see her who did this,

But Jesus looked about to see who had done it.


simplify: Moreover lie thou upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it; according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it, thou shalt bear their iniquity.

Then, stretching yourself out on your left side, take the sin of the children of Israel on yourself: for as long as you are stretched out, so long will the sin of the children of Israel be on you.


simplify: If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,


simplify: And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which he will work for you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

But Moses said, Keep where you are and have no fear; now you will see the salvation of the Lord which he will give you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you will never see again.


rate difficulty: And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.

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


simplify: For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.


rate difficulty: and, having satisfied himself that Jesus came under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who also was at Jerusalem at the time.

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simplify: and I rejoice over the presence of Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus, because the lack of you did these fill up;

I am glad Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus have come, for they have made up for your absence;


rate difficulty: Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfected; be comforted; be of the same mind; live in peace: and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

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


simplify: Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were asure word. [Selah Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

Your bow was quite uncovered. Selah. By you the earth was cut through with rivers.


simplify: And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.

So they gave loud cries, cutting themselves with knives and swords, as was their way, till the blood came streaming out all over them.


rate difficulty: For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

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


rate difficulty: so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

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


rate difficulty: Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

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


simplify: And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!


simplify: Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

So, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of God’s angels over one outcast who repents.”


rate difficulty: And if it is planted will it do well? will it not become quite dry at the touch of the east wind, drying up in the bed where it was planted?

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


simplify: And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.

And coming to a point between two seas, they got the ship to land; and the front part was fixed in the sand and not able to be moved, but the back part was broken by the force of the waves.


simplify: Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.

Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east, banding themselves together, went over and put up their tents in the valley of Jezreel.


rate difficulty: When the teachers of the law belonging to the party of the Pharisees saw that he was eating in the company of such people, they said to his disciples: “He is eating in the company of tax-gatherers and outcasts!”

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


simplify: Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

If, then, an uncircumcised man pays regard to the requirements of the law, will not he, although not circumcised, be regarded by God as if he were?


simplify: These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

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


simplify: And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?

And the people put questions to him, saying, What have we to do?


rate difficulty: And if word comes to you, in one of the towns which the Lord your God is giving you for your resting-place,

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


simplify: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.


simplify: As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.

As to the Gentiles who have become believers in Christ, we have sent our decision that they should avoid food offered to idols, and blood, and the flesh of strangled animals, and impurity.”


simplify: Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.

Those same men who said evil of the land, came to their death by disease before the Lord.


simplify: And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah,

Now when the priests had come out of the holy place, the house of the Lord was full of the cloud,


simplify: Said he not himself unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.

Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.


rate difficulty: This is that Aaron and Moses, to whom Jehovah said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.

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


simplify: Whether it have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule.


rate difficulty: blessed is the coming reign, in the name of the Lord, of our father David; Hosanna in the highest.'


simplify: Beware therefore, lest that come upon you which is spoken in the prophets:

So take care that these words of the prophets do not come true for you;


rate difficulty: and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh?


rate difficulty: That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.


simplify: And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, If any man worshippeth the beast and his image, and receiveth a mark on his forehead, or upon his hand,

And a third angel came after them, saying with a loud voice, If any man gives worship to the beast and his image, and has his mark on his brow or on his hand,


rate difficulty: and Jehovah hath scattered you among the peoples, and ye have been left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah leadeth you,

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


simplify: But this thou hast, that thou hatest the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

But at least you have the credit of hating the works of the Nicolaitans, as I do.


rate difficulty: Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

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


simplify: And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah’s house.

And the priests were not able to go into the house of the Lord, for the Lord's house was full of the glory of the Lord.


simplify: Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you an offering and come before him; give worship to the Lord in holy robes.


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

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


rate difficulty: Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,


simplify: Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.

Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me.


simplify: He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.

On the third day and on the seventh day he is to make himself clean with the water, and so he will be clean: but if he does not do this on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not be clean.


rate difficulty: And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

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


simplify: For every man shall bear his own burden.

Because every man is responsible for his part of the work.


rate difficulty: But My people have forgotten Me, to a vain thing they make perfume, And they cause them to stumble in their ways--paths of old, To walk in paths--a way not raised up,

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


simplify: For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion.


simplify: But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.

No; what I say is that the sacrifices offered by the Gentiles ‘are offered to demons and to a being who is no God,’ and I do not want you to share with demons.


simplify: night and day exceedingly beseeching, that we might see your face, and perfect the things lacking in your faith.

Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face, and make good any deficiency in your faith.


rate difficulty: and he saith unto his people, `Lo, the people of the sons of Israel <FI>is<Fi> more numerous and mighty than we;

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


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

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


simplify: And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.


simplify: Simon answered and said, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

Simon, in answer, said, It seems he whose debt was greater. And he said, Your decision is right.


rate difficulty: For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.

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


rate difficulty: And the multitude of thine enemies shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away; and it shall be in an instant, suddenly.

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


rate difficulty: And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:

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


simplify: Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure-house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

So now, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's store-house at Babylon, to see if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us word of his pleasure in connection with this business.


simplify: Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.

You will let their hearts be covered over with your curse on them.


simplify: And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

And Mahalalel was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Jared:


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

What you have done is not good. By the living Lord, death is the right fate for you, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil. Now see, where is the king's spear, and the vessel of water which was by his head?


simplify: And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other: but the birds divided he not.

All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the birds in two.


simplify: Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

So Solomon was put on the seat of the Lord as king in place of his father David, and everything went well for him; and all Israel was under his authority.


simplify: And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son whose feet were damaged. He was five years old when news of the death of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and the woman who took care of him took him up and went in flight: and while she was getting him away as quickly as she was able, he had a fall and his feet were damaged. His name was Mephibosheth.


rate difficulty: in whom are all the treasures of the wisdom and the knowledge hid,


rate difficulty: Your mother hath been sorely put to shame; she that bore you hath been covered with reproach: behold, [she is become] hindmost of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

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


rate difficulty: But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.

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


simplify: In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

Ruling over Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, over all Israel and Judah, for thirty-three years.


simplify: The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.

The king of Tirzah, one; all the kings together were thirty-one.


rate difficulty: And Peter answering said to Jesus, `Sir, it is good to us to be here; if thou wilt, we may make here three booths--for thee one, and for Moses one, and one for Elijah.'

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


rate difficulty: who shall suffer justice--destruction age-during--from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of his strength,

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


simplify: Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.

Then the trees said to the vine, You come and be king over us.


rate difficulty: because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and with water, and had hired Balaam against them, to curse them; but ourGod turned the curse into blessing.

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simplify: she having gone, told those who had been with him, mourning and weeping;

She went and told the news to those who had been with him and who were now in sorrow and tears;


simplify: And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

And Haman gave his wife Zeresh and all his friends an account of what had taken place. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, If Mordecai, who is starting to get the better of you, is of the seed of the Jews, you will not be able to do anything against him, but you will certainly go down before him.


rate difficulty: You may not have sex connection with your father's sister, for she is your father's near relation.

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


simplify: and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, his cupbearers also, and their apparel, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her.

And the food at his table, and all his servants seated there, and those who were waiting on him in their places, and their robes, and his wine-servants and their robes, and the burned offerings which he made in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.


simplify: But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

All these result from one and the same Spirit, who distributes his gifts to each individually as he wills.


simplify: And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

And he is to take away all the fat of the ox of the sin-offering; the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat of the inside parts,


simplify: And they that were sent went away, and found even as he had said unto them.

And those whom he sent went away, and it was as he said.


rate difficulty: And Ornan said to David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his sight: see, I give the oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing-sledges for wood, and the wheat for the oblation; I give it all.

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


rate difficulty: And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.

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


rate difficulty: (For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

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


rate difficulty: God is bringing him out of Egypt; As the swiftness of a Reem is to him, He eateth up nations his adversaries, And their bones he breaketh, And <FI>with<Fi> his arrows he smiteth,

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


simplify: And the cloud of Jehovah was over them by day, when they set forward from 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.


rate difficulty: lo, now, he is hidden in one of the pits, or in one of the places, and it hath been, at the falling among them at the commencement, that the hearer hath heard, and said, There hath been a slaughter among the people who <FI>are<Fi> after Absalom;

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


simplify: And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

So Hilkiah, and those whom the king sent, went to Huldah the woman prophet, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the robes (now she was living in Jerusalem, in the second part of the town); and they had talk with her about this thing.


simplify: Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?


simplify: And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

And I will be the judge of Moab; and they will see that I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: butGod has revealed to us by [his] Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths ofGod.

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


simplify: And certain of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers, were meeting together to see him, and some were saying, `What would this seed picker wish to say?' and others, `Of strange demons he doth seem to be an announcer;' because Jesus and the rising again he did proclaim to them as good news,

Among others, some Epicurean and Stoic Philosophers joined issue with him. Some asked “What is this prater wanting to make out?”, while others said “He seems to be a preacher of foreign Deities.” (This was because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection).


rate difficulty: and the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the endurance of the Christ.

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


simplify: Now thou art commanded, this do ye: take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

And say to them, This you are to do: take carts from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and get your father and come back.


simplify: And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day.

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


rate difficulty: let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.

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


simplify: They indeed, therefore, having testified fully, and spoken the word of the Lord, did turn back to Jerusalem; in many villages also of the Samaritans they did proclaim good news.

Peter and John, having borne their testimony and delivered the Lord’s message, returned to Jerusalem, telling the good news, as they went, in many Samaritan villages.


rate difficulty: And behold, there was lifted up a round plate of lead; and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

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


rate difficulty: Do not give way to him but be strong in your faith, in the knowledge that your brothers who are in the world undergo the same troubles.

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


rate difficulty: And lo, men bringing upon a couch a man who was paralysed; and they sought to bring him in, and put [him] before him.

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


simplify: And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.


simplify: And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.


rate difficulty: Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?

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


rate difficulty: and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,


rate difficulty: Issacher <FI>is<Fi> a strong ass, Crouching between the two folds;

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


simplify: And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.


rate difficulty: And the prey, the residue of the spoil which the people of the host have spoiled, is of the flock six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand, and five thousand;

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


rate difficulty: Say to him, The Lord says, Have you put a man to death and taken his heritage? Then say to him, The Lord says, In the place where dogs have been drinking the blood of Naboth, there will your blood become the drink of dogs.

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


rate difficulty: And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.


simplify: and he saw two boats standing by the lake: but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.


rate difficulty: The children of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four.


simplify: who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, hath sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.

Finding one of great value, they went and sold everything that they had, and bought it.


simplify: And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.

And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God has taken away from me all memory of my hard life and of my father's house.


simplify: And they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;

And they took his land for a heritage, and the land of Og, king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, whose lands were on the other side of Jordan to the east;


simplify: Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!

And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, came to David, and falling down on his face, gave him honour. And David said, Mephibosheth. And answering he said, Your servant is here.


simplify: And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come; and he who is hearing--let him say, Come; and he who is thirsting--let him come; and he who is willing--let him take the water of life freely.

‘Come,’ say the Spirit and the Bride; and let him who hears say ‘Come.’ Let him who thirsts come; let him who will take the water of life freely.


rate difficulty: and Abraham saith, `God doth provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son;' and they go on both of them together.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Israel go up and down thence at that time, each to his tribe, and to his family; and they go out thence each to his inheritance.

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


rate difficulty: I pray thee, forgive the transgression of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a lasting house; because my lord fights the battles of Jehovah, and evil has not been found in thee all thy days.

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


rate difficulty: And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.

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


rate difficulty: As thou knowest not what <FI>is<Fi> the way of the spirit, How--bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to me, Make no attack on Moab and do not go to war with them, for I will not give you any of his land: because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for their heritage.

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


simplify: And the sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.

And the sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah and Eliashib and Pelaiah and Akkub and Johanan and Delaiah and Anani, seven.


rate difficulty: And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.

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


rate difficulty: Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and Jesus having seen her, did call <FI>her<Fi> near, and said to her, `Woman, thou hast been loosed from thy infirmity;'

When Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said: “Woman, you are released from your weakness.”


simplify: So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

So Joshua made an agreement with the people that day, and gave them a rule and a law in Shechem.


simplify: But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain unto the year of jubilee; and an abatement shall be made from thy estimation.

But if he gives his field after the year of Jubilee, the amount of the money will be worked out by the priest in relation to the number of years till the coming year of Jubilee, and the necessary amount will be taken off your value.


rate difficulty: in the fourteenth day of this month between the evenings ye prepare it in its appointed season; according to all its statutes, and according to all its ordinances ye prepare it.'

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

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


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that he taketh the coarse cloth, and dippeth in water, and spreadeth on his face, and he dieth, and Hazael reigneth in his stead.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And I heard one speaking unto me out of the house; and a man stood by me.

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


rate difficulty: And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.

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


simplify: But all these things are the beginning of travail.

But all these things are the first of the troubles.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.

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


rate difficulty: even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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


simplify: And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

But was marked out as Son of God in power by the Holy Spirit through the coming to life again of the dead; Jesus Christ our Lord,


rate difficulty: All clean birds shall ye eat.

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


simplify: not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;


rate difficulty: for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.

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


rate difficulty: And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

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


simplify: Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;

Son of man, let your face be turned against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and be a prophet against him and against all Egypt:


simplify: And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

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


simplify: And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.


simplify: But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

But alas for you Pharisees! You pay tithes on mint, rue, and herbs of all kinds, and pass over justice and love to God. These last you ought to have put into practice without neglecting the first.


simplify: And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.

Now it is true that I am a near relation: but there is a relation nearer than I.


simplify: But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:


simplify: `Whoever may receive one of such children in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth not receive me, but Him who sent me.'

“Anyone who, for the sake of my name, welcomes even a little child like this is welcoming me, and anyone who welcomes me is welcoming not me, but him who sent me as his messenger.”


simplify: And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:


simplify: And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

“But you,”he asked, “who do you say that I am?”To this Peter replied: “You are the Christ.”


simplify: As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him.


simplify: And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

The owner afterwards sent another servant; but the tenants beat and insulted this man too, and sent him away empty-handed.


rate difficulty: And the brass altar, with its network of brass, and its rods and all its vessels, and the washing-vessel and its base;

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


rate difficulty: As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

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


simplify: But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

‘Let anyone who boasts make their boast of the Lord.’


rate difficulty: And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.


rate difficulty: So now let our rulers be representatives for all the people, and let all those in our towns who are married to strange women come at fixed times, and with them the responsible men and the judges of every town, till the burning wrath of our God is turned away from us, and this has been done.

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


rate difficulty: And Absalom meeteth before the servants of David, and Absalom is riding on the mule, and the mule cometh in under an entangled bough of the great oak, and his head taketh hold on the oak, and he is placed between the heavens and the earth, and the mule that <FI>is<Fi> under him hath passed on.

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


rate difficulty: And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.

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


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

so that no one is able to buy or sell, except those that bear this brand — either the name of the Beast or the number indicated by the letters of his name.


simplify: Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.

So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.


simplify: and there were there Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over-against the sepulchre.

Mary of Magdala and the other Mary remained behind, sitting in front of the grave.


simplify: But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.


rate difficulty: A time to rend, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, And a time to speak.

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


rate difficulty: And many brought gifts unto Jehovah to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; and he was thenceforth magnified in the sight of all the nations.

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


simplify: For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:

Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;


simplify: I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father.

I am writing to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil One. I have sent a letter to you, children, because you have knowledge of the Father.


simplify: And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.

And the Lord gave me orders at that time to make clear to you these laws and decisions, so that you might do them in the land to which you are going, and which is to be your heritage.


simplify: And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

And questioning her, I said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor, and Milcah his wife. Then I put the ring on her nose and the ornaments on her hands.


simplify: And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

And I heard every created thing in the air, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all that is in them crying —  ‘To him who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb be ascribed all blessing, and honor, and praise, and dominion for ever and ever.’


rate difficulty: And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

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


simplify: And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.


simplify: When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.


rate difficulty: Then Jael went out, and meeting Barak going after Sisera, said to him, Come, and I will let you see the man you are searching for. So he came into her tent and saw, and there was Sisera stretched out dead with the tent-pin in his head.

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


simplify: and in your knowledge self-control; and in your self-control patience; and in your patience godliness;

And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,


rate difficulty: And they brought little children to him that he might touch them. But the disciples rebuked those that brought [them].


simplify: And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things?

And he, in answer, said to them, Are you of the opinion that these Galilaeans were worse than all other Galilaeans, because these things were done to them?


simplify: And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.


simplify: For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it.


simplify: For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of Jehovah, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but it helped him not.

For Ahaz took a part of the wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the house of the king and of the great men, and gave it to the king of Assyria; but it was no help to him.


rate difficulty: I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.

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


simplify: And the people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.

And the people of Israel were overcome there by the servants of David, and there was a great destruction that day, and twenty thousand men were put to the sword.


simplify: Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

Therefore encourage one another, and try to build up one another’s characters, as indeed you are doing.


simplify: And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.

He was judge over Israel for twenty-three years; and at his death his body was put to rest in the earth in Shamir.


rate difficulty: And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.

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


simplify: But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinner.

The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.


simplify: If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:


simplify: In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

In his days, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up and Jehoiakim was his servant for three years; then he took up arms against him.


rate difficulty: And Absalom said to Joab, Behold, I sent to thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Why am I come from Geshur? it would have been better for me to be there still. And now let me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him slay me.

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


simplify: And the king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

So the king of Aram said, Go then; and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, taking with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.


simplify: and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand;

Second to him Jehohanan, the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand;


simplify: And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were sick, and them that were possessed with demons.

And in the evening, at sundown, they took to him all who were diseased, and those who had evil spirits.


rate difficulty: But the Jews speaking against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not as having anything to accuse my nation of.

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


rate difficulty: And on the eighth day he will take them to the priest, to the door of the Tent of meeting before the Lord, so that he may be made clean.

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


rate difficulty: And Azubah died, and Caleb took him Ephrath, and she bore him Hur.

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


simplify: When the heavens are shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them:

When heaven is shut up and there is no rain, because of their sin against you: if they make prayers with their faces turned to this place, honouring your name and turning away from their sin when you send trouble on them:


simplify: And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.

On the first day, take the fruit of fair trees, branches of palm-trees, and branches of thick trees and trees from the riverside, and be glad before the Lord for seven days.


rate difficulty: So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben–hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

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


simplify: he hath trusted on God, let Him now deliver him, if He wish him, because he said--Son of God I am;'

He has trusted in God; if God wants him, let him deliver him now; for he said ‘I am God’s Son.’”


rate difficulty: Even those whom he has made free, will come back again; they will come with songs to Zion; on their heads will be eternal joy; delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.

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


rate difficulty: Everyone of us, however, has been entrusted with some charge, each in accordance with the extent of the gift of the Christ.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

“You,”said Jesus, “are the ones who justify themselves before the world, but God can read your hearts; and what is highly esteemed among people may be an abomination in the sight of God.


rate difficulty: Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

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


simplify: And the chief priest, having risen up in the midst, questioned Jesus, saying, `Thou dost not answer anything! what do these testify against thee?'

Then the high priest stood forward, and questioned Jesus. “Have you no answer to make?” he asked. “What is this evidence which these men are giving against you?”


simplify: Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is in the midst of them.

In this way may the children of Israel be made free from all sorts of unclean conditions, so that death may not overtake them when they are unclean and when they make unclean my holy place which is among them.


rate difficulty: And lo, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were rent,

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


simplify: And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the Lord, and are gone forth out of his land.

And when they came among the nations, wherever they went, they made my holy name unclean, when it was said of them, These are the people of the Lord who have gone out from his land.


rate difficulty: And Moses did as Jehovah had commanded, and they went up mount Hor before the eyes of the whole assembly.

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


simplify: And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Be on your guard or your minds will become dulled by debauches or drunkenness or the anxieties of life, and 'that day' will close on you suddenly like a trap.


simplify: And there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.

And there was a voice from the top of the arch which was over their heads: when they came to rest they let down their wings.


simplify: And the word of the Lord was spread abroad throughout all the region.

And the word of the Lord went through all the country.


rate difficulty: `Go up unto Hilkiah the high priest, and he doth complete the silver that is brought into the house of Jehovah, that the keepers of the threshold have gathered from the people,

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


simplify: For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.

For the man did not come from the woman, but the woman from the man.