rate difficulty: when ye turn back from after Him, then He hath added yet to leave him in the wilderness, and ye have done corruptly to all this people.'

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


simplify: On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim:

On the seventh day Elishama, the son of Ammihud, chief of the children of Ephraim:


simplify: And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These things saith he that hath the sharp two-edged sword:

And to the angel of the church in Pergamos say: These things says he who has the sharp two-edged sword:


rate difficulty: Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the words which the Lord had said by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, and he made a public statement and had it given out through all his kingdom and put in writing, saying,

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


simplify: The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.


rate difficulty: And it hath come to pass, in that day, The remnant of Israel, And the escaped of the house of Jacob, Do not add any more to lean on its smiter, And have leant on Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel, in truth.

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


simplify: For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.

For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.


simplify: And Saul died, and Baal–hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

And at the death of Shaul, Baal-hanan, son of Achbor, became king.


rate difficulty: And Saul, pointing his spear at him, made an attempt to give him a wound: from which it was clear to Jonathan that his father's purpose was to put David to death.

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


rate difficulty: He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

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


rate difficulty: And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth.

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


simplify: And he went up from thence unto Beth–el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

Then from there he went up to Beth-el; and on his way, some little boys came out from the town and made sport of him, crying, Go up, old no-hair! go up, old no-hair!


simplify: O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.

I will give your wealth and all your stores to be taken away in war without a price, because of your sins in every part of your land.


rate difficulty: Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

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


simplify: and Adoram was over the men subject to taskwork; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

And Adoram was overseer of the forced work; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;


rate difficulty: Give attention to him and give ear to his voice; do not go against him; for your wrongdoing will not be overlooked by him, because my name is in him.


rate difficulty: A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.'

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


rate difficulty: And fire came out from before the Lord, burning them up and causing their destruction before the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: But Paul intending to go in to the people, the disciples suffered him not;


simplify: amidst which they found me purified in the temple, with no crowd, nor yet with tumult: but there were certain Jews from Asia—

And having been made clean, I was in the Temple, but not with a great number of people, and not with noise: but there were certain Jews from Asia,


rate difficulty: Seeing that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the south to the north;

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


simplify: nor for nought did we eat bread of any one, but in labour and in travail, night and day working, not to be chargeable to any of you;

nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it. Night and day, laboring and toiling, we used to work at our trades, so as not to be a burden on any of you.


rate difficulty: And they went on from Bene-jaakan, and put up their tents in Hor-haggidgad.


rate difficulty: Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old at the time of his death in Mount Hor.

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


simplify: And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

And when they came to the place which is named Golgotha, they put him on the cross, and the evil-doers, one on the right side, and the other on the left.


rate difficulty: And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God.

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


simplify: Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo–debar.

Then King David sent, and had him taken from Lo-debar, from the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel.


simplify: Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in 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.


rate difficulty: But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

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


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

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.


rate difficulty: And what I say to you I say to all — Watch!”


rate difficulty: What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

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


simplify: To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.


rate difficulty: The men who were to have examined Paul immediately drew back, and the officer, finding that Paul was a Roman citizen, was alarmed at having put him in chains.

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


simplify: Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:


simplify: For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.

For in the past, your yoke was broken by your hands and your cords parted; and you said, I will not be your servant; for on every high hill and under every branching tree, your behaviour was like that of a loose woman


simplify: it came to pass even so unto him; for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died.

And such was his fate; for he was crushed to death under the feet of the people, in the doorway into the town.


simplify: Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

Then Boaz said, On the day when you take this field, you will have to take with it Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, so that you may keep the name of the dead living in his heritage.


rate difficulty: And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

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


simplify: And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.

And the cook took up the leg with the fat tail on it, and put it before Saul. And Samuel said, This is the part which has been kept for you: take it as your part of the feast; because it has been kept for you till the right time came and till the guests were present. So that day Saul took food with Samuel.


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

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


rate difficulty: and the servants of David have smitten of Benjamin, even among the men of Abner, three hundred and sixty men--they died.

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


rate difficulty: These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan of Jericho.


rate difficulty: In the wrath of Jehovah of Hosts Hath the land been consumed, And the people is as fuel of fire; A man on his brother hath no pity,


rate difficulty: I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

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


simplify: A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.


simplify: Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in houses made with hands; as saith the prophet,

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


rate difficulty: Let us go out early to the vine-gardens; let us see if the vine is in bud, if it has put out its young fruit, and the pomegranate is in flower. There I will give you my love.

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


rate difficulty: And now, I pray thee, take thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field and hunt me venison,

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


rate difficulty: The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.

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


rate difficulty: and Edom revolteth from under the hand of Judah till this day; then doth Libnah revolt at that time.

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


simplify: and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.

And those who are turned back from going after the Lord, and those who have not made prayer to the Lord or got directions from him.


rate difficulty: I, Paul, send you these words of love in my writing.

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


simplify: And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

And Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, put him to rest in the hollow rock of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, near Mamre;


simplify: Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.

Now in the second year of their coming into the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, the work was taken in hand by Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come from the land where they were prisoners to Jerusalem: and they made the Levites, of twenty years old and over, responsible for overseeing the work of the house of the Lord.


simplify: And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath–lehi.

And having said these words, he let the mouth-bone go out of his hand; so that place was named Ramath-lehi.


rate difficulty: to Titus, my own child according to [the] faith common [to us]: Grace and peace fromGod [the] Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour.


rate difficulty: then, after destroying seven heathen nations in Canaan, he allotted their land to this people —

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


simplify: Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.


rate difficulty: Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

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


simplify: We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

We have given our hands to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians so that we might have enough bread.


rate difficulty: I want you, on your part, to show deference to such people as these, as well as to every fellow laborer and earnest worker.

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


simplify: And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?

Then Israel, looking at Joseph's sons, said, Who are these?


simplify: Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in his good time,


rate difficulty: And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

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


simplify: For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

For there are men who, from birth, were without sex: and there are some who were made so by men: and there are others who have made themselves so for the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to take it, let him take it.


simplify: And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

And at the death of Samlah, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river became king in his place,


rate difficulty: And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he-goats for a sin-offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer [them] upon the altar of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.


simplify: And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles.

And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.


simplify: But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses.

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


rate difficulty: And Hebrews have passed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; and Saul <FI>is<Fi> yet in Gilgal, and all the people have trembled after him.

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


rate difficulty: And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:


simplify: and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

And going past Mysia, they came down to Troas.


rate difficulty: And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming forth out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man could pass by that way.

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


rate difficulty: And on the second day you are to have a he-goat without any mark on it offered for a sin-offering; and they are to make the altar clean as they did with the young ox.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, `To thy seed I give this land;' and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him.

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


simplify: Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?

Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?


simplify: And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine;


rate difficulty: Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela–hammahlekoth.


rate difficulty: And say to Amasa, Art thou not my bone and my flesh?God do so to me and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually instead of Joab.

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


simplify: Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.

Then I said, O my lord, what are these? And the angel who was talking to me said to me, I will make clear to you what they are.


simplify: That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Remember that you were at that time far from Christ; you were shut out from the citizenship of Israel; you were strangers to the Covenants founded on God’s Promise; you were in the world without hope and without God.


rate difficulty: And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

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


simplify: And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.

Then he said, And what did Samuel say to you?


simplify: And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

But, because of those who pretended to be followers who had stolen in, the intruders who had crept in to spy on the liberty which we have through union with Christ Jesus, in order to bring us back to slavery —


rate difficulty: And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

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


simplify: And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said to Moses, Your servants will do as my lord says.


simplify: And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.


rate difficulty: “John’s disciples,” they said to Jesus, “Often fast and say prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, while yours are eating and drinking!”

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


simplify: Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.


rate difficulty: they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, and discouraged the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land that Jehovah had given them.

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


simplify: How think ye? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray?

What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one?


rate difficulty: Then Jehovah opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the Angel of Jehovah standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed and prostrated himself on his face.

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


simplify: and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathereth eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped.

And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a sound.


rate difficulty: And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the Lord carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger:

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


simplify: For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

So have you now become to me; you see my sad condition and are in fear.


rate difficulty: for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of Jehovah.


rate difficulty: All the people of the land shall give unto this oblation for the prince in Israel.


rate difficulty: “To what then,”Jesus continued, “should I compare the people of the present generation? What are they like?


rate difficulty: And King Solomon and all the men of Israel who had come together there, were with him before the ark, making offerings of sheep and oxen more than might be numbered.


rate difficulty: And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

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


rate difficulty: These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout for the majesty of Jehovah, they shall cry aloud from the sea.

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


rate difficulty: Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying, `Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?'

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


rate difficulty: And Isaiah the prophet calleth unto Jehovah, and He bringeth back the shadow by the degrees that it had gone down in the degrees of Ahaz--backward ten degrees.

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


simplify: But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.

But Peter said to him, Though the others may be turned away from you, I will not.


rate difficulty: and lo, there the honour of the God of Israel, as the appearance that I saw in the valley.


simplify: The salt <FI>is<Fi> good, but if the salt may become saltless, in what will ye season <FI>it<Fi> ? Have in yourselves salt, and have peace in one another.'

‘Salt is good, but, if the salt should lose its saltiness, what will you use to season it?    ‘You must have salt in yourselves, and live at peace with one another.”


rate difficulty: For what great nation is there that hathGod near to them as Jehovah ourGod is in everything we call upon him for?


rate difficulty: And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began to say unto him every one, Is it I, Lord?

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


simplify: A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

A sword is on the Chaldaeans, says the Lord, and on the people of Babylon, and on her rulers and on her wise men.


rate difficulty: The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan, the son of Shage the Hararite,

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


simplify: `All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none doth know the Son, except the Father, nor doth any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal <FI>Him<Fi> .

Everything has been committed to me by my Father; nor does anyone fully know the Son, except the Father, or fully know the Father, except the Son and those to whom the Son may choose to reveal him.


simplify: Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

“John’s baptism was a baptism on repentance,” rejoined Paul, “and John told the people (speaking of the ‘one coming; after him) that they should believe in him — that is in Jesus.”


simplify: The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa; what he saw about Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earth-shock.


rate difficulty: And he gathered up all the food of the seven years that was in the land of Egypt, and put the food in the cities; the food of the fields of the city, which were round about it, he laid up in it.

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


simplify: and I will give wonders in the heaven above, and signs upon the earth beneath--blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke,

And I will show wonders in the heavens above, And signs on the earth below — Blood and fire and mist of smoke;


rate difficulty: For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

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


rate difficulty: And the angel of the Lord said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.

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


simplify: To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.

My answer to them was, that it was not the practice of Romans to give up anyone to their accusers until the accused had met them face to face, and had also had an opportunity of answering the charges brought against them.


rate difficulty: I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then I of myself with the mind, indeed, serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

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


rate difficulty: And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have made the decision to be the servants of the Lord. And they said, We are witnesses.


rate difficulty: The public place of his town has no more knowledge of him, and his name has gone from the memory of men: he is rooted up like a dead tree.


simplify: And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept in chains, and he was there in the prison-house.


rate difficulty: and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

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


rate difficulty: For, I tell you, that passage of scripture must be fulfilled in me, which says — ‘He was counted among the godless’; indeed all that refers to me is finding its fulfillment.”


simplify: who by the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say,  Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things?

Who has said, by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David your servant, Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?


rate difficulty: And it is declared to David, and he gathereth all Israel, and passeth over the Jordan, and cometh in unto them, and setteth in array against them; yea, David setteth in array the battle to meet Aram, and they fight with him;

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


simplify: But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

But that we give them orders to keep themselves from things offered to false gods, and from the evil desires of the body, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from blood.


rate difficulty: to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, that is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before Jehovah; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as Jehovah spake unto him by Moses.

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


simplify: To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

Driving out before you nations greater and stronger than you, to take you into their land and give it to you for your heritage, as at this day.


simplify: And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house.

So all the people of the land were glad, and the town was quiet; and they had put Athaliah to death with the sword at the king's house.


simplify: and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:

And Adam was not taken by deceit, but the woman, being tricked, became a wrongdoer.


simplify: Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

except that in town after town the Holy Spirit plainly declares to me that imprisonment and troubles await me.


simplify: On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work;

On the eighth day let there be a holy meeting: you may do no field-work;


rate difficulty: And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.

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


rate difficulty: And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war that had gone to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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


rate difficulty: On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:

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


simplify: Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:

‘Then, Father,’ he said, ‘I beg you to send Lazarus to my father’s house —


rate difficulty: And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.

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


simplify: Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.


simplify: The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth–aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

The people of Samaria will be full of fear because of the ox of Beth-aven; its people will have sorrow for it, and its priests will give cries of grief for its glory, for the glory has gone in flight.


rate difficulty: He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

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


simplify: Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the host of the children of the east; for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, those of all the army of the children of the east who were still living; for a hundred and twenty thousand of their swordsmen had been put to death.


rate difficulty: and I will turn thee back, and lead thee, and will cause thee to come up from the uttermost north, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel.

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


simplify: And by knowledge are the chambers filled  With all precious and pleasant riches.

And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things.


simplify: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power?


simplify: And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom turned to his own house, and saw not the king’s face.

And the king said, Let him go to his house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom went back to his house and did not see the face of the king.


simplify: Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

So I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who will take them for themselves: for everyone, from the least to the greatest, is given up to getting money; from the priest even to the prophet, everyone is false.


simplify: Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

Ithai, the son of Ribai of Gibeah, of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,


rate difficulty: and stronger are the people that are after Omri than the people that are after Tibni son of Ginath, and Tibni dieth, and Omri reigneth.

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


rate difficulty: I have given to them in My house, And within My walls a station and a name, Better than sons and than daughters, A name age-during I give to him That is not cut off.

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


simplify: And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

He took up his position and in a loud voice said to the armies of Israel, Why have you come out to make war? Am I not a Philistine and you servants of Saul? Send out a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.


rate difficulty: But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.

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


simplify: The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

A genealogy of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David and Abraham.


rate difficulty: and the tabernacle of Jehovah that Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt-offering, <FI>are<Fi> at that time in a high place, in Gibeon;

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


rate difficulty: As for ourselves, friends, we, like Isaac, are children born in fulfillment of a promise.

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


simplify: Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

See, I Paul say to you, that if you undergo circumcision, Christ will be of no use to you.


rate difficulty: Let life not death be Reuben's, let not the number of his men be small.

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


rate difficulty: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

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


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.


rate difficulty: And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,

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


rate difficulty: And on the day when the word of the Lord came to Moses in the land of Egypt,


rate difficulty: Thou thinkest, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and thy heart has lifted thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou contend with misfortune, that thou shouldest fall, thou and Judah with thee?

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 14 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount: and Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.


rate difficulty: And I have numbered you for the sword, And all of you for slaughter bow down, Because I called, and ye have not answered, I have spoken, and ye have not hearkened, And ye do the evil thing in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not--fixed.

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


simplify: And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

And Joab sent to Tekoa and got from there a wise woman, and said to her, Now make yourself seem like one given up to grief, and put on the clothing of sorrow, not using any sweet oil for your body, but looking like one who for a long time has been weeping for the dead:


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

All the fighting men got up and, travelling all night, took Saul's body and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh and had them burned there.


rate difficulty: and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in; or naked, and clothed thee?

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


rate difficulty: <FI> To<Fi> the left in His working--and I see not, He is covered <FI>on<Fi> the right, and I behold not.

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


simplify: for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went the multitudes thronged him.

For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him.


rate difficulty: And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:


rate difficulty: And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the Lord thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

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


rate difficulty: So Jehovah alone did lead him, And no strangegod [was] with him.


simplify: And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all those who are present here with us, you see this man, about whom all the Jews have made protests to me, at Jerusalem and in this place, saying that it is not right for him to be living any longer.


rate difficulty: great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings;


rate difficulty: A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

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


simplify: Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it.

The Lord has said, This town will certainly be given into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will take it.


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


simplify: Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

And all these things Noah did; as God said, so he did.


rate difficulty: But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.

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


rate difficulty: And they took away the burned offerings, so that they might give them to be offered to the Lord for the divisions of the families of the people, as it is recorded in the book of Moses. And they did the same with the oxen.

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.


simplify: And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

And he said in answer to me, Have you no knowledge what these are? And I said, No, my lord.


simplify: And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us; for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

And when the men of Ashdod saw how it was, they said, Let not the ark of the God of Israel be with us, for his hand is hard on us and on Dagon our god.


rate difficulty: one kid of the goats, a sin-offering; apart from the sin-offering of the atonements, and the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and their libations.

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


simplify: And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

And Solomon sent to Huram, king of Tyre, saying, As you did for my father David, sending him cedar-trees for the building of his house,


rate difficulty: But--a woman hath deceived her friend, So ye have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah.

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


simplify: And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.

And the seventh let what was in his vessel come out on the air; and there came out a great voice from the house of God, from the high seat, saying, It is done.


simplify: For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

We have no power at all against the truth, but we have power in the service of the truth.


simplify: And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots:

And it will come about in that day, says the Lord, that I will take away your horses from you, and will give your war-carriages to destruction:


rate difficulty: of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand were sealed;

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


simplify: Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?


simplify: And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.


rate difficulty: To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the store-house.


rate difficulty: And they went from Hor–hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.

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


simplify: And all the men were about twelve.

And there were about twelve of these men.


rate difficulty: And the man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but Adam had no one like himself as a help.


rate difficulty: And they said to them after this manner: What are the names of the men that build this building?


rate difficulty: In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.

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


simplify: Now the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

Now the rest of his acts and all his ways, first and last, are recorded in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.


rate difficulty: He is thy praise, and he is thyGod, who hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.

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


rate difficulty: Night for day they appoint, Light <FI>is<Fi> near because of darkness.


rate difficulty: And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:

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


rate difficulty: `And he hath taken for the cleansing of the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop;


rate difficulty: Bring with you, when you come, the cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments.

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


simplify: And if the whole congregation of Israel err, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done, and are guilty;

And if all the people of Israel do wrong, without anyone's knowledge; if they have done any of the things which by the Lord's order are not to be done, causing sin to come on them;


simplify: But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

But Jesus remained silent, and made no answer.   A second time the high priest questioned him. “Are you,” he asked, “the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”


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


simplify: Pass away, O inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame: the inhabitant of Zaanan is not come forth; the wailing of Beth-ezel shall take from you the stay thereof.

Be uncovered and go away, you who are living in Shaphir: the one living in Zaanan has not come out of her town; Beth-ezel is taken away from its base, even from its resting-place.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass when all the kings who were on this side the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and along all the coast of the great sea as far as opposite to Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard [of it],

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


simplify: Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

To the churches in Galatia, from Paul, an apostle whose commission is not from any human authority and is given, not by human beings, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead;


simplify: Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.


simplify: Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

Then the Pharisees went away and conferred together as to how they might lay a trap for Jesus in the course of conversation.


simplify: and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it unto his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.

You saw that his heart was true to you, and made an agreement with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, even to give it to his seed, and you have done what you said; for righteousness is yours:


rate difficulty: These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

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


rate difficulty: and that which he hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him also to death.

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


rate difficulty: And his sons went and made a feast in the house of each one on his day; and they sent and invited their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

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


simplify: That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

Whatever your lips have said, see that you do it; for you gave your word freely to the Lord your God.


simplify: But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:

But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:


rate difficulty: And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.

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


simplify: and he stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy.

And he took his place on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads unholy names.


rate difficulty: And the six hundred armed men of the Danites took their places by the doorway.

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


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

But you — you still retain in your hearts that consecration which you received from the Christ, and are not in need of anyone to teach you; but, since his consecration of you teaches you about everything, and since it is a real consecration, and no lie, then, as it has taught you, maintain your union with him.


simplify: Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

On the other hand, a father, who has definitely made up his mind, and is under no compulsion, but is free to carry out his own wishes, and who has come to the decision, in his own mind, to keep his unmarried daughter at home will be doing right.


rate difficulty: Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

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


rate difficulty: and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately.

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


simplify: And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Ziph. And Saul was searching for him every day, but God did not give him up into his hands.


simplify: And Cain said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

And Cain said, My punishment is greater than my strength.


simplify: But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

If you say, How cruel we will be to him! because the root of sin is clearly in him:


rate difficulty: O Jehovah God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember thy lovingkindnesses to David thy servant.

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


simplify: At the commandment of Jehovah the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of Jehovah they encamped: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they remained encamped.

At the order of the Lord the children of Israel went forward, and at the order of the Lord they put up their tents: as long as the cloud was resting on the House, they did not go away from that place.


rate difficulty: And on the feast-days, and in the solemnities, the oblation shall be an ephah for a bullock and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs as he is able to give; and oil, a hin for an ephah.


simplify: so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;

so, too, they have now become disobedient in your day of mercy, in order that they also in their turn may now find mercy.


rate difficulty: and the transcendent greatness of the power which he is able to exercise in dealing with us who believe in him.

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


simplify: For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Jehovah, and turned their backs.

For our fathers have done evil, sinning in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have given him up, turning away their faces from the house of the Lord, and turning their backs on him.


simplify: The word which he sent unto the children of Israel, preaching good tidings of peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all)—

The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--


rate difficulty: Ninevites shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas [is] here.


simplify: And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this land. And he said, Let them come near me, and I will give them a blessing.


rate difficulty: He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

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


rate difficulty: We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;

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


simplify: And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

And she said, I will certainly go with you: though you will get no honour in your undertaking, for the Lord will give Sisera into the hands of a woman. So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.


rate difficulty: taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom I send thee,

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


rate difficulty: Certain of them had the care of the vessels used in worship, to keep an account of them when they came in and when they were taken out again.

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


rate difficulty: “I tell you,”answered Jesus, “that you yourself today — yes, this very night — before the cock crows twice, will disown me three times.”

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simplify: And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.

They will take by force all your wealth and go off with the goods with which you do trade: they will have your walls broken down and all the houses of your desire given up to destruction: they will put your stones and your wood and your dust deep in the water.


simplify: To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.


rate difficulty: And they are to give the lamb and the meal offering and the oil, morning by morning, for a burned offering at all times.

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


simplify: And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.

And David said to Achish, You will see now what your servant will do. And Achish said to David, Then I will make you keeper of my head for ever.


rate difficulty: And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;


simplify: Wherefore ye shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.

So make images of the growths caused by your disease and of the mice which are damaging your land; and give glory to the God of Israel: it may be that the weight of his hand will be lifted from you and from your gods and from your land.


rate difficulty: and Geshur and Aram took the villages of Jair from them, with Kenath and its dependent towns, sixty cities. All these were sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus answering said to them, See that no one mislead you.


simplify: These have authority to shut the heaven, that it may not rain rain in the days of their prophecy, and authority they have over the waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the land with every plague, as often as they may will.

These men have the power to close the heavens, so that ‘no rain may fall’ during the time that they are teaching; and they have power ‘to turn the streams into blood, and to smite the land with any curse,’ whenever they will.


simplify: This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

Jesus is ‘the stone which, scorned by you the builders, has yet become the corner stone.’


simplify: Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.

And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them.


rate difficulty: For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most [possible].

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


simplify: Nevertheless I must go on my way to-day and to-morrow and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

But I have to go on my way today and tomorrow and the third day, for it is not right for a prophet to come to his death outside Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: Then on the fourteenth day of the second month they put the Passover lambs to death: and the priests and the Levites were shamed, and made themselves holy and took burned offerings into the house of the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread: on the very first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses; for whoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day — that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

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


simplify: And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?

And the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, and said, Is not David waiting secretly near us in the hill of Hachilah, before the waste land?


simplify: And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled.

And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.


rate difficulty: For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?

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


simplify: Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:

Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:


rate difficulty: And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.

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


rate difficulty: If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And ye said, No, but we will flee upon horses, — therefore shall ye flee; and, We will ride upon the swift, — therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon goeth after Ashtoreth god<FI> dess<Fi> of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites;

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:

On this occasion what you can spare will supply what they need, at another time what they can spare may supply your need, and so things will be equal.


rate difficulty: As heat by the shade of a cloud, the noise of the men of pride has been made quiet by you; as heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the cruel ones has been stopped.

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


simplify: With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

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


simplify: Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:

Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:


rate difficulty: A man is commended according to his wisdom; but he that is of a perverted heart shall be despised.


simplify: and having sighed deeply in his spirit, he saith, `Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.'

Sighing deeply, Jesus said: “Why does this generation ask for a sign? I tell you, no sign will be given it.”


rate difficulty: And a river went out of Eden, to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four main streams.


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

And in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho, the Lord said to Moses,


rate difficulty: Son of man, let your face be turned against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and be a prophet against him and against all Egypt:

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


simplify: Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.


rate difficulty: And the seven messengers who are having the seven trumpets did prepare themselves that they may sound;

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


simplify: And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

And in the middle of the day, Elijah made sport of them, saying, Give louder cries, for he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or he may have gone away for some purpose, or he may be on a journey, or by chance he is sleeping and has to be made awake.


simplify: And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.

And on the limit of Asher, from the east side to the west side: Naphtali, one part.


simplify: and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted,

Yes, and all who aim at living a religious life in union with Christ Jesus will have to suffer persecution;


simplify: And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.

So the master called him and said ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give in your accounts, for you cannot act as steward any longer.’


rate difficulty: Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

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


simplify: And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.

But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in.


rate difficulty: But he, having turned them all out and taking hold of her hand, cried saying, Child, arise.

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


simplify: And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

One day a leper came to Jesus and, falling on his knees, begged him for help. “If only you are willing,” he said, “you are able to make me clean.”


rate difficulty: and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods.

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


rate difficulty: And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and built on the hill, and called the name of the city that he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

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


simplify: We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

We have been placed with him among the dead through baptism into death: so that as Christ came again from the dead by the glory of the Father, we, in the same way, might be living in new life.


rate difficulty: And he having gone forth to the porch, another female saw him, and saith to those there, `And this one was with Jesus of Nazareth;'

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


rate difficulty: But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.

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


simplify: Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?

Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him?


simplify: And the king said unto the Cushite, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And the Cushite answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise up against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.

And the king said to the Cushite, Is the young man Absalom safe? And the Cushite said in answer, May all the king's haters and those who do evil against the king, be as that young man is!


simplify: And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:

And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God:


simplify: And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth–jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

And he had thirty sons, who went on thirty young asses; and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are named Havvoth-Jair to this day.


rate difficulty: And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.


simplify: Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.


simplify: Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

If by chance there are five less than fifty upright men, will you give up all the town to destruction because of these five? And he said, I will not give it to destruction if there are forty-five.


rate difficulty: When he heweth him down cedars, he taketh also a holm-oak and a terebinth — he chooseth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth a pine, and the rain maketh [it] grow.

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


rate difficulty: They will be named waste silver, because the Lord has given them up.

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


rate difficulty: And Nathan said to David, Do all that is in thy heart; forGod is with thee.


simplify: then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:

He sent his son Hadoram to David, with words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had wars with Tou; and Hadoram took with him vessels of silver and gold and brass:


rate difficulty: And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.


rate difficulty: And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

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


simplify: to Him <FI>is<Fi> the glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen.

To him be all glory through the church and through Christ Jesus, for all generations, age after age. Amen.


simplify: for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, if they do not wash the hands to the wrist, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders,

(For the Pharisees, and indeed all strict Jews, will not eat without first scrupulously washing their hands, holding in this to the traditions of their ancestors.


rate difficulty: So Isaac went on living in Gerar;


simplify: and Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.

And Jehiel and Azaziah and Nahath and Asahel and Jerimoth and Jozabad and Eliel and Ismachiah and Mahath and Benaiah were overseers, under the directions of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the order of Hezekiah the king and Azariah, the ruler of the house of God.


simplify: Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.


simplify: And questioning him also were those warring, saying, `And we, what shall we do?' and he said unto them, `Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.'

And when some soldiers on active service asked “And we — what are we to do?” he said: “Never use violence, or exact anything by false accusation; and be content with your pay.”


rate difficulty: And their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets, of silver.

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


simplify: But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.

Yet, I tell you, the doom of Tyre and Sidon will be more bearable in the ‘day of judgment’ than yours.


rate difficulty: This is the portion of the wicked man withGod, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty: —

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


simplify: Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy traffickers: they traded for thy merchandise wheat of Minnith, and pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.

Judah and the land of Israel were your traders; they gave grain of Minnith and sweet cakes and honey and oil and perfume for your goods.


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

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


simplify: And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to David my father, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,


simplify: Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.

Give attention to me, O my people; and give ear to me, O my nation; for teaching will go out from me, and the knowledge of the true God will be a light to the peoples.


simplify: The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.


rate difficulty: And Jacob, in answer, said to Laban, My fear was that you might take your daughters from me by force.


rate difficulty: And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, were of one piece with it.


simplify: I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.

In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.


simplify: Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.

Is this the town which was full of joy, whose start goes back to times long past, whose wanderings took her into far-off countries?


simplify: Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;


simplify: And there were certain of the scribes there sitting, and reasoning in their hearts,

But some of the teachers of the law who were sitting there were debating in their minds:


simplify: And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house whereinto he goeth.

And he said to them, When you go into the town you will see a man coming to you with a vessel of water; go after him into the house into which he goes.


rate difficulty: For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and give signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

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


rate difficulty: And they were wandering in every direction because there was no keeper: and they became food for all the beasts of the field.

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


simplify: and lay thee low, and thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou didst not know the time of thy inspection.'

they will trample you down and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone on another, because you did not know ‘the time of your visitation.’”


rate difficulty: And the heart of the king of Syria was troubled because of this thing; and he called his servants, and said to them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?

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


rate difficulty: for many walk of whom many times I told you--and now also weeping tell--the enemies of the cross of the Christ!

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


simplify: For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;


simplify: Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.


simplify: Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there is no peace; and when one buildeth up a wall, behold, they daub it with untempered mortar:

Because, even because they have been guiding my people into error, saying, Peace; when there is no peace; and in the building of a division wall they put whitewash on it:


rate difficulty: In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.


simplify: Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

And said, O men of Galilee, why are you looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come again, in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.


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

Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.


simplify: Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.

And having got it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis, they let down the sails and so went running before the wind.


simplify: Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love.


simplify: Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:

See, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret which is deeper than your knowledge:


simplify: And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand: and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

I will let the limits of your land be from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the waste land to the river Euphrates: for I will give the people of those lands into your power; and you will send them out before you.


simplify: Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.

Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.


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

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


rate difficulty: And Haman went forth that day joyful and glad of heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up nor moved for him, he was full of fury against Mordecai.

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


simplify: Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith Jehovah; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith Jehovah. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of Jehovah.

I saw the blood of Naboth and of his sons yesterday; and I will give you full payment in this field, says the Lord? So now, take him and put him in this field, as the Lord said.


rate difficulty: A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God,

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


simplify: And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

And he it is who gave to the church apostles, prophets, Missionaries, Pastors, and teachers,


rate difficulty: In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.


rate difficulty: `And Thou bringest forth Thy people Israel from the land of Egypt, with signs and with wonders, and by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great fear,

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


simplify: And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above.

And on the top of the arch which was over their heads was the form of a king's seat, like a sapphire stone; and on the form of the seat was the form of a man seated on it on high.


rate difficulty: And he asked them, But ye, who do ye say that I am? And Peter answering says to him, Thou art the Christ.

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


rate difficulty: And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.

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


rate difficulty: Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

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


simplify: And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath–jearim.

And the children of Israel went forward on their journey, and on the third day came to their towns. Now their towns were Gibeon and Chephirah and Beeroth and Kiriath-jearim.


simplify: For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them:

For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them.


rate difficulty: Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?

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


rate difficulty: Give us day by day our daily bread.

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


simplify: and having prayed, they said, `Thou, Lord, who art knowing the heart of all, shew which one thou didst choose of these two

and they offered this prayer —  “Lord, who reads all hearts, show which of these two men you have chosen


rate difficulty: These, then, are the tidings that we have heard from him and now tell you — ‘God is light, and darkness has no place at all in him.’

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


rate difficulty: And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered and said to him, Thou sayest.

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


rate difficulty: — for my father fought for you, and endangered his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;

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


simplify: Because of this I say to you, all whatever--praying--ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it shall be to you.

And therefore I say to you ‘Have faith that whatever you ask for in prayer is already granted you, and you will find that it will be.’


simplify: And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.

And looking back, he saw me and gave a cry to me. And answering him I said, Here am I.


simplify: For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth.

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who has faith.


simplify: Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

And now be pleased to give ear, O my lord the king; let my prayer for help come before you, and do not make me go back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, for fear that I may come to my death there.


simplify: And Solomon stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;

Then Solomon took his place before the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present, and stretching out his hands to heaven,


rate difficulty: Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

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


rate difficulty: And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, May the blessing of the Lord, who has at all times been kind to the living and to the dead, be on him. And Naomi said to her, The man is of our family, one of our near relations.

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


simplify: The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.


simplify: The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,


simplify: The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.


rate difficulty: When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then thou shalt give it unto the Levite, to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled.

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


rate difficulty: Who are these coming like a cloud, like a flight of doves to their windows?

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


rate difficulty: This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him:

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


rate difficulty: And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


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

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


simplify: for there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

For from this time, a family of five in one house will be on opposite sides, three against two and two against three.


rate difficulty: Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.


rate difficulty: and one tenth part for each lamb of the seven lambs;

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


simplify: And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.

Now in the second year, on the twentieth day of the second month, the cloud was taken up from over the Tent of witness.


rate difficulty: Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.


rate difficulty: Then they set out and went from village to village, telling the good news and curing people everywhere.

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


simplify: Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.

My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.


rate difficulty: when I went up the mountain to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which Jehovah made with you, and I abode in the mountain forty days and forty nights, — I ate no bread and drank no water, —

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


rate difficulty: And the ten horns that thou sawest are ten kings, who have received no kingdom as yet; but they receive authority as kings, with the beast, for one hour.

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


rate difficulty: And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

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


rate difficulty: And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And Hazar–shual, and Beer–sheba, and Bizjothjah,

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