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

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


simplify: yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

Still, to go on in the flesh is more necessary because of you.


simplify: We have known that every one who hath been begotten of God doth not sin, but he who was begotten of God doth keep himself, and the evil one doth not touch him;

We know that no one who has received the new life from God lives in sin. No, the person who has received the new life from God keeps the thought of God in their heart, and then the evil one does not touch them.


rate difficulty: Mine anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the he-goats; for Jehovah of hosts visiteth his flock, the house of Judah, and maketh them as his majestic horse in the battle.

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


rate difficulty: And sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

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


rate difficulty: — And the sons of Jehalleleel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asareel.


simplify: What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the Lord?

What will you do on the day of worship, and on the day of the feast of the Lord?


simplify: And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, that knew not Jehovah, nor yet the work which he had wrought for Israel.

And in time death overtook all that generation; and another generation came after them, having no knowledge of the Lord or of the things which he had done for Israel.


rate difficulty: In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.

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


simplify: And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

And the Lord said to him, This is the land about which I made an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, I will give it to your seed: now I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not go in there.


rate difficulty: But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the Lord, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.

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


simplify: And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.

On my arrival, I will send any persons, whom you may authorize by letter, to carry your gift to Jerusalem;


rate difficulty: And he was preaching in their synagogues, in all Galilee, and is casting out the demons,

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


rate difficulty: For thus saith Jehovah concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land:

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


simplify: Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.

Every day for seven days give an offering made by fire to the Lord; and on the eighth day there is to be a holy meeting, when you are to give an offering made by fire to the Lord; this is a special holy day: you may do no field-work on that day.


rate difficulty: The pain of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:

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


simplify: But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

But what if our wrong-doing makes God’s righteousness all the clearer? Will God be wrong in inflicting punishment? (I can but speak as a person.) Heaven forbid!


rate difficulty: And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed, he said to set them also before <FI>them<Fi> ;

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


simplify: Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,


simplify: Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.


simplify: Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord.

Now the sons of Eli were evil and good-for-nothing men, having no knowledge of the Lord.


simplify: And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

And nothing unclean may come into it, or anyone whose works are cursed or false; but only those whose names are in the Lamb's book of life.


rate difficulty: As a consequence, many of them became believers in Christ, besides a considerable number of Greek women of position, and of men also.

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


simplify: These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

Those who were numbered of the children of Israel were six hundred and one thousand, seven hundred and thirty.


rate difficulty: A fountain of life <FI>is<Fi> the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

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


simplify: And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

He took up his position and in a loud voice said to the armies of Israel, Why have you come out to make war? Am I not a Philistine and you servants of Saul? Send out a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.


simplify: To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.


rate difficulty: ... the son of Hesed in Arubboth; Socoh and all the land of Hepher were under his control;

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


rate difficulty: And one of the doctors of the law answering says to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou insultest us also.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehoshaphat dwelt in Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back to Jehovah theGod of their fathers.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to David my father, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

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


simplify: And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

But the king of Ai they made prisoner, and took him to Joshua.


rate difficulty: and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them and Korah, in the death of the company, in the fire consuming the two hundred and fifty men, and they become a sign;

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


simplify: And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

Moreover these signs will attend those who believe. In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak with ‘tongues’;


simplify: yes, also of nations; since one <FI>is<Fi> God who shall declare righteous the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through the faith.

Yes, of the Gentiles also, since there is only one God, and he will pronounce those who are circumcised righteous as the result of faith, and also those who are uncircumcised on their showing the same faith.


rate difficulty: And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

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


simplify: Lo, I come quickly; happy <FI>is<Fi> he who is keeping the words of the prophecy of this scroll.'

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


simplify: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.


rate difficulty: And Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

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


rate difficulty: Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, and Him thou dost serve, and by His name thou dost swear;

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


simplify: But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

But against the children of Israel, man or beast, not so much as the tongue of a dog will be moved: so that you may see how the Lord makes a division between Israel and the Egyptians.


rate difficulty: And they shall bring up an assemblage against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

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


simplify: For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,


simplify: And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord: possess thou the west and the south.

And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, made glad with grace and full of the blessing of the Lord: the sea and its fishes will be his.


simplify: We love him, because he first loved us.


rate difficulty: You ought, rather, to say ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.’

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

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


rate difficulty: Peter saith to him, `From the strangers.' Jesus said to him, `Then are the sons free;

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


simplify: And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

So he said, Get me a new vessel, and put salt in it; and they took it to him.


simplify: ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens is perfect.

You, then, must become perfect — as your heavenly Father is perfect.


simplify: And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.

And Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders got them at a price from Kue.


rate difficulty: And among birds these are to be disgusting to you, and not to be used for food: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;

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


rate difficulty: They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.


simplify: And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her.

And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.


simplify: and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

And crying out to Lot, they said, Where are the men who came to your house this night? Send them out to us, so that we may take our pleasure with them.


rate difficulty: And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

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


simplify: to fulfil the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths: for as long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

So that the words of the Lord, which he said by the mouth of Jeremiah, might come true, till the land had had pleasure in her Sabbaths; for as long as she was waste the land kept the Sabbath, till seventy years were complete.


simplify: And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

Then he said, Get me a sword. So they went and put a sword before the king.


simplify: And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.

And he did not let anyone come with him, but Peter and James and John, the brother of James.


rate difficulty: And, when you pray, you are not to behave as hypocrites do. They like to pray standing in the Synagogues and at the corners of the streets, so that people will see them. There, I tell you, is their reward!


rate difficulty: And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

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


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

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


simplify: Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

Yes, and we are being proved to have borne false testimony about God; for we testified of God that he raised the Christ, whom he did not raise, if, indeed, the dead do not rise!


rate difficulty: The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.


simplify: And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.

So six hundred men of the Danites from Zorah and Eshtaol went out armed with instruments of war.


simplify: Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

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


rate difficulty: Sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee and bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries; and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father.

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


simplify: Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

Circumcision is nothing; the want of it is nothing; but to keep the commands of God is everything.


simplify: The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.


simplify: For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

And there was a time when I was living without the law: but when the law gave its orders, sin came to life and put me to death;


rate difficulty: The watchmen who go round about the city, Found me, smote me, wounded me, Keepers of the walls lifted up my veil from off me.

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


rate difficulty: And the woman, seeing that she was not hid, came trembling, and falling down before him declared before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was immediately healed.

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


simplify: And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.

And put up the hangings forming the open space all round it, with the curtain over its doorway.


simplify: Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.

The soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took charge of Paul and conducted him by night to Antipatris;


simplify: And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it thou, my lord Elijah?

And while Obadiah was on his way, he came face to face with Elijah; and seeing who it was, he went down on his face and said, Is it you, my lord Elijah?


rate difficulty: And he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehoiada the priest giveth to the heads of the hundreds the spears, and the shields, and the bucklers that <FI>are<Fi> king David's, that <FI>are<Fi> in the house of God;

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


rate difficulty: O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

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


simplify: And a messenger of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, `Arise, and go on toward the south, on the way that is going down from Jerusalem to Gaza,' --this is desert.

Meanwhile an angel of the Lord had said to Philip: “Set out on a journey southwards, along the road that runs down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (It is now deserted).


rate difficulty: Hard against Me have been your words, Said Jehovah, and ye have said: `What have we spoken against Thee?'

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


rate difficulty: And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

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


simplify: Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?


rate difficulty: but I saw none other of the apostles, but James the brother of the Lord.


simplify: There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.


simplify: from which certain, having swerved, did turn aside to vain discourse,

And it is because they have not aimed at these things that the attention of certain people has been diverted to unprofitable subjects.


rate difficulty: Bow and halbert they seize, Cruel <FI>are<Fi> they, and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea soundeth, and on horses they ride, Set in array as a man for battle, Against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

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


rate difficulty: And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

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


simplify: and hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbor’s wife, neither hath come near to a woman in her impurity,

And has not taken flesh with the blood for food, or given worship to the images of the children of Israel; if he has not had connection with his neighbour's wife, or come near to a woman at the time when she is unclean;


rate difficulty: Who is he that gets the victory over the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son ofGod?

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


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

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


simplify: And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.

And every day Mordecai took his walk before the square of the women's house, to see how Esther was and what would be done to her.


simplify: Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.

So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.


simplify: Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were a hundred seventy and two.

In addition the door-keepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers who kept watch at the doors, were a hundred and seventy-two.


simplify: Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,


simplify: Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;


simplify: Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

And the wind, lifting me up, took me to the east doorway of the Lord's house, looking to the east: and at the door I saw twenty-five men; and among them I saw Jaazaniah, the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, rulers of the people.


simplify: And the porch that was before the house, the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

And the covered way in front of the house was twenty cubits long, as wide as the house, and a hundred and twenty cubits high, all plated inside with the best gold.


simplify: Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,

Have you not put the question to the travellers, and do you not take note of their experience?


simplify: And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.


simplify: Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant’s sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;

But I will not take the kingdom from him; I will let him be king all the days of his life, because of David my servant, in whom I took delight because he kept my orders and my laws.


rate difficulty: So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for nothing like this had been seen in Jerusalem from the time of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince’s, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.

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


rate difficulty: Now, why dost thou shout aloud? A king--is there none in thee? Hath thy counsellor perished, That taken hold of thee hath pain as a travailing woman?

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


rate difficulty: He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.

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


simplify: and Jesus answering said to them, `Give back the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;' and they did wonder at him.

and Jesus replied: “Pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and to God what belongs to God.”And they wondered at him.


rate difficulty: and Caleb saith, `He who smiteth Kirjath-Sepher--and hath captured it--then I have given to him Achsah my daughter for a wife.'

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


simplify: Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?


rate difficulty: `For ye brought these men, who are neither temple-robbers nor speaking evil of your goddess;

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


simplify: The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.

The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.


simplify: in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;


rate difficulty: But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.

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


rate difficulty: Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

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


rate difficulty: But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.


simplify: And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began to say unto him every one, Is it I, Lord?

And they were very said, and said to him, one by one, Is it I, Lord?


simplify: In those days the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

In those days the Lord first sent against Judah, Rezin, the king of Aram, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah.


rate difficulty: And it hath come to pass, in the drawing nearing of any one to bow himself to him, that he hath put forth his hand, and laid hold on him, and given a kiss to him;

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


simplify: Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.

Then the five men went on their way and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, living without thought of danger, like the Zidonians, quiet and safe; for they had everything on earth for their needs, and they were far from the Zidonians and had no business with Aram.


rate difficulty: For the daughters of Moab will be like wandering birds, like a place from which the young birds have gone in flight, at the ways across the Arnon.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

“Come by yourselves privately to some lonely spot,”he said, “and rest for a while”— for there were so many people coming and going that they had not time even to eat.


simplify: And there accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

And Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus, and Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia, went with him as far as Asia.


rate difficulty: Then they gave the men soup from the pot. And while they were drinking the soup, they gave a cry, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot; and they were not able to take any more food.


simplify: And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

and, when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And so it came about that, for a whole year, they attended the meetings of the church there, and taught a large number of people; and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called ‘Christians.’


rate difficulty: And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tent of meeting: and all the congregation drew near and stood before Jehovah.

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rate difficulty: And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy fathers’ house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

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


rate difficulty: And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.


simplify: And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.


simplify: And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him:

And if a man does damage to his neighbour, as he has done, so let it be done to him;


simplify: a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;


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

For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.


simplify: Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah, in the land of Saul.


rate difficulty: And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

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


rate difficulty: `Woe to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary--is debtor!


simplify: But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

But the land on the outskirts of their towns may not be exchanged for money, for it is their property for ever.


simplify: And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

And once, when he had gathered them together, he charged them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the fulfillment of the Father’s promise — “that promise,”he said, “of which you have heard me speak;


simplify: `All things were delivered up to me by my Father, and no one doth know who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal <FI>Him<Fi> .'

Everything has been committed to me by my Father; nor does anyone know who the Son is, except the Father, or who the Father is, except the Son and those to whom the Son may choose to reveal him.”


simplify: All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

All evil-doing is sin: but death is not the punishment for every sort of sin.


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

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


rate difficulty: And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, make known unto them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the egresses thereof, and the entrances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof; and write it in their sight; that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.

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


rate difficulty: I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.


simplify: Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:

So now let my lord send to his servants the grain and the oil and the wine as my lord has said;


simplify: The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

The Lord God has taken an oath by himself, says the Lord, the God of armies: the pride of Jacob is disgusting to me, and I have hate for his great houses: so I will give up the town with everything in it.


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

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


rate difficulty: And all the tribes of Israel come unto David, to Hebron, and speak, saying, `Lo, we <FI>are<Fi> thy bone and thy flesh;

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


rate difficulty: And in the house the disciples put questions to him again about this thing.

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


rate difficulty: And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.


simplify: Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:

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


rate difficulty: And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

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


rate difficulty: And whomsoever he toucheth who hath the flux and hath not rinsed his hands in water — he shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

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


rate difficulty: Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

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


simplify: And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.

And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it.


rate difficulty: discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:

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


simplify: Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.


simplify: And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

and they had hair like the hair of a woman, their teeth were like lions’ teeth,


simplify: Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is brought upon me, Wherewith Jehovah hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

Come to me, all you who go by! Keep your eyes on me, and see if there is any pain like the pain of my wound, which the Lord has sent on me in the day of his burning wrath.


rate difficulty: Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.

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


rate difficulty: And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto Jehovah,

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


simplify: These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

These are the heritages which Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel gave out at Shiloh, by the decision of the Lord, at the door of the Tent of meeting. So the distribution of the land was complete.


rate difficulty: And they answered them and said, He is; behold, he is before thee: make haste now, for he came to-day to the city; for the people have a sacrifice to-day in the high place.

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


rate difficulty: Because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to put before him;

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


simplify: the cloak that I left in Troas with Carpus, coming, bring thou and the books--especially the parchments.

Bring with you, when you come, the cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments.


simplify: Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.

So he took them in for the night. And the day after, he went with them, taking some of the brothers from Joppa with him.


rate difficulty: Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

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


rate difficulty: (who also, when he was in Galilee, were following him, and were ministering to him,) and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: So, as I have done to Samaria and her images, I will do to Jerusalem and her images.


rate difficulty: And the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, and David smote of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: But Jehovah hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day.

But the Lord has taken you out of the flaming fire, out of Egypt, to be to him the people of his heritage, as you are today.


rate difficulty: But he who is united to the Lord is one spirit.


simplify: And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of some serious sexual sin, and marries another woman, is guilty of adultery.”


rate difficulty: And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly unto her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father’s house; and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

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


simplify: Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

You may not make cuts in your flesh in respect for the dead, or have marks printed on your bodies: I am the Lord.


simplify: but ye <FI>are<Fi> not so, but he who is greater among you--let him be as the younger; and he who is leading, as he who is ministering;

But with you it must not be so. No, let the greatest among you become like the youngest, and him who leads like him who serves.


simplify: And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,


simplify: He delivered me from my strong enemy, From them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

He made me free from my strong hater, from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.


simplify: And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.

And I gave orders to Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen what the Lord your God has done to these two kings: so will the Lord do to all the kingdoms into which you come.


simplify: Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

For this cause that field was named, The field of blood, to this day.


rate difficulty: And when I come, I will send the men of your selection with letters to take the money you have got together to Jerusalem.

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


simplify: Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

love bears with all things, every trustful, ever hopeful, ever patient.


simplify: And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,

And they were living at Beer-sheba and Moladah and Hazar-shual,


simplify: Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

But still he did the same sins which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do; he went on in them.


simplify: And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?

And he took off his clothing, acting like a prophet before Samuel, and falling down he was stretched out, without his clothing, all that day and all that night. This is the reason for the saying, Is even Saul among the prophets?


rate difficulty: Now the chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began to look for some way of putting Jesus to death; for they were afraid of him, since all the people were greatly impressed by his teaching.

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


rate difficulty: And I look attentively, and there is none helping, And I am astonished that there is none supporting, And give salvation to me doth mine own arm. And my wrath--it hath supported me.

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


rate difficulty: He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.

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


simplify: And they went from Hor–hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.

And they went on from Hor-haggidgad, and put up their tents in Jotbathah.


simplify: It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set upon them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.

It was supported on twelve oxen, with their back parts turned to the middle of it, three of them facing to the north, three to the west, three to the south, and three to the east; the vessel was resting on top of them.


simplify: Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

You, O Lord, are seated as King for ever; the seat of your power is eternal.


rate difficulty: At that time, certain Pharisees came to him and said, Go away from this place, because Herod's purpose is to put you to death.


rate difficulty: And this report went out in all Judaea concerning him, and in all the surrounding country.


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

This is what the Lord of armies has said: There will again be old men and old women seated in the open spaces of Jerusalem, every man with his stick in his hand because he is so old.


rate difficulty: And others said, It is Elias; and others said, It is a prophet, as one of the prophets.

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


simplify: And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.

And let them make division of it into seven parts: let Judah keep inside his limit on the south, and let the children of Joseph keep inside their limit on the north.


simplify: And reckonest thou this, O man, who judgest them that practise such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you?


rate difficulty: Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread; and in the seventh day is a feast to Jehovah.

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


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to Gad, David's seer, saying,


rate difficulty: In any cause, they are to be in the position of judges, judging in harmony with my decisions: they are to keep my laws and my rules in all my fixed feasts; and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.


simplify: The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.


rate difficulty: Not like these <FI>is<Fi> the Portion of Jacob, For framer of all things <FI>is<Fi> He, And Israel <FI>is<Fi> the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts <FI>is<Fi> His name.

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


rate difficulty: Elihu also proceeded, and said,

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


simplify: and they come unto Jesus, and see the demoniac, sitting, and clothed, and right-minded--him having had the legion--and they were afraid;

When they came to Jesus, they found the possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind — the man who had had the ‘Legion’ in him — and they were awe-struck.


rate difficulty: and thou hast made fifty hooks of brass, and hast brought in the hooks into the loops, and hast joined the tent, and it hath been one.

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


rate difficulty: Then did he release to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered <FI>him<Fi> up that he may be crucified;

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


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

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


simplify: And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he spake the word unto them.

And a great number had come together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he gave them teaching.


simplify: Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

What, then, you ask, was the use of the law? It was a later addition, to make people conscious of their wrong-doings, and intended to last only until the coming of that ‘offspring’ to whom the promise had been made; and it was delivered through angels by a mediator.


simplify: and afterward the continual burnt-offering, and the offerings of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of Jehovah that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill-offering unto Jehovah.

And after that, the regular burned offering and the offerings for the new moons and all the fixed feasts of the Lord which had been made holy, and the offering of everyone who freely gave his offering to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth; and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.

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


simplify: Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

Then Boaz said to his servant who was in authority over the cutters, Whose girl is this?


rate difficulty: Jehovah make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

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


rate difficulty: they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed all;

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


rate difficulty: If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

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


rate difficulty: And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

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


rate difficulty: And he said to them, Go into the town to such a man, and say to him, The Master says, My time is near: I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.


rate difficulty: and Joseph harnesseth his chariot, and goeth up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and appeareth unto him, and falleth on his neck, and weepeth on his neck again;

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


rate difficulty: and he taketh the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king, yea, the whole he hath taken; and he taketh all the shields of gold that Solomon made.

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


rate difficulty: They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

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


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

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


simplify: In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.

Strength is in his neck, and fear goes dancing before him.


rate difficulty: And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.

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


simplify: But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows

But what comparison may I make of this generation? It is like children seated in the market-places, crying out to one another,


rate difficulty: As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.

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


rate difficulty: Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

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


rate difficulty: In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.


rate difficulty: and then said to them: “Anyone who, for the sake of my name, welcomes even this little child is welcoming me; and anyone who welcomes me is welcoming him who sent me as his messenger. For whoever is least among you all — that person is great.”


simplify: Hear, O ye mountains, Jehovah’s controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.

Give ear, O you mountains, to the Lord's cause, and take note, you bases of the earth: for the Lord has a cause against his people, and he will take it up with Israel.


rate difficulty: Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and burning rushes.

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


simplify: And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.


rate difficulty: But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

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


simplify: For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

Was not your sister Sodom an oath in your mouth in the day of your pride,


rate difficulty: And the removed of this force of the sons of Israel, That <FI>is with<Fi> the Canaanites unto Zarephat, And the removed of Jerusalem that <FI>is<Fi> with the Sepharad, Possess the cities of the south.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)

But the righteousness which is of faith says these words, Say not in your heart, Who will go up to heaven? (that is, to make Christ come down:)


simplify: Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

Never return injury for injury. Aim at doing what everyone will recognize as honorable.


simplify: When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

And the disciples, hearing this, were greatly surprised, saying, Who then may have salvation?


simplify: It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, Where is strong drink?

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?


simplify: And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

And Israel, stretching out his right hand, put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands on purpose, for Manasseh was the older.


rate difficulty: The elder to [the] elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only but also all who have known the truth,

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


simplify: that Jehovah may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.


rate difficulty: But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

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


simplify: They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

They are bent down, they are falling together: they were not able to keep their images safe, but they themselves have been taken prisoner.


simplify: And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

And the Lord said to Jehu, Because you have done well in doing what is right in my eyes and effecting all my purpose for the family of Ahab, your sons will be kings of Israel to the fourth generation.


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

If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong.


rate difficulty: And Absalom hath fled, and goeth unto Talmai, son of Ammihud, king of Geshur, and <FI>David<Fi> mourneth for his son all the days.

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simplify: It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it.


simplify: Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.

Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.


rate difficulty: But as for the priests, the sons of Zadok, who took care of my holy place when the children of Israel were turned away from me, they are to come near me to do my work, they will take their places before me, offering to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord;

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simplify: For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

For it came about that when Solomon was old, his heart was turned away to other gods by his wives; and his heart was no longer true to the Lord his God as the heart of his father David had been.


rate difficulty: I am clean without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me;

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simplify: And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

And there some men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed. They tried to get him in and lay him before Jesus;


rate difficulty: If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

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simplify: And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,

“I tell you,”said Jesus, “there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, for my sake and for the good news,


rate difficulty: and God both raised the Lord, and will raise up us through his power.


rate difficulty: And at Lystra there was a certain man, who from birth had been without the use of his feet, never having had the power of walking.

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rate difficulty: Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?

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


simplify: And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye; for I know that ye seek Jesus, who hath been crucified.

And the angel said to the women, Have no fear: for I see that you are searching for Jesus, who was put to death on the cross.


simplify: Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slacken me not the riding, except I bid thee.

Then she made the ass ready and said to her servant, Keep driving on; do not make a stop without orders from me.


rate difficulty: For the time has come for the judging, starting with the church of God; but if it makes a start with us, what will be the end of those who are not under the rule of God?


simplify: For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?


simplify: If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.


simplify: And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.

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


simplify: If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;


simplify: Then shall Jehovah go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Then the Lord will go out and make war against those nations, as he did in the day of the fight.


rate difficulty: With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;

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rate difficulty: And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth.

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


simplify: What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,


simplify: a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;


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

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


rate difficulty: Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.


rate difficulty: But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

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rate difficulty: The singers: sons of Asaph: a hundred forty and eight.


simplify: And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

The stones were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, cut on the stones.


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

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


rate difficulty: For you can easily verify that it is not more than twelve days ago that I went up to worship at Jerusalem,

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simplify: Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel onwards, and all their successors who had a message to deliver, told of these days.


simplify: and another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looketh down upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

And another went in the direction of Beth-horon: and another went by the hill looking down on the valley of Zeboiim, in the direction of the waste land.


simplify: The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

The Lord will make war for you, you have only to keep quiet.


rate difficulty: And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.


simplify: from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered in to do the work of service, and the work of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,

Those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work of the Tent of meeting and of its transport,


simplify: Thus saith the Lord God to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

This is what the Lord has said to Tyre: Will not the sea-lands be shaking at the sound of your fall, when the wounded give cries of pain, when men are put to the sword in you?


simplify: And Hadad died. And the chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth,

And Hadad came to his end. Now the chiefs of Edom were: the chief of Timna, the chief of Aliah, the chief of Jetheth,


rate difficulty: Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, God removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell:

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rate difficulty: Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their torches.

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


simplify: Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

Come up to me and give me help, and let us make an attack on Gibeon: for they have made peace with Joshua and the children of Israel.


simplify: And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale.

And when he was coming back after putting to flight Chedorlaomer and the other kings, he had a meeting with the king of Sodom in the valley of Shaveh, that is, the King's Valley.


simplify: Now the Spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah troubled him.

Now the spirit of the Lord had gone from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was troubling him.


simplify: Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Which of the two sons did as his father wished?” “The second,” they said. “I tell you,” added Jesus, “that tax-gatherers and prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God before you.


simplify: the table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the showbread;

The table and its rods and all its vessels, and the holy bread;


rate difficulty: For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

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simplify: and in the midst of the seven lamp-stands, <FI>one<Fi> like to a son of man, clothed to the foot, and girt round at the breast with a golden girdle,

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


simplify: And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the Lord commanded Moses.

It was fixed to the head-dress by a blue cord, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.


rate difficulty: And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

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


rate difficulty: In Ramah there was a sound of weeping and great sorrow, Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted for their loss.

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simplify: Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

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


simplify: Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

But if they go on in faith and love and holy self-control, she will be kept safe at the time of childbirth.


simplify: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without your order no man may do anything in all the land of Egypt.


rate difficulty: And they forgot to take bread, and save one loaf, they had not [any] with them in the ship.


simplify: and said, `Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and become as the children, ye may not enter into the reign of the heavens;

“I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven at all.


simplify: But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean;


simplify: And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

And Solomon, in his love for the Lord, kept the laws of David his father; but he made offerings and let them go up in smoke on the high places.


simplify: And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that served the king by course, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, unto Jerusalem.

And David got together at Jerusalem all the rulers of Israel, the chiefs of the tribes and the captains of the divisions waiting on the king in turn, and the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and the controllers of all the goods and property of the king and his sons, with the unsexed servants and the great men of war.


simplify: And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.

And Absalom put Amasa at the head of the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had been the lover of Abigail, the daughter of Jesse, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.


rate difficulty: but this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:

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rate difficulty: Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;


rate difficulty: Now in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, a servant of the king of Babylon, came into Jerusalem.

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


simplify: For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,


simplify: And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

And while they were in doubt about it, they saw two men in shining clothing by them:


simplify: A wonderful and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:

A thing of wonder and fear has come about in the land;


simplify: (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

(As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord),


simplify: `And that He did raise him up out of the dead, no more to return to corruption, he hath said thus--I will give to you the faithful kindnesses of David;

As to his raising Jesus from the dead, never again to return to corruption, this is what is said —  ‘I will give to you the sacred promises made to David;’


rate difficulty: The river Kishon took them violently away, stopping their flight, the river Kishon. Give praise, O my soul, to the strength of the Lord!

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


simplify: Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.

See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.


simplify: The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?

‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies beneath your feet”’?


simplify: Ye say also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts; and ye have brought that which was taken by violence, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the offering: should I accept this at your hand? saith Jehovah.

And you say, See, what a weariness it is! and you let out your breath at it, says the Lord of armies; and you have given what has been cut about by beasts, and what is damaged in its feet and ill; this is the offering you give: will this be pleasing to me from your hands? says the Lord.


simplify: Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

‘They have the writings of Moses and the prophets,’ replied Abraham; ‘let them listen to them.’


rate difficulty: The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.

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


rate difficulty: We started first, went on board ship, and sailed for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there. This was by his own arrangement, as he intended to go by land himself.

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


simplify: Verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath.

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


simplify: Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a meal of me, violently crushing me, he has made me a vessel with nothing in it, he has taken me in his mouth like a dragon, he has made his stomach full with my delicate flesh, crushing me with his teeth.


simplify: and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

And to take with you the silver and gold freely offered by the king and his wise men to the God of Israel, whose Temple is in Jerusalem,


simplify: and lo, there came a great earthquake, for a messenger of the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come, did roll away the stone from the door, and was sitting upon it,

when suddenly a great earthquake occurred. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and seated himself on it.


simplify: For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

For, as through union with Adam all die, so through union with the Christ will all be made to live.


simplify: Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.

And when he said, From other people, Jesus said to him, Then are the sons free.


rate difficulty: And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

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


simplify: Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name; for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.

Let your wrath be let loose on the nations which have no knowledge of you, and on the families who give no worship to your name: for they have made a meal of Jacob, truly they have made a meal of him and put an end to him and made his fields a waste.


rate difficulty: And he wrote a letter to rail at Jehovah theGod of Israel, and to speak against him saying, As thegods of the nations of the countries have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not theGod of Hezekiah deliver his people out of my hand.

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


simplify: Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.

Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.


rate difficulty: And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble; and they shall kindle in them and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau: for Jehovah hath spoken [it].

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


simplify: Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,

My children, do not let anyone mislead you. The person who lives righteously is righteous — as Christ is righteous.


simplify: I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.

It is the same to me if I am looked down on or honoured; everywhere and in all things I have the secret of how to be full and how to go without food; how to have wealth and how to be in need.


simplify: And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.


simplify: Then thy handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Jehovah thy God be with thee.

Then your servant said, May the word of my lord the king give me peace! for my lord the king is as the angel of God in his hearing of good and bad: and may the Lord your God be with you!


rate difficulty: They therefore, when they were come together, asked him, saying, Lord, dost thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?

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rate difficulty: and that which is left of the meal-offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire.

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


simplify: And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the Lord’s tribute was thirty and two persons.

And the number of persons was sixteen thousand, of which the Lord's part was thirty-two persons.


rate difficulty: thou hast neither part nor lot in this thing, for thy heart is not right before God;

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


simplify: And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:

And a woman, who for twelve years had had a flow of blood, came after him, and put her hand on the edge of his robe:


rate difficulty: The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

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


simplify: And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.

But I will put out my hand and overcome Egypt with all the wonders which I will do among them: and after that he will let you go.


simplify: He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.


simplify: And Peter had followed him afar off, even within, into the court of the high priest; and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire.

And Peter had come after him at a distance, even into the house of the high priest; and he was seated with the captains, warming himself in the light of the fire.


simplify: For thus saith Jehovah, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.

For this is what the Lord has said: All the land will become a waste; I will make destruction complete.


simplify: And he shall bring his trespass-offering unto Jehovah, unto the door of the tent of meeting, even a ram for a trespass-offering.

Let him take his offering for wrongdoing to the Lord, to the door of the Tent of meeting; let him give a male sheep as an offering for wrongdoing.


simplify: For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.

For unclean spirits came out from those who had them, crying with a loud voice; and a number of those who were ill and broken in body were made well.


rate difficulty: And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

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simplify: For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

For I will get all the nations together to make war against Jerusalem; and the town will be overcome, and the goods taken from the houses, and the women taken by force: and half the town will go away as prisoners, and the rest of the people will not be cut off from the town.


rate difficulty: And Isaiah said, This [shall be] the sign to thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

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


rate difficulty: Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.

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


simplify: The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

The fig-tree puts out her green fruit and the vines with their young fruit give a good smell. Get up from your bed, my beautiful one, and come away.


simplify: Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.

(Now the Nethinim were living in the Ophel, as far as the place facing the water doorway to the east, and the tower which comes out.)


simplify: And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

And they went out to put her body into the earth, but nothing of her was to be seen, only the bones of her head, and her feet, and parts of her hands.


rate difficulty: And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.


rate difficulty: Who is the wise man able to see this? who is he to whom the word of the Lord has come, so that he may make it clear? why is the land given to destruction and burned up like a waste place, so that no one goes through?

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


rate difficulty: And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah:

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rate difficulty: And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

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


simplify: And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

And in my vision I saw a grey horse. His rider’s name was Death, and the Lord of the place of Death rode behind him; and power was given them over the fourth part of the earth, so that they might ‘destroy with sword and famine and death, and by means of the wild beasts of the earth.’


rate difficulty: (Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants--they have not seen light.)


rate difficulty: He reasoned therefore in the synagogue with the Jews, and those who worshipped, and in the market-place every day with those he met with.

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rate difficulty: So now let my lord send to his servants the grain and the oil and the wine as my lord has said;


simplify: In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, who kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and she were called by name.

In the evening she went, and on the day after she came back to the second house of the women, into the keeping of Shaashgaz, one of the king's unsexed servants who had the care of the king's wives: only if the king had delight in her and sent for her by name did she go in to him again.


simplify: And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.

So on the first day of the first month in the second year the House was put up.


rate difficulty: And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

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


simplify: A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.


simplify: And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:

And those who are living in the towns of Israel will go out and make fires of the instruments of war, burning the body-covers and the breastplates, the bows and the arrows and the sticks and the spears, and for seven years they will make fires of them:


simplify: Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

Then the wings of the winged ones were lifted up, and the wheels were by their side; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them on high.


simplify: And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God.

And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come to me here: and give ear to the words of the Lord your God.


simplify: where <FI>is<Fi> the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?

Where is the philosopher? Where the teacher of the law? Where the disputant of today? Has not God shown the world’s philosophy to be folly?


simplify: For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

This, too, is the reason for your paying taxes; for the officials are God’s officers, devoting themselves to this special work.


simplify: O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.

O people of Moab, go away from the towns and take cover in the rock; be like the dove of the Arabah, which makes her living-place in holes.


simplify: And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king’s servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

And the archers sent their arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king's servants are dead, and among them is your servant Uriah the Hittite.


simplify: So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.

So Jotham became strong, because in all his ways he made the Lord his guide.


simplify: And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

And the people will be crushed, every one by his neighbour; the young will be full of pride against the old, and those of low position will be lifted up against the noble.


simplify: And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.


simplify: For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.


rate difficulty: Since otherwise, if thou blessest with [the] spirit, how shall he who fills the place of the simple [Christian] say Amen, at thy giving of thanks, since he does not know what thou sayest?

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


simplify: The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.

It was the Lord's pleasure, because of his righteousness, to make the teaching great and give it honour.


rate difficulty: Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us.

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


simplify: If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.

If you do this, and God gives approval, then you will be able to go on without weariness, and all this people will go to their tents in peace.


simplify: And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;


simplify: And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.

And he said to him, Now say to her, See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? will you have any request made for you to the king or the captain of the army? But she said, I am living among my people.


rate difficulty: Whoever abides in him, does not sin: whoever sins, has not seen him or known him.

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


simplify: The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai,

The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai,


rate difficulty: There were forty-four thousand, seven hundred and sixty of the sons of Reuben and of the Gadites and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, all strong men, expert in the use of the body-cover, the sword, and the bow, and in the art of war, all able to take up arms.

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


rate difficulty: And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.


rate difficulty: Hath not Hezekiah himself turned aside His high places, and His altars, and speaketh to Judah and to Jerusalem, saying, Before one altar ye bow yourselves, and on it ye make perfume?

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: therefore ye shall have night without a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, without divination; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them.

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