rate difficulty: But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God.

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


simplify: Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.

Say to those who put whitewash on it, There will be an overflowing shower; and you, O ice-drops, will come raining down; and it will be broken in two by the storm-wind.


rate difficulty: Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.

Pharaoh's war-carriages and his army he has sent down into the sea: the best of his captains have gone down into the Red Sea.


rate difficulty: And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

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


simplify: And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?

At this all the people were astounded. “Is it possible that this is the son of David?” they exclaimed.


simplify: And the Lord hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

The Lord has given an order about you, that no more of your name are to be planted: from the house of your gods I will have the pictured and metal images cut off; I will make your last resting-place a place of shame; for you are completely evil.


simplify: The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.


rate difficulty: And let them make division of it into seven parts: let Judah keep inside his limit on the south, and let the children of Joseph keep inside their limit on the north.

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


simplify: I have confidence to you-ward in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.

I am certain about you in the Lord, that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you will have his punishment, whoever he is.


simplify: And their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

And their brothers the Levites were responsible for all the work of the Tent of the house of God.


simplify: And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.

Then they made the beryl stones, fixed in twisted frames of gold and cut like the cutting of a stamp, with the names of the children of Israel.


simplify: But come what may, said he, I will run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

Whatever may come of it, he said, I will go. Then he said to him, Go. So Ahimaaz went running by the lowland road and overtook the Cushite.


simplify: Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

Now there were four lepers seated at the doorway into the town: and they said to one another, Why are we waiting here for death?


rate difficulty: Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.

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


rate difficulty: And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

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


simplify: And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

And will go out to put in error the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to get them together to the war, the number of whom is like the sands of the sea.


simplify: I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

I know your life (see, I have set a door open before you which no one is able to shut), I know that, though you have but little strength, you kept my teaching in mind, and did not disown my name.


rate difficulty: But the men rowed hard to regain the land; but they could not; for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.


rate difficulty: And they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.

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


rate difficulty: this one did Paul wish to go forth with him, and having taken <FI>him<Fi> , he circumcised him, because of the Jews who are in those places, for they all knew his father--that he was a Greek.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself? therefore his name was called Perez.

But then he took his hand back again, and his brother came first to birth: and the woman said, What an opening you have made for yourself! So he was named Perez.


rate difficulty: Surely the person who has not these virtues is shortsighted even to blindness, and has chosen to forget that they have been purified from their sins of the past!

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


simplify: Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.


simplify: Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.

Then his father and mother said to him, Is there no woman among the daughters of your relations or among all my people, that you have to go for your wife to the Philistines, who are without circumcision? But Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she is pleasing to me.


simplify: Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

Wisdom has made her house, putting up her seven pillars.


simplify: And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in pride and in stoutness of heart,

And all the people will have experience of it, even Ephraim and the men of Samaria, who say in the pride of their uplifted hearts,


simplify: Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold,

Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents;


simplify: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

for it is consecrated by God’s blessing and by prayer.


rate difficulty: `Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law--the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved <FI>you<Fi>  to do, and those not to neglect.

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


rate difficulty: But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed at them.

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


simplify: Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Have you knowledge of the rock-goats? or do you see the roes giving birth to their young?


simplify: Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

So then, make division between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the clean bird and the unclean: do not make yourselves disgusting by any beast or bird or anything which goes flat on the earth, which has been marked by me as unclean for you.


simplify: but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.


simplify: Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,

Then the word of Jeremiah the prophet came true,


rate difficulty: And of the Levites: Shemaiah, the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

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


rate difficulty: “I did wrong in betraying a good man to his death,” he said. “What has that to do with us?” they replied. “You must see to that yourself.”

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


rate difficulty: He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.

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


simplify: The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.

The children of Senaah, three thousand, six hundred and thirty.


simplify: and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.

You will go feeling your way when the sun is high, like a blind man for whom all is dark, and nothing will go well for you: you will be crushed and made poor for ever, and you will have no saviour.


rate difficulty: which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness:

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: these have one mind, and their own power and authority to the beast they shall give over;

These kings are of one mind in surrendering their power and authority to the Beast.


simplify: Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.


rate difficulty: But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.


rate difficulty: These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel.

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


rate difficulty: So Ephron said to Abraham,

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


rate difficulty: On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”


rate difficulty: But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab got free from the authority of the king of Israel.


rate difficulty: And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,

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


simplify: And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

So the children of Israel went forward against the children of Benjamin the second day.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: They have set him a bed in the midst of the slain, with all his multitude: their graves are round about him, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though their terror was caused in the land of the living; and they have borne their confusion with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that are slain.


rate difficulty: and he hath separated to Jehovah the days of his separation, and he hath brought in a lamb, a son of a year, for a guilt-offering, and the former days are fallen, for his separation hath been defiled.

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


rate difficulty: And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

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


rate difficulty: whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

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


rate difficulty: Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

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


simplify: Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

“If you wish to be perfect,” answered Jesus, “go and sell your property, and give to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; then come and follow me.”


rate difficulty: He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

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


simplify: we--we love him, because He--He first loved us;


rate difficulty: that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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


rate difficulty: one golden spoon of ten <FI>shekels<Fi> , full of perfume;


simplify: Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.

And the east front of the house and of the separate place was a hundred cubits wide.


rate difficulty: And they said, Up! and let us go against Laish; for we have seen the land, and it is very good: why are you doing nothing? Do not be slow to go in and take the land for your heritage.

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


simplify: Only the land of the priests bought he not: for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them; wherefore they sold not their land.

Only he did not take the land of the priests, for the priests had their food given them by Pharaoh, and having what Pharaoh gave them, they had no need to give up their land.


simplify: Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,

Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,


rate difficulty: And the line goes down to the farthest part of the mountain facing the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is on the north of the valley of Rephaim: from there it goes down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite on the south as far as En-rogel;

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


rate difficulty: The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered me;


simplify: Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:

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


rate difficulty: who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him; thou spokest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled [it] with thy hand as at this day.

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


simplify: And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.


rate difficulty: Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:

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


rate difficulty: and Solomon hath given to Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat, food for his house, and twenty cors of beaten oil; thus doth Solomon give to Hiram year by year.

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


simplify: Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings.


rate difficulty: and to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned--to righteousness:

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


simplify: And Isaiah doth cry concerning Israel, `If the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved;

And Isaiah cries aloud over Israel — ‘Though the sons of Israel are like the sand of the sea in number, only a remnant of them will escape!


rate difficulty: But after the tumult had ceased, Paul having called the disciples to [him] and embraced [them], went away to go to Macedonia.

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


rate difficulty: Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?


simplify: And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home.

And every year Eli gave Elkanah and his wife a blessing, saying, May the Lord give you offspring by this woman in exchange for the child you have given to the Lord. And they went back to their house.


simplify: Howbeit the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.

But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on the family of David, because of the agreement he had made with David, when he said he would give to him and to his sons a light for ever.


simplify: When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.


rate difficulty: And Jeroboam's wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah; when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died.


rate difficulty: `And his sons thou dost bring near, and hast clothed them with coats,

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


simplify: That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

He took in hand the building up of the towns which Huram had given him, causing the children of Israel to make living-places for themselves there.


simplify: Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Nor should you swear by your head, since you cannot make a single hair either white or black.


rate difficulty: The king made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, in the soft earth between Succoth and Zeredah.

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


simplify: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

And he had in his hand a little open book: and he put his right foot on the sea, and his left on the earth;


rate difficulty: Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.

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


simplify: Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

And all the diseases and the pains not recorded in the book of this law will the Lord send on you till your destruction is complete.


simplify: I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, that are minded of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with thee.

And now it is my order that all those of the people of Israel, and their priests and Levites in my kingdom, who are ready and have a desire to go to Jerusalem, are to go with you.


simplify: See, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish, because a work I--I do work in your days, a work in which ye may not believe, though any one may declare <FI>it<Fi> to you.'

‘Look, you despisers, and wonder, and perish; For I am doing a deed in your days — A deed which, though told you in full, you will never believe’.”


simplify: ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.

You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it.


simplify: that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded,

so that the Christ, through your faith, may make his home within your hearts in love; And I pray that you, now firmly rooted and established, may, with all Christ’s people,


simplify: But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.

Then he came in and took his place before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where have you come from, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere.


simplify: And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

And he took him up and let him see all the kingdoms of the earth in a minute of time.


simplify: through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints--

Pray in spirit at all times. Be intent on this, with unwearying perseverance and supplication for all Christ’s people —


rate difficulty: And the sons of Shimon: Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth; and the son of Zoheth. ...

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


simplify: Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.

Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.


rate difficulty: to whom coming--a living stone--by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious,

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


rate difficulty: Already ye are having been filled, already ye were rich, apart from us ye did reign, and I would also ye did reign, that we also with you may reign together,

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


simplify: And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

And they took his body on horseback and put it into the earth with his fathers in Jerusalem, the town of David.


simplify: And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord.

In all the vine-gardens there will be cries of grief: for I will go through among you, says the Lord.


simplify: O that even they would cut themselves off who are unsettling you!

I could even wish that the people who are unsettling you would go further still and mutilate themselves.


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

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


simplify: I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.


rate difficulty: and their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, `See, let no one know;'

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


simplify: And the border went down unto the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook: these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh: and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and the goings out thereof were at the sea:

And the limit goes down to the stream Kanah, to the south of the stream: these towns were Ephraim's among the towns of Manasseh; Manasseh's limit was on the north side of the stream, ending at the sea:


rate difficulty: and Abimelech saith, `Lo, my land <FI>is<Fi> before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;'

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


simplify: and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

but, if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn to show proper regard for the members of their own family first, and to make some return to their parents; for that is pleasing in God’s sight.


simplify: And, behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh.

Now Saul came from the field, driving the oxen before him; and he said, Why are the people weeping? And they gave him word of what the men of Jabesh had said.


simplify: Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.

Or anything about which he took a false oath; he will have to give it all back, with the addition of a fifth of its value, to him whose property it is, when he has been judged to be in the wrong.


rate difficulty: And Micaiah said, Therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

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


rate difficulty: But Jesus answered him: “It is said — ‘You must not tempt the Lord your God.’”

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


simplify: So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was keeping Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria;

So Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, made designs against Joram. (Now Joram and all the army of Israel were keeping watch on Ramoth-gilead because of Hazael, king of Aram:


simplify: God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

In no way. How may we, who are dead to sin, be living in it any longer?


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

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


rate difficulty: Which God has now put into effect for our children, by sending Jesus; as it says in the second Psalm, You are my Son; this day I have given you being.


simplify: that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;

With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today:


rate difficulty: Then the devil leaves him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.

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


simplify: And a way of peace they did not know.

and the path of peace they do not know.’


simplify: And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.


rate difficulty: And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to the other, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.

I had but just begun to speak,” continued Peter, “when the Holy Spirit fell on them, exactly as on us at the first;


simplify: And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

Now it came about in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,


simplify: The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.

And the sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites by their families.


simplify: A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.


simplify: And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.

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.


simplify: But if they will not hear, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, saith Jehovah.

But if they will not give ear, then I will have that nation uprooted, and given to destruction, says the Lord.


simplify: Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

More than this, Manasseh took the lives of upright men, till Jerusalem from one end to the other was full of blood; in addition to his sin in making Judah do evil in the eyes of the Lord.


simplify: For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

For God has put it into their minds to carry out his purpose, in carrying out their common purpose and surrendering their kingdoms to the Beast, until God’s decrees will be executed.


rate difficulty: And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Come, let us go in flight, or not one of us will be safe from Absalom: let us go without loss of time, or he will overtake us quickly and send evil on us, and put the town to the sword.

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


simplify: For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.


rate difficulty: but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

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


simplify: Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.

So they met here, and without loss of time I took my seat on the Bench the very next day, and ordered the man to be brought before me.


simplify: And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.

Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.


rate difficulty: And Zimri cometh in and smiteth him, and putteth him to death, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigneth in his stead;

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


simplify: That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Then you will live lives worthy of the Master, and so please God in every way. Your lives will be fruitful in every kind of good action, and your characters will grow through a fuller knowledge of God;


simplify: if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day.

If only you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to keep all these orders which I give you today.


rate difficulty: and they find Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fight against him, and smite the Canaanite and the Perizzite.

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


simplify: And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.

And they went on from Elim and put up their tents by the Red Sea.


simplify: Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed.


simplify: Israel was holiness unto Jehovah, the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall be held guilty; evil shall come upon them, saith Jehovah.

Israel was holy to the Lord, the first-fruits of his increase: all who made attacks on him were judged as wrongdoers, evil came on them, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words to reason with him?

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


simplify: Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.


simplify: And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

“This is what I told you,”he said, “when I was still with you — that everything that had been written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the Psalms, must be fulfilled.”


simplify: As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.


simplify: And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

And I have kept back the rain from you, when it was still three months before the grain-cutting: I sent rain on one town and kept it back from another: one part was rained on, and the part where there was no rain became a waste.


rate difficulty: The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

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


simplify: and to put on the new man, which, according to God, was created in righteousness and kindness of the truth.

and that you must clothe yourselves in that new nature which was created to resemble God, with the righteousness and holiness springing from the truth.


rate difficulty: and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.

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


rate difficulty: As soon as the sun had risen, it was scorched, and, because their roots were not deep enough, withered away.


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel went away, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

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


simplify: Ye stand this day all of you before Jehovah your God; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,

You have come here today, all of you, before the Lord your God; the heads of your tribes, the overseers, and those who are in authority over you, with all the men of Israel,


simplify: Behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

See, it is coming and it will be done, says the Lord; this is the day of which I have given word.


rate difficulty: Seeing them laboring at the oars — for the wind was against them — about three hours after midnight Jesus came towards them, walking on the water, intending to join them.

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


simplify: And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

And the bowmen sent their arrows at King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, Take me away, for I am badly wounded.


rate difficulty: And she said to her, Is it [too] little that thou hast taken my husband, that thou wilt take my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.

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


rate difficulty: Do not give ear to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me; and everyone will be free to take the fruit of his vine and of his fig-tree, and the water of his spring;


rate difficulty: And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the Lord; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

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


rate difficulty: For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.


simplify: Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.

And as for you (Jeremiah), make no prayers for this people, send up no cry or prayer for them, make no request for them to me: for I will not give ear.


simplify: Remember this, and show yourselves men; bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.

Keep this in mind and be shamed; let it come back to your memory, you sinners.


simplify: And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

And he gave orders to the first, saying, When my brother Esau comes to you and says, Whose servant are you, and where are you going, and whose are these herds?


rate difficulty: And he passed through the hill-country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.

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


rate difficulty: And Amram took Jochebed his aunt as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.

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


rate difficulty: Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


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

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


simplify: And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

And I will put my holy House among you, and my soul will not be turned away from you in disgust.


simplify: Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.

It is right, our Lord and our God, for you to have glory and honour and power: because by you were all things made, and by your desire they came into being.


rate difficulty: Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.


simplify: And Pilate said to them, `Ye have a watch, go away, make secure--as ye have known;'

“You may have a guard,” was Pilate’s reply; “go and make the tomb as secure as you can.”


rate difficulty: This is the man who was in the church in the waste land with the angel who was talking to him in Sinai, and with our fathers; and to him were given the living words of God, so that he might give them to you.

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


simplify: Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab–shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews’ language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah said to the Rab-shakeh, Will you kindly make use of the Aramaean language in talking to your servants, for we are used to it, and do not make use of the Jews' language in the hearing of the people on the wall.


rate difficulty: That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

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


simplify: How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a worm!

How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!


rate difficulty: My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

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


rate difficulty: And when he was come into his house, he took the knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, according to her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the borders of Israel.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.


simplify: And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

Then he taught them many truths in parables; and in the course of his teaching he said to them:


rate difficulty: And those who are on the earth will have pleasure and delight over them; and they will send offerings one to another because these two prophets gave great trouble to all on the earth.

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


rate difficulty: And David was indignant; for Jehovah had made a breach upon Uzza; and he called that place Perez-Uzza to this day.


simplify: And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

And the people made their way back to the town quietly and secretly, as those who are shamed go secretly when they go in flight from the war.


simplify: And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the first-born, and his sons.

And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the oldest, and his sons.


simplify: These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.

These are the sons of Dan by their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan by their families.


simplify: And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,

When some of them spoke about the Temple being decorated with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said:


simplify: And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth–hattaavah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath.

Again at Taberah and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you made the Lord angry.


simplify: When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more; But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.


simplify: And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;

And the son of Solomon was Rehoboam; and the son of Rehoboam was Abijah; and the son of Abijah was Asa;


simplify: Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

O daughters of Israel, have sorrow for Saul, by whom you were delicately clothed in robes of red, with ornaments of gold on your dresses.


simplify: At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

Bent at her feet he went down, he was stretched out; bent at her feet he went down; where he was bent down, there he went down in death.


simplify: And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.

And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead.


rate difficulty: And all the work was finished that king Solomon made for the house of Jehovah. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated; the silver and the gold and the vessels he put among the treasures of the house of Jehovah.


simplify: And I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but privately before them who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vain.

And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.


rate difficulty: Thou gavest me no kiss: but she, since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet.

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


rate difficulty: and the little chambers of the gate eastward, three on this side, and three on that side; one measure <FI>is<Fi> to them three, and one measure <FI>is<Fi> to the posts, on this side and on that side.


simplify: Count not thy handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto.

Do not take your servant to be a good-for-nothing woman: for my words have come from my stored-up sorrow and pain.


simplify: Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

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


simplify: At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

At that time Abijah, the son of Jeroboam, became ill.


rate difficulty: And Shaphan the scribe cometh in unto the king, and bringeth the king back word, and saith, `Thy servants have poured out the silver that hath been found in the house, and give it into the hand of the doers of the work, the inspectors, in the house of Jehovah.'

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


rate difficulty: And she went down to the floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law had bidden her.

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


rate difficulty: Of Gershon <FI>is<Fi> the family of the Libnite, and the family of the Shimite; these are the families of the Gershonite.

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


rate difficulty: To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, for them there is no daybreak.

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


simplify: Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

In just the same way faith, if not followed by actions, is, by itself, a lifeless thing.


simplify: And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

And Jacob went near his father Isaac: and he put his hands on him; and he said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.


rate difficulty: and we come in to Jerusalem, and dwell there three days.


simplify: He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.

With part of it he makes a fire, and on the fire he gets meat cooked and takes a full meal: he makes himself warm, and says, Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire:


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

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


rate difficulty: and he took it and ate it before their eyes.

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


simplify: And also thus said the king, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.

Then the king said, May the God of Israel be praised, who has given one of my seed to be king in my place this day and has let my eyes see it.


rate difficulty: Nothing of it is to be kept till the morning, and no bone of it is to be broken: they are to keep it by the rules of the Passover.


simplify: oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

Oil for the light, spices for the sweet-smelling oil, sweet perfumes for burning;


simplify: For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto me: Take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said to me: Take the cup of the wine of this wrath from my hand, and make all the nations to whom I send you take of it.


simplify: For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned back from following Jehovah, therefore Jehovah will not be with you.

For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you will be put to death by their swords: because you have gone back from the way of the Lord, the Lord will not be with you.


rate difficulty: For they have committed adultery, And blood <FI>is<Fi> in their hands, With their idols they committed adultery, And also their sons whom they bore to Me, They caused to pass over to them for food.

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


simplify: And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

Or if any man is newly married and has had no sex relations with his wife, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another man may not take her.


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

And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end.


rate difficulty: As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely forasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my sheep;

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


simplify: And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

And the seed of Israel made themselves separate from all the men of other nations, publicly requesting forgiveness for their sins and the wrongdoing of their fathers.


rate difficulty: No, I tell you; but, unless you repent, you will all perish as they did.


rate difficulty: Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the Lord, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;


simplify: And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.

And the priest will take away his sin from before the Lord, and he will have forgiveness for whatever crime he has done


rate difficulty: Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from the words of knowledge.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

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


simplify: And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.

And King Solomon and all the men of Israel who had come together there, were with him before the ark, making offerings of sheep and oxen more than might be numbered.


simplify: and with them the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.

And with them, Shemaiah and Nethaniah and Zebadiah and Asahel and Shemiramoth and Jehonathan and Adonijah and Tobijah and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and Elishama and Jehoram the priests.


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

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


rate difficulty: And three of the thirty heads go down on the rock unto David, unto the cave of Adullam, and the host of the Philistines is encamping in the valley of Rephaim,

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


rate difficulty: Then his disciples, coming up, said to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees, having heard this word, have been offended?

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


simplify: The second woe did go forth, lo, the third woe doth come quickly.

The second Woe has passed; and there is a third Woe soon to follow!


rate difficulty: And Peter being below in the palace-court, there comes one of the maids of the high priest,

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


rate difficulty: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

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


simplify: At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.

At that time King Ahaz sent for help to the king of Assyria.


simplify: And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

They went with Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.


simplify: That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

That in those days, when King Ahasuerus was ruling in Shushan, his strong town,


simplify: Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.

And he took me out by the north doorway, and made me go round to the outside of the doorway looking to the east; and I saw waters running slowly out on the south side.


rate difficulty: Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king’s face.

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


simplify: With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.

With the work of a jeweller, like the cutting of a stamp, the names of the children of Israel are to be cut on them, and they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold.


rate difficulty: And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.

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


rate difficulty: This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;

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


simplify: and saith to him, `See thou mayest say nothing to any one, but go away, thyself shew to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing the things Moses directed, for a testimony to them.'

“Be careful not to say anything to anyone; but go and show yourself to the priest, and make the offerings for your cleansing directed by Moses, as evidence of your cure.”


simplify: And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

And he gave you his agreement with you, the ten rules which you were to keep, which he put in writing on the two stones of the law.


rate difficulty: And this is the sign unto you: Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.


simplify: And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.


simplify: And the disciples having heard, did fall upon their face, and were exceedingly afraid,

The disciples, on hearing this, fell on their faces, greatly afraid.


rate difficulty: and Moses <FI>is<Fi> a son of eighty years, and Aaron <FI>is<Fi> a son of eighty and three years, in their speaking unto Pharaoh.

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


simplify: And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

So Joshua made peace with them, and made an agreement with them that they were not to be put to death: and the chiefs of the people took an oath to them.


rate difficulty: The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.


simplify: The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.

It got strength from the waters and the deep made it tall: its streams went round about its planted land and it sent out its waterways to all the trees of the field.


rate difficulty: And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah: and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, that wrought upon the house of Jehovah,

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


rate difficulty: And when the ten heard it, they began to be moved with indignation concerning James and John.

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


rate difficulty: Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.

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


simplify: For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.


simplify: Which the skies pour down  And drop upon man abundantly.

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


rate difficulty: I have known both to be abased, and I have known to abound; in everything and in all things I have been initiated, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.


simplify: And he said, Take it up to thee. So he put out his hand, and took it.

Then he said, Take it up. So he put out his hand and took it.


rate difficulty: And the measuring line shall go out further straight onward unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn about unto Goah.

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


rate difficulty: The poor man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.

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


rate difficulty: Not everyone who says to me ‘Master! Master!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

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


rate difficulty: Do not make little of the words of the prophets;


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land of Sinai,


simplify: And the spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house:

And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house:


rate difficulty: To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;


simplify: And he ran on before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

And he went quickly in front of them and got up into a tree to see him, for he was going that way.


rate difficulty: The grace of the Lord Jesus be with the saints. Amen.


simplify: O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?

O daughter of Aroer, take your station by the way, on the watch: questioning him who is in flight, and her who has got away safe, say, What has been done?


simplify: And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of Israel.

And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the lands, when they had news of how the Lord made war on those who came against Israel.


simplify: Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot.


simplify: In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea.


rate difficulty: For there is revealed wrath ofGod from heaven upon all impiety, and unrighteousness of men holding the truth in unrighteousness.

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


simplify: `And there shall be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the land <FI>is<Fi> distress of nations with perplexity, sea and billow roaring;

There will be signs, too, in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth despair among the nations, in their dismay at the roar of the sea and the surge.


rate difficulty: Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

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


simplify: then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

And this stone which I have put up for a pillar will be God's house: and of all you give me, I will give a tenth part to you.


simplify: Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.

Playing in his earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.


rate difficulty: And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.

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


simplify: There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.

There is, for instance, a certain number of different languages in the world, and not one of them fails to convey meaning.


rate difficulty: Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.


simplify: But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

But the days will come, when the groom will be taken away from them, and they will fast then — when that day comes.


simplify: And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

“Have you never read,”answered Jesus, “what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and his companions —


simplify: Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the order which I gave you?


rate difficulty: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,


rate difficulty: And there was given to it to make war with the saints, and to overcome them; and there was given to it authority over every tribe, and people, and tongue, and nation;

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


simplify: And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

But while he was waiting, the men took him and his wife and his daughters by the hand, for the Lord had mercy on them, and put them outside the town.


rate difficulty: Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour <FI>is<Fi> humility.

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


simplify: So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.


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

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


simplify: And his master saw that Jehovah was with him, and that Jehovah made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

And his master saw that the Lord was with him, making everything he did go well.


simplify: Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.

I entreat you, friends, to become like me, as I became like you. You have never done me any wrong.


simplify: And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.

And the sons of Micah: Pithon and Melech and Tarea and Ahaz.


rate difficulty: Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

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


simplify: And would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.

If only I had authority over this people! I would put Abimelech out of the way, and I would say to Abimelech, Make your army strong, and come out.


simplify: And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth.

And at these words, Abraham's servant went down on his face and gave praise to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Saul said to David, Behold my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife; only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. But Saul thought, My hand shall not be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon him.

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


simplify: in the <FI>places<Fi> beyond you to proclaim good news, not in another's line in regard to the things made ready, to boast;

So that we will be able to tell the good news in the districts beyond you, without trespassing on the sphere assigned to others, or boasting of what has been already done.


rate difficulty: Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

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


rate difficulty: and having found one pearl of great value, he went and sold all whatever he had and bought it.


rate difficulty: And after that came his brother out; and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

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


simplify: And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh; and Moses made prayer to the Lord about the frogs which he had sent on Pharaoh.


simplify: And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,

And Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab;


rate difficulty: And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:

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


simplify: And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:


rate difficulty: and I come again to my father's house in peace — then shall Jehovah be myGod.


rate difficulty: and Hezekiah giveth all the silver that is found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the house of the king;

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


simplify: For it is a day of discomfiture, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.

For it is a day of trouble and of crushing down and of destruction from the Lord, the Lord of armies, in the valley of vision; ...


simplify: And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, do not this folly.

So the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said, No, my brothers, do not this evil thing; this man has come into my house, and you are not to do him this wrong.


simplify: And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

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


simplify: And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name:

From the tribes of the children of Judah and the children of Simeon they gave these towns, listed here by name:


simplify: And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.

And I made controllers over the store-houses, Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and with them was Hanan, the son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah: they were taken to be true men and their business was the distribution of these things to their brothers.


rate difficulty: those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.

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


simplify: And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?

And Jonathan said, Do not have such a thought: for if I saw that my father was designing evil against you, would I not give you word of it?


simplify: Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:


simplify: There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.


simplify: Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:

Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:


simplify: But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.

But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she is living.


simplify: So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.

So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of the town made an outcry, saying, They have sent the ark of the God of Israel to us for the destruction of us and of our people.


simplify: it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

The presiding officer should be of blameless character; a faithful partner; living a temperate, discreet, and well-ordered life; hospitable, and a skillful teacher,


rate difficulty: Telling the crowd to sit down on the ground,

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


rate difficulty: See, he will come up like the clouds, and his war-carriages like the storm-wind: his horses are quicker than eagles. Sorrow is ours, for destruction has come on us.

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


simplify: Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

Then you will say in your heart, Who has given me all these children? when my children had been taken from me, and I was no longer able to have others, who took care of these? when I was by myself, where then were these?


rate difficulty: given forth upon usury, and taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall certainly die; his blood shall be upon him.

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


rate difficulty: Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

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


simplify: And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.

And Peter, looking at him, with John, said, Keep your eyes on us.


rate difficulty: There is no one but Luke with me. Pick up Mark on your way, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me in my work.


simplify: And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:

And Aaron is to give the ox of the sin-offering for himself and take away sin from himself and his house, and put to death the ox of the sin-offering which is for himself.


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

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


rate difficulty: For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.

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


simplify: and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

And they gave him part of a cake of figs and some dry grapes; and after the food, his spirit came back to him, for he had had no food or drink for three days and nights.


rate difficulty: Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan;

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


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

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: And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, `By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?'

After Jesus had come into the Temple Courts, the chief priests and the councillors of the Nation came up to him as he was teaching, and said: “What authority have you to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”


simplify: The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

The pleasing sound of all instruments of music has come to an end, and the voices of those who are glad.


simplify: And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

And he said to them, Go away for three days and then come back to me again. So the people went away.


rate difficulty: Go thou near, and hear all that Jehovah our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that Jehovah our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

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


simplify: Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

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


simplify: and wherever it doth seize him, it doth tear him, and he foameth, and gnasheth his teeth, and pineth away; and I spake to thy disciples that they may cast it out, and they were not able.'

and, wherever it seizes him, it dashes him down; he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth, and he is pining away. I asked your disciples to drive the spirit out, but they failed.”


rate difficulty: When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;

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


simplify: `Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide <FI>is<Fi> the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it;

Go in by the small gate. Broad and spacious is the road who leads to destruction, and those that go in by it are many;


simplify: And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

And the Pharisees came out and put questions to him, requesting from him a sign from heaven, testing him.


simplify: If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the Lord for a sin offering.

If the chief priest by doing wrong becomes a cause of sin to the people, then let him give to the Lord for the sin which he has done, an ox, without any mark, for a sin-offering.


simplify: for the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

The twenty-third Mahazioth, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


rate difficulty: Ephraim <FI>is<Fi> as a fowl, Fly away doth their honour, without birth, And without womb, and without conception.

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


simplify: So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness.

Then Solomon, and all the men of Israel with him, went to the high place at Gibeon, because the Tent of meeting of God, which Moses, the servant of the Lord, had made in the waste land, was there.


simplify: and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

And said, O my lord, we only came down the first time to get food;


simplify: What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death.


rate difficulty: And Joshua said to all the people, See now, this stone is to be a witness against us; for all the words of the Lord have been said to us in its hearing: so it will be a witness against you if you are false to the Lord your God.

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


simplify: Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?

Or those eighteen men who were crushed by the fall of the tower of Siloam, were they worse than all the other men living in Jerusalem?


simplify: And I will put a division between my people and thy people: 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: Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which Jehovah hath given unto us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.

Then David said, You are not to do this, my brothers, after what the Lord has given us, who has kept us safe and given up the band which came against us into our hands.


simplify: Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.

For we said to ourselves, If they say this to us or to future generations, then we will say, See this copy of the Lord's altar which our fathers made, not for burned offerings or offerings of beasts, but for a witness between us and you.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah smiteth Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroy in Benjamin, on that day, twenty and five thousand, and a hundred men; all these <FI>are<Fi> drawing sword.

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


simplify: Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

Your face is a delight with rings of hair, your neck with chains of jewels.


rate difficulty: And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.

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


simplify: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

as you receive the reward of your faith in the salvation of your souls!


rate difficulty: So I have had it cut in stones; I gave them teaching by the words of my mouth;


rate difficulty: “Blessed are you, Simon, Son of Jonah,” Jesus replied. “For no human being has revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.


rate difficulty: Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:


rate difficulty: And he put out the form of a hand and took me by the hair of my head; and the wind, lifting me up between the earth and the heaven, took me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the way into the inner door facing to the north; where was the seat of the image of envy.


simplify: And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

And Rebekah said to Jacob, her son, Your father said to your brother Esau in my hearing,


simplify: and immediately having entered into the boat with his disciples, he came to the parts of Dalmanutha,

Immediately afterwards, getting into the boat with his disciples, Jesus went to the district of Dalmanutha.


rate difficulty: And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

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


simplify: There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; And he that hateth reproof shall die.

There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.


simplify: And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.


simplify: And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

Whenever they take you before the synagogue Courts or the magistrates or other authorities, do not be anxious as to how you will defend yourselves, or what your defense will be, or what you will say;


rate difficulty: Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as king, and act wisely, and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.

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


simplify: Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

And take from them a small number of hairs, folding them in your skirts.


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

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


rate difficulty: and from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;

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


rate difficulty: And one of the Presidents asked Jesus this question — “Good teacher, what must I do if I am to gain eternal life?”

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


rate difficulty: and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.

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


simplify: Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, `Be saved from this perverse generation;'

Peter spoke to them for a long time using many other arguments and pleaded with them — “Save yourselves from the perverse spirit of this age.”


rate difficulty: And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.

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


rate difficulty: Who <FI>is<Fi> blind but My servant? And deaf as My messenger I send? Who <FI>is<Fi> blind as he who is at peace, Yea, blind, as the servant of Jehovah?

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


simplify: And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

And after a song of praise to God, they went out to the Mountain of Olives.


simplify: And they could not answer him again to these things.

And they had no answer to that question.


simplify: and Jesus answered him--`The first of all the commands <FI>is<Fi> , Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one;

“The first,”answered Jesus, “is — ‘Hear, Israel; the Lord our God is the one Lord;


simplify: This is the anointing-portion of Aaron, and the anointing-portion of his sons, out of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto Jehovah in the priest’s office;

This is the holy part given to Aaron and to his sons, out of the offerings made to the Lord by fire, on the day when they were made priests before the Lord;


simplify: The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand.

I, Paul, send you these words of love in my writing.


rate difficulty: Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

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


simplify: The signs, indeed, of the apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds,

The marks of the true apostle were exhibited among you in constant endurance, as well as by signs, by marvels, and by miracles.


rate difficulty: Saying, A blessing on the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and glory in the highest.

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


simplify: And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, that brought gold from Ophir, brought algum-trees and precious stones.

And the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with sandal-wood and jewels.


simplify: Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.


simplify: And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!


rate difficulty: And he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He has come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard [it], he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

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


simplify: Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

Hurai of Nahale-gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,


simplify: So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.

So David, and the responsible men of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went with joy to get the ark of the agreement of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah testifieth against Israel, and against Judah, by the hand of every prophet, and every seer, saying, `Turn back from your evil ways, and keep My commands, My statutes, according to all the law that I commanded your fathers, and that I sent unto you by the hand of My servants the prophets;'

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


rate difficulty: A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.


rate difficulty: And this is love — to live in obedience to the Father’s commands. This is the command as you learned from the first, to live in a spirit of love.

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


simplify: As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.

As you have no knowledge of the way of the wind, or of the growth of the bones in the body of her who is with child, even so you have no knowledge of the works of God who has made all.


rate difficulty: and the king of Babylon smiteth them, and putteth them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he removeth Judah from off its own ground.

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


simplify: And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth–gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

He went with Joram, the son of Ahab, to make war on Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth-gilead: and Joram was wounded by the Aramaeans.


rate difficulty: O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life.


simplify: And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.

And Zerah the Ethiopian, with an army of a million, and three hundred war-carriages, came out against them to Mareshah.


simplify: And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

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


simplify: The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith Jehovah.

The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord.