simplify: And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;

When the period of purification of mother and child, required by the law of Moses, came to an end, his parents took the child up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,


simplify: And they were bringing near also the babes, that he may touch them, and the disciples having seen did rebuke them,

Some of the people were bringing even their babies to Jesus, for him to touch them; but, when the disciples saw it, they began to find fault with those who had brought them.


rate difficulty: And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate; and the Syrians of Zoba and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field.

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


rate difficulty: And they raised over him a great heap of stones, [which is there] to this day. And Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The Valley of Achor, to this day.

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


rate difficulty: Then Judah came near to him, and said, Ah! my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant; for thou art even as Pharaoh.

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


rate difficulty: and Joshua saith, `By this ye know that the living God <FI>is<Fi> in your midst, and He doth certainly dispossess from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite:

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth.

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


simplify: And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.

And the pillars of the open space outside it, with their bases and their nails and cords and all the instruments used, and everything which has to be done there; all the instruments for which they are responsible are to be numbered by name.


rate difficulty: For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.


rate difficulty: With whom consulted He, That he causeth Him to understand? And teacheth Him in the path of judgment, And teacheth Him knowledge? And the way of understanding causeth Him to know?

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


simplify: And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

And he went on, journeying still to the South.


simplify: Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was in confusion; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.

And some said one thing, and some another: for there was no order in the meeting; and most of them had no idea why they had come together.


rate difficulty: These <FI>are<Fi> sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the persons <FI>are<Fi> fourteen.

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


rate difficulty: As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

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


simplify: Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges, of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?

Where is your king, that he may be your saviour? and all your rulers, that they may take up your cause? of whom you said, Give me a king and rulers.


simplify: And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.

Then those who had seen it related to them all that had happened to the possessed man, as well as about the pigs;


rate difficulty: But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

And their limit on the north was from the Jordan, and the line goes up to the side of Jericho on the north and through the hill-country to the west, ending at the waste land of Beth-aven.


rate difficulty: This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Go and say to the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, Is there no hope of teaching you to give ear to my words? says the Lord.


simplify: And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto the measure of his life?

And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself any taller?


simplify: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

for human anger does not forward the righteous purpose of God.


simplify: Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?

Do they not say evil of the holy name which was given to you?


rate difficulty: And the altar for burning spices, with its rods, and the holy oil and the sweet perfume, and the curtain for the door, at the door of the House;

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


rate difficulty: for the children of Joseph: for Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; for Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;


rate difficulty: Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples,

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


simplify: This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.


simplify: And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

And Laban said to him, Truly, you are my bone and my flesh. And he kept Jacob with him for the space of a month.


rate difficulty: Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah, and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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


rate difficulty: Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

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


simplify: Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.


simplify: I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.

You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.


rate difficulty: and now, let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever; for thou, Jehovah, hast blessed [it], and it shall be blessed for ever.

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


rate difficulty: Then Mordecai bade them return answer unto Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.

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


simplify: And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

Then she said to her father, Only do this for me: let me have two months to go away into the mountains with my friends, weeping for my sad fate.


simplify: In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the Lord.

Let it be made with oil on a flat plate; when it is well mixed and cooked, let it be broken and taken in as a meal offering, for a sweet smell to the Lord.


simplify: They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food.

They are pulling off the salt leaves from the brushwood, and making a meal of roots.


simplify: But that ye must turn away this day from following the Lord? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the Lord, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.

That now you are turned back from the Lord? and, because you are false to him today, tomorrow his wrath will be let loose on all the people of Israel.


rate difficulty: and Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

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


simplify: Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.


simplify: For though thy people, Israel, be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them shall return: a destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

For though your people, O Israel, are as the sand of the sea, only a small number will come back: for the destruction is fixed, overflowing in righteousness.


rate difficulty: Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


simplify: and having heard that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and to say, `The Son of David--Jesus! deal kindly with me;'

Hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to call out: “Jesus, Son of David, take pity on me.”


simplify: And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

And, whatever you say or do, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus; and through him offer thanksgiving to God the father.


rate difficulty: The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:

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


rate difficulty: And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.

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


rate difficulty: He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled withGod.

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


simplify: and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salecah;

And Gilead, and the land of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah;


simplify: But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

Now, Sanballat, hearing that we were building the wall, was very angry, and in his wrath made sport of the Jews.


simplify: Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

Do not let your foot be without shoes, or your throat dry from need of water: but you said, There is no hope: no, for I have been a lover of strange gods, and after them I will go.


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

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


simplify: Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Zibiah, of Beer-sheba.

Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he was ruling for forty years in Jerusalem: his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.


rate difficulty: For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity beforeGod, (not in fleshly wisdom but inGod's grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you.

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


rate difficulty: So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud, for the house of the Lord was full of the glory of the Lord.

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


simplify: that say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

Who say, Let him do his work quickly, let him make it sudden, so that we may see it: let the design of the Holy One of Israel come near, so that it may be clear to us.


rate difficulty: In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear not; Zion, let not thy hands be slack.

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


rate difficulty: On a good field, by many waters, it is planted, To make branches, and to bear fruit, To be for an goodly vine.

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


rate difficulty: In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, came this word to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

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


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:

Say to the children of Israel that through all their generations they are to put on the edges of their robes an ornament of twisted threads, and in every ornament a blue cord;


simplify: Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:


rate difficulty: And Jesus answered him, saying, `It hath been written, that, not on bread only shall man live, but on every saying of God.'

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


simplify: He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

He has taken a bag of money with him; he is coming back at the full moon.


rate difficulty: Get you no gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses;

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


rate difficulty: All this accords with the loving kindness which God lavished on us, accompanied by countless gifts of wisdom and discernment,

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


rate difficulty: Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

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


simplify: And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:

And God sent another trouble-maker, Rezon, the son of Eliada, who had gone in flight from his lord, Hadadezer, king of Zobah:


rate difficulty: And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.


simplify: And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

And in the middle of the night the Lord sent death on every first male child in the land of Egypt, from the child of Pharaoh on his seat of power to the child of the prisoner in the prison; and the first births of all the cattle.


rate difficulty: And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,

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


simplify: And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.

And they were full of wonder at his teaching, because he gave it as one having authority, and not like the scribes.


simplify: Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against Jehovah.

Put your armies in position against Babylon on every side, all you bowmen; let loose your arrows at her, not keeping any back: for she has done evil against the Lord.


simplify: Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.


simplify: Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.

And if he has gone into some town, then let all Israel take strong cords to that town, and we will have it pulled into the valley, till not one small stone is to be seen there.


simplify: And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

And I will send a fire on Magog, and on those who are living in the sea-lands without fear: and they will be certain that I am the Lord.


simplify: And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame: for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.


simplify: And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

And Canaan was the father of Zidon, who was his oldest son, and Heth,


simplify: He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

... made clear his righteousness before men ... had taken their sins on himself.


rate difficulty: Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For misfortune he has brought them out, to slay them on the mountains, and to annihilate them from the face of the earth? Turn from the heat of thine anger, and repent of this evil against thy people!

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


simplify: So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.

So Ahaz sent representatives to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son; come to my help against the kings of Aram and Israel who have taken up arms against me.


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

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


simplify: They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

They will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well.


simplify: Salute one another with a holy kiss.


simplify: And he said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

And he said to him, These are the words of the Lord: Because you have let go from your hands the man whom I had put to the curse, your life will be taken for his life, and your people for his people.


simplify: And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

And so the Lord has said, By my life, truly, for my oath which he put on one side, and my agreement which has been broken, I will send punishment on his head.


rate difficulty: that this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of Jehovah;

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


rate difficulty: and said to him, Behold, thou art become old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now appoint us a king to judge us, like all the nations.

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


simplify: So the people rested on the seventh day.

So the people took their rest on the seventh day.


simplify: In the house of the righteous is much treasure; But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.


rate difficulty: Egypt is a fair young cow; but a biting insect has come on her out of the north.


rate difficulty: You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;


rate difficulty: And another, a red horse, went forth; and to him that sat upon it, to him it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another; and there was given to him a great sword.

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


rate difficulty: Dost thou judge them? Dost thou judge, son of man? The abominations of their fathers cause them to know,

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


simplify: and his disciples having come to him, awoke him, saying, `Sir, save us; we are perishing.'

and the disciples came and roused him. “Master,” they cried, “save us; we are lost!”


rate difficulty: Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

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


simplify: Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.


simplify: Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

A curse on the foolish keeper who goes away from the flock! the sword will be on his arm and on his right eye: his arm will become quite dry and his eye will be made completely dark.


simplify: and of her that is sick with her impurity, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.

And for her who has a flow of blood, and for any man or woman who has an unclean flow, and for him who has sex relations with a woman when she is unclean.


rate difficulty: And I say to thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me. And if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill thy son, thy firstborn.

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


rate difficulty: And the time when David was king in Hebron over the people of Judah was seven years and six months.


rate difficulty: That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

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


simplify: and the chief captain answered, `I, with a great sum, did obtain this citizenship;' but Paul said, `But I have been even born <FI>so<Fi> .'

“I had to pay a heavy price for my position as citizen,” said the officer. “I am one by birth,” rejoined Paul.


rate difficulty: For we have brought nothing into the world: [it is] [manifest] that neither can we carry anything out.

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


rate difficulty: And putting to sea from thence, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.


rate difficulty: and having tarried among them more than ten days, having gone down to Caesarea, on the morrow having sat upon the tribunal, he commanded Paul to be brought;

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


rate difficulty: And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, it cannot defile him;

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


rate difficulty: and morning--and ye have seen the honour of Jehovah, in His hearing your murmurings against Jehovah, and what <FI>are<Fi> we, that ye murmur against us?'

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


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

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


simplify: Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Such is their building that if a fox goes up it, their stone wall will be broken down.


rate difficulty: look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

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


rate difficulty: Because of all the false ways of the loose woman, expert in attraction and wise in secret arts, who takes nations in the net of her false ways, and families through her secret arts.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


simplify: God do so unto the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light so much as one man-child.

May God's punishment be on David, if when morning comes there is so much as one male of his people still living.


rate difficulty: Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.

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


simplify: Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

You overcome him for ever, and he is gone; his face is changed in death, and you send him away.


simplify: Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

Those who went after us were quicker than the eagles of the heaven, driving us before them on the mountains, waiting secretly for us in the waste land.


simplify: And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.

So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.


simplify: But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea,

And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,


simplify: At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

At that time the armies of Nebuchadnezzar came up to Jerusalem and the town was shut in on every side.


simplify: There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.


simplify: I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

I give praise to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So with my mind I am a servant to the law of God, but with my flesh to the law of sin.


rate difficulty: knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible [things, as] silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from [your] fathers,

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


simplify: Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.


rate difficulty: and thou hast halved the prey between those handling the battle who go out to the host and all the company;


simplify: I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;

I give praise to God that not one of you had baptism from me, but Crispus and Gaius;


simplify: And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

And Simon Peter made answer and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.


rate difficulty: And thou hast declared this day how that thou hast dealt well with me, forasmuch as when Jehovah had delivered me up into thy hand, thou killedst me not.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.


simplify: And he exerciseth all the authority of the first beast in his sight. And he maketh the earth and them that dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose death-stroke was healed.

And he makes use of all the authority of the first beast before his eyes. And he makes the earth and those who are in it give worship to the first beast, whose death-wound was made well.


simplify: For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

For the day of the Lord is coming quickly on all nations: as you have done it will be done to you; the reward of your acts will come on your head.


simplify: And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the Lord will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

And if the family of Egypt does not go up or come there, they will be attacked by the disease which the Lord will send on the nations:


rate difficulty: Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

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


simplify: He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; Buthe that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.


simplify: David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.


simplify: What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

What example am I to give you? what comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your destruction is great like the sea: who is able to make you well?


rate difficulty: and bringeth in the priests and the Levites, and gathereth them to the broad place to the east.

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


simplify: And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.

And from the copy King Ahaz sent from Damascus, Urijah made an altar and had it ready by the time King Ahaz came back from Damascus.


rate difficulty: The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

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


simplify: and we think it good from thee to hear what thou dost think, for, indeed, concerning this sect it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against;'

But we will be glad to hear from you what your views are, for, with regard to this sect, we are well aware that it is spoken against on all sides.”


simplify: Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah;


simplify: And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

One at one end and one at the other; the winged ones are to be part of the cover.


simplify: How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove?

How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?


simplify: I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:

“I have been congratulating myself, King Agrippa,” he said, “that it is before you that I have to make my defense today, with regard to all the charges brought against me by my own people,


simplify: Then understood they that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.


rate difficulty: And when the messenger who is speaking to Cornelius went away, having called two of his domestics, and a pious soldier of those waiting on him continually,

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


simplify: Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

For this cause the earth is given up to the curse, and those in it are judged as sinners: for this cause those living on the earth are burned up, and the rest are small in number.


rate difficulty: Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

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


rate difficulty: To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

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


simplify: How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

What sounds of pain come from the beasts! the herds of cattle are at a loss because there is no grass for them; even the flocks of sheep are no longer to be seen.


simplify: Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.


simplify: That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.


simplify: And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden.

And there came to them the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the evening wind: and the man and his wife went to a secret place among the trees of the garden, away from the eyes of the Lord God.


rate difficulty: Because he considereth, and turneth from all his transgressions which he hath committed, he shall certainly live, he shall not die.

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


simplify: That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

So that with one mouth you may give glory to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.


simplify: I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

So I say, Has God put his people on one side? Let there be no such thought. For I am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.


simplify: In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks again pass under the hands of him that numbereth them, saith Jehovah.

In the towns of the hill-country, in the towns of the lowland, and in the towns of the South and in the land of Benjamin and in the country round Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah, the flocks will again go under the hand of him who is numbering them, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples of these abominations? wouldest thou not be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor any to escape?

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


simplify: As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;


simplify: And the woman of Tekoa said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house; and the king and his throne be guiltless.

And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, My lord, O king, may the sin be on me and on my family, and may the king and the seat of his kingdom be clear of sin!


simplify: And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.

And again there was war at Gath, where there was a very tall man, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on his hands and six toes on his feet; he was one of the offspring of the Rephaim.


simplify: And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

And Joseph said, Give me your cattle; I will give you grain in exchange for your cattle if your money is all gone.


rate difficulty: and the statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods:

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


simplify: He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.

Then he took up Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and went back till he came to the edge of Jordan.


simplify: What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

What then will the master of the garden do? He will come and put the workmen to death, and will give the garden into the hands of others.


simplify: I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.

Let me go through all your flock today, taking out from among them all the sheep which are marked or coloured or black, and all the marked or coloured goats: these will be my payment.


rate difficulty: for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.

His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.


rate difficulty: And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death.

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


simplify: For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.


simplify: for he who in these things is serving the Christ, <FI>is<Fi> acceptable to God and approved of men.

The person who serves the Christ in this way pleases God, and wins the approval of their fellows.


rate difficulty: And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.


simplify: Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.

Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.


simplify: And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

Immediately on leaving the synagogue, the Pharisees and the Herodians united in laying a plot against Jesus, to put him to death.


simplify: that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.

All the people went back to Joshua to the tent-circle at Makkedah in peace: and no one said a word against the children of Israel.


simplify: For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live.

For I have no pleasure in the death of him on whom death comes, says the Lord: be turned back then, and have life.


simplify: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will send unto him them that pour off, and they shall pour him off; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.

So truly, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send to him men who will have him turned over till there is no more wine in his vessels, and his wine-skins will be completely broken.


simplify: But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business;


rate difficulty: So with joy will you get water out of the springs of salvation.


rate difficulty: And if your father takes note of the fact that I am away, say, David made a request to me for himself that he might go to Beth-lehem, to his town: for it is the time when his family make their offering year by year.

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


rate difficulty: Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.


simplify: Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

Yet mercy was shown me for the express purpose that Christ Jesus might exhibit in my case, beyond all others, his exhaustless patience, as an example for those who were afterwards to believe on him and attain eternal life.


rate difficulty: And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying, `My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou.'


rate difficulty: The nations will see and be shamed because of all their strength; they will put their hands on their mouths, their ears will be stopped.


simplify: And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.

And I will make them come and be living in Jerusalem and they will be to me a people and I will be to them a God, in good faith and in righteousness.


rate difficulty: And they never said, Where is the Lord, who took us up out of the land of Egypt; who was our guide through the waste of sand, through an unplanted land full of deep holes, through a dry land of deep shade, which no one went through and where no man was living?

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


simplify: And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.

And Eliphaz, the son of Esau, had connection with a woman named Timna, who gave birth to Amalek: all these were the children of Esau's wife Adah.


simplify: To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,


rate difficulty: But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

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


simplify: Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Do not let anyone deceive you with specious arguments. Those are the sins that bring down the wrath of God on the disobedient.


rate difficulty: Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: but to be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we might do service to Jehovah before him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in future, Ye have no portion in Jehovah.

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


simplify: That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

so that, God willing, I may be able to come to you with a joyful heart, and enjoy some rest among you.


simplify: and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;

And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with wind instruments;


simplify: because, as the sufferings of the Christ do abound to us, so through the Christ doth abound also our comfort;

It is true that we have our full share of the sufferings of the Christ, but through the Christ we have also our full share of consolation.


simplify: But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.

But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.


simplify: Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy mouth is comely. Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.

Your red lips are like a bright thread, and your mouth is fair of form; the sides of your head are like pomegranate fruit under your veil.


simplify: Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.

Then give ear in heaven, and let the sin of your people Israel have forgiveness, and take them back again into the land which you gave to their fathers.


rate difficulty: But we will not glory beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the province which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even unto you.

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


simplify: Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headtires are come down, even the crown of your glory.

Say to the king and to the queen-mother, Make yourselves low, be seated on the earth: for the crown of your glory has come down from your heads.


simplify: And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she pressed him sore; and she told the riddle to the children of her people.

And all the seven days of the feast she went on weeping over him; and on the seventh day he gave her the answer, because she gave him no peace; and she sent word of it to the children of her people.


rate difficulty: Choose thee, either three years of famine, or three months to be destroyed before thine adversaries while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee, or three days the sword of Jehovah and the pestilence in the land, and the angel of Jehovah destroying through all the borders of Israel. And now consider what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: So when his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were exceeding sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.

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


rate difficulty: And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore should he be put to death? what hath he done?

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


simplify: For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

For I will take you out from among the nations, and get you together from all the countries, and take you into your land.


simplify: The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord.

The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, It will not be.


simplify: And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

Then Ben-hadad sent to him, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if there is enough of the dust of Samaria for all the people at my feet to take some in their hands.


simplify: And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.

And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.


simplify: Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?

Did the gods of the nations keep safe those on whom my fathers sent destruction, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?


simplify: Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.

and delivered the letter, the reading of which caused great rejoicing by its encouraging contents.


simplify: But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.


simplify: And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije–abarim, in the border of Moab.

And they went on from Oboth, and put up their tents in Iye-abarim at the edge of Moab.


simplify: And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

So they went quickly, and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in a manger;


simplify: One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

Placing one at one end and one at the other; the winged ones were part of the cover.


rate difficulty: A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

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


simplify: But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.

But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.


simplify: Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?

Will you put sharp-pointed irons into his skin, or fish-spears into his head?


simplify: The caravansthat travelby the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.

The camel-trains go out of their way; they go up into the waste and come to destruction.


simplify: But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I made a protest against him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.


simplify: And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. And I, said Ahab, will let thee go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.

And Ben-hadad said to him, The towns my father took from your father I will give back; and you may make streets for yourself in Damascus as my father did in Samaria. And as for me, at the price of this agreement you will let me go. So he made an agreement with him and let him go.


simplify: Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.

And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.


simplify: Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;


simplify: And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

And Jezebel will become food for the dogs in the heritage of Jezreel, and there will be no one to put her body into the earth. Then, opening the door, he went in flight.


simplify: Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.


rate difficulty: “I will give you all this power, and the splendor of them; for it has been given into my hands and I give it to whom I wish.

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


simplify: And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.

“Yes, Master,” she said, “for even dogs do feed on the scraps that fall from their owners’ table.”


simplify: Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain, saith Jehovah; you that say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

See, I am against you, you who are living on the rock of the valley, says the Lord; you who say, Who will come down against us? or who will get into our houses?


simplify: and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not have faith, your kingdom will be broken.


rate difficulty: For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

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


rate difficulty: Then Peter, surrounded by the eleven other apostles, stood up, and, raising his voice, addressed the crowd. “People of Judea,” he began, “and all you who are staying in Jerusalem, let me tell you what this means. Mark well my words.


simplify: And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.

And the ass saw the angel of the Lord and went down on the earth under Balaam; and full of wrath, Balaam gave her hard blows with his stick.


simplify: Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.

But Pharaoh said to him, What have you been short of while you have been with me, that you are desiring to go back to your country? And he said, Nothing; but even so, send me back.


rate difficulty: And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.

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simplify: Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

You may not do any sort of work: this is an order for ever through all your generations wherever you may be living.


rate difficulty: Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

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


rate difficulty: And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

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


simplify: Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

And on the back of the doors and on the pillars you have put your sign: for you have been false to me with another; you have made your bed wide, and made an agreement with them; you had a desire for their bed where you saw it


rate difficulty: then answering, Jesus said to her, `O woman, great <FI>is<Fi> thy faith, let it be to thee as thou wilt;' and her daughter was healed from that hour.

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


rate difficulty: And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians; and when they were come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there.

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


simplify: But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark.


rate difficulty: And five for the boards on the other side of the House, and five for the boards at the back, on the west.

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


rate difficulty: And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.

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


simplify: And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.

And the priest is to see him again on the seventh day; if it is increased in the skin, then the priest will say that he is unclean: it is the leper's disease.


simplify: For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:


simplify: And as for the rest of the tribes: from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin, one portion.

And as for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side: Benjamin, one part.


rate difficulty: Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

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


simplify: And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

Some time after this, Paul said to Barnabas: “Let us go back and visit the Lord's followers in every town in which we have told the Lord’s message, and see how they are prospering.”


simplify: chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are the chiefs that came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.

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


rate difficulty: At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.


simplify: Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?


simplify: Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.

And he took me out into the outer square and made me go by the four angles of the square; and I saw that in every angle of the open square there was a space shut in.


rate difficulty: and they having requested <FI>him<Fi> to remain a longer time with them, he did not consent,

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


simplify: In like manner also there are good works that are evident; and such as are otherwise cannot be hid.

In the same way, there are good works which are clearly seen; and those which are not so, may not be kept secret.


rate difficulty: And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

And there was war again: and David went out fighting the Philistines, causing great destruction among them; and they went in flight before him.


rate difficulty: And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.


simplify: And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab and his servants and all Israel with him; and they made waste the land of the children of Ammon, and took up their position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: of which I was myself appointed a herald and apostle, and teacher.


simplify: Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.

That was why I did not even venture to come to you myself; but speak, and let my manservant be cured.


simplify: Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,

Truly, God does all these things to man, twice and three times,


simplify: `Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?

Or again, what woman who has ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?


rate difficulty: Blessed the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.


simplify: And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill-country of Ephraim.

Then the death of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, took place; and his body was put in the earth in the hill of Phinehas his son, which had been given to him in the hill-country of Ephraim.


rate difficulty: And David cometh in unto Ornan, and Ornan looketh attentively, and seeth David, and goeth out from the threshing-floor, and boweth himself to David--face to the earth.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And when she saw that Ruth was strong in her purpose to go with her she said no more.

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


simplify: But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.

But Zion said, The Lord has given me up, I have gone from his memory.


rate difficulty: And when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the columns, and hewed down the Asherahs, and demolished the high places and the altars in all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. And all the children of Israel returned every man to his possession, into their cities.

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


simplify: Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

Now the older son was in the field: and when he came near the house, the sounds of music and dancing came to his ears.


rate difficulty: And there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.


rate difficulty: Then shall the trees of the forest sing out at the presence of Jehovah, For he cometh to judge the earth.

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


rate difficulty: `And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute--

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


rate difficulty: Swifter than leopards have been its horses, And sharper than evening wolves, And increased have its horsemen, Even its horsemen from afar come in, They fly as an eagle, hasting to consume.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;


rate difficulty: Jehovah will bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days which have not come since the day when Ephraim turned away from Judah — [even] the king of Assyria.

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


rate difficulty: And this will be the sign to you, which will come on Hophni and Phinehas, your sons; death will overtake them on the same day.

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


rate difficulty: And they that had taken Jesus led him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

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


simplify: but not even Titus, who <FI>is<Fi> with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised--

Yet even my companion, Titus, though a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised.


rate difficulty: As to the Gentiles who have become believers in Christ, we have sent our decision that they should avoid food offered to idols, and blood, and the flesh of strangled animals, and impurity.”


simplify: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

while on her forehead there was written this mystic name — ‘BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF ALL IDOLATROUS ABOMINATIONS on EARTH.’


rate difficulty: Then the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who were responsible for getting the work done on the Lord's house, and with it they got wall-builders and woodworkers and metal-workers to put the house of the Lord in good order again.

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


simplify: and Solomon built Him an house.

But it was Solomon who built a house for God.


rate difficulty: Then some of the scribes and Pharisees, hearing this, said to him, Master, we are looking for a sign from you.

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


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

And the sixth let what was in his vessel come out on the great river Euphrates; and it became dry, so that the way might be made ready for the kings from the east.


simplify: For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.


simplify: O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!


simplify: And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.

And the priests and Levites who were in all Israel came together to him from every part of their country.


simplify: But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

But he let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.


rate difficulty: And the city shall be accursed, it and all that is in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

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


simplify: And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther put Mordecai over the family of Haman.


rate difficulty: Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

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


simplify: Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

(But even Judah did not keep the orders of the Lord their God, but were guided by the rules which Israel had made.


simplify: that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth,

So that at the name of Jesus every knee may be bent, of those in heaven and those on earth and those in the underworld,


simplify: How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.

How long will you go on turning this way and that, O wandering daughter? for the Lord has made a new thing on the earth, a woman changed into a man.


rate difficulty: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

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


rate difficulty: My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.


simplify: And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.

And they had edges all round as wide as a man's hand: and on the tables was the flesh of the offerings.


simplify: And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and Jehovah hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret from me, and has not given me word of it.


rate difficulty: showing mercy to our forefathers, And mindful of his sacred covenant.


simplify: let him know that he who did turn back a sinner from the straying of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

be sure that the person who brings a sinner back from their mistaken ways will save that person’s soul from death, and throw a veil over countless sins.


simplify: And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken out the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plastered;

And if the disease comes out again in the house after he has taken out the stones and after the walls have been rubbed and the new paste put on,


rate difficulty: because that he many times with fetters and chains had been bound, and pulled in pieces by him had been the chains, and the fetters broken in pieces, and none was able to tame him,

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


rate difficulty: Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.


rate difficulty: And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,

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


simplify: When Ephraim spake, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

When the words of my law came from Ephraim, he was lifted up in Israel; but when he did evil through the Baal, death overtook him.


rate difficulty: They were Simon (whom Jesus also named Peter), and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,


rate difficulty: Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

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


simplify: If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

If thieves came, attacking you by night, (how are you cut off!) would they not go on taking till they had enough? if men came cutting your grapes would they take them all?


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

To keep the word untouched by evil, clear from all shame, till the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ:


rate difficulty: And, having dismissed the crowds, he went on board ship and came to the borders of Magadan.

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


simplify: But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cesarea.

But Philip was found at Ashdod, and, as he went on his way, he told the good news in all the towns through which he passed, until he came to Caesarea.


rate difficulty: and on the seventh day a holy convocation ye have, ye do no servile work.

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


simplify: Be strong and of good courage, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him; for there is a greater with us than with him:

Be strong and take heart; have no fear, and do not be troubled on account of the king of Assyria and all the great army with him: for there is a greater with us.


simplify: and he upon the house-top, let him not come down to the house, nor come in to take anything out of his house;

and a person on the house-top must not go down, or go in to get anything out of their house:


rate difficulty: And Jonathan saith to him, `To-morrow <FI>is<Fi> new moon, and thou hast been looked after, for thy seat is looked after;

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan. And all Israel went over on dry ground, until all the nation had completely gone over the Jordan.

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


simplify: For I--I received from the Lord that which also I did deliver to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread,

For I myself received from the Lord the account which I have in turn given to you — how the Lord Jesus, on the very night of his betrayal, took some bread,


simplify: Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.

Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.


rate difficulty: Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

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


simplify: and if the Adversary doth cast out the Adversary, against himself he was divided, how then doth his kingdom stand?

So, if Satan drives Satan out, he must be divided against himself; and how, then, can his kingdom last?


rate difficulty: that beholding they may behold and not see, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest it may be, they should be converted and they should be forgiven.

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


simplify: And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

And the men went on from there in the direction of Sodom; and Abraham went with them on their way.


simplify: And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.

And a man of Benjamin went running from the fight and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothing out of order and earth on his head.


simplify: In the first day shall be a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work;

On the first day there is to be a holy meeting: you may do no sort of field-work:


simplify: And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou sayest; for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a worthy woman.

And now, my daughter, have no fear; I will do for you whatever you say: for it is clear to all my townspeople that you are a woman of virtue.


simplify: and he had in his hand a little scroll opened, and he did place his right foot upon the sea, and the left upon the land,

in his hand he held a little book open. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land;


simplify: And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

And he made offerings, burning them in the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.


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

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


rate difficulty: By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

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


simplify: Jehovah of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with the canker-worm; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.

The Lord of armies has taken an oath by himself, saying, Truly, I will make you full with men as with locusts, and their voices will be loud against you.


simplify: And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

Among them was a woman, named Lydia, belonging to Thyatira, a dealer in purple cloth, who was accustomed to join in the worship of God. The Lord touched this woman’s heart, so that she gave attention to the message delivered by Paul,


simplify: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad.


rate difficulty: And these are the names of the children which he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

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


simplify: And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

And they made signs to his father, to say what name was to be given to him.


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.

but the cares of life, and the glamour of wealth, and cravings for many other things come in and completely choke the message, so that it gives no return.


simplify: And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

And they said, How is the rest of Benjamin to be given offspring so that one tribe of Israel may not be put out of existence,


rate difficulty: For every mother's first son among the children of Israel is mine, the first male birth of man or beast: on the day when I sent death on all the first sons in the land of Egypt, I made them mine.

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


simplify: Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

Then the Lord had a care for the honour of his land and had pity on his people.


simplify: And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one buckler.

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


rate difficulty: The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:


simplify: And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:

As Jesus was getting near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside, begging.


rate difficulty: And this she did for many days. But Paul, being sore troubled, turned and said to the spirit, I charge thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.

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


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.

Then the Temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark containing his covenant was seen in his Temple; and there followed ‘flashes of lightning, cries, peals of thunder,’ an earthquake, and ‘a great storm of hail.’


simplify: I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.

And be increased in number like the buds of the field; and you were increased and became great, and you came to the time of love: your breasts were formed and your hair was long; but you were uncovered and without clothing.


simplify: Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?

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


rate difficulty: And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and abide there, and go not forth thence anywhere.

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


simplify: And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

And, in my vision, I heard an eagle flying in mid-heaven and crying in a loud voice — ‘Woe, woe, woe for all who live on the earth, at the other trumpet-blasts of the three angels who have yet to blow.’


rate difficulty: These are the statutes and ordinances and laws which Jehovah made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai, by the hand of Moses.

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


rate difficulty: And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which had been in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

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


rate difficulty: And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

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


rate difficulty: It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted; let that glory be enough for you, and keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

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


simplify: `Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and to prison thou mayest be cast,

Be ready to make friends with your opponent, even when you meet them on your way to the court; otherwise they might hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the judicial officer, and you will be thrown into prison.


rate difficulty: And Peter answereth and saith to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

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


rate difficulty: I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it: ye shall not prolong your days on it, but shall be utterly destroyed.

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


simplify: And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

And he sent stones at David and at all the king's servants and at all the people and at all the men of war by his side, on the right hand and on the left.


simplify: And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the Lord: to day ye shall not find it in the field.

And Moses said, Make your meal today of what you have, for this day is a Sabbath to the Lord: today you will not get any in the fields.


simplify: And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God.

Then they took in the ark of God and put it inside the tent which David had put up for it; and they made offerings, burned offerings and peace-offerings before God.


simplify: And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.


rate difficulty: Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took away to Babylon as prisoners, all the rest of the workmen who were still in the town, as well as those who had given themselves up to him, and all the rest of the people.

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


rate difficulty: And God helpeth him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who are dwelling in Gur-Baal and the Mehunim.

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


simplify: For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

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


rate difficulty: And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son, came down for the purpose of meeting the king; his feet had not been cared for or his hair cut or his clothing washed from the day when the king went away till the day when he came back in peace.

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


rate difficulty: and the man goeth to the land of the Hittites, and buildeth a city, and calleth its name Luz--it <FI>is<Fi> its name unto this day.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: said unto them, `Ye brought to me this man as perverting the people, and lo, I before you having examined, found in this man no fault in those things ye bring forward against him;

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.


simplify: And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.

And David said to Joab and all the people who were with him, Go in grief and put haircloth about you, in sorrow for Abner. And King David went after the dead body.


simplify: If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

If all the body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If it were all hearing, where would the sense of smell be?


simplify: But ye shall be named the priests of Jehovah; men shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

But you will be named the priests of the Lord, the servants of our God: you will have the wealth of the nations for your food, and you will be clothed with their glory.


simplify: Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken;


simplify: Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:

David said to him, If you go on with me, you will be a trouble to me:


rate difficulty: with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen. And the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.

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


rate difficulty: Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

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


rate difficulty: For the number of your gods is as the number of your towns, O Judah; and for every street in Jerusalem you have put up altars to the Baal for burning perfumes to the Baal.


rate difficulty: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.

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


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

Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you, Beth-saida! For if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have been turned from their sins in days gone by, clothing themselves in haircloth and putting dust on their heads.


simplify: And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.

And the Lord did as Moses said, and took away the cloud of flies from Pharaoh and from his servants and from his people; not one was to be seen.


simplify: In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

under all circumstances give thanks to God. For this is his will for you as made known in Christ Jesus.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah seeth that Leah <FI>is<Fi> the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel <FI>is<Fi> barren;

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Who gave you the knowledge that you were without clothing? Have you taken of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take?

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


simplify: Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.


rate difficulty: and to bring in the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of Jehovah,

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


simplify: To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

Go down against them tomorrow: see, they are coming up by the slope of Ziz; at the end of the valley, before the waste land of Jeruel, you will come face to face with them.


rate difficulty: that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray,

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


simplify: Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.

For this reason the law is feeble and decisions are not effected: for the upright man is circled round by evil-doers; because of which right is twisted.


rate difficulty: All of them holding sword, taught of battle, Each his sword by his thigh, for fear at night.


simplify: `He who is faithful in the least, <FI>is<Fi> also faithful in much; and he who in the least <FI>is<Fi> unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

The person who is trustworthy in the smallest matter is trustworthy in a great one also; and the person who is dishonest in the smallest matter is dishonest in a great one also.


simplify: As many as are servants under a yoke, their own masters worthy of all honour let them reckon, that the name of God and the teaching may not be evil spoken of;

All who are in the position of slaves should regard their masters as deserving of the greatest respect, so that the name of God, and our teaching, may not be maligned.