simplify: And it came to pass after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.

Now after a time the children of Ammon made war against Israel.


simplify: Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;


rate difficulty: for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;

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


rate difficulty: And all indeed who desire to live piously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

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


simplify: For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man hath, not according as he hath not.

For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.


rate difficulty: The pangs of a woman in travail shall come upon him: he is a son not wise; for at the time of the breaking forth of children, he was not there.

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


rate difficulty: And Ephraim is a heifer that is taught, that loveth to tread out the grain; but I have passed over upon her fair neck: I will set a rider on Ephraim; Judah shall plow, Jacob shall break his clods.

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


rate difficulty: See, I have taken the Levites out of the children of Israel to be mine in place of the first sons of the children of Israel;

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


simplify: Brethren, let each man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.

My brothers, let every man keep in that condition which is the purpose of God for him.


rate difficulty: And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to Moses,

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


rate difficulty: Then Joshua and all Israel with him went back to their tents at Gilgal.


rate difficulty: Ahinadab the son of Iddo, at Mahanaim.

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


rate difficulty: Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: The lamp of the body is thine eye: when thine eye is simple, thy whole body also is light; but when it is wicked, thy body also is dark.

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


simplify: That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars;

Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.


rate difficulty: Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,


simplify: For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:

For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:


simplify: And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

Then the armed men were for putting the prisoners to death, so that no one would get away by swimming.


simplify: Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

‘Honor your father and mother’ — this is the first Commandment with a promise —


simplify: And they shall not come near unto me, to execute the office of priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, unto the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

And they will not come near me to do the work of priests to me, or come near any of my holy things, or the things which are most holy: but their shame will be on them, and the punishment for the disgusting things which they have done.


simplify: For Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered.

For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, and your heads, the seers, are covered.


simplify: and having gone forth, he was following him, and he knew not that it is true that which is done through the messenger, and was thinking he saw a vision,

Peter followed him out, not knowing that what was happening under the angel’s guidance was real, but thinking that he was seeing a vision.


simplify: And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

And when he saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Israel?


rate difficulty: And Amaziah hath strengthened himself, and leadeth his people, and goeth to the Valley of Salt, and smiteth the sons of Seir--ten thousand.

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:

By the time that Jesus had finished speaking, the crowd was filled with amazement at his teaching.


simplify: For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.


simplify: Come to Beth–el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:

Come to Beth-el and do evil; to Gilgal, increasing the number of your sins; come with your offerings every morning and your tenths every three days:


rate difficulty: For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome.

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


simplify: The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.


simplify: And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

And there was one named Barabbas, in prison with those who had gone against the government and in the fight had taken life.


simplify: And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

And if it is a female, the value will be thirty shekels.


simplify: And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Then Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. So they took it and put it on his wound, and he got better.


rate difficulty: For Jehovah is great, and exceedingly to be praised; And he is terrible above allgods.

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


rate difficulty: And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had done;


simplify: wherefore also I came without gainsaying, when I was sent for. I ask therefore with what intent ye sent for me.

And so I came without question, when I was sent for. What then is your purpose in sending for me?


rate difficulty: And the princes bring near the dedication of the altar in the day of its being anointed; yea, the princes bring near their offering before the altar.

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


simplify: Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Jehovah, and of his statutes to Israel:

Now this is a copy of the letter which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra, the priest and the scribe, who put into writing the words of the orders of the Lord, and of his rules for Israel:


simplify: When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.

And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose property these things are, is the father of my child: say then, whose are this ring and this cord and this stick?


simplify: And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

And anyone touching anything on which she has been seated will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.


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

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


rate difficulty: But--in this let the boaster boast himself, In understanding and knowing Me, For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth, For in these I have delighted, An affirmation of Jehovah.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


simplify: The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

The word which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.


simplify: And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.

And Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came there, while his servants were shutting in the town;


rate difficulty: that ye may eat flesh of kings, and flesh of chiefs of thousands, and flesh of strong men, and flesh of horses, and of those sitting on them, and the flesh of all--freemen and servants--both small and great.'

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

And when the time comes for you to go to your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.


rate difficulty: Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

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


simplify: My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:


simplify: The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.

The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Amon.


simplify: He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

On hearing the sound of the horn, he did not take note; his blood will be on him; for if he had taken note his life would have been safe.


rate difficulty: And he leaveth there before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, for Asaph and for his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, according to the matter of a day in its day,

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


simplify: And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

And they watched Jesus closely, to see if he would cure the man on the Sabbath, so that they might have a charge to bring against him.


rate difficulty: and they cry unto Jehovah, and say, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and serve the Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and now, deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we serve Thee.


rate difficulty: And there came, at that time, not a little stir about the way,

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


simplify: We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.


rate difficulty: Hear ye therefore the word of Jehovah, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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


rate difficulty: and they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and plunder in their palaces.

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


rate difficulty: And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?

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


rate difficulty: And Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made a strong request to the king not to let the book be burned, but he would not give ear to them.

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


simplify: Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth.

Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, all peace;


simplify: The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviour: they have made for themselves ways which are not straight; whoever goes in them has no knowledge of peace.


rate difficulty: nor scrip for the way, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff--for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.

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


simplify: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

‘And their mouths are full of bitter curses.’


rate difficulty: And the king sweareth and saith, `Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity;

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


rate difficulty: Thus Paul went out of their midst.

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


simplify: And he came in the Spirit to the temple, and in the parents bringing in the child Jesus, for their doing according to the custom of the law regarding him,

Moved by the Spirit, Simeon came into the Temple Courts, and, when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law,


simplify: And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.

And there was Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother was Zeruah, a widow; and his hand was lifted up against the king.


rate difficulty: And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

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


simplify: So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.

So they went on increasing the power of the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, strong for three years; and for three years they went in the ways of David and Solomon.


rate difficulty: There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

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


simplify: Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, till it was light.

Then at the dawn of day the woman came, and, falling down at the door of the man's house where her master was, was stretched there till it was light.


rate difficulty: And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

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


rate difficulty: As I have seen--ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!

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


rate difficulty: And Ephron is sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answereth Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all those entering the gate of his city, saying,

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


simplify: Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

You who give teaching to others, do you give it to yourself? you who say that a man may not take what is not his, do you take what is not yours?


rate difficulty: And David and all the house of Israel played before Jehovah with all manner of instruments made of fir-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with castanets, and with cymbals.

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


simplify: for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.

For kings and all those in authority; so that we may have a calm and quiet life in all fear of God and serious behaviour.


simplify: And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

Then David had discussions with the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and with every chief.


simplify: But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

But Moses' hands became tired; so they put a stone under him and he took his seat on it, Aaron and Hur supporting his hands, one on one side and one on the other; so his hands were kept up without falling till the sun went down.


simplify: And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

And Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, the son of Jesse;


rate difficulty: And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;


rate difficulty: And sitting down, they kept guard over him there.

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


rate difficulty: And every man of Israel is gathered unto the city, as one man--companions.

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


rate difficulty: (Here there is need for the discerning mind.) The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated.


simplify: And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.

And the watchmen of Saul, looking out from Geba in the land of Benjamin, saw all the army flowing away and running here and there.


rate difficulty: But while the cloud was there, they made no move till it was taken up.


simplify: `Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.

Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tempted, and may undergo persecution for ten days. Be faithful even to death, and I will give you the Crown of life.


rate difficulty: Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

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


simplify: Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.


simplify: The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.

The children of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four.


rate difficulty: and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves.

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


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

But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.


simplify: If there be yet many years, according unto them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

If there is still a long time, he will give back, on account of it, a part of the price which was given for him.


rate difficulty: And if the family of Egypt go not up, nor come in, Then not on them is the plague With which Jehovah doth plague the nations That go not up to celebrate the feast of booths.

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


simplify: saying unto them, Go into the village that is over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.

Saying to them, Go into the little town in front of you, and straight away you will see an ass with a cord round her neck, and a young one with her; let them loose and come with them to me.


rate difficulty: For all the prophets and the law were in force till John.


rate difficulty: In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah for two years.

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


rate difficulty: nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

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


simplify: And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?


simplify: Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus.

Give my love to Prisca and Aquila and those of the house of Onesiphorus.


simplify: And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

And while they were coming out, they saw a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they made him go with them, so that he might take up his cross.


simplify: Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

Who for my life put their necks in danger; to whom not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are in debt:


rate difficulty: For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

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


simplify: I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

I have made my bed sweet with perfumes and spices.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.

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


rate difficulty: And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

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


simplify: and was made manifest now through the manifestation of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who indeed did abolish death, and did enlighten life and immortality through the good news,

and has now been made apparent through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus; who has made an end of death, and has brought life and Immortality to light by that good news,


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?


simplify: And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the region round about.

And this story about Jesus spread all through Judea, and in the neighboring countries as well.


simplify: And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

... and Solomon was the builder of Gezer and Beth-horon the lower,


simplify: Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.

So Amaziah, separating the armed band which had come to him from Ephraim, sent them back again; which made them very angry with Judah, and they went back burning with wrath.


simplify: That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have madethemknown to thee this day, even to thee.

So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you.


rate difficulty: and way of peace they have not known:

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


rate difficulty: So I took the paper witnessing the business, one copy rolled up and stamped, and one copy open:

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


rate difficulty: Thou arta fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And flowing streams from Lebanon.

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


rate difficulty: And Laban saith unto him, `If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes--I have observed diligently that Jehovah doth bless me for thy sake.'

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


rate difficulty: Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.


simplify: Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

Wound for wound, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever damage he has done, so let it be done to him.


simplify: And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.

And I saw the Lamb on the mountain of Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, marked on their brows with his name and the name of his Father.


simplify: Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord God; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.

For this cause say to them, This is what the Lord has said: I have made this saying come to an end, and it will no longer be used as a common saying in Israel; but say to them, The days are near, and the effect of every vision.


rate difficulty: who opposes and exalts himself on high against all calledGod, or object of veneration; so that he himself sits down in the temple ofGod, shewing himself that he isGod.

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


rate difficulty: sons of Pashur: a thousand two hundred forty and seven;


rate difficulty: whoremongers, sodomites, men-stealers, liars, perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that to sound doctrine is adverse,

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


rate difficulty: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

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


rate difficulty: and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

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


simplify: and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

The third, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;


rate difficulty: Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.

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


simplify: And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back word to the king, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they are doing.

And Shaphan took the book to the king; and he gave him an account of what had been done, saying, Your servants are doing all they have been given to do;


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do questionings arise in your heart?

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


rate difficulty: A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

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


simplify: Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord and became servants to the Baals;

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


simplify: And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and very angry because of the shame he had done in Israel by having connection with Jacob's daughter; and they said, Such a thing is not to be done.


simplify: He is not here; for he is risen, even as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

He is not here, for he has come to life again, even as he said. Come, see the Lord's resting-place.


simplify: `But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

“In those days, after that time of distress, ‘the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light,


rate difficulty: He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth roughly.

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


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

And a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's park, so that he may give me wood to make boards for the doors of the tower of the house, and for the wall of the town, and for the house which is to be mine. And the king gave me this, for the hand of my God was on me.


simplify: And when he openeth the seventh seal, there came silence in the heaven about half-an-hour,

As soon as the Lamb had broken the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for, it might be, half an hour.


simplify: And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mareshah, his oldest son, who was the father of Ziph and Hebron.


rate difficulty: And the God of peace will be crushing Satan under your feet before long. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.


rate difficulty: And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; and she had purified herself from her uncleanness; and she returned to her house.


simplify: And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.

And after burning all their towns and all their tent-circles,


rate difficulty: And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah, at Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

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


simplify: Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

So now, get up by night, you and your people, and keep watch in the field secretly;


rate difficulty: And the thing became known to Mordecai, and he related it to Esther the queen, and Esther told it to the king in Mordecai's name.

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


simplify: And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father.

And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.


rate difficulty: Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

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


simplify: Bless, Jehovah, his substance, And accept the work of his hands: Smite through the loins of them that rise up against him, And of them that hate him, that they rise not again.

Let your blessing, O Lord, be on his substance, may the work of his hands be pleasing to you: may those who take up arms against him and all who have hate for him, be wounded through the heart, never to be lifted up again.


rate difficulty: Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

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


simplify: Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.


simplify: They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.

They are wandering like blind men in the streets, they are made unclean with blood, so that their robes may not be touched by men.


simplify: And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.


simplify: The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

The family of Levi by themselves, and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei by themselves, and their wives by themselves;


simplify: Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.

I will keep his kingdom in its place for ever, if he is strong at all times to do my orders and keep my rules, as at this day.


simplify: and I heard a voice out of the heaven, as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of great thunder, and a voice I heard of harpers harping with their harps,

And I heard a sound from heaven, ‘like the sound of many waters,’ and like the sound of a loud peal of thunder; the sound that I heard was like the music of harpers playing on their harps.


simplify: I will therefore chastise him, and release him.

And so I will give him punishment and let him go.


simplify: As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.


simplify: But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.

But in the middle of the town there was a strong tower, to which all the men and women of the town went in flight and, shutting themselves in, went up to the roof of the tower.


simplify: Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary.

Then they gave us great honour, and, when we went away, they put into the ship whatever things we were in need of.


simplify: And Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

And Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came to me, saying,


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

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


rate difficulty: salute Arbanus, our fellow-workman in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved;


simplify: The second Woe is past: behold, the third Woe cometh quickly.

The second Trouble is past: see, the third Trouble comes quickly.


rate difficulty: Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.

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


simplify: When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?

When the earth becomes hard as metal, and is joined together in masses?


rate difficulty: Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.


rate difficulty: Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran.

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


rate difficulty: For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will bring up an assemblage against them, and will give them to be driven hither and thither and spoiled.

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


simplify: In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.


rate difficulty: for Pethahiah the nineteenth, for Jehezekel the twentieth,

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


rate difficulty: And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.


simplify: And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and there shall be heard in her no more the voice of weeping and the voice of crying.

And I will be glad over Jerusalem, and have joy in my people: and the voice of weeping will no longer be sounding in her, or the voice of grief.


rate difficulty: Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in a holy place: it is most holy.

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


simplify: And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,


simplify: Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Again, those of you who are married men should live considerately with their wives, showing due regard to their sex, as physically weaker than their own, and not forgetting that they share with you in the gift of life. Then you will be able to pray without hindrance.


simplify: And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.


rate difficulty: For I say to you, You will not see me from this time till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the words of Jehu the son of Hanani, which are inserted in the book of the kings of Israel.

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


simplify: Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.

Have knowledge, O peoples, and be in fear; give ear, all you far-off parts of the earth:


rate difficulty: `And if the priest see, and lo, the plague hath not spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin,

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


simplify: And they led away Jesus unto the chief priest, and come together to him do all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes;

Then they took Jesus to the high priest; and all the chief priests, the councillors, and the teachers of the law assembled.


rate difficulty: And Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.

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


rate difficulty: Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.

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


rate difficulty: For some are already turned aside after Satan.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast its fruit.

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


rate difficulty: And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

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


simplify: to those without law, as without law--(not being without law to God, but within law to Christ) --that I might gain those without law;

To those who have no law I became like a man who has no law — not that I am free from God’s law; no, for I am under Christ’s law — to win those who have no law.


rate difficulty: as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

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


simplify: Ye shall not make other gods with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you.

Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.


simplify: For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.


simplify: the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that say, Give thanks to Jehovah of hosts, for Jehovah is good, for his lovingkindness endureth for ever; and of them that bring sacrifices of thanksgiving into the house of Jehovah. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, saith Jehovah.

Happy sounds, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who say, Give praise to the Lord of armies, for the Lord is good, for his mercy is unchanging for ever: the voices of those who go with praise into the house of the Lord. For I will let the land come back to its first condition, says the Lord.


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

And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.


simplify: Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood with rooms in it, and make it safe from the water inside and out.


rate difficulty: What we are specially guarding against is that any fault should be found with us in regard to our administration of this charitable fund;

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


simplify: `And if he may not hear them, say <FI>it<Fi> to the assembly, and if also the assembly he may not hear, let him be to thee as the heathen man and the tax-gatherer.

If they refuse to listen to them, speak to the church; and, if they also refuse to listen to the church, treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax-gatherer.


rate difficulty: And in the going of the cherubs, the wheels go beside them; and in the cherubs lifting up their wings to be high above the earth, the wheels turn not round, even they, from being beside them.

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


simplify: And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

when his mother spoke up: “No, he is to be called John.”


simplify: and to those called--both Jews and Greeks--Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God,

but to those who have received the call, whether Jews or Greeks, Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God!


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.


rate difficulty: My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:


simplify: Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.

And Pashhur gave blows to Jeremiah and had his feet chained in a framework of wood in the higher doorway of Benjamin, which was in the house of the Lord.


rate difficulty: Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

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


simplify: But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

Yet even if we — or if an angel from heaven were to tell you any other ‘good news’ than that which we told you, may he be accursed!


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

All these were the sons of David, in addition to the sons of his servant-wives; and Tamar was their sister.


rate difficulty: Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,

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


simplify: ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;


simplify: Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.


rate difficulty: So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

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


rate difficulty: So these days were named Purim, after the name of Pur. And so, because of the words of this letter, and of what they had seen in connection with this business, and what had come to them,

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


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

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


rate difficulty: And I will make thee unto this people a fortified brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.

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


simplify: For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

Yet only to do what you, by your power and of your own will, did long ago destine to be done.


simplify: But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:


rate difficulty: For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.

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


rate difficulty: And in those days Peter, standing up in the midst of the brethren, said, (the crowd of names [who were] together [was] about a hundred and twenty,)

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


rate difficulty: and to God, even our Father, <FI>is<Fi> the glory--to the ages of the ages. Amen.

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


simplify: And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.


simplify: And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the Lord.

Then the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who were responsible for getting the work done on the Lord's house, and with it they got wall-builders and woodworkers and metal-workers to put the house of the Lord in good order again.


simplify: And they journeyed from mount Shepher, and encamped in Haradah.

And they went on from Mount Shepher, and put up their tents in Haradah.


rate difficulty: And word was given to Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were there together.

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


simplify: Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee.

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


simplify: And Jesus said to the centurion, `Go, and as thou didst believe let it be to thee;' and his young man was healed in that hour.

Then Jesus said to the captain: “Go now, and it will be according to your faith.” And the man was cured that very hour.


simplify: Andthiswas the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

And this was the part marked out for the tribe of Manasseh, because he was the oldest son of Joseph. As for Machir, the oldest son of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war he had Gilead and Bashan.


rate difficulty: This is what the Lord has said: Take your place in the open square of the Lord's house and say to all the towns of Judah, who come into the Lord's house for worship, everything I give you orders to say to them: keep back not a word;


rate difficulty: Jehovah made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

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


simplify: Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.


rate difficulty: But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke forth to them, Men of Judaea, and all ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give heed to my words:

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


simplify: If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.

If they say to us, Keep quiet where you are till we come to you; then we will keep our places and not go up to them.


rate difficulty: And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

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


simplify: `Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

Come to me, all you who toil and are burdened, and I will give you rest!


simplify: Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to rideupon it; And thou dissolvest me in the storm.

Lifting me up, you make me go on the wings of the wind; I am broken up by the storm.


simplify: Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it?


rate difficulty: And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that belonged to Korah, and all their property.

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


simplify: For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

Yes, I give witness again to every man who undergoes circumcision, that he will have to keep all the law.


simplify: the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

The twelfth Hashabiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


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

And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but they who do God’s will remains for ever.


rate difficulty: And Joash lieth with his fathers, and Jeroboam hath sat on his throne, and Joash is buried in Samaria, with the kings of Israel.

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


simplify: The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.

The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.


simplify: And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all the nations be blessed.

And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.


rate difficulty: And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.

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


simplify: At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

At the loud noise the peoples have gone in flight; at your coming up the nations have gone in all directions.


simplify: Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Jehovah hath both purposed and done that which he spake concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

Let the flag be lifted up against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, put the watchmen in their places, make ready a surprise attack: for it is the Lord's purpose, and he has done what he said about the people of Babylon.


simplify: Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.

And their horses are quicker than leopards and their horsemen more cruel than evening wolves; they come from far away, like an eagle in flight rushing on its food.


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

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


simplify: Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed is he who does not take this law to heart to do it. And let all the people say, So be it.


rate difficulty: Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

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


simplify: And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.


simplify: The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

Egypt said, I will go after them, I will overtake, I will make division of their goods: my desire will have its way with them; my sword will be uncovered, my hand will send destruction on them.


rate difficulty: The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. [Thus] saith Jehovah, who stretcheth out the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:

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


simplify: With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

always humble and gentle, patient, bearing lovingly with one another,


simplify: and he shall bathe his flesh in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt-offering and the burnt-offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.

And after bathing his body in water in a holy place, he is to put on his clothing and come out and give his burned offering and the burned offering of the people, to take away his sin and the sin of the people.


simplify: Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he was king for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

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


simplify: Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give effect to the good word which I have said about the people of Israel and the people of Judah.


rate difficulty: And he came to the king. And the king said to him, Micah, shall we go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he said to him, Go up, and prosper; for Jehovah will give it into the hand of the king.

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


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: I do not the fierceness of My anger, I turn not back to destroy Ephraim, For God I <FI>am<Fi> , and not a man. In thy midst the Holy One, and I enter not in enmity,

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


simplify: And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

And when his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham made him undergo circumcision, as God had said to him.


simplify: And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;


rate difficulty: That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day:

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

And put old stitched-up shoes on their feet, and old clothing on their backs; and all the food they had with them was dry and broken up.


simplify: Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.

Then Pharaoh sent for the wise men and the wonder-workers, and they, the wonder-workers of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

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


simplify: And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.


rate difficulty: And after reading them, say, O Lord, you have said about this place that it is to be cut off, so that no one will be living in it, not a man or a beast, but it will be unpeopled for ever.

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


rate difficulty: Their men who were still living in the land, and whom the children of Israel had not put an end to, these Solomon put to forced work, as is done to this day;

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


simplify: Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

Fear and grief came on them; by the strength of your arm they were turned to stone; till your people went over, O Lord, till the people went over whom you have made yours.


simplify: Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

So I came out in the hope of meeting you, looking for you with care, and now I have you.


rate difficulty: Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

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


rate difficulty: And all Israel see that the king hath not hearkened unto them, and the people send the king back word, saying, `What portion have we in David? yea, there is no inheritance in the son of Jesse; to thy tents, O Israel; now see thy house, O David!' and Israel goeth to its tents.

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


rate difficulty: Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding--the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.

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


rate difficulty: to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.

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


simplify: And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.

In the inmost room he made two winged beings of olive-wood, ten cubits high;


simplify: Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.

Any woman using unnatural powers or secret arts is to be put to death.


simplify: Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.

And when he had come to the end of measuring the inner house, he took me out to the doorway looking to the east, and took its measure all round.


simplify: but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.

But I count my life of no value to myself, if only I may complete the course marked out for me, and the task that was allotted me by the Lord Jesus — which was to declare the good news of the love of God.


rate difficulty: And David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of its houses, and of its treasuries, and of its upper chambers, and of its inner chambers, and of the house of the mercy-seat;

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


rate difficulty: And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.


simplify: and Jesus saith to him, `The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.'

“Foxes have holes,” answered Jesus, “and wild birds their nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”


simplify: And he said to her, `Because of this word go; the demon hath gone forth out of thy daughter;'

“For saying that,”he answered, “you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”


rate difficulty: That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


simplify: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.


simplify: Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.

and Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers, send theirs.


simplify: Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

knowing, as you do, that the testing of your faith develops endurance.


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh's heart is unchanged; he will not let the people go.


simplify: And when he knew that he was of Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him unto Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem in these days.

And when he saw that he was under the authority of Herod, he sent him to Herod, who was in Jerusalem himself at that time.


simplify: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;


rate difficulty: Let no one seek his own [advantage], but that of the other.

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


rate difficulty: And those who were seated at table with him said to themselves, Who is this who even gives forgiveness of sins?

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


rate difficulty: The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength.


simplify: Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:

On a sign from the Governor, Paul made this reply:   “Knowing, as I do, for how many years you have acted as judge to this nation, it is with confidence that I undertake my own defense.


simplify: And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.

His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him.


simplify: And the priests’ custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

And the priests' way with the people was this: when any man made an offering, the priest's servant came while the flesh was being cooked, having in his hand a meat-hook with three teeth;


rate difficulty: And to his father he sent after this manner: ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.

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


simplify: And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.'

And these last will go away ‘into lasting correction,’ but the righteous ‘into lasting life.’”


rate difficulty: the priest shall reckon unto him the amount of thy valuation, unto the year of the jubilee; and he shall give thy valuation on that day, [as] holy to Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: And the men of Israel answer the men of Judah, and say, `Ten parts we have in the king, and also in David more than you; and wherefore have ye lightly esteemed us, that our word hath not been first to bring back our king?' And the word of the men of Judah is sharper than the word of the men of Israel.

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


simplify: And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

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


rate difficulty: For if thou wast cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

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


rate difficulty: And the sons of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who did wrong about the cursed thing.

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


simplify: But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

But he would not, saying, I have no desire for food. But his servants, together with the woman, made him take food, and he gave way to them. So he got up from the earth, and took his seat on the bed.


rate difficulty: Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant?


simplify: not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.


rate difficulty: And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.

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


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

Then Jacob said to the herdmen, My brothers, where do you come from? And they said, From Haran.


rate difficulty: (according as it hath been written, `He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor, his righteousness doth remain to the age,')

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


rate difficulty: Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

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


rate difficulty: And so it was, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah theirGod, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared othergods;

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


simplify: Jesus said unto them, Is it not for this cause that ye err, that ye know not the scriptures, nor the power of God?

Jesus said to them, Is not this the reason for your error, that you have no knowledge of the holy Writings or of the power of God?


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, `How do they say the Christ to be son of David,

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


simplify: Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.


rate difficulty: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered up to the chief priests and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him up to the nations:

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


rate difficulty: Then Moses and Aaron went down on their faces before the meeting of the people.

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


simplify: We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.


rate difficulty: and he said unto Aaron, Take thee a calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering, without blemish, and offer them before Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: Bethuel was the father of Rebekah: these eight were the children of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham's brother.


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

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


simplify: And the fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,

And the walled towns are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth


simplify: And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

Every athlete exercises self-restraint in everything; they, indeed, for a crown that fades, we for one that is unfading.


rate difficulty: Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:


simplify: They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.


simplify: So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.


simplify: And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

And after the earth-shock a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire, the sound of a soft breath.


simplify: Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.

For six days you will get it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.


simplify: I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.

I give orders in the name of the Lord that all the brothers are to be present at the reading of this letter.


simplify: And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

And the man gave his wife the name of Eve because she was the mother of all who have life.


rate difficulty: He, too, it was who was present at the assembly in the desert, with the angel who talked to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors, and who received living truths to impart to you.

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


rate difficulty: `And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

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


rate difficulty: For my face is turned to this town for evil and not for good, says the Lord: it will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will have it burned with fire.

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


rate difficulty: And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to her, Two nations are in your body, and two peoples will come to birth from you: the one will be stronger than the other, and the older will be the servant of the younger.

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


simplify: Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.

Now the first to take up their heritage in their towns were: Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.


simplify: But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.

But his wife said to him, If the Lord was purposing our death, he would not have taken our burned offering and our meal offering, or have given us such orders about the child.


rate difficulty: Over the first division for the first month was Ishbaal, the son of Zabdiel; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

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


rate difficulty: because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

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


simplify: And he sent them forth to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

And he sent them out to be preachers of the kingdom of God, and to make well those who were ill.


simplify: The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.

The children of Bigvai, two thousand and fifty-six.


rate difficulty: Then Hezekiah the king got up early, and got together the great men of the town, and went up to the house of the Lord.

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


simplify: But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit at meat with thee.

But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.


rate difficulty: And one of his servants answereth and saith, `Then let them take, I pray thee, five of the horses that are left, that have been left in it--lo, they <FI>are<Fi> as all the multitude of Israel who have been left in it; lo, they are as all the multitude of Israel who have been consumed--and we send and see.'

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.

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


rate difficulty: Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

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


rate difficulty: The buds and the branches are to be made of the same metal; all together one complete work of hammered gold.


simplify: And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

And David said, I will be a friend to Hanun, the son of Nahash, as his father was a friend to me. So David sent his servants, to give him words of comfort on account of his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.


rate difficulty: And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.


simplify: Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

Keep your eyes on the field they are cutting, and go after them; have I not given orders to the young men not to put a hand on you? And when you are in need of drink go to the vessels and take of what the young men have put there.


rate difficulty: MyGod, remember Tobijah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets who would have put me in fear.

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


simplify: The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

The people of Zidon and Arvad were your boatmen; the wise men of Zemer were in you; they were guiding your ships;


rate difficulty: And I have torn your kerchiefs, And delivered My people out of your hand, And they are no more in your hand for a prey, And ye have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

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


simplify: And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because he was guided by the teaching of Jehoiada the priest.


rate difficulty: `Do I bring to the birth, And not cause to bring forth?' saith Jehovah, `Am not I He who is causing to beget? I have also restrained,' said thy God.

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


rate difficulty: And king Solomon answereth and saith to his mother, `And why art thou asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? also ask for him the kingdom--for he <FI>is<Fi> mine elder brother--even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah.'

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


rate difficulty: And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord with the holy oil made you king over Israel,

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


rate difficulty: It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And thou art confident in thy wickedness, Thou hast said, `There is none seeing me,' Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, It is turning thee back, And thou sayest in thy heart, `I <FI>am<Fi> , and none else.'

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


simplify: And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.

And they took from Moses all the offerings which the children of Israel had given for the building of the holy place. And still they went on giving him more free offerings every morning.


simplify: Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,

At that time Deborah and Barak, the son of Abinoam, made this song, saying:


simplify: These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

These are the families of the Reubenites: their number was forty-three thousand, seven hundred and thirty.


simplify: And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.


rate difficulty: Will they go down with me into the underworld? Will we go down together into the dust?

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


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

Taking the five loaves and the two fishes, Jesus looked up to heaven and said the blessing over them. Then he broke them in pieces, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people.


simplify: But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:

But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:


rate difficulty: He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

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


simplify: For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;


rate difficulty: And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Cephas, and was there with him fifteen days.

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


rate difficulty: so that — in the words of scripture —  ‘Let him who boasts make his boast of the Lord!’

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


simplify: To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.

To be a sign, kept in memory for ever by the children of Israel, that no man who is not of the seed of Aaron has the right of burning spices before the Lord, so that he may not be like Korah and his band: as the Lord said to him by the mouth of Moses.


rate difficulty: I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;

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


rate difficulty: To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?

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


rate difficulty: Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;


simplify: For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

For the trader will not go back to the things for which he had his price, even while he is still living:


simplify: And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

And he had been a father to Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his father's brother: for she had no father or mother, and she was very beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his daughter.


rate difficulty: And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

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


rate difficulty: Now the number of those who took up the water with their tongues was three hundred; all the rest of the people went down on their knees to the water.


simplify: and he said, `Go away to the city, unto such a one, and say to him, The Teacher saith, My time is nigh; near thee I keep the passover, with my disciples;'

“Go into the city to a certain man,” he answered, “and say to him ‘The teacher says — My time is near. I will keep the Passover with my disciples at your house.’”


rate difficulty: Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble;


rate difficulty: For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of poison, Bitter are their clusters;

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


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, on the seventh day, that they say to Samson's wife, `Entice thy husband, that he declare to us the riddle, lest we burn thee and the house of thy father with fire; to possess us have ye called for us? is it not?'

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


simplify: And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

And no sin will be yours on account of it, when the best of it has been lifted up on high; you are not to make a wrong use of the holy things of the children of Israel, so that death may not overtake you.


rate difficulty: The head <FI>is<Fi> Ahiezer, and Joash, sons of Shemaab the Gibeathite, and Jeziel, and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth, and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,

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


simplify: Damascus was thy merchant for the multitude of thy handiworks, by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

Damascus did business with you because of the great amount of your wealth, with wine of Helbon and white wool.


simplify: Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

Therefore he who sets himself against the authorities is resisting God’s appointment, and those who resist will bring a judgment on themselves.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said to Moses, Go down, testify to the people that they break not through to Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.

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


rate difficulty: When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what profit is there to the owner thereof, except the beholding [of them] with his eyes?

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


simplify: So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:

So then, my brothers, we are in debt, not to the flesh to be living in the way of the flesh:


simplify: even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

Even to the woodworkers and builders to get cut stone and wood for joining the structure together and for making boards for the houses which the kings of Judah had given up to destruction.


rate difficulty: My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;

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


simplify: The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,


rate difficulty: And when we were escaped, then we knew that the island was called Melita.

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


rate difficulty: Reprobate silver shall they call them, for Jehovah hath rejected them.

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


rate difficulty: You may be certain that nothing which the Lord has said about the family of Ahab will be without effect; for the Lord has done what he said by his servant Elijah.


simplify: And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible.


simplify: giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;


simplify: And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.


simplify: and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

And Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,


rate difficulty: Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, theGod of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.

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