rate difficulty: But still she went on the more with her loose behaviour, keeping in mind the early days when she had been a loose woman in the land of Egypt.

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rate difficulty: For the tabernacle of Jehovah, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt-offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.


simplify: Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?


rate difficulty: For, lo, they are gone away from destruction; yet Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.

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


simplify: `And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: When already its branch may have become tender, and the leaves it may put forth, ye know that summer <FI>is<Fi> nigh,

Learn the lesson taught by the fig tree. As soon as its branches are full of sap, and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.


simplify: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

Even before the time of the law there was sin in the world; but sin cannot be charged against someone where no law exists.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.

And he said, Let it be as you say: he in whose bag it is seen will become my servant; and you will not be responsible.


rate difficulty: The census itself first took place when Cyrenius had the government of Syria.

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


simplify: And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,

When Jesus reached the leader’s house, seeing the flute players, and a number of people all in confusion,


simplify: but if he say thus, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.


rate difficulty: If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

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


rate difficulty: Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord.

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


simplify: Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.

Then there was a division among the people of Israel; half the people were for making Tibni, son of Ginath, king, and half were supporting Omri.


rate difficulty: Before they lie down, the men of the city--men of Sodom--have come round about against the house, from young even unto aged, all the people from the extremity;

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


simplify: But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.

But David did not take the number of those who were under twenty years old, for the Lord had said that he would make Israel like the stars of heaven in number.


simplify: And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God.

And you will become a very small band, though your numbers were like the stars of heaven; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God.


simplify: And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.

And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah; the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.


rate difficulty: And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

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


rate difficulty: Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan–havoth–jair, unto this day.

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


simplify: And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.

And Melchizedek, king of Salem, the priest of the Most High God, took bread and wine,


rate difficulty: Nevertheless he that comforteth the lowly, even God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

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


rate difficulty: It was square; double did they make the breastplate, a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, doubled.

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


simplify: And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

And it is not only by his arrival that we are encouraged, but also by the encouragement which he received from you; for he tells us of your strong affection, your penitence, and your zeal on my behalf — so that I am happier still.


simplify: And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzzah; and he called that place Perez-uzzah, unto this day.

And David was angry because of the Lord's outburst of wrath against Uzzah: and he gave that place the name Perez-uzzah, which is its name to this day.


simplify: And the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not fit that we should forsake the word of God, and serve tables.

And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.


simplify: For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

For it gave me great joy when some of the brothers came and gave witness that you had the true faith and were walking in the true way.


rate difficulty: And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

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


rate difficulty: And they will give so much milk that he will be able to have butter for his food: for butter and honey will be the food of all who are still living in the land.


rate difficulty: And they ate of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened loaves, and roasted [corn] on that same day.

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


simplify: Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.


simplify: And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed Jehovah, and his people Israel.

And when Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw all the store of goods, they gave praise to the Lord and to his people Israel.


simplify: For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

God, to whom I offer the worship of my soul as I tell the goodness of his Son, is my witness how constantly I mention you when I pray,


simplify: And Samuel said unto Saul, Jehovah sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of Jehovah.

And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to put the holy oil on you and to make you king over his people, over Israel: so give ear now to the words of the Lord.


simplify: Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.

Then the chiefs went down to the doors; the Lord's people went down among the strong ones.


simplify: But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim.

But the Nethinim were living in the Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim.


simplify: For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

For in him all the wealth of God's being has a living form,


simplify: But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

But Abijah became great, and had fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.


simplify: and crying with a great voice, saying, `The salvation <FI>is<Fi> to Him who is sitting upon the throne--to our God, and to the Lamb!'

And they are crying in a loud voice —  ‘salvation be ascribed to our God who is seated on his throne and to the Lamb.’


simplify: Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

bearing with one another, and, when there is any ground for complaint, forgiving one another freely. As the Master freely forgave you, so you must forgive one another.


rate difficulty: In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

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


simplify: And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

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


rate difficulty: so, then, brethren, stand ye fast, and hold the deliverances that ye were taught, whether through word, whether through our letter;

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


rate difficulty: And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways will be lifted up.


rate difficulty: In that time shall a present be brought unto Jehovah of hosts from a people tall and smooth, even from a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Jehovah of hosts, the mount Zion.

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


simplify: Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole fruit be forfeited, the seed which thou hast sown, and the increase of the vineyard.

Do not have your vine-garden planted with two sorts of seed: or all of it may become a loss, the seed you have put in as well as the increase.


simplify: Now therefore, mysons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.

So now, my sons, give ear to me; give attention to the sayings of my mouth;


simplify: And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.

And when they say to you, Why are you making sounds of grief? then say, Because of the news, for it is coming: and every heart will become soft, and all hands will be feeble, and every spirit will be burning low, and all knees will be turned to water: see, it is coming and it will be done, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And all the assembly of the children of Israel departed from before Moses.

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


simplify: But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.


simplify: And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

So he left them, and went away again, and prayed a third time, again saying the same words.


rate difficulty: And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

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


simplify: And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, From Aram Balak has sent for me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: come, put curses on Jacob for me and be angry with Israel.


simplify: in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

By whom we come near to God without fear through faith in him.


rate difficulty: and having heard about Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, beseeching him, that having come he might thoroughly save his servant.

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


simplify: And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?

And when Jehu was coming into the town, she said, Is all well, O Zimri, taker of your master's life?


simplify: Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there.

So I have given him to the Lord; for all his life he is the Lord's. Then he gave the Lord worship there.


simplify: And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof;

And the sons of Elpaal: Eber and Misham and Shemed (he was the builder of Ono and Lod and their daughter-towns);


rate difficulty: The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,

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


simplify: Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.

And he gave him the copy of the order which had been given out in Shushan for their destruction, ordering him to let Esther see it, and to make it clear to her; and to say to her that she was to go in to the king, requesting his mercy, and making prayer for her people.


simplify: And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

And Shimei said to the king, Very well! as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do. And for a long time Shimei went on living in Jerusalem.


simplify: Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself, And disclose not the secret of another;

Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:


simplify: The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

The ephah and the bath are to be of the same measure, so that the bath is equal to a tenth of a homer, and the ephah to a tenth of a homer: the unit of measure is to be a homer.


simplify: The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.


rate difficulty: Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.

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


rate difficulty: There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;

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


rate difficulty: And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter at the east gate, was over the freewill-offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of Jehovah, and the most holy things.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

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


rate difficulty: <FI> With<Fi> ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works--cotton of Egypt.

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


simplify: And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth–lehem–judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Beth-lehem-judah, and I am looking for a living-place.


simplify: And it was so, as she rode on her ass, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

Now while she was going down under cover of the mountain on her ass, David and his men came down against her, and suddenly she came face to face with them.


simplify: Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

As for your fathers, you will not be united with them in their resting-place, because you have been the cause of destruction to your land, and of death to your people; the seed of the evil-doer will have no place in the memory of man.


simplify: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

but throughout my body I see a different law, one which is in conflict with the law accepted by my reason, and which endeavors to make me a prisoner to that law of sin which exists throughout my body.


rate difficulty: And Kibzaim and Beth-horon with their grass-lands, four towns.

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


simplify: But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah.

And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.


simplify: And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

And they did so; and Aaron, stretching out the rod in his hand, gave a touch to the dust of the earth, and insects came on man and on beast; all the dust of the earth was changed into insects through all the land of Egypt.


rate difficulty: Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I, Jehovah, have builded the ruined places, and planted that which was desolate: I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and I will do it.

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


rate difficulty: So let the Lord be judge, and give a decision between me and you, and see and give support to my cause, and keep me from falling into your hands.

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the Lord.

And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smashing down and overturning and sending destruction and causing trouble; so I will be watching over them for the purpose of building up and planting, says the Lord.


simplify: for I wish all men to be even as I myself <FI>am<Fi> ; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.

I should wish everyone to be just what I am myself. But everyone has his own gift from God — one in one way, and one in another.


simplify: Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;


rate difficulty: The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

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


rate difficulty: (In the past in Israel, when a man went to get directions from God, he said, Come let us go to the Seer, for he who now is named Prophet was in those days given the name of Seer.)


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


simplify: Orwho shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb;

Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;


simplify: If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Since our life is due to the Spirit, let us rule our conduct also by the Spirit.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And they kept the passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at even, in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

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


simplify: And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.

And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear came on him.


simplify: And not finding by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his couch into the midst before Jesus.

And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.


rate difficulty: And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.

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


simplify: Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; thou shalt not take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

You may not take as wife a woman and her daughter, or her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, for they are of one family: it is an act of shame.


rate difficulty: and to those in Aroer, and to those in Siphmoth, and to those in Eshtemoa,

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


rate difficulty: For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

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


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of those who had come back, kept the feast of the opening of this house of God with joy.

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


rate difficulty: So all the work on the House of the Tent of meeting was done; as the Lord had given orders to Moses, so the children of Israel did it.


simplify: For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.


rate difficulty: rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;

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


simplify: with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and they that dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication.

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


rate difficulty: But praise be to God who gives us strength to overcome through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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


rate difficulty: And they put him into his last resting-place in the town of David, among the kings, because he had done good in Israel for God and for his house.

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


rate difficulty: And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand [pieces] of silver; behold, let that be to thee a covering of the eyes, in respect of all that are with thee, and with all; and she was reproved.

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


simplify: And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

Then how is it that we each of us hear them in our own language?


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,


rate difficulty: Which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk?

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


simplify: and the scribes and the Pharisees among them were murmuring at his disciples, saying, `Wherefore with tax-gatherers and sinners do ye eat and drink?'

The Pharisees and the teachers of the law belonging to their party complained of this to the disciples of Jesus.”


simplify: For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

for everyone else put in something from what he had to spare, while she, in her need, put in all she had — everything that she had to live on.”


rate difficulty: Himthat saith to a king, Thou art vile, Orto nobles, Ye arewicked;

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


simplify: Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house.

And in this way the girl went in to the king; whatever she had a desire for was given to her to take with her from the women's house into the house of the king.


simplify: Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.


rate difficulty: So, addressing the tree, he exclaimed: “May no one ever again eat of your fruit!”And his disciples heard what he said.


simplify: an instructor of foolish ones, a teacher of babes, having the form of the knowledge and of the truth in the law.

and a teacher of the childish, because in the law you possess the outline of all knowledge and truth.


rate difficulty: And he said to them, The kings of the nations rule over them, and they that exercise authority over them are called benefactors.

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


rate difficulty: Jehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then the Lord said to me, The end has come to my people Israel; never again will my eyes be shut to their sin.

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


simplify: For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

For, although you were once in darkness, now, by your union with the Lord, you are in the light. Live as ‘children of light’ —


rate difficulty: So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

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


rate difficulty: and wine for a libation, a fourth of the hin thou dost prepare for the burnt-offering or for a sacrifice, for the one lamb;

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


rate difficulty: He had also seven sons and three daughters.


simplify: And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

If you are forced to carry a soldier's pack for one mile, carry it two.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.

These are the words of the Lord of armies: If you will go in my ways and keep what I have put in your care, then you will be judge over my Temple and have the care of my house, and I will give you the right to come in among those who are there.


simplify: Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

To the angel of the church in Ephesus say: These things says he who has the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the middle of the seven gold lights:


rate difficulty: Give the story of it to your children, and let them give it to their children, and their children to another generation.

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simplify: Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it.

Go through the tents and give orders to the people, saying, Get ready a store of food; for in three days you are to go over this river Jordan and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.


simplify: Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

Now after the death of Jehoiada, the chiefs of Judah came and went down on their faces before the king. Then the king gave ear to them.


simplify: And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.

“Go to the village facing you,”he said; “and, as soon as you get there, you will find a foal tethered, which no one has ever ridden; untie it, and bring it.


simplify: By thy messengers thou hast defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into his farthest lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field.

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


simplify: In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

In the year of the death of King Ahaz this word came to the prophet:


simplify: But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

But now, O Lord, you are our father; we are the earth, and you are our maker; and we are all the work of your hand.


simplify: And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

They came to Bethsaida. There some people brought a blind man to Jesus, and begged him to touch him.


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel, who did not come up to the Lord at the meeting of all Israel? For they had taken a great oath that whoever did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord was to be put to death.


rate difficulty: And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years: these were the years of the life of Sarah.


rate difficulty: And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.

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rate difficulty: And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Jehovah deliver them before me, shall I be your head?

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


rate difficulty: And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,

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


rate difficulty: For whosoever shall have been ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed when he shall come in his glory, and [in that] of the Father, and of the holy angels.

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


rate difficulty: but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

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rate difficulty: Therefore give up their children to the famine, and deliver them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of children and be widows; and let their men be swept off by death, their young men be smitten by the sword in battle.

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


rate difficulty: My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver.

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


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

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rate difficulty: and he said to them, `Come ye yourselves apart to a desert place, and rest a little,' for those coming and those going were many, and not even to eat had they opportunity,

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


simplify: As it hath been written in the prophets, `Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,' --

It is said in the prophet Isaiah —  ‘I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way.


simplify: And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.

And the priest, answering David, said, I have no common bread here but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.


rate difficulty: and Abraham calleth the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah hath born to him--Isaac;

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


rate difficulty: And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.

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


simplify: But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man that had his hand withered, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.

But he had knowledge of their thoughts; and he said to the man whose hand was dead, Get up and come into the middle. And he got up and came forward.


rate difficulty: And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

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


simplify: I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?

I came to cast fire on the earth; and what more can I wish, if it is already kindled?


simplify: For thus saith the Lord God; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.

For this is what the Lord has said: The sword of the king of Babylon will come on you.


rate difficulty: And David sendeth messengers unto the men of Jabesh-Gilead, and saith unto them, `Blessed <FI>are<Fi> ye of Jehovah, in that ye have done this kindness with your lord, with Saul, that ye bury him.

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


simplify: For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?

For if I give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad by me?


simplify: And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En–rogel, and called all his brethren the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah the king’s servants:

Then Adonijah put to death sheep and oxen and fat beasts by the stone of Zoheleth, by En-rogel; and he sent for all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants, to come to him:


simplify: that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

He took in hand the building up of the towns which Huram had given him, causing the children of Israel to make living-places for themselves there.


rate difficulty: Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.

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


rate difficulty: All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them shall ye give with their suburbs.

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


rate difficulty: For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay hath taken hold on me.

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


rate difficulty: A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.

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


simplify: and he said unto me, Thou art my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

And he said to me, You are my servant, Israel, in whom my glory will be seen;


simplify: And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

So they seized him, and threw him outside the vineyard, and killed him.


simplify: And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

In it I have made a place for the ark, in which is the agreement which the Lord made with our fathers, when he took them out of the land of Egypt.


rate difficulty: And they gave their father wine to drink that night. And the first-born went in, and lay with her father, and he did not know of her lying down, nor of her rising.

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


rate difficulty: And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.


simplify: A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.


simplify: And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

And I will take great payment from them with acts of wrath; and they will be certain that I am the Lord when I send my punishment on them.


simplify: And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something from them.

And he gave attention to them, hoping to get something from them.


simplify: and if I also question <FI>you<Fi> , ye will not answer me or send me away;

and, if I question you, you will not answer.


simplify: and Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,

And Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah;


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all that took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.

This is what the Lord of armies has said: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are crushed down together: all those who took them prisoner keep them in a tight grip; they will not let them go.


rate difficulty: 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.

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


rate difficulty: And they said unto her, Nay, but we will return with thee unto thy people.

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


simplify: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,


rate difficulty: And they sang one to another in praising and giving thanks unto Jehovah, saying, For he is good, for his lovingkindness endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Jehovah, because the foundation of the house of Jehovah was laid.

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


simplify: And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

And looking round on them he was angry, being sad because of their hard hearts; and he said to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and his hand was made well.


rate difficulty: Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Jehovah their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him; and the people did fear before Jehovah.

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


simplify: Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.

Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat, the son of Hori.


rate difficulty: And Job answereth and saith: --

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him,

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


rate difficulty: Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

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


rate difficulty: God is my rock, in him will I trust — My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower, and my refuge, My saviour: thou wilt save me from violence.


rate difficulty: for I see that you have fallen into the ‘bitterness of envy’ and the ‘fetters of sin.’”

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


rate difficulty: Of the fowl after its kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every <FI>sort<Fi> they come in unto thee, to keep alive.

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


simplify: Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the devoted thing from among you.

For this reason the children of Israel have given way, turning their backs in flight before their attackers, because they are cursed: I will no longer be with you, if you do not put the cursed thing away from among you.


rate difficulty: But the man that is clean, and is not on a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people; because he offered not the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.

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


simplify: And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that erreth, when he sinneth unwittingly, before Jehovah, to make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven.

And the priest will take away the sin of the person who has done wrong, if the wrong was done unconsciously, and he will have forgiveness.


simplify: If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.


simplify: And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.


simplify: And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

And the man Elkanah with all his family went up to make the year's offering to the Lord, and to give effect to his oath.


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

And it came about that when he got near Jericho, a certain blind man was seated by the side of the road, making requests for money from those who went by.


simplify: For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;


rate difficulty: And he cometh unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him, and Balak saith to him: `What hath Jehovah spoken?'

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And Laban said to him, Thou art indeed my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him a month's time.


simplify: Moreover I will make thee a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

And I will make you a waste and a name of shame among the nations round about you, in the eyes of everyone who goes by.


simplify: Zebulun drove not out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to taskwork.

Zebulun did not make the people of Kitron or the people of Nahalol go out; but the Canaanites went on living among them and were put to forced work.


simplify: And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.

Then the children of Israel went away from there, every man to his tribe and his family, every man went back to his heritage.


rate difficulty: And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.


simplify: And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

And has given mercy to me before the king and his government and before all the king's great captains. And I was made strong by the hand of the Lord my God which was on me, and I got together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.


simplify: and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.

And they will come up like grass in a well-watered field, like water-plants by the streams.


rate difficulty: But he sent representatives to him, saying, What have I to do with you, O king of Judah? I have not come against you this day, but against those with whom I am at war; and God has given me orders to go forward quickly: keep out of God's way, for he is with me, or he will send destruction on you.

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


rate difficulty: And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall never be unto thee.

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


simplify: But ye that did cleave unto Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day.

But you who kept faith with the Lord are living, every one of you, today.


rate difficulty: For if you do not let my people go, see, I will send clouds of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and into their houses; and the houses of the Egyptians and the land where they are will be full of flies.

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


rate difficulty: Friends, it is our duty always to thank God about you, as is but right, considering the wonderful growth of your faith, and because, without exception, your love for one another is continually increasing.

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


rate difficulty: A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: So the people took their rest on the seventh day.


simplify: It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as the sin-offering, and as the trespass-offering.

It is not to be cooked with leaven. I have given it to them as their part of the offerings made by fire to me; it is most holy, as are the sin-offerings and the offerings for error.


simplify: And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.

And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.


simplify: The chariot wherein are the black horses goeth forth toward the north country; and the white went forth after them; and the grizzled went forth toward the south country.

The carriage in which are the black horses goes in the direction of the north country; the white go to the west; and those of mixed colour go in the direction of the south country.


rate difficulty: Are thy days as the days of a mortal? are thy years as a man's days,

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


rate difficulty: And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people came forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.

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


simplify: There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord.

On all the house-tops of Moab and in its streets there is weeping everywhere; for Moab has been broken like a vessel in which there is no pleasure, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: But if her husband, on hearing of it, made them without force or effect, then whatever she has said about her oaths or her undertaking has no force: her husband has made them without effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.

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


rate difficulty: And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, having put on their robes, sat each on his throne, in the open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

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


rate difficulty: But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no other prophet of the Lord here from whom we may get directions?

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


rate difficulty: and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

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


rate difficulty: and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;


simplify: And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,

And the children of Reuben were the builders of Heshbon and Elealeh and Kiriathaim;


rate difficulty: And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God.


rate difficulty: Take twelve men from the people, a man for every tribe,

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


rate difficulty: Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the brass for the things of brass, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, stones for inlaid work, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.


rate difficulty: and he within answering should say, Do not disturb me; the door is already shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise up to give [it] thee?


simplify: Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

So I made them clean from all strange people, and had regular watches fixed for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;


rate difficulty: And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.

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


simplify: And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

And we went to sea in a ship of Adramyttium which was sailing to the sea towns of Asia, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.


simplify: In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;

For you have made your arched room at the top of every street, and your high place in every open place; though you were not like a loose woman in getting together your payment.


rate difficulty: And in the lists were all their little ones and their wives and their sons and daughters, through all the people: they made themselves holy in the positions which they were given.

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


simplify: And Jehovah sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.


rate difficulty: This <FI>is<Fi> the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah, for their families.


rate difficulty: `With this doth Aaron come in unto the sanctuary; with a bullock, a son of the herd, for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering;


simplify: Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

To a man whose way is veiled, and who is shut in by God?


rate difficulty: Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;


rate difficulty: If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones <FI>are<Fi> over them.

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


simplify: The land dark as midnight, The landof the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.

A land of thick dark, without order, where the very light is dark.


simplify: Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

Why are you crying for help because of your wound? for your pain may never be taken away: because your evil-doing was so great and because your sins were increased, I have done these things to you.


rate difficulty: and also upon My men-servants, and upon My maid-servants, in those days, I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy;

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


simplify: (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)

(Barabbas was a man who had been put in prison for a riot that had broken out in the city and for murder.)


rate difficulty: And lo, thou <FI>art<Fi> to them as a singer of doting loves, A pleasant voice, and playing well on an instrument, And they have heard thy words, and they are not doing them.

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


rate difficulty: All who are with me here send you their greeting. Give my greeting to our friends in the faith.    God bless you all.


simplify: For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

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


rate difficulty: And the children of Benjamin said, They are giving way before us as at first. But the children of Israel said, Let us go in flight and get them away from the town, into the highways.

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


simplify: for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,

For, when sorrow is in accordance with God’s will, it results in a repentance leading to salvation, and which will never be regretted. The sure result of the sorrow that the world knows is death.


simplify: (and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us);

(And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us);


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass in the day of Jehovah’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s sons, and all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.

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


simplify: Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.

And when we had come in view of Cyprus, going past it on our left, we went on to Syria, and came to land at Tyre: for there the goods which were in the ship had to be taken out.


simplify: Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:

But when they got up they said nothing about such crimes as I had in mind:


rate difficulty: David put armed forces in all the towns of Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

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


simplify: And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel.

And when it came to rest, he said, Take rest, O Lord, and give a blessing to the families of Israel.


simplify: And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.

The first angel went and emptied his bowl on the earth; and it turned to loathsome and painful sores on all who bore the brand of the Beast and who worshiped its image.


rate difficulty: When ye go, ye come in unto a people confident, and the land <FI>is<Fi> large on both hands, for God hath given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of anything which <FI>is<Fi> in the land.'

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


simplify: longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;


simplify: And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Cesar’s.

And they gave him one. And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it? And they said to him, Caesar's.


simplify: Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord;


rate difficulty: And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Cesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.

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


rate difficulty: Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:

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


rate difficulty: And Isaac his father saith to him, `Who <FI>art<Fi> thou?' and he saith, `I <FI>am<Fi> thy son, thy first-born, Esau;'

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


rate difficulty: And it hath come to pass, in that day, A man keepeth alive a heifer of the herd, And two of the flock,

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


simplify: There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

There the prisoners are at peace together; the voice of the overseer comes not again to their ears.


simplify: And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.

Now when their hearts were full of joy, they said, Send for Samson to make sport for us. And they sent for Samson out of the prison-house, and he made sport before them; and they put him between the pillars.


rate difficulty: How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

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


rate difficulty: From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.

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


rate difficulty: Who hath inspected for Himself the earth? And who hath placed all the habitable world?

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


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

Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not be washed in them and become clean? So turning, he went away in wrath.


simplify: If there be with him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show unto man what is right for him;

If now there may be an angel sent to him, one of the thousands which there are to be between him and God, and to make clear to man what is right for him;


simplify: And he spake to them a parable; Behold 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 Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.

And Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen towns with their unwalled places.


rate difficulty: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

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


rate difficulty: Alexander the smith did many evil things against me. The Lord will render to him according to his works.

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


rate difficulty: He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.

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


simplify: And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

But he said, You are not to go through. And Edom came out against them in his strength, with a great army.


simplify: Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

Because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and never in all his life went against his orders, but only in the question of Uriah the Hittite.


rate difficulty: and thirty thousand and five hundred asses,


rate difficulty: It is the same with you. Outwardly, and to others, you have the look of religious people, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and sin.


rate difficulty: And let the peace of Christ preside in your hearts, to which also ye have been called in one body, and be thankful.

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


simplify: Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.

And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.


simplify: But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.


rate difficulty: And two chapiters he hath made to put on the tops of the pillars, cast in brass; five cubits the height of the one chapiter, and five cubits the height of the second chapiter.

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


rate difficulty: See, Jehovah, for I am in distress, my bowels are troubled; my heart is turned within me, for I have grievously rebelled: without, the sword hath bereaved [me], within, it is as death.

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


simplify: For I say not this that others may be eased and ye distressed;

And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:


simplify: Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:

Take care that you do not make your burned offerings in any place you see:


simplify: Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be sore pained; and Ekron, for her expectation shall be put to shame; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

Ashkelon will see it with fear, and Gaza, bent with pain; and Ekron, for her hope will be shamed: and the king will be cut off from Gaza, and Ashkelon will be unpeopled.


rate difficulty: In the morning therefore ye shall be brought near by your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which Jehovah taketh shall come near by families; and the family which Jehovah shall take shall come near by households; and the household which Jehovah shall take shall come near man by man.

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


rate difficulty: The couriers went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the fortress. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was in consternation.

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


rate difficulty: When all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

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


simplify: For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.

For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.


simplify: And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

And when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, whom Jehovah thy God hath given thee, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 11 | difficulty: hard


simplify: If the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to put his name there, be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which Jehovah hath given thee, as I have commanded thee; and thou mayest eat within thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul.

If the place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place for his name is far away from you, then take from your herds and from your flocks which the Lord has given you, as I have said, and have a meal of it in the towns where you may be living.


simplify: For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

For there will be justice without mercy for the person who has not acted mercifully. Mercy triumphs over Justice.


simplify: And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazirite, after he hath shaven the head of his separation;

And the priest will take the cooked leg of the sheep and one unleavened cake and one thin cake out of the basket, and put them on the hands of the separate one after his hair has been cut,


rate difficulty: But when they, the children of Jacob, see the work of my hands among them, they will give honour to my name; yes, they will give honour to the Holy One of Jacob, and go in fear of the God of Israel.

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


simplify: So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.

So he took him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, made a request to me to take this young man to you, for he has something to say to you.


simplify: Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction.

Are you not eternal, O Lord my God, my Holy One? for you there is no death. O Lord, he has been ordered by you for our punishment; and by you, O Rock, he has been marked out to put us right.


rate difficulty: And Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all who went before him.


rate difficulty: And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as it were a voice of thunder, `Come and behold!'

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


simplify: And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David with cedar-trees, and stoneworkers and woodworkers for the building of his house.


simplify: And he set the bread in order upon it before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

And he put the bread on it in order before the Lord, as the Lord had said.


simplify: Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.

Let the sea be thundering with all its waters; let the field be glad, and everything which is in it;


rate difficulty: And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.

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


simplify: And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.

And the Lord said to me, Put it into the store-house, the price at which I was valued by them. And I took the thirty shekels of silver and put them into the store-house in the house of the Lord.


rate difficulty: Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and make their resting-places in its branches.


simplify: For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be dismayed; with his rod will he smite him.

For through the voice of the Lord the Assyrian will be broken, and the Lord's rod will be lifted up against him.


simplify: And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.

Then the first male child she has will take the rights of the brother who is dead, so that his name may not come to an end in Israel.


simplify: And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

And Saul said, Then say to David, The king has no desire for any bride-price, but only for the private parts of a hundred Philistines so that the king may get the better of his haters. But it was in Saul's mind that David might come to his end by the hands of the Philistines.


rate difficulty: Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer.

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


rate difficulty: The size of the offering all together is to be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand: you are to make the holy offering a square, together with the property of the town.


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your face sad?


simplify: And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there.


simplify: For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, taking food as a guest in the house of an image, will it not give him, if he is feeble, the idea that he may take food offered to images?


simplify: and he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

And let him put his hand on the head of it and put it to death before the Tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron are to put some of its blood on and round the altar.


rate difficulty: So the Lord let those nations go on living in the land, not driving them out quickly, and did not give them up into the hands of Joshua.

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


rate difficulty: Peace to the brethren, and love with faith, fromGod [the] Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.

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


simplify: And thou, son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of Jehovah.

And you, son of man, be a prophet about the mountains of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel, give ear to the word of the Lord:


simplify: Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honorgoethhumility.

Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.


rate difficulty: And he saith unto me, `What art thou seeing?' And I say, `I am seeing a flying roll, its length twenty by the cubit, and its breadth ten by the cubit.'

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


rate difficulty: And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.


simplify: Jehovah hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.

The Lord has made clear our righteousness: come, and let us give an account in Zion of the work of the Lord our God.


simplify: so that the fishes of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

So that the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven and the beasts of the field and everything moving on the earth, and all the men who are on the face of the earth, will be shaking before me, and the mountains will be overturned and the high places will come down, and every wall will come falling down to the earth.


simplify: She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her.


rate difficulty: Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 11 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?

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


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

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


simplify: But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

But Elijah was not sent to one of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.


simplify: But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.


rate difficulty: And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that had good understanding in the service of Jehovah. So they did eat throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace-offerings, and making confession to Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

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


simplify: Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord’s glory.

And the glory of the Lord went up from the winged ones and came to rest over the doorstep of the house; and the house was full of the cloud and the open square was full of the shining of the Lord's glory.


rate difficulty: Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life; but crookedness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

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


rate difficulty: and pray ye that your flight may not be in winter, nor on a sabbath;


simplify: And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.


rate difficulty: Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.

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


simplify: and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin;

And of cassia, five hundred shekels' weight measured by the scale of the holy place, and of olive oil a hin:


simplify: With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.

And with him I have sent Onesimus, the true and well-loved brother, who is one of you. They will give you word of everything which is taking place here.


rate difficulty: And they said unto him, `Wherefore do the disciples of John fast often, and make supplications--in like manner also those of the Pharisees--but thine do eat and drink?'

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


simplify: And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, as did David his father.

Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father did.


rate difficulty: Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

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


simplify: The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even;

Let one be offered in the morning, and the other at evening;


simplify: and he healed many who were ill of manifold diseases, and many demons he cast forth, and was not suffering the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Jesus cured many who were ill with various diseases, and drove out many demons, and would not permit them to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.


simplify: Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.

And they are not to take as wives any widow or woman whose husband has put her away: but they may take virgins of the seed of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.


simplify: Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphæus, and Thaddæus;

Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax-farmer; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;


simplify: and Peter having seen, answered unto the people, `Men, Israelites! why wonder ye at this? or on us why look ye so earnestly, as if by our own power or piety we have made him to walk?

On seeing this, Peter said to the people: “People of Israel, why are you surprised at this? And why do you stare at us, as though we, by any power or piety of our own, had enabled this man to walk?


rate difficulty: neither went I up to Jerusalem to them that were apostles before me: but I went away into Arabia; and again I returned unto Damascus.


simplify: Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

Let there be no weeping for the dead, and make no songs of grief for him: but make bitter weeping for him who has gone away, for he will never come back or see again the country of his birth.


rate difficulty: Wherefore, being no longer able to refrain ourselves, we thought good to be left alone in Athens,

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


simplify: And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

And early in the morning he got up and went to Saul; and word was given to Samuel that Saul had come to Carmel and put up a pillar, and had gone from there down to Gilgal.


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

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


rate difficulty: Lo, come down hath fire from the heavens, and consumeth the two heads of the former fifties and their fifties; and, now, let my soul be precious in thine eyes.'

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


simplify: And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.


rate difficulty: for the showbread, and for the continual meal-offering, and for the continual burnt-offering, for the sabbaths, for the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin-offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

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


rate difficulty: And king David heard of all these things, and he was very angry.

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


simplify: And every evening he went forth out of the city.

And every evening he went out of the town.


rate difficulty: But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

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


rate difficulty: So speak ye, and so act, as those that are to be judged by [the] law of liberty;


simplify: (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)

For he who gave Peter power for his mission to the Jews gave me, also, power to go to the Gentiles.


rate difficulty: And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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


rate difficulty: that ye may with one accord, with one mouth, glorify theGod and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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


rate difficulty: And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.


rate difficulty: For this [is] acceptable, if one, for conscience sake towardsGod, endure griefs, suffering unjustly.

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


simplify: And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Jehovah,

Now in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem, because of their sin against the Lord,


rate difficulty: And give not silence to Him, Till He establish, and till He make Jerusalem A praise in the earth.

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


rate difficulty: `None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it <FI>is<Fi> he is taking in pledge.

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


rate difficulty: And I John am he that heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel that showed me these things.


simplify: And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;

And I will make you go under the rod and will make you small in number:


simplify: having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away,

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: He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

He still had one, a dearly loved son: he sent him last to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.


rate difficulty: `For Asher--Pagiel son of Ocran.

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


rate difficulty: So then the Lord Jesus, after he had said these words to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.

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


rate difficulty: Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, May I go and get you one of the Hebrew women to give him the breast?

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


simplify: Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of his holiness.

About the prophets. My heart is broken in me, all my bones are shaking; I am like a man full of strong drink, like a man overcome by wine; because of the Lord, and because of his holy words.


simplify: And the south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim; and the border went out westward, and went out to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah;

And the south part is from the farthest point of Kiriath-jearim, and the line goes out to the west to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah:


rate difficulty: Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God.

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


simplify: to you first, God, having raised up His child Jesus, did send him, blessing you, in the turning away of each one from your evil ways.'

For you, first, God raised up his servant, and sent him to bless you, by turning each one of you from his wicked ways.”


simplify: And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

And I will put my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see my punishments which I have put into effect, and my hand which I have put on them.


simplify: Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.

Still I will not take all the kingdom from him; but I will give one tribe to your son, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town of my selection.


rate difficulty: And he said to me, These are the boiling-rooms, where the offering of the people is cooked by the servants of the house.


rate difficulty: When a prince sinneth and through inadvertence doeth [somewhat against] any of all the commandments of Jehovah hisGod [in things] which should not be done, and is guilty;

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


simplify: And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.


rate difficulty: and they did go up over the breadth of the land, and did surround the camp of the saints, and the beloved city, and there came down fire from God out of the heaven, and devoured them;

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


simplify: And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God: so he gave that place the name of Mahanaim.


simplify: and they worshipped the dragon, because he gave his authority unto the beast; and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? and who is able to war with him?

And they gave worship to the dragon, because he gave authority to the beast; and worshipping the beast, they said, Who is like the beast? and who is able to go to war with him?


simplify: And they say to him, `We have not here except five loaves, and two fishes.'

“We have nothing here,” they said, “except five loaves and two fishes.”


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

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


rate difficulty: And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.


simplify: I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;

I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men;


rate difficulty: wherefore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.

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


simplify: But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

He, filled as he was with the Holy Spirit, fixed his eyes intently on the heavens, and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at God’s right hand.


simplify: And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion shall serve thee; for God is with thee.

And when these signs come to you, see that you take the chance which is offered you; for God is with you.


simplify: Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations.

Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort.


simplify: And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.

The side-rooms became wider as they went higher up the house, by the amount of the space let into the wall up round about the house, because of the inlets in the house; and one went up from the lowest floor by steps to the middle, and from the middle to the upper floor.


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

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


simplify: So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.

So David and Abishai came down to the army by night: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts with his spear planted in the earth by his head: and Abner and the people were sleeping round him.


simplify: Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:


rate difficulty: For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

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


simplify: So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy to take up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.