rate difficulty: and he having nothing to pay, his lord did command him to be sold, and his wife, and the children, and all, whatever he had, and payment to be made.

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


simplify: And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;


simplify: Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,


rate difficulty: And at the head of the army of the children of Zebulun was Eliab, the son of Helon.

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


rate difficulty: and this is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall relax his hand from the loan which he hath lent unto his neighbour; he shall not demand it of his neighbour, or of his brother; for a release to Jehovah hath been proclaimed.

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


rate difficulty: So that future generations may keep in mind how I gave the children of Israel tents as their living-places when I took them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.


simplify: No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.

And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.


rate difficulty: In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

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


rate difficulty: Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

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


simplify: And it came to pass, on his going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching him,

On one occasion, as Jesus was going, on a Sabbath into the house of one of the leading Pharisees to dine, they were watching him closely.


rate difficulty: White, green, and blue [hangings] were fastened with cords of byssus and purple to silver rings and pillars of white marble; couches of gold and silver [lay] upon a pavement of red and white marble, and alabaster, and black marble.

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


simplify: And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord.

And David went up, as Gad had said in the name of the Lord.


simplify: And this shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken:

And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said:


simplify: And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and doth bring them up to a high mount by themselves,

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter, and the brothers James and John, and led them up a high mountain alone.


rate difficulty: And Huram made all the pots and the spades and the basins. So he came to the end of all the work he did for King Solomon in the house of God:


rate difficulty: And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

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


simplify: Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

Asahel, the brother of Joab, was one of the thirty; and Elhanan, the son of Dodai, of Beth-lehem,


simplify: We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

Whenever we pray, we never fail to thank God, the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, about you,


rate difficulty: And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.


simplify: Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

Take an instrument of music, go about the town, O loose woman who has gone out from the memory of man; make sweet melody with songs, so that you may come back to men's minds.


rate difficulty: As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

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


simplify: And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

And David took their gold body-covers from the servants of Hadadezer and took them to Jerusalem.


simplify: Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women; the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire hath devoured thy bars.

See, the people who are in you are women; the doorways of your land are wide open to your attackers: the locks of your doors have been burned away in the fire.


simplify: And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Then the king of Egypt took the kingdom from him in Jerusalem, and put on the land a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.


rate difficulty: And the man and his wife were without clothing, and they had no sense of shame.

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


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

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


simplify: and the smoke of their torment goeth up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, they that worship the beast and his image, and whoso receiveth the mark of his name.

And the smoke of their pain goes up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, who give worship to the beast and his image, and have on them the mark of his name.


simplify: and behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? that they might accuse him.

And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.


rate difficulty: Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.


simplify: When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

when he comes to be honor ed in his people,’ and to be revered in all who have learned to believe in him (for you also believed our testimony) — as he will be on ‘that day.’


rate difficulty: And He saith unto me, `Son of man, go, enter in unto the house of Israel, and thou hast spoken with My words unto them.

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


rate difficulty: And he saith unto them, `Look at me, and thus do; and lo, I am coming into the extremity of the camp--and it hath been--as I do so ye do;

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


simplify: And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah: Kenaz.

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


rate difficulty: seven days leaven is not found in your houses, for any <FI>one<Fi> eating anything fermented--that person hath been cut off from the company of Israel, among the sojourners or among the natives of the land;

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


rate difficulty: Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not meet for us to see the king’s dishonor, therefore have we sent and certified the king;

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


simplify: And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Cesar the things that are Cesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.

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


simplify: And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the Lord, all that any man giveth of such unto the Lord shall be holy.

And if it is a beast of which men make offerings to the Lord, whatever any man gives of such to the Lord will be holy.


simplify: So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.


simplify: The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.


rate difficulty: that if our conscience condemns us, yet God is greater than our conscience and knows everything.

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


simplify: Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?

Why did death not take me when I came out of my mother's body, why did I not, when I came out, give up my last breath?


simplify: And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him.


rate difficulty: And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.


simplify: But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

But have nothing to do with foolish discussions, or with genealogies, or with controversy, or disputes about the law. They are useless and futile.


rate difficulty: Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri.

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


simplify: And I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal’s well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

And I went out by night, through the doorway of the valley, and past the dragon's water-spring as far as the place where waste material was put, viewing the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down, and the doorways which had been burned with fire.


simplify: But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

But let it be so, that I was not a trouble to you myself; but (someone may say) being false, I took you with deceit.


simplify: Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.

The best linen with needlework from Egypt was your sail, stretched out to be a flag for you; blue and purple from the sea-lands of Elishah gave you shade.


simplify: If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

If they give ear to his voice, and do his word, then he gives them long life, and years full of pleasure.


simplify: And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,


rate difficulty: The generations of the sons of Benjamin were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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


simplify: And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

And on the east side of Jordan at Jericho, they made selection of Bezer in the waste land, in the table-land, out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.


simplify: And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying,

(And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,


rate difficulty: And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;

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


rate difficulty: Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

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


rate difficulty: And Joshua said unto them, If thou be a great people, get thee up to the forest, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for thee.

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


simplify: let royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and on the head of which a crown royal is set:

Let them take the robes which the king generally puts on, and the horse on which the king goes, and the crown which is on his head:


rate difficulty: Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.

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


simplify: And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:


rate difficulty: And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

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


rate difficulty: and his father hath not grieved him <FI>all<Fi> his days, saying, `Wherefore thus hast thou done?' and he also <FI>is<Fi> of a very good form, and <FI>his mother<Fi> bare him after Absalom.

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


simplify: Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings.

These are in addition to the regular burned offering and its meal offering; take care that they are without any mark, and let them be offered with their drink offerings.


rate difficulty: And he saith, `Let it not be, I Pray thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak: peradventure there are found there thirty?' and He saith, `I do <FI>it<Fi> not, if I find there thirty.'

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


simplify: that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.

So that his heart may not be lifted up over his countrymen, and he may not be turned away from the orders, to one side or the other: but that his life and the lives of his children may be long in his kingdom in Israel.


rate difficulty: Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,

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


simplify: And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.


rate difficulty: In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer–sheba.

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


rate difficulty: The two pillars, the great water-vessel and the wheeled bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

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


rate difficulty: And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

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


rate difficulty: And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was free and he gave praise to God.

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


rate difficulty: In the resurrection, when they shall rise again, of which of them shall she be wife, for the seven had her as wife?

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


simplify: And thou shalt offer them before the Lord, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the Lord.

And you are to take them before the Lord, and the priests will put salt on them, offering them up for a burned offering to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.


simplify: Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

This is what you are to say to them: The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth will be cut off from the earth and from under the heavens.


rate difficulty: Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For your strength hath been destroyed.

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


rate difficulty: Whence <FI>are<Fi> wars and fightings among you? not thence--out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

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


simplify: Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.

Be not like your fathers, to whom the voice of the earlier prophets came, saying, Be turned now from your evil ways and from your evil doings: but they did not give ear to me or take note, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

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


rate difficulty: So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.

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


simplify: Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

So we are the representatives of Christ, as if God was making a request to you through us: we make our request to you, in the name of Christ, be at peace with God.


rate difficulty: Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?

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


simplify: And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come down: is the work to be stopped while I go away from it and come down to you?


simplify: And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben–hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.

And every one of them put his man to death, and the Aramaeans went in flight with Israel after them; and Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got away safely on a horse with his horsemen.


rate difficulty: Have you completely given up Judah? is your soul turned in disgust from Zion? why have you given us blows from which there is no one to make us well? we were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there was only a great fear.


rate difficulty: Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;

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


simplify: And they answered the angel of Jehovah that stood among the myrtle-trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.

And the man who was between the mountains, answering, said to the angel of the Lord, We have gone up and down through the earth, and all the earth is quiet and at rest.


rate difficulty: He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.

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


simplify: The word of Jehovah which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.

The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about the nations.


rate difficulty: Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of grain, as food for his people, and twenty measures of clear oil; this he did every year.

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


simplify: But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.

But as for you, keep your place here by me, and I will give you all the orders and the laws and the decisions which you are to make clear to them, so that they may do them in the land which I am giving them for their heritage.


simplify: And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:

Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who had been placed over the rooms of the house of our God, being a friend of Tobiah,


simplify: But shipsshall comefrom the coast of Kittim, And they shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber; And he also shall come to destruction.

But ships will come from the direction of Kittim, troubling Asshur and troubling Eber, and like the others their fate will be destruction.


rate difficulty: And the skilfully woven band, that was upon it, wherewith to gird it on, was of the same piece and like the work thereof; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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


simplify: This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:

This, dear friends, is my second letter to you. In both of them I have tried, by appealing to your remembrance, to arouse your better feelings.


simplify: and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

He agreed with the laborers to pay them the standard daily rate of two silver coins, and sent them into his vineyard.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass, when my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand, until I have passed by.

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


rate difficulty: Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.


simplify: And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

And I will make holy my great name which has been made unclean among the nations, which you have made unclean among them; and it will be clear to the nations that I am the Lord, says the Lord, when I make myself holy in you before their eyes.


simplify: For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,

For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,


rate difficulty: And he went out, and wept bitterly.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.


simplify: And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.

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


rate difficulty: But after I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

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


rate difficulty: In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

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


rate difficulty: But [shall] not the act of favour [be] as the offence? For if by the offence of one the many have died, much rather has the grace ofGod, and the free gift in grace, which [is] by the one man Jesus Christ, abounded unto the many.

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


simplify: For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:


rate difficulty: Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.

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


rate difficulty: Hearken unto me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, ye who have been borne from the belly, who have been carried from the womb:

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


rate difficulty: They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

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


simplify: But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,

But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,


simplify: And thou shalt eat and be full, and thou shalt bless Jehovah thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

And you will have food enough and be full, praising the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.


simplify: So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before Jehovah, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

So the priest gave him the holy bread: there was no other, only the holy bread which had been taken from before the Lord, so that new bread might be put in its place on the day when it was taken away.


simplify: When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;


rate difficulty: Let them give thought to it, who go on white asses, and those who are walking on the road.


rate difficulty: And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.


rate difficulty: Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

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


simplify: 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: And Shimei, the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, got up quickly and went down with the men of Judah for the purpose of meeting King David;

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


simplify: and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, ready to forgive one another, just as God, in Christ, forgave you.


simplify: Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.

“Why, what harm has he done?” Pilate kept saying to them. But they shouted furiously: “Crucify him!”


rate difficulty: Sorrow is mine for I am wounded! my wound may not be made well; and I said, Cruel is my disease, I may not be free from it.

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


simplify: For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.

For he who was a servant when he became a Christian is the Lord's free man; and he who was free when he became a Christian is the Lord's servant.


simplify: But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us.

But his people had no love for him, and sent representatives after him, saying, We will not have this man for our ruler.


rate difficulty: But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.


simplify: Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

A blessing will be on your coming in and on your going out.


rate difficulty: `And the priest hath seen the plague, and hath shut up <FI>that which hath<Fi> the plague, seven days;

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


simplify: And for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be for food.

And for your cattle and the beasts on the land; all the natural increase of the land will be for food.


simplify: And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us; and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

And they said, We came to the land where you sent us, and truly it is flowing with milk and honey: and here is some of the produce of it.


rate difficulty: And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

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


rate difficulty: for I have not dwelt in a house even from the day of My bringing up the sons of Israel out of Egypt, even unto this day, and am walking up and down in a tent and in a tabernacle.

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


rate difficulty: Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive-trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?

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


rate difficulty: Then they hasted and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the very stairs, and blew with trumpets, and said, Jehu is king!

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


rate difficulty: Cursed be their anger, for it [was] violent; And their rage, for it [was] cruel! I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.


simplify: But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

As for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you.


rate difficulty: But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei, and David's men of war did not take the side of Adonijah.

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


rate difficulty: and for the tribe of the children of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud;


rate difficulty: and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.

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


simplify: to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;

A promise which our twelve tribes, by earnest service night and day, hope to see fulfilled. It is for this hope, your Majesty, that I am accused — and by Jews themselves!


simplify: And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on a sabbath:

And say a prayer that your flight may not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath.


rate difficulty: For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

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


simplify: saying--`Against the law this one doth persuade men to worship God;'

charging him with persuading people to worship God in a way forbidden by the law.


rate difficulty: And Joseph said to his brethren, I die; andGod will certainly visit you, and bring you up out of this land, into the land that he swore unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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


rate difficulty: But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother.

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


simplify: Their feet are swift to shed blood:

Their feet are quick in running after blood;


rate difficulty: I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as ye all are this day:

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


simplify: Then said Joab to the Cushite, Go, tell the king what thou hast seen. And the Cushite bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.

Then Joab said to the Cushite, Go and give the king word of what you have seen. And the Cushite, making a sign of respect to Joab, went off running.


simplify: And Jehovah our God delivered him up before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.

And the Lord our God gave him into our hands; and we overcame him and his sons and all his people.


rate difficulty: For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit those that are about to perish, neither shall seek that which is strayed away, nor heal that which is wounded, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their hoofs in pieces.

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


simplify: No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

No one is to take, on account of a debt, the stones with which grain is crushed: for in doing so he takes a man's living.


rate difficulty: Let your words and your acts be those of men who are to be judged by the law which makes free.

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


rate difficulty: Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

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


rate difficulty: And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.


simplify: I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to the same end.


simplify: And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.

And Joseph had Manasseh and Ephraim in the land of Egypt, by Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On.


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

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


simplify: And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

And Joash went to rest with his fathers and Jeroboam took his place as king; and Joash was put into the earth in Samaria with the kings of Israel.


rate difficulty: And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.

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


simplify: But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of it, made sport of us, laughing at us and saying, What are you doing? will you go against the king?


rate difficulty: These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.

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


rate difficulty: Violence is not heard any more in thy land, Spoiling and destruction in thy borders, And thou hast called `Salvation' thy walls, And thy gates, `Praise.'

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: For I am certain that not death, or life, or angels, or rulers, or things present, or things to come, or powers,

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


simplify: For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his hire.

For the Writings say, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. And, The worker has a right to his reward.


rate difficulty: And if he have smitten him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.


simplify: Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.

Give a cry of grief, O fir-tree, for the fall of the cedar, because the great ones have been made low: give cries of grief, O you oaks of Bashan, for the strong trees of the wood have come down.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, before he hath finished speaking, that lo, Rebekah (who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, wife of Nahor, brother of Abraham) is coming out, and her pitcher on her shoulder,

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


simplify: I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it: nay, not even now are ye able;

I gave you milk and not meat, because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;


simplify: Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

By whom has the spirit of the Lord been guided, or who has been his teacher?


rate difficulty: He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,


rate difficulty: And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

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


simplify: Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

You ask, yet do not receive, because you ask for a wrong purpose — to spend what you get on your pleasures.


simplify: and is divided. So also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.


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

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


simplify: Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

Blessed is the God and Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord, who has blessed us on high with every spiritual blessing, in Christ.


rate difficulty: So they came and took them, in their coats, outside the tent-circle, as Moses had said.


rate difficulty: And Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in the prison?

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


simplify: And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of Joseph,

When beginning his work, Jesus was about thirty years old. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, whose ancestors were —  Eli,


simplify: And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.

On his taking her hand, the fever left her, and she rose and began to take care of him.


simplify: The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.

The crowning time has come on you, O people of the land: the time has come, the day is near; the day will not be slow in coming, it will not keep back.


simplify: So shall their blood return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but unto David, and unto his seed, and unto his house, and unto his throne, shall there be peace for ever from Jehovah.

So their blood will be on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed for ever; but for David and his seed and his family and the seat of his kingdom, there will be peace for ever from the Lord.


simplify: And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

A person’s enemies will be the members of their own household.’


simplify: And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Having made himself free from the rule of authorities and powers, he put them openly to shame, glorying over them in it.


rate difficulty: And they come unto the threshing-floor of Nachon, and Uzzah putteth forth <FI>his hand<Fi> unto the ark of God, and layeth hold on it, for they released the oxen;

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


rate difficulty: But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but when they were long in expectation and beheld nothing amiss come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

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


rate difficulty: Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

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


rate difficulty: And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

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


simplify: For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the wailing thereof unto Eglaim, and the wailing thereof unto Beer-elim.

For the cry has gone round the limits of Moab; as far as to Eglaim and Beer-elim.


simplify: And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.

And if his offering to the Lord is a burned offering of birds, then he is to make his offering of doves or of young pigeons.


simplify: So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.

And Esther's women and her servants came and gave her word of it. Then great was the grief of the queen: and she sent robes for Mordecai, so that his clothing of haircloth might be taken off; but he would not have them.


simplify: And some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.

And some were in agreement with what he said, but some had doubts.


simplify: And he coupled five curtains one to another: and the other five curtains he coupled one to another.

And five curtains were joined together, and the other five curtains were joined together.


simplify: Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

For this reason I will do to the house which is named by my name, and in which you have put your faith, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.


simplify: And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.

And I saw that the Levites had not been given what was needed for their support; so that the Levites and the music-makers, who did the work, had gone away, everyone to his field.


simplify: for the king doth know concerning these things, before whom also I speak boldly, for none of these things, I am persuaded, are hidden from him; for this thing hath not been done in a corner;

Indeed, the king knows about these matters, so I speak before him without constraint. I am sure that there is nothing whatever of what I have been telling him that has escaped his attention; for all this has not been done in a corner.


simplify: I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?

Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?


rate difficulty: in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins;

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rate difficulty: Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, old man or hoary-headed: he gave them all into his hand.

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


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

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


simplify: so many things did ye suffer in vain! if, indeed, even in vain.

Did you go through so much to no purpose? — if indeed it really was to no purpose!


rate difficulty: And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me anything. If thou doest this for me, I will again feed [and] keep thy flock:

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


rate difficulty: Thy beholders look to thee, to thee they attend, Is this the man causing the earth to tremble, Shaking kingdoms?

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through the fire to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

Before the Lord are the underworld and destruction: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men!


simplify: But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.

But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here.


simplify: And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.

The skirts of the robe were worked all round with fruits in blue and purple and red made of twisted linen.


simplify: who having come down did pray concerning them, that they may receive the Holy Spirit, --

and they, on their arrival, prayed that the Samaritans might receive the Holy Spirit.


simplify: And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you.

And this day I have made it clear to you, and you have not given ear to the voice of the Lord your God in anything for which he has sent me to you.


simplify: And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord, in Hebron.

Now at the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, Let me go to Hebron and give effect to the oath which I made to the Lord:


simplify: For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.

For you are about to go over Jordan to take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, and it will be your resting-place.


rate difficulty: cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:

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


rate difficulty: In that day men will go out quickly to take the news, causing fear in untroubled Ethiopia; and bitter pain will come on them as in the day of Egypt; for see, it is coming.


rate difficulty: `And also Solomon hath sat on the throne of the kingdom,


simplify: And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

Say to him, The Lord says, Have you put a man to death and taken his heritage? Then say to him, The Lord says, In the place where dogs have been drinking the blood of Naboth, there will your blood become the drink of dogs.


simplify: And all the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah was upon the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and gave thanks unto Jehovah, saying, For he is good; for his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

And all the children of Israel were looking on when the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord was on the house; and they went down on their knees, with their faces to the earth, worshipping and praising the Lord, and saying, He is good; for his mercy is unchanging for ever.


rate difficulty: slay utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.

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


rate difficulty: And the images will never be seen again.

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


simplify: But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.

Now Peter and those who were with him were overcome with sleep: but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men who were with him.


simplify: But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath.

But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, See, your disciples do that which it is not right to do on the Sabbath.


simplify: As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Go ye, serve every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me; but my holy name shall ye no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.

As for you, O children of Israel, the Lord has said: Let every man completely put away his images and give ear to me: and let my holy name no longer be shamed by your offerings and your images.


rate difficulty: And king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the couriers who kept the entrance of the king's house.

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


simplify: But ye did not so learn Christ;

For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you;


simplify: The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.


rate difficulty: And he brought Aaron’s sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.

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


simplify: And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.

And he went into Jerusalem into the Temple; and after looking round about on all things, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.


simplify: Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

Yet there is a philosophy that we teach to those whose faith is matured, but it is not the philosophy of today, or of the leaders of today — whose downfall is at hand.


simplify: Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.


simplify: and now, no longer having place in these parts, and having a longing to come unto you for many years,

But now there are no further openings for me in these parts, and I have for several years been longing to come to you whenever I may be going to Spain.


simplify: And thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand at the tribunal of the Christ;

I would ask the one ‘Why do you judge other followers of the Lord?’ And I would ask the other ‘Why do you despise them?’ For we will all stand before the court of God.


simplify: So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be uncovered; and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

So I will let the wall, which you were covering with whitewash, be broken down; I will have it levelled to the earth so that its base is uncovered: it will come down, and destruction will come on you with it; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.


rate difficulty: So that Moses was not able to go into the Tent of meeting, because the cloud was resting on it, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord.

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


simplify: I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

I have given up my house, I have let my heritage go; I have given the loved one of my soul into the hands of her haters.


rate difficulty: And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

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


simplify: And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my wrath; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord Jehovah.

I will take payment from Edom because of my people Israel; and I will take Edom in hand in my wrath and in my passion: and they will have experience of my reward, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: I speak as to intelligent [persons]: do ye judge what I say.

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


simplify: And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

And those of you who are still living will be wasting away in their sins in the land of your haters; in the sins of their fathers they will be wasting away.


simplify: And it went out to the south side to Maaleh–acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh–barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:

From there it goes south of the slope up to Akrabbim, and on to Zin, then south past Kadesh-barnea, and on by Hezron and up to Addar, turning in the direction of Karka:


simplify: for if I pray in an <FI>unknown<Fi> tongue, my spirit doth pray, and my understanding is unfruitful.

If, when praying, I use the gift of ‘tongues,’ my spirit indeed prays, but my mind is a blank.


simplify: And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.


simplify: for as the lightning that is lightening out of the one <FI>part<Fi> under heaven, to the other part under heaven doth shine, so shall be also the Son of Man in his day;

For, just as lightning will lighten and flare from one side of the heavens to the other, so will it be with the Son of Man.


rate difficulty: Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,

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


simplify: A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.


simplify: these are they who with women were not defiled, for they are virgin; these are they who are following the Lamb whithersoever he may go; these were bought from among men--a first-fruit to God and to the Lamb--

These are the men who never defiled themselves in their intercourse with women; they are as pure as virgins. These are the men who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were redeemed as the first-fruits of mankind for God and for the Lamb.


simplify: And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,

Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;


rate difficulty: Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation beforeGod.

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


simplify: Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

Give ear in heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.


simplify: But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them,

But he saw through their trick and said to them,


simplify: for it hath been written in the book of Psalms: Let his lodging-place become desolate, and let no one be dwelling in it, and his oversight let another take.

“For in the book of Psalms,” Peter continued, “it is said —  ‘Let his home, And let no one live in it’;  and also —  ‘His office let another take.’


simplify: And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

And give to me the Levites (I am the Lord) in place of the first sons of the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites in place of the first births among the cattle of the children of Israel.


rate difficulty: but if ye return unto me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.

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


rate difficulty: And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner did David speak.

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


rate difficulty: And the first came out red — all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.


rate difficulty: And Moses and Aaron go in from the presence of the assembly unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and fall on their faces, and the honour of Jehovah is seen by them.

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


rate difficulty: But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

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


simplify: And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.

And the fifth heritage came out for the tribe of Asher by their families.


rate difficulty: and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,


simplify: And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

begging him merely to let them touch the tassel of his cloak; and all who touched were made perfectly well.


simplify: So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.

And having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time.


simplify: And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

At that time I said to you, I am not able to undertake the care of you by myself;


rate difficulty: And with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

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


simplify: for if by the offence of the one the death did reign through the one, much more those, who the abundance of the grace and of the free gift of the righteousness are receiving, in life shall reign through the one--Jesus Christ.

For if, by reason of the offense of the one man, death reigned through that one man, far more will those, on whom God’s loving kindness and his gift of righteousness are lavished, find life, and reign through the one man, Jesus Christ.


rate difficulty: For he said unto him, Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

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


simplify: The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

The best of them is like a waste plant, and their upright ones are like a wall of thorns. Sorrow! the day of their fate has come; now will trouble come on them.


simplify: Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth, will I judge thee.

Go back into your cover. In the place where you were made, in the land from which you were taken, I will be your judge.


rate difficulty: their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel had not destroyed, upon them did Solomon impose tribute-service until this day.

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


simplify: But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.

But trouble is man's fate from birth, as the flames go up from the fire.


rate difficulty: he hath withdrawn his hand from the poor, hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, [and] walked in my statutes: he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall certainly live.

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


simplify: In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and took Israel away to Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes.


simplify: Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,

Causing sin to come on him, then he will have to give back the thing he took by force or got by cruel acts, or the goods which were put in his care or the thing he came on by chance,


rate difficulty: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

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


simplify: And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

And Samson said, Let death overtake me with the Philistines. And he put out all his strength, and the house came down on the chiefs and on all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he sent to destruction by his death were more than all those on whom he had sent destruction in his life.


rate difficulty: As Jesus went along, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting in the tax office, and said to him: “Follow me.” Matthew got up and followed him.

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


rate difficulty: But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go.

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


simplify: Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.


simplify: and showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them, and didst get thee a name, as it is this day.

And you did signs and wonders on Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land; for you saw how cruel they were to them. So you got yourself a name as it is today.


simplify: And Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

And the Lord will take you back to Egypt again in ships, by the way of which I said to you, You will never see it again: there you will be offering yourselves as men-servants and women-servants to your haters for a price, and no man will take you.


simplify: Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

Let it come about that, while I am waiting here by the water-spring, if a girl comes to get water and I say to her, Give me a little water from your vessel, and she says,


rate difficulty: And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.


rate difficulty: (For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;)

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


simplify: Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring.


simplify: He shall also break the pillars of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.

And the stone pillars of Beth-shemesh in the land of Egypt will be broken by him, and the houses of the gods of Egypt burned with fire.


simplify: And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

and, after Paul had placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit descended on them, and they began to speak with ‘tongues’ and to preach.


rate difficulty: Out of the north cometh golden splendor: God hath upon him terrible majesty.

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


rate difficulty: Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?

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


simplify: For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

For her wounds may not be made well: for it has come even to Judah, stretching up to the doorway of my people, even to Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: But Peter, putting them all out, and kneeling down, prayed. And, turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes, and, seeing Peter, sat up.


simplify: and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,

but, when the full time came, God sent his Son — born a woman’s child, born subject to law —


rate difficulty: And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.

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


rate difficulty: and her husband hear it and be silent at her in the day that he heareth it, then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

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


simplify: But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:


rate difficulty: So Rachel came to her end and was put to rest on the road to Ephrath (which is Beth-lehem).


simplify: Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;


simplify: The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

children, obey your parents, as children of the Lord; for that is but right.


rate difficulty: But far be it from me to boast save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom [the] world is crucified to me, and I to the world.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch forth thy hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.

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


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

Then he said, Will you go to Solomon the king (for he will not say, No, to you) and put before him my request that he will give me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife?


simplify: All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.

They have been attacked by all those who came across them: and their attackers said, We are doing no wrong, because they have done evil against the Lord in whom is righteousness, against the Lord, the hope of their fathers.


rate difficulty: Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him.

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


rate difficulty: And Bezaleel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, hath made all that Jehovah commanded Moses;

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


rate difficulty: Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, [and] be not envious of the wicked:

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


simplify: And when the days of their purification were fulfilled, according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present to the Lord,

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


simplify: And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.

And he said, If the Aramaeans are stronger and get the better of me, then come to my help; and if the children of Ammon get the better of you, I will come to your help.


rate difficulty: And I have caused wickedness to cease from the land, And instructed have been all the women, And they do not according to your wickedness.

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


rate difficulty: And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:

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


simplify: Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

Thirty-two thousand, two hundred of the tribe of Manasseh were numbered.


simplify: That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;

Who made the Bear and Orion, and the Pleiades, and the store-houses of the south:


simplify: Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord,

And Hezekiah, turning his face to the wall, made his prayer to the Lord, saying,


simplify: And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

but one poor widow came and put in two small coins, worth very little.


simplify: And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

And Judah said, The strength of the workmen is giving way, and there is much waste material; it is impossible for us to put up the wall.


simplify: And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

And he said to them, If you will let me put my dead to rest here, make a request for me to Ephron, the son of Zohar,


rate difficulty: And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.

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


simplify: And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

And when a great number of people came together to him, he said, This generation is an evil generation: it is looking for a sign and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt till the land for him, thou, and thy sons, and thy servants; and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master’s son may have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal–gad,


rate difficulty: Now there were some present at that very season who told him of the Galilæans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

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


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

And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.


simplify: And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

And the base was of great masses of highly priced stone, some ten cubits and some eight cubits square.


rate difficulty: And he said to them, Do ye know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We do know [him].

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


rate difficulty: And Samuel saith unto the people, `Come and we go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there;'

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


simplify: Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

because it does not pass into his heart, but into his stomach, and is afterwards got rid of? — in saying this Jesus pronounced all food ‘clean.’


simplify: And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

And give orders that Aaron and his sons are to keep their place as priests; any strange person who comes near is to be put to death.


simplify: And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

And not only that, but they learn to be idle as they go about from house to house. Nor are they merely idle, but they also become gossips and busybodies, and talk of what they ought not.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

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


rate difficulty: Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.

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


simplify: Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

Lastly, you should all be united, sympathetic, full of love for each other, kind-hearted, humble-minded;


simplify: And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;


simplify: And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

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


rate difficulty: That which enlighteneth the eyes rejoiceth the heart; good tidings make the bones fat.

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


simplify: For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.

For though my letter gave you pain, I have no regret for it now, though I had before; for I see that the letter gave you pain, but only for a time.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

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


simplify: Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old; and he was king in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.


rate difficulty: But if he has no desire to get it back, or if he has given it for a price to another man, it may not be got back again.

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


simplify: for God did give into their hearts to do its mind, and to make one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast till the sayings of God may be complete,

For God has put it into their minds to carry out his purpose, in carrying out their common purpose and surrendering their kingdoms to the Beast, until God’s decrees will be executed.


simplify: And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

A few days later the younger son got together all that he had, and went away into a distant land; and there he squandered his inheritance by leading a dissolute life.


simplify: Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

Because you did not give honour to the Lord your God, worshipping him gladly, with joy in your hearts on account of all your wealth of good things;


simplify: John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:

John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:


rate difficulty: Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.

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


rate difficulty: And frequently it has sent him into the fire and into the water, for his destruction; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us, and give us help.

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


rate difficulty: and said unto them, Ye brought unto me this man, as one that perverteth the people: and behold, I, having examined him before you, found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:

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


simplify: For the sins of her prophets, and the 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: For Jehovah had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

And your most fertile valleys were full of war-carriages, and the horsemen took up their positions in front of the town.


rate difficulty: Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, And dost multiply Thine anger with me, Changes and warfare <FI>are<Fi> with me.

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


rate difficulty: And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;

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


rate difficulty: Calling from the east a ravenous bird, From a far land the man of My counsel, Yea, I have spoken, yea, I bring it in, I have formed <FI>it<Fi> , yea, I do it.

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


simplify: I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

“I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, but I was brought up in this city under the teaching of Gamaliel, and educated in accordance with the strict system of our ancestral law. I was as zealous in God’s service as any of you who are here today.


simplify: Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision.

Masses on masses in the valley of decision! for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.


simplify: Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;


simplify: Be not afraid because of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.

Have no fear because of them: for I am with you, to keep you safe, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, great and persistent plagues and evil and persistent sicknesses;

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


rate difficulty: And they strengthen the kingdom of Judah, and strengthen Rehoboam son of Solomon, for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.

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


rate difficulty: `Or with a wooden instrument <FI>in<Fi> the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he <FI>is<Fi> a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

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


rate difficulty: to hearken unto the words of my servants the prophets, whom I have sent unto you, even rising early and sending [them], but ye have not hearkened,


simplify: And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.

Meanwhile the people were watching for Zechariah, wondering at his remaining so long in the Temple.


rate difficulty: If anyone is hungry, let them eat at home, so that your meetings may not bring a judgment on you. The other details I will settle when I come.


simplify: Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

came up behind and touched the tassel of his cloak. Instantly the hemorrhage ceased.


simplify: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of thy soul, and out of all thine understanding, and out of all thy strength--this <FI>is<Fi> the first command;

and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’


rate difficulty: for Paul thought it desirable to sail by Ephesus, so that he might not be made to spend time in Asia; for he hastened, if it was possible for him, to be the day of Pentecost at Jerusalem.

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


simplify: For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,


rate difficulty: With whom the kings of the earth made themselves unclean, and those who are on the earth were full of the wine of her evil desires.

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


simplify: I will yet bring unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, him that shall possess thee: the glory of Israel shall come even unto Adullam.

Even now will the taker of your heritage come to you, you who are living in Mareshah: the glory of Israel will come to destruction for ever.


simplify: Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.

Of Zebulun, there were fifty thousand men, who went out with the army, expert in ordering the fight, to give help with all sorts of arms; true-hearted men.


rate difficulty: Only these shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with cloven hoofs: the camel, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs — it shall be unclean unto you;

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


simplify: But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.


rate difficulty: but we will give ourselves up to prayer and the ministry of the word.

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


rate difficulty: Then Moses said to the Lord,

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


rate difficulty: And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, said he, God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.

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


rate difficulty: Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the Lord, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.

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


rate difficulty: Of the first of your dough ye shall offer up a cake for a heave-offering: as the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye heave it.

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


simplify: and it came to pass, in his praying, the appearance of his face became altered, and his garment white--sparkling.

As he was praying, the aspect of his face was changed, and his clothing became of a glittering whiteness.


simplify: And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.

And so loud was his weeping, that it came to the ears of the Egyptians and all Pharaoh's house.


simplify: for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.

for that will be ‘a time of great distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of the world down to the present time’ — no, nor ever will again.


simplify: and from thence it passed along eastward to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretcheth unto Neah;

And from there it goes on east to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin; ending at Rimmon which goes as far as Neah;


simplify: And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music.

Now on their way, when David came back after the destruction of the Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel, with songs and dances, meeting David with melody and joy and instruments of music.


simplify: And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

And no price may be offered for one who has gone in flight to a safe town, for the purpose of letting him come back to his place before the death of the high priest.


rate difficulty: But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

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


simplify: And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;


simplify: And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,

And the twisted head-dress for Aaron, and beautiful head-dresses of linen, and linen trousers,


simplify: but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

But the present heaven and the present earth have been kept for destruction by fire, which is waiting for them on the day of the judging and destruction of evil men.


rate difficulty: and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the hinder part westward.

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


simplify: And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting in the tax office, and said to him: “Follow me.”Levi got up and followed him.


simplify: So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,

So Ahab went up to have food and drink, while Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he went down on the earth, putting his face between his knees.


rate difficulty: Can you not in return — I appeal to you as I should to children — open your hearts to us?

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