simplify: As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.

As for Ephraim, their glory will go in flight like a bird: there will be no birth and no one with child and no giving of life.


simplify: And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.

And they will say, This land which was waste has become like the garden of Eden; and the towns which were unpeopled and wasted and pulled down are walled and peopled.


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

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simplify: (for he that wrought for Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision wrought for me also unto the Gentiles);

(Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);


rate difficulty: — Turn not unto necromancers and unto soothsayers; seek not after them to make yourselves unclean: I am Jehovah yourGod.

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simplify: This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

This is the purpose for all the earth: and this is the hand stretched out over all nations.


rate difficulty: `Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Enough to you--princes of Israel; violence and spoil turn aside, and judgment and righteousness do; lift up your exactions from off My people--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.


rate difficulty: How hath she sat alone, The city abounding with people! She hath been as a widow, The mighty among nations! Princes among provinces, She hath become tributary!

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simplify: a kiss to me thou didst not give, but this woman, from what <FI>time<Fi> I came in, did not cease kissing my feet;

You did not give me one kiss, but she, from the moment I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.


simplify: For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;

For God has made my heart feeble, and my mind is troubled before the Ruler of all.


rate difficulty: not that we are competent of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our competency [is] ofGod;

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rate difficulty: And when they had gone across, they came to Gennesaret, and got their boat to land.

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simplify: He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

They go quickly on the face of the waters; their heritage is cursed in the earth; the steps of the crusher of grapes are not turned to their vine-garden.


simplify: because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith, and a great multitude was added to the Lord.

For Barnabas was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith — and a large number of people took their stand on the Lord’s side.


rate difficulty: For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.

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simplify: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness uncovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers; and because of all the idols of thy abominations, and for the blood of thy children, that thou didst give unto them;

This is what the Lord has said: Because your unclean behaviour was let loose and your body uncovered in your loose ways with your lovers and with your disgusting images, and for the blood of your children which you gave to them;


simplify: And Noah did according unto all that Jehovah commanded him.

And Noah did everything which the Lord said he was to do.


rate difficulty: And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;

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simplify: Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, andGod called to him out of the midst of the thorn-bush and said, Moses, Moses! And he said, Here am I.


rate difficulty: For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.


rate difficulty: If her husband, hearing of it, says nothing to her at the time, then the oaths she made and the undertakings she gave will have force.

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simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch,

And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,


simplify: Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.


simplify: and all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

And all the mixed people and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon and Gaza and Ekron and the rest of Ashdod;


simplify: And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.

And at the head of the army of the children of Naphtali was Ahira, the son of Enan.


simplify: Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair for the children of thy delight: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

Let your head be uncovered and your hair cut off in sorrow for the children of your delight: let the hair be pulled from your head like an eagle's; for they have been taken away from you as prisoners.


rate difficulty: Return, my daughters, go; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, should I even have a husband to-night, and should I also bear sons,


rate difficulty: And Jacob continued his journey, and went into the land of the children of the east.


rate difficulty: The children of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.


simplify: Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah: Thoughhandjoinin hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.


rate difficulty: Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

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simplify: Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongeth to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.

Now the Philistines got their armies together for war, and came together at Socoh in the land of Judah, and took up their position between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.


simplify: Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that Jesus was condemned, repented of what he had done, and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and councillors.


simplify: But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

But I say to you that it will be better for the land of Sodom in the day of judging, than for you.


simplify: The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

The word about the waste land. As storm-winds in the South go rushing through, it comes from the waste land, from the land greatly to be feared.


simplify: Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:


simplify: from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.

From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who was put to death between the altar and the Temple. Yes, I say to you, It will come on this generation.


rate difficulty: 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.

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simplify: And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.

And he gave to every man and woman among all the people, among all the masses of Israel, a cake of bread and a measure of wine and a cake of dry grapes. Then all the people went away, every man to his house.


rate difficulty: The people of Jerusalem and their leaders, failing to recognize Jesus, and not understanding the utterances of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

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simplify: So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.

So the king sent Jehudi to get the book, and he took it from the room of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi gave a reading of it in the hearing of the king and all the rulers who were by the king's side.


simplify: The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

The vision of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, which he saw about Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan, the waters flowing down from above, shall be cut off, and shall stand up in a heap.

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rate difficulty: `--But <FI>it is<Fi> your eyes which are seeing all the great work of Jehovah, which He hath done;

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rate difficulty: let the royal apparel be brought with which the king arrays himself, and the horse that the king rides upon, and on the head of which the royal crown is set;

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rate difficulty: This, then, is the confidence in regard to God that we have gained through the Christ.

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simplify: And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.

And he sent a third, and they gave him wounds and put him out.


simplify: because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession.

Because he had been ordered to keep inside the safe town till the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the taker of life may come back to the place of his heritage.


simplify: For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,


simplify: And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair; and I made them take an oath by God, saying, You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.


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

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simplify: And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

And of the sons of Harim, Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,


simplify: Salute you do Timotheus, my fellow-workman, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kindred;

Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you his greetings, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my countrymen, send theirs.


rate difficulty: And with the money get whatever you have a desire for, oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your soul's desire may be: and make a feast there before the Lord your God, and be glad, you and all your house;

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rate difficulty: For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.


simplify: And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion.


simplify: and that ye may prolong your days in the land, which Jehovah sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.

And that your days may be long in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers and to their seed after them, a land flowing with milk and honey.


simplify: out of us they went forth, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but--that they might be manifested that they are not all of us.

From us, it is true, they went out, but they had never belonged to us; for, if they had belonged to us, they would have remained among us. They left us that it might be made clear that they do not, any of them, belong to us.


rate difficulty: But the Spirit distinctly says that in later times there will be some who will fall away from the faith, and devote their attention to misleading spirits, and to the teaching of demons,

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rate difficulty: And it hath come to pass, in that day, Wax poor doth the honour of Jacob, And the fatness of his flesh doth wax lean.

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simplify: But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.

But in the last days it will come about that the mountain of the Lord's house will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and peoples will be flowing to it.


rate difficulty: If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

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simplify: And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth–zur.

And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.


simplify: For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

This is the man of whom scripture says — ‘I am sending my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way before you.’


simplify: He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

He who has no respect for his neighbour is a sinner, but he who has pity for the poor is happy.


simplify: For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.


simplify: Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,


rate difficulty: I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.


rate difficulty: Then Jesus came up, and spoke to them , saying:   “All authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.

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simplify: No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

No temptation has come upon you that is not common to all humanity. God will not fail you, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength; but, when he sends the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape, so that you may have strength to endure.


rate difficulty: So it is not the will of your Father who is in [the] heavens that one of these little ones should perish.

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simplify: And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

And he said to me, It is done. I am the First and the Last, the start and the end. I will freely give of the fountain of the water of life to him who is in need.


simplify: And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

And on the day after, the older daughter said to the younger, Last night I was with my father; let us make him take much wine this night again, and do you go to him, so that we may have offspring by our father.


simplify: But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of it, made sport of us, laughing at us and saying, What are you doing? will you go against the king?


rate difficulty: What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

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simplify: So king Solomon was king over all Israel.


simplify: Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?


rate difficulty: And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the Lord: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.

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rate difficulty: He removed the high places, and brake the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.


simplify: And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.

Anything touched by the unclean person will be unclean; and any person touching it will be unclean till evening.


rate difficulty: How is it that you do not see that I was not speaking about bread? Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”


simplify: But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.

But he said, You have no love for work: that is why you say, Let us go and make an offering to the Lord.


simplify: and he said unto them, `With desire I did desire to eat this passover with you before my suffering,

“I have most earnestly wished,”he said, “to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.


rate difficulty: We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.

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rate difficulty: The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.

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simplify: And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

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


simplify: She girdeth her loins with strength, And maketh strong her arms.

She puts a band of strength round her, and makes her arms strong.


rate difficulty: If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

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rate difficulty: For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.

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simplify: And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

And if, even after these things, you will not give ear to me, then I will send you punishment seven times more for your sins.


rate difficulty: But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, saith Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

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rate difficulty: And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.


simplify: And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

Then, if it bears in future, well and good; but if not, you can have it cut down.’”


rate difficulty: And the name of the star is Wormwood: and a third part of the waters became bitter; and a number of men came to their end because of the waters, for they were made bitter.


simplify: And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.

And again he went away, and said a prayer, using the same words.


simplify: Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.

It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people.


rate difficulty: And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

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simplify: Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the Lord.

But he did not take away the high places, and the people still went on making offerings and burning them in the high places. He was the builder of the higher doorway of the house of the Lord.


rate difficulty: and the border hath turned round from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its outgoings have been at the sea.

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simplify: He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.

All the house was plated with gold, the supports, the steps, the walls and the doors; and the walls were ornamented with designs of winged ones.


rate difficulty: And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,


simplify: from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them by their hosts.

All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.


rate difficulty: And he that goeth into the house as long as it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.


simplify: and that most of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.


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

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simplify: Woe to thee, Moab! Thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: He hath given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, Unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

Sorrow is yours, O Moab! Destruction is your fate, O people of Chemosh: his sons have gone in flight, and his daughters are prisoners, in the hands of Sihon, king of the Amorites.


rate difficulty: And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

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simplify: And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?


simplify: And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;

he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and how the angel had said to him — ‘Send to Jaffa and fetch the Simon, who is also known as Peter;


simplify: And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.

And she has gone against my orders by doing evil more than the nations, and against my rules more than the countries round her: for they have given up my orders, and as for my rules, they have not gone in the way of them.


simplify: So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him.

And Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people.


rate difficulty: And if he bring a lamb as his oblation for a sin-offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.

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simplify: The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.


simplify: He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:

With part of it he makes a fire, and on the fire he gets meat cooked and takes a full meal: he makes himself warm, and says, Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire:


simplify: These things have I written unto you concerning them that would lead you astray.

I am writing these things to you about those whose purpose is that you may be turned out of the true way.


rate difficulty: we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;

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simplify: But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

But the Chaldaean army went after them and overtook Zedekiah in the lowlands of Jericho: and they made him a prisoner and took him up to Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, to be judged by him.


simplify: And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.

And you, Capernaum! Will you ‘exalt yourself to heaven’? ‘You will go down to the place of death.’


rate difficulty: To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure is come.

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simplify: having come near behind, touched the fringe of his garment, and presently the issue of her blood stood.

came up behind and touched the tassel of his cloak. Instantly the hemorrhage ceased.


simplify: Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.

Then say to him, These are your servant Jacob's; they are an offering for my lord, for Esau; and he himself is coming after us.


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

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rate difficulty: and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

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rate difficulty: so that now to the archangels and to all the powers on high should be made known, through the church, the all-embracing wisdom of God,


simplify: And they said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of Jehovah.

And he said to the people, Go forward, circling the town, and let the armed men go before the ark of the Lord.


rate difficulty: But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:

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rate difficulty: in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know notGod, and those who do not obey the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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rate difficulty: Verily I say to you, that this generation may not pass away till all these things may come to pass;

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rate difficulty: And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

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rate difficulty: And they say unto me, Thou must prophesy again over many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.

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simplify: If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.


rate difficulty: The slothful roasteth not what he took in hunting; but man's precious substance is to the diligent.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.

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rate difficulty: Hezekiah began to reign being twenty-five years old; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Abijah, daughter of Zechariah.

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simplify: Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

or by the earth, since that is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, since that is the city of the Great King.


rate difficulty: and thou shalt sacrifice peace-offerings, and shalt eat there; and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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rate difficulty: Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

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simplify: Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,

So Zimri put to death all the family of Baasha, so that the word which the Lord said against him by the mouth of Jehu the prophet came about;


rate difficulty: This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the peoples that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

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simplify: And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.

And Judah did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and made him more angry than their fathers had done by their sins.


simplify: And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.

If only one of them is sounded, then the chiefs, the heads of the thousands of Israel, are to come to you.


simplify: Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.

In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.


simplify: For which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and walk?

For which is the simpler, to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?


rate difficulty: For Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the sojourner shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

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rate difficulty: And your hand will have to let go your heritage which I gave you; and I will make you a servant to your haters in a land which is strange to you: for you have put my wrath on fire with a flame which will go on burning for ever.

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


rate difficulty: My own desire is to depart and be with Christ, for this would be far better.

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


rate difficulty: and the oxen and the asses that till the ground shall eat salted provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

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rate difficulty: `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,

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rate difficulty: If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter--one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness:


simplify: `And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow!

The master answered ‘Out of your own mouth I judge you, you worthless servant. You knew that I am a stern man, that I take what I have not planted, and reap what I have not sown?


rate difficulty: Yes, to me, who am less than the least of all Christ’s people, was this charge entrusted! — to tell the Gentiles the good news of the boundless wealth to be found in the Christ,

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simplify: When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken.

A newly married man will not have to go out with the army or undertake any business, but may be free for one year, living in his house for the comfort of his wife.


rate difficulty: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,

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simplify: Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

For this reason he let loose on him the heat of his wrath, and his strength was like a flame; and it put fire round about him, but he did not see it; he was burned, but did not take it to heart.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord God; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:

This is what the Lord has said: Further, I will take the highest top of the cedar and put it in the earth; cutting off from the highest of his young branches a soft one, I will have it planted on a high and great mountain;


rate difficulty: And I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcase for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth,

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rate difficulty: But the disciples did not understand the meaning of this; it had been concealed from them so that they did not see it, and they were afraid to question him as to what he meant.


simplify: And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

“Rabbi,” said Peter, interposing, “it is good to be here; let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”


rate difficulty: Then the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines for some time, and had gone up with them to their tents, turning round were joined to those who were with Saul and Jonathan.


simplify: And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;


simplify: Know therefore this day, that Jehovah thy God is he who goeth over before thee as a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before thee: so shalt thou drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Jehovah hath spoken unto thee.

Be certain then today that it is the Lord your God who goes over before you like an all-burning fire; he will send destruction on them, crushing them before you; and you will send them in flight, putting an end to them quickly, as the Lord has said.


simplify: And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.

And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.


rate difficulty: and many shall follow out their destructive ways, because of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of,

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rate difficulty: Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

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simplify: And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:

Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:


simplify: I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.

I will give my answer; I will put forward my knowledge:


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

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


simplify: And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

And the king put Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest he put in the place of Abiathar.


rate difficulty: and hath laid his hand on its head, and hath slaughtered it before the tent of meeting, and sons of Aaron have sprinkled its blood on the altar round about;

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rate difficulty: And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

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


rate difficulty: The nineteenth Mallothi, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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


rate difficulty: that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

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


simplify: Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but the man on whom the stone comes down will be crushed to dust.


rate difficulty: But if thy right eye be a snare to thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

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


simplify: And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of disease in a number of places, and men will be without food; and there will be wonders and great signs from heaven.


simplify: And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.


simplify: Only do not two things unto me; Then will I not hide myself from thy face:

Only two things do not do to me, then I will come before your face:


simplify: And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.


simplify: Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.

Therefore send to Jaffa, and invite the Simon, who is also known as Peter, to come here. He is lodging in the house of Simon the tanner, near the sea.’


rate difficulty: Then crying out to the Lord, they said, We have done evil, because we have been turned away from the Lord, worshipping the Baals and the Astartes: but now, make us safe from those who are against us and we will be your servants.

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


rate difficulty: Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.

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simplify: The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.

All the earth is at rest and is quiet: they are bursting into song.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season?

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simplify: And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

And when he sees war-carriages, horsemen by twos, war-carriages with asses, war-carriages with camels, let him give special attention.


rate difficulty: And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.

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


rate difficulty: And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month let there be a holy meeting; do no field-work, and keep a feast to the Lord for seven days;


simplify: And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

And I heard a loud voice in heaven which said —  ‘Now has begun the day of the salvation, and Power, and Dominion of our God, and the Rule of his Christ; for the Accuser of our people has been hurled down, he who has been accusing them before our God day and night.


simplify: And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.


simplify: Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.

This is what you are to say to them: The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth will be cut off from the earth and from under the heavens.


rate difficulty: and having begun from Moses, and from all the prophets, he was expounding to them in all the Writings the things about himself.

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


simplify: Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.

Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it.


simplify: And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

And, at three, Jesus called out loudly: ‘Eloi, Eloi, lama sabacthani?’”which means ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’


simplify: and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood over against him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;


simplify: and they shall make themselves bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.

And they will have the hair of their heads cut off because of you, and will put haircloth on their bodies, weeping for you with bitter grief in their souls, even with bitter sorrow.


rate difficulty: May God, the giver of peace, be with you all. Amen.

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rate difficulty: So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.


rate difficulty: and the twelve, having called near the multitude of the disciples, said, `It is not pleasing that we, having left the word of God, do minister at tables;


rate difficulty: And he prepared a great repast for them, and they ate and drank; and he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.


simplify: For thus saith Jehovah, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Jehovah, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.

For the Lord has said, Make a glad song for Jacob and give a cry on the top of the mountains: give the news, give praise, and say, The Lord has given salvation to his people, even to the rest of Israel.


simplify: And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.

And they took to him little children, so that he might put his hands on them: and the disciples said sharp words to them.


simplify: Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

The generations of the sons of Gad were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;


rate difficulty: And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.


simplify: But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.


simplify: When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

For in a short time I will take the journey from which I will not come back.


simplify: And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

And Jesus said to him, Go on your way; your faith has made you well. And straight away he was able to see, and went after him in the way.


rate difficulty: But Herod, when he heard thereof, said, John, whom I beheaded, he is risen.

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simplify: In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;

In the first war-carriage were red horses; and in the second, black horses;


simplify: Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou infamous one and full of tumult.

Those who are near and those who are far from you will make sport of you; your name is unclean, you are full of sounds of fear.


simplify: But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

But Jesus sent for them, saying, Let the children come to me, and do not keep them away, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.


rate difficulty: Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:


rate difficulty: So death overtook Saul and his three sons and his servant on the same day.


rate difficulty: The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

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rate difficulty: And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.


simplify: For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

It was not possible to keep it at that time, because not enough priests had made themselves holy, and the people had not come together in Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him.


simplify: And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to Jerusalem to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions; and with her came a very great train, and camels weighted down with spices, and great stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.


rate difficulty: And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom.

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simplify: And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

We realize that we come from God, while all the world is under the influence of the evil one.


simplify: And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

And Moses gave Aaron an account of all the words of the Lord which he had sent him to say, and of all the signs which he had given him orders to do.


rate difficulty: And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make the Passover ready for us, so that we may take it.

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


rate difficulty: and in all deceit of unrighteousness to them that perish, because they have not received the love of the truth that they might be saved.

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


simplify: Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes–dammim.

Now the Philistines got their armies together for war, and came together at Socoh in the land of Judah, and took up their position between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.


rate difficulty: Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!

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


simplify: preaching the reign of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness--unforbidden.

proclaiming the kingdom of God, and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ, with perfect fearlessness, unmolested.


rate difficulty: They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.


simplify: And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

Such some of you used to be; but you washed yourselves clean. You became Christ’s people! You were pronounced righteous through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the Spirit of our God!


rate difficulty: And Shelah lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

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


simplify: For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

For before the child is able to say, Father, or, Mother, the wealth of Damascus and the goods of Samaria will be taken away by the king of Assyria.


simplify: Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:

So now let my lord send to his servants the grain and the oil and the wine as my lord has said;


rate difficulty: And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.

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rate difficulty: And Moses said to Aaron, What has this people done to thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin on them?

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


rate difficulty: Son of man, be a prophet against the prophets of Israel, and say to those prophets whose words are the invention of their hearts, Give ear to the word of the Lord;

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simplify: professing to be wise, they were made fools,

Professing to be wise, they showed themselves fools;


simplify: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

Do not you know that wrong-doers will have no share in God’s kingdom? Do not be deceived. No one who is immoral, or an idolater, or an adulterer, or licentious, or a sexual pervert,


simplify: Ye think all this time that we are excusing ourselves unto you. In the sight of God speak we in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying.

It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.


simplify: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked. What a person sows that they will reap.


simplify: And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

And he said to Moses, Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, and Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the chiefs of Israel; and give me worship from a distance.


simplify: From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.

Then on to Azmon, ending at the stream of Egypt: and the end of the limit is at the sea; this will be your limit on the south.


simplify: I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompense for which he served, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his hard work, because they were working for me, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the Lord is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the Lord: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord.

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simplify: The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, far off shall stand because of the fear of her torment, weeping, and sorrowing,

The merchants who sold these things, and grew rich by her, will stand at a distance weeping and wailing, horrified at her torture, and crying —


simplify: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true: He himself took our pains and our diseases.


rate difficulty: Sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

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


rate difficulty: Then she saddled the ass, and said to her servant, Drive and go forward; slack not the riding for me, except I bid thee.

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simplify: The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall proclaim the praises of Jehovah.

You will be full of camel-trains, even the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all from Sheba will come, with gold and spices, giving word of the great acts of the Lord.


simplify: And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and ye shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

And you and your sons with you are to be responsible as priests for the altar and everything on it, and everything inside the veil; you are to do the work of priests; I have given you your position as priests; and any other man who comes near will be put to death.


simplify: It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.


simplify: And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

Bela, son of Beor, was king in Edom, and the name of his chief town was Dinhabah.


simplify: And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

So the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority in his town, did as Jezebel had said in the letter she sent them.


rate difficulty: The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.


rate difficulty: For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

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rate difficulty: that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the things wherein thou wast instructed.

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simplify: What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.


rate difficulty: And Absalom came to the king and said, See now, your servant is cutting the wool of his sheep; will the king and his servants be pleased to come?

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


rate difficulty: Hear, O our God, for we have been despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity;


simplify: And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.


simplify: What say I then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

Do I say, then, that what is offered to images is anything, or that the image is anything?


simplify: Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

Then you will begin to say ‘We have eaten and drunk in your presence, and you have taught in our streets,’ and his reply will be —


simplify: and these things having said, he dismissed the assembly.

With these words he dismissed the Assembly.


simplify: They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Lord, our Lord, and his decisions and his rules;


rate difficulty: And jackals shall cry to one another in their palaces, and wild dogs in the pleasant castles. And her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

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


rate difficulty: Sons of Azgad: two thousand three hundred twenty and two.


rate difficulty: for he is ruling over all beyond the river, from Tiphsah and unto Gaza, over all the kings beyond the river, and he hath peace from all his servants round about.

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


simplify: and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,

Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,


simplify: And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening oblation, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.

Then at the time of the offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be seen this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things by your order.


simplify: And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

Then, after washing his face, he came out, and controlling his feelings said, Put food before us.


simplify: but what saith the Writing? `Cast forth the maid-servant and her son, for the son of the maid-servant may not be heir with the son of the free-woman;'

But what does the passage of scripture say?  ‘Send away the slave-woman and her son; for the slave’s son will not be coheir with the son of the free woman.’


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

He got the hill Samaria from Shemer for the price of two talents of silver, and he made a town there, building it on the hill and naming it Samaria, after Shemer the owner of the hill.


simplify: Their feet are swift to shed blood:


rate difficulty: And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, no stick or bag or bread or money, and do not take two coats.

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


simplify: And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

And so that your children, to whom it is new, may give ear and be trained in the fear of the Lord your God, while you are living in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.


simplify: All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.

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


rate difficulty: And the messenger who is speaking with me goeth forth, and saith unto me, `Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see what <FI>is<Fi> this that is coming forth?'

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

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


rate difficulty: In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me thither.

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


rate difficulty: Also the foreigners that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto him, and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast my covenant;

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


rate difficulty: And now, send messengers to Jaffa and fetch a man called Simon, who is also known as Peter.

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


simplify: Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,

Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil.


simplify: If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

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: For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision,

For there are men who are not ruled by law; foolish talkers, false teachers, specially those of the circumcision,


simplify: and those feeding did flee, and, having gone to the city, they declared all, and the matter of the demoniacs.

At this the men who tended them ran away and went to the town, carrying the news of all that had occurred, and of what had happened to the possessed men.


simplify: I, Jehovah, have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

I the Lord have said it, and this I will certainly do to all this evil people who have come together against me: in this waste land destruction will come on them, and death will be their fate.


rate difficulty: Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

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


rate difficulty: Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and unto them that brought up the sons of Ahab, saying,

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


simplify: For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

Indeed, we who still live are continually being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life also of Jesus may be exhibited in our mortal nature.


simplify: 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, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.


rate difficulty: And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, like frogs.

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


simplify: Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering.


simplify: And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.

And got the ass and the young one, and put their clothing on them, and he took his seat on it.


simplify: And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shade of his hand he has kept me; and he has made me like a polished arrow, keeping me in his secret place;


simplify: For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is come.

For I am even now being offered, and my end is near.


simplify: What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes?


rate difficulty: The tongue of the righteous isaschoice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.

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


simplify: and having heard they wondered, and having left him they went away.

They wondered at his answer, and left him alone and went away.


simplify: And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second coupling.

And you are to put twists of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group of five, and on the edge of the outside curtain of the second group of five;


rate difficulty: and they have established the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, over the service of God that <FI>is<Fi> in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehoiakim the king sent Elnathan, the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: All this happened in fulfillment of these words of the Lord in the prophet, where he says —

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


simplify: And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.

And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, yet it was not one of them who was made clean, but Naaman the Syrian.”


simplify: Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds.


rate difficulty: ‘Blessed are those whose wrong-doings have been forgiven and over whose sins a veil has been drawn!

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


simplify: And they took up broken pieces, twelve basketfuls, and also of the fishes.

And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken bits and of the fishes.


rate difficulty: And Solomon placeth the whole of the vessels; because of the very great abundance, the weight of the brass hath not been searched out.

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


simplify: And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst! All things are possible to him that believeth.

And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.


simplify: henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.

From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.


simplify: But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

Seeing through their deceitfulness, Jesus said to them:


simplify: Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel, all of them, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from Jehovah; unto us is this land given for a possession.

Son of man, your countrymen, your relations, and all the children of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the people of Jerusalem have said, Go far from the Lord; this land is given to us for a heritage:


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

So this is what the Lord has said: Make search among the nations and see who has had word of such things; the virgin of Israel has done a very shocking thing.


simplify: For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

For you made them separate from all the peoples of the earth, to be your heritage, as you said by Moses your servant, when you took our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.


rate difficulty: The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

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


rate difficulty: How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

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


rate difficulty: Lo, these, through the counsel of Balaam, caused the children of Israel to commit sin against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague on the assembly of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: for the Lord's <FI>is<Fi> the earth, and its fulness;


simplify: The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.


simplify: But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.


simplify: And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.


simplify: For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.


rate difficulty: And Abishai brother of Joab, son of Zeruiah, he <FI>is<Fi> head of three, and he is lifting up his spear against three hundred--wounded, and he hath a name among three.

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


simplify: Now I beseech you, brethren (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to minister unto the saints),

Now I make my request to you, my brothers, for you have knowledge that the house of Stephanas is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have made themselves the servants of the saints,


simplify: --he was not consenting to their counsel and deed--from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who also himself was expecting the reign of God,

(This man had not assented to the decision and action of the Council.) He belonged to Ramah, a town in Judea, and lived in expectation of the kingdom of God.


rate difficulty: And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the Lord; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.


rate difficulty: 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.

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


simplify: And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave: the same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

And Jacob put up a pillar on her resting-place; which is named, The Pillar of the resting-place of Rachel, to this day.


rate difficulty: even unto the morning after the seventh sabbath shall ye count fifty days; and ye shall present a new oblation to Jehovah.

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


simplify: And of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.

And of the sons of Elam, Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel and Abdi and Jeremoth and Elijah.


rate difficulty: and Moses recounteth to his father-in-law all that Jehovah hath done to Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians, on account of Israel, all the travail which hath found them in the way, and Jehovah doth deliver them.

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


rate difficulty: And Joshua said, By this you will see that the living God is among you, and that he will certainly send out from before you the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Hivite and the Perizzite and the Girgashite and the Amorite and the Jebusite.

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


simplify: For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

For to me life is Christ and death is profit.


rate difficulty: I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.


simplify: Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him.

Now at that time Samuel had no knowledge of the Lord, and the revelation of the word of the Lord had not come to him.


simplify: Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;


simplify: Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

Now they made a secret design against him in Jerusalem; and he went in flight to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.


rate difficulty: And this <FI>one<Fi> hath been peace, Asshur! when he doth come into our land, And when he doth tread in our palaces, We have raised against him seven shepherds, And eight anointed of man.

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


simplify: And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

And he gave orders for them to have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they kept him with them for some days.


simplify: so also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly seek that ye may abound;

And so with you; since your are striving for spiritual gifts, be eager to excel in such as will build up the faith of the church.


simplify: Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

Everyone who lives sinfully is living in violation of law. Sin is violation of law.


rate difficulty: And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:

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


rate difficulty: She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.


rate difficulty: `Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask--it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens,

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


rate difficulty: And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

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


simplify: For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

For they willfully shut their eyes to the fact that long ago the heavens existed; and the earth, also — formed out of water and by the action of water, by the fiat of God;


simplify: And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.


rate difficulty: And when they saw it, they were all angry, saying, He has gone into the house of a sinner.

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


simplify: And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

And Bilhah became with child, and gave birth to a son.


simplify: But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

But he who goes through to the end will get salvation.


simplify: And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

Now Hadad was very pleasing to Pharaoh, so that he gave him the sister of his wife, Tahpenes the queen, for his wife.


simplify: Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

Will I not, in that day, says the Lord, take away the wise men out of Edom, and wisdom out of the mountain of Esau?


rate difficulty: no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;


simplify: I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

I am not able by myself to take the weight of all this people, for it is more than my strength.


simplify: And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, which he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.

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


rate difficulty: So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there: they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Hotham, his brother: Zophah and Imna and Shelesh and Amal.

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


simplify: Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

For this cause men go in fear of him; he has no respect for any who are wise in heart.


rate difficulty: And being certain that God was able to keep his word.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to Moses,


rate difficulty: The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying <FI>it<Fi> to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one.

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


simplify: When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding of them with his eyes?

When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?


simplify: Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.

You have had no bread, or wine, or strong drink: so that you might see that I am the Lord your God.


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

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


rate difficulty: Behold, I will press you in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.

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


simplify: And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

“Why are you so timid?” he said. “You of little faith!” Then Jesus rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and a great calm followed.


rate difficulty: And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.

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


rate difficulty: And I will take them out from among the peoples, and get them together from the countries, and will take them into their land; and I will give them food on the mountains of Israel by the water-streams and wherever men are living in the country.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

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


rate difficulty: From the sons of Pahath-Moab: Elihoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred who are males.

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


rate difficulty: Then when the burned offering was ended, straight away Jehu said to the armed men and the captains, Go in and put them to death; let not one come out. So they put them to the sword; and, pulling the images to the earth, they went into the holy place of the house of Baal.


rate difficulty: And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.


simplify: crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place.

Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken Greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean.


simplify: Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

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


simplify: The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three.


simplify: Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.

Four hundred and thirty-five camels, six thousand, seven hundred and twenty asses.


simplify: And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

And Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel.


rate difficulty: and may the Lord of the peace Himself give to you the peace always in every way; the Lord <FI>is<Fi> with you all!

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simplify: A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.


simplify: And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the tabernacle shall be one whole.

Then make fifty gold hooks, joining the curtains together by the hooks, and in this way the House will be made.


simplify: And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.

And we will have wood cut from Lebanon, as much as you have need of, and will send it to you on flat boats by sea to Joppa, and from there you may take it up to Jerusalem.


simplify: After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

After these things, by the order of the king, Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, was lifted up and given a position of honour and a higher place than all the other captains who were with him.


rate difficulty: And Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.

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simplify: For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

For I have taken an oath by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a cause of wonder, a name of shame, a waste and a curse; and all its towns will be waste places for ever.


simplify: Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.


rate difficulty: And Peter, going forth without, wept bitterly.

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rate difficulty: At that time when David saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.

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rate difficulty: and it cometh to pass when they see him, that they take thirty companions, and they are with him.

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rate difficulty: And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

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rate difficulty: And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to thy brethren, Do this: load your beasts and depart, go into the land of Canaan,

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simplify: Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.

And David put armed forces in Aram of Damascus: and the Aramaeans became servants to David and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.


rate difficulty: And lo, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name <FI>is<Fi> Simeon, and this man is righteous and devout, looking for the comforting of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him,

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rate difficulty: Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges, of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?

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simplify: Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?

That was why I came, when I was sent for, without raising any objection. And now I ask your reason for sending for me.”


simplify: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

placing the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on his left.


rate difficulty: And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears;

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simplify: And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.

And the holy oil, and the perfume of sweet spices for the holy place; they will do whatever I have given you orders to have done.


simplify: thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

Share hardships with me, as a true soldier of Christ Jesus.


simplify: And they brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

And everyone took with him an offering, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats of metal, and spices, and horses and beasts for transport, regularly year by year.