simplify: When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

Hearing it, my inner parts were moved, and my lips were shaking at the sound; my bones became feeble, and my steps were uncertain under me: I gave sounds of grief in the day of trouble, when his forces came up against the people in bands.


simplify: and say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither let thy heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

And say to him, Take care and be quiet; have no fear, and do not let your heart be feeble, because of these two ends of smoking fire-wood, because of the bitter wrath of Rezin and Aram, and of the son of Remaliah.


simplify: This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

This will be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations who do not go up to keep the feast of tents.


simplify: and not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increaseth with the increase of God.

And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.


rate difficulty: Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.

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


simplify: And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.

And the angel who was talking to me came again, awaking me as a man out of his sleep.


rate difficulty: The greyhound; the he-goat also; And the king against whom there is no rising up.

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


simplify: And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

And the walls round Jerusalem were broken down by the Chaldaean army which was with the captain.


simplify: The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.


simplify: And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:

And Ahijah took his new robe in his hands, parting it violently into twelve.


simplify: Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

Your boasting is unseemly. Do not you know that even a little leaven leavens all the dough?


simplify: And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

while the rest, seizing his servants, ill-treated them and killed them.


rate difficulty: For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

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


rate difficulty: Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

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


rate difficulty: There have indeed gathered together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you has consecrated the Christ, not Herod and Pontius Pilate only, but the nations and the people of Israel besides —

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


simplify: They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.

Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.


simplify: And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.

And everything Samuel the prophet and Saul, the son of Kish, and Abner, the son of Ner, and Joab, the son of Zeruiah, had made holy; whatever anyone had given, it was under the care of Shelomoth and his brothers.


simplify: The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.


rate difficulty: And for the second side of the tabernacle, for the north side, he hath made twenty boards,

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


rate difficulty: And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.

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


rate difficulty: And of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him a hundred and sixty males.

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore? Because [it was] not on the principle of faith, but as of works. They have stumbled at the stumblingstone,

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


rate difficulty: And I saw, and lo, a white cloud, and upon the cloud <FI>one<Fi> sitting like to a son of man, having upon his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle;

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


simplify: We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Jehovah’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: He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

If any man sends others into prison, into prison he will go: if any man puts to death with the sword, with the sword will he be put to death. Here is the quiet strength and the faith of the saints.


rate difficulty: And the king of Assyria hearkened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried it captive to Kir, and put Rezin to death.


simplify: in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,


rate difficulty: and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river; and the border passed along to the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel;

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


rate difficulty: And the high priest, violently parting his robes, said, What more need have we of witnesses?


simplify: Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?

Give me now wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people: for who is able to be the judge of this great people of yours?


simplify: But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.

But God said to me, You are not to be the builder of a house for my name, because you are a man of war and have taken life;


simplify: And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand,

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, with the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.


rate difficulty: Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to [his] house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my allotment on fire?

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


rate difficulty: But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.

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


rate difficulty: Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea and came to their end in the water.


rate difficulty: And Aaron shall present the goat upon which the lot fell for Jehovah, and offer it [as] a sin-offering.

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


simplify: And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.

And the limit of the east part is the Jordan. This is the heritage of the children of Benjamin, marked out for their families by these limits on all sides.


rate difficulty: And now, give ear to the word of the Lord, all you whom I have sent away prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon.


simplify: Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

Their drink has become bitter; they are completely false; her rulers take pleasure in shame.


simplify: for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the Lord do upon the land.

For the Lord will execute his sentence on the world, fully and without delay.’


rate difficulty: There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against Jehovah.

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


simplify: And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

Who, indeed, is there to harm you, if you prove yourselves to be eager for what is good?


simplify: And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.

As they were going down the mountain side, Jesus gave them this warning — “Do not speak of this vision to anyone, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”


simplify: Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.

Now, at the feast, Pilate used to grant the people the release of any one prisoner whom they might ask for.


rate difficulty: And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their appearance in all the land

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


rate difficulty: O Lord, because of your servant, and from your heart, you have done all these great things and let them be seen.

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


rate difficulty: yet, within three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hath hanged thee on a tree, and the birds have eaten thy flesh from off thee.'

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

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


simplify: All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.

All these, under the direction of their father, made music in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments, for the worship of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the orders of the king.


simplify: or, `Who shall go down to the abyss,' that is, Christ out of the dead to bring up.

‘or “Who will go down into the depths below?”’ — which means to bring Christ up from the dead.


simplify: Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

Everyone, I tell you, who publicly acknowledges me, the Son of Man, also, will acknowledge before God’s angels;


rate difficulty: Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, And ye have said: `In what have we wearied Him?' In your saying: `Every evil-doer <FI>is<Fi> good in the eyes of Jehovah, And in them He is delighting,' Or, `Where <FI>is<Fi> the God of judgment?'

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


rate difficulty: Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God.

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


rate difficulty: And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

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


rate difficulty: For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, [that] Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison;

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


simplify: And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

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


simplify: But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.


simplify: even those that were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand and two hundred.

Who were numbered by families, were three thousand, two hundred.


simplify: I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

I said, Let me go up the palm-tree, and let me take its branches in my hands: your breasts will be as the fruit of the vine, and the smell of your breath like apples;


simplify: These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

These were the chiefs among the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz, Esau's first son: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,


rate difficulty: of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Sem, of Noe, of Lamech,

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


rate difficulty: The gold used for all the different work done for the holy place, the gold which was given, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Take to thee Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom <FI>is<Fi> the Spirit, and thou hast laid thine hand upon him,

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


rate difficulty: So death overtook Saul and his three sons; all his family came to an end together.


rate difficulty: In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

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


simplify: and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border thereof, unto the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.

And in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon, king of Heshbon, having Jordan for its limit, to the end of the sea of Chinnereth on the east side of Jordan.


rate difficulty: And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their food under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

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


rate difficulty: And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

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


rate difficulty: In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God said to him, Say what I am to give you.


simplify: Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.

Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.


rate difficulty: and there we saw the Nephilim, sons of Anak, of the Nephilim; and we are in our own eyes as grasshoppers; and so we were in their eyes.'


rate difficulty: `In my going up into the mount to receive the tables of stone (tables of the covenant which Jehovah hath made with you), and I abide in the mount forty days and forty nights; bread I have not eaten, and water I have not drunk;

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


simplify: And Beth–peor, and Ashdoth–pisgah, and Beth–jeshimoth,

And Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth;


simplify: Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: Hosah had thirteen sons and brothers.


simplify: And when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.

But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.


rate difficulty: Were there none to come back and praise God except this foreigner?

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


simplify: Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast.


rate difficulty: Your feasts will be turned into sorrow and all your melody into songs of grief; everyone will be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head will be cut; I will make the weeping like that for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.


simplify: Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat Jehovah, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto Jehovah.

Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said, Make prayer to the Lord that he will take away these frogs from me and my people; and I will let the people go and make their offering to the Lord.


simplify: because even if I made you sorry in the letter, I do not repent--if even I did repent--for I perceive that the letter, even if for an hour, did make you sorry.

For, though I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Even if I were inclined to regret it — for I see that my letter did cause you sorrow though only for a time —


simplify: Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:

Now, let them give us two oxen; and let them take one for themselves, and have it cut up, and put it on the wood, but put no fire under it; I will get the other ox ready, and put it on the wood, and put no fire under it.


simplify: A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes.


rate difficulty: And he said to them: “Which of you, finding that your son or your ox has fallen into a well, will not immediately pull them out on the Sabbath day?”

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; forasmuch as Jehovah delivered thee into my hand to-day, and I would not put forth my hand against Jehovah’s anointed.

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


simplify: And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.

And if a son of peace is there, your peace will be with him: but if not, it will come back to you again.


rate difficulty: So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.

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


rate difficulty: But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,


simplify: For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

For the Jews who were in Shushan came together again on the fourteenth day of the month Adar and put to death three hundred men in Shushan; but they put not a hand on their goods.


simplify: But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.

Then when the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord, he gave them a saviour, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man; and the children of Israel sent an offering by him to Eglon, king of Moab.


simplify: And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord.

Then Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold given by the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and took it into the Tent of meeting, to be a sign in memory of the children of Israel before the Lord.


rate difficulty: and one prince--one prince--for a tribe ye do take to give the land by inheritance.

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


simplify: Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;


rate difficulty: Jehovah will smite thee in the knees and in the legs with evil ulcers, whereof thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

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


simplify: And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.


rate difficulty: And Elisha prayed and said, Jehovah, I pray thee, open his eyes that he may see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw; and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

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


rate difficulty: because mine eyes did see Thy salvation,

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


simplify: Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.


rate difficulty: seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them;

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


simplify: So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees.


simplify: And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,

And Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal was the father of Obed,


simplify: And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: andas she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.

Then Jeroboam's wife got up and went away and came to Tirzah; and when she came to the doorway of the house, death came to the child.


simplify: But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.


rate difficulty: After him was Shammah, the son of Ela the Hararite. And the Philistines came together in Lehi, where there was a bit of land full of seed; and the people went in flight from the Philistines.

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


simplify: giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

Never return injury for injury. Aim at doing what everyone will recognize as honorable.


rate difficulty: `And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;


rate difficulty: The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.


rate difficulty: These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the Lord hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

Then he said to them, I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to go out and come in: and the Lord has said to me, You are not to go over Jordan.


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

And I saw three foul spirits, like frogs, come from the mouth of the Dragon and from the mouth of the Beast and from the mouth of the false prophet.


rate difficulty: Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

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


simplify: He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

And Jesus told them this parable — “A man, who had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, came to look for fruit on it, but could not find any.


rate difficulty: And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;


simplify: Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.

Then the ruler's armed men took Jesus into the open square, and got all their band together.


simplify: And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.


simplify: For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

It is true that circumcision is of use if you keep the law, but if you go against the law it is as if you had it not.


rate difficulty: And Saul said, Go about among the people and say to them, Let every man come here to me with his ox and his sheep, and put them to death here, and take his meal: do no sin against the Lord by taking the blood with the flesh. So all the people took their oxen with them that night and put them to death there.

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


rate difficulty: Your land will be full of olive-trees, but there will be no oil for the comfort of your body; for your olive-tree will give no fruit.


simplify: for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed,

For I will not dare to speak of anything but what Christ has done through me to win the obedience of the Gentiles —


simplify: And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

And he took me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and let me see the holy town Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,


rate difficulty: And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.

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rate difficulty: I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.


simplify: Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

As they continued their journey, Jesus came to a village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him to her house.


simplify: For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;

All who, when they sin, are without law will also perish without law; while all who, when they sin, are under law, will be judged as being under law.


rate difficulty: And he took him by his right hand, lifting him up; and straight away his feet and the bones of his legs became strong,

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simplify: Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the Lord, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

So get up now, and go out and say some kind words to your servants; for, by the Lord, I give you my oath, that if you do not go out, not one of them will keep with you tonight; and that will be worse for you than all the evil which has overtaken you from your earliest years.


rate difficulty: and Uriah cometh unto him, and David asketh of the prosperity of Joab, and of the prosperity of the people, and of the prosperity of the war.

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simplify: The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

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simplify: that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.


simplify: And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?


rate difficulty: And the king saith to him, `Why dost thou speak any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba--share ye the field.'

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simplify: Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;

See, the day is coming, says the Lord, when I will send punishment on all those who have circumcision in the flesh;


rate difficulty: Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.


simplify: For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,


simplify: This thing is not good that thou hast done. As Jehovah liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept watch over your lord, Jehovah’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.

What you have done is not good. By the living Lord, death is the right fate for you, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil. Now see, where is the king's spear, and the vessel of water which was by his head?


simplify: And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

At the feasts and the fixed meetings the meal offerings are to be an ephah for an ox, and an ephah for a male sheep, and for the lambs whatever he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.


simplify: Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.


simplify: And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.

And no one puts new wine into old wine-skins; for, if they do, the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine itself will run out, and the skins be lost.


rate difficulty: And say to him, These are the words of the Lord of armies: See, the man whose name is the Branch, under whom there will be fertile growth.


simplify: Now when they heardthis, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?

Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?


simplify: having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,


rate difficulty: This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.

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rate difficulty: Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king.

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rate difficulty: Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

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simplify: and Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

And Moza was the father of Binea; and Rephaiah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.


rate difficulty: Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.


simplify: Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

Are not five sparrows given in exchange for two farthings? and God has every one of them in mind.


rate difficulty: And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;

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simplify: And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the clefts of the rocks, and upon all thorn-hedges, and upon all pastures.

And they will come, covering all the waste valleys, and the holes of the rocks, and the thorns, and all the watering-places.


simplify: And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.


rate difficulty: for true and righteous [are] his judgments; for he has judged the great harlot which corrupted the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his bondmen at her hand.

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simplify: receive him, therefore, in the Lord, with all joy, and hold such in honour,

Give him, then, the heartiest of Christian welcomes, and hold such people in great honor.


rate difficulty: Still, so we don't offend them, go and throw a line into the Sea; take the first fish that rises, open its mouth, and you will find in it a piece of money. Take that, and give it to the collectors for both of us.”

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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 he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.

and he called one of the servants and asked what it all meant.


simplify: For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

For though we may be living in the flesh, we are not fighting after the way of the flesh


simplify: but treasure up to yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth disfigure, and where thieves do not break through nor steal,

But store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal.


rate difficulty: And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

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rate difficulty: Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.

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simplify: And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.


simplify: And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

And Israel and Absalom put up their tents in the land of Gilead.


rate difficulty: So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.

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rate difficulty: And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah, He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey, and he shall live.

These are the words of the Lord: Whoever goes on living in this town will come to his death by the sword or through need of food or by disease: but whoever goes out to the Chaldaeans will keep his life out of the power of the attackers and be safe.


rate difficulty: But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

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rate difficulty: when they may now cast forth, having seen, of yourselves ye know that now is the summer nigh;

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rate difficulty: And Jehovah uncovereth the eyes of Balaam, and he seeth the messenger of Jehovah standing in the way, and his drawn sword in his hand, and he boweth and doth obeisance, to his face;

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rate difficulty: If I have taken its produce without payment, causing the death of its owners;


simplify: this Ezra went up from Babylon. And he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.

This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a scribe, expert in the law of Moses which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given: and the king, moved by the Lord his God, gave him whatever he made request for.


rate difficulty: Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.


simplify: I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

My desire, then, is that it should be the custom everywhere for the men to lead the prayers, with hands reverently uplifted, avoiding heated controversy.


simplify: But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.

Whatever may come of it, he said, I will go. Then he said to him, Go. So Ahimaaz went running by the lowland road and overtook the Cushite.


rate difficulty: And the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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rate difficulty: saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

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simplify: For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.

For the king has knowledge of these things, to whom I am talking freely; being certain that all this is common knowledge to him; for it has not been done in secret.


simplify: And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.

And they put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes, and then they put out his eyes, and chaining him with iron bands, took him to Babylon.


simplify: The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.

The smallest of their families will become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I, the Lord, will make it come quickly in its time.


simplify: Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

From Merari come the Mahlites and the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.


simplify: For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

I am jealous over you with the jealousy of God. For I engaged you to one husband so that I might present you to the Christ a pure bride.


rate difficulty: And certain of you were these! but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

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simplify: And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

And put your honour on him, so that all the children of Israel may be under his authority.


rate difficulty: All that pass by clap their hands at thee; They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?


rate difficulty: And the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it; but Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed among the people, It is enough: withdraw now thine hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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simplify: And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

That day they overcame the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were feeble from need of food.


simplify: And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.

And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, to whose voice I am to give ear and let Israel go? I have no knowledge of the Lord and I will not let Israel go.


rate difficulty: If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked.

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


rate difficulty: And you will be named happy by all nations: for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of armies.

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simplify: This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made an agreement with all the people in Jerusalem, to give news in public that servants were to be made free;


simplify: Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.


rate difficulty: The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.


simplify: Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the words which the Lord had said by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, and he made a public statement and had it given out through all his kingdom and put in writing, saying,


simplify: And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp:

And a son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel and had a fight with a man of Israel by the tents;


simplify: one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there was but one hope set before you when you received your call.


rate difficulty: All those things which were used as offerings to take away sin, and to make them holy to be priests, they may have for food: but no one who is not a priest may have them, for they are holy food.

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rate difficulty: and seeing the smoke from the burning city, cried — ‘What city can compare with the Great city?’

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simplify: Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

Then his brothers and his father's people came down and took him up and put his body to rest in the earth between Zorah and Eshtaol in the resting-place of Manoah his father. And he had been judge of Israel for twenty years.


simplify: As is the sin-offering, so is the trespass-offering; there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith, he shall have it.

As is the sin-offering, so is the offering for wrongdoing; there is one law for them: the priest who makes the offering to take away sin, he is to have it.


rate difficulty: `Happy the poor in spirit--because theirs is the reign of the heavens.


simplify: And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems; and he hath a name written which no one knoweth but he himself.

And his eyes are a flame of fire, and crowns are on his head; and he has a name in writing, of which no man has knowledge but himself.


simplify: And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this.

Then Amaziah said to the man of God, But what is to be done about the hundred talents which I have given for the armed band of Israel? And the man of God in answer said, God is able to give you much more than this.


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

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,


rate difficulty: and Jonathan son of Saul delighted exceedingly in David, and Jonathan declareth to David, saying, `Saul my father is seeking to put thee to death, and, now, take heed, I pray thee, in the morning, and thou hast abode in a secret place, and been hidden,

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simplify: Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;

For this cause, O keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord:


simplify: tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?'

Tell us, then, what you think. Are we right in paying taxes to the Emperor, or not?”


simplify: And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.

The followers there had heard about us, and came out as far as the Market of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. At sight of them Paul thanked God and was much cheered.


rate difficulty: And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.

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rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I [am] Jehovah, the maker of all things; who alone stretched out the heavens, who did spread forth the earth by myself;

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rate difficulty: And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

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rate difficulty: O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

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rate difficulty: The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

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simplify: And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

And Saul said, Give ear now, O son of Ahitub. And answering he said, Here I am, my lord.


rate difficulty: who say, It is not the time to build houses: this is the cauldron, and we are the flesh.


simplify: And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother;


simplify: The Lord hath set at nought all my mighty men in the midst of me; He hath called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men: The Lord hath trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.

The Lord has made sport of all my men of war in me, he has got men together against me to send destruction on my young men: the virgin daughter of Judah has been crushed like grapes under the feet of the Lord.


simplify: O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.

My weeping for you, O vine of Sibmah, will be more than the weeping of Jazer: your branches have gone over the sea, stretching even to Jazer: destruction has come down on your summer fruits and your cut grapes.


rate difficulty: These have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and it hath not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood,

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simplify: And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.

Now the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Now, give me an account of all the great things Elisha has done.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

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simplify: Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

Have I not put in writing for you thirty sayings, with wise suggestions and knowledge,


rate difficulty: Even if you should suffer for righteousness, count yourselves blessed! ‘Do not let people terrify you, or allow yourselves to be dismayed.’

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rate difficulty: Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the Lord in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

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


rate difficulty: Now to the King of the ages, [the] incorruptible, invisible, onlyGod, honour and glory to the ages of ages. Amen.


simplify: Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

Keep in mind the law of Moses, my servant, which I gave him in Horeb for all Israel, even the rules and the decisions.


simplify: For many are called, but few are chosen.


rate difficulty: And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go according to her desire; but thou shalt in no wise sell her for money; thou shalt not treat her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her.

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simplify: Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah:

And over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer, the son of Zichri; of the Simeonites, Shephatiah, the son of Maacah;


simplify: And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.

And there were windows in it and in the covered way all round: it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.


simplify: Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.

For this cause I am full of bitter grief; pains like the pains of a woman in childbirth have come on me: I am bent down with sorrow at what comes to my ears; I am shocked by what I see.


simplify: And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

And twelve lions were placed on the one side and on the other side on the six steps: there was nothing like it in any kingdom.


simplify: And before the coming of the faith, under law we were being kept, shut up to the faith about to be revealed,

Before the coming of faith, we were kept under the guard of the law, in bondage, awaiting the faith that was destined to be revealed.


simplify: The Lord’s voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

The voice of the Lord is crying out to the town: Give ear, you tribes and the meeting of the town.


rate difficulty: that saying ye yourselves know, which was published throughout all Judæa, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;

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rate difficulty: as it is taken off from the ox of the sacrifice of peace-offering; and the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt-offering.

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rate difficulty: But the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:

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rate difficulty: And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

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rate difficulty: Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.

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rate difficulty: Ethiopia was her strength, and Egypt, and it was infinite; Phut and the Libyans were her helpers.

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


simplify: And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons;

So that day he took all the he-goats which were banded or coloured, and all the she-goats which were marked or coloured or had white marks, and all the black sheep, and gave them into the care of his sons;


simplify: And when he was minded to pass over into Achaia, the brethren encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him: and when he was come, he helped them much that had believed through grace;

And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:


simplify: And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

And hearing what he said, they were glad, and gave him their word to make him a payment of money. And he took thought how he might best give him up to them.


simplify: And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.


simplify: And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

And he put James, the brother of John, to death with the sword.


simplify: And Jesus answering said, teaching in the temple, `How say the scribes that the Christ is son of David?

While Jesus was teaching in the Temple Courts, he asked: “How is it that the teachers of the law say that the Christ is to be David’s son?


simplify: Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.

Then the king said to Ziba, Truly everything which was Mephibosheth's is yours. And Ziba said, I give honour to my lord, may I have grace in your eyes, my lord, O king!


rate difficulty: And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly keep you in mind; and you are to take my bones away with you.


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

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simplify: Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold.

And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt speak all that I command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

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


rate difficulty: And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and get on his carriage.

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


simplify: And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.

And the king of Assyria sent the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a strong force, and he took up his position by the stream of the higher pool, by the highway of the washerman's


simplify: And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself, and for his house.

And Aaron is to give the ox of the sin-offering for himself, to make himself and his house free from sin.


rate difficulty: And I will take the last of Judah, whose minds are fixed on going into the land of Egypt and stopping there, and they will all come to their end, falling in the land of Egypt by the sword and by being short of food and by disease; death will overtake them, from the least to the greatest, death by the sword and by need of food: they will become an oath and a cause of wonder and a curse and a name of shame.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to Moses,


simplify: The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

The God of our fathers gave Jesus back to life, whom you had put to death, hanging him on a tree.


rate difficulty: And out of the Nile came seven cows, good-looking and fat, and their food was the river-grass.

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


simplify: Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

Now it came about in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I was by the river Chebar among those who had been made prisoners, that the heavens were made open and I saw visions of God.


simplify: These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

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


simplify: And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

And the king said, Let the living child be cut in two and one half given to one woman and one to the other.


simplify: And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

And Azariah was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub,


simplify: But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

But the high places were not taken away; the people went on making offerings and burning them in the high places.


rate difficulty: and thou, and thy sons with thee, do keep your priesthood, for everything of the altar, and within the vail, and ye have served; a service of gift I make your priesthood; and the stranger who is coming near is put to death.'

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


rate difficulty: My skin hath been black upon me, And my bone hath burned from heat,

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


rate difficulty: Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath Jehovah answered thee? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?

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


rate difficulty: Since Jews indeed ask for signs, and Greeks seek wisdom;

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


simplify: Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, because you have made my holy place unclean with all your hated things and all your disgusting ways, you will become disgusting to me; my eye will have no mercy and I will have no pity.


simplify: I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I have made the stench of your camp to come up even into your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

I have sent disease among you, as it was in Egypt: I have put your young men to the sword, and have taken away your horses; I have made the evil smell from your tents come up to your noses: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.


simplify: Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the scriptures.

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings.


simplify: Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

Look at our ancestor, Abraham. Was not it the result of his actions that he was pronounced righteous after he had offered his son, Isaac, on the altar?


simplify: And when he was gone up, and had broken the bread, and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.

And when he had gone up, and had taken the broken bread, he went on talking to them for a long time, even till dawn, and then he went away.


simplify: The legs of the lame hang loose; So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.


rate difficulty: You should, however, speak of such subjects as properly have a place in sound Christian teaching.

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simplify: But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.

But if you do not give ear to these words, I give you my oath by myself, says the Lord, that this house will become a waste.


simplify: And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.


simplify: But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

But there the Lord will be with us in his glory, ... wide rivers and streams; where no boat will go with blades, and no fair ship will be sailing.


rate difficulty: a bell of gold and a pomegranate, a bell of gold and a pomegranate <FI>are<Fi> on the hems of the upper robe round about.

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


rate difficulty: And they brought up the ark of the Lord, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.

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


simplify: So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;


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

And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation.


rate difficulty: But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

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


simplify: And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

And David said to God, Was it not I who gave the order for the people to be numbered? It is I who have done the sin and the great wrong; but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand, O Lord God, be lifted up against me and against my family, but not against your people to send disease on them.


simplify: And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.

And Jesus gave a loud cry, and gave up his spirit.


rate difficulty: from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered into the labour, for service in the tent of meeting,

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


simplify: He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.


rate difficulty: Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.

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


simplify: And we have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the gospel is spread through all the churches;

And with him we have sent a brother whose praise in the good news has gone through all the churches;


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;

This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will be the saviour of my people from the east country, and from the west country;


rate difficulty: And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the Lord. And the people did yet corruptly.

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


simplify: But lighting upon a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the foreship struck and remained unmoveable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.

And coming to a point between two seas, they got the ship to land; and the front part was fixed in the sand and not able to be moved, but the back part was broken by the force of the waves.


simplify: for which also we do pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and may fulfil all the good pleasure of goodness, and the work of the faith in power,

With this in view, our constant prayer for you is that our God may count you worthy of the call that you have received, and by his power make perfect your delight in all goodness and the efforts that have resulted from your faith.


simplify: In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the towns of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.


rate difficulty: 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.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho, saying,

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


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

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


simplify: Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.


simplify: to reveal His Son in me, that I might proclaim him good news among the nations, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,

saw fit to reveal his Son in me, so that I might tell the good news of him among the Gentiles, then at once, instead of consulting any human being,


simplify: These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, the holy days of worship which you will keep at their regular times.


simplify: He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,


simplify: And he, having risen, took the child and his mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,

Joseph woke up, and taking the child and his mother by night, went into Egypt,


rate difficulty: And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

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


rate difficulty: And with this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written:

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


simplify: But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all.

But if anyone has been a cause of sorrow, he has been so, not to me only, but in some measure to all of you (I say this that I may not be over-hard on you).


simplify: And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:

And while they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man will be given up into the hands of men;


rate difficulty: Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you,

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


simplify: And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.

and — if you are ready to accept it — John is himself the Elijah who was destined to come.


simplify: For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

because the good news that we brought came home to you, not merely as so many words, but with a power and a fulness of conviction due to the Holy Spirit. For you know the life that we lived among you for your good.


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

For in Judah there were a number of people who had made an agreement by oath with him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken as his wife the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.


simplify: Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.


rate difficulty: All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not: for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased.

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


simplify: that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,


rate difficulty: And it will be in that day that the Lord will make a piping sound for the fly which is in the end of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of Assyria.

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


simplify: And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?


simplify: The Lord shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

The Lord gave me a vision, and I saw two baskets full of figs put in front of the Temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, had taken prisoner Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the chiefs of Judah, and the expert workmen and metal-workers from Jerusalem, and had taken them to Babylon.


simplify: Having called them in, therefore, he lodged them, and on the morrow Peter went forth with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa went with him,

So Peter invited them in and entertained them.   The next day he lost no time in setting out with them, accompanied by some of the Lord's followers from Jaffa;


simplify: And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

When Simon saw that it was through the placing of the apostles’ hands on them that the Spirit was given, he brought them a sum of money and said:


rate difficulty: But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,

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


rate difficulty: And they have been to Me, said Jehovah of Hosts, In the day that I am appointing--a peculiar treasure, And I have had pity on them, As one hath pity on his son who is serving him.

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


simplify: And Elijah said unto him, Tarry here, I pray thee; for Jehovah hath sent me to the Jordan. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.

Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jordan. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on together.


simplify: and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;

And Elizabeth, your cousin, is herself also expecting a son in her old age; and it is now the sixth month with her, though she is called barren;


rate difficulty: Jesus, however, called the ten to him, and said: “The rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them as you know, and their high officials oppress them.

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


simplify: And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

When the teachers of the law belonging to the party of the Pharisees saw that he was eating in the company of such people, they said to his disciples: “He is eating in the company of tax-gatherers and outcasts!”


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

And they put shame on him, and gave him blows on the head with the rod.


simplify: To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.


rate difficulty: And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,


simplify: salute Tryphaena, and Tryphosa, who are labouring in the Lord; salute Persis, the beloved, who did labour much in the Lord.

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;


rate difficulty: And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of Jehovah, that I die not,

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simplify: The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.

And the king said to Shimei, You have knowledge of all the evil which you did to David my father; and now the Lord has sent back your evil on yourself.


simplify: And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armorbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armorbearer, Come up after me; for Jehovah hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.

And the armed men of the force gave Jonathan and his servant their answer, saying, Come up here to us, and we will let you see something. Then Jonathan said to his servant, Come up after me: for the Lord has given them up into the hands of Israel.


simplify: So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

Therefore neither the one who plants, nor the one who waters, counts for anything, but only God who causes the growth.


simplify: And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

This is what the Lord has said to these bones: See, I will make breath come into you so that you may come to life;


simplify: But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

But Nineveh is like a pool of water whose waters are flowing away; Keep your place, they say; but no one is turning back.


simplify: And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.

And the servants of Amon made a secret design against him, and put the king to death in his house.


rate difficulty: but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;

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


simplify: Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.


simplify: If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again.


simplify: Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

I will come quickly. Hold to what you have received so that no one may take your crown.


rate difficulty: And if it were so that the cloud was there from the evening until the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed; or a day and a night, and the cloud was taken up, they journeyed;

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


simplify: And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them:

Then the angel of God, who had been before the tents of Israel, took his place at their back; and the pillar of cloud, moving from before them, came to rest at their back:


simplify: So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Jehovah had said he would destroy you.

So I went down on my face in prayer before the Lord for forty days and forty nights as I did at first; because the Lord had said that he would put an end to you.


rate difficulty: Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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simplify: He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.

I am broken down by him on every side, and I am gone; my hope is uprooted like a tree.


simplify: Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.

got these men together, as well as the workmen engaged in similar occupations, and said:   “Men, you know that our prosperity depends on this work,


simplify: And to him they agreed, and having called near the apostles, having beaten <FI>them<Fi> , they commanded <FI>them<Fi> not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go;

The Council followed his advice, and, calling the apostles in, had them flogged, and then, after cautioning them not to speak in the name of Jesus, set them free.


simplify: Therefore Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.

For this cause the Lord took away from Israel head and tail, high and low, in one day.


simplify: Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothing parted as a sign of grief, and gave him an account of what the Rab-shakeh had said.


simplify: And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

Then she said, Here is my servant Bilhah, go in to her, so that she may have a child on my knees, and I may have a family by her.


rate difficulty: Make bright the arrows; take up the body-covers: the Lord has been moving the spirit of the king of the Medes; because his design against Babylon is its destruction: for it is the punishment from the Lord, the payment for his Temple.

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


rate difficulty: And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

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


simplify: Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.


simplify: wherefore, I call upon you to confirm love to him,

So I entreat you to assure him of your love.


simplify: And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.

And Solomon put twelve overseers over all Israel, to be responsible for the stores needed for the king and those of his house; every man was responsible for one month in the year.


rate difficulty: `And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare--to whom shall they be?

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


rate difficulty: And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, save Jesus only.


rate difficulty: For they that bear witness are three:


rate difficulty: I have overturned among you, Like the overturn by God of Sodom and Gomorrah, And ye are as a brand delivered from a burning, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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


simplify: Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.

That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.


rate difficulty: Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

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


simplify: And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

And how is anyone to proclaim him unless they are sent as his messengers? As scripture says — ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!’


simplify: For Moses from generations of old hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.

For Moses, from times long past, has his preachers in every town, reading his law in the Synagogues every Sabbath.


simplify: But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah came upon him.

But now, get me a player of music, and it will come about that while the man is playing, the hand of the Lord will come on me and I will give you the word of the Lord: and they got a player of music, and while the man was playing, the hand of the Lord was on him.


simplify: Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,

Of the priests: Jedaiah, the son of Joiarib, Jachin,


simplify: And Jeshua begat Joiakim, and Joiakim begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

And Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib was the father of Joiada,


simplify: And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.

And he who takes up the dust of the burned cow is to have his clothing washed with water and be unclean till evening: this is to be a law for ever, for the children of Israel as well as for the man from another country who is living among them.


simplify: And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

and her neighbors and relations, hearing of the great goodness of the Lord to her, came to share her joy.


rate difficulty: His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.


simplify: And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

And David had the people who were with him numbered, and he put over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And when I arrive, whomsoever ye shall approve, them will I send with letters to carry your bounty unto Jerusalem:

And when I come, I will send the men of your selection with letters to take the money you have got together to Jerusalem.


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

And if a bad place has come out on the skin and is well again,


simplify: And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

And the town will have a free space on the north of two hundred and fifty, on the south of two hundred and fifty, on the east of two hundred and fifty, and on the west of two hundred and fifty.


rate difficulty: yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable toGod by Jesus Christ.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Salute Ampliatus my beloved in the Lord.

Give my love to Ampliatus, who is dear to me in the Lord,


rate difficulty: Son of man, write thee the name of the day, of this selfsame day: on this selfsame day the king of Babylon draws near to Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: The Lord will send disease on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will let their secret parts be seen.

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


rate difficulty: But the people were silent and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not.

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


rate difficulty: And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and of fine form, and they fed in the reed-grass.

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


rate difficulty: And over the tribes of Israel: Of the Reubenite, a leader <FI>is<Fi> Eliezer son of Zichri; of the Simeonite, Shephatiah son of Maachah;

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


simplify: The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.


rate difficulty: And the spirit of God came on Azariah, the son of Oded;


simplify: If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

What father among you, if his son asks him for a fish, will give him a snake instead,