simplify: The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.

But the rest said: “Wait and let us see if Elijah is coming to save him.”


simplify: And he was casting out a demon that was dumb. And it came to pass, when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spake; and the multitudes marvelled.

And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder.


simplify: He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.

He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.


rate difficulty: and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;

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


simplify: Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

But they had the idea that they would see him becoming ill, or suddenly falling down dead; but after waiting a long time, and seeing that no damage came to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god.


simplify: And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back:

But while they were seated at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had taken him back;


simplify: Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab.

Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honour, and his son was married to Ahab's daughter.


simplify: And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

In the second, a ruby, a sapphire, and an onyx;


rate difficulty: And Shaharaim became the father of children in the country of the Moabites after driving out Hushim and Beerah his wives;

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And you are to make no houses, or put in seed, or get vine-gardens planted, or have any: but all your days you are to go on living in tents, so that you may have a long life in the land where you are living as in a strange country.

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


rate difficulty: in floggings, in imprisonments, in riots, in toils, in sleepless nights, in fastings;

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


simplify: Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.


simplify: And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not;

And now, see, the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir, whom you kept Israel from attacking when they came out of Egypt, so that turning to one side they did not send destruction on them:


rate difficulty: And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

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


rate difficulty: And the disciples were filled with joy and [the] Holy Spirit.

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


simplify: Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

Then he went on through the waste land and round the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and put up their tents on the other side of the Arnon; they did not come inside the limit of Moab, for the Arnon was the limit of Moab.


rate difficulty: By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused--That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.

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


rate difficulty: And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

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


simplify: Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness;


simplify: And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

And there were no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job in all the earth: and their father gave them a heritage among their brothers.


simplify: Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.

The law in connection with wrong done unconsciously is to be the same for him who is an Israelite by birth and for the man from another country who is living among them.


simplify: And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

And one of them, when he saw that he was clean, turning back, gave praise to God in a loud voice;


rate difficulty: And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and [that] shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

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


simplify: And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and, after saying the blessing, broke it and, as he gave it to his disciples, said: “Take it and eat it; this is my body.”


rate difficulty: Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

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


rate difficulty: And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

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


rate difficulty: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.


rate difficulty: Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

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


simplify: Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be worthy of death.

His words against God have come to your ears: what is your opinion? And they all said it was right for him to be put to death.


rate difficulty: Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

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


simplify: Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish: because your strong place is made waste.


simplify: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

but the teaching of the Lord remains for ever.’  And that is the teaching of the good news which has been told to you.


simplify: For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.


simplify: As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

As the keeper goes looking for his flock when he is among his wandering sheep, so I will go looking for my sheep, and will get them safely out of all the places where they have been sent wandering in the day of clouds and black night.


simplify: I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;

I will go before you, and make the rough places level: the doors of brass will be broken, and the iron rods cut in two:


rate difficulty: because the word of Jehovah he despised, and His command hath broken--that person is certainly cut off; his iniquity <FI>is<Fi> on him.'

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


simplify: and Asa begat Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Uzziah,

Asa of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat of Jehoram, Jehoram of Uzziah,


rate difficulty: Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

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


simplify: So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel.

So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.


rate difficulty: And they get into the way of doing no work, going about from house to house; and not only doing no work, but talking foolishly, being over-interested in the business of others, saying things which they have no right to say.


rate difficulty: And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

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


simplify: And Barnabas was minded to take with them John also, who was called Mark.

And Barnabas had a desire to take with them John, named Mark.


simplify: And he laid his hands upon her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

And he put his hands on her, and she was made straight, and gave praise to God.


simplify: And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,

In the belief that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in the dark,


simplify: Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:


simplify: Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

Why then did you make me come out of my mother's body? It would have been better for me to have taken my last breath, and for no eye to have seen me,


simplify: And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

And Cush was the father of Nimrod: he was the first to be a great man in the earth.


simplify: And Judah went up; and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

And Judah went up; and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands; and they overcame ten thousand of them in Bezek.


rate difficulty: There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

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


rate difficulty: Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?

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


simplify: Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;

Because you have been pushing with side and leg, pushing the diseased with your horns till they were sent away in every direction;


simplify: But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine.

But now, says the Lord your Maker, O Jacob, and your life-giver, O Israel: have no fear, for I have taken up your cause; naming you by your name, I have made you mine.


rate difficulty: If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

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


simplify: and she brought forth her son--the first-born, and wrapped him up, and laid him down in the manger, because there was not for them a place in the guest-chamber.

and she gave birth to her first child, a son. And because there was no room for them in the inn, she swathed him around and laid him in a manger.


rate difficulty: Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.

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


simplify: And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth–lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

And they went and were living in the resting-place of Chimham, which is near Beth-lehem on the way into Egypt,


rate difficulty: Anyone who takes away the dead body of one of these is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening.

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


simplify: I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

I left nothing undone to show you that, laboring as I labored, you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said himself — ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”


simplify: Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

Happy are your wives and happy these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.


simplify: Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

Who is this who comes from Edom, with blood-red robes from Bozrah? he whose clothing is fair, stepping with pride in his great strength? I whose glory is in the right, strong for salvation.


rate difficulty: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

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


simplify: and He who is sitting was in sight like a stone, jasper and sardine: and a rainbow was round the throne in sight like an emerald.

He who was seated on it was in appearance like a jasper and a sardius; and ‘around the throne there was a rainbow’ of the color of an emerald.


simplify: Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

Let there be no sound before the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is near: for the Lord has made ready an offering, he has made his guests holy.


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him?

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

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


rate difficulty: And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

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


simplify: But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

But if you do not give ear to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and to let no weight be lifted and taken through the doors of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: then I will put a fire in its doorways, burning up the great houses of Jerusalem, and it will never be put out.


simplify: And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

Then the angel said, Put on your shoes and get ready to go. And he did so. And he said, Put your coat round you and come with me.


simplify: And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.

And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.


rate difficulty: But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of.

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


simplify: And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are.


rate difficulty: No, we are trying to commend ourselves under all circumstances, as God’s ministers should — in many an hour of endurance, in troubles, in hardships, in difficulties,

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


simplify: And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

When a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot last;


rate difficulty: And the second lamb thou shalt offer between the two evenings; [with the] like oblation as that of the morning, and the like drink-offering, shalt thou offer it as an offering by fire of a sweet odour to Jehovah.

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


simplify: Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only.

But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hand, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you, and you only, are the Lord.


simplify: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

He ‘never sinned, nor was anything deceitful ever heard from his lips.’


rate difficulty: Go and learn what this means — ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice’; for I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast.”

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


simplify: For I am Jehovah thy God, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

For I am the Lord your God, who makes the sea calm when its waves are thundering: the Lord of armies is his name.


simplify: Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give unto him a lamp for his children alway.

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


rate difficulty: and having declared to them all things, he sent them to Joppa.


rate difficulty: Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.


simplify: And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

and, when he was abandoned, the daughter of Pharaoh found him and brought him up as her own son.


simplify: And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house.

Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had only a small number of sons, so they were grouped together as one family.


rate difficulty: And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

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


rate difficulty: He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.

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


simplify: This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

This is what I have to say — Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and then you will never gratify the cravings of your earthly nature.


simplify: But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

But all the chiefs said to the people, We have taken an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and so we may not put our hands on them.


simplify: She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

She has done what she could; she has perfumed my body beforehand for my burial.


simplify: For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

Seated at the door of her house, in the high places of the town,


rate difficulty: For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And it shall burn into the lowest Sheol, And shall consume the earth and its produce, And set fire to the foundations of the mountains.

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


simplify: For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:

For the Lord your God made the waters of Jordan dry before you till you had gone across, as he did to the Red Sea, drying it up before us till we had gone across:


simplify: Judas also and Silas, being themselves also prophets, through much discourse did exhort the brethren, and confirm,

Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, further encouraged the them by many an address, and strengthened their faith.


simplify: In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back.

On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.


simplify: For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.

For those days will be a time of distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of God’s creation until now — and never will again.


rate difficulty: Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

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


simplify: Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.

Seven thousand, one hundred of the children of Simeon, great men of war;


simplify: Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

Who are seated in the resting-places of the dead, and by night are in the secret places; who take pig's flesh for food, and have the liquid of disgusting things in their vessels.


rate difficulty: Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,

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


simplify: Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:

Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon for their work;


rate difficulty: If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It would be better for you to enter the kingdom of God with only one eye, than to have both eyes and be thrown into Gehenna,

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


simplify: Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, put a man at the head of this people,


simplify: And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

The Lord, who has taken up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, Because of you I have sent to Babylon, and made all their seers come south, and the Chaldaeans whose cry is in the ships.


simplify: Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

And these were the great men of war: Asahel, the brother of Joab, Elhanan, the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,


simplify: And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have compassion on me.

And Saul said, The Lord's blessing will be yours, for you have had pity on me.


rate difficulty: Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

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


simplify: And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

After removing him, he raised David to the throne, and bore this testimony to him — ‘In David, the son of Jesse, I have found a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my purposes.’


rate difficulty: And, moreover, ye shall say, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will propitiate him with the gift that goes before me, and afterwards I will see his face: perhaps he will accept me.

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


simplify: And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers.

And Jeuz and Shachia and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families.


simplify: but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed of the father.

But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father.


simplify: Thy lips, O mybride, drop asthe honeycomb: Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

Your lips are dropping honey; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.


simplify: He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

He was king in Jerusalem for three years; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.


simplify: For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the churches, except it be that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this wrong.

For what is there in which you were made less than the other churches, but in the one thing that I was not a trouble to you? Let me have forgiveness for this wrong.


simplify: And the chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.

And the chief priests and the scribes were there, making statements against him violently.


simplify: At that time did Jesus go on the sabbaths through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck ears, and to eat,

About the same time Jesus walked through the cornfields one Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and began to pick some ears of wheat and eat them.


rate difficulty: The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.

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


simplify: namely, the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entrance of Hamath.

The five chiefs of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites and the Zidonians and the Hivites living in Mount Lebanon, from the mountain Baal-hermon as far as Hamath:


simplify: But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

And I will send a fire on Moab, burning up the great houses of Kerioth: and death will come on Moab with noise and outcries and the sound of the horn:


rate difficulty: Now then, what have I here? says the Lord, for my people are taken away without cause; they are made waste and give cries of sorrow, says the Lord, and all the day the nations put shame on my name.


simplify: And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; what should I wait for the Lord any longer?

While he was still talking to them, the king came down and said, This evil is from the Lord; why am I to go on waiting any longer for the Lord?


simplify: Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saith: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and them that trust in him:

The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishment on Amon of No and on Pharaoh and on those who put their faith in him;


simplify: And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.

And they came to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.


simplify: and whoever is willing to take thee to law, and thy coat to take--suffer to him also the cloak.

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


simplify: When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.

And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.


simplify: `And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle,

On going out again, about nine o’clock, he saw some others standing in the marketplace, doing nothing.


simplify: Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:


rate difficulty: And they slew the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand men, all fat, and all men of valour, and not a man escaped.

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


simplify: it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus;

It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their order, to put the facts in writing for you, most noble Theophilus;


simplify: Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

For this reason let those who by the purpose of God undergo punishment, keep on in well-doing and put their souls into the safe hands of their Maker.


simplify: And he said unto them, Elijah indeed cometh first, and restoreth all things: and how is it written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things and be set at nought?

And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?


rate difficulty: unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: and carry these ten cheeses to the captain of the thousand, and visit thy brethren to see how they are, and take a pledge of them.

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


simplify: And Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there:

Then let Aaron come into the Tent of meeting and take off the linen clothing which he put on when he went into the holy place, and put them down there;


rate difficulty: And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them.

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


simplify: And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

Bela, son of Beor, was king in Edom, and the name of his chief town was Dinhabah.


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

How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:


simplify: And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun.

And Moses said to Aaron, Take your vessel and put in it fire from the altar, and sweet spices, and take it quickly into the meeting of the people, and make them free from sin: for wrath has gone out from the Lord, and the disease is starting.


simplify: And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Above his head they fixed the accusation against him written out — ‘THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.’


rate difficulty: Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly! And all the people shall say, Amen.

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


rate difficulty: `Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they take for Me a heave-offering; from every man whose heart impelleth him ye do take My heave-offering.

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


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

By my life, says the Lord, truly, because my sheep have been taken away, and my sheep became food for all the beasts of the field, because there was no keeper, and my keepers did not go in search of the sheep, but the keepers took food for themselves and gave my sheep no food;


simplify: The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.

But the ruler made answer and said to them, Which of the two is it your pleasure that I let go free? And they said, Barabbas.


simplify: Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.

Now the Philistines, having taken the ark of God, took it with them from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.


simplify: And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.

And they gave the children of Israel a bad account of the land they had been to see, saying, This land through which we went is a land causing destruction to those living in it; and all the people we saw there are men of more than common size.


simplify: But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,

But these birds you may not take: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;


simplify: and said unto him, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?

To say to him, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?


simplify: Wherefore they cried unto Jehovah, and said, We beseech thee, O Jehovah, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood; for thou, O Jehovah, hast done as it pleased thee.

So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you.


rate difficulty: But when the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, like all the disgusting things which the evil man does, will he have life? Not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory: in the wrong which he has done and in his sin death will overtake him.

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


simplify: They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

They are wandering like blind men in the streets, they are made unclean with blood, so that their robes may not be touched by men.


rate difficulty: Let your eyes be turned away from me; see, they have overcome me; your hair is as a flock of goats which take their rest on the side of Gilead.


simplify: But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

But the Pharisees and the students of the law, having rejected John’s baptism, frustrated God’s purpose in regard to them.)


rate difficulty: So Zimri put to death all the family of Baasha, so that the word which the Lord said against him by the mouth of Jehu the prophet came about;

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


rate difficulty: And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

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rate difficulty: So the responsible men of Moab and Midian went away, taking in their hands rewards for the prophet; and they came to Balaam and said to him what Balak had given them orders to say.


rate difficulty: How, when anyone came to a store of twenty measures, there were only ten: when anyone went to the wine-store to get fifty vessels full, there were only twenty.


simplify: And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

At that very time a great earthquake occurred. A tenth part of the city fell, and seven thousand people perished in the earthquake. Those who escaped were much terrified, and praised the God of heaven.


rate difficulty: and ye walk not in the statutes of the nation which I am sending away from before you, for all these they have done, and I am wearied with them;

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


simplify: And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam.


rate difficulty: But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

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


rate difficulty: Command therefore that the sepulchre be secured until the third day, lest his disciples should come and steal him away, and say to the people, He is risen from the dead; and the last error shall be worse than the first.

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


rate difficulty: And Naaman saith, `If not--let be given, I pray thee, to thy servant, a couple of mules' burden of earth, for thy servant doth make no more burnt-offering and sacrifice to other gods, but to Jehovah.

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


simplify: Jehovah hath done that which he purposed; he hath fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; He hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: And he hath caused the enemy to rejoice over thee; he hath exalted the horn of thine adversaries.

The Lord has done that which was his purpose; he has put into force the orders which he gave in the days which are past; pulling down without pity, he has made your hater glad over you, lifting up the horn of those who were against you.


simplify: Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

Be watchful over yourselves, and over the whole flock, of which the Holy Spirit has placed you in charge, to shepherd the church of God, which he won for himself at the cost of his life.


simplify: They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls.

Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.


rate difficulty: And he answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented himself, and went.

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


rate difficulty: Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth: neither shall there be eminency among them.


rate difficulty: For to this [end] Christ has died and lived [again], that he might rule over both dead and living.

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


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

Heaven forbid! We became dead to sin, and how can we go on living in it?


simplify: Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is nigh unto Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey off.

Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.


rate difficulty: Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;


simplify: None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

He is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me?


simplify: The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

May the Lord give you rest in the houses of your husbands. Then she gave them a kiss; and they were weeping bitterly.


simplify: Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven.


simplify: So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

So I have for my heritage months of pain to no purpose, and nights of weariness are given to me.


simplify: And he led me toward the south; and, behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.

And he took me to the south, and I saw a doorway looking to the south: and he took the measure of its rooms and its uprights and its covered ways by these measures.


rate difficulty: Their work will not be for nothing, and they will not give birth to children for destruction; for they are a seed to whom the Lord has given his blessing, and their offspring will be with them.

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


simplify: And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his fathers had done.


simplify: and they were continuing stedfastly in the teaching of the apostles, and the fellowship, and the breaking of the bread, and the prayers.

They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the Common life of the church, to the breaking of the bread and to the Prayers.


rate difficulty: Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

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


simplify: And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day: for the heaven is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot discern the signs of the times.

And in the morning, The weather will be bad today, for the sky is red and angry. You are able to see the face of heaven, but not the signs of the times.


simplify: And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pillar and put oil on it.


simplify: And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:

And let him put the perfume on the fire before the Lord so that the ark may be covered with a cloud of the smoke of the perfume, in order that death may not overtake him.


rate difficulty: And she sendeth and calleth for Barak son of Abinoam, out of Kedesh-Naphtali, and saith unto him, `Hath not Jehovah, God of Israel, commanded? go, and thou hast drawn towards mount Tabor, and hast taken with thee ten thousand men, out of the sons of Naphtali, and out of the sons of Zebulun,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

Has not the potter absolute power over their clay, so that out of the same lump they make one thing for better, and another for common, use?


simplify: but insomuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.

But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.


rate difficulty: Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

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


rate difficulty: And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

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


simplify: And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.


simplify: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,


rate difficulty: The seventeenth Hezir, the eighteenth Happizzez,

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


simplify: and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah;


simplify: The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

The word of the Lord which came to Micah the Morashtite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah: his vision about Samaria and Jerusalem.


simplify: But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.

But he did not send for Nathan the prophet and Benaiah and the other men of war and Solomon his brother.


rate difficulty: Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up to Beth-el, weeping and waiting there before the Lord, going without food all day till evening, and offering burned offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord.

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


simplify: And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;


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

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


simplify: Then cried he to me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, they that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

Then crying out to me, he said, See, those who are going to the north country have given rest to the spirit of the Lord in the north country.


simplify: There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

There is no one like you, O Lord; you are great and your name is great in power.


rate difficulty: The whole number of the chief fathers of the mighty men of valour was two thousand six hundred.

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


rate difficulty: And the overseers of the people and their responsible men went out and said to the people, Pharaoh says, I will give you no more dry stems.

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


rate difficulty: and he goeth in and shutteth the door upon them both, and prayeth unto Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: Have true scales and a true ephah and a true bath.

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


simplify: Which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;

These King David made holy to the Lord, together with the silver and gold which he had taken from the nations he had overcome--


simplify: And Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, and tempest, and hailstones.

And the Lord will send out the sound of his great voice, and they will see his arm stretched out, with the heat of his wrath, and the flame of a burning fire; with a cloud-burst, and storm, and a rain of ice.


simplify: Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.


rate difficulty: And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.


simplify: in the midst of its broad place, and of the river on this side and on that, <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, yielding twelve fruits, in each several month rendering its fruits, and the leaves of the tree <FI>are<Fi> for the service of the nations;

in the middle of the street of the city. On each side of the river was a Tree of life which bore twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.


simplify: When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.


rate difficulty: For, arranged from former time is Tophet, Even it for the king is prepared, He hath made deep, He hath made large, Its pile <FI>is<Fi> fire and much wood, The breath of Jehovah, As a stream of brim stone, is burning in it!

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


rate difficulty: And he answered, Fear not; for they that are with us are more than they that are with them.

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


simplify: Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.

And of the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah, Jashub and Shimron, four.


simplify: Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

Now the captain and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earth-shock and the things which were done, were in great fear and said, Truly this was a son of God.


simplify: Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!


simplify: And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

So the children of Israel did as Joshua gave them orders, and took twelve stones from the middle of Jordan, as the Lord had said to Joshua, one for every tribe of the children of Israel; these they took across with them to their night's resting-place and put them down there.


rate difficulty: And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

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


rate difficulty: Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.

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


rate difficulty: `Also, the sons of Israel prepare the passover in its appointed season;

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


rate difficulty: The secret which has been kept from all times and generations, but has now been made clear to his saints,

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.


simplify: No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire.

No meal offering which you give to the Lord is to be made with leaven; no leaven or honey is to be burned as an offering made by fire to the Lord.


simplify: Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.


simplify: And Jehovah smote Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty and five thousand and a hundred men: all these drew the sword.

Then the Lord sent sudden fear on Benjamin before Israel; and that day the children of Israel put to death twenty-five thousand, one hundred men of Benjamin, all of them swordsmen.


rate difficulty: The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: He hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He hath brought them down to the ground; he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof.

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


rate difficulty: Afterwards his disciples came to him, and said: “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

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


rate difficulty: I caused thee to multiply, as the bud of the field; and thou didst increase and grow great, and thou camest to fulness of beauty; [thy] breasts were fashioned, and thy hair grew: but thou wast naked and bare.

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


rate difficulty: And Noah liveth after the deluge three hundred and fifty years;

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


simplify: Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

Your hands made me, and I was formed by you, but then, changing your purpose, you gave me up to destruction.


rate difficulty: and she lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is [as] the flesh of asses, and whose issue is [as] the issue of horses.

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


simplify: for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

For I have five brothers to warn them, so that they may not come to this place of torture also.’


simplify: The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.


simplify: And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

And those of you who are kept safe will have me in mind among the nations where they have been taken away as prisoners, how I sent punishment on their hearts which were untrue to me, and on their eyes which were turned to their false gods: and they will be full of hate for themselves because of the evil things which they have done in all their disgusting ways.


rate difficulty: `Who <FI>is<Fi> this that is looking forth as morning, Fair as the moon--clear as the sun, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts?'

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


simplify: But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

As to love for each other there is no need to write to you; for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another;


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

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


rate difficulty: And he made ten brass washing-vessels, everyone taking forty baths, and measuring four cubits; one vessel was placed on every one of the ten bases.

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


simplify: And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meal-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

Let the other lamb be offered at evening; like the meal offering of the morning and its drink offering, let it be offered as an offering made by fire for a sweet smell to the Lord.


simplify: For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

For you know well that you ought to follow our example. When we were with you, our life was not ill-ordered,


rate difficulty: by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ,)

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


rate difficulty: That I may have knowledge of him, and of the power of his coming back from the dead, and a part with him in his pains, becoming like him in his death;

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


rate difficulty: Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.

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


rate difficulty: whom they set before the apostles; and, having prayed, they laid their hands on them.

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


rate difficulty: and the priest shall look; and, behold, if there be a white rising in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising,

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


simplify: And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.

The seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this;


rate difficulty: but sanctify [the] Lord the Christ in your hearts, and [be] always prepared to [give] an answer [to] every one that asks you to give an account of the hope that [is] in you, but with meekness and fear;

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


rate difficulty: and this house that I have sanctified for My name, I cast from before My face, and make it for a proverb, and for a byword, among all the peoples.

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rate difficulty: And the inhabitants of Gibeon have heard that which Joshua hath done to Jericho and to Ai,

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


rate difficulty: And he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and [built] another wall outside, and fortified the Millo of the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

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


rate difficulty: Shew me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it? And answering they said, Caesar's.

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


rate difficulty: Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

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


rate difficulty: They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

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


simplify: The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.

The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five.


simplify: Then Rab–shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

Then the Rab-shakeh got up and said with a loud voice in the Jews' language, Give ear to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria;


rate difficulty: ‘The hair of his head was as white as wool, as white as snow; his eyes were like flaming fire;


rate difficulty: And if we realize that he listens to us — whatever we ask — we realize that we have what we have asked from him.

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


rate difficulty: And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

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


simplify: But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:

But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;


rate difficulty: And they cried unto Jehovah, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and have served the Baalim and the Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And Israel is very weak from the presence of Midian, and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah.


rate difficulty: The grass is dry, the flower is dead; but the word of our God is eternal.

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


rate difficulty: And again the Edomites came and smote Judah, and carried away captives.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord said, I have had mercy, as you say:


simplify: And there came a man from Baal–shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

Now a man came from Baal-shalishah with an offering of first-fruits for the man of God, twenty barley cakes and garden fruit in his bag. And he said, Give these to the people for food.


simplify: And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:

Whatever town you visit, if the people welcome you, eat what is set before you;


simplify: Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

Then Amalek came and made war on Israel in Rephidim.


rate difficulty: And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem;

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


simplify: They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

At his fate those of the west are shocked, and those of the east are overcome with fear.


rate difficulty: And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and causeth cherubs to go up on it.

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


simplify: And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

There you will be the servants of gods, made by men's hands, of wood and stone, having no power of seeing or hearing or taking food or smelling.


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

As the time drew near for the fulfillment of the promise which God had made to Abraham, the people increased largely in numbers in Egypt,


rate difficulty: If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

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


simplify: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold which has been refined by fire so that you may grow rich; and white robes, so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness be hidden; and ointment to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.


simplify: And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

And Saul said, May God's punishment be on me if death is not your fate, Jonathan.


rate difficulty: He that finds his life shall lose it, and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it.

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


rate difficulty: The prince, who <FI>is<Fi> prince, he sitteth by it to eat bread before Jehovah, by the way of the porch of the gate he cometh in, and by its way he goeth out.'

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;

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


simplify: Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

Let your eyes be lifted up (O Jerusalem), and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock which was given to you, your beautiful flock?


rate difficulty: There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.

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


simplify: As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee:

But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee;


rate difficulty: And he took thick and sweet milk, and the calf that he had dressed, and set [it] before them; and he stood before them under the tree, and they ate.


rate difficulty: Woe <FI>to<Fi> those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness.

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


rate difficulty: Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

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


simplify: Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

Therefore, whether in our home or absent from our home, our one ambition is to please him.


rate difficulty: And he went in and shut the door upon them both, and prayed to Jehovah.


simplify: For it is written,  I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge.


simplify: in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,

In him, I say, for by our union with him we became God’s heritage, having from the first been destined for this in the intention of him who, in all that happens, is carrying out his own fixed purpose;


simplify: Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God;

For this reason my decision is, that we do not put trouble in the way of those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God;


simplify: Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

Then Moses had three towns marked out on the far side of Jordan looking to the east;


simplify: And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

And when she got ready to take up the grain, Boaz gave his young men orders, saying, Let her take it even from among the cut grain, and say nothing to her.


simplify: Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.


rate difficulty: And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.


rate difficulty: A day of wrath <FI>is<Fi> that day, A day of adversity and distress, A day of waste and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of cloud and thick darkness.

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


simplify: And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

and, not finding them there, they proceeded to drag Jason and some of the Lord's followers before the city magistrates, shouting out:   “These men, who have turned the world upside down, have now come here,


simplify: `Verily I say to you, that all the sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and evil speakings with which they might speak evil,

I tell you that people will be forgiven everything — their sins, and all the slanders that they utter;


simplify: and Oholibamah bare Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, that were born unto him in the land of Canaan.

Oholibamah was the mother of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the sons of Esau, whose birth took place in the land of Canaan.


simplify: that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.'

That the Christ must suffer, and that, by rising from the dead, he was destined to be the first to bring news of light, not only to our nation, but also to the Gentiles.”


simplify: And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.

And let the years be numbered from the time when he gave himself to his owner till the year of Jubilee, and the price given for him will be in relation to the number of years, on the scale of the payment of a servant.


simplify: And the rod-bearers told to the magistrates these sayings, and they were afraid, having heard that they are Romans,

The police reported his words to the Magistrates, who, on hearing that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, were alarmed,


simplify: And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.


simplify: The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.

The small and the great are there, and the servant is free from his master.


simplify: And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,


simplify: how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words,

How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,


simplify: Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.

Now when I went past you, looking at you, I saw that your time was the time of love; and I put my skirts over you, covering your unclothed body: and I gave you my oath and made an agreement with you, says the Lord, and you became mine.


simplify: And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.


rate difficulty: And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.

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


simplify: And the other answering, was rebuking him, saying, `Dost thou not even fear God, that thou art in the same judgment?

But the other rebuked him. “Have not you,” he said, “any fear of God, now that you are under the same sentence?


rate difficulty: And this was done three times: and then the vessel was taken back into heaven.

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


rate difficulty: And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;

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


rate difficulty: And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.


simplify: and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.

We made music for you and you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow and you made no signs of grief.


simplify: Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.

Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. Such were the Horite chiefs in their order in the land of Seir.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass after this, that Ben–hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

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


rate difficulty: And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.

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


simplify: And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

And took away all the stored wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the king's house, and all the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.


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

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


simplify: Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

Your seed would have been like the sand, and your offspring like the dust: your name would not be cut off or come to an end before me.


simplify: For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

For the priests and the Levites had made themselves clean together; they were all clean: and they put the Passover lamb to death for all those who had come back, and for their brothers the priests and for themselves.


simplify: Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.

So did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.


simplify: and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is much more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.

And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.


rate difficulty: Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

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


rate difficulty: Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:

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


rate difficulty: That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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


rate difficulty: And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did the house of Ahab; for they were his counsellors after the death of his father, to his destruction.


simplify: And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come?

And his disciples, questioning him, said, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?


simplify: Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.

Or as a child dead at birth I might never have come into existence; like young children who have not seen the light.


simplify: Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;

For this cause say to them, These are the words of the Lord: Every man of Israel who has taken his false god into his heart, and put before his face the sin which is the cause of his fall, and comes to the prophet; I the Lord will give him an answer by myself in agreement with the number of his false gods;


rate difficulty: And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

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


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dieth, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goeth up unto God, because of the service;

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


simplify: And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.

And let your food be barley cakes, cooking it before their eyes with the waste which comes out of a man.


rate difficulty: So hast thou also some that hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans in like manner.

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


simplify: And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:

Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: and they said, We will not come up:


rate difficulty: And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.

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


rate difficulty: This is what the Lord has said: Let this be enough for you, O rulers of Israel: let there be an end of violent behaviour and wasting; do what is right, judging uprightly; let there be no more driving out of my people, says the Lord.


simplify: How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?


simplify: And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

And lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel there, with their tents in the order of their tribes: and the spirit of God came on him.


simplify: And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not give ear to her.


rate difficulty: — both to the priests enregistered according to their fathers' houses, and to the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges, by their divisions;

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


rate difficulty: Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.

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


rate difficulty: Now when Saul had taken his place as ruler of Israel, he made war on those who were against him on every side, Moab and the Ammonites and Edom and the kings of Zobah and the Philistines: and whichever way he went, he overcame them.

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


rate difficulty: And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,

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


rate difficulty: Ye shall do no servile work; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: which in His own times He shall shew--the blessed and only potentate, the King of the kings and Lord of the lords,


rate difficulty: You may not say evil of the judges, or put a curse on the ruler of your people.


simplify: When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

And when did we see you wandering, and take you in? or without clothing, and give it to you?


simplify: When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:

And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill;


simplify: And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

And Joshua said to all the people, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: In the past your fathers, Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor, were living on the other side of the River: and they were worshipping other gods.


simplify: These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;

These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.


rate difficulty: Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,


rate difficulty: So that, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

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


simplify: And Jehovah said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, thou shalt anoint Hazael to be king over Syria;

And the Lord said to him, Go back on your way through the waste land to Damascus; and when you come there, put the holy oil on Hazael to make him king over Aram;


rate difficulty: and they journey from Hazeroth, and encamp in Rithmah.


simplify: And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls and the cups wherewith to pour out; and the continual bread shall be thereon:

And on the table of the holy bread they are to put a blue cloth, and on it all the vessels, the spoons and the basins and the cups; and the holy bread with them;


rate difficulty: Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.


simplify: what then was your happiness? for I testify to you, that if possible, your eyes having plucked out, ye would have given to me;

What has become then, of your blessings? For I can bear witness that, had it been possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me!


simplify: then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets;

Then you will say, We have taken food and drink with you, and you were teaching in our streets.


simplify: And Herod having heard, said--`He whom I did behead--John--this is he; he was raised out of the dead.'

But when Herod heard of him, he said — “The man whom I beheaded — John — he must be risen!”


rate difficulty: And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

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


simplify: And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

And King Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of gold in it.


rate difficulty: So Hiram gave Solomon cedar-trees and cypress-trees [according to] all his desire.

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


rate difficulty: And the men of Ephraim are called together, and pass over northward, and say to Jephthah, `Wherefore has thou passed over to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and on us hast not called to go with thee? thy house we burn over thee with fire.'

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


rate difficulty: If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

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


simplify: All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.

All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.


simplify: and he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

And took away all the stored wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the king's house, and all the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.


rate difficulty: To cause fury to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on a clear place of a rock--not to be covered.

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


simplify: The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

The covered way was twenty cubits long and twelve cubits wide, and they went up to it by ten steps; and there were pillars by the uprights, one on one side and one on the other.


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

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


simplify: And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of Jehovah unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.

Then a man of God came from Judah by the order of the Lord to Beth-el, where Jeroboam was by the altar, burning offerings.


simplify: so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.

So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.


simplify: being circumcised--was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised;

Was a man already circumcised when he was called? Then he should not efface his circumcision. Has a man been called when uncircumcised? Then he should not be circumcised.


rate difficulty: The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

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


rate difficulty: I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.


simplify: Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.


simplify: Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let that trouble you. No, even if you are able to gain your freedom, still do your best.


simplify: even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meal-offering unto Jehovah.

Let fifty days be numbered, to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you are to give a new meal offering to the Lord.


rate difficulty: Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.

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


simplify: but stay not ye; pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for Jehovah your God hath delivered them into your hand.

But do you, without waiting, go after their army, attacking them from the back; do not let them get into their towns, for the Lord your God has given them into your hands.


rate difficulty: Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

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


simplify: Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

People’s hearts will fail them through dread of what is coming upon the world; for ‘the forces of the heavens will be convulsed.’


rate difficulty: And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.


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

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


simplify: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.


simplify: And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto Jehovah, burning incense therewith, upon the altar that was before Jehovah. So he finished the house.

Three times in the year it was Solomon's way to give burned offerings and peace-offerings on the altar he had made to the Lord, causing his fire-offering to go up on the altar before the Lord.


simplify: And the remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.

He put an end to the rest of those who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, all those who were still in the land in the time of his father Asa.


simplify: Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord.

You have not gone up into the broken places or made up the wall for the children of Israel to take your place in the fight in the day of the Lord.


simplify: He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:


simplify: And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.

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


simplify: Hast thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese?

Was I not drained out like milk, becoming hard like cheese?