simplify: that ye also be in subjection unto such, and to every one that helpeth in the work and laboreth.

That you put yourselves under such, and under everyone who is helping the Lord's work.


rate difficulty: And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.

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


simplify: Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

So they took Jeremiah and put him into the water-hole of Malchiah, the king's son, in the place of the armed watchmen: and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the hole there was no water, but wet earth: and Jeremiah went down into the wet earth.


simplify: He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.


rate difficulty: But a little I passed on from them, Till I found him whom my soul hath loved! I seized him, and let him not go, Till I brought him in unto the house of my mother--And the chamber of her that conceived me.

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


rate difficulty: and in Beth-Marcaboth, and in Hazar-Susim, and in Beth-Birei, and in Shaarim; these <FI>are<Fi> their cities till the reigning of David.

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


simplify: Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

Then the king of Babylon put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes in Riblah: and the king of Babylon put to death all the great men of Judah.


rate difficulty: And the land will give her fruit, and you will have food in full measure and be safe in the land.

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


simplify: And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.

And straight away he came to Jesus and said, Master! and gave him a kiss.


rate difficulty: Together they made ships to go to Tarshish, building them in Ezion-geber.

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


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

My God will give them up because they did not give ear to him; they will be wandering among the nations.


rate difficulty: And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.

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


simplify: And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

And when the sheep had been cut into parts, the head and the parts and the fat were burned by Moses.


simplify: Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;

Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:


simplify: If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

If my steps have been turned out of the way, or if my heart went after my eyes, or if the property of another is in my hands;


simplify: When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;

When I say, In my bed I will have comfort, there I will get rest from my disease;


simplify: The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? answer me.

The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? give me an answer.


simplify: and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,

and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we are laying his commands to heart, and are doing what is pleasing in his sight.


rate difficulty: But Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, give me leave to speak unto the people.

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


simplify: Now those that sealed were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,

Now those who put down their names were Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,


simplify: the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

Husbands, love your wives, and never treat them harshly.


rate difficulty: Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;

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


rate difficulty: And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not Jehovah: therefore Jehovah sent lions among them, which killed some of them.


simplify: Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:

For you have taken my silver and my gold, putting in the houses of your gods my beautiful and pleasing things.


rate difficulty: And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.

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


simplify: And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, Can this be the son of David?

And all the people were surprised and said, Is not this the Son of David?


rate difficulty: Upon earth there is not his like, That is made without fear.

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


simplify: And this report went forth concerning him in the whole of Judæa, and all the region round about.

And this story about him went through all Judaea and the places round about.


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.

Then the Lord said to Moses, Certainly the man is to be put to death: let him be stoned by all the people outside the tent-circle.


simplify: And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.

And David was clothed with a robe of fair linen, as were all the Levites who took up the ark, and those who made melody, and Chenaniah the master of those who made melody; and David had on a linen ephod;


rate difficulty: Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

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


simplify: For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.

For this I will be full of sorrow and give cries of grief; I will go uncovered and unclothed: I will give cries of grief like the jackals and will be in sorrow like the ostriches.


simplify: that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

For the women to go year by year sorrowing for the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in every year.


simplify: And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.


rate difficulty: The lot causeth contentions to cease, And between the mighty it separateth.

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


simplify: Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

However, for you individually, let each love his wife as if she were himself; and the wife be careful to respect her husband.


simplify: Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

Saying with a loud voice, Have fear of God and give him glory; because the hour of his judging is come; and give worship to him who made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of water.


simplify: And when the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,

And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the Temple, got the people together and put their hands on him,


rate difficulty: Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

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


simplify: And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, Jehovah hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;

And Moses said to the children of Israel, See, the Lord has made selection of Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;


simplify: But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.

But, even to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies on their hearts.


simplify: This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

Let this month be to you the first of months, the first month of the year.


simplify: And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the Lord.

And he said to Aaron, Take a young ox for a sin-offering and a male sheep for a burned offering, without a mark, and make an offering of them before the Lord.


simplify: But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

But when the time came to give Merab, Saul's daughter, to David, she was given to Adriel of Meholath.


rate difficulty: That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

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


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

The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.


simplify: And the people journeyed from Kibroth–hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.

From Kibroth-hattaavah the people went on to Hazeroth; and there they put up their tents.


simplify: And the four and twenty elders, who sit before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshipped God,

And the four and twenty rulers, who are seated before God on their high seats, went down on their faces and gave worship to God, saying,


simplify: I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.


simplify: Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.

or even going up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me, I went to Arabia, and came back again to Damascus.


rate difficulty: Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.

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


simplify: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.


rate difficulty: Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them and be clean? And he turned and went away in a rage.

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


rate difficulty: Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?


rate difficulty: For my people have done two evils; they have given up me, the fountain of living waters, and have made for themselves water-holes, cut out from the rock, broken water-holes, of no use for storing water.

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


rate difficulty: My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;

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


rate difficulty: the children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,

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


simplify: At that time will I bring you in, and at that time will I gather you; for I will make you a name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth, when I bring back your captivity before your eyes, saith Jehovah.

At that time I will make you come in, at that time I will get you together: for I will make you a name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth when I let your fate be changed before your eyes, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: and she riseth in the middle of the night, and taketh my son from beside me--and thy handmaid is asleep--and layeth it in her bosom, and her dead son she hath laid in my bosom;

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


simplify: other assemblies I did rob, having taken wages, for your ministration;

I robbed other churches by taking pay from them, so that I might serve you!


simplify: Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

And of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.


simplify: If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

If you are insulted for bearing the name of Christ, count yourselves blessed; because the divine glory and the Spirit of God are resting on you.


simplify: and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the <FI>son<Fi> of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

After removing him, he raised David to the throne, and bore this testimony to him — ‘In David, the son of Jesse, I have found a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my purposes.’


simplify: For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.

For we, as all our fathers were, are like men from a strange country before you, who have got a place for a time in the land; our days on the earth are like a shade, and there is no hope of going on.


rate difficulty: that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

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


simplify: For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

for through your union with Christ Jesus, the law of the life-giving Spirit has set you free from the law of sin and death.


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

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith Jehovah, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate for ever.

And it will come about, after seventy years are ended, that I will send punishment on the king of Babylon, and on that nation, says the Lord, for their evil-doing, and on the land of the Chaldaeans; and I will make it a waste for ever.


simplify: So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. Sown a mortal body, it rises immortal; sown disfigured, it rises beautiful;


rate difficulty: In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.

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


simplify: And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her plague.

And straight away the fountain of her blood was stopped, and she had a feeling in her body that her disease had gone and she was well.


simplify: The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.

The plates of his flesh are joined together, fixed, and not to be moved.


rate difficulty: Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

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


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and they that are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean upon him that smote them, but shall lean upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

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


rate difficulty: But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

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


rate difficulty: give them obduracy of heart, thy curse unto them;

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


simplify: And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

And they sent for Rebekah and said to her, Are you ready to go with this man? And she said, I am ready.


simplify: And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.

And no longer will they be teaching every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Get knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord: for they will have my forgiveness for their evil-doing, and their sin will go from my memory for ever.


simplify: And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

And put the cover over the ark, and in the ark the record which I will give you.


rate difficulty: And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread for horses, and for flocks of sheep, and for herds of cattle, and for asses; and he fed them with bread for all their cattle that year.

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


simplify: By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.

You have sent your servants with evil words against the Lord, and have said, With all my war-carriages I have come up to the top of the mountains, to the inmost parts of Lebanon; and its tall cedars will be cut down, and the best trees of its woods: I will come up into his highest places, into his thick woods.


simplify: And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of Jehovah came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

And there he went into a hole in the rock for the night; then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?


rate difficulty: therefore behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall tarnish thy brightness.

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


simplify: And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.

Hanging it by gold hooks from four pillars of wood, plated with gold and fixed in silver bases.


rate difficulty: Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.


rate difficulty: And Uzziah buildeth towers in Jerusalem, by the gate of the corner, and by the gate of the valley, and by the angle, and strengtheneth them;

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


simplify: Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.

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.


simplify: Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Then will the feeble-footed be jumping like a roe, and the voice which was stopped will be loud in song: for in the waste land streams will be bursting out, and waters in the dry places.


rate difficulty: And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.

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


rate difficulty: and Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz,

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


rate difficulty: and they cause to fall lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for gate and gate.

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


rate difficulty: So he went away from there and came across Elisha, the son of Shaphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen, he himself walking with the twelfth; and Elijah went up to him and put his robe on him.

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


rate difficulty: But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for Jehovah is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah God saith to the woman, `What <FI>is<Fi> this thou hast done?' and the woman saith, `The serpent hath caused me to forget--and I do eat.'

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


simplify: And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak.

And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.


simplify: And after him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.

And after him, Elon the Zebulonite was judge of Israel; and he was judge of Israel for ten years.


simplify: And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.

Now Hiram, king of Tyre, hearing that Solomon had been made king in place of his father, sent his servants to him; for Hiram had ever been a friend to David.


rate difficulty: Fathers, never irritate your children, otherwise they might become disheartened.

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


simplify: The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.

The sons of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.


simplify: Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,

The son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,


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

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


simplify: And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.

And I will put my spirit in you, so that you may come to life, and I will give you a rest in your land: and you will be certain that I the Lord have said it and have done it, says the Lord.


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah.

These are the words of the Lord: See, I will send evil on this place and on its people, even all the curses in the book which they have been reading before the king of Judah;


rate difficulty: for forty years have the sons of Israel gone in the wilderness, till all the nation of the men of war who are coming out of Egypt, who hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah, to whom Jehovah hath sworn not to show them the land which Jehovah sware to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey, are consumed;

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


rate difficulty: And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a son.

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


rate difficulty: They did not have to give any account of the money which was handed to them, for they made use of it with good faith.

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


simplify: For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

seeing that, while we were still powerless, Christ, in God’s good time, died on behalf of the godless.


simplify: but thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.

But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.


rate difficulty: But prophesy not again any more at Beth–el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.

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


simplify: what then? in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed--and in this I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice.

But what of that? Only that in some way or other, either with assumed or with real earnestness, Christ is being made known; and at that I rejoice.


simplify: And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.

“What do you want me to do for you?”said Jesus, addressing him. “Rabboni,” the blind man answered, “I want to recover my sight.”


simplify: And when the centurion, who stood by over against him, saw that he so gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.


rate difficulty: ButGod said to me, Thou shalt not build a house unto my name, for thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

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


simplify: the oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savory provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.

And the oxen and the young asses which are used for ploughing, will have salted grain which has been made free from the waste with fork and basket.


rate difficulty: But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream brake, and straightway it fell in; and the ruin of that house was great.

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


simplify: Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

These things seem to have a sort of wisdom in self-ordered worship and making little of oneself, and being cruel to the body, not honouring it by giving it its natural use.


simplify: fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;

There is no fear in love. No! Love, when perfect, drives out fear, because fear implies punishment, and the person who feels fear has not attained to perfect love.


simplify: When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.

When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king; but he is not able to make you well or give you help for your wound.


simplify: Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel; and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa.


rate difficulty: Seeing what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? why also are they baptized for the dead?

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


rate difficulty: do we turn back to break Thy commands, and to join ourselves in marriage with the people of these abominations? art not Thou angry against us--even to consumption--till there is no remnant and escaped part?

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


simplify: Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:

You yourselves are our letter, whose writing is in our heart, open for every man's reading and knowledge;


simplify: Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

Fifty-three thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Naphtali were numbered.


rate difficulty: And Jacob was living in the land of Goshen for seventeen years; so the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.

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


rate difficulty: For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.


rate difficulty: You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, as fair as Jerusalem; you are to be feared like an army with flags.


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


simplify: Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not; and a nation that knew not thee shall run unto thee, because of Jehovah thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

See, you will send for a nation of which you had no knowledge, and those who had no knowledge of you will come running to you, because of the Lord your God, and because of the Holy One of Israel, for he has given you glory.


rate difficulty: And while he kept his hands on Peter and John, all the people came running together to the covered way which is named Solomon's, full of wonder.

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


simplify: Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of Jehovah’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold, at the door of the gate five and twenty men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

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


simplify: He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath unto the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Jehovah, the God of Israel, which he spake by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.

He got back the old limits of Israel from the way into Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, as the Lord had said by his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet of Gath-hepher.


simplify: And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,

And one Ananias, a God-fearing man, who kept the law, and of whom all the Jews in that place had a high opinion,


rate difficulty: and the priests and the Levites are cleansed, and they cleanse the people, and the gates, and the wall.

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


rate difficulty: The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

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


rate difficulty: And he entered and passed through Jericho.


simplify: And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.

And Jesus, answering, said to them, Have God's faith.


simplify: Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field:

And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:


rate difficulty: But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.

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


simplify: And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh.

And while he was going past Peniel, the sun came up. And he went with unequal steps because of his damaged leg.


rate difficulty: And the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite,


simplify: And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the Lord, were keepers of the entry.

And Shallum, the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his family, the Korahites, were responsible for everything which had to be done in connection with the order of worship, keepers of the doors of the Tent; their fathers had had the care of the tents of the Lord, being keepers of the doorway.


simplify: And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast not kept the commandment of Jehovah thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would Jehovah have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.


rate difficulty: And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests, the Levites;

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


rate difficulty: For this is what the Lord has said: I will make you a waste town, like the towns which are unpeopled; when I make the deep come upon you, covering you with great waters.


rate difficulty: and cover themselves <FI>with<Fi> sackcloth let man and beast, and let them call unto God mightily, and let them turn back each from his evil way, and from the violence that <FI>is<Fi> in their hands.

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


rate difficulty: And he bringeth near the ram of the burnt-offering, and Aaron and his sons lay their hands on the head of the ram,


rate difficulty: And the honour of the God of Israel hath gone up from off the cherub, on which it hath been, unto the threshold of the house.

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


rate difficulty: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither have ye executed mine ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.

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


rate difficulty: But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

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


simplify: Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

Are you better than No-amon, seated on the Nile streams, with waters all round her; whose wall was the sea and her earthwork the waters?


rate difficulty: that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in a Hebrew man to us, to mock us: he came in to me, to lie with me; and I cried with a loud voice;

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


simplify: Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?


simplify: And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

‘Alas! Alas! Great city! City clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet cloth! City adorned with gold ornaments, and precious stones, and pearls!


simplify: and many first shall be last, and the last first.'

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


simplify: Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers.


rate difficulty: Yes, I will take you, breathing on you the fire of my wrath, and you will become soft in it.

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


simplify: There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.


simplify: `I say to you, even if he will not give to him, having risen, because of his being his friend, yet because of his importunity, having risen, he will give him as many as he doth need;

I tell you that, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is a friend, yet because of his persistence he will rouse himself and give him what he wants.


rate difficulty: and it shall become to you for a testimony.


rate difficulty: Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.


simplify: Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.


simplify: Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.

Then through the doors of this town there will come kings and princes, seated on the seat of David, going in carriages and on horseback, they and their princes, and the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem: and this town will keep its place for ever.


rate difficulty: And Abijah directeth the war with a force of mighty men of war, four hundred thousand chosen men, and Jeroboam hath set in array with him battle, with eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty of valour.

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


simplify: And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land.

And it was said to the king of Jericho, See, some men have come here tonight from the children of Israel with the purpose of searching out the land.


simplify: And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

And I will make the heart of the Egyptians hard, and they will go in after them: and I will be honoured over Pharaoh and over his army, his war-carriages, and his horsemen.


rate difficulty: And He hath judged between the nations, And hath given a decision to many peoples, And they have beat their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation doth not lift up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn any more--war.

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


simplify: And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

Then they said to him, Be seated now, and give us a reading from it. So Baruch did so, reading it to them.


simplify: And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

And on all who are guided by this rule be peace and mercy, and on the Israel of God.


simplify: Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

David found favor with God, and prayed that he might provide the God of Jacob with a place to reside.


rate difficulty: For Joshua did not take back his hand with the outstretched spear till the destruction of the people of Ai was complete.

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


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.

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


rate difficulty: And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the covering,

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


rate difficulty: then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt: and Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;

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


simplify: And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.

After we had made the run from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, and exchanged greetings with the followers there, and spent a day with them.


simplify: and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

And Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Eleazar and Uzzi and Jehohanan and Malchijah and Elam and Ezer. And the makers of melody made their voices loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.


simplify: for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s damage.

For we are given up, I and my people, to destruction and death and to be cut off. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss.


simplify: Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.

Now when Jehoram had taken his place over his father's kingdom, and had made his position safe, he put all his brothers to death with the sword, as well as some of the princes of Israel.


simplify: And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.


simplify: Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

But if I do what I have no mind to do, it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.


rate difficulty: one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;

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


rate difficulty: Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of Jehovah's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried to Babylon;

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


rate difficulty: These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun;


rate difficulty: they have proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people,

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


rate difficulty: By their side Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, was making good the walls. Then Meshullam, the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel; and by him, Zadok, the son of Baana.


simplify: But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;


rate difficulty: And the Philistines came together and put their forces in position in Shunem; and Saul got all Israel together and they took up their positions in Gilboa.

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


rate difficulty: And the Jews also joined in pressing the matter against [Paul], saying that these things were so.

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


rate difficulty: Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.

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


simplify: whilst their children remember their altars and their Asherim by the green trees upon the high hills.

Their altars and their wood pillars under every branching tree, on the high hills and the mountains in the field.


simplify: And Pilate again questioned him, saying, `Thou dost not answer anything! lo, how many things they do testify against thee!'

So Pilate questioned Jesus again. “Have you no reply to make?” he asked. “Listen, how many charges they are bringing against you.”


simplify: Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, Fair as the moon, Clear as the sun, Terrible as an army with banners?

Who is she, looking down as the morning light, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, who is to be feared like an army with flags?


simplify: For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.


simplify: And Jesus having again cried with a great voice, yielded the spirit;

But Jesus, uttering another loud cry, gave up his spirit.


rate difficulty: who shall give an account to Him who is ready to judge living and dead,


simplify: and Jesus answering said to him, `Seest thou these great buildings? there may not be left a stone upon a stone, that may not be thrown down.'

“Do you see these great buildings?”asked Jesus. “Not a single stone will be left here on another, which will not be thrown down.”


rate difficulty: And of the sons of Azgad, Johanan, the son of Hakkatan; and with him a hundred and ten males.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the turban — upon the front of the turban shall it be.

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


rate difficulty: And being grieved exceedingly, they began to say to him, each of them, `Is it I, Sir?'


rate difficulty: Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.

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


simplify: And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of Jehovah:

And Jeremiah gave orders to Baruch, saying, I am shut up, and am not able to go into the house of the Lord:


simplify: Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what do you see? And I said, I see a branch of an almond-tree.


simplify: Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

Now because Israel was old, his eyes were no longer clear, and he was not able to see. So he made them come near to him, and he gave them a kiss, folding them in his arms.


rate difficulty: So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the border thereof round about, were made sure

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


rate difficulty: Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

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


rate difficulty: And the Angel of Jehovah protested unto Joshua, saying,

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


simplify: he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.

He is to keep himself from wine and strong drink, and take no mixed wine or strong drink or any drink made from grapes, or any grapes, green or dry.


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

By becoming a servant of other gods and worshipping them or the sun or the moon or all the stars of heaven, against my orders;


rate difficulty: And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, [saying,] Who is like Tyre, like her that is destroyed in the midst of the sea?

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


simplify: take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

After their destruction take care that you do not go in their ways, and that you do not give thought to their gods, saying, How did these nations give worship to their gods? I will do as they did.


rate difficulty: And after five days, the high priest, Ananias, came with certain of the rulers, and an expert talker, one Tertullus; and they made a statement to Felix against Paul.

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


simplify: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

Finding one of great value, they went and sold everything that they had, and bought it.


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

Let those who have ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.”


simplify: And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

This became known to everyone living in Jerusalem, so that the field came to be called, in their language, ‘Akeldama,’ which means the ‘Field of Blood.’)


simplify: He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.

He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.


rate difficulty: `And it cometh to pass, when all the men of battle have finished dying from the midst of the people,

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


rate difficulty: Every place where you put your foot will be yours: from the waste land and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates as far as the Great Sea, will be the limits of your land.

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


simplify: But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.

But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we are servants in the new way of the spirit, not in the old way of the letter.


rate difficulty: and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth <FI>thee<Fi> to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God--a pillar and foundation of the truth,

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


rate difficulty: Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake! to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall it teach? Behold it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

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


simplify: Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the Lord continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.

Outside the veil of the ark in the Tent of meeting; let Aaron see that it is burning from evening till morning at all times before the Lord: it is a rule for ever through all your generations.


rate difficulty: For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.

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


rate difficulty: And they, answering, said, John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has come back.

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

And it will come about, when your numbers are increased in the land, in those days, says the Lord, that they will no longer say, The ark of the agreement of the Lord: it will not come into their minds, they will not have any memory of it, or be conscious of the loss of it, and it will not be made again.


simplify: And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

Now Isaac's servants made holes in the valley, and came to a spring of flowing water.


rate difficulty: But — not to be tedious — I beg you, with your accustomed fairness, to listen to a brief statement of our case.

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


simplify: Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.


simplify: I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.

I give witness against you this day that destruction will certainly be your fate, and your days will be cut short in the land where you are going, the land of your heritage on the other side of Jordan.


simplify: To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation.


simplify: I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:

Thank God, I use the gift of ‘tongues’ more than any of you.


rate difficulty: And Gera and Shephuphan and Huram.

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


simplify: But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her.


rate difficulty: I am broken down by him on every side, and I am gone; my hope is uprooted like a tree.


rate difficulty: Besides the burnt-offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt-offering, shall ye offer this.

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.

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


simplify: Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

Against whom have you said evil and bitter things? against whom has your voice been loud and your eyes lifted up? even against the Holy One of Israel.


simplify: Now therefore let the fear of Jehovah be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with Jehovah our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.

So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.


simplify: And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.

And Zichri, a great fighting-man of Ephraim, put to death Maaseiah, the king's son, and Azrikam, the controller of his house, and Elkanah, who was second in authority to the king.


simplify: And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king’s house

Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house,


simplify: And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.

And more than this, there were those in the land who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, doing the same disgusting crimes as the nations which the Lord had sent out before the children of Israel.


rate difficulty: Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the vale of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.


rate difficulty: For ye--to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

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rate difficulty: and fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, [upon] me let the iniquity be; but let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear the words of thy handmaid.

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


simplify: And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

And David, hearing of it, sent Joab with all the army of fighting-men.


rate difficulty: And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the Lord have spoken it.


simplify: Furthermore Elihu answered and said,


rate difficulty: For thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,

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


rate difficulty: And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord Jehovah.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.

“Whenever you go to stay at a house,”he said, “remain there until you leave that place;


rate difficulty: And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, And out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days explain the riddle.

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


rate difficulty: And because the women who took care of the Hebrew mothers had the fear of God, he gave them families.

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simplify: As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

This very day he is stopping at Nob; he is shaking his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.


simplify: And my spirit was glad on God my Saviour,


rate difficulty: On the next day, while these men were on their way, just as they were nearing the town, Peter went up on the housetop about midday to pray.

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


simplify: Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.


simplify: And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and iron axes, and at brick-making: this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.


simplify: And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.


rate difficulty: And at the east side four thousand and five hundred, and three gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.


rate difficulty: and this <FI>is<Fi> to you the sign: Ye shall find a babe wrapped up, lying in the manger.'

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


simplify: and all those hearing him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

All who listened to him marveled at his intelligence and his answers.


rate difficulty: Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

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


rate difficulty: And he said in answer, Who are my mother and my brothers?

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


simplify: And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.


rate difficulty: And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.

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


simplify: Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.

Go over to Tarshish; give cries of sorrow, O men of the sea-land.


simplify: To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be prince over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.

Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and on him you are to put the holy oil, making him ruler over my people Israel, and he will make my people safe from the hands of the Philistines: for I have seen the sorrow of my people, whose cry has come up to me.


simplify: And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

And Jotham went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.


simplify: He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.


rate difficulty: They will send you down to the underworld, and your death will be the death of those who are put to the sword in the heart of the seas.


simplify: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.


simplify: And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord.

Then the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord made Eglon, king of Moab, strong against Israel, because they had done evil in the Lord's eyes.


simplify: And he having gone into the boat, the demoniac was calling on him that he may be with him,

As Jesus was getting into the boat, the possessed man begged him to let him stay with him.


rate difficulty: and over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran;

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


simplify: On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Jehovah had showed unto David his servant, and to Israel his people.

And on the eighth day he sent the people away, and, blessing the king, they went to their tents full of joy and glad in their hearts, because of all the good which the Lord had done to David his servant and to Israel his people.


simplify: And not a few of them that practised magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all; and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were valued they came to fifty thousand bits of silver.


simplify: if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

And with all their heart and soul are turned again to you, in the land of those who took them prisoners, and make their prayer to you, turning their eyes to this land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I made for your name:


rate difficulty: and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

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


simplify: And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.

And there was a room with a door in the covered way of the doorway, where the burned offering was washed.


simplify: And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

shrieking out in a loud voice: “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? For God’s sake do not torment me!”


simplify: Tell of it, ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit on rich carpets, And ye that walk by the way.

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


rate difficulty: I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.


rate difficulty: And I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

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simplify: But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.

But the vessel of earth in which the flesh was cooked is to be broken; or if a brass vessel was used, it is to be rubbed clean and washed out with water.


rate difficulty: and Herod having sought for him, and not having found, having examined the guards, did command <FI>them<Fi> to be led away to punishment, and having gone down from Judea to Caesarea, he was abiding <FI>there<Fi> .

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


simplify: And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.

Then Micah said to him, Make your living-place with me, and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver a year and your clothing and food.


simplify: For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken.

For the Lord will be your hope, and will keep your foot from being taken in the net.


simplify: And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.

And they came to the house of the ruler of the Synagogue; and he saw people running this way and that, and weeping and crying loudly.


simplify: My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

My loved one said to me, Get up, my love, my fair one, and come away.


rate difficulty: And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basmath Esau's wife.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

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


rate difficulty: and inquired not of Jehovah: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

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


rate difficulty: And Gideon saith, `Therefore--in Jehovah's giving Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand--I have threshed your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with the threshing instruments.'

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


rate difficulty: And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

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


simplify: Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:

Our little ones, our wives, and our flocks, and all our cattle, will be there in the towns of Gilead;


rate difficulty: Israel has come to destruction; now they are among the nations like a cup in which there is no pleasure.


rate difficulty: Even these men who are circumcised do not themselves keep the law; yet they want you to be circumcised, so that they may boast of your observance of the rite.


rate difficulty: Now to him who is able to strengthen you, as promised in the good news entrusted to me and in the proclamation of Jesus Christ, in accordance with the revelation of that hidden purpose, which in past ages was kept secret but now has been revealed

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


rate difficulty: and their brethren of the house of their fathers <FI>are<Fi> Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.

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


rate difficulty: So, when the first went up, they thought that they would receive more, but they also received two silver coins each;

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


rate difficulty: For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.


simplify: Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse’s heels, So that his rider falleth backward.

May Dan be a snake in the way, a horned snake by the road, biting the horse's foot so that the horseman has a fall.


simplify: But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is needful to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.

But some of the Pharisees, who were of the faith, got up and said, It is necessary for these to have circumcision and to keep the law of Moses.


simplify: this first knowing, that there shall come in the latter end of the days scoffers, according to their own desires going on,

First be assured of this, that, as the age draws to an end, scoffers, led by their own passions,


simplify: How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

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


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

For truly, the earth will be dark, and the peoples veiled in blackest night; but the Lord will be shining on you, and his glory will be seen among you.


simplify: Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.

See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.


simplify: And he made the vessels which were upon the table, the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the bowls thereof, and the flagons thereof, wherewith to pour out, of pure gold.

And all the table-vessels, the plates and spoons and basins and the cups for liquids, he made of the best gold.


simplify: For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.


rate difficulty: And he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars, while the land is yet before us; for we have sought Jehovah ourGod; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. And they built and prospered.


simplify: Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he.

I tell you, no one born of a woman has yet appeared who is greater than John the Baptist; and yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.


simplify: Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

Give orders to the children of Israel to give you clean olive oil for the light, so that a light may be burning at all times,


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

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


rate difficulty: And as for thee, son of man, the children of thy people talk of thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from Jehovah.

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


simplify: 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.

In the seventh year of Jehu's rule, Jehoash became king; and he was ruling for forty years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.


simplify: Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

Then he made the open space for the priests, and the great open space and its doors, plating the doors with brass.


rate difficulty: And on the east side, the open space was fifty cubits long.

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


rate difficulty: then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

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


simplify: The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.

The Lord has sent punishment on you for all the blood of the family of Saul, whose kingdom you have taken; and the Lord has given the kingdom to Absalom, your son: now you yourself are taken in your evil, because you are a man of blood.


rate difficulty: And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.

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


simplify: Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:

Who have given witness to the church of your love for them: and you will do well to send them on their way well cared for, as is right for servants of God:


rate difficulty: The foul spirit threw the man into a fit, and with a loud cry came out from him.


rate difficulty: For through union with him you were enriched in every way — in your power to preach, and in your knowledge of the truth;

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


simplify: And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.

They have taken out all the money which was in the Lord's house and have given it to the overseers and to the workmen.


simplify: The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

The children of Immer, a thousand and fifty-two.


simplify: Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? where are the gods of Samaria? and have they kept Samaria out of my hand?


rate difficulty: Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: In like manner the chief priests also, with the scribes, mocking with one another, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

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


simplify: And the sea-coast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.

And the land by the sea will be grass-land, with houses for keepers of sheep and walled places for flocks.


rate difficulty: Because you are glad, because you are lifted up with pride, you wasters of my heritage, because you are playing like a young cow put out to grass, and you make a noise like strong horses;

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


rate difficulty: At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

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


simplify: And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.

And there were four angle-plates at the four angles of every base, forming part of the structure of the base.


simplify: And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp sword; as a barber’s razor shalt thou take it unto thee, and shalt cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

And you, son of man, take a sharp sword, using it like a haircutter's blade, and making it go over your head and the hair of your chin: and take scales for separating the hair by weight.


rate difficulty: And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.


simplify: But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

But the olive-tree said to them, Am I to give up my wealth of oil, by which men give honour to God, and go waving over the trees?


rate difficulty: And the prince of a father's house for the Gershonite <FI>is<Fi> Eliasaph son of Lael.

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


rate difficulty: Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.


simplify: And it was a handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.

It was as thick as a man's open hand, and the edge of it was curved like the edge of a cup, like a lily flower; it would take three thousand baths.


simplify: Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

Though I have given training and strength to their arms, they have evil designs against me.


rate difficulty: And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor;


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

in compliance with the law of the Lord that ‘every first-born male will be dedicated to the Lord,’


simplify: Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

And Jesus, answering him, said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he got into the hands of thieves, who took his clothing and gave him cruel blows, and when they went away, he was half dead.


rate difficulty: I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

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


rate difficulty: But, when I do the thing that I want not to do, the action is no longer my own, but is done by the sin which is within me.

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


rate difficulty: and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,

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


simplify: And that which is left thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: it shall be eaten without leaven in a holy place; in the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it.

And whatever is over Aaron and his sons may have for their food, taking it without leaven in a holy place; in the open space of the Tent of meeting they may take a meal of it.


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

Then he came to his disciples, and found them asleep. “What!” he said to Peter, “could none of you watch with me for one hour?


rate difficulty: Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.

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


rate difficulty: So all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come back to me the third day.

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


simplify: but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;

But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, took him for a spirit, and gave a loud cry:


rate difficulty: And ye shall mark out for you as eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:

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


simplify: Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and went into Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he was guided by God into this land, where you are living now:


rate difficulty: When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth Creature crying — ‘Come.’


rate difficulty: And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.


rate difficulty: They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.


rate difficulty: So Abijah went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David, and Asa his son became king in his place; in his time the land was quiet for ten years.


rate difficulty: The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: You have seen all the evil which I have sent on Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah; and now, this day they are waste and unpeopled;


simplify: and who <FI>is<Fi> he who will be doing you evil, if of Him who is good ye may become imitators?

Who, indeed, is there to harm you, if you prove yourselves to be eager for what is good?


rate difficulty: And again Jesus said: “To what can I liken the kingdom of God?


simplify: Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

Then let your ear be open in heaven, and be the judge of your servants, giving punishment to the wrongdoer, so that his sin may come on his head; and, by your decision, keeping from evil him who has done no wrong.


rate difficulty: So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

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


rate difficulty: They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one:

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


simplify: But now they are many members, but one body.

But now they are all different parts, but one body.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vashni and Abijah.

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


rate difficulty: His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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


rate difficulty: And the sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.


rate difficulty: Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

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


simplify: I the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord God.

I the Lord have said the word and I will do it; I will not go back or have mercy, and my purpose will not be changed; in the measure of your ways and of your evil doings you will be judged, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: and he saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah, Because thou hast sent away the man I devoted, out of <FI>thy<Fi> hand, even thy life hath been for his life, and thy people for his people;'

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: The men of Kirjath–jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.

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


simplify: And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, even by our father Isaac—

And not only so, but Rebecca being about to have a child by our father Isaac--


simplify: `And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; rather be afraid of him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.


rate difficulty: And Adamah and Ramah and Hazor


rate difficulty: (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he was standing by the camels at the fountain.

And when he saw the nose-ring and the ornaments on his sister's hands, and when she gave him word of what the man had said to her, then he went out to the man who was waiting with the camels by the water-spring.


simplify: And David sent messengers to Ish–bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

And David sent men to Saul's son Ish-bosheth, saying, Give me back Michal, my wife, whom I made mine for the price of the private parts of a hundred Philistines.


rate difficulty: And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.


simplify: And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not a man of words; I have never been so, and am not now, even after what you have said to your servant: for talking is hard for me, and I am slow of tongue.


rate difficulty: And the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah; for these were amongst the cities of Judah, the fenced cities that were left.

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


simplify: For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.

For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.


simplify: But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:

But, when Timothy recently returned to us from you with good news of your faith and love, and told us how kindly you think of us — always longing, he said, to see us, just as we are longing to see you —


simplify: And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

And this is the way you are to make it: it is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.


simplify: Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

And he gave witness to Israel and Judah, by every prophet and seer, saying, Come back from your evil ways, and do my orders and keep my rules, and be guided by the law which I gave to your fathers and sent to you by my servants the prophets.


simplify: And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?

And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death.


rate difficulty: I have declared beforehand, and I say beforehand as present the second time, and now absent, to those that have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of Jehovah passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.

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


simplify: when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Whenever they went into the Tent of meeting, and when they came near the altar, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.


simplify: The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred thirty and eight.

The door-keepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred and thirty-eight.


simplify: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

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.