simplify: And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

Even when you are old I will be the same, and when you are grey-haired I will take care of you: I will still be responsible for what I made; yes, I will take you and keep you safe.


rate difficulty: O people of Moab, go away from the towns and take cover in the rock; be like the dove of the Arabah, which makes her living-place in holes.

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


simplify: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

One male of the goats for a sin-offering;


rate difficulty: And now go, and I will be with thy mouth, and will teach thee what thou shalt say.

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


rate difficulty: And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.

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


simplify: The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:

And the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and put Solomon my son on my beast, yes, mine, and take him down to Gihon;


rate difficulty: Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?


simplify: Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

Heshbon and Jazer with their grass-lands, four towns.


simplify: And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.

And if the one who has the right of punishment comes after him, they are not to give the taker of life up to him; because he was the cause of his neighbour's death without designing it and not in hate.


simplify: Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

Your builders have made your outlines in the heart of the seas, they have made you completely beautiful.


rate difficulty: Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.

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


simplify: The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

The man from a strange land who is living among you will be lifted up higher and higher over you, while you go down lower and lower.


rate difficulty: Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Let us go on our journey together, and I will go in front.

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


simplify: But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.

But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they had no knowledge of him, but did to him whatever they were pleased to do; the same will the Son of man undergo at their hands.


rate difficulty: Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?


rate difficulty: And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

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


rate difficulty: even so have these also now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now obtain mercy.

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


rate difficulty: If, in that very minute, it does evil in my eyes, going against my orders, then my good purpose, which I said I would do for them, will be changed.

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


simplify: And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?

And on the first day of unleavened bread, when the Passover lamb is put to death, his disciples said to him, Where are we to go and make ready for you to take the Passover meal?


simplify: And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

And Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah, building Ramah, so that no one was able to go out or in to Asa, king of Judah.


simplify: And if a man shall sanctify unto Jehovah part of the field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the sowing thereof: the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

And if a man gives to the Lord part of the field which is his property, then let your value be in relation to the seed which is planted in it; a measure of barley grain will be valued at fifty shekels of silver.


rate difficulty: If he said, All those in the flock which have marks are to be yours, then all the flock gave birth to marked young; and if he said, All the banded ones are to be yours, then all the flock had banded young.


rate difficulty: but it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.

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


rate difficulty: Let the fire be kept burning on the altar at all times; it is never to go out.


simplify: Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God.

Take note of all these orders I am giving you and give attention to them, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you for ever, while you do what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.


rate difficulty: There is a thing of which <FI>one<Fi> saith: `See this, it <FI>is<Fi> new!' already it hath been in the ages that were before us!

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


simplify: And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.

Then the Philistines again went out in every direction in the valley.


rate difficulty: And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.


simplify: Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

In the same way the chief priests, with the teachers of the law, said to one another in mockery:


rate difficulty: According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

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


simplify: rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,


rate difficulty: And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.

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


simplify: for the poor always ye have with you, and whenever ye may will ye are able to do them good, but me ye have not always;

You always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you will not always have me.


rate difficulty: Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

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


simplify: These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Speak of all this, and encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.


simplify: and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying--This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.'

but the Pharisees and the teachers of the law found fault.  “This man always welcomes outcasts, and takes meals with them!” they complained.


simplify: He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;


simplify: And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and threw it into the sea, crying — ‘So will Babylon, the great city, be violently overthrown, never more to be seen.


rate difficulty: one cup of ten [shekels] of gold, full of incense;

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


simplify: But there shall be no gloom to her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time hath he made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

In earlier times he made the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali of small value, but after that he gave it glory, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the nations.


rate difficulty: Wherever a dead body lies, there will the vultures flock.’

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


rate difficulty: Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

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


simplify: But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother.

But of the other Apostles I saw only James, the Lord's brother.


rate difficulty: Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things.

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


rate difficulty: And through the hands of the apostles came many signs and wonders among the people, and they were with one accord all in the porch of Solomon;

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


rate difficulty: `And thou, son of man, appoint for thee two ways, for the coming in of the sword of the king of Babylon; from one land they come forth, both of them, and a station prepare thou, at the top of the way of the city prepare <FI>it<Fi> .

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


rate difficulty: Then the House was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were responsible for moving the House, went forward.


rate difficulty: And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

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


simplify: Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Master, Moses said that if a man's brother comes to his end, having a wife, but no children, his brother is to take the wife, and get a family for his brother.


rate difficulty: And Jesus answering said, `O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I bear you? bring him to me hither;'


rate difficulty: Now they have heard it said about you, that you teach all of our people in foreign countries to forsake Moses, for you tell them not to circumcise their children or even to observe Jewish customs.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

All the orders given by the king to the priests and Levites, in connection with any business or stores, were done with care.


rate difficulty: He is a leper and unclean; the priest is to say that he is most certainly unclean: the disease is in his head.


simplify: And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

Then the king sent for the Gibeonites; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but were the last of the Amorites, to whom the children of Israel had given an oath; but Saul, in his passion for the children of Israel and Judah, had made an attempt on their lives:)


rate difficulty: And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite; and over the herds in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai.


rate difficulty: And at the evening oblation I arose up from my humiliation; and with my mantle and my garment rent, I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to Jehovah myGod,

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


simplify: He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.


rate difficulty: “Somebody touched me,”said Jesus; “for I felt that power had gone out from me.”


simplify: And she said, Let thy handmaid find favor in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat; and her countenance was no more sad.

And she said, May your servant have grace in your eyes. So the woman went away, and took part in the feast, and her face was no longer sad.


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

And Moses took some of the holy oil and of the blood which was on the altar and put it on Aaron and on his robes, and on his sons and on his sons' robes; and made Aaron holy, and his robes and his sons and his sons' robes with him.


simplify: Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

See, I am crushing you down, as one is crushed under a cart full of grain.


simplify: Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;


simplify: and Jesus having taken up <FI>the word<Fi> , said, `A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving <FI>him<Fi> half dead.

To which Jesus replied: “A man was once going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him of everything, and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.


simplify: And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?

“Then who can be saved?” they exclaimed in the greatest astonishment.


rate difficulty: And seeing a fig-tree in the distance with leaves, he went to see if by chance it had anything on it: and when he came to it, he saw nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for the fruit.

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


simplify: On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan:

On the tenth day Ahiezer; the son of Ammishaddai, chief of the children of Dan:


rate difficulty: and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.

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


simplify: Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that will stand before me?

See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make him go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will be able to keep his place before me?


simplify: For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

For who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord, so as to be his teacher? But we have the mind of Christ.


rate difficulty: Then the chief captain came near and took him, and gave orders for him to be put in chains, questioning them as to who he was and what he had done.


rate difficulty: And David seeth that Saul hath come out to seek his life, and David <FI>is<Fi> in the wilderness of Ziph, in a forest.

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


rate difficulty: How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

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


simplify: And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.

And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, He is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.


simplify: And I will put a division between my people and thy people: by to-morrow shall this sign be.

And I will put a division between my people and your people; tomorrow this sign will be seen.


simplify: But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.

And Jesus made them come to him, and said to them, You see that those who are made rulers over the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them.


rate difficulty: by these three were the third of men killed, from the fire, and from the smoke, and from the brimstone, that is proceeding out of their mouth,

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


rate difficulty: Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: these are the sons which they had after the great flow of waters

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


rate difficulty: Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:

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


simplify: Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.

Your pride has gone down into the underworld, and the noise of your instruments of music; the worms are under you, and your body is covered with them.


simplify: Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

But that which is natural comes before that which is of the spirit.


simplify: And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.

So Moses made an order and had it given out through all the tents, saying, Let no man or woman make any more offerings for the holy place. So the people were kept from giving more.


simplify: And ye returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

And you came back, weeping before the Lord; but the Lord gave no attention to your cries and did not give ear to you.


simplify: (the Lord grant unto him to find mercy of the Lord in that day); and in how many things he ministered at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.

(May he have the Lord's mercy in that day); and of all he did for me at Ephesus you have full knowledge.


rate difficulty: And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister [to them];

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


simplify: And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord.

Then the Levites are to be put before Aaron and his sons, to be offered as a wave offering to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And he took [them] out of their hand, and fashioned it with a chisel and made of it a molten calf: and they said, This is thygod, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!

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


simplify: And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

Now when Balaam saw that it was the Lord's pleasure to give his blessing to Israel, he did not, as at other times, make use of secret arts, but turning his face to the waste land,


rate difficulty: But when Paul was about to say something, Gallio said to the Jews, If this was anything to do with wrongdoing or crime, there would be a reason for me to give you a hearing:

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


simplify: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Every good thing given us, and every perfect gift, is from above, and comes down to us from the Maker of the lights in the heavens, who is himself never subject to change or to eclipse.


simplify: And take with thee ten loaves, and cakes, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he will tell thee what shall become of the child.

And take with you ten cakes of bread and dry cakes and a pot of honey, and go to him: he will give you word of what is to become of the child.


simplify: Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not been bound up, to apply healing medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword.

Son of man, the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, has been broken by me, and no band has been put round it to make it well, no band has been twisted round it to make it strong for gripping the sword.


simplify: Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

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


rate difficulty: And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

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


rate difficulty: As birds hovering, so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it, he will pass over and preserve it.

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


simplify: Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

Am I the father of all this people? have I given them birth, that you say to me, Take them in your arms, like a child at the breast, to the land which you gave by an oath to their fathers?


simplify: yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,

He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;


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

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


simplify: Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,

And so, though my union with Christ enables me, with all confidence, to dictate the course that you should adopt,


simplify: in like manner also the right works are manifest beforehand, and those that are otherwise are not able to be hid.

In the same way noble deeds become conspicuous, and those which are otherwise cannot be concealed.


simplify: Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men,


simplify: And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep mine ordinances, and do them.

And I will put my spirit in you, causing you to be guided by my rules, and you will keep my orders and do them.


simplify: And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

So the disciples set out and went into the city, and found everything just as Jesus had told them; and they prepared the Passover.


rate difficulty: So they hired them thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

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


simplify: And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

And I said to my master, What if the woman will not come with me?


simplify: And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.


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


simplify: And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit-trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

And they took walled towns and a fat land, and became the owners of houses full of all good things, water-holes cut in the rock, vine-gardens and olive-gardens and a wealth of fruit-trees: so they had food enough and became fat, and had joy in the good you gave them.


simplify: And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

taking not notice until the flood came and swept them one and all away; and so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.


simplify: Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.

See, I have given him as a witness to the peoples, a ruler and a guide to the nations.


simplify: And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

And Pharaoh gave orders to all his people, saying, Every son who comes to birth is to be put into the river, but every daughter may go on living.


simplify: And this was the work of the candlestick, beaten work of gold; unto the base thereof, and unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work: according unto the pattern which Jehovah had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

The support for the lights was of hammered gold work, from its base to its flowers it was of hammered work; from the design which the Lord had given to Moses, he made the support for the lights.


simplify: For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.

For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.


simplify: and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'

and, if the woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she is guilty of adultery.”


rate difficulty: And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

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


rate difficulty: For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God.

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


simplify: For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

Your heart has knowledge how frequently others have been cursed by you.


rate difficulty: And Noah began [to be] a husbandman, and planted a vineyard.

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


simplify: And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

And the sons of Josiah: the oldest Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.


rate difficulty: And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him, so that he died.

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


rate difficulty: `And they set their abominations in the house over which My name is called, so as to defile it;


simplify: And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath,


simplify: And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

And he said, You have made a hard request: still, if you see me when I am taken from you, you will get your desire; but if not, it will not be so.


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the Lord.

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


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.

Say to the children of Israel: If a man has an unclean flow from his flesh, it will make him unclean.


simplify: And they said, What further need have we of witness? for we ourselves have heard from his own mouth.

And they said, What more need have we of witness? we have the very words of his mouth.


simplify: thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

You, then, are to be over my house, and all my people will be ruled by your word: only as king will I be greater than you.


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

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


simplify: Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof.

Egypt is coming up like the Nile, and his waters are lifting their heads like the rivers, and he says, I will go up, covering the earth; I will send destruction on the town and its people.


rate difficulty: And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.

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


simplify: Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.

And in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, I will put an end to the laughing voices, the voice of joy and the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride: for the land will become a waste.


simplify: Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.


simplify: Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.


simplify: For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.


simplify: And Job again took up his parable, and said,

And Job again took up the word and said,


simplify: Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink.


simplify: And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan–aram;

And that Jacob had done as his father and mother said and had gone to Paddan-aram;


simplify: And at the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of Jehovah, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

In the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and took him away to Babylon, with the beautiful vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah, his father's brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God, and from Timothy, also a follower of the Lord.

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


simplify: Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

You see, then, that those whose lives are based on faith are the sons of Abraham.


rate difficulty: So when they came together, Pilate said to them, Whom will you have? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is named Christ?

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


rate difficulty: So his mother's family said all this about him in the ears of all the townsmen of Shechem: and their hearts were turned to Abimelech, for they said, He is our brother.


rate difficulty: And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.

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


simplify: And see that thou make them after their pattern, which hath been showed thee in the mount.

And see that you make them from the design which you saw on the mountain.


rate difficulty: Some fell on rocky ground, where it had not much soil, and, because the soil wasn't deep, sprang up at once;


rate difficulty: And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.


simplify: But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you;

But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;


simplify: After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,

After this, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent his servants to Jerusalem (at that time he was stationed with all his army in front of Lachish), to say to Hezekiah and all the men of Judah in Jerusalem,


simplify: And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

and are now awaiting the return from heaven of his Son whom he raised from the dead — Jesus, our deliverer from the coming wrath.


rate difficulty: All these were listed under the names of their families, in the time of Jotham, king of Judah, and in the time of Jeroboam, king of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: unlike Moses, who covered his face with a veil, to prevent the Israelites from gazing at the disappearance of what was passing away.

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


simplify: For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.

Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed.


simplify: Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

Saying with a great voice, It is right to give to the Lamb who was put to death, power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.


rate difficulty: I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;

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


rate difficulty: For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.


rate difficulty: Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our beloved and fellow-worker,

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back.

And when he saw her he was overcome with grief, and said, Ah! my daughter! I am crushed with sorrow, and it is you who are the chief cause of my trouble; for I have made an oath to the Lord and I may not take it back.


simplify: Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.

You may not have sex connection with your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near relation.


rate difficulty: And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.


simplify: Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.


simplify: When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:

When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.


rate difficulty: Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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


simplify: And Jesus saith to them, `How many loaves have ye?' and they said, `Seven, and a few little fishes.'

“How many loaves have you?” said Jesus. “Seven,” they answered, “and a few small fish.”


simplify: He that despiseth his neighbor is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.


simplify: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.

Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; which agreement was broken by them, and I gave them up, says the Lord.


simplify: Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?

Who is this coming up like the Nile, whose waters are lifting their heads like the rivers?


rate difficulty: And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

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


simplify: I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.


rate difficulty: And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen for myself to put my name there.

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


simplify: and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,


simplify: But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

In any case, a person should continue to live in the condition which the Lord has allotted to them, and in which they were when God called them. This is the rule that I lay down in every church.


simplify: So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

So David and all the men of Israel took up the ark of the Lord with cries of joy and sounding of horns.


simplify: Then Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake I unto them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their own heart.

Then the Lord said to me, The prophets say false words in my name, and I gave them no orders, and I said nothing to them: what they say to you is a false vision and wonder-working words without substance, the deceit of their hearts.


rate difficulty: And the material of the clothing, or anything of skin, which has been washed, if the mark has gone out of it, let it be washed a second time and it will be clean.

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


simplify: But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

But now, O Lord, you are our father; we are the earth, and you are our maker; and we are all the work of your hand.


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

And watching him, for a chance to get something from his words which might be used against him.


simplify: This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:

This is the law about beasts and birds and every living thing moving in the waters, and every living thing which goes flat on the earth:


simplify: And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?


simplify: Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord;


rate difficulty: And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,

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


rate difficulty: Only, if he continue [to live] a day or two days, he shall not be avenged; for he is his money.

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


simplify: and the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away: yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

And the men of Sheba came against them and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.


rate difficulty: The evil-doer giveth heed to iniquitous lips; the liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

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


simplify: Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

So Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up, and falling on him, put him to death; and his body was put to rest in his house in the waste land.


simplify: The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

The first words of his mouth are foolish, and the end of his talk is evil crime.


simplify: Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

Now it was time for Elisabeth to give birth, and she had a son.


simplify: Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.

So it was beautiful, being so tall and its branches so long, for its root was by great waters.


simplify: If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door;

If my heart went after another man's wife, or if I was waiting secretly at my neighbour's door;


simplify: These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.

These are the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, Take the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt in their armies.


simplify: Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee?

Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of his face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?


simplify: And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, Andthe gold ofOphir among the stones of the brooks;

And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys;


rate difficulty: And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

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


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

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


simplify: Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri.


simplify: And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.

And he was teaching in their Synagogues and all men gave him praise.


simplify: Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.

From his earliest days, Moab has been living in comfort; like wine long stored he has not been drained from vessel to vessel, he has never gone away as a prisoner: so his taste is still in him, his smell is unchanged.


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

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


rate difficulty: Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord.

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


simplify: And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skilfully woven band of the ephod.

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


simplify: And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.


simplify: And when Uriah was come unto him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.

And when Uriah came to him, David put questions to him about how Joab and the people were, and how the war was going.


simplify: for he knew that because of envy the chief priests had delivered him up;

For he was aware that it was out of jealousy that the chief priests had given Jesus up to him.


simplify: And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?

And one of the scribes came, and hearing their argument together, and seeing that he had given them a good answer, put the question to him, Which law is the first of all?


rate difficulty: I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

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


rate difficulty: and Jehovah delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining in it; and he did unto the king thereof as he had done unto the king of Jericho.

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


rate difficulty: but in [the] assembly I desire to speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also, [rather] than ten thousand words in a tongue.

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


rate difficulty: Then will come the end — when he surrenders the kingdom to his God and Father, having overthrown all other rule and all other authority and power.

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


rate difficulty: Seeing that you are able to make certain of the fact that it is not more than twelve days from the time when I came up to Jerusalem for worship;


rate difficulty: Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.

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


simplify: But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:

But these men have been very good to us; they did us no wrong and nothing of ours was touched while we were with them in the fields:


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

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


rate difficulty: But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the Lord commanded Moses.


simplify: And they returned, and came to En–mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon–tamar.

Then they came back to En-mishpat (which is Kadesh), making waste all the country of the Amalekites and of the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.


simplify: And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, straightway cometh Satan, and taketh away the word which hath been sown in them.

And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.


simplify: And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:


rate difficulty: It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

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


simplify: And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the Lord had smitten him.

And Azariah, the chief priest, and all the priests, looking at him, saw the mark of the leper on his brow, and they sent him out quickly and he himself went out straight away, for the Lord's punishment had come on him.


simplify: And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.

The material of the wall of the city was jasper, and the city was built of pure gold, which shone like clear glass.


simplify: And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:

Then he made Judah come forward, and the family of the Zerahites was taken; and he made the family of the Zerahites come forward man by man; and Zabdi was taken;


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.


simplify: and she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:

And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck:


rate difficulty: But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.


simplify: And in that day shall ye say, Give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name, declare his doings among the peoples, make mention that his name is exalted.

And in that day you will say, Give praise to the Lord, let his name be honoured, give word of his doings among the peoples, say that his name is lifted up.


simplify: See that ye despise not one of these little ones: for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.

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


rate difficulty: And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah, and she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her again.

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


simplify: draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Make your hands clean, you sinners; and your hearts pure, you vacillator!


simplify: For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

For in putting this perfume on my body, she did it to make me ready for my last resting-place.


rate difficulty: These are the things that ye shall do: Speak truth every one with his neighbour; execute truth and the judgment of peace in your gates;

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


rate difficulty: And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

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


rate difficulty: `And Jehovah heareth the voice of your words, and is wroth, and sweareth, saying,

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


rate difficulty: Now she had liers in wait abiding in the chamber; and she said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he broke the cords, as a thread of tow is broken when it touches the fire; and his strength was not known.


simplify: and they spake, saying unto him, Tell us: By what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

That the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people came to him and said, Make clear to us by what authority you do these things and who gave you this authority.


rate difficulty: To every one that asks of thee, give; and from him that takes away what is thine, ask it not back.

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


simplify: And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.

And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, and its meal offering, and its drink offering.


rate difficulty: You are to make a plate of the best gold, cutting on it, as on a stamp, these words: HOLY TO THE LORD.


simplify: And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

And they put his body into the earth with sinners, and his last resting-place was with the evil-doers, though he had done no wrong, and no deceit was in his mouth.


rate difficulty: Jehovah ourGod spoke unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have stayed long enough in this mountain.

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


simplify: and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.

After satisfying their hunger, they further lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.


simplify: may we rejoice and exult, and give the glory to Him, because come did the marriage of the Lamb, and his wife did make herself ready;

Let us rejoice and exalt; and we will pay him honor, for the hour for the Marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready.


simplify: But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.

But David was not able to go before it to get directions from the Lord, so great was his fear of the sword of the angel of the Lord.


simplify: And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

And sailing again from there, we went on under cover of Cyprus, because the wind was against us.


simplify: What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

What? have you not houses to take your meals in? or have you no respect for the church of God, putting the poor to shame? What am I to say to you? am I to give you praise? certainly not.


simplify: And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things.


rate difficulty: Thunder from the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice.

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


rate difficulty: And the lot is for the tribe of Manasseh (for he <FI>is<Fi> first-born of Joseph), for Machir first-born of Manasseh, father of Gilead, for he hath been a man of war, and his are Gilead and Bashan.

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


simplify: So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.

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


rate difficulty: The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,


simplify: and he answering said to them, `What did Moses command you?'

“What direction did Moses give you?”replied Jesus.


simplify: Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

At that time, if anyone should say to you ‘Look! Here is the Christ!’ or ‘Here he is!’, do not believe it;


simplify: Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

Do you not see that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? how then may I take what is a part of the body of Christ and make it a part of the body of a loose woman? such a thing may not be.


rate difficulty: And you know now what the restraining influence is which prevents his appearing before his appointed time.

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


rate difficulty: To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all.


simplify: And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

Then the angel of God, who had been before the tents of Israel, took his place at their back; and the pillar of cloud, moving from before them, came to rest at their back:


rate difficulty: Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

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


rate difficulty: Now Peter and those who were with him were overcome with sleep: but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men who were with him.

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


rate difficulty: And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is coming on, so do not go tonight; see, the day is almost gone; take your rest here and let your heart be glad, and tomorrow early, go on your way back to your house.

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


rate difficulty: In that day shalt thou not be put to shame for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me; for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proudly exulting ones, and thou shalt no more be haughty in my holy mountain.

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


simplify: for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

For God is not a God whose ways are without order, but a God of peace; as in all the churches of the saints.


simplify: They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.


simplify: Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers’ houses of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.

Take care of them and keep them, till you put them on the scales before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and the chiefs of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the rooms of the house of the Lord.


rate difficulty: They gave help everyone to his neighbour; and everyone said to his brother, Take heart!


simplify: And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

Now the Lord came to him by the holy tree of Mamre, when he was seated in the doorway of his tent in the middle of the day;


rate difficulty: Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imlah.

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


rate difficulty: Then he gave orders to the disciples to give no man word that he was the Christ.


simplify: Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein the Lord’s tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the Lord, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God.

But if the land you now have is unclean, come over into the Lord's land where his House is, and take up your heritage among us: but do not be false to the Lord and to us by building yourselves an altar in addition to the altar of the Lord our God.


rate difficulty: unto your shame I speak: so there is not among you one wise man, not even one, who shall be able to discern in the midst of his brethren!

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


rate difficulty: So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

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


rate difficulty: And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

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


simplify: And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they gave the Lord's word to Pharaoh.


simplify: And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.

And he said to her, Get up and let us be going; but there was no answer; so he took her up and put her on the ass, and went on his way and came to his house.


simplify: not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

not addicted to drink or brawling, but of a forbearing and peaceable disposition, and not a lover of money;


simplify: He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.

And he said to them, Did you get the Holy Spirit when you had faith? And they said to him, No, we have had no knowledge of the Holy Spirit.


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

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


rate difficulty: And it knoweth his forsaken habitations, And their cities it hath laid waste, And desolate is the land and its fulness, Because of the voice of his roaring.

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


rate difficulty: Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants.

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


simplify: Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

Then David gave way to bitter grief, and so did all the men who were with him:


rate difficulty: and when the flock is feeble, he doth not set <FI>them<Fi> ; and the feeble ones have been Laban's, and the strong ones Jacob's.


simplify: Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.


rate difficulty: hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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


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

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


simplify: and there was <FI>one<Fi> named Barabbas, bound with those making insurrection with him, who had in the insurrection committed murder.

A man called Barabbas was in prison, with the rioters who had committed murder during a riot.


simplify: and I said, Lord, they--they know that I was imprisoning and was scourging in every synagogue those believing on thee;

‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘these people know that I used to imprison and scourge, in synagogue after synagogue, those who believed in you;


rate difficulty: And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;

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


simplify: And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

The chief priests took the pieces of silver, but they said: “We must not put them into the Temple treasury, because they are blood-money.”


rate difficulty: And if thy oblation be a meal-offering of the baking-pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.

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


rate difficulty: that no one might be moved by these afflictions. (For yourselves know that we are set for this;

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


simplify: And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.

Say to them, This is the offering made by fire which you are to give to the Lord; he-lambs of the first year without any mark, two every day as a regular burned offering.


rate difficulty: “You know that in two days time the Festival of the Passover will be here; and that the Son of Man is to be given up to be crucified.”


simplify: And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.

And David said to him, Where have you come from? And he said, I have come in flight from the tents of Israel.


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not recorded in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the words of Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh, and in the visions of Iddo the seer about Jeroboam, the son of Nebat?


rate difficulty: And the elders of his house rise against him, to raise him up from the earth, and he hath not been willing, nor hath he eaten with them bread;

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


rate difficulty: Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

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


simplify: and I say to you--Elijah did already come, and they did not know him, but did with him whatever they would, so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them.'

and I tell you that Elijah has already come, and people have not recognized him, but have treated him just as they pleased. In the same way, too, the Son of Man is destined to undergo suffering at people’s hands.”


rate difficulty: Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.

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


rate difficulty: And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there hath not been, nor shall be any more.

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


simplify: And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

And I heard the response from the altar — ‘Yes, Lord, our God, the Almighty, true and righteous are they judgments.’


simplify: Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.


rate difficulty: Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate,

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


rate difficulty: And when those who were lifting the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, he made an offering of an ox and a fat young beast.

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


simplify: `And, as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man;

As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be again in the days of the Son of Man.


rate difficulty: He will himself show you a large upstairs room, set out ready; and there make preparations for us.”

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


simplify: cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

Give praise without end for you, keeping you in mind in my prayers;


simplify: Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

You have made them very glad, increasing their joy. They are glad before you as men are glad in the time of getting in the grain, or when they make division of the goods taken in war.


rate difficulty: and he doth very abominably to go after the idols, according to all that the Amorite did whom Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel.'

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


rate difficulty: Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.

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


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

You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be untrue to your wife, Do not put anyone to death, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Give honour to your father and mother.


rate difficulty: Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

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


simplify: Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

Shammoth the Harodite, Helez the Pelonite,


rate difficulty: Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt,


simplify: Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,

Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord,


rate difficulty: And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.


simplify: When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.


simplify: And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.

Then Balaam said to Balak, Take your place by your burned offering, and I will go and see if the Lord comes to me: and I will give you word of whatever he says to me. And he went to an open place on a hill.


simplify: All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.

All the people of the sea-lands are overcome with wonder at you, and their kings are full of fear, their faces are troubled.


simplify: that Jehovah spake unto me, saying,

The word of the Lord came to me, saying,


simplify: But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.

But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.


rate difficulty: And David came to Saul, waiting before him: and he became very dear to Saul, who made him his servant, giving him the care of his arms.


simplify: My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.

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


simplify: And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.

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


simplify: For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has passed judgment on the Great Harlot who was corrupting the earth by her licentiousness, and he has taken vengeance on her for the blood of his servants.’


rate difficulty: And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth–shan.

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


simplify: And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?


simplify: For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

For, starting his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, he came to Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, by the good help of his God.


rate difficulty: The king of Kedesh, one; The king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;


rate difficulty: The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.


simplify: And they that had taken Jesus led him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

And those who had made Jesus prisoner took him away to the house of Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and those in authority over the people had come together.


rate difficulty: Awake! awake! Deborah: awake! awake! give a song: Up! Barak, and take prisoner those who took you prisoner, O son of Abinoam.

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


simplify: They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe.


simplify: in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!)

At my first trial no one stood by me. They all deserted me. May it never be counted against them!


rate difficulty: But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.

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


simplify: Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

Flowing down from the sky, and dropping on the peoples.


simplify: The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

He who gives blessing will be made fat, but the curser will himself be cursed.


simplify: Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

Taking the five loaves and the two fishes, Jesus looked up to heaven and said the blessing over them. Then he broke them in pieces, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people.


rate difficulty: And for the east side, eastward, fifty cubits;


simplify: And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,

And the altar for burning spices, with its rods, and the holy oil and the sweet perfume, and the curtain for the door, at the door of the House;


rate difficulty: And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.

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


simplify: And Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.

Then Jehoahaz made prayer to the Lord, and the Lord gave ear to him, for he saw how cruelly Israel was crushed by the king of Aram.


simplify: in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.

In everything give praise: for this is the purpose of God in Christ Jesus for you.


rate difficulty: But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on Judah, because of David his servant, to whom he had given his word that he would have a light for ever.

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


simplify: and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained <FI>their<Fi> purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed close by Crete,

So, when a light wind sprang up from the south, thinking that they had found their opportunity, they weighed anchor and kept along the coast of Crete, close in shore.


rate difficulty: whenever therefore the lord of the vineyard may come, what will he do to these husbandmen?'

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


simplify: Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,


simplify: That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

So that you may take for your food the flesh of kings, and of captains, and of strong men, and of horses and of those who are seated on them, and the flesh of all men, free and unfree, small and great.


simplify: And Moses said unto them, Stay ye, that I may hear what Jehovah will command concerning you.

And Moses said to them, Do nothing till the Lord gives me directions about you.


rate difficulty: But as for those whose heart goes after their hated and disgusting things, I will send on their heads the punishment of their ways, says the Lord.

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


simplify: but whoever may speak evil in regard to the Holy Spirit hath not forgiveness--to the age, but is in danger of age-during judgment;'

but whoever slanders the Holy Spirit remains unforgiven to the end; he has to answer for an enduring sin.”


rate difficulty: `What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.

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


rate difficulty: Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.


simplify: They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

Those who see you will be looking on you with care, they will be in deep thought, saying, Is this the troubler of the earth, the shaker of kingdoms?


rate difficulty: Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;

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


rate difficulty: `And if the priest hath seen, and lo, the plague <FI>is<Fi> become weak after it hath been washed, then he hath rent it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof;

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


simplify: And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);

Then the king sent for the Gibeonites; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but were the last of the Amorites, to whom the children of Israel had given an oath; but Saul, in his passion for the children of Israel and Judah, had made an attempt on their lives:)


simplify: For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.


rate difficulty: And he made all the priests from the towns of Judah come into Jerusalem, and he made unclean the high places where the priests had been burning offerings, from Geba to Beer-sheba; and he had the high places of the evil spirits pulled down which were by the doorway of Joshua, the ruler of the town, on the left side of the way into the town.

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


simplify: And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.

And Moses said to Joshua, Get together a band of men for us and go out, make war on Amalek: tomorrow I will take my place on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.


simplify: And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.


rate difficulty: And thou hast taken thence a few in number--and hast bound them in thy skirts;

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


simplify: And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.

At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa, king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have put your faith in the king of Aram and not in the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has got away out of your hands.


rate difficulty: A wretched man I <FI>am<Fi> ! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?


rate difficulty: And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.

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


simplify: And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

The nations were enraged, and your wrath fell on them; the time came for the dead to be judged, and for you to give the reward to your servants the prophets, and to the people of Christ, and to those who honor your name — the high and the low alike — and to destroy those who are destroying the earth.’


simplify: For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.

For it is one rule after another; one line after another; here a little, there a little.


simplify: And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

And outside the veil you are to put the table, and the support for the lights opposite the table on the south side of the House; and the table is to be on the north side.


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

Now send, and get Israel together before me at Mount Carmel, with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal who get their food at Jezebel's table.


simplify: for the Writing saith, `An ox treading out thou shalt not muzzle,' and `Worthy <FI>is<Fi> the workman of his reward.'

The words of scripture are —  ‘You should not muzzle the ox while it is treading out the grain.’  and again —  ‘The worker is worth their wages.’


rate difficulty: But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;

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


rate difficulty: when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it,

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


simplify: For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who came out against me.


rate difficulty: This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

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


rate difficulty: And by these ye shall make yourselves unclean; whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.

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


rate difficulty: And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

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


simplify: And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.

And Jesus said, See again: your faith has made you well.


simplify: It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,

It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.


simplify: having known that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance--for the Lord Christ ye serve;

since you know that it is from the Master that you will receive the inheritance which will be your reward. You are serving Christ, the Master.


rate difficulty: Come near to me, and give ear to this; from the start I did not keep it secret; from the time of its coming into existence I was there: and now the Lord God has sent me, and given me his spirit.

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


simplify: And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.


rate difficulty: Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.

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


simplify: Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor;

So take Aaron and Eleazar, his son, up into Mount Hor;


simplify: But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

But those tenants said to one another ‘Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and his inheritance will be ours.’


rate difficulty: For this is the day of the Lord Jehovah of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may be avenged of his adversaries; and the sword shall devour, and it shall be sated and made drunk with their blood; for the Lord Jehovah of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country, by the river Euphrates.

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


rate difficulty: Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.


simplify: and if he did hurt to thee, or doth owe anything, this to me be reckoning;

If he has caused you any loss, or owes you anything, charge it to me.


simplify: And the chief priests were accusing him of many things, <FI>but he answered nothing.<Fi>

Then the chief priests brought a number of charges against him.


rate difficulty: After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

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


simplify: And from thence he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a house, and would have no man know it; and he could not be hid.

And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to keep it secret.


rate difficulty: the whole by number and by weight: and all the weight was written at that time.


rate difficulty: And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:

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


simplify: He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.

He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.


simplify: For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:


rate difficulty: Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.