simplify: He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.

Twisting you round and round like a ball he will send you out into a wide country: there you will come to your end, and there will be the carriages of your pride, O shame of your lord's house!


rate difficulty: And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded, all [the time] until the burnt-offering was finished.

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


rate difficulty: The children of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three.

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


simplify: and his fame went forth to all Syria, and they brought to him all having ailments, pressed with manifold sicknesses and pains, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he healed them.

and his fame spread all through Syria. They brought to him all who were ill with any form of disease, or who were suffering pain — any who were either possessed by demons, or were lunatic, or paralyzed; and he cured them.


simplify: And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself--let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such <FI>cases<Fi> , and in peace hath God called us;

However, if the unbeliever wishes to be separated, let him be so. Under such circumstances neither is bound; God has called you to live in peace.


simplify: And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.

And of Asher, forty thousand who went out with the army, expert in ordering the fight.


rate difficulty: and Hamor, and Shechem his son, they have slain by the mouth of the sword, and they take Dinah out of Shechem's house, and go out.

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


rate difficulty: If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit

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


simplify: We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.

We are shamed because bitter words have come to our ears; our faces are covered with shame: for men from strange lands have come into the holy places of the Lord's house.


simplify: Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.

If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!


simplify: Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel, after weeping for him, had put his body in its last resting-place in Ramah, his town. And Saul had put away from the land all those who had control of spirits and who made use of secret arts.


simplify: And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.

And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.


simplify: Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

Then take a sharp-pointed instrument, driving it through his ear into the door, and he will be your servant for ever. And you may do the same for your servant-girl.


rate difficulty: And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of Jehovah with them; and they went about through all the cities of Judah, and taught among the people.

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


rate difficulty: He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

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


rate difficulty: Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

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


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

If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.


rate difficulty: I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.


simplify: O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

O my people, what have I done to you? how have I been a weariness to you? give answer against me.


rate difficulty: Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.


simplify: That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

So that glory may be given to the name of our Lord Jesus through you, and you may have glory in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.


rate difficulty: Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

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


rate difficulty: A son of twelve years is Manasseh in his reigning, and fifty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;

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


simplify: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

I will go higher than the clouds; I will be like the Most High.


rate difficulty: Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

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


rate difficulty: For they are named after the holy city, and stay themselves upon theGod of Israel: Jehovah of hosts is his name.


rate difficulty: And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with certain elders, andwithan orator, one Tertullus; and they informed the governor against Paul.


simplify: And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

And of the tribe of the children of Issachar, a chief, Paltiel, the son of Azzan.


simplify: And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

And Laban gave Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman.


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

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


simplify: The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister in the priest’s office.

The robes for use in the holy place, and the holy robes for Aaron and his sons when acting as priests.


simplify: And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

Ahab gave Jezebel news of all Elijah had done, and how he had put all the prophets to death with the sword.


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

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


rate difficulty: Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?

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


rate difficulty: And I--whither do I cause my reproach to go? and thou--thou art as one of the fools in Israel; and now, speak, I pray thee, unto the king; for he doth not withhold me from thee.'

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


rate difficulty: Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?

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


simplify: `And Moses fled at this word, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons,

At these words Moses took to flight, and became an exile in Midian; and there he had two sons born to him.


simplify: For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free in regard of righteousness.

When you were servants of sin you were free from righteousness.


simplify: And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

And though she saw that, because Israel, turning away from me, had been untrue to me, I had put her away and given her a statement in writing ending the relation between us, still Judah, her false sister, had no fear, but went and did the same.


simplify: Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;


simplify: And those feeding <FI>them<Fi> , having seen what was come to pass, fled, and having gone, told <FI>it<Fi> to the city, and to the fields;

When the men who tended them saw what had happened, they ran away, and carried the news to the town, and to the country around.


simplify: That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.

That you made for yourself an arched room in every open place.


simplify: Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.


simplify: And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would unto them that hated them.

So the Jews overcame all their attackers with the sword and with death and destruction, and did to their haters whatever they had a desire to do.


simplify: What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

What God himself, then, has yoked together no one must separate.”


simplify: But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bare to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Saul to whom Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, had given birth; and the five sons of Saul's daughter Merab, whose father was Adriel, the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:


rate difficulty: And the servant did as Joseph said, and took the men into Joseph's house.

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


rate difficulty: And Asa cried unto Jehovah hisGod, and said, Jehovah, it maketh no difference to thee to help, whether there be much or no power: help us, O Jehovah ourGod, for we rely on thee, and in thy name have we come against this multitude. Jehovah, thou art ourGod; let not man prevail against thee.

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


rate difficulty: Damascus <FI>is<Fi> thy merchant, For the abundance of thy works, Because of the abundance of all wealth, For wine of Helbon, and white wool.

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


simplify: For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.

For in this mountain will the hand of the Lord come to rest, and Moab will be crushed down in his place, even as the dry stems of the grain are crushed under foot in the waste place.


simplify: For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,

God will bear me witness how I yearn over you all with the tenderness of Christ Jesus.


simplify: And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.

And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.


rate difficulty: Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh.

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


rate difficulty: And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled, they fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. And Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: Being greatly troubled because they were teaching the people and preaching Jesus as an example of the coming back from the dead.

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


rate difficulty: And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

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


simplify: in the rising again, then, whenever they may rise, of which of them shall she be wife--for the seven had her as wife?'

At the resurrection whose wife will she be, all seven brothers having had her as their wife?”


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

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


rate difficulty: This is that which concerneth the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward shall he come to labour in the work of the service of the tent of meeting.

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


simplify: Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

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


rate difficulty: Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.


simplify: without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,

Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,


simplify: And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.

And Jehoash went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son became king in his place.


rate difficulty: These rules are to be your guide in judging through all your generations wherever you may be living.

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


rate difficulty: Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

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


rate difficulty: son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth,

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


rate difficulty: And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.


rate difficulty: And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council:

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


rate difficulty: And it hath come to pass, at the death of the judge--they turn back and have done corruptly above their fathers, to go after other gods, to serve them, and to bow themselves to them; they have not fallen from their doings, and from their stiff way.

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


rate difficulty: `Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that is looking eastward is shut the six days of work, and on the day of rest it is opened, and in the day of the new moon it is opened;


simplify: How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

What think you? If a person owns a hundred sheep, and one of them strays, will the person not leave the ninety-nine on the hills, and go and search for the one that is straying?


rate difficulty: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: So why have you made no protest against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is acting as a prophet to you?

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor–missabib.

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


simplify: And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.

And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, listed by name, came to make David king.


rate difficulty: Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.

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


simplify: What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

Under the burning sun they are cut off, and come to nothing because of the heat.


simplify: and having seen Peter warming himself, having looked on him, she said, `And thou wast with Jesus of Nazareth!'

and, seeing Peter warming himself, she looked closely at him, and exclaimed: “Why, you were with Jesus, the Nazarene!”


simplify: And on the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.

From the other side of Jordan, there were a hundred and twenty thousand of the Reubenites and the Gadites and the men of the half-tribe of Manasseh, armed with every sort of instrument of war.


rate difficulty: One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.

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


simplify: Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou drankest wine.

Butter from his cows and milk from his sheep, with fat of lambs and sheep of Bashan, and goats, and the heart of the grain; and for your drink, wine from the blood of the grape.


simplify: And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.


simplify: But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.


simplify: And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;

And if, after all this, you do not give ear to me, but go against me still,


simplify: And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

And the overseers of the people and their responsible men went out and said to the people, Pharaoh says, I will give you no more dry stems.


simplify: But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.

But Jesus took his hand, and lifted him; and he stood up.


simplify: Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.


simplify: And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, We will not come up:

Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: and they said, We will not come up:


rate difficulty: Of the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred and twenty;

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


simplify: I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

I am conscious of this, and am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but for the man in whose opinion it is unclean, for him it is unclean.


simplify: And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

And King Solomon made a sea-force of ships in Ezion-geber, by Eloth, on the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.


rate difficulty: And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.

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


rate difficulty: to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who have worked hard for the Master; to my dear friend Persis, for she has done much hard work for the Master;

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


simplify: For they had before seen with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.

For they had seen him before in the town with Trophimus of Ephesus, and had the idea that Paul had taken him with him into the Temple.


simplify: Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred; for the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.

Then Amnon was full of hate for her, hating her with a hate greater than his earlier love for her. And he said to her, Get up and be gone.


simplify: The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.


rate difficulty: And Pilate again said to them that it was his desire to let Jesus go free.


simplify: And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

After these things, Abraham had news that Milcah, the wife of his brother Nahor, had given birth to children;


rate difficulty: Cush and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war, hanging up their body-covers and head-dresses of war in you: they gave you your glory.


rate difficulty: And the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth; and there came an evil and grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast, and those who worshipped its image.


rate difficulty: In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.


rate difficulty: Her prophets are vain-glorious, treacherous persons; her priests profane the sanctuary, they do violence to the law.

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


rate difficulty: Then the old man said, Peace be with thee; only let all thy wants lie on me; but lodge not in the street.

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


rate difficulty: Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.

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


simplify: Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.

Say to the people, Come away from the tent of Korah Dathan, and Abiram.


simplify: And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;

And if she is married to a husband at the time when she is under an oath or an undertaking given without thought;


simplify: And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,

From Miletus, however, he sent to Ephesus and invited the officers of the church to meet him;


simplify: When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;

When the disease of a leper is seen on a man, let him be taken to the priest;


rate difficulty: And the serpent saith unto the woman, `Dying, ye do not die,

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


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

Now there were in Samaria seventy of Ahab's sons. And Jehu sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of the town, and to the responsible men, and to those who had the care of the sons of Ahab, saying,


simplify: He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.


rate difficulty: And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the places where they offered sweet savor to all their idols.

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


simplify: And he said, Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.

And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing.


simplify: and had taken captive the womenand allthat were therein, both small and great: they slew not any, but carried them off, and went their way.

And had made the women and all who were there, small and great, prisoners: they had not put any of them to death, but had taken them all away.


simplify: And ye my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord Jehovah.

And you are my sheep, the sheep of my grass-lands, and I am your God, says the Lord.


simplify: And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the Lord; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

And the spirit of the Lord came on me, and he said to me, Say, These are the words of the Lord: This is what you have said, O children of Israel; what comes into your mind is clear to me.


simplify: then it shall come to pass that to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto Jehovah.

Then there will be a place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place for his name, and there you will take all the things which I give you orders to take: your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up, and the offerings of your oaths which you make to the Lord;


rate difficulty: But his master said to him, We will not turn aside into the city of a stranger, which is not of the children of Israel, but we will pass on to Gibeah.

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


simplify: As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.


simplify: In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.

In that day men will go out quickly to take the news, causing fear in untroubled Ethiopia; and bitter pain will come on them as in the day of Egypt; for see, it is coming.


simplify: And from that time he sought opportunity to deliver him unto them.

And from that time he was watching for a chance to give him into their hands.


simplify: By me kings reign, And princes decree justice.

Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions.


rate difficulty: And the people have known--all of it, Ephraim, and the inhabitant of Samaria, In pride and in greatness of heart, saying,

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


simplify: That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil.


simplify: `And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

By the seed which was sown among the brambles is meant the person who hears the message, but the cares of life and the glamour of wealth completely choke the message, so that it gives no return.


simplify: Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

Now John had heard in prison what the Christ was doing, and he sent a message by his disciples,


simplify: And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them; and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.

Their sleeping-rooms were round the house of God, for they had the care of it, and were responsible for opening it morning by morning.


simplify: Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

So again, if two are sleeping together they are warm, but how may one be warm by himself?


rate difficulty: And if the priest sees that the mark is less bright after the washing, then let him have it cut out of the clothing or the leather or from the threads of the material:

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rate difficulty: And when the brothers had knowledge of it, they took him to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus.

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rate difficulty: Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

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rate difficulty: And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

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rate difficulty: And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned;

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rate difficulty: We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.

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simplify: for as ye also once did not believe in God, and now did find kindness by the unbelief of these:

Just as you at one time were disobedient to him, but have now found mercy in the day of their disobedience;


simplify: Fervent lips and a wicked heart  Arelikean earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

Smooth lips and an evil heart are like a vessel of earth plated with silver waste.


simplify: In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;


rate difficulty: and he who is burning them doth wash his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and afterwards he cometh in unto the camp.

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simplify: A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.


rate difficulty: Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead.

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rate difficulty: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you in your latter end a hope.

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rate difficulty: And Haman forceth himself, and cometh in unto his house, and sendeth, and bringeth in his friends, and Zeresh his wife,

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simplify: And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.

And then you are to make a cover for the tent, of sheepskins coloured red, and a cover of leather over that.


rate difficulty: And the bondmen of the householder came up and said to him, Sir, hast thou not sown good seed in thy field? whence then has it darnel?

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rate difficulty: Then the word of Eliezer the prophet, the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah, came against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have let yourself be joined with Ahaziah, the Lord has sent destruction on your works. And the ships were broken and were not able to go to Tarshish.

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


rate difficulty: Men of Kirjath-Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth: seven hundred forty and three.

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


simplify: and they that were troubled with unclean spirits were healed.

And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were made well.


simplify: Salute you doth Aristarchus, my fellow-captive, and Marcus, the nephew of Barnabas, (concerning whom ye did receive commands--if he may come unto you receive him,)

My fellow prisoner, Aristarchus, sends you his greeting, and Barnabas’s cousin, Mark, sends his. (You have received directions about him. If he comes to you, make him welcome.)


rate difficulty: The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.

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


simplify: Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.

And more than this, he made high places in the mountains of Judah, teaching the people of Jerusalem to go after false gods, and guiding Judah away from the true way.


rate difficulty: And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook out his raiment and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.


simplify: and Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,

And Shamsherai and Shehariah and Athaliah


rate difficulty: The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.

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rate difficulty: 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:

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simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: So he went and got them and took them to his mother: and she made a meal to his father's taste.

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simplify: And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

And Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, gave teaching to the brothers and made them strong in the faith.


simplify: And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

And the men said to her, We will only be responsible for this oath which you have made us take,


rate difficulty: And the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin which he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him; and it shall be the priest's, as the oblation.

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simplify: And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.

And rods of the same wood plated with gold.


simplify: And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.

And about sundown a cry went up from all parts of the army, saying, Let every man go back to his town and his country, for the king is dead.


simplify: If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.


rate difficulty: And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived again:

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


simplify: And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,


simplify: In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.

In that day you will have no shame on account of all the things in which you did evil against me: for then I will take away from among you those who were lifted up in pride, and you will no longer be lifted up with pride in my holy mountain.


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

And the heaven and the earth and all things in them were complete.


rate difficulty: But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

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rate difficulty: And when much time was spent, and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast was now already gone by, Paul admonished them,

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simplify: And the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.

And give a thought to the Levite who is living among you, for he has no part or heritage in the land.


simplify: I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.

I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison.


simplify: When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

So, when the apostles had met together, they asked Jesus this question — “Master, is this the time when you intend to re-establish the kingdom for Israel?”


simplify: And he dealt well with Abram for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.

And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.


simplify: And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

Peter spoke to them for a long time using many other arguments and pleaded with them — “Save yourselves from the perverse spirit of this age.”


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the Lord? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the Lord to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

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


simplify: So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

So they went made the tomb secure, by sealing the stone, in presence of the guard.


simplify: Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

And again ships, though they are so great and are moved by violent winds, are turned by a very small guiding-blade, at the impulse of the man who is using it.


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

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


simplify: And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

And the king said to Haman, The money is yours, and the people, to do with them whatever seems right to you.


simplify: for to Moses He saith, `I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion;'

For his words to Moses are — ‘I will take pity on whom I take pity, and be merciful to whom I am merciful.’


simplify: but my lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.


simplify: And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.

And after crying out and shaking him violently, it came out: and the child became like one dead; so that most of them said, He is dead.


simplify: For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, say all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.


simplify: And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

And news was given to David of what Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, one of Saul's wives, had done.


rate difficulty: since a friend of mine on a journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him;

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simplify: Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

Make no addition to the orders which I give you, and take nothing from them, but keep the orders of the Lord your God which I give you.


simplify: Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.

And at the same time I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night, so that at night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day.


rate difficulty: But Solomon did not put the children of Israel to forced work; they were the men of war, his servants, his captains, and his chiefs, captains of his war-carriages and of his horsemen.

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simplify: and for the drink-offering thou shalt offer the third part of a hin of wine, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

And for the drink offering give a third part of a hin of wine, for a sweet smell to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorite, saying,

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


simplify: Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:

Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.


simplify: In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him.

Strength is in his neck, and fear goes dancing before him.


rate difficulty: Was a man already circumcised when he was called? Then he should not efface his circumcision. Has a man been called when uncircumcised? Then he should not be circumcised.

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


simplify: The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,


rate difficulty: And he gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armagedon.


simplify: according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do; thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

Acting in agreement with their teaching and the decision they give: not turning to one side or the other from the word they have given you.


rate difficulty: I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

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


rate difficulty: TheGod who has made the world and all things which are in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,

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simplify: Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

For this reason the Lord God of Israel has said, Truly I did say that your family and your father's people would have their place before me for ever: but now the Lord says, Let it not be so; I will give honour to those by whom I am honoured, and those who have no respect for me will be of small value in my eyes.


rate difficulty: And Moses saith unto Aaron, and to Eleazar, and to Ithamar his sons, `Your heads ye do not uncover, and your garments ye do not rend, that ye die not, and on all the company He be wroth; as to your brethren, the whole house of Israel, they bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled;

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


simplify: and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the one ram,

And their meal offering, the best meal mixed with oil, three tenth parts for an ox, two tenth parts for a male sheep,


simplify: For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

For any person, whoever he may be, who takes his pleasure on that day will be cut off from his people.


simplify: And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?

And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they make themselves strong? will they make offerings? will they get the work done in a day? will they make the stones which have been burned come again out of the dust?


rate difficulty: Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will turn against their parents, and cause them to be put to death;

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


rate difficulty: that he might present the church to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.


rate difficulty: And if you will not let them go, see, I will send frogs into every part of your land:


simplify: And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels.

He took into the house of the Lord all the things which his father had made holy, and those which he himself had made holy, silver and gold and vessels.


simplify: we were buried together, then, with him through the baptism to the death, that even as Christ was raised up out of the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we in newness of life might walk.

Consequently, through sharing his death in our baptism, we were buried with him; that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by a manifestation of the Father’s power, so we also may live a new life.


rate difficulty: But he, having knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom in which there is division is made waste; and a house in which there is division comes to destruction.

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rate difficulty: Then Haggai said, Will any of these be made unclean by the touch of one who is unclean through touching a dead body? And the priests answering said, It will be made unclean.


rate difficulty: but I will come quickly to you, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of those that are puffed up, but the power.


simplify: And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.

“Why this confusion and weeping?”he said on entering. “The little child is not dead; she is asleep.”


simplify: Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands.

You will give them their reward, O Lord, answering to the work of their hands.


rate difficulty: Just now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem, to take help to Christ’s people there.


simplify: but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities:

But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places:


rate difficulty: For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and word of him went out through every part of the kingdom: for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.

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rate difficulty: And Moses took off Aaron's robes, and put them on Eleazar, his son; and there on the top of the mountain death came to Aaron: then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.


rate difficulty: They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.


rate difficulty: and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings--commands of men.'

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simplify: And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

And the towns which the Philistines had taken were given back to Israel, from Ekron to Gath, and all the country round them Israel made free from the power of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.


simplify: Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

For this cause you will become servants to those whom the Lord your God will send against you, without food and drink and clothing, and in need of all things: and he will put a yoke of iron on your neck till he has put an end to you.


simplify: And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

Never before had there been a king like him, turning to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his power, as the law of Moses says; and after him there was no king like him.


rate difficulty: that, having been pronounced righteous through his loving kindness, we might enter on our inheritance with the hope of eternal life.

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rate difficulty: Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

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


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

The Lord has said, In this way I will do damage to the pride of Judah and to the great pride of Jerusalem.


simplify: For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim:

For the children of Israel will for a long time be without king and without ruler, without offerings and without pillars, and without ephod or images.


rate difficulty: And the faithful of the circumcision were astonished, as many as came with Peter, that upon the nations also the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out:

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rate difficulty: When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

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simplify: The jar of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by Elijah.

The store of meal did not come to an end, and the bottle was never without oil, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah.


simplify: It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.


simplify: And I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

And I will put a sign among them, and I will send those who are still living to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, and Lud, Meshech and Rosh, Tubal and Javan, to the sea-lands far away, who have not had word of me, or seen my glory; and they will give the knowledge of my glory to the nations.


simplify: so that the multitudes did wonder, seeing dumb ones speaking, maimed whole, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

and the crowds were astonished, when they saw the dumb talking, the cripples made sound, the lame walking about, and the blind with their sight restored; and they praised the God of Israel.


simplify: He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

Uncovering deep things out of the dark, and making the deep shade bright;


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,

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simplify: and I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith Jehovah.

And I will give them up into the hands of those who will take their lives, and into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and into the hands of his servants: and later, it will be peopled as in the past, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked <FI>is<Fi> singing.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass afterwards, that the battle is again in Gob with the Philistines, then hath Sibbechai the Hushathite smitten Saph, who <FI>is<Fi> among the children of the giant.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.

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


rate difficulty: And Abimelech is prince over Israel three years,

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


rate difficulty: The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.

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


simplify: And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.

They spat at him and, taking the rod, kept striking him on the head;


simplify: And Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner; and another said on that manner.

And the Lord said, How may Ahab be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another.


simplify: And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Jehovah. And they went unto their own home.

And every year Eli gave Elkanah and his wife a blessing, saying, May the Lord give you offspring by this woman in exchange for the child you have given to the Lord. And they went back to their house.


simplify: As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

As scripture says — ‘See, I place a Stumbling-block in Zion — a Rock which will prove a hindrance; and he who believes in him will have no cause for shame.’


simplify: Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

Any man who has sex connection with a beast is to be put to death.


simplify: Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

Go in flight, get away with your lives, and let your faces be turned to Aroer in the Arabah.


rate difficulty: For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, And his ears are attentive to their prayers, But the face of the Lord is set against those who do wrong.’

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simplify: Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,

The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, I made an agreement with your fathers on the day when I took them out of Egypt, out of the prison-house, saying,


rate difficulty: But if any man is without knowledge, let him be so.


simplify: Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

Let not your eyes be turned on me, because I am dark, because I was looked on by the sun; my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vine-gardens; but my vine-garden I have not kept.


rate difficulty: And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth between the ranks; and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword: for the priest said, Slay her not in the house of Jehovah.

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


simplify: And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?

“What are we to do then?” the people asked.


simplify: Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.


simplify: So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:


simplify: And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

And there he went into a hole in the rock for the night; then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?


simplify: Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.


simplify: But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.

But he said, Get some meal. And he put it into the pot, and said, Now give it to the people so that they may have food. And there was nothing bad in the pot.


simplify: The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

At the judgment the men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s proclamation; and here is more than a Jonah!


simplify: he was also returning, and is sitting on his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.

and was now on his way home, sitting in his carriage and reading the prophet Isaiah.


simplify: And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

And at the time of the Jubilee of the children of Israel, their property will be joined to the heritage of the tribe of which they are part and will be taken away from the heritage of the tribe of our fathers.


simplify: Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thy hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.

So all the rulers sent Jehudi, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the book from which you have been reading to the people and come. So Baruch, the son of Neriah, took the book in his hand and came down to them.


simplify: And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

In future the children of Israel are not to come near the Tent of meeting, so that death may not come to them because of sin.


simplify: and they did not know till the flood came and took all away; so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man.

taking not notice until the flood came and swept them one and all away; and so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.


simplify: For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places.

For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places;


rate difficulty: For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?

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


rate difficulty: For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

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


rate difficulty: And he taketh his staff in his hand, and chooseth for him five smooth stones from the brook, and putteth them in the shepherds' habiliments that he hath, even in the scrip, and his sling <FI>is<Fi> in his hand, and he draweth nigh unto the Philistine.

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


rate difficulty: Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

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


simplify: But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;


simplify: it came to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

On the third day a man came from Saul's tents, with his clothing out of order and earth on his head: and when he came to David, he went down on the earth and gave him honour.


simplify: For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil.


rate difficulty: and when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, do ye pollute yourselves with all your idols unto this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you;

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


simplify: And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

And the flesh of your attackers will be taken by themselves for food; and they will take their blood for drink, as if it was sweet wine: and all men will see that I the Lord am your saviour, even he who takes up your cause, the Strong One of Jacob.


simplify: Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

So Saul sent him away, and made him a captain over a thousand; and he went about his business before the people.


rate difficulty: And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.


simplify: As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out and to come in.

And still, I am as strong today as I was when Moses sent me out: as my strength was then, so is it now, for war and for all the business of life.


simplify: And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath–jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh–dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath–jearim.

And they went up and put up their tents in Kiriath-jearim in Judah: so that place is named Mahaneh-dan to this day. It is to the west of Kiriath-jearim.


rate difficulty: And when she took them to give them to him, he put his arms round her and said, Come to bed, my sister.

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


simplify: `But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,

But, when one of you fasts, let them anoint their head and wash their face,


rate difficulty: The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

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


rate difficulty: And Pilate questioned him, saying, `Thou art the king of the Jews?' and he answering him, said, `Thou dost say <FI>it<Fi> .'

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


rate difficulty: And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.

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


simplify: And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

And in Hebron, and to all the places where David and his men had been living.


simplify: And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.

And if he comes across it, truly I say to you, he has more joy over it than over the ninety-nine which have not gone out of the way.


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

And with great power the Apostles gave witness of the coming back of the Lord Jesus from the dead; and grace was on them all.


rate difficulty: But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: because thy supplication is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

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


rate difficulty: Then singeth Israel this song, concerning the well--they have answered to it:

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


rate difficulty: And the plain unto the sea of Chinneroth eastward, and unto the sea of the plain (the salt sea) eastward, the way to Beth-Jeshimoth, and from the south under the springs of Pisgah.

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


simplify: Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:

Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, The prayer you have made to me against Sennacherib, king of Assyria, has come to my ears.


simplify: In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, and reigned nine years.

In the twelfth year of Ahaz, king of Judah, Hoshea, the son of Elah, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for nine years.


rate difficulty: Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon loveth Jehovah, to walk in the statutes of David his father--only, in high places he is sacrificing and making perfume--

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

Now Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were in the field, came to Gedaliah in Mizpah,


rate difficulty: And Job rose up, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshipped;


simplify: And he said unto them, So be Jehovah with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.

And he said to them, May the Lord be with you, if I will let you and your little ones go! take care, for your purpose clearly is evil.


rate difficulty: You, however, friends, are not in darkness, that the daylight should take you by surprise as if you were thieves.

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


simplify: And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loveth him.

And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father.


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

A blessing on that servant, who will be doing so when his lord comes.


simplify: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

if only you remain true to your faith, firm and immovable, never abandoning the hope held out in the good news to which you listened, which has been proclaimed among all created things under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.


simplify: In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.

They are to put to death the offering for wrongdoing in the same place as the burned offering; and the priest is to put the blood on and round the altar.


Do not make little of the words of the prophets;


simplify: For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

My prayer was for this child; and the Lord has given him to me in answer to my request:


simplify: And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that the tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king’s sons, and there is not one of them left.

Now while they were on their way, news was given to David that Absalom had put to death all the sons of the king and that not one of them was still living.


rate difficulty: In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

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


rate difficulty: From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

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


simplify: Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.

And when he had come to the end of measuring the inner house, he took me out to the doorway looking to the east, and took its measure all round.


simplify: And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

And Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed;


simplify: therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,

For this cause, I will let the side of Moab be uncovered, and his towns on every side, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon and as far as Kiriathaim.


simplify: Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

Ahiam, the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal, the son of Ur,


simplify: And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good to me, but of evil?


rate difficulty: And more than this, Absalom said, If only I was made judge in the land, so that every man who has any cause or question might come to me, and I would give a right decision for him!

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


simplify: to keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

Doing the orders of the Lord and keeping his laws which I give you this day for your good?


simplify: And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.

And after him, Elon the Zebulonite was judge of Israel; and he was judge of Israel for ten years.


simplify: And Peter answering saith to Jesus, `Rabbi, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three booths, for thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elijah one:'

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


simplify: And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal–berith their god.

And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith their god.


rate difficulty: One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

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


rate difficulty: He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

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


simplify: And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.


simplify: For thus saith Jehovah, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

For this is what the Lord has said: When seventy years are ended for Babylon, I will have pity on you and give effect to my good purpose for you, causing you to come back to this place.


simplify: Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.

So Hanun took David's servants, and cutting off their hair and the skirts of their robes up to the middle, sent them away.


rate difficulty: `Speak unto Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, and unto all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

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


rate difficulty: and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

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


simplify: And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.

And when news was given to me that a secret design was being made against the man, I sent him straight away to you, giving orders to those who are against him to make their statements before you.


rate difficulty: when he made known to us his hidden purpose. And it also accords with the goodwill which God purposed to exhibit in Christ,

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


simplify: so that we ourselves do glory in you in the assemblies of God, for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye bear;

So much is this the case that we ourselves speak with pride, before the churches of God, of the patience and faith which you have shown, in spite of all the persecutions and troubles that you are enduring.


rate difficulty: And Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.


simplify: And his hosts, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.

The number of his army was forty-one thousand, five hundred;


rate difficulty: And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

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


rate difficulty: Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that Jehovah will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

And it will be after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will have mercy on Tyre, and she will go back to her trade, acting as a loose woman with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.


simplify: And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.


rate difficulty: But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

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


rate difficulty: to kill me dost thou wish, as thou didst kill yesterday the Egyptian?

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass the same night, that the word of Jehovah came unto Nathan, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

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


simplify: Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.


rate difficulty: And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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


simplify: And he doeth great signs, that he should even make fire to come down out of heaven upon the earth in the sight of men.

And he does great signs, even making fire come down from heaven on the earth before the eyes of men.


simplify: He wrote also letters to rail on the Lord God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.

And he sent letters, in addition, to put shame on the Lord, the God of Israel, and to say evil against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not been able to keep their people safe from my hands, no more will the God of Hezekiah keep his people safe from my hands.


rate difficulty: And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not give ear to her.

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


rate difficulty: Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

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


simplify: I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

And I have sent you all my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them, saying, Come back, now, every man from his evil way, and do better, and go not after other gods to become their servants, and you will go on living in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but your ears have not been open, and you have not given attention to me.


simplify: And after they had spent some time there, they were dismissed in peace from the brethren unto those that had sent them forth.

And when they had been there for some time, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.


simplify: And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

And seeing their faith he said, Man, you have forgiveness for your sins.


rate difficulty: I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.

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


rate difficulty: And the men of the town went out and had a fight with Joab: and a number of David's men came to their death in the fight, and with them Uriah the Hittite.


simplify: And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.

Not one of them will keep his life, for I will send evil on the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.


simplify: Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

You may not say evil of the judges, or put a curse on the ruler of your people.


simplify: But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

But every woman who does so with her head unveiled, puts shame on her head: for it is the same as if her hair was cut off.


rate difficulty: With you the horse and the horseman will be broken; with you the war-carriage and he who goes in it will be broken;


simplify: But unto each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ.


simplify: And your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your whoredoms, until your dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness.

And your children will be wanderers in the waste land for forty years, undergoing punishment for your false ways, till your bodies become dust in the waste land.


simplify: and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.

Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.


simplify: and certain women, who were healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary who is called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone forth,

as well as some women who had been cured of wicked spirits and of infirmities. They were Mary, known as Mary of Magdala (from whom seven demons had been expelled),


rate difficulty: Why hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

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


simplify: They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

They took by force the women in Zion, the virgins in the towns of Judah.


simplify: Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,

And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas,


simplify: And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?

Then one of the councillors turned to me and said ‘Who are these who are robed in white? And where did they come from?’


rate difficulty: Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage thou him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

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


rate difficulty: And when the living beings went on, the wheels went by their side; and when the living beings were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

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


simplify: And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

We all fell to the ground, and then I heard a voice saying to me in Hebrew — ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? By kicking against the goad you are punishing yourself.’


rate difficulty: And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

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


rate difficulty: And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.

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


rate difficulty: Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, theGod of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh sent and got word that there was no loss of any of the cattle of Israel. But the heart of Pharaoh was hard and he did not let the people go.


rate difficulty: Who placed its measures--if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?


rate difficulty: Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.

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


simplify: And thou hast laid fast hold on me, which is a witness against me: And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face.

It has come up as a witness against me, and the wasting of my flesh makes answer to my face.


rate difficulty: And your food will be the fruit of your body, the flesh of the sons and daughters which the Lord your God has given you; because of your bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters.


rate difficulty: The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan,


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

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


simplify: Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about); and they went toward the Arabah.

Then an opening was made in the wall of the town, and all the men of war went in flight out of the town by night through the doorway between the two walls which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldaeans were stationed round the town:) and they went by the way of the Arabah.


simplify: He measured it on the four sides: it had a wall round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.

He took its measure on the four sides: and it had a wall all round, five hundred long and five hundred wide, separating what was holy from what was common.


rate difficulty: And Heshbon with its outskirts, and Jazer with its outskirts.

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


rate difficulty: What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

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


rate difficulty: (if thou keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thyGod, and to walk in his ways continually), then shalt thou add three cities more for thyself to these three,

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


rate difficulty: So Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, did not give ear to the order of the Lord that they were to go on living in the land of Judah.

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


simplify: And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:

And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;


simplify: And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.


simplify: Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

With the meal offering and the drink offerings for the ox, the male sheep, and the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered:


rate difficulty: As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have poured out my wrath upon you.

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


simplify: and that we may be delivered from the unreasonable and evil men, for the faith <FI>is<Fi> not of all;

and that we may be preserved from wrong-headed and wicked people — for it is not everyone who believes in Christ.


simplify: And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

And Joshua said to all the people, See now, this stone is to be a witness against us; for all the words of the Lord have been said to us in its hearing: so it will be a witness against you if you are false to the Lord your God.


rate difficulty: For if a woman be not covered, let her hair also be cut off. But if [it be] shameful to a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, let her be covered.

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


simplify: And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,

So, as they disagreed among themselves, they began to disperse, Paul adding only —   “True, indeed, was the declaration made by the Holy Spirit, through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors —


rate difficulty: For Jehovah hath dispossessed from before you great and strong nations; and as to you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.


rate difficulty: and she saith to them, `To the mountain go, lest the pursuers come upon you; and ye have been hidden there three days till the turning back of the pursuers, and afterwards ye go on your way.'

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


simplify: And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, that sittest above the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

And Hezekiah made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.


simplify: And Jesus answered him, and said, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? And the blind man said unto him, Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.

And Jesus said to him, What would you have me do to you? And the blind man said, Master, make me able to see.