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

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rate difficulty: In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

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


simplify: And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.

Or if the loss of a tooth is caused by his blow, he will let him go free on account of his tooth.


simplify: for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:


simplify: Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.


rate difficulty: From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous--violence.

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simplify: Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, which thou doest?

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


simplify: And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, `One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast--sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me, having taken up the cross.'

Jesus looked at the man, and his heart went out to him, and he said: “There is still one thing wanting in you; go and sell all that you have, and give to the poor, and you will heave wealth in heaven; then come and follow me.”


rate difficulty: And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

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


rate difficulty: And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.

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


simplify: And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean, then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

And if liquid from the mouth of the unclean man comes on to him who is clean, then he is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.


simplify: And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:

These spies asked Jesus a question. They said: “Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and that you do not take any account of a person’s position, but teach the way of God honestly;


simplify: If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;

If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,


rate difficulty: In this way Abimelech was rewarded by God for the evil he had done to his father in putting his seventy brothers to death;

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


simplify: And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the Lord hath come.

Then Solomon made Pharaoh's daughter come up from the town of David to the house which he had made for her; for he said, I will not have my wife living in the house of David, king of Israel, because those places where the ark of the Lord has come are holy.


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

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


rate difficulty: And they having heard the king went their way; and lo, the star, which they had seen in the east, went before them until it came and stood over the place where the little child was.

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


simplify: reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

Therefore, repent and turn so that your sins may be wiped away; so that happier times may come from the Lord himself,


rate difficulty: All the days of the desolation it shall rest, [the days in] which it did not rest on your sabbaths, when ye dwelt therein.

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


simplify: Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.

Let your servant now go back again, so that when death comes to me, it may be in my town and by the resting-place of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham: let him go with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you.


simplify: And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath–sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, came to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said, Come you in peace? And he said, Yes, in peace.


simplify: And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

Now King Herod heard of Jesus; for his name had become well known. People were saying — “John the Baptizer must have risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are active in him.”


simplify: and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David,' were much displeased;

But, when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things that Jesus did, and the boys who were calling out in the Temple Courts “God save the Son of David!”, they were indignant,


rate difficulty: And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the fortress, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? And what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee; and what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

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


simplify: And his disciples say to him, `Whence to us, in a wilderness, so many loaves, as to fill so great a multitude?'

“Where can we,” his disciples asked, “in a lonely place find enough bread for such a crowd as this?”


simplify: Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.


simplify: two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred females and twenty males from the sheep,


simplify: As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

By the life of the Lord your God, there is not a nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent in search of you; and when they said, He is not here; he made them take an oath that they had not seen you.


simplify: Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

Did you not make the sea dry, the waters of the great deep? did you not make the deep waters of the sea a way for the Lord's people to go through?


simplify: Thou hast increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.

You have made the nation great, O Lord, you have made it great; glory is yours: you have made wide the limits of the land.


simplify: And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

And had undergone much at the hands of a number of medical men, and had given all she had, and was no better, but even worse,


rate difficulty: So they went on their way again, putting the little ones and the oxen and the goods in front of them.

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simplify: With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips.


simplify: And when Paul was minded to enter in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.

And when Paul was about to go in to the people, the disciples did not let him.


simplify: Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

Then Amaziah sent representatives to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us have a meeting face to face.


simplify: If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:


simplify: not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One.


simplify: Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man; he will stir up his zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies.

The Lord will go out as a man of war, he will be moved to wrath like a fighting-man: his voice will be strong, he will give a loud cry; he will go against his attackers like a man of war.


rate difficulty: and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow,

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


simplify: And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the grain, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.

And by my order no rain came on the land or on the mountains or the grain or the wine or the oil or the produce of the earth or on men or cattle or on any work of man's hands.


simplify: And the Levites shall answer, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,

Then the Levites are to say in a loud voice to all the men of Israel,


simplify: For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

For even if you had overcome all the army of the Chaldaeans fighting against you, and there were only wounded men among them, still they would get up, every man in his tent, and put this town on fire.


simplify: And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.

Jesus made his way up the hill, and called those whom he wished; and they went to him.


rate difficulty: For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.

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


rate difficulty: The young man saith unto him, All these things have I observed: what lack I yet?


simplify: for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,

Indeed, when we were with you, the rule we laid down was — ‘Whoever does not choose to work will not get to eat.’


simplify: And there have I set the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with the children of Israel.

And there I have put the ark, in which is the agreement of the Lord, which he made with the people of Israel.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah answered Job and said,

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


simplify: And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.

And the people gave them orders to be quiet; but they went on crying even louder, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.


rate difficulty: And when you get in the grain from your land, do not let all the grain at the edges of the field be cut, and do not take up the grain which has been dropped in the field; let that be for the poor, and for the man from another country: I am the Lord your God.

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


rate difficulty: Lo, I cry out--violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment.

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


rate difficulty: for I have known that after my death ye do very corruptly, and have turned aside out of the way which I commanded you, and evil hath met you in the latter end of the days, because ye do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to make Him angry with the work of your hands.'

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


rate difficulty: And Job answereth Jehovah and saith: --

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


simplify: Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

And I will put an end to evil in all the land, teaching all women not to do as you have done.


rate difficulty: He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.

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


rate difficulty: `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Thus do ye say unto the king of Judah, who is sending you unto Me, to seek Me: Lo, the force of Pharaoh that is coming out to you for help hath turned back to its land, to Egypt,

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


rate difficulty: Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore, according to all the words of this letter, and for what they had seen concerning this matter and what had happened to them,

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simplify: And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.


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

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


simplify: And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

And Abraham got up early in the morning, and made ready his ass, and took with him two of his young men and Isaac, his son, and after the wood for the burned offering had been cut, he went on his way to the place of which God had given him word.


simplify: Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Master, in the law Moses says, If a man's brother comes to his end, and has a wife still living and no child, it is right for his brother to take his wife, and get a family for his brother.


rate difficulty: Make bald and shave, for thy delightful sons, Enlarge thy baldness as an eagle, For they have removed from thee!

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


simplify: And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

Now there came a day when Elisha went to Shunem, and there was a woman of high position living there, who made him come in and have a meal with her. And after that, every time he went by, he went into her house for a meal.


simplify: And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

And nearest to him, the tribe of Simeon, with Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, as their chief.


simplify: Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.


simplify: And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net was breaking,

They did so, and enclosed such a great shoal of fish that their nets began to break.


rate difficulty: And I brought you into a fruitful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof; and ye entered and defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

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


rate difficulty: And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;


simplify: And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

Now truly, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which says these things to you.


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

The captain of fifty, and the man of high position, and the wise guide, and the wonder-worker, and he who makes use of secret powers.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the angels into the bosom of Abraham. And the rich man also died and was buried.

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

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


simplify: But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

Yes, I make my request to you, so that when I am with you I may not have to make use of the authority which may be needed against some to whom we seem to be walking after the flesh.


simplify: For who will have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who will bemoan thee? or who will turn aside to ask of thy welfare?

For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? and who will have sorrow for you? or who will go out of his way to see how you are?


simplify: After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

After these things I saw a door open in heaven, and the first voice came to my ears, like the sound of a horn, saying, Come up here, and I will make clear to you the things which are to come.


simplify: And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down out of heaven, and devoured them.

And they went up over the face of the earth, and made a circle about the tents of the saints, and the well loved town: and fire came down out of heaven for their destruction.


rate difficulty: Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.

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


simplify: And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me.

And the voice of one talking to me came to my ears from inside the house; and the man was by my side.


simplify: So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.

And by his measure it was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide in front of the Temple: and he said to me, This is the most holy place.


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

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


rate difficulty: Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.

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


simplify: So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

So all the men of Israel were banded together against the town, united like one man.


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

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


rate difficulty: Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in goodness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth [generation].

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah,

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


simplify: And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,

And in Ziklag, and in Meconah and its daughter-towns,


rate difficulty: And make rods for the altar, of hard wood, plated with brass.


simplify: Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

for we are trying to make arrangements which will be right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of people.


rate difficulty: The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.


simplify: And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armorbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow’s length in an acre of land.

And at their first attack, Jonathan and his servant put to the sword about twenty men, all inside the space of half an acre of land.


simplify: and having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for the burial of strangers;

So, after consultation, they bought with them the ‘Potter’s Field’ for a burial-ground for foreigners;


rate difficulty: and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was begotten Jesus, who is named Christ.

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


rate difficulty: And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah saith, `Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou didst not labour, neither didst thou nourish it, which a son of a night was, and a son of a night perished,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren.

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


simplify: If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;


simplify: So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days’ journey.

So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh as the Lord had said. Now Nineveh was a very great town, three days' journey from end to end.


rate difficulty: And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

As he was in the act of blessing them, he left them.


simplify: But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together.

But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together;


simplify: Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

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


simplify: And he said,  Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.

And he said, Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let Canaan be his servant.


rate difficulty: We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.


rate difficulty: And as for their appearance, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been within a wheel.

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


simplify: Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, as the other.

Then said he to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and it was made as well as the other.


simplify: Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.

Then the rulers said to Baruch, Go and put yourself in a safe place, you and Jeremiah, and let no man have knowledge of where you are.


simplify: Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good.


simplify: the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,

The nineteenth Pethahiah, the twentieth Jehezkel,


simplify: And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

And God kept Noah in mind, and all the living things and the cattle which were with him in the ark: and God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters went down.


simplify: Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

‘The heavens are a throne for me, And the earth a stool for my feet. What manner of house will you build me, saith the Lord, Or what place is there where I may rest?


simplify: And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

And the seventy came back with joy, saying, Lord, even the evil spirits are under our power in your name.


simplify: Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.

Then see that you take as your king the man named by the Lord your God: let your king be one of your countrymen, not a man of another nation who is not one of yourselves.


rate difficulty: Do not err, my beloved brethren.

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


simplify: And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.

Then he and the men who were with him had food and drink, and took their rest there that night; and in the morning he got up, and said, Let me now go back to my master.


rate difficulty: And lo, two blind men, sitting by the wayside, having heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out saying, Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David.

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


simplify: And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

And I saw one of his heads as if it had been given a death-wound; and his death-wound was made well: and all the earth was wondering at the beast.


simplify: The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,


simplify: Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;

And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put,


simplify: But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.

But the tenants, on seeing his son, said to each other ‘Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance.’


rate difficulty: I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.

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


simplify: Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; He hath washed his garments in wine, And his vesture in the blood of grapes:

Knotting his ass's cord to the vine, and his young ass to the best vine; washing his robe in wine, and his clothing in the blood of grapes:


simplify: For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of my house.

For when she had made an offering of her children to her images, she came into my holy place to make it unclean; see, this is what she has done inside my house.


simplify: And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

And Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent to Lachish, to the king of Assyria, saying, I have done wrong; give up attacking me, and whatever you put on me I will undergo. And the payment he was to make was fixed by the king of Assyria at three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.


simplify: Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.


rate difficulty: And the son of Uzziah was Jotham; and the son of Jotham was Ahaz; and the son of Ahaz was Hezekiah;

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


simplify: And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

And they all took of the food and had enough: and they took up twelve baskets full of broken bits which were not used.


rate difficulty: His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

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rate difficulty: The Lord will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, whom he put to destruction.

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rate difficulty: And I will incite the Egyptians against the Egyptians; and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

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


rate difficulty: Of every clean beast you will take seven males and seven females, and of the beasts which are not clean, two, the male and his female;

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simplify: for when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins, that <FI>are<Fi> through the law, were working in our members, to bear fruit to the death;

When we were living merely earthly lives, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were active in every part of our bodies, with the result that our lives bore fruit for death.


rate difficulty: And they journey from Marah, and come in to Elim, and in Elim <FI>are<Fi> twelve fountains of waters, and seventy palm trees, and they encamp there;

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


rate difficulty: The children of Magbish, a hundred fifty and six.


rate difficulty: And lo, men bearing upon a couch a man, who hath been struck with palsy, and they were seeking to bring him in, and to place before him,

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


simplify: And he answering said to them, `Elijah indeed, having come first, doth restore all things; and how hath it been written concerning the Son of Man, that many things he may suffer, and be set at nought?

“Elijah does indeed come first,”answered Jesus, “and re-establish everything; and does not scripture speak, with regard to the Son of Man, of his undergoing much suffering and being utterly despised?


simplify: And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

And I will give you peace in the land, and you will take your rest and no one will give you cause for fear; and I will put an end to all evil beasts in the land, and no sword of war will go through your land.


simplify: For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

For if, when we were haters of God, the death of his Son made us at peace with him, much more, now that we are his friends, will we have salvation through his life;


rate difficulty: And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?


rate difficulty: Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

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


simplify: Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

Send out the blind people who have eyes, and those who have ears, but they are shut.


simplify: And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

So I took her, cutting her into parts which I sent through all the country of the heritage of Israel: for they have done an act of shame in Israel.


simplify: and it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me: at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

And when God sent me wandering from my father's house, I said to her, Let this be the sign of your love for me; wherever we go, say of me, He is my brother.


simplify: Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.

Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.


simplify: The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.


rate difficulty: But if by the finger ofGod I cast out demons, then the kingdom ofGod is come upon you.

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


simplify: And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

And the king went to Gibeon to make an offering there, because that was the chief high place: it was Solomon's way to make a thousand burned offerings on that altar.


rate difficulty: and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded <FI>it<Fi> to be given;

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


rate difficulty: And no man shall come up with thee; neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.

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


simplify: All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

All these were listed under the names of their families, in the time of Jotham, king of Judah, and in the time of Jeroboam, king of Israel.


simplify: And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

Jesus directed them to make all the people take their seats on the green grass, in parties;


rate difficulty: but before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it, in the place which Jehovah thy God doth fix on, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite who <FI>is<Fi> within thy gates, and thou hast rejoiced before Jehovah thy God in every putting forth of thy hand;

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 15 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And the nations have been full of wrath, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the recompense to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to those who fear thy name, small and great; and to destroy those that destroy the earth.

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


simplify: And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our border.

And they will make waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the edge of the sword: he will give us salvation from the Assyrian when he comes into our country, when his feet come inside the limit of our land.


rate difficulty: for I will certainly save thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thou shalt have thy life for a prey; for thou hast put thy confidence in me, saith Jehovah.

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


simplify: And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.

Then Moab said to the responsible men of Midian, It is clear that this great people will be the destruction of everything round us, making a meal of us as the ox does of the grass of the field. At that time Balak, the son of Zippor, was king of Moab.


rate difficulty: And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Jehovah said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.

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


simplify: Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.

Dimnah and Nahalal with their grass-lands, four towns.


rate difficulty: The wrongdoing of Ephraim is shut up; his sin is put away in secret.


simplify: And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

“Why are you doing what it is not allowable to do on the Sabbath?” asked some of the Pharisees.


rate difficulty: therefore the Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.

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


rate difficulty: saying, `Did not we strictly command you not to teach in this name? and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and ye intend to bring upon us the blood of this man.'

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


rate difficulty: And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed:

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


rate difficulty: And the sixth hour having come, darkness came over the whole land till the ninth hour,

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


simplify: Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.


rate difficulty: And the tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

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


rate difficulty: Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

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


rate difficulty: The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

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


simplify: and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.

And if, after looking at him, he sees that the mark is increased in his skin, let the priest say that he is unclean; he is a leper.


rate difficulty: For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

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


simplify: And he said unto the near kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:

Then he said to the near relation, Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is offering for a price that bit of land which was our brother Elimelech's:


simplify: Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

Let your eyes be lifted up on high, and see: who has made these? He who sends out their numbered army: who has knowledge of all their names: by whose great strength, because he is strong in power, all of them are in their places.


rate difficulty: And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.

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


rate difficulty: and a certain young man was following him, having put a linen cloth about <FI>his<Fi> naked body, and the young men lay hold on him,


rate difficulty: and they rose up, and cast him forth out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong.

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


simplify: Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.


rate difficulty: and the lodges thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about; it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

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


simplify: And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.

And I, John, am he who saw these things and to whose ears they came. And when I had seen and given ear, I went down on my face to give worship at the feet of the angel who made these things clear to me.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

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


simplify: with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;

You were bought, and the price was paid. Do not let yourselves become slaves to people.


simplify: that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same anxiety for one another,

As to secure that there should be no disunion in the body, but that the parts should show the same care for one another.


rate difficulty: And if <FI>there is<Fi> understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

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


simplify: And Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

And the Lord went on his way when his talk with Abraham was ended, and Abraham went back to his place.


rate difficulty: and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

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


simplify: Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

But you say, For what reason? Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your early years, to whom you have been untrue, though she is your friend and the wife to whom you have given your word.


simplify: And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.

and he swore to her that he would give her whatever she asked him — up to half his kingdom.


simplify: And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,


simplify: So they smote him, and his sons and all his people, until there was none left him remaining: and they possessed his land.

So they overcame him and his sons and his people, driving them all out: and they took his land for their heritage.


simplify: In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,


simplify: Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,

For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him,


rate difficulty: and ye shall say, Thus says the king: Put this [man] in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

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


simplify: The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.

All the land is in flight because of the noise of the horsemen and the bowmen; they have taken cover in the woodland and up on the rocks: every town has been given up, not a man is living in them.


rate difficulty: And I proclaim draught on the land, And on the mountains, and on the corn, And on the new wine, and on the oil, And on what the ground doth bring forth, And on man, and on beast, And on all labour of the hands.'

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


simplify: The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;


simplify: But I say unto you, that Elijah is come, and they have also done unto him whatsoever they would, even as it is written of him.

But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.


simplify: Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

Do not be turned from us in disgust, because of your name; do not put shame on the seat of your glory: keep us in mind, let not your agreement with us be broken.


simplify: Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.

So I will send evil on the line of Jeroboam, cutting off from his family every male child, those who are shut up and those who go free in Israel; the family of Jeroboam will be brushed away like a man brushing away waste till it is all gone.


rate difficulty: for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will display great signs and marvels, so that, were it possible, even God’s people would be led astray.

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


rate difficulty: and their oblation and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;

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


rate difficulty: Why, we did not for a moment yield submission to them, so that the truth of the good news might be yours always!

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


simplify: And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

And in the six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters were dry on the earth: and Noah took the cover off the ark and saw that the face of the earth was dry.


simplify: And they constrained him, saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in to abide with them.

But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening is near, the day is almost gone. And he went in with them.


simplify: and they, having gone forth, did preach everywhere, the Lord working with <FI>them<Fi> , and confirming the word, through the signs following. Amen.

But they set out, and made the proclamation everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the message by the signs which attended it.


simplify: But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

But John tried to prevent him.   “I need to be baptized by you,” he said, “so why have you come to me?”


simplify: It is a trespass-offering: he is certainly guilty before Jehovah.

It is an offering for his error: he is certainly responsible before the Lord.


simplify: Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;


rate difficulty: Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

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


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.


simplify: And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldaeans and of the Edomites and of the Moabites and of the children of Ammon; sending them against Judah for its destruction, as he had said by his servants the prophets.


simplify: But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.

But he made a sign to them with his hand to be quiet, and gave them an account of how the Lord had taken him out of prison. And he said, Give the news to James and the brothers. And then he went away.


rate difficulty: The sons of Issachar, after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puah, the family of the Punites;


rate difficulty: And Jehovah doth establish the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah give a present to Jehoshaphat, and he hath riches and honour in abundance,

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


rate difficulty: Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.


rate difficulty: And the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the words of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, in the genealogical registers? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

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


rate difficulty: Sanctify a fast, proclaim a restraint, Gather the elders--all the inhabitants of the land, <FI>Into<Fi> the house of Jehovah your God,

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


simplify: And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

And he said to them in answer, What did Moses say you were to do?


simplify: For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.


rate difficulty: But Elihu had waited till Job had finished speaking, because they were older than he.

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


simplify: And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How did the fig tree immediately wither away?

And when the disciples saw it they were surprised, saying, How did the fig-tree become dry in so short a time?


simplify: And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.

Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.


simplify: Little youths, it is the last hour; and even as ye heard that the antichrist doth come, even now antichrists have become many--whence we know that it is the last hour;

My children, these are the last days. You were told that an antichrist was coming; and many antichrists have already arisen. By that we know that these are the last days.


rate difficulty: The families of the sons of Kohath encamped on the side of the tabernacle southward.

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


simplify: And I call upon you, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in the prayers for me unto God,

I beg you, then, friends, by Jesus Christ, our Lord, and by the love inspired by the Spirit, to join me in earnest prayer to God on my behalf.


rate difficulty: Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,

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


simplify: to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.


simplify: And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them the Christ.

And Philip went down to Samaria and was teaching them about Christ.


simplify: And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

And I took him to your disciples, and they were not able to make him well.


rate difficulty: and I come in to Jerusalem, and understand concerning the evil that Eliashib hath done for Tobiah, to make to him a chamber in the courts of the house of God,

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


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,


rate difficulty: and they did cast dust upon their heads, and were crying out, weeping and sorrowing, saying, Woe, woe, the great city! in which were made rich all having ships in the sea, out of her costliness--for in one hour was she made waste.


simplify: Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?


rate difficulty: thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee;

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


simplify: And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

And from Azmon it will go round to the stream of Egypt as far as the sea.


simplify: And it was told king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of Obed–edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed–edom into the city of David with gladness.

And they said to King David, The blessing of the Lord is on the family of Obed-edom and on all he has, because of the ark of God. And David went and took the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the town of David with joy.


simplify: And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

If they refuse to listen to them, speak to the church; and, if they also refuse to listen to the church, treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax-gatherer.


rate difficulty: As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: `Where <FI>is<Fi> he?'

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


simplify: And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the Lord is your way wherein ye go.

And the priest said to them, Go in peace: your way is guided by the Lord.


simplify: And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

And Pharaoh said, Truly, the people of the land are increasing in number, and you are keeping them back from their work.


rate difficulty: And do not keep the rules of the nations which I am driving out before you; for they did all these things, and for that reason my soul was turned against them.

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


rate difficulty: And the servants of king Hezekiah come in unto Isaiah,


rate difficulty: and thou hast made the boards of the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward;

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


simplify: Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

who told them that the Master had really risen, and had appeared to Simon.


simplify: and he said unto them, `It is not yours to know times or seasons that the Father did appoint in His own authority;

His answer was: “It is not for you to know times or hours, for the Father has reserved these for his own decision;


simplify: Hath any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Has any one of the gods of the nations kept his land from falling into the hands of the king of Assyria?


simplify: Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.

for, though he had many times been left secured with fetters and chains, he had snapped the chains and broken the fetters to pieces, and no one could master him.


rate difficulty: I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death: where, O death, are thy plagues? where, O Sheol, is thy destruction? Repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

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


rate difficulty: Whoso is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoso is cleaving trees endangered by them.

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


simplify: and having brought them to the magistrates, they said, `These men do exceedingly trouble our city, being Jews;

and took them before the Magistrates.   “These men are causing a great disturbance in our town,” they complained;


rate difficulty: And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,

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


rate difficulty: so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding;

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


rate difficulty: a several tenth deal thou preparest for the one lamb, for the seven lambs,

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


simplify: Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.

But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God.


rate difficulty: And David saith unto Saul, `Who <FI>am<Fi> I? and what my life--the family of my father in Israel--that I am son-in-law to the king?'


simplify: And Peter said, Lo, we have left our own, and followed thee.

And Peter said, See, we have given up what is ours to come after you.


simplify: The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:

The word of the Lord about Israel. The Lord by whom the heavens are stretched out and the bases of the earth put in place, and the spirit of man formed inside him, has said:


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.

Say to the children of Israel, I am the Lord your God.


simplify: For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.

For all the tables are covered with coughed-up food, so that there is not a clean place.


rate difficulty: And Jehoshaphat king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.

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


simplify: And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;

To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: —  “These are the words of the Son of God, ‘whose eyes are like flaming fire, and whose feet are like brass’: —


rate difficulty: But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

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


simplify: And touching the house of the king of Judah, hear ye the word of Jehovah:

About the family of the king of Judah. Give ear to the word of the Lord;


simplify: And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

And Miriam, the woman prophet, the sister of Aaron, took an instrument of music in her hand; and all the women went after her with music and dances.


rate difficulty: Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

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


rate difficulty: And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

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


rate difficulty: In her skirts were her unclean ways; she gave no thought to her end; and her fall has been a wonder; she has no comforter: see her sorrow, O Lord; for the attacker is lifted up.


simplify: and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

And after the birth of Arpachshad, Shem went on living for five hundred years, and had sons and daughters:


simplify: and while they are loosing the colt, its owners said unto them, `Why loose ye the colt?'

While they were untying the foal, the owners asked them — “Why are you untying the foal?”


simplify: And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

and in the midst of the lamps one ‘like a man, in a robe reaching to his feet,’ and with a golden girdle across his breast.


simplify: And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.

And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: And the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a sash over his eyes.

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


simplify: For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.


rate difficulty: They looked, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.


rate difficulty: And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

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


rate difficulty: All the towns of the Levites, among the heritage of the children of Israel, were forty-eight towns with their grass-lands.

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


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

Now do you really want to understand, fool, how it is that faith without actions leads to nothing?


rate difficulty: And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

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


rate difficulty: Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.


simplify: And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, every one whose name hath not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain.

And all who are on the earth will give him worship, everyone whose name has not been from the first in the book of life of the Lamb who was put to death.


rate difficulty: And they went on from Jotbathah, and put up their tents in Abronah.

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


simplify: and lo, two blind men sitting by the way, having heard that Jesus doth pass by, cried, saying, `Deal kindly with us, sir--Son of David.'

Two blind men who were sitting by the roadside, hearing that Jesus was passing, called out: “Take pity on us, Master, Son of David!”


simplify: But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

But I say, Did not the word come to their ears? Yes, certainly: Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.


rate difficulty: whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.


simplify: And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit.


rate difficulty: And all the wise-hearted ones among the doers of the work make the tabernacle; ten curtains of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, <FI>with<Fi> cherubs, work of a designer, he hath made them.

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


simplify: and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.

And the rest of the bowmen, the men of war of the children of Kedar, will be small in number: for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said it.


rate difficulty: And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.


rate difficulty: and Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak;

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


rate difficulty: I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

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


rate difficulty: When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

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


simplify: For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

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


rate difficulty: `Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt put the turban upon his head, and fasten the holy diadem to the turban,

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


simplify: They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food.


simplify: and his eyes <FI>are<Fi> as a flame of fire, and upon his head <FI>are<Fi> many diadems--having a name written that no one hath known, except himself,

His eyes are flaming fires; on his head there are many diadems, and he bears a name, written, which no one knows but himself;


rate difficulty: A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

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


simplify: And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.

All through the life of Saul there was bitter war against the Philistines; and whenever Saul saw any strong man or any good fighting man, he kept him near himself.


rate difficulty: For this cause the cords of my heart are sounding for Moab, and I am full of sorrow for Kir-heres.

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


simplify: And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.

And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:


simplify: And the disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

And the disciples went out and came into the town, and saw that it was as he had said: and they made ready the Passover.


simplify: Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;


simplify: These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.

These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.


rate difficulty: And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.

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


rate difficulty: The word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, and my Spirit, remain among you: fear ye not.

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


rate difficulty: Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.


rate difficulty: And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

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


simplify: Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.


simplify: And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country which I sware to give unto your fathers.

And you will be certain that I am the Lord, when I take you into the land of Israel, into the country which I made an oath to give to your fathers.


simplify: He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Let those who have ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.”


simplify: But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

No; the gift that God gives is for a nobler end; and that is why it is said — ‘God is opposed to the haughty, but gives help to the humble.’


rate difficulty: For in my holy mountain, in the high mountain of Israel, says the Lord, there all the children of Israel, all of them, will be my servants in the land; there I will take pleasure in them, and there I will be worshipped with your offerings and the first-fruits of the things you give, and with all your holy things.

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


simplify: And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their heritage.


rate difficulty: Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and about three thousand men and women were on the roof, looking on while Samson made sport.

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


rate difficulty: And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thyGod, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

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


rate difficulty: Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them.

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


simplify: It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.

There were Mary of Magdala, and Joanna, and Mary, the mother of James. The other women, too, spoke about this to the apostles.


simplify: And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

In the first month all the children of Israel came into the waste land of Zin, and put up their tents in Kadesh; there death came to Miriam, and they put her body to rest in the earth.


simplify: Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land.


simplify: The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy and two.

The children of Parosh, two thousand, one hundred and seventy-two.


rate difficulty: Because they did this work for them before their images, and became a cause of sin to the children of Israel; for this cause my hand has been lifted up against them, says the Lord, and their punishment will be on them.

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


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.


rate difficulty: Dear friends, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is that, when it is revealed, we will be like Christ; because we will see him as he is.


simplify: And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.


simplify: He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.


simplify: Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

Those officers of the church who fill their office well should be held deserving of especial consideration, particularly those whose work lies in preaching and teaching.


simplify: `Ye may not, therefore, fear them, for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed, and hid, that shall not be known;

Do not, therefore, be afraid of them. There is nothing concealed which will not be revealed, nor anything hidden which will not become known.


simplify: And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.

So the children of Israel got up in the morning and put themselves in position against Gibeah.


rate difficulty: `Be ye separated from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;'

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


simplify: Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,


simplify: and the meal-offering shall be an ephah for the ram, and the meal-offering for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.

And the meal offering is to be an ephah for the sheep, and for the lambs whatever he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.


rate difficulty: meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

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


rate difficulty: And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.

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


rate difficulty: And they said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left hand, in thy glory.

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


rate difficulty: He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;


rate difficulty: And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.


simplify: And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken?

And if you say in your hearts, How are we to be certain that the word does not come from the Lord?


simplify: Now, O my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.

Now, O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears awake to the prayers made in this place.


rate difficulty: and it cometh to pass as he hath drawn near to enter Egypt, that he saith unto Sarai his wife, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that thou <FI>art<Fi> a woman of beautiful appearance;

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,

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


rate difficulty: And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace.

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


rate difficulty: And these are the children of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

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


simplify: But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness,

But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,


rate difficulty: The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.


simplify: For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

for, as you eat, each of you tries to secure his own supper first, with the result that one has too little to eat, and another has too much to drink!


rate difficulty: For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith Jehovah, so shall your seed and your name remain.

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


rate difficulty: And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaüs a proselyte of Antioch;

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


rate difficulty: Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.


rate difficulty: You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?


simplify: And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.

And he said to them, When you say your prayers, say, Father, may your name be kept holy and your kingdom come.


simplify: For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

For every living thing was put under the power of change, not by its desire, but by him who made it so, in hope


rate difficulty: And in every city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.


rate difficulty: but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,

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


rate difficulty: each man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man’s work of what sort it is.

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


rate difficulty: If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:

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


simplify: Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

who hold doctrine that can be relied on as being in accordance with the accepted teaching; so that they may be able to encourage others by sound teaching, as well as to refute our opponents.


simplify: And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

And David took these words to heart, fearing Achish, the king of Gath.


simplify: And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.


rate difficulty: And Solomon, awakening, saw that it was a dream; then he came to Jerusalem, where he went before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings; and he made a feast for all his servants.

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


simplify: Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found it not.

Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for witness against Jesus so that they might put him to death; and they were unable to get any.


simplify: Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

Maharai the Netophathite, Heled, the son of Baanah the Netophathite,


simplify: until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

Till I come and take you away to a land like yours, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vine-gardens.


simplify: And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.

And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.


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

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


rate difficulty: So Solomon went back from the high place at Gibeon, from before the Tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he was king over Israel.


rate difficulty: And I, behold, I have taken your brethren, the Levites, from among the children of Israel; to you are they given as a gift for Jehovah to perform the service of the tent of meeting.

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


simplify: And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

And the blood will be a sign on the houses where you are: when I see the blood I will go over you, and no evil will come on you for your destruction, when my hand is on the land of Egypt.


rate difficulty: AndGod said, Let the earth bring forth living souls after their kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth, after their kind. And it was so.


rate difficulty: Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

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


simplify: And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

And I was in fear, and went away, and put your talent in the earth: here is what is yours.


simplify: But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord hid them.

And the king gave orders to Jerahmeel, the king's son, and Seraiah, the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah, the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord kept them safe.


rate difficulty: And the trees said unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.

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


rate difficulty: And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan to Jacob their father.


rate difficulty: And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

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


rate difficulty: Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the country of Laish, said to their brothers, Have you knowledge that in these houses there is an ephod and family gods and a pictured image and a metal image? So now you see what to do.

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


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

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


simplify: My heart is toward the governors of Israel, That offered themselves willingly among the people: Bless ye Jehovah.

Come, you rulers of Israel, you who gave yourselves freely among the people: give praise to the Lord.


simplify: And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

And the dead will be falling down among you, and you will be certain that I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: and the priest look on it, and behold, the hair is turned white in the bright spot, and it looketh deeper than the skin, it is a leprosy which is broken out in the inflammation; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the sore of leprosy.


simplify: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.

A curse is on you! for you are like the resting-places of dead men, which are not seen, and men go walking over them without knowledge of it.


rate difficulty: And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

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


simplify: And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the agreement which I have made between me and all flesh on the earth.


rate difficulty: And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,


rate difficulty: And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.


rate difficulty: the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,


simplify: and having put on the new, which is renewed in regard to knowledge, after the image of Him who did create him;

and clothe yourselves with that new self, which, as it gains in knowledge, is being constantly renewed ‘in resemblance to him who made it.’


simplify: And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

And the house of God which is in heaven was open; and the ark of his agreement was seen in his house, and there were flames and voices and thunders and an earth-shock and a rain of ice.


simplify: Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel’s charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

Have mercy, O Lord, on your people Israel whom you have made free, and take away from your people the crime of a death without cause. Then they will no longer be responsible for the man's death.


simplify: For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:


simplify: Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Then have no fear; you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.


simplify: An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.

Make for me an altar of earth, offering on it your burned offerings and your peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen: in every place where I have put the memory of my name, I will come to you and give you my blessing.


rate difficulty: And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.

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


simplify: And all the people answered together, and said, All that Jehovah hath spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people unto Jehovah.

And all the people, answering together, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do. And Moses took back to the Lord the words of the people.


rate difficulty: And Ezekiel hath been to you for a type, According to all that he hath done ye do; In its coming in--ye have known that I <FI>am<Fi> the Lord Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.

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


simplify: I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin?