simplify: And the snuffers thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.

And the instruments and trays for use with it are all to be of the best gold.


simplify: And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:

And after saying all this to the people,


simplify: If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

If, then, all your body is light, with no part of it dark, it will be completely full of light, as when a flame with its bright shining gives you light.


simplify: As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

And when they were on the way up to the town, they saw some young girls going out to get water and said to them, Is the seer here?


simplify: Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Then Jesus said to him: “Go away, Satan! For scripture says —  ‘You must worship the Lord your God, and worship him only.’”


simplify: Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.

Ahi, the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, head of their families.


simplify: and again it saith, `Rejoice ye nations, with His people;'

And again it says — ‘Rejoice, you Gentiles, with God’s people.’


simplify: And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Beth–lehem.

At that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.


simplify: And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son became king in his place.


rate difficulty: And on the plates of the stays thereof, and on the panels thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm-trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.

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


simplify: Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Give thought to the flowers: they do no work, they make no thread; and still I say to you, Even Solomon, in all his glory, was not clothed like one of these.


rate difficulty: And they have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, In My making the land a desolation and an astonishment, For all their abominations that they have done.

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


simplify: And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.

And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.


simplify: I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.

My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.


rate difficulty: (The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);

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


simplify: And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.

And Moses went out to his father-in-law, and went down on his face before him and gave him a kiss; and they said to one another, Are you well? and they came into the tent.


rate difficulty: In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

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


rate difficulty: Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.


simplify: And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures;

And he took me to the north doorway: and he took the measure of it by these measures;


simplify: But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

But their minds were made hard: for to this very day at the reading of the old agreement the same veil is still unlifted; though it is taken away in Christ.


simplify: And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

And Joshua gave him his blessing; and he gave Hebron to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, for his heritage.


rate difficulty: For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.

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


rate difficulty: And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.


simplify: And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

and saw Jesus saying to me ‘Make haste and leave Jerusalem at once, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’


simplify: And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,


simplify: Therefore he that resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they that withstand shall receive to themselves judgment.

For which reason everyone who puts himself against the authority puts himself against the order of God: and those who are against it will get punishment for themselves.


simplify: But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

But go yourself, and be strong in war; God will not let you go down before those who are fighting against you; for God has power to give help or to send you down before your attackers.


simplify: The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.


rate difficulty: Then they brought out the king’s son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.


simplify: Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.

So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.


rate difficulty: And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him.

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


simplify: I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.

I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.


rate difficulty: So after hearing the law, they took out of Israel all the mixed people.

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


simplify: And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.

And Zimri went in and made an attack on him and put him to death, in the twenty-seventh year that Asa was king of Judah, and made himself king in his place.


rate difficulty: A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

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


rate difficulty: And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

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


rate difficulty: And he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, [as] stones of memorial for the children of Israel; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.


rate difficulty: And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,


simplify: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

For Christ is the incarnation of the invisible God — first-born and head of all creation;


rate difficulty: And enquired not of the Lord: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

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


simplify: His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:

Then his flesh becomes young again, and he comes back to the days of his early strength;


simplify: for if indeed I am unrighteous, and anything worthy of death have done, I deprecate not to die; and if there is none of the things of which these accuse me, no one is able to make a favour of me to them; to Caesar I appeal!'

If, however, I am breaking the law and have committed any offense deserving death, I do not ask to escape the penalty; but, if there is nothing in the accusations of these people, no one has the power to give me up to them. I appeal to the Emperor.”


simplify: They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame.


simplify: And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.


rate difficulty: Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall upon you?

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


rate difficulty: And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.


simplify: And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?


simplify: Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.

And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.


rate difficulty: So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,


simplify: And while he said these things, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.

And while he said these things, the shade of a cloud came over them, and they were full of fear when they went into the cloud.


simplify: Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

Simeon and Levi are brothers; deceit and force are their secret designs.


simplify: for, for this also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether in regard to all things ye are obedient.

I had this further object, also, in what I wrote — to find out whether you might be relied on to be obedient in everything.


simplify: And Paul answered--the governor having beckoned to him to speak--`Knowing <FI>that<Fi> for many years thou hast been a judge to this nation, the more cheerfully the things concerning myself I do answer;

On a sign from the Governor, Paul made this reply:   “Knowing, as I do, for how many years you have acted as judge to this nation, it is with confidence that I undertake my own defense.


rate difficulty: And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

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


rate difficulty: And this bread was named manna by Israel: it was white, like a grain seed, and its taste was like cakes made with honey.

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


rate difficulty: And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:


simplify: The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.

The children of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three.


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said, Go and make your offering to your God here in the land.

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


rate difficulty: Jesus said to him again, `It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'

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


rate difficulty: And dwell with us, and the land shall be before you: dwell and trade in it, and get yourselves possessions in it.


simplify: And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Jehovah brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.

And Moses said to the people, Let this day, on which you came out of Egypt, out of your prison-house, be kept for ever in memory; for by the strength of his hand the Lord has taken you out from this place; let no leavened bread be used.


rate difficulty: But woe to those that are with child and to those that give suck in those days!


rate difficulty: Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed.

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


simplify: `But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who <FI>is<Fi> in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

But, when one of you prays, let them go into their own room, shut the door, and pray to their Father who dwells in secret; and their Father, who sees what is secret, will reward them.


rate difficulty: For what glory [is it], if sinning and being buffeted ye shall bear [it]? but if, doing good and suffering, ye shall bear [it], this is acceptable withGod.

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


simplify: Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

And further, in those days the chiefs of Judah sent a number of letters to Tobiah, and his letters came to them.


simplify: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.


simplify: And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:

And the priests took the ark of the Lord's agreement and put it in its place, in the inner room of the house, in the most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones.


simplify: of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.

Of Dan, Azarel, the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.


simplify: The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.

The heads of families, the strong men of war, were two thousand, six hundred.


simplify: doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

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


simplify: Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

And they said, With your approval, let this land be given to your servants as their heritage: do not take us over Jordan.


simplify: That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.


simplify: For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death.


rate difficulty: religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

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


rate difficulty: for the truth's sake which abides in us and shall be with us to eternity.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

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


rate difficulty: As they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Tell the servant to pass on before us (and he passed on), but stand thou still now, that I may cause thee to hear the word ofGod.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And he gave the same orders to the second and the third and to all those who were with the herds, saying, This is what you are to say to Esau when you see him;

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


simplify: God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

It is God who has taken them out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox.


simplify: And they said unto him, `We did neither receive letters concerning thee from Judea, nor did any one who came of the brethren declare or speak any evil concerning thee,

“We,” was their reply, “have not had any letter about you from Judea, nor have any of our fellow Jews come and reported or said anything bad about you.


rate difficulty: Thus ye also shall offer Jehovah's heave-offering of all your tithes, which ye take of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof Jehovah's heave-offering to Aaron the priest.

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


rate difficulty: 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;

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


simplify: and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

But, while you harbor envy and bitterness and a spirit of rivalry in your hearts, do not boast or lie to the detriment of the truth.


rate difficulty: though I once used to blaspheme, and to persecute, and to insult. Yet mercy was shown me, because I acted in ignorance, while still an unbeliever;


simplify: And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.

And in the hour when her life went from her (for death came to her), she gave the child the name Ben-oni: but his father gave him the name of Benjamin.


simplify: Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:

Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;


rate difficulty: For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;

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


simplify: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

For God set him before the world, to be, by the shedding of his blood, a means of reconciliation through faith. And this God did to prove his righteousness, and because, in his forbearance, he had passed over the sins that people had previously committed;


simplify: Everything devoted in Israel shall be thine.

Everything given by oath to the Lord in Israel is to be yours.


simplify: If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.

If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.


rate difficulty: Write ye also to the Jews, as it pleaseth you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring; for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.

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


simplify: Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?

Are they not on the other side of Jordan, looking west, in the land of the Canaanites living in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, by the holy tree of Moreh?


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

There are, it may be, a number of different voices in the world, and no voice is without sense.


simplify: The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The eleventh Azarel, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


rate difficulty: Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar.

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


simplify: Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.

Now Joshua was old and full of years; and the Lord said to him, You are old and full of years, and there is still very much land to be taken.


rate difficulty: Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

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


rate difficulty: and five of you have pursued a hundred, and a hundred of you do pursue a myriad; and your enemies have fallen before you by the sword.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: and hath brought in his guilt-offering to Jehovah for his sin which he hath sinned, a female out of the flock, a lamb, or a kid of the goats, for a sin-offering, and the priest hath made atonement for him, because of his sin.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim, that he went in, and stood beside a wheel.

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


simplify: Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?

Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind?


rate difficulty: Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.


rate difficulty: As to Moses, the man of God, his sons are called after the tribe of Levi.

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


simplify: And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.

It is to be cooked and taken as food in the place marked out by the Lord: and in the morning you are to go back to your tents.


simplify: and what I do, I also will do, that I may cut off the occasion of those wishing an occasion, that in that which they boast they may be found according as we also;

What I am doing now I will continue to do in order to cut away the ground from under those who are wishing for some ground for attacking me, so that as regards the thing of which they boast they may appear in their true characters, just as we do.


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

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


simplify: for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

For they took him into the land of Canaan and put him to rest in the hollow rock in the field of Machpelah, which Abraham got with the field, for a resting-place, from Ephron the Hittite at Mamre.


rate difficulty: Then they said, What sin-offering are we to send to him? And they said, Five gold images of the growths caused by your disease and five gold mice, one for every lord of the Philistines: for the same disease came on you and on your lords.


rate difficulty: Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.


rate difficulty: Acceptance of the face of the wicked <FI>is<Fi> not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.

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rate difficulty: Till another king came to power, who had no knowledge of Joseph.


rate difficulty: besides that which the traders and merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.


rate difficulty: For from the time when I came to Pharaoh to put your words before him, he has done evil to this people, and you have given them no help.

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


simplify: And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

And he made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? This is why I took care to go in flight to Tarshish: for I was certain that you were a loving God, full of pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, and ready to be turned from your purpose of evil.


rate difficulty: Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.

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


rate difficulty: The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.

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


rate difficulty: The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

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


simplify: This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

How true the saying is, and worthy of the fullest acceptance, that ‘Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’! And there is no greater sinner than I!


rate difficulty: Listen, I give some of the Congregation of Satan, the people who declare that they are God's people, though they are not, but are lying — I will make them ‘come and bow down at your feet,’ and they will learn that I loved you.

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


rate difficulty: And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath–beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some here who will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power.


rate difficulty: And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.

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


rate difficulty: Of whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a high opinion.


rate difficulty: And Saul died; and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

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


rate difficulty: Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

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


simplify: Verily I say unto you, What things soever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and what things soever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Truly I say to you, Whatever things are fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.


simplify: And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.

And going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in their boat stitching up their nets.


rate difficulty: The lips of a righteous [man] feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.

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


rate difficulty: For, as the new heavens and the new earth that I am making, Are standing before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah! So remain doth your seed and your name.

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


simplify: And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

And if a man has sex relations with a woman at the time when she is unwell, he has seen her fountain and she has let the fountain of her blood be uncovered, and the two of them are to be cut off from among their people.


simplify: And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

You Beth-lehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the chiefs of Judah: out of you will come a ruler, who will be the keeper of my people Israel.


simplify: The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

The woodworker is measuring out the wood with his line, marking it out with his pencil: after smoothing it with his plane, and making circles on it with his instrument, he gives it the form and glory of a man, so that it may be placed in the house.


simplify: All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

All the instruments for the work of the House, and all its nails, and the nails of the open space are to be of brass.


simplify: Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.


simplify: Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me.


rate difficulty: But in the towns of these peoples whose land the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, let no living thing be kept from death:

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


simplify: As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.


simplify: Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar?


rate difficulty: Then I made the rulers of Judah come up on the wall, and I put in position two great bands of them who gave praise, walking in ordered lines; one went to the right on the wall, in the direction of the doorway where the waste was put;

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


rate difficulty: of Seruch, of Ragau, of Phalek, of Eber, of Sala,


rate difficulty: Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the Lord.

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


simplify: For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature,

For while all sorts of beasts and birds, and of reptiles and creatures in the sea, are tameable, and actually have been tamed by man,


rate difficulty: And if one of the Levites redeem, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.


rate difficulty: And he said to me, These waters are flowing out to the east part of the land and down into the Arabah; and they will go to the sea, and the waters will be made sweet.


rate difficulty: For of these are they who are getting into houses, and leading captive silly women, laden with sins, led by various lusts,

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


simplify: But if our unrighteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visiteth with wrath? (I speak after the manner of men.)

But if the righteousness of God is supported by our wrongdoing what is to be said? is it wrong for God to be angry (as men may say)?


simplify: and there was given to her that she may be arrayed with fine linen, pure and shining, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.'

And to her it has been granted to robe herself in fine linen, white and pure, for that linen is the good deeds of the people of Christ.’


rate difficulty: And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?

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


simplify: And in these days, the disciples multiplying, there came a murmuring of the Hellenists at the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily ministration,

About this time, when the number of the disciples was constantly increasing, complaints were made by the Greek speaking Jews against the Aramaic speaking Jews, that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution.


simplify: He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war.


simplify: And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.

Then the servant said, Peace be with you: have no fear: your God, even the God of your father, has put wealth in your bags for you: I had your money. Then he let Simeon come out to them.


simplify: After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

After him, Judas the Galilean appeared at the time of the census, and induced people to follow him; Yet he, too, perished and all his followers were dispersed.


simplify: In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

In the light of the king's face there is life; and his approval is like a cloud of spring rain.


rate difficulty: and putteth the whole on the hands of Aaron, and on the hands of his sons, and waveth them--a wave-offering before Jehovah.

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


simplify: `Claudius Lysias, to the most noble governor Felix, hail:

‘Claudius Lysias sends his compliments to His Excellency Felix the Governor.


rate difficulty: And they went in to king Hezekiah, and said, We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the table of the [bread] to be set in rows, and all its vessels;

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


rate difficulty: For I have not sent them, says the Lord, but they are saying what is false in my name, so that I might send you out by force, causing destruction to come on you and on your prophets.

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


rate difficulty: When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

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


simplify: But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

But let the greatest among you be your servant.


rate difficulty: and ye do not oppress one another, and thou hast been afraid of thy God; for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

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


rate difficulty: After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

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


rate difficulty: For Jehovah shall comfort Zion, he shall comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah: gladness and joy shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of song.

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


rate difficulty: Whom he got together, with other workmen of the same trade, and said to them, Men, it is clear that from this business we get our wealth.

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


simplify: if so be ye did taste that the Lord <FI>is<Fi> gracious,

since ‘you have found by experience that the Lord is kind.’


rate difficulty: So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.

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


rate difficulty: But they themselves are not to go in to see the holy place, even for a minute, for fear of death.

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


simplify: Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.

Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.


simplify: And they answering said, John the Baptist; but others say, Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again.

And they, answering, said, John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has come back.


simplify: with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;


rate difficulty: So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and, behold, an earthquake; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

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


simplify: For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. And wouldest thou have no fear of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise from the same:

For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;


rate difficulty: and also the innocent blood that he hath shed, and he filleth Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah was not willing to forgive.

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


simplify: as also in Hosea He saith, `I will call what <FI>is<Fi> not My people--My people; and her not beloved--Beloved,

This, indeed, is what he says in the book of Hosea — ‘Those who were not my people, I will call my people, and those who were unloved I will love.


rate difficulty: And the silver of them that were numbered of the assembly was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary:

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


simplify: And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, that kept the door of the king’s house.

And in their place King Rehoboam had other body-covers made of brass and gave them into the care of the captains of the armed men who were stationed at the door of the king's house.


rate difficulty: `And a feast of weeks thou dost observe for thyself; first-fruits of wheat-harvest; and the feast of in-gathering, at the revolution of the year.

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


simplify: Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

My loved ones, I do not give you a new law, but an old law which you had from the first; this old law is the word which came to your ears.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.


simplify: and Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land,

And Baalath and Tamar in the waste land, in that land;


rate difficulty: He did a very disgusting thing in going after false gods, doing all the things the Amorites did, whom the Lord sent out before the children of Israel.)

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


simplify: And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

Then he measured the wall; it was two hundred and eighty-eight feet, as people measure, that is as the angel measured.


rate difficulty: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

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


rate difficulty: And I have delivered thee in that day--an affirmation of Jehovah--and thou art not given into the hand of the men of whose face thou art afraid,

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


rate difficulty: And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

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


simplify: Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.


rate difficulty: At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:

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


rate difficulty: And know ye this day...; for [I speak] not with your children who have not known, and who have not seen the chastisement of Jehovah yourGod, his greatness, his powerful hand, and his stretched-out arm,

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


simplify: But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

His reply was: “How is it that you on your side break God’s commandments out of respect for your own traditions?


rate difficulty: Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.


rate difficulty: There is no weariness among them, and no man is feeble-footed: they come without resting or sleeping, and the cord of their shoes is not broken.


simplify: Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

But take care, and do not make any agreement with the people of the land where you are going, for it will be a cause of sin to you.


simplify: For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

For if anyone comes preaching another Jesus from the one whose preachers we are, or if you have got a different spirit, or a different sort of good news from those which came to you, how well you put up with these things.


simplify: for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.

For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.


simplify: Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king?


simplify: So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required:

So he made Asaph and his brothers keep their places there before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, to do whatever had to be done before the ark at all times day by day:


rate difficulty: And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.


rate difficulty: I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?


rate difficulty: And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they have been carried captives, when I shall have broken their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols; and they shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed, in all their abominations.

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


rate difficulty: Presently some men stood up, and gave this false evidence against him —

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


rate difficulty: He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity.

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


simplify: And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

Let him give ear to your voice, and you will put my words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his, teaching you what you have to do.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.


simplify: They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.

And those who had seen it gave them an account of how the man who had the evil spirits was made well.


rate difficulty: But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he did not let the children of Israel go.


simplify: in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth--the good news of your salvation--in whom also having believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise,

And you, too, by your union with him, after you had heard the message of the truth, the good news of your salvation — you believed in him and were sealed as his by receiving the holy Spirit, which he had promised.


simplify: And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.


simplify: As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.


rate difficulty: And Shallum son of Jabesh conspireth against him, and smiteth him before the people, and putteth him to death, and reigneth in his stead.

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


simplify: but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm,

But take care that this right of yours does not become in any way a stumbling-block to the weak.


simplify: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;


simplify: And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

and say ‘Had we been living in the days of our ancestors, we should have taken part in their murder of the prophets!


simplify: And 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.


rate difficulty: The lion, which is strongest among beasts, not turning from his way for any;

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


simplify: We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.


simplify: And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

And he has given them their heritage, and by his hand it has been measured out to them: it will be theirs for ever, their resting-place from generation to generation.


rate difficulty: The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

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


simplify: And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.


rate difficulty: Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus,


simplify: But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

Perceiving their malice, Jesus answered: “Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?


simplify: Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.


simplify: Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land?


rate difficulty: And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets so that they should appear to men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces.

A curse is on you, Pharisees! for your desires are for the most important seats in the Synagogues and for words of respect said to you in the market-place.


simplify: And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their head.

And Hadadezer sent for the Aramaeans who were on the other side of the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach, the captain of Hadadezer's army, at their head.


simplify: Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

Then Elijah said to the people, I, even I, am the only living prophet of the Lord; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.


rate difficulty: For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.

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


simplify: Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:

Now these are the kings of the land whom the children of Israel overcame, taking as their heritage their land on the east side of Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah to the east:


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

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


simplify: And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.

And anyone who takes as food anything which has come to a natural end, or anything which has been put to death by beasts, if he is one of you by birth, or of another nation, will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening, and then he will be clean.


simplify: Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.

For this reason I will send the worst of the nations and they will take their houses for themselves: I will make the pride of their strength come to an end; and their holy places will be made unclean.


simplify: And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.


rate difficulty: Then Moses took the blood and let it come on the people, and said, This blood is the sign of the agreement which the Lord has made with you in these words.

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


simplify: (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

For in order that the purpose of God, working through selection, might not fail — a selection depending, not on obedience, but on his call — Rebecca was told, before her children were born and before they had done anything either right or wrong,


simplify: but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.


rate difficulty: 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.

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


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab on the other side of the Jordan from Jericho.


simplify: (Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);

(Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)


rate difficulty: Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

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


simplify: and the second <FI>is<Fi> like <FI>it<Fi> , this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; --greater than these there is no other command.'

The second is this — ‘You must love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”


simplify: The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.


rate difficulty: But there were some who said with a sneer: “They have had too much new wine.”

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


simplify: and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you.

And one he-goat for a sin-offering to take away your sin.


rate difficulty: and there is no deliverer, for it <FI>is<Fi> far off from Zidon, and they have no word with <FI>any<Fi> man, and it <FI>is<Fi> in the valley which <FI>is<Fi> by Beth-Rehob; and they build the city, and dwell in it,

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


rate difficulty: And he said to Abram, Know assuredly that thy seed will be a sojourner in a land [that is] not theirs, and they shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years.

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


rate difficulty: And Maarath, and Beth–anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:

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


rate difficulty: Behold, I have divided unto you by lot for an inheritance, according to your tribes, these nations that remain, from the Jordan, as well as all the nations that I have cut off, as far as the great sea toward the sun-setting.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.

So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, It is the king of Israel. And turning about, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry, and the Lord came to his help, and God sent them away from him.


rate difficulty: O adulterous wife, that taketh strangers instead of her husband.

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


simplify: I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

I will not give punishment to your daughters or your brides for their evil behaviour; for they make themselves separate with loose women, and make offerings with those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: the people who have no wisdom will be sent away.


simplify: I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.

I will put right their errors; freely will my love be given to them, for my wrath is turned away from him.


rate difficulty: You may not have sex relations with your father or your mother: she is your mother, you may not take her.


rate difficulty: So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

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simplify: Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.


rate difficulty: Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.


simplify: And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.

And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.


rate difficulty: For the Lord had said of them, Death will certainly overtake them in the waste land. And of them all, only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun, were still living.


rate difficulty: And they took their children to him, so that he might put his hands on them: but when the disciples saw it, they said sharp words to them

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simplify: And all the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.

And all the guests of Adonijah got up in fear and went away, every man to his place.


simplify: Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

So keep these words deep in your heart and in your soul, and have them fixed on your hand for a sign and marked on your brow;


rate difficulty: and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Jithnan,


simplify: Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

On the first day of the week, let every one of you put by him in store, in measure as he has done well in business, so that it may not be necessary to get money together when I come.


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

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


rate difficulty: Though hishatred cover itself with guile, His wickedness shall be openly showed before the assembly.

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


rate difficulty: And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, Who is this?

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


simplify: but ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto Jehovah for a sweet savor: one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old; they shall be unto you without blemish;

And give to the Lord a burned offering for a sweet smell; one ox, one male sheep, seven he-lambs of the first year: only those without any mark on them may be used:


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

Solomon of Rehoboam, Rehoboam of Abijah, Abijah of Asa,


rate difficulty: I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

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


rate difficulty: Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:


simplify: And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, give ear to my voice; you wives of Lamech, give attention to my words, for I would put a man to death for a wound, and a young man for a blow;


simplify: According to the word of the Lord they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath–serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.

By the orders of the Lord they gave him the town for which he made request, Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim: there, after building the town, he made his living-place.


rate difficulty: and let thy house be as the house of Pharez (whom Tamar bare to Judah), of the seed which Jehovah doth give to thee of this young woman.'

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


simplify: But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

But even the hairs of your head are numbered. Have no fear: you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.


simplify: And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.


simplify: But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;

But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;


simplify: But on the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:

But on the day after, they sent the horsemen on with him, and went back to their place:


rate difficulty: This is the law of the house: On the top of the mountain all the space round it on every side will be most holy. See, this is the law of the house.


rate difficulty: He, therefore, who is supplying to you the Spirit, and working mighty acts among you--by works of law or by the hearing of faith <FI>is it<Fi> ?

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


simplify: Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

Now the time of David's death came near; and he gave orders to Solomon his son, saying,


rate difficulty: Only, the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan hath been with Jeremiah so as not to give him up into the hand of the people to put him to death.

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


simplify: And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,

And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;


rate difficulty: For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

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


simplify: For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still.

For there is no use or purpose in the help of Egypt: so I have said about her, She is Rahab, who has come to an end.


simplify: For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.


simplify: And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took unto him his wife;

And Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had said to him, and took her as his wife;


simplify: And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

Then Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I sent for you so that my haters might be cursed, and see, you have given them a blessing.


rate difficulty: And the young men of the heads of the provinces go out at the first, and Ben-Hadad sendeth, and they declare to him, saying, `Men have come out of Samaria.'

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


simplify: And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.

And his servant said to him, Do whatever is in your mind: see, I am with you in every impulse of your heart.


simplify: `And when the season of the fruits came nigh, he sent his servants unto the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it,

When the time for the grape harvest drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to receive his share of the produce.


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;


simplify: And some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pounds of silver.

And some of the heads of families gave into the store for the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand, two hundred pounds of silver.


simplify: And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

He had a son named Saul, a specially good-looking young man; there was no one better-looking among the children of Israel: he was taller by a head than any other of the people.


simplify: As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

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


rate difficulty: and they come in to the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivite, and of the Canaanite, and go out unto the south of Judah, to Beer-Sheba.


simplify: `Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, doth not, having sat down, first consult if he be able with ten thousand to meet him who with twenty thousand is coming against him?

Or what king, when he is setting out to fight another king, does not first sit down and consider if with ten thousand men he is able to meet one who is coming against him with twenty thousand?


rate difficulty: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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


simplify: But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?

But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,


simplify: But not as the trespass, so also is the free gift. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound unto the many.

But the free giving of God is not like the wrongdoing of man. For if, by the wrongdoing of one man death came to numbers of men, much more did the grace of God, and the free giving by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, come to men.


rate difficulty: `This <FI>is<Fi> the law, when a man dieth in a tent: every one who is coming in unto the tent, and all that <FI>is<Fi> in the tent, is unclean seven days;

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


rate difficulty: And as the Lord took delight in doing you good and increasing you, so the Lord will take pleasure in cutting you off and causing your destruction, and you will be uprooted from the land which you are about to take as your heritage.

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


rate difficulty: And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Jehovah, and before his host; and they carried away very much booty.

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


simplify: I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

“My heart is moved at the sight of all these people, for they have already been with me three days and they have nothing to eat;


rate difficulty: and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries set to Alamoth;

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


simplify: Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.


simplify: And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,

And to the kings on the north in the hill-country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the highlands of Dor on the west,


rate difficulty: And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by.

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


simplify: Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?

Then Joab came to Absalom in his house and said to him, Why have your servants put my field on fire?


rate difficulty: Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the Lord, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.


rate difficulty: And they come in unto the camp of Israel, and the Israelites rise, and smite the Moabites, and they flee from their face; and they enter into Moab, so as to smite Moab,

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rate difficulty: She shall be [a place] for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord Jehovah; and she shall become a spoil for the nations.


simplify: And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

And if a woman has a husband who is not a Christian, and it is his desire to go on living with her, let her not go away from her husband.


rate difficulty: And Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt certainly do [great things], and shalt certainly prevail. And David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

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


simplify: But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

But when the workmen saw him, they said to one another, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property: let us put him to death and the heritage will be ours.


simplify: Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

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


simplify: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.

Then you are to be glad before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is with you, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you, in the place marked out by the Lord your God as a resting-place for his name.


rate difficulty: I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.

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


simplify: Giveinstructionto a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.


simplify: Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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


rate difficulty: And now, Jehovah ourGod, I beseech thee, save us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou, Jehovah, artGod, thou only.

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


simplify: and this is the promise that He did promise us--the life the age-during.

And this is what he himself promised us — eternal life!


rate difficulty: and I say, I bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt, unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing <FI>with<Fi> milk and honey.

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


rate difficulty: Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

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


simplify: My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

My loved one is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to take food in the gardens, and to get lilies.


rate difficulty: Burning sweet perfumes on it, as the Lord had given him orders.


simplify: And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.

And the smoke of the perfume, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand.


rate difficulty: Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.

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


simplify: and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,


rate difficulty: Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

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


rate difficulty: for the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received, by the house of their fathers; and the tribe of the children of Gad, by the house of their fathers; and the half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance;


rate difficulty: and king Joram turneth back to be healed in Jezreel, of the wounds with which the Aramaeans smite him, in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram) --and Jehu saith, `If it is your mind, let not an escaped one go out from the city, to go to declare <FI>it<Fi> in Jezreel.'

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


simplify: Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors: They came as a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

You have put your spears through his head, his horsemen were sent in flight like dry stems; they had joy in driving away the poor, in making a meal of them secretly.


simplify: For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.


rate difficulty: and king Solomon and all the company of Israel who are convened unto him before the ark are sacrificing sheep and oxen, that are not counted nor numbered from multitude.

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


simplify: All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.


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


simplify: And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

Moses said to them, Let the words which I have said to you today go deep into your hearts, and give orders to your children to do every word of this law.


simplify: Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

Let your doors be open, O Lebanon, so that fire may be burning among your cedars.


simplify: This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

This is the heritage of the tribe of the children of Dan by their families, these towns with their unwalled places.


rate difficulty: And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

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


rate difficulty: and Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse,

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


simplify: And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.

And I will make your towns waste and send destruction on your holy places; I will take no pleasure in the smell of your sweet perfumes;


simplify: Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

And, if their falling away has enriched the world, and their failure has enriched the Gentiles, how much more will result from their full restoration!


rate difficulty: Salute you doth Aristarchus, my fellow-captive, and Marcus, the nephew of Barnabas, (concerning whom ye did receive commands--if he may come unto you receive him,)

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


simplify: If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.

But if a revelation is given to another who is seated near, let the first be quiet.


rate difficulty: And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house,

As they continued their journey, Jesus came to a village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him to her house.


simplify: He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.


simplify: And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.

The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it is never to go out; every morning the priest is to put wood on it, placing the burned offering in order on it, and there the fat of the peace-offering is to be burned.


rate difficulty: And the men that died not were smitten with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

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


rate difficulty: And I heard one speaking unto me out of the house; and a man was standing by me.


simplify: The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

The young lions have made an outcry against him with a loud voice: they have made his land waste; his towns are burned up, with no one living in them.


simplify: And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

And when the child was old enough to be taken from the breast, Abraham made a great feast.


simplify: And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:

And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, I see a light-support, made all of gold, with its cup on the top of it and seven lights on it; and there are seven pipes to every one of the lights which are on the top of it;


simplify: To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

To proclaim that God, in Christ, was reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning people’s offenses against them, and that he had entrusted us with the message of this reconciliation.


simplify: And the tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.

Then the tribe of Benjamin, with Abidan, the son of Gideoni, as their chief.


rate difficulty: Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.

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


simplify: Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.


rate difficulty: And they shall bring the glory and the honour of the nations to it.

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


rate difficulty: That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

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


simplify: Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?

Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?


rate difficulty: For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and respected by the body of his countrymen; working for the good of his people, and saying words of peace to all his seed.

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


simplify: And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

And having done so, she said, I will get water for your camels till they have had enough.


rate difficulty: But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?


rate difficulty: Which the skies pour down [and] drop upon man abundantly.

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


simplify: And another, a second angel, followed, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, that hath made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

And a second angel came after, saying, Destruction has come to Babylon the great, which gave to all the nations the wine of the wrath of her evil ways.


rate difficulty: And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

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


simplify: And Joab answered, The Lord make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

And Joab said, May the Lord make his people a hundred times more in number than they are; but, my lord king, are they not all my lord's servants? why would my lord have this done? why will he become a cause of sin to Israel?


simplify: The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

Outside is the sword, and inside disease and need of food: he who is in the open country will be put to the sword; he who is in the town will come to his end through need of food and disease.


simplify: And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.

Meanwhile the people stood looking on. Even the leading men said with a sneer: “He saved others, let him save himself, if he is God’s Christ, his chosen one.”


rate difficulty: One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;


rate difficulty: of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;


simplify: That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord God.

So that the children of Israel may no longer go wandering away from me, or make themselves unclean with all their wrongdoing; but they will be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord.


simplify: And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord.

So at the king's order they made a chest and put it outside the doorway of the house of the Lord.


rate difficulty: Then Jephthah came back to his house in Mizpah, and his daughter came out, meeting him on his way with music and with dances; she was his only child; he had no other sons or daughters.

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


simplify: In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign.

In the second year of Joash, son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah, the son of Joash, became king of Judah.


simplify: And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?


rate difficulty: And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.


rate difficulty: And if a man has sex relations with a woman at the time when she is unwell, he has seen her fountain and she has let the fountain of her blood be uncovered, and the two of them are to be cut off from among their people.

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


simplify: But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who 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: A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.


rate difficulty: Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkijah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth:

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


simplify: And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.

They got, however, into a kind of channel, and there ran the ship aground. The bows stuck fast and could not be moved, while the stern began breaking up under the strain.


rate difficulty: Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: and what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel:

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


rate difficulty: And she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the city-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.


simplify: And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

And if a woman goes near a beast and has sex relations with it, you will put an end to the woman and the beast: their blood will be on them.


simplify: And the residue of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

And the rest of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, every one in his heritage.


rate difficulty: And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

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


simplify: In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.


rate difficulty: The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

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


rate difficulty: Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.

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


rate difficulty: Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.

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


simplify: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.


rate difficulty: `All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none doth know the Son, except the Father, nor doth any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal <FI>Him<Fi> .

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


rate difficulty: And Jonathan smiteth the garrison of the Philistines which <FI>is<Fi> in Geba, and the Philistines hear, and Saul hath blown with a trumpet through all the land, saying, `Let the Hebrews hear.'

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.

So she went in as quickly as possible to the king, and made her request. “I want you,” she said, “to give me at once, on a dish, the head of John the Baptist.”


simplify: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

“Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For, if the miracles which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.


rate difficulty: And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.

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


simplify: Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

Full of glory, O Lord, is the power of your right hand; by your right hand those who came against you are broken.


rate difficulty: So the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the power of Hazael, king of Aram, and into the power of Ben-hadad, the son of Hazael, again and again.

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