simplify: Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

If only I might again be as I was in the months which are past, in the days when God was watching over me!


rate difficulty: “The Holy Spirit will descend on you,” answered the angel, “and the Power of the Most High will overshadow you; and therefore the child will be called ‘holy,’ and ‘Son of God.’

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


rate difficulty: but shalt utterly devote them to destruction, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, as Jehovah thyGod hath commanded thee;

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


simplify: He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.


simplify: They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

Those people belong to the world; and therefore they speak as the world speaks, and the world listens to them.


rate difficulty: He hath brought me to the house of wine, And his banner over me is love.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, that he was sitting at meat in his house, and many publicans and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.

And it came about that he was seated at meat in his house, and a number of tax-farmers and sinners were at table with Jesus and his disciples: for there were a great number of them, and they came after him.


rate difficulty: Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before Jehovah empty:

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


rate difficulty: and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.

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


rate difficulty: And they answering said, `John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen;'

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

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


simplify: And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

About midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and while the prisoners were listening to them,


rate difficulty: Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two stones in his hand, he was not conscious that his face was shining because of his talk with God.

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


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

The Lord who made you, forming you in your mother's body, the Lord, your helper, says, Have no fear, O Jacob my servant, and you, Jeshurun, whom I have taken for myself.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass in that day, when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah, that my wrath shall come up into my nostrils.

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


simplify: Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

‘Say to the people of Zion — “Your King is coming to you, gentle, and riding on an ass, and on the foal of a beast of burden.”’


simplify: for if the truth of God in my falsehood did more abound to His glory, why yet am I also as a sinner judged?

But, if my falsehood redounds to the glory of God, by making his truthfulness more apparent, why am I like others, still condemned as a sinner?


rate difficulty: And after the Babylonian removal, Jeconiah begat Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel,

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


rate difficulty: and the house of Joseph cause <FI>men<Fi> to spy about Beth-El (and the name of the city formerly is Luz),

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


rate difficulty: And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord:

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


rate difficulty: And Azariah, the chief priest, and all the priests, looking at him, saw the mark of the leper on his brow, and they sent him out quickly and he himself went out straight away, for the Lord's punishment had come on him.

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


simplify: Him therefore I hope to send forthwith, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me:

Him then I am hoping to send as quickly as possible, when I am able to see how things will go for me:


rate difficulty: And the builders had every one his sword girded by his side, and built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.


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

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


rate difficulty: And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there by the heap.

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


simplify: And Paul having risen, and having beckoned with the hand, said, `Men, Israelites, and those fearing God, hearken:

So Paul rose and, motioning with his hand, said:  “People of Israel and all here who worship God, hear what I have to say.


simplify: And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

And when the thing had been looked into, it was seen to be true, and the two of them were put to death by hanging on a tree: and it was put down in the records before the king.


simplify: Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm.

But still they are your people and your heritage, whom you took out by your great power and by your stretched-out arm.


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

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


simplify: And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

And they are crying in a loud voice —  ‘salvation be ascribed to our God who is seated on his throne and to the Lamb.’


simplify: And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.

And they took him to Jesus, and they put their clothing on the ass, and Jesus got on to him.


rate difficulty: And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.

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


simplify: And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil–merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,

And in the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin, king of Judah, had been taken prisoner, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the first year after he became king, took Jehoiachin, king of Judah, out of prison.


rate difficulty: Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

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


simplify: And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for Jehovah. So they made him ride in his chariot.

And he said, Come with me and see how I am on fire for the Lord's cause. So he made him go with him in his carriage.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,


rate difficulty: Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.


rate difficulty: so that the house of Israel do not wander any more from after Me, nor are defiled any more with all their transgressions, and they have been to Me for a people, and I am to them for God--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

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


rate difficulty: A man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this <FI>is<Fi> vanity, and it <FI>is<Fi> an evil disease.

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


rate difficulty: Multitudes, multitudes <FI>are<Fi> in the valley of decision, For near <FI>is<Fi> the day of Jehovah in the valley of decision.

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


rate difficulty: Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;

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


simplify: And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have had your altars broken down, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life.


rate difficulty: Like the sound of war-carriages they go jumping on the tops of the mountains; like the noise of a flame of fire burning up the grain-stems, like a strong people lined up for the fight.

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


simplify: And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.

And all the women who were expert with their hands, made cloth, and gave the work of their hands, blue and purple and red and the best linen.


rate difficulty: And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

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


simplify: Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he was ruling for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.


simplify: And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

And have given their gods to the fire; for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.


simplify: And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

And Pharaoh was angry with his two servants, with the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker;


rate difficulty: and forty sockets of silver thou dost make under the twenty boards, two sockets under the one board for its two handles, and two sockets under the other board for its two handles.

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


rate difficulty: And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.

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


simplify: And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.

And under every two branches a bud, made with the branch, for all six branches of it.


simplify: And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.

Five days afterwards the high priest Ananias came down with some of the councillors and a barrister named Tertullus. They laid an information with the Governor against Paul;


rate difficulty: And Ram begot Amminadab; and Amminadab begot Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

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


simplify: And it shall be, when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for this? say to him, By the strength of his hand the Lord took us out of Egypt, out of the prison-house:


rate difficulty: And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

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


simplify: But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

But when the servants gave her the king's order, Vashti the queen said she would not come: then the king was very angry, and his heart was burning with wrath.


simplify: I have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

Word has come to me from the Lord, and a representative has been sent to the nations, to say, Come together and go up against her, and take your places for the fight.


simplify: Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:

Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant, O Lord God, and to his prayer for grace; give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant sends up to you this day;


simplify: And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.

From there he went to Mount Carmel, and came back from there to Samaria.


simplify: Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

Then Jesus said to them: “Foolish men, slow to accept all that the prophets have said!


rate difficulty: And he went quickly in front of them and got up into a tree to see him, for he was going that way.

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


simplify: I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.

I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear.


rate difficulty: And Joab answereth and saith, `Far be it--far be it from me; I do not swallow up nor destroy.

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


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


simplify: See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

See now, I myself am he; there is no other god but me: giver of death and life, wounding and making well: and no one has power to make you free from my hand.


rate difficulty: and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.

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


rate difficulty: There were about twelve of them in all.


rate difficulty: Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

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


simplify: And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Beth-lehem-judah, and I am looking for a living-place.


simplify: For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

For I will send water on the land needing it, and streams on the dry earth: I will let my spirit come down on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring.


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve Jehovah; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.


simplify: And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)

About this time, at a meeting of the Lord's followers, when there were about a hundred and twenty present, Peter rose to speak.


simplify: Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.

Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.


simplify: And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

Meanwhile there had come to Ephesus an Alexandrian Jew, named Apollos, an eloquent man, who was well-versed in the scriptures.


rate difficulty: For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

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


simplify: And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father.

And Rachel, hearing from Jacob that he was her father's relation and that he was the son of Rebekah, went running to give her father news of it.


simplify: And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

And he said, Go then. So he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends to the mountains, weeping for her sad fate.


rate difficulty: To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

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


simplify: And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.

And now you say, Go and say to your Lord, Elijah is here; and he will put me to death.


rate difficulty: And all the money in Egypt and in the land of Canaan which had been given for grain, came into the hands of Joseph: and he put it in Pharaoh's house.


simplify: Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.


simplify: So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.

And so it was at all times: it was covered by the cloud, and by a light as of fire by night.


simplify: And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.


rate difficulty: And the angel of Jehovah answered and said, Jehovah of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these seventy years?

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


simplify: Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

With such a hope as this, we speak with all plainness;


simplify: There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

The Lord kept faith with the house of Israel about all the good which he said he would do for them, and all his words came true.


simplify: How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for now hath there been no great slaughter among the Philistines.

How much more if the people had freely taken their food from the goods of those who were fighting against them! would there not have been much greater destruction among the Philistines?


simplify: Wisdomisthe principal thing; therefore get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.


simplify: And seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary unto them, about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking on the sea; and he would have passed by them:

And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;


simplify: I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

Every recollection that I have of you is a cause of thankfulness to God,


rate difficulty: AndGod said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over the whole earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth.

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


simplify: which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.


rate difficulty: But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee;

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


simplify: But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

But if you will not undergo circumcision as we say, then we will take our daughter and go.


rate difficulty: And the Philistines were subdued, and came no more into the borders of Israel; and the hand of Jehovah was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.


rate difficulty: And this <FI>is<Fi> an account of the mighty ones whom David hath: Jashobeam son of a Hachmonite <FI>is<Fi> head of the thirty; he is lifting up his spear against three hundred--wounded, at one time.

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


simplify: And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:

And those who went in front, and those who came after, were crying, Glory: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord:


rate difficulty: And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:

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


rate difficulty: Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

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


rate difficulty: But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

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


simplify: For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

For the Lord will come up as on Mount Perazim, he will be moved to wrath as in the valley of Gibeon; so that he may do his work--strange is his work; and give effect to his act--unnatural is his act.


simplify: (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

(For he says, I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: see, now is the good time; now is the day of salvation):


simplify: These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

These are the laws and the decisions which you are to keep with care in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to be your heritage all the days of your life on earth.


rate difficulty: So the people sent to Shiloh and got the ark of the agreement of the Lord of armies whose resting-place is between the winged ones; and Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were there with the ark of God's agreement.

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


simplify: And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field.

And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field.


simplify: As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

As for God, his way is all good: the word of the Lord is tested; he is a safe cover for all those who put their faith in him.


rate difficulty: Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.


rate difficulty: And when they saw him they gave him worship: but some were in doubt.


simplify: And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.

And he said, Take them living. So they took them living, and put them to death in the water-hole of Beth-eked; of the forty-two men he put every one to death;


rate difficulty: And [for] those encamping eastward toward the sun-rising [there shall be] the standard of the camp of Judah according to their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab;


rate difficulty: But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar, because he is damaged; and he may not make my holy places common; for I the Lord have made them holy.


simplify: And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of Jehovah: I have performed the commandment of Jehovah.

And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, May the blessing of the Lord be with you: I have done what was ordered by the Lord.


rate difficulty: Because he says in another Psalm, You will not let your Holy One see destruction.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: For this city hath been to me a provocation of mine anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,

For this town has been to me a cause of wrath and of burning passion from the day of its building till this day, so that I put it away from before my face:


rate difficulty: So give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Babylon, and to his purposes designed against the land of the Chaldaeans; Truly, they will be pulled away by the smallest of the flock; truly, he will make waste their fields with them.

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


rate difficulty: But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have left for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.

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


simplify: For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?


simplify: Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had given them orders to go.


simplify: For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. Amen.

For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.


simplify: And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.

So they took the ox which was given them, and made it ready, crying out to Baal from morning till the middle of the day, and saying, O Baal, give ear to us. But there was no voice and no answer. And they were jumping up and down before the altar they had made.


simplify: For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;


simplify: And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.


simplify: Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

Her towns have become a waste, a dry and unwatered land, where no man has his living-place and no son of man goes by.


simplify: And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be.


rate difficulty: And Joshua said unto the two men that had spied out the land, Go into the harlot’s house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

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rate difficulty: for what thanks are we able to recompense to God for you, for all the joy with which we do joy because of you in the presence of our God?

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rate difficulty: and they said to him, `Grant to us that, one on thy right hand and one on thy left, we may sit in thy glory;'

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rate difficulty: only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.

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rate difficulty: And Job continued his parable and said,

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rate difficulty: And Samson said to them, If you go on like this, truly I will take my full payment from you; and that will be the end of it.


simplify: Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.


simplify: For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.

For a sound of weeping goes up from Zion, a cry, How has destruction come on us? we are overcome with shame because we have gone away from our land; he has sent us out from our house.


simplify: And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.

And Moses was angry with the chiefs of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds who had come back from the war.


simplify: And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,

After this his wife, Elizabeth, became pregnant and lived in seclusion for five months.


simplify: And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.

And no one in heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to get the book open, or to see what was in it.


simplify: And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:

Then, turning to his disciples, Jesus said to them alone: “Blessed are the eyes that see what you are seeing;


simplify: For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

For he has sent to us in Babylon saying, The time will be long: go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them.


simplify: And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

And he took thirty friends, and they were with him.


rate difficulty: And all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;

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rate difficulty: For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

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


simplify: And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah.

And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Diphath and Togarmah.


simplify: And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth–lehem:

And all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you have wealth in Ephrathah, and be great in Beth-lehem;


rate difficulty: And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the guest-chamber, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, who were about thirty persons.

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rate difficulty: And I will have pleasure in you and make you fertile and greater in number; and I will keep my agreement with you.

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


simplify: then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

And it came about that when Jesus had come to the end of giving these orders to his twelve disciples, he went away from there, teaching and preaching in their towns.


simplify: And Gederoth, Beth–dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:

And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen towns with their unwalled places.


rate difficulty: Jesus’ answer was: “Have not you read even of what David did, when he was hungry, he and his companions —

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simplify: The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,

The nails for the House, and the nails for the open space and their cords;


simplify: And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

Then Joshua had them put to death, hanging them on five trees, where they were till evening.


simplify: For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen a God besides thee, who worketh for him that waiteth for him.

The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.


rate difficulty: Indeed, the person who, owing to his birth, remains uncircumcised, and yet scrupulously obeys the law, will condemn you, who, for all your written law and your circumcision, are yet a breaker of the law.

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simplify: And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire;

And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and an arch of coloured light was round his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;


rate difficulty: And in the prophets of Jerusalem have I seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in falsehood, and strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none doth return from his wickedness. They are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

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simplify: And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;

Hezekiah of Manasseh, Manasseh of Ammon, Ammon of Josiah,


simplify: Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it.


rate difficulty: Give ear to the words of this agreement, and say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem,


simplify: And he took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave unto them, and they did eat: but he told them not that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.

And he took the honey in his hand, and went on, tasting it on the way; and when he came to his father and mother he gave some to them; but did not say that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.


rate difficulty: I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

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simplify: But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.

But it will be better for Tyre and Sidon, in the day of judging, than for you.


simplify: And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.

And David said to him, Whose man are you and where do you come from? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master went on without me because three days back I became ill.


simplify: For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

For it is in the Writings, You who have never given birth, be glad; give cries of joy, you who have had no birth-pains; for the children of her who has been given up by her husband are more than those of the woman who has a husband.


rate difficulty: For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

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rate difficulty: And they took their cattle and all the goods which they had got in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, even Jacob and all his seed:

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rate difficulty: Give diligence to come before winter. Eubulus saluteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

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rate difficulty: When the Council saw how boldly Peter and John spoke, and found that they were uneducated men of humble station, they were surprised, and realized that they had been companions of Jesus.

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simplify: Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the Lord hath said unto thee.

Be certain then today that it is the Lord your God who goes over before you like an all-burning fire; he will send destruction on them, crushing them before you; and you will send them in flight, putting an end to them quickly, as the Lord has said.


simplify: Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

Then he says, I will go back into my house from which I came out; and when he comes, he sees that there is no one in it, but that it has been made fair and clean.


simplify: And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.

And some of the men of Manasseh came over to David, when he went with the Philistines to the war against Saul, but he gave them no help: for the lords of the Philistines, after discussion, sent him away, saying, He will go back to his master Saul, at the price of our lives.


rate difficulty: Jehovah will open to thee his good treasure, the heavens, to give rain unto thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow.

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rate difficulty: And the king saith, `Take for me a sword;' and they bring the sword before the king,

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


rate difficulty: And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.

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rate difficulty: It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

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simplify: At the commandment of Jehovah they encamped, and at the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed: they kept the charge of Jehovah, at the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.

At the word of the Lord they put up their tents, and at the word of the Lord they went forward on their journey: they kept the orders of the Lord as he gave them by Moses.


rate difficulty: Now to him that works the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but of debt:

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simplify: ye have known that ye were nations, unto the dumb idols--as ye were led--being carried away;

You know that there was a time when you were Gentiles, going astray after idols that could not speak, just as you happened to be led.


rate difficulty: The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,

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simplify: And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

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


simplify: And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.

And all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of the Lord is on you, and they will go in fear of you.


rate difficulty: All who became believers in Christ held everything for the common use;


simplify: but they shall not advance any further, for their folly shall be manifest to all, as theirs also did become.

They will not, however, make further progress; for their wicked folly will be plain to everyone, just as the folly Jannes and Jambres was.


rate difficulty: And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

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


rate difficulty: Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

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


rate difficulty: But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.

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simplify: And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

And put the altar of burned offerings before the doorway of the House of the Tent of meeting.


simplify: And king Herod heardthereof; for his name had become known: and he said, John the Baptizer is risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers work in him.

And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.


rate difficulty: But when Jesus was come into the parts of Caesarea-Philippi, he demanded of his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I the Son of man am?

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


rate difficulty: For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

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rate difficulty: And Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner; and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is before Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.


rate difficulty: Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

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

But Jesus saw their trick and said, Oh false ones, why are you attempting to put me in the wrong?


simplify: And there was following him a great multitude of the people, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting him,

There was a great crowd of people following him, many being women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him.


rate difficulty: But when all the people are to come together, the horn is to be sounded but not loudly.


rate difficulty: And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:


rate difficulty: He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.


rate difficulty: Now while I was saying these things, death came to Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah. Then falling down on my face and crying out with a loud voice, I said, Ah, Lord! will you put an end to all the rest of Israel?

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


simplify: And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

And the woman was clothed in purple and bright red, with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels; and in her hand was a gold cup full of evil things and her unclean desires;


rate difficulty: But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard,

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rate difficulty: And a number of nations will go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will give us knowledge of his ways and we will be guided by his word: for from Zion the law will go out, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.


simplify: who being reviled--was not reviling again, suffering--was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

He was abused, but he did not answer with abuse; he suffered, but he did not threaten; he entrusted himself to him whose judgments are just.


rate difficulty: And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

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rate difficulty: and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.


rate difficulty: The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight


simplify: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

And by the prayer of faith the man who is ill will be made well, and he will be lifted up by the Lord, and for any sin which he has done he will have forgiveness.


rate difficulty: They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.

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


simplify: But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

But if it is taken from him by a thief, he is to make up for the loss of it to its owner.


rate difficulty: The object of all instruction is to call forth that love which comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.


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

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rate difficulty: He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.


rate difficulty: But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses.


rate difficulty: A day of darkness and thick darkness, A day of cloud and thick darkness, As darkness spread on the mountains, A people numerous and mighty, Like it there hath not been from of old, And after it there is not again--till the years of generation and generation.

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simplify: and of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel.

And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me a great number of sons) he has made selection of Solomon to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.


simplify: And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies 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;’


simplify: even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

Were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.


simplify: and if Christ hath not risen, then void <FI>is<Fi> our preaching, and void also your faith,

and, if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is without meaning, and our faith without meaning also!


simplify: I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.


simplify: And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

Then, lifting up his eyes, he saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and he said, Is this your youngest brother of whom you gave me word? And he said, God be good to you, my son.


simplify: And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evil of your heart, you have come down to see the fight.


rate difficulty: The children of Levi, the chief fathers, were recorded in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

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simplify: And thou shalt bring the meal-offering that is made of these things unto Jehovah: and it shall be presented unto the priest, and he shall bring it unto the altar.

And you are to give the meal offering made of these things to the Lord, and let the priest take it to the altar.


simplify: `But what have ye gone forth to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet:

What then did you go to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.


rate difficulty: And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

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


simplify: Then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the Lord:

Then there will be a place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place for his name, and there you will take all the things which I give you orders to take: your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up, and the offerings of your oaths which you make to the Lord;


rate difficulty: And all the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.


rate difficulty: And the word of the king is severe towards Joab, and against the heads of the force, and Joab goeth out, and the heads of the force, <FI>from<Fi> before the king to inspect the people, even Israel;

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simplify: All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.


simplify: Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the Lord.

Then, when you take for your food the produce of the land, you are to give an offering lifted up before the Lord.


simplify: I know where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s throne is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth.

I have knowledge that your living-place is where Satan has his seat: and you are true to my name, and were not turned away from your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my true witness, who was put to death among you, where Satan has his place.


simplify: The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.

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.


simplify: And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.

And you took your robes of needlework for their clothing, and put my oil and my perfume before them.


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

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


simplify: For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.

For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these.


simplify: And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the firstdayof the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Now in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,


simplify: And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

And Jonathan made an attack on the armed force of the Philistines stationed at Gibeah; and news was given to the Philistines that the Hebrews were turned against them. And Saul had a horn sounded through all the land,


simplify: And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

And they went out, preaching everywhere, the Lord working with them, and giving witness to the word by the signs which came after. So be it.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, at the end of three days after that they have made with them a covenant, that they hear that they <FI>are<Fi> their neighbours--that in their midst they are dwelling.

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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, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that 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.


rate difficulty: As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so Aaron deposited it before the Testimony, to be kept.

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


simplify: And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

After that she had a daughter, to whom she gave the name Dinah.


rate difficulty: The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolishdoethnot so.

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


rate difficulty: blessed [the] man to whom [the] Lord shall not at all reckon sin.

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


rate difficulty: `And it hath been, when he sitteth on the throne of his kingdom, that he hath written for himself the copy of this law, on a book, from <FI>that<Fi> before the priests the Levites,

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


simplify: and thereafter they asked for a king, and God did give to them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years;

And, when they demanded a king, God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who reigned for forty years.


rate difficulty: Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.


rate difficulty: With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.

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


rate difficulty: And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver <FI>is<Fi> strength to thee.

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


simplify: And having looked round upon them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their heart, he saith to the man, `Stretch forth thy hand;' and he stretched forth, and his hand was restored whole as the other;

As they remained silent, Jesus looked around at them in anger, grieving at the hardness of their hearts, and said to the man: “Stretch out your hand.”The man stretched it out; and his hand had become sound.


simplify: Now in these days there came down prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.

Now in those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.


rate difficulty: And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin; he departed not from them.


simplify: For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

For see, the Lord is coming out from his place, and will come down, stepping on the high places of the earth.


rate difficulty: But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

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


simplify: Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said to Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy hand with thy staff over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.

Now the prophets Haggai and Zechariah, the son of Iddo, were preaching to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel.


rate difficulty: And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this <FI>is<Fi> vexation of spirit;


rate difficulty: And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

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


simplify: And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

And there was no water for the people: and they came together against Moses and against Aaron.


simplify: With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.


rate difficulty: and a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

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


rate difficulty: And he saith, `Lo, the day <FI>is<Fi> still great, <FI>it is<Fi> not time for the cattle to be gathered; water ye the flock, and go, delight yourselves.'

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


simplify: For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.

Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.


rate difficulty: which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit--

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


simplify: What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

What, then, may we say that Abraham, our father after the flesh, has got?


rate difficulty: And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

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


simplify: These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

These three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth was peopled.


simplify: And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

And they will be building again the old broken walls, and will make new the old waste places, and will put up again the towns which have been waste for long generations.


simplify: But the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,


rate difficulty: On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

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


simplify: For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

As long as we have life we are living to the Lord; or if we give up our life it is to the Lord; so if we are living, or if our life comes to an end, we are the Lord's.


simplify: And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.

And Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done against the Egyptians, and the fear of the Lord came on the people and they had faith in the Lord and in his servant Moses.


simplify: his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;


simplify: The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.


simplify: And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.

And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, their hearts would be changed.


simplify: And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven,

And the voice of the angel of the Lord came to Abraham a second time from heaven,


simplify: Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;


simplify: And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea,

And you saw the trouble of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry came to your ears by the Red Sea;


rate difficulty: So Saul died, and his three sons; and all his house died together.

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


simplify: The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.


rate difficulty: And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal.

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


simplify: But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before the angels of God.


rate difficulty: Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.

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


simplify: and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not.

And he was hoping that his brothers would see that God had sent him to be their saviour; but they did not see.


simplify: And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:


simplify: The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.


rate difficulty: But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

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


rate difficulty: So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.


simplify: Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cesar, or no?

Is it right for us to make payment of taxes to Caesar or not?


rate difficulty: And he put not his hand on the chiefs of the children of Israel: they saw God, and took food and drink.

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


simplify: And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

The rest of the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim.


rate difficulty: But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

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


simplify: And the man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.

And the servant took them into Joseph's house, and gave them water for washing their feet; and he gave their asses food.


simplify: and spake out with a loud voice, and said, `Blessed <FI>art<Fi> thou among women, and blessed <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of thy womb;

and cried aloud: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is your unborn child!


simplify: And about that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.

And about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.


simplify: Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

Then David and the people who were with him gave themselves up to weeping till they were able to go on weeping no longer.


simplify: And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.

And the angel of God said to him, Take the meat and the unleavened cakes and put them down on the rock over there, draining out the soup over them. And he did so.


simplify: And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,

“I tell you,”he answered, “that there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,


rate difficulty: And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground?

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


simplify: and early in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, they come unto the sepulchre, at the rising of the sun,

And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb, after sunrise.


simplify: And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:

And Rebekah took the fair robes of her oldest son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son:


simplify: And if thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;

And if your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers and requesting your grace in this house:


rate difficulty: For we are the fragrance of Christ ascending to God — both among those who are in the path of salvation and among those who are in the path to ruin.

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


simplify: I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him who <FI>is<Fi> from the beginning; I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil. I write to you, little youths, because ye have known the Father:

I am writing, adults in the faith, to you, because you have learned to know him who has been from the beginning. I am writing, young ones in the faith, to you, because you have conquered the evil one. I write, children, to you, because you have learned to know the Father.


simplify: Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

Has not my hand been stretched out in help to the poor? have I not been a saviour to him in his trouble?


simplify: And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

No Passover like it had been kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; and not one of the kings of Israel had ever kept a Passover like the one kept by Josiah and the priests and the Levites and all those of Judah and Israel who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.


simplify: Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, andMattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.

And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the music-makers, he and his brothers.


simplify: In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;

In that day I will put up the tent of David which has come down, and make good its broken places; and I will put up again his damaged walls, building it up as in the past;


simplify: The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

From far away he saw the Lord: my love for you is an eternal love: so with mercy I have made you come with me.


simplify: And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,

They came to Jerusalem again. While Jesus was walking about in the Temple Courts, the chief priests, the teachers of the law, and the councillors came up to him.


rate difficulty: So are the paths of all that forgetGod; and the profane man's hope shall perish,

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rate difficulty: And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.


rate difficulty: They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field;

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


simplify: What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Again, do not you know that your body is a shrine of the Holy Spirit that is within you – the Spirit which you have from God?


rate difficulty: And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

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


rate difficulty: The children of Israel shall encamp every one by his standard, with the ensign of their father's house; round about the tent of meeting, afar off, opposite to it shall they encamp.


rate difficulty: And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let what thou hast be thine.


simplify: Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the Lord in the sabbaths and in the new moons.

And the people of the land are to give worship at the door of that doorway before the Lord on the Sabbaths and at the new moons.


simplify: And the disciples having gone and having done as Jesus commanded them,

So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.


rate difficulty: And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.

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


rate difficulty: and it came to pass, the father of Publius with feverish heats and dysentery pressed, was laid, unto whom Paul having entered, and having prayed, having laid <FI>his<Fi> hands on him, healed him;

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


rate difficulty: But hearing these words the young man went away sorrowing: for he had much property.


rate difficulty: And all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

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


rate difficulty: Evil pursueth sinners; But the righteous shall be recompensed with good.

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


rate difficulty: And she put it before Saul and his servants, and they had a meal. Then they got up and went away the same night.

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


rate difficulty: the great trials which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, whereby Jehovah thy God brought thee out: so shall Jehovah thy God do unto all the peoples of whom thou art afraid.

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


rate difficulty: At that time it is said of this people, And of Jerusalem: `A dry wind of high places in the wilderness,' The way of the daughter of My people, (Not for winnowing, nor for cleansing,)

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


simplify: and twenty bowls of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.

And twenty gold basins, of a thousand darics, and two vessels of the best bright brass, equal in value to gold.


simplify: And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him


simplify: A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth.

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, put to Shigionoth.


rate difficulty: Choice gold cannot be given for it, nor silver be weighed for its price.

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


rate difficulty: And I will make them come back out of the land of Egypt, and will get them together out of Assyria; and I will take them into the land of Gilead, and it will not be wide enough for them.


rate difficulty: For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold I, [even] I, will both search for my sheep, and tend them.

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


simplify: Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.


simplify: And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast weltering in thy blood.

And in all your disgusting and false behaviour you had no memory of your early days, when you were uncovered and without clothing, stretched out in your blood.


simplify: And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.

But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.


rate difficulty: behold, I stand by the well of water, and let it come to pass that the damsel who cometh forth to draw [water], and to whom I shall say, Give me, I pray thee, a little water out of thy pitcher to drink,

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


rate difficulty: And I have done judgments in Egypt, And they have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.'

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


simplify: And there are diversities of workings, but the same God, who worketh all things in all.

And there are different operations, but the same God, who is working all things in all.


rate difficulty: And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already.

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


rate difficulty: We know that we remain in union with him, and he with us, by this — by his having given us some measure of his Spirit.

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


simplify: And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, changing his name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took his brother Jehoahaz away to Egypt.


simplify: And now the hour being advanced, his disciples having come near to him, say, --`The place is desolate, and the hour is now advanced,

When it grew late, his disciples came up to him, and said: “This is a lonely spot, and it is already late.


simplify: This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

This is the burned offering for every Sabbath day, in addition to the regular burned offering, and its drink offering.


simplify: And they set two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias,

So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias;


simplify: And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? sayingalso, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

And Abner sent men to David at Hebron, saying, Make an agreement with me, and I will give you my support in getting all Israel on your side.


rate difficulty: But Job answered and said,

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


simplify: Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.

See, its blood was not taken into the holy place: certainly it was right for you to have taken it as food in the holy place, as I gave orders.


simplify: Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe.


simplify: I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort;


rate difficulty: And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.


rate difficulty: But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.


rate difficulty: And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.


simplify: And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

And Hezekiah went to rest with his fathers; and Manasseh his son became king in his place.


rate difficulty: in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar--from Jerusalem, souls, eight hundred thirty and two;

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


simplify: For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

For if the order which was for a time had its glory, much more will the eternal order have its glory.


rate difficulty: and having sounded found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther and having again sounded they found fifteen fathoms;

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


rate difficulty: O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

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


simplify: If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

If to others I am not an Apostle, at least I am one to you: for the fact that you are Christians is the sign that I am an Apostle.


simplify: And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,

These are the names of the chiefs of Esau in the order of their families and their places: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,


simplify: For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.

For through the voice of the Lord the Assyrian will be broken, and the Lord's rod will be lifted up against him.


simplify: Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

Salma, the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph, the father of Beth-gader.


simplify: But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.

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


simplify: For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

For what are the words of scripture? ‘Abraham had faith in God, and his faith was regarded by God as righteousness.’


rate difficulty: And he came out and saw a great number of people and he had pity on them, and made well those of them who were ill.

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


rate difficulty: that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;


simplify: Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?


rate difficulty: When they heard that he was speaking to them in Hebrew, they were still more quiet; and Paul went on:

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simplify: `Happy the kind--because they shall find kindness.

Blessed are the merciful,  for they will find mercy.


simplify: That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.

so that, when you once more have me among you, you, in your union with Christ Jesus, may find in me fresh cause for exultation.


simplify: The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth–pisgah eastward.

As well as the Arabah, with the river Jordan as their limit, from Chinnereth to the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah to the east.


rate difficulty: Yes, he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and salvation as a head-dress; and he put on punishment as clothing, and wrath as a robe.

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simplify: And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For, said she, God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.

And Adam had connection with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name of Seth: for she said, God has given me another seed in place of Abel, whom Cain put to death.


rate difficulty: Are we to come to destruction before your eyes, we and our land? take us and our land and give us bread; and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh; and give us seed so that we may have life and the land may not become waste.

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rate difficulty: Though I say, `I forget my talking, I forsake my corner, and I brighten up!'


rate difficulty: Wherefore do ye trample upon my sacrifice and upon mine oblation which I have commanded [in my] habitation? And thou honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the primest of all the oblations of Israel my people.

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rate difficulty: These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities.


simplify: The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.

I, Paul, give you this word of love in my handwriting. Keep in memory that I am a prisoner. Grace be with you.


simplify: There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, the captain of the Italian band of the army;


simplify: As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so they were numbered by him in the waste place of Sinai.


rate difficulty: And she called his name Joseph; and said, Jehovah will add to me another son.


rate difficulty: If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: give ear to the voice of my words!

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simplify: In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.

Do the same with his ass or his robe or anything which has gone from your brother's keeping and which you have come across: do not keep it to yourself.


simplify: The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.

The war-carriages are rushing through the streets, pushing against one another in the wide ways, looking like burning lights, running like thunder-flames.


simplify: Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon: “Push off into deep water, and throw out your nets for a haul.”


rate difficulty: for every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.


simplify: But, O Lord of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.

But, O Lord of armies, testing the upright and seeing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them; for I have put my cause before you.


rate difficulty: In his neck lodge doth strength, And before him doth grief exult.

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rate difficulty: So keep the feast of unleavened bread; for on this very day I have taken your armies out of the land of Egypt: this day, then, is to be kept through all your generations by an order for ever.


simplify: But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body:


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

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rate difficulty: Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame <FI>am<Fi> I.


rate difficulty: As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.

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rate difficulty: And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.


simplify: And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.


simplify: So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:

So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing:


rate difficulty: My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

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simplify: And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

And this will be the disease which the Lord will send on all the peoples which have been warring against Jerusalem: their flesh will be wasted away while they are on their feet, their eyes will be wasted in their heads and their tongues in their mouths.