rate difficulty: How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

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


rate difficulty: Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble,

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


rate difficulty: And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.

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


simplify: Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; his mother's name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.


rate difficulty: And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

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


simplify: Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Better it is to have a gentle spirit with the poor, than to take part in the rewards of war with men of pride.


simplify: they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep!

They are like some little children who are sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another — ‘We have played the flute for you, but you have not danced; We have wailed, but you have not wept!’


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small.

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


simplify: and they were stumbled at him. And Jesus said to them, `A prophet is not without honour except in his own country, and in his own house:'

These things proved a hindrance to their believing in him. But Jesus said: “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country and in his own house.”


rate difficulty: Take the things from them, to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting; and give them to the Levites, to every man what is needed for his work.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter to all the winds.

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


simplify: And of the tribe of the children of Issachar a prince, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

And of the tribe of the children of Issachar, a chief, Paltiel, the son of Azzan.


rate difficulty: And Amram took Jochebed, his father's sister, as wife; and she gave birth to Aaron and Moses: and the years of Amram's life were a hundred and thirty-seven.

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


simplify: And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the Lord for the king of Assyria.

*** the house of the Lord, because of the king of Assyria.


simplify: and these things saying, scarcely did they restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them.

Even with this appeal they could hardly restrain the people from offering sacrifice to them.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy commandment shall all my people regulate themselves; only concerning the throne will I be greater than thou.

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


rate difficulty: Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.

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


rate difficulty: To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

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


simplify: And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelt there about ten years.

And they took two women of Moab as their wives: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth; and they went on living there for about ten years.


simplify: And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.


rate difficulty: What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.


simplify: And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;

With this conviction in my mind, I planned to come to see you first, so that your pleasure might be doubled —


simplify: Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong:


simplify: Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.

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


rate difficulty: Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;


rate difficulty: The Son of man has come feasting, and they say, See, a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners! And wisdom is judged to be right by her works.


simplify: and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,

Suppose some brother or sister should be in need of clothes and of daily bread,


simplify: And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.

And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he said to his disciples, Be seated here while I say a prayer.


rate difficulty: But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.


simplify: In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.

In his time Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.


simplify: So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?

So Gehazi went after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from his carriage and went back to him and said, Is all well?


simplify: `Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment in season?

Who, then is that trustworthy, careful servant, who has been placed by their master over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?


simplify: A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

A disciple is not greater than his master, or a servant than his lord.


simplify: Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

Says the Lord, as he does these things, foreknown from of old.’


rate difficulty: Hast thou not heard long ago that I have done it? And that from ancient days I formed it? Now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest lay waste fortified cities [into] ruinous heaps.

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


simplify: A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:


rate difficulty: Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

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


rate difficulty: for they show the demands of the law written on their hearts; their consciences corroborating it, while in their thoughts they argue either in self-accusation or, it may be, in self-defense —

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


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

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


simplify: and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon; and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.

And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet put the holy oil on him and made him king in Gihon; and they came back from there with joy, and the town was all worked up. This is the noise which has come to your ears.


simplify: And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

Then Jacob took young branches of trees, cutting off the skin so that the white wood was seen in bands.


simplify: and ye may not call <FI>any<Fi> your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,

And do not call anyone on the earth your ‘Father,’ for your have only one Father, the heavenly Father.


simplify: A man that is laden with the blood of any person  Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.

One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.


rate difficulty: And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here; and he will slay me.

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


simplify: looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

Looking for and truly desiring the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will come to an end through fire, and the substance of the earth will be changed by the great heat?


simplify: And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him.

For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.


rate difficulty: Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defences are defences of clay.

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


simplify: There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

Nothing was in the ark but the two flat stones which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made an agreement with the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt.


rate difficulty: And because of them I will keep in mind the agreement which I made with their fathers, whom I took out of the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations, to be their God: I am the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, That which goes forth out of the man, that defiles the man.

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


rate difficulty: When the men of Israel saw the danger they were in, (for the people were troubled,) they took cover in cracks in the hillsides and in the woods and in rocks and holes and hollows.


rate difficulty: and the sound of the trumpet is going on, and very strong; Moses speaketh, and God doth answer him with a voice.

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


simplify: And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Jehovah.

And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I have not taken wine or strong drink, but I have been opening my heart before the Lord.


simplify: but Jehovah, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, him shall ye fear, and unto him shall ye bow yourselves, and to him shall ye sacrifice:

But the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt with his great power and his outstretched arm, he is your God, to whom you are to give worship and make offerings:


simplify: What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

What do I mean? That an offering made to an idol, or the idol itself, is anything?


rate difficulty: let us go, we pray thee, unto the Jordan, and we take thence each one beam, and we make for ourselves there a place to dwell there;' and he saith, `Go.'

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


simplify: It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

On the third day a man came from Saul's tents, with his clothing out of order and earth on his head: and when he came to David, he went down on the earth and gave him honour.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: I will put in the waste land the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive-tree; and in the lowland will be planted the fir-tree, the plane, and the cypress together:

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


simplify: And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.

And their words were pleasing to Hamor and his son Shechem.


simplify: I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

I could get no peace of mind because I failed to find Titus, my friend; so I took leave of the people there, and went on to Macedonia.


simplify: For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;

For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;


rate difficulty: Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings.

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


simplify: But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given to God;

But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;


simplify: And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

And the sons of Midian: Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.


rate difficulty: Alas for you when everyone speaks well of you; for this is what their ancestors did to the false prophets.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.

This is what the Lord of armies has said: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are crushed down together: all those who took them prisoner keep them in a tight grip; they will not let them go.


simplify: But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their shoulders.

But to the sons of Kohath he gave nothing; because they had the care of the holy place, taking it about on their backs.


simplify: And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.

And Hazael said, Why is my lord weeping? Then he said in answer, Because I see the evil which you will do to the children of Israel: burning down their strong towns, putting their young men to death with the sword, smashing their little ones against the stones, and cutting open the women who are with child.


simplify: for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified;

For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:


simplify: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because they say unto you, Thou land art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nation;

This is what the Lord has said: Because they say to you, You, O land, are the destruction of men, causing loss of children to your nation;


simplify: And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, these eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?

And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?


rate difficulty: Ye were running well; who did hinder you--not to obey the truth?

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


simplify: Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

Let the doors be open, so that the upright nation which keeps faith may come in.


rate difficulty: And Samuel saw Saul no more until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned over Saul; and Jehovah repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

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


simplify: every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.

And every beast and bird and every living thing of every sort which goes on the earth, went out of the ark.


simplify: Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.

Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush;


simplify: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

nor will people say ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’; for the kingdom of God is within you!


rate difficulty: And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;


simplify: Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

Food exists for the stomach, and the stomach for food; but God will put an end to both the one and the other. The body, however, exists, not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;


simplify: But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,

But when God, who had set me apart even before my birth, and who called me by his love,


simplify: Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah; and they prepared them;

Then Hezekiah said that store-rooms were to be made ready in the house of the Lord; and this was done.


rate difficulty: And he saith to him, `I also <FI>am<Fi> a prophet like thee, and a messenger spake unto me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with thee unto thy house, and he doth eat bread and drink water;' --he hath lied to him.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: There is no fear of God before their eyes.'

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


rate difficulty: And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

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


simplify: And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

Now one day, when the child was older, he went out to his father to where the grain was being cut.


simplify: For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; therefore thou plantest pleasant plants, and settest it with strange slips.

For you have not given honour to the God of your salvation, and have not kept in mind the Rock of your strength; for this cause you made a garden of Adonis, and put in it the vine-cuttings of a strange god;


simplify: Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,


rate difficulty: for every one--whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.'


simplify: O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again?


rate difficulty: Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;


rate difficulty: For he doth not long consider a man, to bring him beforeGod in judgment.


simplify: that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.

Turning our hearts to himself, guiding us to go in all his ways, to keep his orders and his laws and his decisions, which he gave to our fathers.


simplify: Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.

After some years’ absence I had come to bring charitable gifts to my nation, and to make offerings;


rate difficulty: The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

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


simplify: A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!


rate difficulty: The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

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


simplify: For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray.

For people will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and a number will be turned from the true way through them.


rate difficulty: What is my reward, then? To present the good news free of all cost, and so make but a sparing use of the rights which it gives me.


simplify: Give them, O Jehovah—what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

O Lord, what will you give them? Give them bodies which may not give birth and breasts without milk.


rate difficulty: And they made proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;

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


simplify: Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.


rate difficulty: Therefore, my dear friends, shun the worship of idols.

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


rate difficulty: There shall the dart-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate.

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


rate difficulty: And from Bamoth to the valley in the open country of Moab, and to the top of Pisgah looking over Jeshimon.

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


rate difficulty: Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.

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


rate difficulty: besides the burnt-offering of the new moon, and the meal-offering thereof, and the continual burnt-offering and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings, according unto their ordinance, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

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


simplify: rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward <FI>is<Fi> great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

Be glad and rejoice, because your reward in heaven will be great; this is the way they persecuted the prophets who lived before you.


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

They then sang a hymn, and went out up the Mount of Olives,


rate difficulty: Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

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


simplify: And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,

And they gave them the town to which men might go in flight and be safe, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its outskirts, and Gezer with its outskirts,


rate difficulty: But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

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


simplify: Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith Jehovah, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.

Then take the bottle and put the oil on his head, and say, The Lord says, I have put the holy oil on you to make you king over Israel. Then, opening the door, go in flight, without waiting.


simplify: But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

And David, with four hundred men, went on: but two hundred of them were overcome with weariness, and not able to go across the stream.


rate difficulty: Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:

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


simplify: Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:


simplify: Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble;


simplify: When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.


simplify: Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:

Clear gold for the meat-hooks and the basins and the cups; for the gold basins, gold enough by weight for every basin; and silver by weight for every silver basin;


simplify: Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

In a very short time Lebanon will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will seem like a wood.


simplify: and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

And he said, My masters, come now into your servant's house and take your rest there for the night, and let your feet be washed; and early in the morning you may go on your way. And they said, Not so, but we will take our night's rest in the street.


rate difficulty: And he took the ark into the House, hanging up the veil before it as the Lord had given him orders.

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


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

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


simplify: And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

And he made an attack on an Egyptian, a tall man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a stick, and pulling the spear out of the hands of the Egyptian, put him to death with that same spear.


rate difficulty: And when he had come, he went straight to him and said, Master; and gave him a kiss.

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


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

At that time the Lord said to Moses, The day of your death is near: send for Joshua, and come to the Tent of meeting so that I may give him his orders. So Moses and Joshua went to the Tent of meeting.


rate difficulty: My friends, unite in following my example, and fix your eyes on those who are living by the pattern which we have set you.

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simplify: But afterward he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

But after that he sent his son to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> in His holy temple, Be silent before Him, all the earth!


simplify: He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.

Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up.


rate difficulty: And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.


rate difficulty: And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.

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simplify: And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:


simplify: `And into whatever city ye do enter, and they may not receive you, having gone forth to its broad places, say,

But, whatever town you go to visit, if the people do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say


rate difficulty: Ashdod, its towns and its villages, Gaza, its towns and its villages, unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and <FI>its<Fi> border.

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simplify: And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood the reign of God is not able to inherit, nor doth the corruption inherit the incorruption;

This I say, friends — Flesh and blood can have no share in the kingdom of God, nor can the perishable share the imperishable.


simplify: According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

For his divine power has given us everything that is needful for a life of piety, as we advance in the knowledge of him who called us by a glorious manifestation of his goodness.


simplify: And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.

And the men of Israel, turning again against the children of Benjamin, put to the sword without mercy all the towns and the cattle and everything there was, burning every town which came into their hands.


rate difficulty: And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.

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simplify: For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

And the word came to the king of Nineveh, and he got up from his seat of authority, and took off his robe, and covering himself with haircloth, took his seat in the dust.


simplify: every one who is transgressing, and is not remaining in the teaching of the Christ, hath not God; he who is remaining in the teaching of the Christ, this one hath both the Father and the Son;

Everyone who goes beyond the limits of the teaching of the Christ has failed to find God; the person who keeps to that teaching — they have found both the Father and the Son.


simplify: The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

The eye of him who sees me will see me no longer: your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.


simplify: and if ye do good to those doing good to you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful do the same;

For, if you show kindness only to those who show kindness to you, what thanks will be due to you? Even the outcast do that!


rate difficulty: And the priest will give orders for everything to be taken out of the house, before he goes in to see the disease, so that the things in the house may not become unclean; and then the priest is to go in to see the house;

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simplify: John answered, saying to all, `I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals--he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;

John, addressing them all, said: “I, indeed, baptize you with water; but there is coming one more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to unfasten his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.


simplify: And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

The light of the sun went out, and the curtain in the Temple was parted in two.


simplify: Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content.

But I will not say anything about my needs, for I am able, wherever I am, to be dependent on myself.


rate difficulty: Hush, all flesh, because of Jehovah, For He hath been roused up from His holy habitation!'

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simplify: Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah at Mizpah.

Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.


simplify: And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.

And at the south side, four thousand five hundred by measure, and three doors, one for Simeon, one for Issachar, one for Zebulun;


rate difficulty: In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

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simplify: Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?


simplify: And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

And that if anyone did not come before three days were past, as ordered by the rulers and the responsible men, all his goods would be put under the curse, and he himself would be cut off from the meeting of the people who had come back.


rate difficulty: For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

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rate difficulty: Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

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simplify: Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

Cure the sick, raise the dead, make the lepers clean, drive out demons. You have received free of cost, give free of cost.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy.

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


simplify: nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.


rate difficulty: But Gamaliel, a Pharisee, who was a Doctor of the law and who was held in universal respect, rose in the Council, and directed that the men should be taken out of court for a little while.

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simplify: But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers’ houses of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us in building a house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of families in Israel said to them, You have no part with us in the building of a house for our God; we ourselves will do the work together for the Lord, the God of Israel, as Cyrus, king of Persia, has given us orders.


rate difficulty: Therefore in one day will these curses strike her — death, misery, and famine, and she will be utterly consumed by fire; for mighty is the Lord God who condemned her.

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


rate difficulty: And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.

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

And Cush was the father of Nimrod, who was the first of the great men of the earth.


simplify: Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but the man on whom the stone comes down will be crushed to dust.


simplify: And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.

And I will send you away from before my face, as I have sent away all your brothers, even all the seed of Ephraim.


rate difficulty: And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.


simplify: For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true.


rate difficulty: and take the ark of Jehovah, and lay it upon the cart, and the golden jewels, which ye return him as a trespass-offering, put in the coffer by the side thereof; and send it away that it may go.

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rate difficulty: This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth?

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simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds, according to that which is written in the law of Jehovah,

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and the good he did, in keeping with what is recorded in the law of the Lord,


simplify: In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man.

So in the morning you are to come near, tribe by tribe; and the tribe marked out by the Lord is to come near, family by family; and the family marked out by the Lord is to come near, house by house; and the house marked out by the Lord is to come near, man by man.


simplify: I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God.

The outcry of the children of Israel has come to my ears: say to them now, At nightfall you will have meat for your food, and in the morning bread in full measure; and you will see that I am the Lord your God.


simplify: And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear.

Suddenly one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and striking the high priest’s servant, cut off his ear.


simplify: Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:

And Kedemoth with its outskirts, and Mephaath with its outskirts;


simplify: And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

As they were going out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him.


simplify: So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?

So they got together a great number of people, and had all the water-springs and the stream flowing through the land stopped up, saying, Why let the kings of Assyria come and have much water?


simplify: For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

For the day of punishment is in my heart, and the year for the payment of the price for my people has come.


simplify: Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.

Go down, then, and go with them, doubting nothing, for I have sent them.


rate difficulty: As I have seen a beast whose young have been taken from her, so Ephraim will give birth to children only for them to be put to death.

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simplify: Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.

Here you all are, you children of Israel; give now your suggestions about what is to be done.


rate difficulty: So it was ordered that word was to be sent out through all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, that they were to come to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem: because they had not kept it in great numbers in agreement with the law.

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


rate difficulty: Howbeit, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.

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simplify: And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God in this place, and that they might put me to death because of my wife.


rate difficulty: Of this man's seed according to promise hasGod brought to Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

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rate difficulty: In the evening Jesus took his place with the twelve disciples,

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simplify: and this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who are dwelling at Ephesus, and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified,

This incident came to the knowledge of all the Jews and Greeks living at Ephesus; they were all awe-struck, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in the highest honor.


simplify: And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Or if he gives him a blow with a stone in his hand, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.


simplify: Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein.

Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.


simplify: Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

console your hearts, and strengthen you to do and to say all that is right.


simplify: Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.

Take wives and have sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may have sons and daughters; and be increased in number there and do not become less.


rate difficulty: and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

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rate difficulty: And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

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rate difficulty: And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink;

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simplify: And the seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt-offering to Jehovah, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a he-goat daily for a sin-offering.

And on the seven days of the feast he is to give a burned offering to the Lord, seven oxen and seven sheep without any mark on them, every day for seven days; and a he-goat every day for a sin-offering.


rate difficulty: the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.


rate difficulty: Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.


rate difficulty: And this was done thrice: and all were drawn up again into heaven.


rate difficulty: `And Eleazar the priest hath taken of its blood with his finger, and hath sprinkled over-against the front of the tent of meeting of her blood seven times;

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simplify: Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? thou shalt again see yet greater abominations than these.

Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? you will see even more disgusting things than these.


rate difficulty: And the angel of Jehovah protested unto Joshua, saying,

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rate difficulty: For this is what the Lord of armies has said: Let trees be cut down and an earthwork be placed against Jerusalem: sorrow on the false town! inside her there is nothing but cruel ways.


rate difficulty: And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

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rate difficulty: Notwithstanding the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.

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rate difficulty: Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.

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rate difficulty: I came to cast fire on the earth; and what more can I wish, if it is already kindled?


simplify: Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.

Uzziah made towers in Jerusalem, at the doorway in the angle and at the doorway in the valley and at the turn of the wall, arming them.


simplify: `All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Do to others whatever you would wish them to do to you; for that is the teaching of both the law and the prophets.


simplify: And he said unto me, Son of man, eat that which thou findest; eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel.

And he said to me, Son of man, take this roll for your food, and go and say my words to the children of Israel.


simplify: And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be free from your disease.


simplify: then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.


simplify: and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpelet,


simplify: Thus Solomon finished the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house: and all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of Jehovah, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.

So Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house; and everything which it was in his mind to make in the house of the Lord and for himself had been well done.


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and the disgusting things he did, and all there is to be said against him, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.


rate difficulty: for the word of the Lord sounded out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith which [is] towardsGod has gone abroad, so that we have no need to say anything;

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simplify: If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

If an unbeliever invites you to his house and you consent to go, eat anything that is put before you, without making inquiries to satisfy your scruples.


simplify: And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.

And make holy robes for Aaron your brother, so that he may be clothed with glory and honour.


rate difficulty: and now, bear, I pray thee, with my sin, and turn back with me, and I bow myself to Jehovah.'


simplify: Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.

And Paul said, Brother, I had no idea that he was the high priest: for it has been said, You may not say evil about the ruler of your people.


simplify: And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, `Sir, help me;'

But the woman came, and, bowing to the ground before him, said: “Master, help me.”


rate difficulty: And he waited yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; but she returned no more to him.

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rate difficulty: And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

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simplify: In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

On the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.


simplify: For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.


simplify: Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

At sunset, all who had friends suffering from various diseases took them to Jesus; and he placed his hands on everyone of them and cured them.


simplify: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

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


rate difficulty: He it was who made the two brass pillars; the first pillar was eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits went round it; and the second was the same.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

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


simplify: And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

Then the Egyptians went after them into the middle of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses and his war-carriages and his horsemen.


rate difficulty: What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?

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


rate difficulty: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that presenteth the sacrifice of his peace-offering to Jehovah shall bring his offering to Jehovah of the sacrifice of his peace-offering.

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rate difficulty: And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

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

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rate difficulty: and ran round about that whole region, and began to carry about on their beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.

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simplify: Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.

So they said to the king of Assyria, The nations whom you have taken as prisoners and put in the towns of Samaria, have no knowledge of the way of the god of the land: so he has sent lions among them, causing their death, because they have no knowledge of his way.


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


simplify: But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.

I hope, however, as one who trusts in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may myself be cheered by receiving news of you.


simplify: And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.

A violent squall came on, and the waves kept dashing into the boat, so that the boat was actually filling.


simplify: And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years,


simplify: And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

And the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them, was stronger than the two of them, and overcame them, so that they went running from that house, wounded and without their clothing.


simplify: Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

and they said “I will come quickly.”Blessed will he be who lays to heart the words of the prophecy contained in this book.’


simplify: Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.


rate difficulty: For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

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rate difficulty: He put forces in all the walled towns of Judah, and responsible chiefs in the land of Judah and in the towns of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

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simplify: He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good; And whoso trusteth in Jehovah, happy is he.

He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.


rate difficulty: Thy lips drop honey, O spouse, Honey and milk <FI>are<Fi> under thy tongue, And the fragrance of thy garments <FI>Is<Fi> as the fragrance of Lebanon.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body.

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


rate difficulty: And when they had spent many days there, Festus laid before the king the matters relating to Paul, saying, There is a certain man left prisoner by Felix,

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rate difficulty: And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet out of it.

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


simplify: Ought ye not to know that Jehovah, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

Is it not clear to you that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave the rule over Israel to David and to his sons for ever, by an agreement made with salt?


simplify: And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.

So by the direction of the Lord, Moses gave orders to the children of Israel, saying, What the tribe of the sons of Joseph have said is right.


rate difficulty: But every man's servant, whom he has got for money, may take of it, when he has had circumcision.

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


simplify: And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

And to you, who once were ‘dead,’ by reason of your sins and your uncircumcised nature — to you God gave life in giving life to Christ! He pardoned all our sins!


simplify: And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.

Then at the time of the offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be seen this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things by your order.


simplify: If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

Yet, if you keep the royal law which runs — ‘You must love your neighbor as you love yourself,’ you are doing right;


rate difficulty: And the first beast was like a lion, and the second like an ox, and the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.

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


rate difficulty: But, for my part, may I never boast of anything except the cross of Jesus Christ, our Master, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.


simplify: and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

And a great number went after him; and he made them well there.


rate difficulty: And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.


rate difficulty: and in those days shall men seek the death, and they shall not find it, and they shall desire to die, and the death shall flee from them.

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


rate difficulty: These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, O Zidon; and I will get glory for myself in you: and they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I send my punishments on her, and I will be seen to be holy in her.


rate difficulty: And there went forth a rumor concerning him into every place of the region round about.

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


simplify: Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

And they will say to the mountains, Come down on us, and to the hills, Be a cover over us.


simplify: In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

in floggings, in imprisonments, in riots, in toils, in sleepless nights, in fastings;


rate difficulty: The commanding officer gave his permission, and Paul, standing on the steps, made signs with his hand to the people, and, when comparative silence had been obtained, he said to them in Hebrew:

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


simplify: And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the Lord must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.


simplify: And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there, upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them; and he returned to Jerusalem.

And all the priests of the high places there he put to death on the altars, burning the bones of the dead on them; and then he went back to Jerusalem.


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.

And the Lord said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take some of the chiefs of Israel with you, and take in your hand the rod which was stretched out over the Nile, and go.


simplify: And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:

And when they had come to an end, James, answering, said, My brothers, give ear to me:


rate difficulty: Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar–haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.

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


simplify: And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.

And all the town was moved, and the people came running together and put their hands on Paul, pulling him out of the Temple: and then the doors were shut.


rate difficulty: And when they were come out of the boat, straightway the people knew him,

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


simplify: he saith--who is testifying these things--`Yes, I come quickly!' Amen! Yes, be coming, Lord Jesus!

He whose testimony this is says — ‘Assuredly I will come quickly.’‘Amen, come, Lord Jesus.’


simplify: Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

Then Pilate said to him: “Do not you hear how many accusations they are making against you?”


simplify: And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

And Amasa was stretched out in a pool of blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people were stopping, he took Amasa out of the highway and put him in a field, with a cloth over him, when he saw that everyone who went by came to a stop.


rate difficulty: And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

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


rate difficulty: `Verily I say to you, Whatever things ye may bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever things ye may loose on the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.

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


simplify: My face will I turn also from them, and they shall profane my secret place; and robbers shall enter into it, and profane it.

And my face will be turned away from them, and they will make my secret place unholy: violent men will go into it and make it unholy.


simplify: And now, O Jehovah, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.

And now, Lord, let your words about your servant and about his family be made certain for ever, and do as you have said.


simplify: And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

And she said to them, Get away into the hill-country, or the men who have gone after you will overtake you; keep yourselves safe there for three days, till the searchers have come back, and then go on your way.


simplify: And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it.


simplify: Which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk?

Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?


rate difficulty: For there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel. At this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hathGod wrought!

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


rate difficulty: But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.

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


simplify: Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.


simplify: I, John, who also <FI>am<Fi> your brother, and fellow-partner in the tribulation, and in the reign and endurance, of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ;

I, John, who am your brother, and who share with you in the suffering and kingship and endurance of Jesus, found myself on the island called Patmos, for the sake of the message of God and the testimony to Jesus.


simplify: Now therefore put away, said he, the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.

Then, he said, put away the strange gods among you, turning your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.


rate difficulty: for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last--as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;

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


rate difficulty: For there was a certain man named Demetrius, a silver-worker, who made silver boxes for the images of Diana, and gave no small profit to the workmen;

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


rate difficulty: And a word of Jehovah is unto Shemaiah, a man of God, saying,

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


simplify: For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.

For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.


rate difficulty: And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

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


rate difficulty: But if, after looking at it, the priest sees that there is no white hair on the bright place, and it is not deeper than the skin, and is not very bright, then let the priest keep him shut up for seven days:

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


simplify: Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer.


simplify: Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.


rate difficulty: On that day hath the king sanctified the middle of the court that <FI>is<Fi> before the house of Jehovah, for he hath made there the burnt-offering, and the present, and the fat of the peace-offerings; for the altar of brass that <FI> is<Fi> before Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> too little to contain the burnt-offering, and the present, and the fat of the peace-offerings.

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


simplify: Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;


simplify: Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for the passover-offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.

And Conaniah and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings five thousand small cattle and five hundred oxen.


simplify: But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.


rate difficulty: And this also <FI>is<Fi> a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage <FI>is<Fi> to him who laboureth for wind?

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


simplify: There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

And this was the part marked out for the tribe of Manasseh, because he was the oldest son of Joseph. As for Machir, the oldest son of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war he had Gilead and Bashan.


simplify: And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Whatever you do, do it readily, as to the Lord and not to men;


simplify: All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

All the words of my mouth are righteousness; there is nothing false or twisted in them.


simplify: And Peter and John were going up at the same time to the temple, at the hour of the prayer, the ninth <FI>hour<Fi> ,

One day, as Peter and John were going up into the Temple Courts for the three o’clock Prayers, a man, who had been lame from his birth, was being carried by.


rate difficulty: But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

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


simplify: for ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you.

for it will not be you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaks within you.


simplify: And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

And from that time he was watching for a chance to give him into their hands.


rate difficulty: The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

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


simplify: And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.

And their keepers went running and gave an account of it in the town and in the country. And people came to see what had taken place.


rate difficulty: And Joseph brought them out from his knees, and bowed down with his face to the earth.

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


simplify: And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

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: Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

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


simplify: Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.


simplify: Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.

And the day of unleavened bread came, when the Passover lamb is put to death.


simplify: Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong their life a single moment?


simplify: And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

And Noah, with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the flowing of the waters.


rate difficulty: For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

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


rate difficulty: He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

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


rate difficulty: Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon: and it will be seen that you are not present, for there will be no one in your seat.

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


simplify: Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

And when the Philistines came, they went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.


rate difficulty: And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.

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


rate difficulty: for Thou, O my God, Thou hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant--to build to him a house, therefore hath Thy servant found to pray before Thee.

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


simplify: And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

And I will put the dead bodies of the children of Israel in front of their images, sending your bones in all directions about your altars.


rate difficulty: Bless, Jehovah, his substance! And let the work of his hands please thee; Crush the loins of his adversaries, And of them that hate him, that they may never rise again!

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


rate difficulty: But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

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


rate difficulty: And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.


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

And have given them this land, which you gave your word to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;


simplify: If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body.

If the foot says, Because I am not the hand, I am not a part of the body; it is no less a part of the body.


rate difficulty: Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

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


rate difficulty: And all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken and have done it.

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


rate difficulty: I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

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


simplify: Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

Truly, I say to you, he will put him over all he has.


simplify: and said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for ye purpose that which will bring upon us a trespass against Jehovah, to add unto our sins and to our trespass; for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

And said to them, You are not to let these prisoners come here; for what you are designing to do will be a cause of sin against the Lord to us, making even greater our sin and our wrongdoing, which now are great enough, and his wrath is burning against Israel.


rate difficulty: The heave-offering that ye lift up to Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> five and twenty thousand long, and broad ten thousand.

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


simplify: To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.'

to proclaim the accepted year of the Lord.’


rate difficulty: I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

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


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

Perhaps you are confident that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in the dark, an instructor of the unintelligent,


rate difficulty: Now, let them give us two oxen; and let them take one for themselves, and have it cut up, and put it on the wood, but put no fire under it; I will get the other ox ready, and put it on the wood, and put no fire under it.

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


rate difficulty: And Rephah was his son, and Resheph; his son was Telah, and his son was Tahan;


simplify: Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.


simplify: Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

A blessing will be on your basket and on your bread-basin.


rate difficulty: so that in his presence no one should boast.


rate difficulty: And all the people were offering prayers outside, at the time of the burning of perfumes.

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


rate difficulty: And Isaiah said again to Ahaz,


simplify: And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

Now after a time the stream became dry, because there was no rain in the land.


rate difficulty: and all the people answer together and say, `All that Jehovah hath spoken we do;' and Moses returneth the words of the people unto Jehovah.

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


simplify: But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

But the heart of this people is uncontrolled and turned away from me; they are broken loose and gone.


simplify: And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah which is going out. And he said further, This is their evil-doing in all the land.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said, Am I to keep back from Abraham the knowledge of what I do;


rate difficulty: And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

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


simplify: the baptism of John, from heaven was it, or from men?'

It is about John’s baptism — was it of divine or of human origin?”


rate difficulty: And when all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw that they were overcome by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became their servants. So the Aramaeans, in fear, gave no more help to the children of Ammon.

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


simplify: A factious man after a first and second admonition refuse;

A man whose opinions are not those of the church, after a first and second protest, is to be kept out of your society;


simplify: `For--as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance,

For it is as though a man, going on his travels, called his servants, and gave his property into their charge.


simplify: And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.

And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.


rate difficulty: And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?

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


simplify: And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

And Babylon will become a mass of broken walls, a hole for jackals, a cause of wonder and surprise, without a living man in it.


rate difficulty: These <FI>are<Fi> sons of Dan by their families: of Shuham <FI>is<Fi> the family of the Shuhamite; these <FI>are<Fi> families of Dan by their families;

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


rate difficulty: And I will kindle a fire in the houses of thegods of Egypt, and he shall burn them, and carry them away captive; and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

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


simplify: And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the Lord’s offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.

And everyone whose heart was moved, everyone who was guided by the impulse of his spirit, came with his offering for the Lord, for whatever was needed for the Tent of meeting and its work and for the holy robes.


rate difficulty: A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls. On the ninth of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

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


rate difficulty: On [the] first of [the] week let each of you put by at home, laying up [in] whatever [degree] he may have prospered, that there may be no collections when I come.

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


simplify: `And to the messenger of the assembly of the Laodiceans write: These things saith the Amen, the witness--the faithful and true--the chief of the creation of God;

To the angel of the church in Laodicaea write: —  “These are the words of the Unchanging One, ‘the witness faithful and true, the beginning of the Creation of God’: —


rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,

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


simplify: Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

Who take away the property of widows, and before the eyes of men make long prayers; these will be judged more hardly.


simplify: For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,

For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father,


simplify: While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.

Peter was still pondering over the vision, when the Spirit said to him: “There are two men looking for you at this moment.


simplify: And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not go down before him and give him honour, Haman was full of wrath.


simplify: And I heard the angel of the waters saying, Righteous art thou, who art and who wast, thou Holy One, because thou didst thus judge:

And the voice of the angel of the waters came to my ears, saying, True and upright is your judging, O Holy One, who is and was from all time:


simplify: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

while all inspiration that does not acknowledge Jesus is not inspiration from God. It is the inspiration of the Antichrist; you have heard that it was to come, and it is now already in the world.


rate difficulty: for as a snare shall it come upon all them that dwell upon the face of the whole earth.

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


rate difficulty: These were ornamented with designs of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers, plated over with gold.

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


rate difficulty: Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?

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


rate difficulty: Forty-eight towns are to be given to the Levites, all with land round them.


simplify: For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; And holy is his name.

For he who is strong has done great things for me; and holy is his name.


simplify: For there is nothing hid, save that it should be manifested; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

There is nothing covered which will not be seen openly, and nothing has been made secret which will not come to light.


simplify: Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.

In not much more than a year, you, who are not looking for evil, will be troubled: for the produce of the vine-gardens will be cut off, and there will be no getting in of the grapes.


rate difficulty: Without oxen a stall <FI>is<Fi> clean, And great <FI>is<Fi> the increase by the power of the ox.

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


simplify: So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

So Jehu put to death all the rest of the seed of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his relations and his near friends and his priests, till there were no more of them.


simplify: And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;


rate difficulty: Then Elijah drew near to all the people, and said, How long do ye halt between two opinions? if Jehovah beGod, follow him; and if Baal, follow him. And the people answered him not a word.


simplify: Intreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

Make prayer to the Lord; for there has been enough of these thunderings of God and this ice-storm; and I will let you go and will keep you no longer.


simplify: and the rest, having laid hold on his servants, did insult and slay <FI>them<Fi> .

while the rest, seizing his servants, ill-treated them and killed them.


rate difficulty: And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

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


rate difficulty: Great in every way. First of all, because the Jews were entrusted with God’s utterances.


simplify: of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of the earth.


simplify: And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

Then all the people, small and great, and the captains of the forces, got up and went away to Egypt, for fear of the Chaldaeans.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, <FI>in<Fi> about ten days, that Jehovah smiteth Nabal, and he dieth,

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


simplify: And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:

And a man named Jaeirus, who was a synagogue leader, came to Jesus, and threw himself at Jesus’ feet, with entreaties that he would come to his house,


simplify: Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

This seed is smaller than all other seeds, but, when it has grown up, it is larger than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that ‘the wild birds come and roost in its branches.’”


simplify: Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?

About the children of Ammon. These are the words of the Lord: Has Israel no sons? has he no one to take the heritage? why then has Milcom taken Gad for himself, putting his people in its towns?


simplify: Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.

Or for a male sheep, give as a meal offering two tenth parts of a measure of the best meal mixed with a third part of a hin of oil:


rate difficulty: And it will be in that day that in every place where before there were a thousand vines valued at a thousand shekels of silver, there will be nothing but blackberries and thorns.

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


rate difficulty: But if they wish to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in assembly.

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


simplify: Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.


rate difficulty: And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.


rate difficulty: And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee;

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


simplify: And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

And the four and twenty rulers, who are seated before God on their high seats, went down on their faces and gave worship to God, saying,