simplify: For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

For you died, and your life now lies hidden, with the Christ, in God.


simplify: And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up;

With reference to food that has been offered in sacrifice to idols — We are aware that all of us have knowledge! Knowledge breeds conceit, while love builds up character.


rate difficulty: And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;

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


rate difficulty: Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

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


simplify: And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.

When daylight came, they could not make out what land it was, but, observing a creek in which there was a beach, they consulted as to whether they could run the ship safely into it.


simplify: And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:

Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three baskets are three days;


rate difficulty: and it exercises all the authority of the first beast before it, and causes the earth and those that dwell in it to do homage to the first beast, whose wound of death was healed.

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


simplify: And Festus saith, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye behold this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews made suit to me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

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


rate difficulty: For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.


simplify: Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.

Then in the night, I went up by the stream, viewing the wall; then turning back, I went in by the door in the valley, and so came back.


simplify: Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.

Then loudly the feet of the horses were sounding with the stamping, the stamping of their war-horses.


rate difficulty: And they also built for themselves high places, and columns, and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;

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


simplify: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

and that ‘hope never disappoints.’ For the love of God has filled our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given us;


simplify: And Ananias hearing these words fell down and gave up the ghost: and great fear came upon all that heard it.

And at these words, Ananias went down on the earth, and his life went from him: and great fear came on all who were present.


simplify: But a prophet of Jehovah was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because Jehovah, the God of your fathers, was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage which hath reached up unto heaven.

But a prophet of the Lord was there, named Oded; and he went out in front of the army which was coming into Samaria and said to them, Truly, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he gave them up into your hands, and you have put them to death in an outburst of wrath stretching up to heaven.


rate difficulty: And Saul came to the city of the Amalekites, and set an ambush in the valley.

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


simplify: Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a great man of war; he was the son of a loose woman, and Gilead was his father.


rate difficulty: And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

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


rate difficulty: When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilean.


simplify: And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

And the sons of Ram, the oldest son of Jerahmeel, were Maaz and Jamin and Eker.


rate difficulty: And it came about that while he was in one of the towns, there was a leper there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on his face in prayer to him, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

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


rate difficulty: `If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee,

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


simplify: Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

Give ear now to the words of the Lord: Up! put forward your cause before the mountains, let your voice be sounding among the hills.


simplify: Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

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


rate difficulty: And I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, And a God besides Me thou dost not know, And a Saviour--there is none save Me.

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


rate difficulty: Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall be still.

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


rate difficulty: But if you are slow in driving out the people of the land, then those of them who are still there will be like pin-points in your eyes and like thorns in your sides, troubling you in the land where you are living.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And I have assembled you from the peoples, And I have gathered you from the lands, Into which ye have been scattered, And I have given to you the ground of Israel.

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


simplify: And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

Looking up, Jesus saw the rich people putting their gifts into the chests for the Temple offerings.


simplify: And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.

And when David's servants came to Carmel, to Abigail, they said to her, David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.


rate difficulty: that say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

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


rate difficulty: And he arose, and straightway took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.

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


simplify: A man’s gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.

A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.


simplify: But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

I want you to be free from anxiety. The unmarried man is anxious about the Master’s cause, desiring to please him;


rate difficulty: But you, O mountains of Israel, will put out your branches and give your fruit to my people Israel; for they are ready to come.

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


simplify: our appointed bread be giving us daily;

Give us each day the bread that we will need;


simplify: and astonishment took all, and they were glorifying God, and were filled with fear, saying--`We saw strange things to-day.'

The people, one and all, were lost in amazement, and praised God; and in great awe they said: “We have seen marvelous things today!”


rate difficulty: and the Spirit of Jehovah hath clothed Gideon, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and Abi-Ezer is called after him;

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


rate difficulty: Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.

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


simplify: Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.

Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their houses, as well as a hundredth part of the money and the grain and the wine and the oil which you have taken from them.


rate difficulty: And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.


simplify: And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.

And it came about that when the Jews who were living near them came, they said to us ten times, From all directions they are coming against us.


simplify: God they profess to know, and in the works they deny <FI>Him<Fi> , being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.

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


simplify: And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting: and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.

And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, The flesh is to be cooked in water at the door of the Tent of meeting, and there you are to take it as food, together with the bread in the basket, as I have given orders, saying, It is the food of Aaron and his sons.


rate difficulty: And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.

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


rate difficulty: Also I have given order that whosoever shall alter this rescript, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon, and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

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


simplify: And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

And the Pharisees went out, and straight away made designs with the Herodians about how they might put him to death.


simplify: Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.

Then Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they made an attack on Ahaz, shutting him in, but were not able to overcome him.


simplify: The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

The valued sons of Zion, whose price was the best gold, are looked on as vessels of earth, the work of the hands of the potter!


simplify: Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,


rate difficulty: eleven days' from Horeb, the way of mount Seir, unto Kadesh-Barnea.

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


simplify: Ought ye not to know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

Is it not clear to you that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave the rule over Israel to David and to his sons for ever, by an agreement made with salt?


simplify: Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)

Now every girl, when her turn came, had to go in to King Ahasuerus, after undergoing, for a space of twelve months, what was ordered by the law for the women (for this was the time necessary for making them clean, that is, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with sweet perfumes and such things as are needed for making women clean):


simplify: Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth food this day. And the people were faint.

Then one of the people said to him, Your father put the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes any food this day. And the people were feeble, needing food.


simplify: and he said to him, Well done, good servant, because in a very little thou didst become faithful, be having authority over ten cities.

‘Well done, good servant!’ exclaimed the master. ‘As you have proved trustworthy in a very small matter, I appoint you governor over ten towns.’


simplify: The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his.


simplify: He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

He who gives witness to these things says, Truly, I come quickly. Even so come, Lord Jesus.


rate difficulty: And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

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


rate difficulty: Ye escaped of the sword, go on, stand not, Remember ye from afar Jehovah, And let Jerusalem come up on your heart.

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


simplify: And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

And the priest who is making him clean will put the man who is being made clean, together with these things, before the door of the Tent of meeting.


simplify: When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the peoples shall be gathered against them, when they are bound to their two transgressions.

I will come and give them punishment; and the peoples will come together against them when I give them the reward of their two sins.


simplify: They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war; and they march every one on his ways, and they break not their ranks.

They are running like strong men, they go over the wall like men of war; every man goes straight on his way, their lines are not broken.


rate difficulty: Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, And it is so; Jehovah, God of Hosts, <FI>is<Fi> with you, as ye said.

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


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

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


simplify: For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

For I said nothing to your fathers, and gave them no orders, on the day when I took them out of Egypt, about burned offerings or offerings of beasts:


simplify: Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.

Or let him put himself under my power, and make peace with me.


simplify: And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the Lord refuseth to give me leave to go with you.

In the morning Balaam got up and said to the chiefs of Balak, Go back to your land, for the Lord will not let me go with you.


rate difficulty: His hands gold rings, set with the chrysolite; His belly is bright ivory, overlaid [with] sapphires;

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt make forty bases of silver under the twenty boards; two bases under one board for its two tenons, and two bases under another board for its two tenons.

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


simplify: And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.


rate difficulty: And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:


simplify: `And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;

But should that servant say to himself ‘My master is a long time coming,’ and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,


simplify: aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance;

Teach that the older men should be temperate, serious, and discreet; strong in faith, love, and endurance.


simplify: And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.

And seeing Peter warming himself by the fire, she gave him a look, and said, You were with this Nazarene, even Jesus.


rate difficulty: If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:


rate difficulty: And a strong angel took up a stone like the great stone with which grain is crushed, and sent it into the sea, saying, So, with a great fall, will Babylon, the great town, come to destruction, and will not be seen any more at all.

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


simplify: And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David’s soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

And that day David said, Whoever makes an attack on the Jebusites, let him go up by the water-pipe, and put to death all the blind and feeble-footed who are hated by David. And this is why they say, The blind and feeble-footed may not come into the house.


simplify: And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

And Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, with all his family, had faith in the Lord; and a great number of the people of Corinth, hearing the word, had faith and were given baptism.


simplify: And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

Then one of the seven angels who held the seven bowls came and spoke to me. ‘Come here,’ he said, ‘and I will show you the sentence passed on that Great Harlot who is seated at the meeting of many waters,


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

With forty silver bases under the twenty boards, two bases under every board to take its tongues.


simplify: lest again when I come my God should humble me before you, and I should mourn for many of them that have sinned heretofore, and repented not of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they committed.

And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.


rate difficulty: And Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Jehovah's anointed?

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


simplify: then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:

See that all the people of the land are forced out from before you, and put to destruction all their pictured stones, and all their metal images, and all their high places:


rate difficulty: For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

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


simplify: Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.


simplify: My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

If by chance my father puts his hand on me, it will seem to him that I am tricking him, and he will put a curse on me in place of a blessing.


simplify: And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

And Jeroboam was an able and responsible man; and Solomon saw that he was a good worker and made him overseer of all the work given to the sons of Joseph.


simplify: All flesh <FI>is<Fi> not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of birds;

All forms of life are not the same; there is one for people, another for beasts, another for birds, and another for fishes.


simplify: And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.

And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.


rate difficulty: If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

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


simplify: The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.

A thing may be put to the decision of chance, but it comes about through the Lord.


rate difficulty: For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.


simplify: And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing-house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.

And he said, Take them living. So they took them living, and put them to death in the water-hole of Beth-eked; of the forty-two men he put every one to death;


rate difficulty: And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

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


rate difficulty: And having entered, he was passing through Jericho,

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


simplify: Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

For this cause my sorrow for the vine of Sibmah will be like the weeping for Jazer: my eyes are dropping water on you, O Heshbon and Elealeh! For they are sounding the war-cry over your summer fruits and the getting in of your grain;


rate difficulty: Without bereave doth the sword, And at the inner-chambers--fear, Both youth and virgin, Suckling with man of grey hair.

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


simplify: To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

to be forbearing, and under all circumstances to show a gentle spirit in dealing with others, whoever they may be.


simplify: And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.

And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.


simplify: For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither hearken ye to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Do not let yourselves be tricked by the prophets who are among you, and the readers of signs, and give no attention to their dreams which they may have;


rate difficulty: Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them. “The man whom I kiss,” he had said, “will be the one; arrest him and take him away safely.”

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


simplify: And he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spake also of beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

He made sayings about all plants, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop hanging on the wall; and about all beasts and birds and fishes and the small things of the earth.


simplify: These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon,

I am writing this to you, though I hope that I will come to see you before long;


simplify: The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.


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

Now at the feast it was the way for the ruler to let free to the people one prisoner, at their selection.


simplify: But he turned, and rebuked them.

But turning round he said sharp words to them.


simplify: Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

Do not give ear to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me; and everyone will be free to take the fruit of his vine and of his fig-tree, and the water of his spring;


simplify: And the gold and silver vessels also of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;

And the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple which was in Jerusalem, and put into the house of his god in Babylon, these Cyrus the king took from the house of his god in Babylon, and gave to one named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made ruler;


simplify: And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto Jehovah of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry unto Jehovah because of oppressors, and he will send them a saviour, and a defender, and he will deliver them.

And it will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of armies in the land of Egypt: when they are crying out to the Lord because of their cruel masters, then he will send them a saviour and a strong one to make them free.


rate difficulty: See Israel according to the flesh! are not those eating the sacrifices in the fellowship of the altar?

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


simplify: Agoodname is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.

A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.


rate difficulty: And Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he provided himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

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


rate difficulty: Then they went in to King Hezekiah and said, We have made all the house of the Lord clean, as well as the altar of burned offerings with all its vessels, and the table for the holy bread, with all its vessels.

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


simplify: of the things of life, indeed, then, if ye may have judgment, those despised in the assembly--these cause ye to sit;

Why, then, if you have cases relating to the affairs of this life, do you set to try them those who carry no weight with the church? To your shame I ask it.


simplify: I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.

I saw in the night a man on a red horse, between the mountains in the valley, and at his back were horses, red, black, white, and of mixed colours.


rate difficulty: Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

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simplify: Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

For the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit: and when the Lord's hand is stretched out, the helper and he who is helped will come down together.


simplify: When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.

When the Most High gave the nations their heritage, separating into groups the children of men, he had the limits of the peoples marked out, keeping in mind the number of the children of Israel.


simplify: And Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

And Hezekiah went to rest with his fathers; and Manasseh his son became king in his place.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is an oblation.

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


rate difficulty: but sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, wrought in me every lust; for without law sin [was] dead.

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


rate difficulty: over above the opening, and unto the inner-house, and at the outside, and by all the wall all round about within and without <FI>by<Fi> measure.

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rate difficulty: But now I will not be to the rest of this people as I was in the past, says the Lord of armies.

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simplify: And the king of Israel said, Alas! for Jehovah hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

And the king of Israel said, Here is trouble: for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them into the hands of Moab.


simplify: And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

And for a long time Ephraim their father went on weeping for them, and his brothers came to give him comfort.


simplify: And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom also they slew, hanging him on a tree.

And we are witnesses of all the things which he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they put to death, hanging him on a tree.


rate difficulty: And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: and he came unto them;

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simplify: for there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all <FI>is<Fi> rich to all those calling upon Him,

For no distinction is made between the Jew and the Greek, for all have the same Lord, and he is bountiful to all who invoke him.


simplify: And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;

And all the towns of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was ruling in Heshbon, to the limits of the children of Ammon;


rate difficulty: And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and thou shalt there serve othergods, whom thou hast not known, neither thou nor thy fathers, wood and stone.

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


simplify: And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

And the two of them made an agreement before the Lord: and David went on living in Horesh, and Jonathan went back to his house.


rate difficulty: Forgive, O Jehovah, thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and suffer not innocent blood to remain in the midst of thy people Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

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


rate difficulty: The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three; these were the heads of the families of Ladan.

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


simplify: The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.


simplify: And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,


rate difficulty: all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not;

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


simplify: For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth evil from the hills of Ephraim.

For a voice is sounding from Dan, giving out evil from the hills of Ephraim:


simplify: and not only so, but who was also appointed by vote by the assemblies, our fellow-traveller, with this favour that is ministered by us, unto the glory of the same Lord, and your willing mind;

and not only that, but he has been elected by the churches to accompany us on our journey, in connexion with this expression of your love, which we are personally administering to the honor of the Lord, and to show our deep interest.


rate difficulty: For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

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


simplify: And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said,  See, the smell of my son Is as the smell of a field which Jehovah hath blessed:

And he came near and gave him a kiss; and smelling the smell of his clothing, he gave him a blessing, and said, See, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field on which the blessing of the Lord has come:


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

And they took with them seven oxen and seven male sheep and seven lambs and seven he-goats as a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the holy house and for Judah. And he gave orders to the sons of Aaron, the priests, that these were to be offered on the altar of the Lord.


simplify: beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is;

Dear friends, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is that, when it is revealed, we will be like Christ; because we will see him as he is.


rate difficulty: And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.

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


simplify: Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.

Give my greeting to the followers at Laodicea, and to Nymphe, and to the church that meets at her house.


simplify: For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.


simplify: And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

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


simplify: A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.


rate difficulty: And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.


simplify: And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.

And he said to him, Go in peace. And he went from him some distance.


simplify: And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

And he put out his hand to him and said, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away his disease went from him.


simplify: For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.

For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.


rate difficulty: And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;

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


rate difficulty: And having been saved, then they knew that the island is called Melita,


simplify: If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.


simplify: And it came to pass, in the completing of the days of his being taken up, that he fixed his face to go on to Jerusalem,

As the days before his being taken up to heaven were growing few, Jesus set his face resolutely in the direction of Jerusalem; and he sent on messengers in advance.


simplify: Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?


rate difficulty: Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

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


rate difficulty: And Noah doth according to all that Jehovah hath commanded him:

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


simplify: Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.


simplify: Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.


simplify: Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil.

Benjamin is a wolf, searching for meat: in the morning he takes his food, and in the evening he makes division of what he has taken.


rate difficulty: Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

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


simplify: So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.


simplify: But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.

And your little ones, whom you said would come into strange hands, I will take in, and they will see the land which you would not have.


simplify: And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.

There were two others also, criminals, led out to be executed with Jesus.


simplify: And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.


rate difficulty: See, he will come up like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Bozrah: and the hearts of Edom's men of war on that day will be like the heart of a woman in birth-pains.

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


simplify: Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

So you are witnesses and give approval to the work of your fathers; for they put them to death and you make their last resting-places.


simplify: He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Let those who have ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.”


rate difficulty: And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.

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


rate difficulty: And the daughter of Zion has become like a tent in a vine-garden, like a watchman's house in a field of fruit, like a town shut in by armies.

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


rate difficulty: Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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


simplify: And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

And the help you were looking for from death will come to nothing, and your agreement with the underworld will be broken; when the overflowing waters come through, then you will be overcome by them.


rate difficulty: You are not to put up stone pillars, for they are hated by the Lord your God.

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


rate difficulty: For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Nineveh hath been like a pool of water, since the day she existed, yet they flee away. ...Stand! Stand! But none looketh back.

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


simplify: When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.


simplify: Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.

Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.


rate difficulty: And they did all eat, and were filled.


simplify: I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

I will certainly make all of you, O Jacob, come together; I will get together the rest of Israel; I will put them together like the sheep in their circle: like a flock in their green field; they will be full of the noise of men.


rate difficulty: And behold, a man called by name Zacchæus; and he was a chief publican, and he was rich.

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


rate difficulty: I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.


rate difficulty: Truly I say to you, All these things will come on this generation.

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


rate difficulty: Then Jonadab said to him, Go to your bed, and let it seem that you are ill: and when your father comes to see you, say to him, Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread, and get the food ready before my eyes, so that I may see it and take it from her hand.

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


rate difficulty: These are the names of Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.

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


rate difficulty: and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written,  He shall give his angels charge concerning thee:  and,  On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

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


rate difficulty: And it came about in that year, when Zedekiah first became king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah, the son of Azzur the prophet, who came from Gibeon, said to Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, before the priests and all the people,

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


simplify: one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; thou--who art thou that dost judge the other?

There is only one lawgiver and judge — he who has the power both to save and to destroy. But who are you that pass judgment on your neighbor?


rate difficulty: Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

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


simplify: For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore ye worship in ignorance, this I set forth unto you.

For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you.


simplify: Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.

The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.


rate difficulty: Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

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


rate difficulty: And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.

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


rate difficulty: And Jesse saith to David his son, `Take, I pray thee, to thy brethren, an ephah of this roasted <FI>corn<Fi> , and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Do not take wives or husbands from among them; do not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons.


rate difficulty: He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.


simplify: I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.

I have made a comparison of you, O my love, to a horse in Pharaoh's carriages.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.

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


rate difficulty: have ye not made a difference among yourselves, and become judges having evil thoughts?

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


rate difficulty: and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.

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


simplify: For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope

For every living thing was put under the power of change, not by its desire, but by him who made it so, in hope


rate difficulty: But Jehovah said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for Jehovah seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh on the heart.

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


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

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


simplify: No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.


rate difficulty: What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

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


rate difficulty: And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

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


rate difficulty: Sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er father of Lecah, and Laadah father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the service of fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

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


simplify: and the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

And the Chaldaeans, who are fighting against this town, will come and put the town on fire, burning it together with the houses, on the roofs of which perfumes have been burned to the Baal, and drink offerings have been drained out to other gods, moving me to wrath.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land of Sinai, in the Tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt,


rate difficulty: These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

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


rate difficulty: And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.


simplify: Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.

Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field.


simplify: It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.


simplify: And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:

And Moses, hearing this, went down on his face;


rate difficulty: And between the way up to the angle and the sheep door, the gold-workers and the traders made good the wall.

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


simplify: then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be;

Then those who died in union with Christ will rise first; and afterwards we who are still living will be caught up in the clouds, with them, to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be for ever with the Lord.


simplify: And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?

Some of the bystanders said to them: “What are you doing, untying the foal?”


rate difficulty: But Timotheus having just come to us from you, and brought to us the glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have always good remembrance of us, desiring much to see us, even as we also you;

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


simplify: Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.

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


rate difficulty: leading us to renounce irreligious ways and worldly ambitions, and to live discreet, upright, and religious lives here in this present world,

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


simplify: But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

But Jesus looked at them, and said: “With people this is impossible, but with God everything is possible.” Then Peter turned and said to Jesus:


rate difficulty: Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.


rate difficulty: and the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death:

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


simplify: And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king’s table.

Saying, Our family is making an offering in the town, and my brothers have given me orders to be there: so now, if I have grace in your eyes, let me go away and see my brothers. This is why he has not come to the king's table.


simplify: And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I can indeed divine?

And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret?


simplify: and he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; he will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy grain and thy new wine and thine oil, the increase of thy cattle and the young of thy flock, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

And he will give you his love, blessing you and increasing you: he will send his blessing on the offspring of your body and the fruit of your land, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the land which by his oath to your fathers he undertook to give you.


rate difficulty: that they may seekGod; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although he is not far from each one of us:

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


rate difficulty: and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;

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


simplify: Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows.

You will make your prayer to him, and be answered; and you will give effect to your oaths.


simplify: And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son: so they went both of them together.

And Abraham said, God himself will give the lamb for the burned offering: so they went on together.


simplify: And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

And when the fourth stamp was undone, the voice of the fourth beast came to my ears, saying, Come and see.


rate difficulty: For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:


rate difficulty: And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass after these things that it is declared to Abraham, saying, `Lo, Milcah hath borne, even she, sons to Nahor thy brother:

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simplify: from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

East of Jordan, in all the land of Gilead, the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer by the valley of the Arnon, all Gilead and Bashan.


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:

The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Go and say to Zedekiah, king of Judah, This is what the Lord has said: See, I will give this town into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will have it burned with fire:


simplify: they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.

And with them, every sort of beast and cattle, and every sort of thing which goes on the earth, and every sort of bird.


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

For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up;


rate difficulty: And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.

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rate difficulty: The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

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rate difficulty: And the tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.


rate difficulty: The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.


rate difficulty: For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.

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simplify: Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,

Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Archite,


simplify: The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.

The wind goes to the south, turning back again to the north; circling round for ever.


simplify: Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.

Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, the son of Nun.


simplify: Then doth the Devil take him to the <FI>holy<Fi> city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

Then the devil took him to the Holy City, and, placing him on the parapet of the temple, said to him:


rate difficulty: The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man from what is in himself.

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rate difficulty: And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

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simplify: So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.

Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;


simplify: Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

in the service of which I am suffering hardships, even to being put in fetters as a criminal. But the message of God is not fettered;


rate difficulty: Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

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simplify: Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.

And Simon, answering, said, Make prayer for me to the Lord, so that these things which you have said may not come on me.


simplify: And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

And the ass saw the angel of the Lord waiting in the road with his sword in his hand; and turning from the road, the ass went into the field; and Balaam gave the ass blows, to get her back on to the road.


rate difficulty: And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah his daughter.


rate difficulty: And as he got out [of the ship] on the land, a certain man out of the city met him, who had demons a long time, and put on no clothes, and did not abide in a house, but in the tombs.

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rate difficulty: And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is becomethe kingdomof our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever.


simplify: `Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman is an adulterer, and the man who marries a divorced woman is an adulterer.


simplify: Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

Now the time of David's death came near; and he gave orders to Solomon his son, saying,


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

You were so beautiful that the story of you went out into all nations; you were completely beautiful because of my glory which I had put on you, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah goeth on, when He hath finished speaking unto Abraham, and Abraham hath turned back to his place.

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rate difficulty: And the families of Kirjath-jearim were the Jithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zoreathites and the Eshtaolites.

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rate difficulty: And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

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rate difficulty: And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

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simplify: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall lead many astray,

for, many will take my name, and come saying ‘I am the Christ,’ and will lead many astray.


simplify: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.


rate difficulty: and he came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter within the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

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simplify: And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

Here the Pharisees came out, and began to argue with Jesus, asking him for some sign from the heavens, to test him.


simplify: That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

When I speak like this, I am not speaking as the Master would, but as a fool might, in boasting so confidently.


simplify: And they bend their tongue, as it were their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.


simplify: And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan;

And it came about that after saying these words, Jesus went away from Galilee, and came into the parts of Judaea on the other side of Jordan.


simplify: For I, Jehovah thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

For I, the Lord your God, have taken your right hand in mine, saying to you, Have no fear; I will be your helper.


rate difficulty: And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs.


rate difficulty: Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man once planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine-press, built a tower, and then let it out to tenants and went abroad.

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simplify: And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

But this woman, a daughter of Abraham, who has been kept in bondage by Satan for now eighteen years, ought not she to have been released from her bondage on the Sabbath?”


simplify: Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down.

And now, is it true, as they have said to me, that Saul is coming? O Lord, the God of Israel, give ear to your servant, and say if these things are so. And the Lord said, He is coming down.


rate difficulty: I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’


rate difficulty: and one of them having seen that he was healed did turn back, with a loud voice glorifying God,


simplify: Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him.

The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.


simplify: And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;

And on the seventh day seven oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark:


simplify: And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the Tent, that all the people rose up, and stood, every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the Tent.

And whenever Moses went out to the Tent of meeting, all the people got up and everyone went to the door of his tent, looking after Moses till he went inside the Tent.


simplify: Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

May God, the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ give every follower peace, and love linked with faith.


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

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not hearkened unto my voice, nor walked in it,

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rate difficulty: And Samson lay till midnight; and he arose at midnight, and seized the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and tore them up with the bar, and put [them] upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.

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rate difficulty: And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which Jehovah ourGod giveth us.

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rate difficulty: Full of stirs--a noisy city--an exulting city, Thy pierced are not pierced of the sword, Nor dead in battle.

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rate difficulty: But as for cowards, unbelievers, the degraded, murderers, the impure, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars — their place will be in the burning lake of fire and sulphur. That is the Second Death.’

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simplify: And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

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


rate difficulty: And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

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simplify: We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.


rate difficulty: And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

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simplify: And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first suffer me to bid farewell to them that are at my house.

And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.


rate difficulty: But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.

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rate difficulty: who also made us sufficient <FI>to be<Fi> ministrants of a new covenant, not of letter, but of spirit; for the letter doth kill, and the spirit doth make alive.

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rate difficulty: The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.

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rate difficulty: The weight of all these vessels was not measured, because there was such a number of them; it was not possible to get the weight of the brass.


simplify: So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Jehovah by Samuel.

So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel, as the Lord had said by Samuel.


rate difficulty: And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered:

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rate difficulty: Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.

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simplify: Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.

Then the beasts go into their holes, and take their rest.


rate difficulty: And king Solomon hath seventy thousand bearing burdens, and eighty thousand hewing in the mountain,

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simplify: And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.

And the twelve came together to Jesus; and they gave him an account of all the things they had done, and all they had been teaching.


simplify: Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

Then you send dreams to me, and visions of fear;


simplify: While it remained, did it not remain thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thy power? How is it that thou hast conceived this thing in thy heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.


rate difficulty: for there is no respect of persons with God.


simplify: And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

And he put his hands on her, and she was made straight, and gave praise to God.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: and Peter having gone without, wept bitterly.

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rate difficulty: And it hath come to pass when thou declarest to this people all these words, and they have said unto thee, `For what hath Jehovah spoken against us all this great evil? yea, what <FI>is<Fi>  our iniquity, and what our sin, that we have sinned against Jehovah our God?'

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rate difficulty: But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.

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simplify: Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.

You are the light of the world. A town put on a hill may be seen by all.


simplify: And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

And if he comes in the second division of the night or in the third, and they are watching for him, happy are those servants.


rate difficulty: Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed?

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simplify: And straightway he constrained the disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before him unto the other side, till he should send the multitudes away.

And straight away he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, till he had sent the people away.


simplify: And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will be turned against the evil woman, and will make her waste and uncovered, and will take her flesh for food, and will have her burned with fire.


simplify: Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

Then he touched their eyes, and said: “It will be according to your faith.”


simplify: I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.


rate difficulty: holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.

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rate difficulty: But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was tasted, the wrath of the Lord was moved against the people and he sent a great outburst of disease on them.

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simplify: and from thence to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first of the district, a Roman colony: and we were in this city tarrying certain days.

And from there to Philippi, which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we were there for some days.


rate difficulty: Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

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rate difficulty: And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:

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simplify: Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:

Among whom you in the same way have been marked out to be disciples of Jesus Christ:


simplify: And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel.

And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel.


rate difficulty: Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord, which he did to you and to your fathers.

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simplify: Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

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


rate difficulty: And the heads and all the people say unto the priests and unto the prophets, `There is not for this man a judgment of death, for in the name of Jehovah our God he hath spoken unto us.'

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rate difficulty: Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.

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simplify: For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts.

For, from the coming up of the sun till its going down, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place the smell of burning flesh is offered to my name, and a clean offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of armies.


rate difficulty: For I took you up out of the land of Egypt and made you free from the prison-house; I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

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rate difficulty: And he saith, `Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the way we go up?' and he saith, `The way of the wilderness of Edom.'

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simplify: And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

And you are to make them most holy; anything touching them will become holy.


simplify: And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

At his death, Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, became king in his place.


rate difficulty: A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.


simplify: And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.

Then turning they went up by the way of Bashan; and Og, king of Bashan, went out against them with all his people, to the fight at Edrei.


simplify: And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

In appearance the locusts were like horses equipped for battle. On their heads there were what appeared to be crowns that shone like gold, their faces resembled human faces,


simplify: And they went away and told it unto the rest: neither believed they them.

And they went away and gave news of it to the rest; and they had no belief in what was said.


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

Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.


rate difficulty: And their wings were separate at the top; two of the wings of every one were joined one to another, and two were covering their bodies.


rate difficulty: Seven days they purify the altar, and have cleansed it, and filled their hand.


rate difficulty: In them is being fulfilled that prophecy of Isaiah which says —  ‘You will hear with your ears without ever understanding, and, though you have eyes, you will see without ever perceiving,

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rate difficulty: but she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.

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simplify: Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?

Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?


simplify: Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:

Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:


rate difficulty: Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.


simplify: and he wondered because of their unbelief. And he was going round the villages, in a circle, teaching,

and he wondered at the want of faith shown by the people. Jesus went around the villages, one after another, teaching.


simplify: For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.


simplify: a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about, to minister in; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

All round the skirt of the robe were bells and fruits in turn.


simplify: And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

And Joash went to rest with his fathers and Jeroboam took his place as king; and Joash was put into the earth in Samaria with the kings of Israel.


rate difficulty: And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.

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simplify: Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

Get up now, and go on your journey, crossing over the valley of the Arnon: see, I have given into your hands Sihon, the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and all his land: go forward to make it yours, and make war on him,


rate difficulty: Thus hath He shewed me, and lo, the Lord is standing by a wall <FI>made according to<Fi> a plumb-line, and in His hand a plumb-line;

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

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simplify: The king by justice establisheth the land; But he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.

A king, by right rule, makes the land safe; but one full of desires makes it a waste.


rate difficulty: And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

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simplify: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.


rate difficulty: So that they see, and know, And regard, and act wisely together, For the hand of Jehovah hath done this, And the Holy One of Israel hath prepared it.

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simplify: Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

And what would a man give in exchange for his life?


simplify: And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, said, Let not my lord have the idea that all the sons of the king have been put to death; for only Amnon is dead: this has been purposed by Absalom from the day when he took his sister Tamar by force.


simplify: And having arisen, he went on, and lo, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a man of rank, of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship to Jerusalem;

So Philip set out on a journey; and on his way he came on an official of high rank, in the service of Candace, Queen of the Abyssinians. He was her treasurer, and had been to Jerusalem to worship,


rate difficulty: And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

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


simplify: And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

And King Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and he made an attack on him and put him to death.


simplify: For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

People will be selfish, mercenary, boastful, haughty, and blasphemous; disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, impure,


simplify: For it is written,  As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, And every tongue shall confess to God.

For it is said in the holy Writings, By my life, says the Lord, to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give worship to God.


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

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


simplify: From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

From the thirteenth year of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, even till this day, for twenty-three years, the word of the Lord has been coming to me, and I have given it to you, getting up early and talking to you; but you have not given ear.


simplify: If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

If it is pleasing to the king, let an order go out from him, and let it be recorded among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it may never be changed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her place to another who is better than she.


rate difficulty: Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by a dead person:

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


simplify: but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,


simplify: In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

He made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, at the way across the river, at Adama, between Succoth and Zarethan.


rate difficulty: `He who is faithful in the least, <FI>is<Fi> also faithful in much; and he who in the least <FI>is<Fi> unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

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


simplify: Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.

Let it be broken into bits, and put oil on it; it is a meal offering.


rate difficulty: And known have all inhabitants of Egypt That I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, Because of their being a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

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


simplify: His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

So his servants took him out of the line of war-carriages, and put him in his second carriage and took him to Jerusalem, where he came to his end, and they put his body in the resting-place of his fathers. And in all Judah and Jerusalem there was great weeping for Josiah.


simplify: and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.


simplify: Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.

After him, the tribe of Zebulun, with Eliab, the son of Helon, as their chief.


simplify: The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah.


simplify: so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

So that they are no longer two, but one. What God himself, then, has yoked together people must not separate.”


rate difficulty: But Sisera went in flight on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin, king of Hazor, and the family of Heber the Kenite.

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


simplify: And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation concerning the two brethren.

And when it came to the ears of the ten, they were angry with the two brothers.


rate difficulty: And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.


rate difficulty: For I will let the seed of peace be planted; the vine will give her fruit and the land will give her increase and the heavens will give their dew; and I will give to the rest of this people all these things for their heritage.


rate difficulty: And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls and the cups wherewith to pour out; and the continual bread shall be thereon:

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


rate difficulty: Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.

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


rate difficulty: The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

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


rate difficulty: And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner.

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


rate difficulty: So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

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