rate difficulty: That are black because of ice, By them doth snow hide itself.

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


simplify: And the west border was to the great sea, and the border thereof. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.

And the limit on the west is the edge of the Great Sea. This is the line going round the land marked out for the children of Judah, by their families.


simplify: <FI> are<Fi> all apostles? <FI>are<Fi> all prophets? <FI>are<Fi> all teachers? <FI>are<Fi> all powers?

Can everyone be an apostle? Can everyone be a preacher? Can everyone be a teacher? Can everyone have supernatural powers?


simplify: And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.

And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.


simplify: and there were certain--seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest--who are doing this thing;

The seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this;


rate difficulty: For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou goest up to appear before Jehovah thy God three times in the year.

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


rate difficulty: And died have great and small in this land, They are not buried, and none lament for them, Nor doth any cut himself, nor become bald for them.

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


rate difficulty: And I will send an angel before you, driving out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite:

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


rate difficulty: And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Isaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.

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


rate difficulty: And after him, Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite: the Philistines were gathered into a troop, and there was there a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people had fled before the Philistines;

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


simplify: And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

And in the morning, a long time before daylight, he got up and went out to a quiet place, and there he gave himself up to prayer.


rate difficulty: Because of the wrath of Jehovah it is not inhabited, And it hath been a desolation--all of it. Every passer by at Babylon is astonished, And doth hiss because of all her plagues.

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


simplify: Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

They are pulling off the salt leaves from the brushwood, and making a meal of roots.


rate difficulty: Set free from the control of sin, you became servants to righteousness.

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


rate difficulty: And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast rendered unto me good, whereas I have rendered unto thee evil.

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


simplify: for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;

For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.


simplify: And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell; and there were killed in the earthquake seven thousand persons: and the rest were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

And in that hour there was a great earth-shock and a tenth part of the town came to destruction; and in the earth-shock seven thousand persons came to their end: and the rest were in fear, and gave glory to the God of heaven.


simplify: And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he underwent circumcision.


simplify: But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how much evil he did to thy saints at Jerusalem:

But Ananias said, Lord, I have had accounts of this man from a number of people, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem:


simplify: She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale.

Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces.


simplify: `Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment to the nations he shall declare,

‘Here is my chosen servant, who I love and who pleases me! I will breathe my spirit on him, and he will announce a time of judgment to the Gentiles.


simplify: Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.


simplify: And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

And if you make me an altar of stone do not make it of cut stones: for the touch of an instrument will make it unclean.


rate difficulty: And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.

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


rate difficulty: Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

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


rate difficulty: and Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;

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


rate difficulty: For when I had taken them into the land which I made an oath to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every branching tree and made their offerings there, moving me to wrath by their offerings; and there the sweet smell of their offerings went up and their drink offerings were drained out.

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


rate difficulty: According to the grace of God which was given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder I laid a foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let each man take heed how he buildeth thereon.

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


rate difficulty: For though I made you sorry with my epistle, I do not regret it: though I did regret it (for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season),

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


rate difficulty: Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

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


simplify: And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.

Then all the meeting of the children of Israel, hearing this, came together at Shiloh to go up against them to war.


simplify: But who is there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say unto him, when he is come in from the field, Come straightway and sit down to meat;

But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,


simplify: And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.


simplify: For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

For I am the Lord, I am unchanged; and so you, O sons of Jacob, have not been cut off.


rate difficulty: and he fell upon his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

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


simplify: That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

That Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah; and in answer to my request for news of the Jews who had been prisoners and had got away, and of Jerusalem,


rate difficulty: But I say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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


simplify: And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.


rate difficulty: Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the Lord will appear unto you.


rate difficulty: But which of you [is there] who, having a bondman ploughing or shepherding, when he comes in out of the field, will say, Come and lie down immediately to table?


rate difficulty: and she had also a sister, called Mary, who also, having seated herself beside the feet of Jesus, was hearing the word,

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


rate difficulty: And he cometh in there, unto the cave, and lodgeth there, and lo, the word of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> unto him, and saith to him, `What--to thee, here, Elijah?'

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


simplify: But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart.


simplify: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

Some fell on rocky places, where it had not much soil, and, because the soil wasn't deep, sprang up at once.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go outto battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.

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


simplify: So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.

So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.


simplify: But there were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?

But some of them were angry among themselves, saying, For what purpose has this oil been wasted?


rate difficulty: And the men of Beth-Shemesh say, `Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and unto whom doth He go up from us?'

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


simplify: That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

to eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of commanders, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all free and enslaved, and of high and low.’


simplify: Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.

But all this is nothing to me while I see Mordecai the Jew seated by the king's doorway.


simplify: For all his ordinances were before me; And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.


simplify: laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.

And watching him, for a chance to get something from his words which might be used against him.


rate difficulty: And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

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


simplify: Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.

Now, at the feast, the Governor was accustomed to grant the people the release of any one prisoner whom they might choose.


simplify: And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.

And all the fighting-men who were with him went up and came near the town, and took up a position on the north side of Ai facing the town, with a valley between him and the town.


simplify: David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.

And so David sent out watchers, and got word from them that Saul was certainly coming.


simplify: Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;

So now, the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Why are you doing this great evil against yourselves, causing every man and woman, little child and baby at the breast among you in Judah to be cut off till not one is still living;


simplify: But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:

But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;


simplify: And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.


rate difficulty: Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou?

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


simplify: Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?


rate difficulty: But the Jews excited the women of the upper classes who were worshippers, and the first people of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their coasts.

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


rate difficulty: Give one another the kiss of love. Peace be to you all in Christ.

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


rate difficulty: The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.


rate difficulty: Blessed be Jehovah theGod of Israel, from eternity and to eternity! And all the people said, Amen! and praised Jehovah.

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


simplify: And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we are thy servants.

Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants.


rate difficulty: and the scribes have not been able to stand before Moses, because of the boil, for the boil hath been on the scribes, and on all the Egyptians.

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


simplify: And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, with all the fish of thy rivers which stick unto thy scales.

And I will put hooks in your mouth, and the fish of your streams will be hanging from your skin; and I will make you come up out of your streams, with all the fish of your streams hanging from your skin.


rate difficulty: As one whom his mother comforteth, so do I comfort you, Yea, in Jerusalem ye are comforted.

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


simplify: And when they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mount.

And when they had gone away from Rephidim and had come into the waste land of Sinai, they put up their tents in the waste land before the mountain: there Israel put up its tents.


simplify: And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the Lord God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

And David said to his son Solomon, Be strong and of a good heart and do your work; have no fear and do not be troubled, for the Lord God, my God, is with you; he will not give you up, and his face will not be turned away from you, till all the work necessary for the house of the Lord is complete.


rate difficulty: An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

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


simplify: And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember unto me, O my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy lovingkindness.

And I gave the Levites orders to make themselves clean and come and keep the doors and make the Sabbath holy. Keep this in mind to my credit, O my God, and have mercy on me, for great is your mercy.


simplify: Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

So give ear, O Israel, and take care to do this; so that it may be well for you, and you may be greatly increased, as the Lord the God of your fathers has given you his word, in a land flowing with milk and honey.


simplify: For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not.

For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.


simplify: Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

But it seemed to me necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, who has taken part with me in the work and in the fight, and your servant, sent by you for help in my need;


simplify: The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.


simplify: For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

For scripture says —  ‘Rejoice, you barren one, who does never bear, Break into shouts, you who are never in labor, For many are the children of her who is desolate — aye, more than of her who has a husband.’


simplify: According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

And this will fulfill my earnest expectation and hope that I will have no cause for shame, but that, with unfailing courage, now as hitherto, Christ will be honored in my body, whether by my life or by my death,


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

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


rate difficulty: or a charmer, or one that inquireth of a spirit of Python, or a soothsayer, or one that consulteth the dead.

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


rate difficulty: What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

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


rate difficulty: And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spake unto him at the door of the house,

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


simplify: And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

And when the dragon saw that he was forced down to the earth, he made cruel attacks on the woman who gave birth to the male child.


rate difficulty: As for your asses which have been wandering for three days, give no thought to them, for they have come back. And for whom are all the desired things in Israel? are they not for you and your father's family?

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


simplify: For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it?

For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions?


rate difficulty: and their brethren doing the work of the house <FI>are<Fi> eight hundred twenty and two; and Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchiah,

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


simplify: Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.

To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.


simplify: Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:


rate difficulty: And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.


simplify: Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.

Then the nations came against him from the kingdoms round about: their net was stretched over him and he was taken in the hole they had made.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

And the Lord said to Moses, Go down quickly; for your people, whom you took out of the land of Egypt, are turned to evil ways;


simplify: Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

Butter and honey will be his food, when he is old enough to make a decision between evil and good.


rate difficulty: And they made two rings of gold, and put them upon the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, to the front thereof, just by the coupling thereof, above the girdle of the ephod.

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


rate difficulty: So the Rab-shakeh went back, and when he got there the king of Assyria was making war against Libnah, for it had come to his ears that he had gone away from Lachish.

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


rate difficulty: But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

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


simplify: But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor.

But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a servant.


rate difficulty: And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.

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


simplify: And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.


rate difficulty: Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not make a full end with you.

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


rate difficulty: And he writeth unto them a letter a second time, saying, `If ye <FI>are<Fi> for me, and to my voice are hearkening, take the heads of the men--the sons of your lord, and come unto me about this time to-morrow, to Jezreel;' and the sons of the king <FI>are<Fi> seventy men, with the great ones of the city those bringing them up.

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


simplify: Out of the chamberof the south cometh the storm, And cold out of the north.

Out of its place comes the storm-wind, and the cold out of its store-houses.


simplify: And he spake a simile to them: `See the fig-tree, and all the trees,

Then he taught them a lesson , saying — “Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.


simplify: And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?


simplify: Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

And we made rules for ourselves, taxing ourselves a third of a shekel every year for the upkeep of the house of our God;


simplify: And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;

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


rate difficulty: As Babylon caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.

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


rate difficulty: And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

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


simplify: no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, he shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

He is not to be touched by a hand, but is to be stoned or have an arrow put through him; man or beast, he is to be put to death: at the long sounding of a horn they may come up to the mountain.


rate difficulty: In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,

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


rate difficulty: My host Gaius, who extends his hospitality to the whole church, sends you his greeting; and Erastus, the city treasurer, and Quartus, our dear friend, add theirs.

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


rate difficulty: and it shall be forgiven the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; for with all the people there was [a sin of] inadvertence.

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


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

And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

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


simplify: For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

For these words did not ever come through the impulse of men: but the prophets had them from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.


simplify: And it came to pass after three days, Paul called together those who are the principal men of the Jews, and they having come together, he said unto them: `Men, brethren, I--having done nothing contrary to the people, or to the customs of the fathers--a prisoner from Jerusalem, was delivered up to the hands of the Romans;

Three days after our arrival, Paul invited the leading Jews to meet him; and, when they came, he said: “Brothers, although I had done nothing hostile to the interests of our nation or to our ancestral customs, yet I was sent from Jerusalem as a prisoner, and handed over to the Romans.


simplify: Some men’s sins are evident, going before unto judgment; and some men also they follow after.

The sins of some men are clearly seen, going before them to be judged; but with others, their sins go after them.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

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rate difficulty: And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.

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rate difficulty: And he said, Ye have taken away mygods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away; and what have I more? and what is this that ye say to me, What aileth thee?

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rate difficulty: And he shall slaughter the he-lamb of the trespass-offering; and the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.

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rate difficulty: And the man came into the house; and he ungirded the camels, and gave the camels straw and provender, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men who were with him.


simplify: Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

Then the cloud came down covering the Tent of meeting, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord;


simplify: the last enemy is done away--death;

The last enemy to be overthrown is death;


simplify: Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.


simplify: `But if I by Beelzeboul cast forth the demons--your sons, by whom do they cast forth? because of this your judges they shall be;

But, if it is by Beelzebul’s help that I drive out demons, by whose help is it that your own sons drive them out? Therefore they will themselves be your judges.


simplify: and Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,

And Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab;


simplify: And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

And he says to them, Because of your little faith: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Be moved from this place to that; and it will be moved; and nothing will be impossible to you.


simplify: Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

Then I said to you, Have no fear of them.


simplify: A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.

The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.


rate difficulty: The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred twenty and three.


simplify: And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.

And it came about, in those days, that she got ill and came to her death: and when she had been washed, they put her in a room which was high up.


simplify: Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

Let the waste land and its flocks be glad, the tent-circles of Kedar; let the people of the rock give a glad cry, from the top of the mountains let them make a sound of joy.


rate difficulty: And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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rate difficulty: And Jacob their father said to them, Ye have bereaved me of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin! All these things are against me.

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


simplify: Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.

Even if you are kind to the evil-doer, he will not go after righteousness; even in the land of the upright he will still go on in his wrongdoing, and will not see the glory of the Lord.


rate difficulty: For Jehovah of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done for themselves, to provoke me to anger in burning incense unto Baal.

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


simplify: Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

May a man take fire to his breast without burning his clothing?


simplify: Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.

Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.


simplify: And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Draw near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.

And Moses sent for Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, the brother of Aaron's father, and said to them, Come near and take your brothers away from before the holy place, outside the tent-circle.


rate difficulty: And they said, The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we in any wise know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

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


simplify: Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

Still, to go on in the flesh is more necessary because of you.


simplify: So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee

So Gad came to David and said to him, The Lord says, Take whichever you will:


rate difficulty: And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.

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


rate difficulty: Then the Lord came and said as before, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel made answer, Say on, Lord; for the ears of your servant are open.

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


simplify: The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam, when Zedekiah first became king of Judah, saying,


rate difficulty: The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

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simplify: Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years.


simplify: Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.


rate difficulty: And they forsook the house of Jehovah theGod of their fathers, and served the Asherahs and idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

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simplify: And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.


simplify: And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth–lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord,

So the three, forcing a way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David; but David would not take it, but made an offering of it, draining it out to the Lord,


rate difficulty: and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.

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rate difficulty: And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:

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


simplify: And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the Lord.

Then Samuel said, Let all Israel come to Mizpah and I will make prayer to the Lord for you.


rate difficulty: The hangings on the side <FI>are<Fi> fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three,

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


simplify: And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God will keep you in mind and take you out of this land into the land which he gave by his oath to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.


simplify: Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,


rate difficulty: By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

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simplify: When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;


rate difficulty: The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali;

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


simplify: Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;

Salvation from those who are against us, and from the hands of those who have hate for us;


rate difficulty: but if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] vain; ye are yet in your sins.

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


simplify: He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

Truly God has made me low, even to the earth, and I have become like dust.


simplify: And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

And the waters overcame everything on the earth; and all the mountains under heaven were covered.


simplify: Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, I will even bring it upon his own head.

And so the Lord has said, By my life, truly, for my oath which he put on one side, and my agreement which has been broken, I will send punishment on his head.


rate difficulty: Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.

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


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

So this is what the Lord has said: Because your words are without substance and your visions are false, see, I am against you, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness.


rate difficulty: and he saith with a great voice, Fear God, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made the heaven and the earth and sea and fountains of waters.

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


simplify: and they did not receive him, because his face was going on to Jerusalem.

but the people there did not welcome him, because his face was set in the direction of Jerusalem.


simplify: come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.

Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.


simplify: and happy <FI>is<Fi> she who did believe, for there shall be a completion to the things spoken to her from the Lord.'

Happy indeed is she who believed that the promise which she received from the Lord would be fulfilled.”


rate difficulty: if ye then have dealt truly and uprightly with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:

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


simplify: And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting: and thou shalt assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel:

And make the Levites come forward in front of the Tent of meeting, and let all the children of Israel come together:


simplify: And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:


simplify: The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.

The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.


rate difficulty: Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, `Why <FI>is it<Fi> that ye were seeking me? did ye not know that in the things of my Father it behoveth me to be?'

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


simplify: But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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


rate difficulty: And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

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


simplify: And after these days, having taken <FI>our<Fi> vessels, we were going up to Jerusalem,

At the end of our visit, we made our preparations, and started on our way up to Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

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simplify: But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.

But, if it is by the hand of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God must already be upon you.


simplify: So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

So David went to a secret place in the country: and when the new moon came, the king took his place at the feast.


simplify: And it was so, that, when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto Jehovah, he arose from before the altar of Jehovah, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven.

Then Solomon, after making all these prayers and requests for grace to the Lord, got up from his knees before the altar of the Lord, where his hands had been stretched out in prayer to heaven;


simplify: and lo, they were bringing to him a paralytic, laid upon a couch, and Jesus having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, `Be of good courage, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

There some people brought to him a paralyzed man on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man: “Courage, child! Your sins are forgiven.”


rate difficulty: He will go back to the land of Egypt and the Assyrian will be his king, because they would not come back to me.

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rate difficulty: And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother's house. Jehovah deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead and with me.

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


rate difficulty: So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.

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simplify: The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

‘The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the land of the Road by the Sea, and beyond the Jordan, with Galilee of the Gentiles —


rate difficulty: And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.


simplify: And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.


rate difficulty: And as ye enter into the house, salute it.

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


simplify: And he shall take up therefrom his handful, of the fine flour of the meal-offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meal-offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor, as the memorial thereof, unto Jehovah.

The priest is to take in his hand some of the meal of the meal offering and of the oil of it, and all the perfume on it, burning it on the altar as a sign, for a sweet smell to the Lord.


simplify: And certain of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, `Teacher, rebuke thy disciples;'

Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him: “Teacher, restrain your disciples.”


simplify: And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the Lord had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he sent the people away to their tents, full of joy and glad in their hearts, because of all the good which the Lord had done to David and to Solomon and to Israel his people.


rate difficulty: and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

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


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

And the Lord said to Moses, When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have given you power to do: but I will make his heart hard and he will not let the people go.


rate difficulty: And he establisheth, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests over their service, and of the Levites over their charges, to praise and to minister over-against the priests, according to the matter of a day in its day, and the gatekeepers in their courses at gate and gate, for so <FI>is<Fi> the command of David the man of God.

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


rate difficulty: I, Jehovah, hath spoken, It hath come, and I have done <FI>it<Fi> , I do not free, nor do I spare, nor do I repent, According to thy ways, and according to thine acts, they have judged thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

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


rate difficulty: And there were certain men, who were unclean by reason of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:


rate difficulty: And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord.


simplify: And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua put up in Gilgal.


simplify: Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

Much in every way: first of all because the words of God were given to them.


rate difficulty: Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.

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


rate difficulty: But keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God made you free: for this is why I give you orders to do this.


rate difficulty: And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against them, and he went away;

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rate difficulty: For these men are not overcome with wine, as it seems to you, for it is only the third hour of the day;

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simplify: And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.

And take in your hand this rod with which you will do the signs.


simplify: And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar–adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:

Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem;


rate difficulty: `And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Thy shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants,

The produce of the garden is pomegranates; with all the best fruits, henna and spikenard,


rate difficulty: Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the Lord.

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rate difficulty: And when the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

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


simplify: <FI> no,<Fi> but that the things that the nations sacrifice--they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not wish you to come into the fellowship of the demons.

No; what I say is that the sacrifices offered by the Gentiles ‘are offered to demons and to a being who is no God,’ and I do not want you to share with demons.


simplify: And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.


simplify: Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

Then do not go after false gods, as some of them did; as it is said in the holy Writings, After resting and feasting, the people got up to take their pleasure.


simplify: Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.

Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.


simplify: `And, lo, I do send the promise of my Father upon you, but ye--abide ye in the city of Jerusalem till ye be clothed with power from on high.'

And now I am myself about to send you that which my Father has promised. But you must remain in the city until you have been invested with power from above.”


simplify: For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.

For every tree is judged by its fruit. Men do not get figs from thorns, or grapes from blackberry plants.


simplify: Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

Happy is that servant who, when his lord comes, is doing so.


rate difficulty: This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed of copulation goeth from him, so that he is unclean thereby;

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simplify: Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.

Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.


simplify: And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

Then Balaam said to Balak, Now I have come to you; but have I power to say anything? Only what God puts into my mouth may I say.


rate difficulty: Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.

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


rate difficulty: And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.


simplify: So Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance.

Then Joshua let the people go away, every man to his heritage.


simplify: But the word of God grew and multiplied.

But the word of the Lord went on increasing.


rate difficulty: If God so clothes even the grass of the field, which is living today and tomorrow will be thrown into the oven, will not he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

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


rate difficulty: Keep in mind, O my God, for my good, all I have done for this people.

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


simplify: And when they came to the threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen stumbled.

And when they came to Nacon's grain-floor, Uzzah put his hand on the ark of God to keep it safe in its place, for the oxen were out of control.


simplify: and he having looked earnestly on him, and becoming afraid, said, `What is it, Lord?' And he said to him, `Thy prayers and thy kind acts came up for a memorial before God,

Cornelius fixed his eyes on him and, in great alarm, said: “What is it, Lord?”  “Your prayers and your charities,” the angel answered, “have been an acceptable offering to God.


rate difficulty: No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serveGod and mammon.

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


simplify: Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

For ‘no human being will be pronounced righteous before God’ as the result of obedience to law; for it is law that shows what sin is.


simplify: And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

“Sir,” he said, “my manservant is lying ill at my house with a stroke of paralysis, and is suffering terribly.”


simplify: Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:

And Beriah and Shema, who were heads of the families of those who were living in Aijalon, who put to flight the people living in Gath;


simplify: Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.

And you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord of armies: Come back to me, says the Lord of armies, and I will come back to you.


simplify: And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

And our cry went up to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord's ear was open to the voice of our cry, and his eyes took note of our grief and the crushing weight of our work:


simplify: For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

Whoever gives you a cup of water, because you are Christ's, truly I say to you, he will in no way be without his reward.


rate difficulty: And again, Give praise to the Lord, all you Gentiles; and let all the nations give praise to him.


simplify: and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Ahira the son of Enan.

And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira, the son of Enan.


simplify: Whosoever he be that shall rebel against thy commandment, and shall not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of good courage.

Whoever goes against your orders, and does not give attention to all your words, will be put to death: only take heart and be strong.


rate difficulty: And Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; and he reigned twelve years.

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simplify: And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.

If people do not welcome you, as you leave that town, shake even the dust off your feet, as a protest against them.”


rate difficulty: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

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rate difficulty: And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto Jehovah; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is Jehovah’s.

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


simplify: Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:


simplify: render, therefore, to all <FI>their<Fi> dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.

In all cases pay what is due from you — tribute where tribute is due, taxes where taxes are due, respect where respect is due, and honor where honor is due.


simplify: And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.

And for these twenty boards, forty silver bases, two bases under every board, to take its tongues.


simplify: Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.

Gathering the Twelve around him, Jesus said to them: “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem; and there everything that is written in the prophets will be done to the Son of Man.


rate difficulty: And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

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simplify: In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.


rate difficulty: According to the commandment of Jehovah the children of Israel journeyed, and according to the commandment of Jehovah they [remained] encamped; all the days that the cloud dwelt upon the tabernacle they encamped.

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rate difficulty: Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

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


rate difficulty: And it will come about in that day, when Gog comes up against the land of Israel, says the Lord, that my wrath will come up, and my passion and my bitter feeling.

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rate difficulty: Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.

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rate difficulty: Take care, therefore, that the inner light is not darkness.


rate difficulty: And Haman said unto the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honor,

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rate difficulty: And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? even sinners lend to sinners, to receive again as much.

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


rate difficulty: And from among the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations do men look upon their dead bodies three days and a half, and suffer not their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.

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simplify: If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

If I say, I will put my grief out of mind, I will let my face be sad no longer and I will be bright;


rate difficulty: And Peter said to him, Lord, are these words said to us only, or to all men?


simplify: On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

That day the king gave all the family of Haman, the hater of the Jews, to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had made clear what he was to her.


rate difficulty: And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s household within.


simplify: For I am full of words; The spirit within me constraineth me.

For I am full of words, I am unable to keep in my breath any longer:


rate difficulty: And the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul <FI>is<Fi> dead, and he falleth--he also--on his sword, and dieth with him;

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


simplify: And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

And Jephthah took an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give the children of Ammon into my hands,


rate difficulty: And behold, a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.

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


rate difficulty: And having said this he shewed them his hands and his feet.


rate difficulty: And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;

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simplify: and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other kind;

And when you put it into the earth, you do not put in the body which it will be, but only the seed, of grain or some other sort of plant;


simplify: Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds!

Give thought to the ravens; they do not put seeds into the earth, or get together grain; they have no store-houses or buildings; and God gives them their food: of how much greater value are you than the birds!


simplify: And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.

And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.


rate difficulty: And the force of the Chaldeans pursue after the king, and overtake him in the plains of Jericho, and all his force have been scattered from him;

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


simplify: Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

Ahimaaz in Naphtali; he took Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, as his wife;


rate difficulty: Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.

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


simplify: Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:


simplify: Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.

Then go back to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made ruler over the towns of Judah, and make your living-place with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the captain of the armed men gave him food and some money and let him go.


rate difficulty: And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.

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simplify: Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

May trouble be theirs! for they have gone far away from me; and destruction, for they have been sinning against me; I was ready to be their saviour, but they said false words against me.


rate difficulty: but I found that there were certain questions in dispute between them about their own religion, and about some dead man called Jesus, whom Paul declared to be alive.

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


rate difficulty: And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

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


simplify: Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

Now it was in the heart of David my father to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.


simplify: The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.

By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.


rate difficulty: for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.

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


simplify: But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God.

But Jesus said not a word. And the high priest said to him, I put you on oath, by the living God, that you will say to us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.


rate difficulty: For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

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simplify: And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him; but who smote all these?

And in the morning he went out and, stopping, said to all the people there, You are upright men: it is true that I made designs against my master, and put him to death; but who is responsible for the death of all these?


simplify: Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

Then come up after him and he will come in and take his place on the seat of my kingdom; for he is to be king in my place, and I have given orders that he is to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.


rate difficulty: and they questioned him, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou dost say and teach rightly, and dost not accept a person, but in truth the way of God dost teach;

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


rate difficulty: And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that were proclaimed by me, that it is not according to man,

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


rate difficulty: And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

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rate difficulty: And she hath pursued her lovers, And she doth not overtake them, And hath sought them, and doth not find, And she hath said: I go, and I turn back unto My first husband, For--better to me then than now.

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


simplify: but the hill-country shall be thine; for though it is a forest, thou shalt cut it down, and the goings out thereof shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.

For the hill-country of Gilead will be yours ... the woodland and cut down ... its outskirts will be yours ... get the Canaanites out, for they have iron war-carriages ... strong.


simplify: they were knowing him also that this it was who for a kindness was sitting at the Beautiful gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what hath happened to him.

and, when they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, they were utterly astonished and amazed at what had happened to him.


simplify: They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

They profess to know God, but by their actions they disown him. They are degraded and self-willed; and, as far as anything good is concerned, they are utterly worthless.


rate difficulty: Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;

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


simplify: And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.


rate difficulty: I say then, HasGod cast away his people? Far be the thought. For I also am an Israelite, of [the] seed of Abraham, of [the] tribe of Benjamin.

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


rate difficulty: And you came back, weeping before the Lord; but the Lord gave no attention to your cries and did not give ear to you.


rate difficulty: Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

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simplify: And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

And he has given to him, and to Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the power of training others.


rate difficulty: And Levi made a great entertainment to him in his house, and there was a great multitude of tax-gatherers and others who were with them reclining (at meat),

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rate difficulty: And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

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simplify: And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day.

Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Let us now get directions from the Lord.


rate difficulty: To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:


rate difficulty: And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

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simplify: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

laying all your anxieties on him, for he makes you his care.


rate difficulty: So on the day of the fight at Michmash, not a sword or a spear was to be seen in the hands of any of the people with Saul and Jonathan: only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.


simplify: Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose:

Then let these things be exchanged for money, and, taking the money in your hand, go to the place marked out by the Lord your God for himself;


simplify: And he began to speak unto the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country for a long time.

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


simplify: Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

Of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;


simplify: that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and well stricken in years:

Joshua sent for all Israel, for their responsible men and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers, and said to them, I am old, and full of years:


rate difficulty: For he was numbered among us, and received his portion in this ministry.


simplify: Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.

And so I say to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.

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


simplify: And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

“Master,” said another, “I will follow you; but first let me say goodbye to my family.”


simplify: and knew her not till she had brought forth a son: and he called his name JESUS.

And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.


rate difficulty: that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries in the world,

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Till the Lord has given rest to your brothers as to you, and till they have taken for themselves the land which the Lord your God is giving them on the other side of Jordan: then you may go back, every man of you, to the heritage which I have given you.

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


rate difficulty: And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come.

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simplify: So he brought down the people unto the water: and Jehovah said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.

So he took the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gideon, Put on one side by themselves all those drinking up the water with their tongues like a dog; and in the same way, all those who go down on their knees to the water while drinking.


simplify: And there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jaïrus by name; and seeing him, he falleth at his feet,

And one of the rulers of the Synagogue, Jairus by name, came, and seeing him, went down at his feet,


simplify: Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Do not be anxious about anything; but under all circumstances, by prayer and entreaty joined with thanksgiving, make your needs known to God.


rate difficulty: And those twelve stones which they had taken out of the Jordan did Joshua set up in Gilgal.

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simplify: For, because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

For because you have put your faith in your strong places, you, even you, will be taken: and Chemosh will go out as a prisoner, his priests and his rulers together.


simplify: And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

And destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man.


simplify: because they have wrought folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I commanded them not; and I am he that knoweth, and am witness, saith Jehovah.

Because they have done shame in Israel, and have taken their neighbours' wives, and in my name have said false words, which I did not give them orders to say; and I myself am the witness, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And all flesh shall see that I, Jehovah, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.

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


rate difficulty: Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

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


rate difficulty: And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to cleanse thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.

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


simplify: This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

This is the reward of the evil man, and the heritage given to him by God.


simplify: But he, taking her by the hand, called, saying, Maiden, arise.

But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up.


rate difficulty: Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,

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simplify: And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.


rate difficulty: Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

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rate difficulty: And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

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simplify: But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;

And give a burned offering for a sweet smell to the Lord; two oxen, one male sheep, and seven he-lambs of the first year;


simplify: and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse,

Salmon of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed of Jesse,


rate difficulty: and while they retain the outward form of religion, they will not allow it to influence them. Turn your back on such people as these.


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

Then Jehoshaphat went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David his father; and Jehoram his son became king in his place.


rate difficulty: And the men that have been expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them on asses, and brought them to Jericho the city of palm-trees, to their brethren. And they returned to Samaria.

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


simplify: A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a harlot, these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.

A widow, or one whose husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be the wife of a priest; but let him take a virgin from among his people.


simplify: Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

Is not your evil-doing great? and there is no end to your sins.


simplify: Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men?


rate difficulty: See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.


simplify: And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

“You see the people pressing around you,” exclaimed his disciples, “and yet you say ‘Who touched me?’”


simplify: And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.

And Judah was overcome before Israel, so that they went in flight, every man to his tent.


simplify: And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal–meon:

And Bela, the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who was living in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon;


rate difficulty: that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

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


simplify: And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

And of it let him make his offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord; the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat on the inside parts,


simplify: And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.

And if anyone does wrong, and does any of the things which the Lord has given orders are not to be done, though he has no knowledge of it, still he is in the wrong and he is responsible.


simplify: They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.

They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.


rate difficulty: And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

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


simplify: And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.

And you will be glad before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, and your men-servants and your women-servants, and the Levite who is with you in your house, because he has no part or heritage among you.


simplify: As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

In conclusion, friends, whenever you find things that are true or honorable, righteous or pure, lovable or praiseworthy, or if ‘virtue’ and ‘honor’ have any meaning, let them fill your thoughts.


simplify: And he said unto me, Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.

And he said to me, Go in and see the evil and disgusting things which they are doing here.


rate difficulty: And afterwards David heard [it], and he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Jehovah for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

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


rate difficulty: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, that I might be your God.

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


simplify: I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh;


simplify: And thou, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their heart, their sons and their daughters,

And as for you, son of man, your mouth will be shut in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that on which their hearts are fixed, and their sons and daughters.


rate difficulty: And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom ofGod was in him, to do justice.

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


rate difficulty: But your wives and your little ones and your cattle (for it is clear that you have much cattle) may go on living in the towns I have given you;

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


rate difficulty: if so be ye did hear him, and in him were taught, as truth is in Jesus;

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


rate difficulty: `And thou hast put the vail under the hooks, and hast brought in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony; and the vail hath made a separation for you between the holy and the holy of holies.

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


rate difficulty: And Absalom would say to him, See, your cause is true and right; but no man has been named by the king to give you a hearing.


simplify: And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.

And the floors will be full of grain, and the crushing-places overflowing with wine and oil.


simplify: I prayed therefore unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

And I made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord God, do not send destruction on your people and your heritage, to whom, by your great power, you have given salvation, whom you have taken out of Egypt by the strength of your hand.


simplify: Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?

Are flocks and herds to be put to death for them? or are all the fish in the sea to be got together so that they may be full?


simplify: And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.

And when they had got into the boat, the wind went down.


simplify: And it came to pass, in his reclining (at meat) in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners were reclining (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.

Later on he was in his house having dinner, and a number of tax-gatherers and outcasts took their places at the table with Jesus and his disciples; for many of them were following him.


simplify: And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

Say then what your payment is to be and I will give it.


rate difficulty: Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice; for Jehovah hath done great things.

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


simplify: And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

One of them immediately ran and took a sponge, and, filling it with common wine, put it on the end of a rod, and offered it to him to drink.


rate difficulty: Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

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


simplify: And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

“If you are God’s Son, throw yourself down, for scripture says —  ‘He will give his angels commands about you, and on their hands they will lift you up, so you do not even strike your foot against a stone.’”


rate difficulty: But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

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


simplify: Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Who, by the power of God are kept, through faith, for that salvation, which will be seen at the last day.


simplify: And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.

And while he went on his way they put their clothing down on the road in front of him.


rate difficulty: And the Philistines are gathered, and come in, and encamp in Shunem, and Saul gathereth all Israel, and they encamp in Gilboa,

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


simplify: whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.


simplify: And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

And let some heads of grain be pulled out of what has been corded up, and dropped for her to take, and let no sharp word be said to her.


simplify: Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.


rate difficulty: so consider wisdom for thy soul; if thou hast found it, there shall be a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

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


rate difficulty: And Shaalabbin and Aijalon and Ithlah

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


rate difficulty: I will take away man and beast; I will take away the birds of the heaven and the fishes of the sea; causing the downfall of the evil-doers, and cutting man off from the face of the earth, says the Lord.

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