rate difficulty: And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river, the river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way might be made ready for the kings that come from the sunrising.

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


simplify: The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.

The mountains saw you and were moved with fear; the clouds were streaming with water: the voice of the deep was sounding; the sun did not come up, and the moon kept still in her place.


rate difficulty: But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:

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


rate difficulty: And the gate of the inner court <FI>is<Fi> over-against the gate at the north and at the east; and he measureth from gate unto gate, a hundred cubits.

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


rate difficulty: I get me to the great, and I speak with them, For they have known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.' Surely they together have broken the yoke, They have drawn away the bands.

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


rate difficulty: So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment.

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


rate difficulty: and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab; and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

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


rate difficulty: In the Lord will all the seed of Israel get their rights, and they will give glory to him.


rate difficulty: For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.

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


simplify: Behold, upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! Keep thy feasts, O Judah, perform thy vows; for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

See on the mountains the feet of him who comes with good news, giving word of peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, give effect to your oaths: for the good-for-nothing man will never again go through you; he is completely cut off.


simplify: And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

Now in the spring, the army of the Aramaeans came up against him; they came against Judah and Jerusalem, putting to death all the great men of the people and sending all the goods they took from them to the king of Damascus.


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

And it will be that should anyone among the people not listen to that prophet, he will be utterly destroyed.’


rate difficulty: Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.

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


rate difficulty: (And Jericho shutteth itself up, and is shut up, because of the presence of the sons of Israel--none going out, and none coming in;)

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


rate difficulty: but an ox or sheep--it and its young one, ye do not slaughter in one day.

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


simplify: Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

Your chiefs have made my holy place unclean, so I have made Jacob a curse, and Israel a thing of shame.


rate difficulty: After he has given himself he has the right to be made free, for a price, by one of his brothers,


rate difficulty: And of Asher he said,  Blessed be Asher with children; Let him be acceptable unto his brethren, And let him dip his foot in oil.

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


simplify: And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering.

After that, the Levites will go in to do whatever has to be done in the Tent of meeting; you are to make them clean and give them as a wave offering.


simplify: And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes (now he was passing by upon the wall); and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

Then the king, hearing what the woman said, took his robes in his hands, violently parting them; and, while he was walking on the wall, the people, looking, saw that under his robe he had haircloth on his flesh.


rate difficulty: as it is written in [Isaiah] the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.

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


simplify: But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

Yet with most of them God was displeased; for they were ‘struck down in the desert.’


rate difficulty: `And he hath taken of the blood of the bullock, and hath sprinkled with his finger on the front of the mercy-seat eastward; even at the front of the mercy-seat he doth sprinkle seven times of the blood with his finger.

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


simplify: And Aaron took as Moses spake, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.

And at the words of Moses, Aaron took his vessel, and went running among the people; and even then the disease had made a start among them; and he put spices in his vessel to take away the sin of the people.


rate difficulty: One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

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


rate difficulty: There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.

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


rate difficulty: but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized--and thou dost come unto me!'

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


simplify: And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.


simplify: Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah had come up out of the midst of the Jordan, [when] the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up on to the dry land, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and they flowed as previously, over all its banks.

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


rate difficulty: `Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

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


simplify: And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

(And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.


simplify: And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee; I will blow upon thee with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy.

And I will let loose my burning passion on you, breathing out on you the fire of my wrath: and I will give you up into the hands of men like beasts, trained to destruction.


simplify: Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

Now when all this was over, all the men of Israel who were present went out into the towns of Judah, causing the stone pillars to be broken up and the wood pillars to be cut down, pulling down the high places and the altars in all Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, till all were gone. Then all the children of Israel went back to their towns, every man to his property.


simplify: and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess it.

And take the land for yourselves, for your resting-place: for to you I have given the land as your heritage.


rate difficulty: Moab is put to shame; for he is broken down: howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.

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


simplify: Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,

See, I will send evil on you and put an end to you completely, cutting off from Ahab every male child, him who is shut up and him who goes free in Israel;


simplify: To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

and so make your hearts strong, and your lives pure beyond reproach, in the sight of our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus, with all his Holy Ones.


rate difficulty: And those who are far away will come and be builders in the Temple of the Lord, and it will be clear to you that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.

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


simplify: We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them;


simplify: And Cornelius said, `Four days ago till this hour, I was fasting, and <FI>at<Fi> the ninth hour praying in my house, and, lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

“Just three days ago this very hour,” Cornelius said, “I was in my house, saying the Afternoon Prayers, when a man in dazzling clothing suddenly stood before me.


simplify: He is the stone which was set at nought of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner.

He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.


simplify: and having found, she doth call together the female friends and the neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the drachm that I lost.

And, when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, and says ‘Come and rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I lost.’


rate difficulty: My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not recorded in the words of Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the seer? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.


simplify: and they were laughing at him. And he, having put all forth, doth take the father of the child, and the mother, and those with him, and goeth in where the child is lying,

They began to laugh at him; but he sent them all out, and then, with the child’s father and mother and his companions, went into the room where she was lying.


rate difficulty: And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?

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


simplify: And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.


rate difficulty: And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.


simplify: And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

And they will take you in hand with hate, and take away all the fruit of your work, and let you be unveiled and without clothing: and the shame of your loose behaviour will be uncovered, your evil designs and your loose ways.


rate difficulty: And I said, `For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed, But my judgment <FI>is<Fi> with Jehovah, And my wage with my God.

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


rate difficulty: And at the completion of the offering up bowed have the king and all those found with him, and do obeisance.

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


rate difficulty: For many times also hath thy heart known that thou thyself also hast reviled others.

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


simplify: then having fasted, and having prayed, and having laid the hands on them, they sent <FI>them<Fi> away.

Accordingly, after fasting and prayer, they placed their hands on them and dismissed them.


simplify: And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.


rate difficulty: And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to-day? it is neither new moon nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

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


simplify: Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

“How can this be?” Mary asked the angel. “For I have no husband.”


simplify: And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Amaziah had done.


rate difficulty: And it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his bondmen was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from our service?


rate difficulty: all the families of the Shuhamite, by their numbered ones, <FI>are<Fi> four and sixty thousand and four hundred.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.

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


simplify: Jehovah called thy name, A green olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

You had been named by the Lord, A branching olive-tree, fair with beautiful fruit: with the noise of a great rushing he has put it on fire and its branches are broken.


rate difficulty: And David said to him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

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


rate difficulty: and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.

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


simplify: But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me; and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord Jehovah:

But as for the priests, the sons of Zadok, who took care of my holy place when the children of Israel were turned away from me, they are to come near me to do my work, they will take their places before me, offering to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord;


simplify: Then the Pharisees having gone, took counsel how they might ensnare him in words,

Then the Pharisees went away and conferred together as to how they might lay a trap for Jesus in the course of conversation.


rate difficulty: And I saw when it opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as hair sackcloth, and the whole moon became as blood,

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


rate difficulty: And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.


simplify: And if any one sin, and do any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done; though he knew it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.

And if anyone does wrong, and does any of the things which the Lord has given orders are not to be done, though he has no knowledge of it, still he is in the wrong and he is responsible.


simplify: Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.


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


rate difficulty: That is why I send you prophets, wise people, and teachers of the law, some of whom you will crucify and kill, and some of whom you will scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from town to town;

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


simplify: All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.

The number of all the armies of Judah was a hundred and eighty-six thousand, four hundred. They go forward first.


simplify: And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

And they went in, but the body of the Lord Jesus was not there.


rate difficulty: And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

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


simplify: And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

Then they drew lots between them; and, the lot having fallen on Matthias, he was added to the number of the eleven apostles.


rate difficulty: Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself beforeGod, when thou heardest his words against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard [thee], saith Jehovah.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


simplify: They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.


simplify: And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?

Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?


simplify: This third time do I come unto you; on the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every saying be established;

For the third time I am coming to see you. ‘By the word of two or three witnesses each statement will be established.’


simplify: Arise, get you up unto a nation that is at ease, that dwelleth without care, saith Jehovah; that have neither gates nor bars, that dwell alone.

Up! go against a nation which is living in comfort and without fear of danger, says the Lord, without doors or locks, living by themselves.


rate difficulty: They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to corrupt habits; for a person is the slave of anything to which they give way.

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


rate difficulty: saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests and the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles:

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


rate difficulty: And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them: I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was my portion from all my labour.


simplify: But godliness with contentment is great gain.

But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit:


simplify: Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

Then Abimelech sent for Abraham, and said, What have you done to us? what wrong have I done you that you have put on me and on my kingdom so great a sin? You have done to me things which are not to be done.


simplify: And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions:

And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them.


simplify: Therefore it shall be night unto you, that ye shall have no vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them.

For this cause it will be night for you, without a vision; and it will be dark for you, without knowledge of the future; the sun will go down over the prophets, and the day will be black over them.


simplify: And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.

And on your account I will keep back the locusts from wasting the fruits of your land; and the fruit of your vine will not be dropped on the field before its time, says the Lord of armies


simplify: And the pavement was by the side of the gates, answerable unto the length of the gates, even the lower pavement.

And the stone floor was by the side of the doorways, and was as wide as the doorways were long, even the lower floor.


simplify: When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:


rate difficulty: — the princes of Judah and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, that passed between the parts of the calf;

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


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

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


rate difficulty: So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

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


simplify: For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.


simplify: And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.

If the flow goes on or if the part is stopped up, to keep back the flow, he is still unclean.


rate difficulty: and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock.

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


rate difficulty: therefore say unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have caused this simile to cease, And they use it not as a simile again in Israel, But speak to them: Drawn near have the days, And spoken hath every vision.

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

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


rate difficulty: Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow,

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: So Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

So the Lord let those nations go on living in the land, not driving them out quickly, and did not give them up into the hands of Joshua.


simplify: this is the burnt-offering of every sabbath, besides the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof.

This is the burned offering for every Sabbath day, in addition to the regular burned offering, and its drink offering.


simplify: And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.

And when these signs come to you, see that you take the chance which is offered you; for God is with you.


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with despite of soul, to destroy, from old hatred;

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


rate difficulty: The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and its length two cubits; and its corners, and its length, and its walls were of wood. And he said unto me, This is the table which is before Jehovah.


simplify: For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

For the Lord will go through the land, sending death on the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the two sides and the top of the door, the Lord will go over your door and will not let death come in for your destruction.


rate difficulty: And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

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


simplify: And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.

And looking back, he saw me and gave a cry to me. And answering him I said, Here am I.


simplify: Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Jehovah thy God; thou shalt do no work therein.

For six days let your food be unleavened bread; and on the seventh day there is to be a holy meeting to the Lord your God; no work is to be done.


rate difficulty: portion as portion they do eat, apart from his sold things, with the fathers.

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


rate difficulty: If therefore thy whole body [is] light, not having any part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp lights thee with its brightness.

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


simplify: And he made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;

To make the open space, he put hangings on the south side, of the best linen, a hundred cubits long:


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

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


simplify: And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and to-day, in making brick as heretofore?

And the responsible men of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's overseers had put over them, were given blows, and they said to them, Why have you not done your regular work, in making bricks as before?


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to Moses,

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rate difficulty: And she had a garment of divers colors upon her; for with such robes were the king’s daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.


simplify: And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

And he said in answer, Because of the deceit of my servant, my lord king: for I, your servant, said to him, You are to make ready an ass and on it I will go with the king, for your servant has not the use of his feet.


simplify: For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

But the State of which we are citizens is in heaven; and it is from heaven that we are eagerly looking for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,


simplify: And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,

But, just as the seven days were drawing to a close, some of the Jewish people from Roman Asia caught sight of Paul in the Temple, and caused great excitement among all the people present, by seizing Paul and shouting:


simplify: For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

For though his crucifixion was due to weakness, his life is due to the power of God. And we, also, are weak in his weakness, but with him we will live for you through the power of God.


simplify: Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

Esau's wives were women of Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,


rate difficulty: Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

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


simplify: Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Make no agreement with them or with their gods.


simplify: Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

So Achish straight away gave him Ziklag: and for that reason Ziklag has been the property of the kings of Judah to this day.


rate difficulty: He that hath a perverse heart findeth no good; and he that shifteth about with his tongue falleth into evil.

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


rate difficulty: and it came and took [it] out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

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


rate difficulty: And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying,

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


rate difficulty: and Adoram was over the levy; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

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


rate difficulty: And Jehoiada made an agreement between the Lord and the king and the people, that they would be the Lord's people; and in the same way between the king and the people.


rate difficulty: But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king,

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


simplify: And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

And Solomon sent to Huram, king of Tyre, saying, As you did for my father David, sending him cedar-trees for the building of his house,


simplify: And he said to them, `When ye may pray, say ye: Our Father who art in the heavens; hallowed be Thy name: Thy reign come; Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on earth;

“When you pray,”Jesus answered, “say —  ‘Father, May your name be held holy, your kingdom come.


rate difficulty: And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.


simplify: beasts also provide, that, having set Paul on, they may bring him safe unto Felix the governor;'

and to have horses ready for Paul to ride, so that they might take him safely to Felix, the Governor.


simplify: He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

For a rod, or for a curse, or for mercy, causing it to come on the mark.


rate difficulty: and send the long coat, and they bring <FI>it<Fi> in unto their father, and say, `This have we found; discern, we pray thee, whether it <FI>is<Fi> thy son's coat or not?'

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


rate difficulty: My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.

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


simplify: And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.


simplify: And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

After much discussion, Peter rose and said:   “You, my friends, know well that long ago God singled me out — that through my lips the Gentiles should hear the message of the good news, and become believers in Christ.


rate difficulty: And the war was long between the house of Saul and the house of David; but David became continually stronger, and the house of Saul became continually weaker.

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


rate difficulty: And Joseph came and told Pharaoh and said, My father and my brethren, and their sheep and their cattle, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

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


simplify: to Demetrius testimony hath been given by all, and by the truth itself, and we also--we do testify, and ye have known that our testimony is true.

Everyone has always had a good word for Demetrius, and the truth itself speaks for him. Yes, and we also add our good word, and you know that what we say about him is true.


rate difficulty: All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

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


rate difficulty: And now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I shall speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophecy, or in teaching?

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


rate difficulty: And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

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


simplify: For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

For you will be like a tree whose leaves have become dry, and like a garden without water.


rate difficulty: For, when John came, neither eating nor drinking, people said ‘He has a demon in him’;


rate difficulty: And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, `So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me!

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


simplify: For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.

For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.


simplify: naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me.


simplify: Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

The keepers of sheep have been the destruction of my vine-garden, crushing my heritage under their feet; they have made my fair heritage an unplanted waste;


rate difficulty: For six days do your work, and on the seventh day keep the Sabbath; so that your ox and your ass may have rest, together with the son of your servant and the man from a strange land living among you.

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


rate difficulty: And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

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


rate difficulty: For a holy people art thou unto Jehovah thyGod: Jehovah thyGod hath chosen thee to be unto him a people for a possession, above all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

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


rate difficulty: and Jonah riseth, and he goeth unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. And Nineveh hath been a great city before God, a journey of three days.

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


rate difficulty: Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.

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


simplify: Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

About Edom. This is what the Lord of armies has said. Is there no more wisdom in Teman? have wise suggestions come to an end among men of good sense? has their wisdom completely gone?


rate difficulty: And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and drive me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

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


simplify: But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

It is what scripture speaks of as —  ‘What eye never saw, nor ear ever heard, what never entered people's minds — even all that God has prepared for those who love him.’


simplify: for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God,

For they willfully shut their eyes to the fact that long ago the heavens existed; and the earth, also — formed out of water and by the action of water, by the fiat of God;


rate difficulty: I said, I will go up to the palm-tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof; And thy breasts shall indeed be like clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of thy nose like apples,

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


simplify: Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

Then the angel who was talking to me, answering me, said, Have you no knowledge of what these are? And I said, No, my lord.


simplify: They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

Those who went in flight from the fear are waiting under the shade of Heshbon: for a fire has gone out from Heshbon and a flame from the house of Sihon, burning up the pride of Moab and the crown of the head of the violent ones.


rate difficulty: Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full of images of the gods.

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


rate difficulty: Turn back, O backsliding sons, I cause your backslidings to cease. --Behold us, we have come to Thee, For Thou <FI>art<Fi> Jehovah our God.

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


rate difficulty: He came to him in the waste land, in the unpeopled waste of sand: putting his arms round him and caring for him, he kept him as the light of his eye.

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


simplify: And Jesus having entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion calling upon him,

After Jesus had entered Capernaum, a captain in the Roman army came up to him, entreating his help.


rate difficulty: Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

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


simplify: Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

From Gershon come the Libnites and the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.


simplify: And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

The robe which goes with the ephod is to be made all of blue;


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places are become ours in possession;

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


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Jehovah that is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Which Jeremiah the prophet hath spoken concerning all the people of Judah, even unto all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.

And now, O you priests, this order is for you.


rate difficulty: He also wrote a letter along these lines:


simplify: Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

For now, truly, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have seen the cruel behaviour of the Egyptians to them.


simplify: And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.

And an angel from heaven came to him, to give him strength.


simplify: But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity; yet surely the justice due to me is with Jehovah, and my recompense with my God.

And I said, I have undergone weariness for nothing, I have given my strength for no purpose or profit: but still the Lord will take up my cause, and my God will give me my reward.


rate difficulty: Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.

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


rate difficulty: 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: And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.


rate difficulty: Come hath baldness unto Gaza, Cut off hath been Ashkelon, O remnant of their valley, Till when dost thou cut thyself?

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


rate difficulty: God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

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


simplify: And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

And in the same way as we have taken on us the image of the man from the earth, so we will take on us the image of the one from heaven.


rate difficulty: And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women; and I will cause thee to cease from being a harlot, and thou also shalt give no more any reward.

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


rate difficulty: and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot; the priest took of it all that the flesh-hook brought up. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites that came there.

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


rate difficulty: For a dread unto me <FI>is<Fi> calamity <FI>from<Fi> God, And because of His excellency I am not able.

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


simplify: And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

Then Moses sent men from Kadesh to the king of Edom to say to him, Your brother Israel says, You have knowledge of all the things we have been through;


simplify: Will he retain his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.

Will he be angry for ever? will he keep his wrath to the end? These things you have said, and have done evil and have had your way.


rate difficulty: He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

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


simplify: And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

And he was judge of Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.


rate difficulty: His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.


simplify: And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

And the children of Israel sent Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead,


simplify: And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

And they have been turning their backs and not their faces to me: and though I was their teacher, getting up early and teaching them, their ears were not open to teaching.


simplify: And there came unto him his mother and brethren, and they were not able to get to him because of the multitude,

Presently Jesus’ mother and brothers came where he was, but they were not able to join him because of the crowd.


simplify: And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.


rate difficulty: and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not.

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


simplify: and they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found: know now whether it is thy son’s coat or not.

And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?


rate difficulty: Now one day Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was with him, looking after his arms, Come, let us go over to the Philistine force over there. But he said nothing to his father.

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


rate difficulty: Now we know that whatever the things the law says, it speaks to those under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be under judgment toGod.

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


simplify: And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

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.


simplify: And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

And when they came to Marah, the water was no good for drinking, for the waters of Marah were bitter, which is why it was named Marah.


simplify: And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;

And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were going away from me, and you had not come at the time which had been fixed, and the Philistines had come together at Michmash;


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

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


rate difficulty: And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.

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


rate difficulty: But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

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


simplify: And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.

And the people of Beth-shemesh were cutting their grain in the valley, and lifting up their eyes they saw the ark and were full of joy when they saw it.


simplify: in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing them);

Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;


simplify: And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith Jehovah: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.

And I will put over them four divisions, says the Lord: the sword causing death, dogs pulling the dead bodies about, and the birds of heaven, and the beasts of the earth to take their bodies for food and put an end to them.


simplify: The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.


simplify: Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.

And all the vessels which were turned out by King Ahaz in his sin while he was king, we have put in order and made holy, and now they are in their places before the altar of the Lord.


rate difficulty: In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous shall sing and rejoice.

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


simplify: And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.

It is to be plated with the best gold, the top of it and the sides and the horns, with an edging of gold all round it.


rate difficulty: He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not turning from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do.

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


simplify: And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the Lord shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.

And every blow of the rod of his punishment, which the Lord will send on him, will be with the sound of music: and with the waving of his sword the Lord will make war against him.


simplify: Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

Do not keep back your offerings from the wealth of your grain and your vines. The first of your sons you are to give to me.


simplify: for the four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.

The twenty-fourth Romamti-ezer, with his sons and his brothers, twelve.


rate difficulty: God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

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


simplify: Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is clear to you; how is it that the signs of these times are not as clear to you?


simplify: Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou knowest?

Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?


simplify: And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

And on the left their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan, the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,


rate difficulty: For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth;

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


simplify: In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man.


simplify: And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine; and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon, then kill him; fear not; have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

Now Absalom had given orders to his servants, saying, Now take note when Amnon's heart is glad with wine; and when I say to you, Make an attack on Amnon, then put him to death without fear: have I not given you orders? be strong and without fear.


rate difficulty: And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.


rate difficulty: The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.

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


simplify: And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.

and saying as they did so: “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.”


rate difficulty: Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?


simplify: And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.

The disciples did as Jesus directed them, and prepared the Passover.


rate difficulty: And six branches went out of the sides thereof — three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof;

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


simplify: And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.

And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.


simplify: And David did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.

And David did as the Lord had said; and they overcame the army of the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon as far as Gezer.


simplify: But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

But you, dear friends, must never shut your eyes to the fact that, to the Lord, one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.


simplify: Tell us, when shall these things be? and whatshall bethe sign when these things are all about to be accomplished?

Say when these things will be, and what will be the sign when these things are all about to be done.


simplify: And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.

And under the edge of it, circling it all round for ten cubits, were two lines of flower buds, made together with it from liquid metal.


simplify: And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, Ephraim, one portion.

And on the limit of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side: Ephraim, one part.


simplify: Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.


rate difficulty: Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like:

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


rate difficulty: and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering, — besides the continual burnt-offering, its oblation and its drink-offering.

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


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

Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.


rate difficulty: Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.

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


simplify: And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.

And her mother-in-law said to her, Where did you take up the grain today, and where were you working? May a blessing be on him who gave such attention to you. And she gave her mother-in-law an account of where she had been working, and said, The name of the man with whom I was working today is Boaz.


rate difficulty: Their arrows give certain death, they are all men of war.

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


simplify: And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.


rate difficulty: Sayings of pleasantness <FI>are<Fi> a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

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


simplify: Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.

You have knowledge that David my father was not able to make a house for the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars which were round him on every side, till the Lord put all those who were against him under his feet.


simplify: And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the Lord?

And the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?


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

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


simplify: If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire.

If the fire puts an end to any man's work, it will be his loss: but he will get salvation himself, though as by fire.


simplify: I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.


rate difficulty: And Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.

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


simplify: And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.

And the king said, You will certainly be put to death, Ahimelech, you and all your father's family.


simplify: Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

We know that we remain in union with him, and he with us, by this — by his having given us some measure of his Spirit.


simplify: For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

To be earthly-minded means death, to be spiritually minded means life and peace;


simplify: The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

The Lord has taken an oath by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Truly, I will no longer give your grain to be food for your haters; and men of strange countries will not take the wine for which your work has been done:


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions:

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


rate difficulty: Is Ephraim my dear son? is he the child of my delight? for whenever I say things against him, I still keep him in my memory: so my heart is troubled for him; I will certainly have mercy on him, says the Lord.


simplify: before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;


simplify: If therefore the uncircumcision keep the ordinances of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision?

If those who have not circumcision keep the rules of the law, will it not be credited to them as circumcision?


rate difficulty: and the ass seeth the messenger of Jehovah, and croucheth under Balaam, and the anger of Balaam burneth, and he smiteth the ass with a staff.

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


rate difficulty: and they draw near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, `Jehovah commanded Moses to give to us an inheritance in the midst of our brethren;' and he giveth to them, at the command of Jehovah, an inheritance in the midst of the brethren of their father.

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


simplify: Wherefore also it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

For which reason it was put to his account as righteousness.


rate difficulty: And all of us, with faces from which the veil is lifted, seeing, as if reflected in a mirror, the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into his likeness, from glory to glory, as it is given by the Lord, the Spirit.

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


rate difficulty: Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

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


rate difficulty: And she said, The glory is departed from Israel; for the ark of God is taken.

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


rate difficulty: And from Tebah and Berothai, towns of Hadadezer, King David took a great store of brass.

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


rate difficulty: and Hilen and its suburbs, Debir and its suburbs,

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


simplify: Far be it from us that we should rebel against Jehovah, and turn away this day from following Jehovah, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for meal-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Jehovah our God that is before his tabernacle.

Never let it be said that we were false to the Lord, turning back this day from him and building an altar for burned offerings and meal offerings and offerings of beasts, in addition to the altar of the Lord our God which is before his House.


simplify: for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge,

I can testify that they are zealous for the honor of God; but they are not guided by true insight,


simplify: That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

some of whom they will persecute and kill, in order that the ‘blood’ of all the prophets ‘that has been spilt’ since the creation of the world may be exacted from this generation —


rate difficulty: Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, became king over Israel in the second year that Asa was king of Judah; and he was king of Israel for two years.


rate difficulty: See therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

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


rate difficulty: And he went away from the town of Beth-lehem-judah, looking for somewhere to make his living-place; and on his journey he came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah.

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


rate difficulty: The watchmen that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.

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


simplify: Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

Let my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.


rate difficulty: And there some men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed. They tried to get him in and lay him before Jesus;


simplify: And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.


simplify: And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

And you are to put up the veil under the hooks, and put inside it the ark of the law: the veil is to be a division between the holy place and the most holy.


simplify: Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

See, he comes with the clouds, and every eye will see him, and those by whom he was wounded; and all the tribes of the earth will be sorrowing because of him. Yes, so be it.


rate difficulty: They have taken out all the money which was in the Lord's house and have given it to the overseers and to the workmen.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah because of Midian,

And when the cry of the children of Israel, because of Midian, came before the Lord,


simplify: Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:


rate difficulty: About eight days after speaking these words, Jesus went up the mountain to pray, taking with him Peter, John, and James.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo–debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

Now when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi, the son of Nahash of Rabbah, the Ammonite, and Machir, the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,


simplify: But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

but, on the very day on which Lot came out of Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from the skies and destroyed them all.


simplify: And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,

This oil is to be put on the Tent of meeting, and on the ark of the law,


simplify: And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.


simplify: And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.

If someone sues you for your shirt, let them have your cloak as well.


rate difficulty: A third of you will come to death from disease, wasting away among you through need of food; a third will be put to the sword round about you; and a third I will send away to every wind, letting loose a sword after them.

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places are ours in possession;

This is what the Lord has said: Because your hater has said against you, Aha! and, The old waste places are our heritage, we have taken them:


rate difficulty: and Lysias the chief captain having come near, with much violence, out of our hands did take away,

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


simplify: But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:

Give them up to the curse; the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as the Lord your God has given you orders:


simplify: Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.


rate difficulty: The children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; Lotan's sister was Timna.

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


simplify: And while he is yet speaking, lo, Judas, one of the twelve did come, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

And, while he was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the Twelve, came in sight; and with him was a great crowd of people, with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and councillors of the nation.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

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


rate difficulty: Repent therefore: but if not, I come to thee quickly, and I will make war with them with the sword of my mouth.

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


rate difficulty: and thou hast seen it, and thou hast been gathered unto thy people, also thou, as Aaron thy brother hath been gathered,

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we go] by lot against it;


simplify: And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:

And under him were Eden and Miniamin and Jeshua and Shemaiah and Amariah and Shecaniah, in the towns of the priests, who were made responsible for giving it to all their brothers, by divisions, to small and great:


simplify: He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

He whose faith is in himself is foolish; but everyone walking wisely will be kept safe.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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


rate difficulty: and the foundations of the wall of the city with every precious stone have been adorned; the first foundation jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

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


rate difficulty: There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.


rate difficulty: Therefore the person who disregards this warning disregards, not people, but God who gives you his Holy Spirit.

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


simplify: `Woe to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block doth come!

Alas for the world because of such temptations! There cannot but be temptations but sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting!


simplify: and Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,

And Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah was the father of Azariah,


rate difficulty: Ye shall surely destroy all the places wherein the nations that ye shall dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

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


simplify: The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

The sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram and Uz and Hul and Gether and Meshech.


rate difficulty: And Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth a second son to Jacob,

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


rate difficulty: for to one through the Spirit hath been given a word of wisdom, and to another a word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;

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


simplify: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:


simplify: As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

Are you still uplifted in pride against my people so that you will not let them go?


simplify: I know that thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be restrained.

I see that you are able to do every thing, and to give effect to all your designs.


simplify: Neither give place to the devil.


rate difficulty: But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you and keep [you] from evil.

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


simplify: Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:

If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:


simplify: And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of his fathers’ house.

And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father's house.


simplify: And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.

So that place was named Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they put in the earth the bodies of the people who had given way to their desires.


simplify: and the scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God.

And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.


rate difficulty: In the midst of its street, and of the river, on this side and on that side, [the] tree of life, producing twelve fruits, in each month yielding its fruit; and the leaves of the tree for healing of the nations.

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


rate difficulty: Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

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


simplify: And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.

And these are the measures of the altar in cubits: (the cubit being a cubit and a hand's measure;) its hollow base is a cubit high and a cubit wide, and it has an overhanging edge as wide as a hand-stretch all round it:


rate difficulty: Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

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


simplify: Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.


rate difficulty: `Blessed <FI>is<Fi> thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

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


rate difficulty: And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

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


simplify: because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land.

Because of the Chaldaeans: for they were in fear of them because Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had put to death Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made ruler over the land.


simplify: And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.


simplify: and springing up, he stood, and was walking, and did enter with them into the temple, walking and springing, and praising God;

and, leaping up, he stood and began to walk about, and then went with them into the Temple Courts, walking, and leaping, and praising God.


simplify: But when I saw that they are not walking uprightly to the truth of the good news, I said to Peter before all, `If thou, being a Jew, in the manner of the nations dost live, and not in the manner of the Jews, how the nations dost thou compel to Judaize?

But, when I saw that they were not dealing straightforwardly with the truth of the good news, I said to Peter, before them all, “If you, who were born a Jew, adopt Gentile customs, instead of Jewish, why are you trying to compel the Gentile converts to adopt Jewish customs?”


rate difficulty: And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, asGod had commanded him.

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


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

This is what he let me see: and I saw the Lord stationed by a wall made straight by a weighted line, and he had a weighted line in his hand.


simplify: And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who is in heaven.

And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.


rate difficulty: Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,

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


rate difficulty: Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.


simplify: And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.

But Jesus said to him, Let him do it, for he who is not against you is for you.


rate difficulty: and they did eat, and were all filled, and there was taken up what was over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.

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


simplify: And as he sat on the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives opposite the Temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew said to him privately,


rate difficulty: Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.

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


simplify: And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.

And to the families of the sons of Kohath were given towns by the Lord's decision out of the tribe of Ephraim.


simplify: Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

Take the band which you got for a price, which is round your body, and go to Parah and put it in a secret place there in a hole of the rock.


simplify: and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when I chose Israel, and sware unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I sware unto them, saying, I am Jehovah your God;

And say to them, This is what the Lord has said: In the day when I took Israel for myself, when I made an oath to the seed of the family of Jacob, and I gave them knowledge of myself in the land of Egypt, saying to them with an oath, I am the Lord your God;


rate difficulty: A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus, when he was teaching in the Temple, said, How do the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?


simplify: `Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah, and lo, a greater than Jonah here!

At the judgment, the people of Nineveh will stand up with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s proclamation; and here is more than a Jonah!


simplify: Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.

Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which you have said. And he said in his heart, There will be peace and quiet in my days.


simplify: For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

For I did not get it from man, and I was not given teaching in it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.


rate difficulty: They began to laugh at him; but he sent them all out, and then, with the child’s father and mother and his companions, went into the room where she was lying.

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


rate difficulty: For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

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


simplify: There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.

They give us no dry stems and they say to us, Make bricks: and they give your servants blows; but it is your people who are in the wrong.


rate difficulty: And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s mouth.

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


rate difficulty: `And thou hast answered and said before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramaean <FI>is<Fi> my father! and he goeth down to Egypt, and sojourneth there with few men, and becometh there a nation, great, mighty, and numerous;

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


simplify: The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

The highways are waste, no man is journeying there: the agreement is broken, he has made sport of the towns, he has no thought for man.


rate difficulty: Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;


simplify: And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Jehovah.

Now the king, and all Israel with him, were making offerings before the Lord.


simplify: Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Jehovah thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

Vessels of the sea-lands are waiting for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, so that your sons may come from far, and their silver and gold with them, to the place of the name of the Lord your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has made you beautiful.


rate difficulty: These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade in it. And the land — behold, it is of wide extent before them. We will take their daughters as wives, and give them our daughters.


simplify: Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,

Abiel the Arbathite, Azmaveth of Bahurim,


simplify: And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?


simplify: As for thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

... the pride of your heart has been a false hope, O you who are living in the cracks of the rock, keeping your place on the top of the hill: even if you made your living-place as high as the eagle, I would make you come down, says the Lord.


simplify: Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer’s house is.

Then Saul came up to Samuel in the doorway of the town and said, Give me directions, if you will be so good, to the house of the seer.


rate difficulty: And I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

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


simplify: But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filling with water, and were in jeopardy.

But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger.


rate difficulty: Therefore, behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah.

And on hearing it Hezekiah took off his robe and put on haircloth and went into the house of the Lord.


simplify: Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.

Then Ishmael took away as prisoners all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king's daughters and all the people still in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had put under the care of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam: Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, took them away prisoners with the purpose of going over to the children of Ammon.


rate difficulty: For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:

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


simplify: And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.

And the rest of the nations which the great and noble Osnappar took over and put in Samaria and the rest of the country over the river:


simplify: And these were they which went up also from Tel–melah, Tel–haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.

All these were the people who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but because they had no knowledge of their fathers' families or offspring, it was not certain if they were Israelites:


simplify: And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and made them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves: and he was changed in form before them:


rate difficulty: be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.

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


simplify: And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.


rate difficulty: AndGod met Balaam; and [Balaam] said to him, I have disposed seven altars, and have offered up a bullock and a ram upon [each] altar.


simplify: And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites:

And when he has taken his place on the seat of his kingdom, he is to make in a book a copy of this law, from that which the priests, the Levites, have in their care:


rate difficulty: And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

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


simplify: But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:

But if you have been with another in place of your husband and have made yourself unclean with a lover: