simplify: And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Already the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that fails to bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.


rate difficulty: A wind more vehement than that shall come from me: now will I also pronounce judgments against them.

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


simplify: And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.

Presently, however, there came some Jews from Antioch, and Iconium who, after they had won over the people, stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the town, thinking him to be dead.


rate difficulty: And Joseph having got the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,


simplify: And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

So Rebekah and her servant-women went with the man, seated on the camels; and so the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.


rate difficulty: Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?

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


simplify: And how hear we, every man in our own language wherein we were born?

And how is it that every one of us is hearing their words in the language which was ours from our birth?


simplify: And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

And when they were unable to get near him because of all the people, they got the roof uncovered where he was: and when it was broken up, they let down the bed on which the man was.


simplify: Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

Do not go down on your faces and give worship to their gods, or do as they do; but overcome them completely, and let their pillars be broken down.


simplify: And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there:


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

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


rate difficulty: They shall teach Jacob thine ordinances, And Israel thy law: They shall put incense before thee, And whole burnt-offering upon thine altar.

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


rate difficulty: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Again there is in this place--that is waste, Without man and beast, And in all its cities--a habitation of shepherds, Causing the flock to lie down.

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


simplify: And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.

Now the Aramaeans had gone out in bands, and taken prisoner from Israel a little girl, who became servant to Naaman's wife.


simplify: Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.

And their children will be as they were in the old days, and the meeting of the people will have its place before me, and I will send punishment on all who are cruel to them.


rate difficulty: The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;


rate difficulty: And the smoke of the incense went up with the prayers of the saints, out of the hand of the angel beforeGod.

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


simplify: If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

If a man takes by force one of his countrymen, the children of Israel, using him as his property or getting a price for him, that thief is to be put to death: so you are to put away evil from among you.


simplify: It isbecause of the sins of her prophets, andthe iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.

It is because of the sins of her prophets and the evil-doing of her priests, by whom the blood of the upright has been drained out in her.


rate difficulty: he hath been with David in Pas-Dammim, and the Philistines have been gathered there to battle, and a portion of the field is full of barley, and the people have fled from the face of the Philistines,

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


rate difficulty: But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,


simplify: and immediately in the synagogues he was preaching the Christ, that he is the Son of God.

and at once began in the Synagogues to proclaim Jesus as the Son of God.


rate difficulty: And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.


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

He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.


rate difficulty: And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

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


simplify: That the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, I am the Lord: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.

The Lord said to Moses, I am the Lord: say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, everything I am saying to you.


rate difficulty: Now from the time that Amaziah did turn away from following Jehovah they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

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


rate difficulty: And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me:God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

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


simplify: And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

And now, what have you to do on the way to Egypt, to get your drink from the waters of the Nile? or what have you to do on the way to Assyria, to get your drink from the waters of the River?


rate difficulty: But on the third day after, before the wounds were well, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came into the town by surprise and put all the males to death.

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


rate difficulty: So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments on thee in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes (I, Jehovah, have spoken it);

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


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

Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said, Make prayer to the Lord that he will take away these frogs from me and my people; and I will let the people go and make their offering to the Lord.


simplify: Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:

yet always with the ambition to tell the good news where Christ’s name had not previously been heard, so as to avoid building on another’s foundations.


simplify: And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

And the scribes and Pharisees were having an argument, saying, Who is this, who has no respect for God? who is able to give forgiveness for sins, but God only?


rate difficulty: To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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


simplify: For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us, to put on you nothing more than these necessary things;


simplify: And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

And the disciples were full of wonder at his words. But Jesus said to them again, Children, how hard it is for those who put faith in wealth to come into the kingdom of God!


rate difficulty: And now slay every male among the little ones, and slay every woman that hath known man by lying with him,

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


simplify: And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.

And one of them struck the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear;


simplify: And I will bring you in unto the land which I sware to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am Jehovah.

And I will be your guide into the land which I made an oath to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for your heritage: I am Yahweh.


simplify: in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

In the love of the community of the Lord's followers, be affectionate to one another; in showing respect, set an example of deference to one another;


simplify: Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

Sorrow to her who is uncontrolled and unclean, the cruel town!


simplify: And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

And he comes to the disciples, and sees that they are sleeping, and says to Peter, What, were you not able to keep watch with me one hour?


simplify: And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.

The two disciples went, and, finding a foal tethered outside a door in the street, they untied it.


simplify: And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

And any male who does not undergo circumcision will be cut off from his people: my agreement has been broken by him.


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

He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing.


rate difficulty: The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers.

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


simplify: And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land.

And the time was fixed by the Lord, and he said, Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.


rate difficulty: but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs.

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


simplify: And behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou believedst not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.


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

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


simplify: Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

Ephraim will become a waste in the day of punishment; I have given knowledge among the tribes of Israel of what is certain.


rate difficulty: Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

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


simplify: And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the firstmonth, in the firstdayof the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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


simplify: But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

But unhappy are you who have wealth: for you have been comforted now.


simplify: And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man and one that feareth God, and well reported of by all the nation of the Jews, was warned of God by a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words from thee.

And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words.


rate difficulty: Himthat removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;

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


simplify: Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.

Eliel and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.


rate difficulty: For what <FI>is<Fi> his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?


simplify: But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

But the Lord says, Even the prisoners of the strong will be taken from him, and the cruel made to let go his goods: for I will take up your cause against your haters, and I will keep your children safe.


rate difficulty: The wise in heart receiveth commandments; but a prating fool shall fall.

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


simplify: He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?

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


rate difficulty: And I will give the men who have gone against my agreement and have not given effect to the words of the agreement which they made before me, when the ox was cut in two and they went between the parts of it,

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


simplify: And he spake this parable unto them, saying,


rate difficulty: But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

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


simplify: Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.


rate difficulty: And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.

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


rate difficulty: but the land whither ye are passing over to possess it, <FI>is<Fi> a land of hills and valleys; of the rain of the heavens it drinketh water;

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


simplify: But the Pharisees said, By the prince of the demons casteth he out demons.

But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of evil spirits, he sends evil spirits out of men.


simplify: And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.

I will have your Asherahs pulled up from among you: and I will send destruction on your images.


simplify: Take heed now; for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

Now then, take note; for the Lord has made selection of you to be the builder of a house for the holy place. Be strong and do it.


simplify: And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before Jehovah, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt-offerings upon it.

And Solomon went up there to the brass altar before the Lord at the Tent of meeting, offering on it a thousand burned offerings.


rate difficulty: and the name of the other was Eliezer; forhe said, The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.

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


simplify: And he saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.


rate difficulty: The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.


simplify: But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

But many who are first now will then be last, and those who are last will be first.


rate difficulty: And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web.

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


rate difficulty: And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

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


rate difficulty: And the seven days of the feast he prepareth a burnt-offering to Jehovah, seven bullocks, and seven rams, perfect ones, daily seven days, and a sin-offering, a kid of the goats, daily.

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


simplify: And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.

And that those days were to be kept in memory through every generation and every family, in every division of the kingdom and every town, that there might never be a time when these days of Purim would not be kept among the Jews, or when the memory of them would go from the minds of their seed.


simplify: When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.

When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis: for it is my purpose to be there for the winter.


simplify: And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

At this, the high priest Ananias ordered the men standing near to strike him on the mouth;


simplify: And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

And said kind words to him, and put his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.


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

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


rate difficulty: Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

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


rate difficulty: And Saul hath not spoken anything on that day, for he said, `It <FI>is<Fi> an accident; he is not clean--surely not clean.'


rate difficulty: But he does not see that the dead are there, that her guests are in the deep places of the underworld.

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


rate difficulty: And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.

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


rate difficulty: And I have entered the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabeel--and he is restrained--and he saith, `Let us meet at the house of God, at the inside of the temple, and we shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming in to slay thee--yea, by night they are coming in to slay thee.'

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


simplify: Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!

If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!


rate difficulty: Whoever therefore hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;

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


rate difficulty: And when Herod was going to bring him forth, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door kept the prison.

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


simplify: Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

Nethanel, the fourth, Raddai, the fifth,


simplify: For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.

I will myself show him all that he has to suffer for my name.”


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

But this is a people whose property has been taken away from them by force; they are all taken in holes, and shut up in prisons: they are made prisoners, and no one makes them free; they are taken by force and no one says, Give them back.


simplify: `And the fruits of the desire of thy soul did go away from thee, and all things--the dainty and the bright--did go away from thee, and no more at all mayest thou find them.

The fruit that your soul craved is no longer within your reach, and all dainties and luxuries are lost to you, never to be found again.’


simplify: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

The smoke from their torture rises for ever and ever, and they have no rest day nor night — those who worship the Beast and its image, and all who are branded with its name.’


simplify: who, when they had examined me, desired to set me at liberty, because there was no cause of death in me.

Who, when they had put questions to me, were ready to let me go free, because there was no cause of death in me.


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

For this reason the Lord has said: Your dead whom you have put down in its streets, they are the flesh, and this town is the cooking-pot: but I will make you come out from inside it.


simplify: And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world as a witness to all nations; and then will come the end.


simplify: who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.


simplify: When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;

When the disease of a leper is seen on a man, let him be taken to the priest;


rate difficulty: And he saith unto them, `What <FI>is<Fi> the fashion of the man who hath come up to meet you, and speaketh unto you these words?'

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


rate difficulty: And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.

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


simplify: 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.

And the second day Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah, cutting down eighteen thousand men of the children of Israel, all swordsmen.


simplify: thence also to Philippi, which is a principal city of the part of Macedonia--a colony. And we were in this city abiding certain days,

From there we made our way to Philippi, which is the principal city of that part of Macedonia, and also a Roman Settlement.  In that city we spent several days.


rate difficulty: The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

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


simplify: And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?

And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?


simplify: For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.


rate difficulty: many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely,

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


simplify: For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

No, but with broken talk, and with a strange tongue, he will give his word to this people:


rate difficulty: The same thing happened to the second and the third brothers, and indeed to all the seven.

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


rate difficulty: But anyone touching them has to be armed with iron and the rod of a spear; and they will be burned with fire, every one of them.

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


rate difficulty: And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

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


simplify: the men, and the women, and the children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.

The men and the women and the children and the king's daughters, and every person whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had put under the care of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch, the son of Neriah;


rate difficulty: These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.


rate difficulty: Who having no more power of feeling, have given themselves up to evil passions, to do all unclean things with overmuch desire.

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


simplify: The fear of man bringeth a snare; But whoso putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be safe.

The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.


simplify: And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

And kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them full of joy, by turning the heart of the king of Assyria to them to give them help in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.


rate difficulty: As their sons remember their altars and their shrines, By the green tree, by the high hills.


simplify: And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

And all the years of Enosh were nine hundred and five: and he came to his end.


simplify: And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

And the sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel;


simplify: Even as it is written,  For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.


simplify: Do ye not yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?


rate difficulty: And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;

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simplify: And he caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

And he made me go past them round about: and I saw that there was a very great number of them on the face of the wide valley, and they were very dry.


simplify: And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

They also appointed officers for them in every church, and, after prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord in whom they had learned to believe.


simplify: Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:

Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:


simplify: Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

See, I will send for great numbers of fishermen, says the Lord, and they will take them like fish in a net; and after that, I will send for numbers of bowmen, and they will go after them, driving them from every mountain and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.


simplify: Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

And I tell you, wherever, in the whole world, the good news is proclaimed, what this woman has done will be told in memory of her.”


simplify: Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.

Now those who had been scattered in different directions, in consequence of the persecution that followed the death of Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, telling the message — but only to Jews.


rate difficulty: and all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebu, Sarsechim, chief chamberlain, Nergal-sharezer, chief magian, and all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

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rate difficulty: For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

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simplify: For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

For I will make you healthy again and I will make you well from your wounds, says the Lord; because they have given you the name of an outlaw, saying, It is Zion cared for by no man.


simplify: And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,


rate difficulty: The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.

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rate difficulty: And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

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simplify: After him repaired Malchijah one of the goldsmiths unto the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, over against the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the corner.

After him Malchijah, one of the gold-workers to the Nethinim and the traders, made good the wall opposite the doorway of Hammiphkad and as far as the way up to the angle.


simplify: Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

“Sheathe your sword,” Jesus said, “for all who draw the sword will be put to the sword.


rate difficulty: If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

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rate difficulty: Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it.


simplify: Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

Truly, after I had been turned, I had regret for my ways; and after I had got knowledge, I made signs of sorrow: I was put to shame, truly, I was covered with shame, because I had to undergo the shame of my early years.


rate difficulty: Together with all his rule and his power, and the events which took place in his time, in Israel and in all the kingdoms of other lands.

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rate difficulty: And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear to me byGod, that thou wilt neither put me to death nor deliver me up into the hand of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.

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


simplify: Behold, I have told you beforehand.

See, I have made it clear to you before it comes about.


simplify: And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.

And it will come about in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down in the middle of the day, and I will make the earth dark in daylight:


rate difficulty: And Hazor will be a hole for jackals, a waste for ever: no one will be living in it, and no son of man will have a resting-place there.


simplify: This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood.

This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.


simplify: The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with network.

One of the pillars was eighteen cubits high, with a crown of brass on it; the crown was three cubits high, circled with a network and apples all of brass; and the second pillar had the same.


simplify: because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith Jehovah.

Because they have not given ear to my words, says the Lord, when I sent to them my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you did not give ear, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.

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simplify: all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

All the towns of the table-land and all Gilead and Bashan as far as Salecah and Edrei, towns of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.


simplify: And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off:

And he said to Moses, Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, and Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the chiefs of Israel; and give me worship from a distance.


simplify: And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.

“We have nothing here,” they said, “except five loaves and two fishes.”


simplify: Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

Because you have taken their goods from great nations, all the rest of the peoples will take your goods from you; because of men's blood and violent acts against the land and the town and all who are living in it.


simplify: Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

Now Deborah, a woman prophet, the wife of Lapidoth, was judge of Israel at that time.


rate difficulty: And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty rulers went down on their faces before the Lamb, having every one an instrument of music, and gold vessels full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints.

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simplify: But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

But Solomon did not make use of the children of Israel as servants for his work; they were men of war, his chiefs and his captains, and captains of his war-carriages and his horsemen.


rate difficulty: And the families of Kirjath–jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.

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


simplify: And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

And he sent them to Beth-lehem and said, Go and make certain where the young child is; and when you have seen him, let me have news of it, so that I may come and give him worship.


simplify: Blessed be Jehovah, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.

Praise be to the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, as he gave them his word to do; every word of all his oath, which he gave by the hand of Moses his servant, has come true.


rate difficulty: For the wrongdoer will have punishment for the wrong he has done, without respect for any man's position.

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


rate difficulty: Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

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


simplify: And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

And the older daughter had a son, and she gave him the name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites to this day.


rate difficulty: The twelfth, for the twelfth month, <FI>is<Fi> Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel, and on his course <FI>are<Fi> twenty and four thousand.

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


simplify: So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lord. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the Lord.

So all the work King Solomon had done in the house of the Lord was complete. Then Solomon took the holy things which David his father had given, the silver and the gold and all the vessels, and put them in the store-houses of the house of the Lord.


simplify: for every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

For the person who asks receives, everyone who searches finds, and to the person who knocks the door will be opened.


rate difficulty: So he measured the house, a hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, a hundred cubits long;

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


simplify: And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David’s servants. Thus the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.

David put armed forces in all the towns of Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The Lord made David overcome wherever he went.


simplify: Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

Put me in mind of this; let us take up the cause between us: put forward your cause, so that you may be seen to be in the right.


simplify: Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.

Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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


simplify: to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

And to the Canaanites on the east and on the west, and to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the hill-country, and the Hivites under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.


rate difficulty: Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man: let me now bring them out to you; and do to them as is good in your sight: only, to these men do nothing; for therefore have they come under the shadow of my roof.

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


simplify: He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.


rate difficulty: And in that day will I punish all those that leap over the threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.

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


rate difficulty: and the inwards and the legs he hath washed with water, and Moses maketh perfume with the whole ram on the altar; it <FI>is<Fi> a burnt-offering, for sweet fragrance; it <FI>is<Fi> a fire-offering to Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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


rate difficulty: And David said, `Only, in vain I have kept all that this <FI>one<Fi> hath in the wilderness, and nothing hath been looked after of all that he hath, and he turneth back to me evil for good;

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rate difficulty: but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

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


simplify: And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

And outside the veil you are to put the table, and the support for the lights opposite the table on the south side of the House; and the table is to be on the north side.


rate difficulty: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.

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


simplify: These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath–jearim,

The sons of Hur, the oldest son of Ephrathah; Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim,


rate difficulty: And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again, and took it out of his bosom, and behold, it was turned again as his flesh.

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


simplify: And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.

Then they brought the foal to Jesus, and, when they had laid their cloaks on it, he seated himself on it.


rate difficulty: And all thy children shall be taught of Jehovah; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

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


simplify: And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

And this water of the curse will go into your body, causing disease of your stomach and wasting of your legs: and the woman will say, So be it.


simplify: And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

And this is the law for him who is separate, when the necessary days are ended: he is to come to the door of the Tent of meeting,


simplify: After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

In the same way, with the cup, after the meal, he said, This cup is the new testament in my blood: do this, whenever you take it, in memory of me.


simplify: And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which one shall offer unto Jehovah.

And this is the law for the peace-offerings offered to the Lord.


rate difficulty: “Your mistake,” replied Jesus, “is due to your ignorance of the scriptures, and of the power of God.

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rate difficulty: and all their villages that <FI>are<Fi> round about these cities unto Baal; these <FI>are<Fi> their dwellings, and they have their genealogy:

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


rate difficulty: But he did not take away the high places, and the people still went on making offerings and burning them in the high places. He was the builder of the higher doorway of the house of the Lord.

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simplify: that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

He whose rod was on the peoples with an unending wrath, ruling the nations in passion, with an uncontrolled rule.


rate difficulty: And he drove out Man; and he set the Cherubim, and the flame of the flashing sword, toward the east of the garden of Eden, to guard the way to the tree of life.


rate difficulty: And the Syrians fled from before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand [in] chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and slew Shophach the captain of the host.

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


simplify: For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;

For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;


rate difficulty: These are the names of David's men of war: Ishbaal the Hachmonite, chief of the three; his axe was lifted up against eight hundred put to death at one time.

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


simplify: laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

laying traps for him, so as to seize on anything that he might say.


simplify: Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.


simplify: For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God.

For there will be a day when those who get in the grapes on the hills of Ephraim will be crying, Up! let us go up to Zion to the Lord our God.


simplify: So I saw the wicked buried, and they came to the grave; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.

And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.


simplify: And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Pretorium; and they call together the whole band.

And the men of the army took him away into the square in front of the building which is the Praetorium, and they got together all the band.


simplify: Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

Come, go through all the land from one end to the other for I will give it to you.


simplify: the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

The fifth Nethaniah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


simplify: And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.

He then said: “People of Israel, take care as to what you intend to do with these men.


simplify: For we are in danger to be called in question for this day’s uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.

For I tell you that we are in danger of being proceeded against for today’s riot, there being nothing to account for it; and in that case we will be at a loss to give any reason for this disorderly gathering.”


simplify: Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said,


rate difficulty: And Jesus answering said to them, They that are in sound health have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.

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simplify: But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine:

But let your words be in agreement with true and right teaching:


rate difficulty: Now when Jehu was effecting the punishment of the family of Ahab, he came to the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's brothers, the servants of Ahaziah, and put them to death.

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rate difficulty: And saying, If you are the King of the Jews, get yourself free.


rate difficulty: For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

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simplify: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Who is there to separate us from the love of the Christ? Will trouble, or difficulty, or persecution, or hunger, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword?


rate difficulty: Therefore, be glad, heaven, and all who live in heaven! Alas for the earth and for the sea, for the devil has gone down to you in great fury, knowing that he has but little time.’

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


rate difficulty: Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts, from all that are about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall assemble the fugitives.

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


rate difficulty: I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;


simplify: And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it.

And Pilate put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said to him, You say so.


simplify: And ye shall measure without the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

The measure of this space of land is to be two thousand cubits outside the town on the east, and two thousand cubits on the south and on the west and on the north, the town being in the middle. This space will be the outskirts of their towns.


rate difficulty: And Solomon had seventy thousand men numbered for transport, and eighty thousand for cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers.

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simplify: And I turned and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Jehovah commanded me.

And turning round I came down from the mountain and put the stones in the ark which I had made; and there they are as the Lord gave me orders.


rate difficulty: Then two shall be in the field, one is taken and one is left;


rate difficulty: You will be full of camel-trains, even the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all from Sheba will come, with gold and spices, giving word of the great acts of the Lord.

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


simplify: If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.

If he says, It is well, your servant will be at peace: but if he is angry, then it will be clear to you that he has an evil purpose in mind against me.


rate difficulty: AndGod spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am Jehovah.


rate difficulty: Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.

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


rate difficulty: And the man rose up to depart, but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.

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

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


rate difficulty: and the men who <FI>are<Fi> at the opening of the house they have smitten with blindness, from small even unto great, and they weary themselves to find the opening.

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


rate difficulty: And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.

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


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith Jehovah of hosts.

This is what the Lord of armies has said: If this is a wonder to the rest of this people, is it a wonder to me? says the Lord of armies.


rate difficulty: And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth, be on Abram:


rate difficulty: for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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


rate difficulty: And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

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


rate difficulty: And they, answering him, said, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there will the eagles come together.


simplify: And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

And when the king of Israel was going by on the wall, a woman came crying out to him, and said, Help! my lord king.


rate difficulty: In the fourth year the base of the house was put in its place, in the month Ziv.


rate difficulty: And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.


simplify: Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them.

Give my love to Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.


simplify: and now, lo, a hand of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead <FI>him<Fi> by the hand;

The hand of the Lord is on you even now, and you will be blind for a time and unable to see the sun.” Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him, and he went feeling about for some one to guide him.


rate difficulty: He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

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


simplify: For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

For he made offerings to the gods of Damascus, who were attacking him, and said, Because the gods of the kings of Aram are giving them help, I will make offerings to them so that they may give me help. But they were the cause of his downfall, and of that of all Israel.


rate difficulty: O my crushed ones, the grain of my floor! I have given you the word which came to me from the Lord of armies, the God of Israel.


simplify: and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it upon the frame.

All these they are to put in a leather cover, and put it on the frame.


rate difficulty: And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from [those of] every people, and they keep not the king's laws; and it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

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


rate difficulty: Of Kish: the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel.

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


simplify: And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning.

Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had only a small number of sons, so they were grouped together as one family.


simplify: And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer–sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.

And Israel went on his journey with all he had, and came to Beer-sheba, where he made offerings to the God of his father Isaac.


simplify: Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, even the Christ.

And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.


simplify: At that time, when David saw that Jehovah had answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.

At that time, when David saw that the Lord had given him an answer on the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he made an offering there.


rate difficulty: And when the men of Israel turned back in the battle, Benjamin began to smite, slaying of the men of Israel about thirty men; for they said, Surely they are quite routed before us as in the first battle.


rate difficulty: And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,


simplify: On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.


simplify: For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

A man ought not to have his head covered, for he has been from the beginning ‘the likeness of God’ and the reflection of his glory, but woman is the reflection of man’s glory.


simplify: And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?

And crying out to the people and to Abner, the son of Ner, David said, Have you no answer to give, Abner? Then Abner said, Who is that crying out to the king?


simplify: and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.

And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.


rate difficulty: And on the day of the new moon, a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.

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


rate difficulty: Go on walking in the way ordered for you by the Lord your God, so that life may be yours and it may be well for you, and your days may be long in the land of your heritage.

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


rate difficulty: He who takes up my cause is near; who will go to law with me? let us come together before the judge: who is against me? let him come near to me.

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


simplify: Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly:

Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels;


rate difficulty: But he did not send for Nathan the prophet and Benaiah and the other men of war and Solomon his brother.

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


simplify: And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.

And Levi gave a great entertainment at his house, in honor of Jesus; and a large number of tax-gatherers and others were having dinner with them.


simplify: The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.  The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was written from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second time.

May the Lord be with your soul. God bless you all.


simplify: And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh:

And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat on the inside parts, and the fat on the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and the right leg;


simplify: The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

The last power to come to an end is death.


simplify: Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,

Give ear, O Israel: today you are to go over Jordan, to take the heritage of nations greater and stronger than yourselves, and towns of great size with walls as high as heaven;


simplify: Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.

Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.


rate difficulty: TheGod of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, The ruler among men shall be just, Ruling in the fear ofGod;

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


simplify: Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

So the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to be a worker on the earth from which he was taken.


simplify: And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

Now the children of Israel were living among the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites:


rate difficulty: And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

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


simplify: And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;

And their limit was Jazer, and all the towns of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer before Rabbah;


simplify: And he looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Jehovah. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two lads of them.

And turning back, he saw them, and put a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the wood and put forty-two of the children to death.


simplify: But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.


simplify: And another angel came out from the altar, he that hath power over fire; and he called with a great voice to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Send forth thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.

And another angel came out from the altar, who has power over fire; and he gave a loud cry to him who had the sharp curved blade, saying, Put in your sharp blade, and let the grapes of the vine of the earth be cut; for her grapes are fully ready.


simplify: And it was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

Now Elisha, the man of God, hearing that the king of Israel had done this, sent to the king, saying, Why are you troubled? send the man to me, so that he may see that there is a prophet in Israel.


simplify: And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?


simplify: and when he came upon the steps, it happened he was borne by the soldiers, because of the violence of the multitude,

When Paul reached the steps, he was actually being carried by the soldiers, owing to the violence of the mob;


simplify: For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed.


rate difficulty: And I scatter them among nations, And they are spread through lands, According to their way, and according to their doings, I have judged them.

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


simplify: The Lord spake also unto me again, saying,


simplify: And he commandeth the multitude to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, to set before them; and they set them before the multitude.

And he made the people be seated on the earth: and he took the seven cakes and, having given praise, he gave the broken bread to his disciples to put before them; and they put it before the people.


simplify: And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.

And keep in mind that you yourself were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God made you free: so I give you this order today.


simplify: And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chislev.

And it came about in the fourth year of King Darius, that the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month Chislev.


rate difficulty: Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

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


simplify: that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the things wherein thou wast instructed.

So that you might have certain knowledge of those things about which you were given teaching.


simplify: And the king was grieved; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat with him, he commanded it to be given;

And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;


rate difficulty: the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;

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


rate difficulty: Sons of Adonikam: six hundred sixty and seven.

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


simplify: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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


rate difficulty: and surely ye have kept from the devoted thing, lest ye devote <FI>yourselves<Fi> , and have taken from the devoted thing, and have made the camp of Israel become a devoted thing, and have troubled it;

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


rate difficulty: and she hath said unto me, Both drink thou, and also for thy camels I draw--she is the woman whom Jehovah hath decided for my lord's son.

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


simplify: these also did king David dedicate unto Jehovah, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued;

These King David made holy to the Lord, together with the silver and gold which he had taken from the nations he had overcome--


rate difficulty: Zebulun drove not out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to taskwork.

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


rate difficulty: And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.


rate difficulty: and all these kings and their land hath Joshua captured <FI>at<Fi> one time, for Jehovah, God of Israel, is fighting for Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And he overlaid the boards with gold; and made their rings of gold [as] receptacles for the bars; and overlaid the bars with gold.


simplify: lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you;

Remember, I have given you the power to ‘trample on snakes and scorpions,’ and to meet all the strength of the Enemy. Nothing will ever harm you in any way.


rate difficulty: they have not seen one another, and none hath risen from his place three days; and to all the sons of Israel there hath been light in their dwellings.'

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


simplify: Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to have the oversight of the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

Then Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, the sons of Hodaviah, together took up the work of overseeing the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad with their sons and their brothers, the Levites.


simplify: Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

For this cause, son of man, say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: In this your fathers have further put shame on my name by doing wrong against me.


simplify: And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.

And the peoples will say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, 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 out of Zion the law will go out, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.


simplify: Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field and the green plant, like grass on the house-tops.


rate difficulty: And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.


simplify: An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;

Do not reprimand an older man, but plead with him as if he were your father. Treat the young men as brothers,


rate difficulty: A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.


rate difficulty: For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.

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


simplify: And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.

After this, Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests, to betray Jesus to them.


simplify: Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.

Esther had still said nothing of her family or her people, as Mordecai had given her orders; for Esther did what Mordecai said, as when she was living with him.


rate difficulty: And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

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


simplify: And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest’s, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:

And he is to put the male lamb to death in the place where they put to death the sin-offering and the burned offering, in the holy place; for as the sin-offering is the property of the priest, so is the offering for wrongdoing: it is most holy.


simplify: And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

And, truly, if I have been in error, the effect of my error is only on myself.


rate difficulty: And the servants of Saul declare to him, saying, `According to these words hath David spoken.'

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


rate difficulty: And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out its roots by the stream, and he shall not see when heat cometh, but his leaf shall be green; and in the year of drought he shall not be careful, neither shall he cease to yield fruit.

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to thee, to offer up burnt-offerings, [and] to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings: seven days shalt thou wait, until I come to thee and inform thee what thou shalt do.

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


simplify: And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.

I will send you out, and your mother who gave you birth, into another country not the land of your birth; and there death will come to you.


simplify: doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

love is never self-seeking, never provoked, never reckons up her wrongs;


rate difficulty: For we all often offend. If any one offend not in word, he [is] a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body too.


rate difficulty: and returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?

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


rate difficulty: What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what are we profited if we pray unto him?


simplify: Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.

Then take the oil and put it on his head.


simplify: For the Lord hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the Lord: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the Lord.

For the Lord has made Jordan a line of division between us and you, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad; you have no part in the Lord: so your children will make our children give up fearing the Lord.


simplify: He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.


rate difficulty: Then Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, ye Benjaminites: will the son of Jesse give every one of you also fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,

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


rate difficulty: “Have faith in God!”replied Jesus.

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


simplify: Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

Your wealth being increased in everything, with a simple mind, causing praise to God through us.


rate difficulty: (For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);

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


simplify: And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear--let him hear.'

And Jesus said: “Let anyone who has ears to hear with hear.”


simplify: Their knops and their branches were of one piece with it: the whole of it was one beaten work of pure gold.

The buds and the branches were made of the same metal, all together one complete work of the best hammered gold.


simplify: So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

So Samuel made all the tribes of Israel come near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.


rate difficulty: And Hananiah and Elam and Anathothijah

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


simplify: And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.

So the man went, and began to proclaim in the district of the Ten Towns all that Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.


simplify: the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,


rate difficulty: The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one.

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


rate difficulty: And they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon, unto Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he pronounced judgment upon him.

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


rate difficulty: And Jeremiah hath taken another roll, and giveth it unto Baruch son of Neriah the scribe, and he writeth on it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book that Jehoiakim king of Judah hath burnt in the fire; and again there were added unto them many words like these.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: if, indeed, ye did hear of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,

For you have heard, I suppose, of the responsible charge with which God entrusted me for your benefit,


rate difficulty: It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And Samuel was wroth; and he cried unto Jehovah all night.

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


rate difficulty: A sword ye have feared, And a sword I bring in against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

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


simplify: Behold, Jehovah’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

Truly, the Lord's hand has not become short, so that he is unable to give salvation; and his ear is not shut from hearing:


rate difficulty: And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of theGod of Israel was over them above.


simplify: Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

Do not continue to drink water only, but take a little wine because of the weakness of your stomach, and your frequent ailments.


simplify: And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;

And he gave orders to the twelve, and sent them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits;


rate difficulty: And he engraved on the plates of its stays and on its panels cherubim, lions and palm-trees, according to the space upon each; and garlands were round about.


rate difficulty: Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.


rate difficulty: And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not, nor consent.


simplify: And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth?

And in answer he said, Am I not ordered to say only what the Lord puts into my mouth?


simplify: Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel; and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

So this is what I will do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, be ready for a meeting with your God, O Israel.


rate difficulty: The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, You have been long enough in this mountain:

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


rate difficulty: And he judgeth Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

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


simplify: O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment!


rate difficulty: For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?

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


simplify: This is the oblation that ye shall offer: the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of wheat; and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of barley;

This is the offering you are to give: a sixth of an ephah out of a homer of wheat, and a sixth of an ephah out of a homer of barley;


rate difficulty: The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.


simplify: Let our lord now command thy servants, that are before thee, to seek out a man who is a skilful player on the harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

Now give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in search of a man who is an expert player on a corded instrument: and it will be that when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will make music for you on his instrument, and you will get well.


simplify: But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you.


simplify: And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

And he said, Put it down on the earth. And he put it down on the earth and it became a snake; and Moses went running from it.


simplify: Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

You are my brothers, my bone and my flesh; why are you the last to get the king back again?


rate difficulty: `Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;

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


simplify: And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.

And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.


simplify: And their father Israel said unto them, If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;

Then their father Israel said to them, If it has to be so, then do this: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels to give the man, perfumes and honey and spices and nuts:


rate difficulty: And David heard [of it], and he sent Joab, and all the host, the mighty men.

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


rate difficulty: And Edom will become a cause of wonder: everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.


rate difficulty: and having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and was giving to the disciples to set before the multitude;

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

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


simplify: Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.


simplify: And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the Lord hath destroyed them unto this day;

And what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and their war-carriages; how he made the waters of the Red Sea come up over them when they went after you, and how the Lord put an end to them even to this day;


rate difficulty: And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a mantle of byssus and purple; and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.

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


rate difficulty: And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind passeth, and cleareth them.

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


simplify: And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

As soon, however, as you see Jerusalem surrounded by armed camps, then you may know that the hour of her desecration is at hand.


rate difficulty: who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. He, having called Barnabas and Saul to [him], desired to hear the word ofGod.


rate difficulty: And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice or oblation for ever.

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


simplify: I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.

From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.


rate difficulty: And the king said to Abiathar the priest, Go to Anathoth, to thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death; but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou didst bear the ark of Adonai Jehovah before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

Truly I say to you, There are some of those here who will not have a taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.


simplify: For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

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


simplify: for I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.

For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me.


rate difficulty: Sit silent, and get thee into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called, Mistress of kingdoms.

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


rate difficulty: and all Israel know, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, that Samuel is established for a prophet to Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.

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


rate difficulty: all the valiant men arose and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burned them there.

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


rate difficulty: according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

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


simplify: And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.

And he took me to the door of the open place; and looking, I saw a hole in the wall.


simplify: But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor.

But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.


simplify: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.


simplify: Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O Lord, and it shall be blessed for ever.

And now you have been pleased to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you; you, O Lord, have given your blessing, and a blessing will be on it for ever.


simplify: And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

And the Philistines, full of fear, said, God has come into their tents. And they said, Trouble is ours! for never before has such a thing been seen.


rate difficulty: And when the work was done, they took the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and it was used for making the vessels for the house of the Lord, all the vessels needed for the offerings, the spoons and the vessels of gold and silver. And as long as Jehoiada was living, the regular burned offerings were offered in the house of the Lord.


simplify: and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water.

And the priest will take holy water in a pot and put in it dust from the floor of the House;


simplify: And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth–shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

And Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their grass-lands; nine towns from those two tribes.


rate difficulty: When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

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