simplify: Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord, saying,

Now after I had given the paper to Baruch, the son of Neriah, I made my prayer to the Lord, saying,


rate difficulty: The hand ofGod was also upon Judah to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.


rate difficulty: It is thy destruction, O Israel, that thou art against me, against thy help.

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


simplify: for gladly do ye bear with the fools--being wise,

For all your cleverness, you tolerate fools willingly enough!


rate difficulty: And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

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


rate difficulty: and thou seest among the captives a woman of beautiful form, and hast a desire unto her, and takest her as thy wife;

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, for Jehovah has said to him, Curse David! Who shall then say, Why dost thou so?

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


simplify: And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.

And he said to them, When you go into the town you will see a man coming to you with a vessel of water; go after him into the house into which he goes.


rate difficulty: And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device which he had devised against the Jews.

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


simplify: And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,

And they were full of wonder at the great power of God. But while they were all wondering at all the things which he did, he said to his disciples,


simplify: And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

And Holon with its grass-lands, and Debir with its grass-lands;


simplify: Now the pit wherein Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain, by the side of Gedaliah (the same was that which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel), Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.

Now the hole into which Ishmael had put the dead bodies of the men whom he had put to death, was the great hole which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha, king of Israel: and Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, made it full of the bodies of those who had been put to death.


rate difficulty: whilst they see vanity for thee, whilst they divine a lie unto thee, to lay thee upon the necks of the wicked that are slain, whose day is come at the time of the iniquity of the end.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.

But the people, the men of Israel, taking heart again, put their forces in order and took up the same position as on the first day.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: and amazement came upon all, and they were speaking together, with one another, saying, `What <FI>is<Fi> this word, that with authority and power he doth command the unclean spirits, and they come forth?'

And they were all lost in amazement, and kept saying to one another: “What words are these? For he gives his commands to the foul spirits with a marvelous authority, and they come out.”


rate difficulty: And Joseph and his mother were wondering at the things spoken concerning him,

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


rate difficulty: It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.

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


rate difficulty: For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume its boughs.

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


simplify: Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord.

But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua, the son of Nun: because they have been true to the Lord.


simplify: The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.

The twenty-third Delaiah, the twenty-fourth Maaziah.


rate difficulty: Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

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


simplify: And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.

So Jesus went with him. A great number of people followed Jesus, and kept pressing around him.


simplify: Eat not of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof.

Do not take it uncooked or cooked with boiling water, but let it be cooked in the oven; its head with its legs and its inside parts.


simplify: A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.

A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.


rate difficulty: Salute Mary, who did labour much for us;

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


simplify: For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.

For by the slope of Luhith they will go up, weeping all the way; for on the way down to Horonaim the cry of destruction has come to their ears.


simplify: and into whatever house ye do enter, first say, Peace to this house;

Whatever house you go to stay at, begin by praying for a blessing on it.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass the next day that an evil spirit fromGod came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house, but David played with his hand, as on other days; and the spear was in Saul's hand.


simplify: Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah bindeth up the hurt of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

And the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times greater, as the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord puts oil on the wounds of his people, and makes them well from the blows they have undergone.


simplify: Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls; and this work goeth on with diligence and prospereth in their hands.

This is to give the king word that we went into the land of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is made of great stones, and has its walls supported with wood, and the work is going on with industry, and they are doing it well.


rate difficulty: Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

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


simplify: As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

And at dawn the men, with their asses, were sent away.


rate difficulty: Mizpah also, for he said, `Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another;

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


simplify: From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds.


simplify: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.


simplify: These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

These were of the offspring of the Rephaim in Gath; they came to their death by the hands of David and his servants.


rate difficulty: But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.

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


simplify: And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them.

And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great mass of people about them, and scribes questioning them.


simplify: And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.


simplify: But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.

But the word of the prophet gives men knowledge and comfort and strength.


simplify: I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.

But I could wish to be with you now and speak in a different tone, for I am perplexed about you.


rate difficulty: And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

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


rate difficulty: A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.

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


rate difficulty: When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

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


rate difficulty: And the people have come up out of the Jordan on the tenth of the first month, and encamp in Gilgal, in the extremity east of Jericho;

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


simplify: For the wave-breast and the heave-thigh have I taken of the children of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons as their portion for ever from the children of Israel.

For the breast which is waved and the right leg which is lifted up on high I have taken from the children of Israel, from their peace-offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their right for ever from the children of Israel.


simplify: Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

Now this man was named Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail: she was a woman of good sense and pleasing looks: but the man was cruel and evil in his ways; he was of the family of Caleb.


rate difficulty: Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imla.


rate difficulty: And [part] of them had the charge of the instruments of service, for by number they brought them in and by number they brought them out.

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


rate difficulty: Verily I say unto you, There are some of those standing here that shall not taste of death at all until they shall have seen the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

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


rate difficulty: And the heads of the hundreds do according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and take each his men going in on the sabbath, with those going out on the sabbath, and come in unto Jehoiada the priest,

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: and fined him a hundred silverlings, and given to the father of the damsel, because he hath brought out an evil name on a virgin of Israel, and she is to him for a wife, he is not able to send her away all his days.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.

You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord.


simplify: Forthwith therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God, to hear all things that have been commanded thee of the Lord.

So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.


simplify: And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

And you will take with you into the ark two of every sort of living thing, and keep them safe with you; they will be male and female.


rate difficulty: Lo, days <FI>are coming<Fi> , an affirmation of Jehovah, And the city hath been built to Jehovah, From the tower of Hananeel to the gate of the corner.

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


rate difficulty: According to all the deeds that they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, in that they have forsaken me and served othergods, so do they also unto thee.

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


simplify: And it came to pass in Iconium, that they did enter together into the synagogue of the Jews, and spake, so that there believed both of Jews and Greeks a great multitude;

The same thing occurred in Iconium, where Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue, and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed in Christ.


rate difficulty: and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are on the earth.

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


rate difficulty: And I bring up the heads of Judah upon the wall, and appoint two great thanksgiving companies and processions. At the right, on the wall, to the dung-gate;

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


simplify: Now there were some present at that very season who told him of the Galilæans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Now some people who were there at that time, gave him an account of how the blood of some Galilaeans had been mixed by Pilate with their offerings.


simplify: He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.


simplify: And Jehovah sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth from his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

And the Lord sent an angel who put to death all the men of war and the chiefs and the captains in the army of the king of Assyria. So he went back to his country in shame. And when he came into the house of his god, his sons, the offspring of his body, put him to death there with the sword.


rate difficulty: So David went up, as Gad had said and as the Lord had given orders.


rate difficulty: For this is the Lord’s command to us —  ‘I have destined you for a light to the Gentiles, A means of salvation to the ends of the earth’.”

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


rate difficulty: Straight away I was in the Spirit: and I saw a high seat in heaven, and one was seated on it;

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


simplify: Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

Think what love the Father has shown us in allowing us to be called ‘children of God’; as indeed we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it has not learned to know him.


simplify: And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent asunder, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him:

And straight away, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens broken open and the Spirit coming down on him as a dove:


rate difficulty: The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh said to him, Go away from me, take care that you come not again before me; for the day when you see my face again will be your last.


rate difficulty: Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

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


simplify: So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

So the priests and the Levites and the people and the music-makers and the door-keepers and the Nethinim, took up their places in their towns; even all Israel in their towns.


simplify: Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananel.

Then Eliashib, the chief priest, got up with his brothers the priests, and took in hand the building of the sheep doorway; they made it holy and put its doors in position; as far as the tower of Hammeah they made it holy, even to the tower of Hananel.


simplify: And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,


simplify: He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.


simplify: (The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);

The traveller did not take his night's rest in the street, and my doors were open to anyone on a journey;


rate difficulty: From the noise of their fall hath the earth shaken, The cry--at the sea of Suph is its voice heard.

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


rate difficulty: And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.

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


rate difficulty: what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'


rate difficulty: His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;


rate difficulty: And he brought into the house ofGod the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

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


simplify: My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

My loved one is mine, and I am his: he takes his food among the flowers.


simplify: For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.


rate difficulty: And Jesus answered him, [The] first commandment of all [is], Hear, Israel: the Lord ourGod is one Lord;

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


simplify: Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

That is why the wisdom of God said — “I will send to them prophets and apostles,


rate difficulty: So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

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


simplify: But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.

But Festus, in answer, said that Paul was being kept in prison at Caesarea, and that in a short time he himself was going there.


simplify: See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

See, this day I have put you over the nations and over the kingdoms, for uprooting and smashing down, for destruction and overturning, for building up and planting.


simplify: he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes were sitting there, to wit, Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.

Went down to the king's house, to the scribe's room: and all the rulers were seated there, Elishama the scribe and Delaiah, the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan, the son of Achbor, and Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah, the son of Hananiah, and all the rulers.


simplify: This, therefore, counselling, did I then use the lightness; or the things that I counsel, according to the flesh do I counsel, that it may be with me Yes, yes, and No, no?

As this was my plan, where, pray, did I show any fickleness of purpose? Or do you think that my plans are formed on mere impulse, so that in the same breath I say ‘Yes’ and ‘No’?


simplify: Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.

who appeared in a glorified state, and spoke of his departure, which was destined to take place at Jerusalem.


simplify: So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hill-side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

So David and his men went on their way: and Shimei went by the hillside parallel with them, cursing and sending stones and dust at him.


simplify: The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered with the mass of its waves.


rate difficulty: But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and entering into the synagogue on the sabbath day they sat down.


simplify: Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:

Now of the group of Asaph, the first name to come out was Joseph; the second Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve?


rate difficulty: There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.

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


simplify: In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.


rate difficulty: And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church.


simplify: and Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

And Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom.


rate difficulty: And Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, that to-day, this night, before a cock shall crow twice, thrice thou shalt deny me.'

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

So the runners went from town to town through all the country of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun: but they were laughed at and made sport of.


simplify: And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.


rate difficulty: and Moza begot Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

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


simplify: and it went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth;

And it goes out from Beth-el to Luz, and on as far as the limit of the Archites to Ataroth;


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

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


rate difficulty: The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

And it was not there; then they came saying that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was living.


rate difficulty: So the Jews of the country places living in unwalled towns make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of feasting and joy and a good day, a day for sending offerings one to another.

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


rate difficulty: `And all the wise-hearted among you come in, and make all that Jehovah hath commanded:

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


simplify: Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the Lord answered? and, What hath the Lord spoken?

But this is what you are to say, every man to his neighbour and every man to his brother, What answer has the Lord given? and, What has the Lord said?


simplify: Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hid from the king), then thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

And if I had falsely put him to death (and nothing may be kept secret from the king), you would have had nothing to do with me.


rate difficulty: And of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.


rate difficulty: and Ezekias begat Manasses, and Manasses begat Amon, and Amon begat Josias,

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


simplify: I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

I have not given my word in secret, in a place in the underworld; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Go into a waste land to make request of me: I the Lord say what is true, my word is righteousness.


simplify: And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison;

And in the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin, king of Judah, had been taken prisoner, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the first year after he became king, took Jehoiachin, king of Judah, out of prison.


rate difficulty: And he said unto him, Far from it; thou shalt not die: behold, my father doeth nothing either great or small, but that he discloseth it unto me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

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


rate difficulty: and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,


rate difficulty: because if anything to him in your behalf I have boasted, I was not put to shame; but as all things in truth we did speak to you, so also our boasting before Titus became truth,

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rate difficulty: He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.

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rate difficulty: Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

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simplify: And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the sabbath day:

And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee; and he was giving them teaching on the Sabbath.


simplify: So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.

So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud, for the house of the Lord was full of the glory of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.


rate difficulty: How long [shall I bear] with this evil assembly, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her; for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of Jehovah hath come.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.


simplify: And under it was the likeness of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

And under it was a design of flowers all round it, ten to a cubit, circling the water-vessel in two lines; they were made from liquid metal at the same time as the water-vessel.


rate difficulty: And Jesus looking around says to his disciples, How difficultly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom ofGod!

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


simplify: Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.

Ten fat oxen and twenty oxen from the fields, and a hundred sheep, in addition to harts and gazelles and roes and fat fowls.


rate difficulty: And he said to Korah and his band, In the morning the Lord will make clear who are his, and who is holy, and who may come near him: the man of his selection will be caused to come near him.

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


simplify: and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.'

But Jesus said to me ‘Go; for I will send you to the Gentiles far away’.”


simplify: And I will stretch out my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarim with the priests;

And my hand will be stretched out on Judah and on all the people of Jerusalem, cutting off the name of the Baal from this place, and the name of the false priests,


simplify: Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;

And so, as we could bear it no longer, we made up our minds to remain behind alone at Athens,


rate difficulty: I would that they would even cut themselves off who throw you into confusion.

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


simplify: At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.

At the order of the Lord the children of Israel went forward, and at the order of the Lord they put up their tents: as long as the cloud was resting on the House, they did not go away from that place.


simplify: Besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, ye shall offer them (they shall be unto you without blemish), and their drink-offerings.

These are in addition to the regular burned offering and its meal offering; take care that they are without any mark, and let them be offered with their drink offerings.


simplify: I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

I say this by way of shaming ourselves, as if we had been feeble. But if anyone puts himself forward (I am talking like a foolish person), I will do the same.


simplify: And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

But they set out, and made the proclamation everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the message by the signs which attended it.


rate difficulty: And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any more, save Jesus only with themselves.

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


rate difficulty: And his servants cause him to ride dying from Megiddo, and bring him in to Jerusalem, and bury him in his own grave, and the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and anoint him, and cause him to reign instead of his father.

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


simplify: And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering.

And he is to put drops of the blood of the offering on the side of the altar, and the rest of the blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin-offering.


rate difficulty: And if they do not hearken, Then I have plucked up that nation, Plucking up and destroying, An affirmation of Jehovah!'

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


rate difficulty: And the priest shall wash his garments, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterwards he shall come into the camp; and the priest shall be unclean until the even;

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


rate difficulty: Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burned up, and the people is as fuel for fire: a man spareth not his brother;

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


rate difficulty: then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith Jehovah, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

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


rate difficulty: and the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, for he drew not the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.


rate difficulty: Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

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


rate difficulty: Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

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


simplify: And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.

And Heman and Jeduthun had horns and brass instruments sounding loudly, and instruments of music for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun were to be at the door.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, on the third day, while it is morning, that there are voices, and lightnings, and a heavy cloud, on the mount, and the sound of a trumpet very strong; and all the people who <FI>are<Fi> in the camp do tremble.

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


simplify: then shall he go out from thee, he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.

Then he will go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his family and to the property of his fathers.


simplify: and Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,

And Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth;


simplify: And the rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk:

And the rest of the people, who were not put to death by these evils, were not turned from the works of their hands, but went on giving worship to evil spirits, and images of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood which have no power of seeing or hearing or walking:


simplify: And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:

And put one of the birds to death in a vessel of earth over flowing water;


simplify: And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

And he got up, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.


simplify: Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.

It will be your food, like the gazelle and the roe; the unclean and the clean may take of it.


simplify: Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and, in his loving kindness, gave us unfailing consolation and good ground for hope,


rate difficulty: And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.


rate difficulty: And Job answered and said,

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


simplify: And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Teacher, say on.

And Jesus, answering, said, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Master, say on.


simplify: And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.

As well as Hamath, which is by its limit, and Tyre and Zidon, because they are very wise.


rate difficulty: Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except it die:

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rate difficulty: And it came to pass the next day, that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa.

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


rate difficulty: And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.

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


simplify: Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory.


simplify: O Lord, by these things men live; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit: Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live.

O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life.


rate difficulty: To those who are married my direction is — yet it is not mine, but the Master’s — that a woman is not to leave her husband

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


simplify: Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

Then he added: “So every teacher of the law, who has received instruction about the kingdom of heaven, is like a householder who produces from his stores things both new and old.”


simplify: For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself.

For every man's life and every man's death has a relation to others as well as to himself.


simplify: And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.


simplify: To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the Lord.

So that the children of Israel may take to the Lord, to the door of the Tent of meeting and to the priest, the offerings which they have put to death in the open country, and that they may make their peace-offerings to the Lord.


simplify: and the Jews having spoken against <FI>it<Fi> , I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar--not as having anything to accuse my nation of;

But, as the Jewish leaders opposed my release, I was compelled to appeal to the Emperor — not, indeed, that I had any charge to make against my own nation.


simplify: and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.

And over the doorway of Ephraim and by the old door and the fish door and the tower of Hananel and the tower of Hammeah, as far as the sheep door: and at the doorway of the watchmen they came to a stop.


simplify: Neither let the foreigner, that hath joined himself to Jehovah, speak, saying, Jehovah will surely separate me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

And let not the man from a strange country, who has been joined to the Lord, say, The Lord will certainly put a division between me and his people: and let not the unsexed man say, See, I am a dry tree.


simplify: And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith;


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

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simplify: In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.

In that day it will be said, A vine-garden of delight, make a song about it.


rate difficulty: Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Sechu; and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, at Naioth by Ramah.

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


simplify: And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet again the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

And the Lord said to me, Take again the instruments of a foolish keeper of sheep.


simplify: Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

For they had instruments for putting an edge on their ploughs and blades and forks and axes, and for putting iron points on their ox-driving rods.


rate difficulty: And on the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


simplify: When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.


rate difficulty: And they say unto him, `What do we do to thee that the sea may cease from us, for the sea is more and more tempestuous?'

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


simplify: And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the Lord commanded.

And had given him orders about this very thing, that he was not to go after other gods; but he did not keep the orders of the Lord.


simplify: And Jesus having passed over in the boat again to the other side, there was gathered a great multitude to him, and he was near the sea,

By the time Jesus had recrossed in the boat to the opposite shore, a great number of people had gathered to meet him, and were standing by the Sea.


simplify: And having crucified him, they were dividing his garments, casting a lot upon them, what each may take;

Then they crucified him, and divided his clothes among them, casting lots for them, to settle what each should take.


simplify: Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;

Further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land that I would send them wandering among the nations, driving them out among the countries;


simplify: For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;


rate difficulty: Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.

And he went round and took the measure of it on the south side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.


simplify: For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.


rate difficulty: And he spoke also a parable to them: No one puts a piece of a new garment upon an old garment, otherwise he will both rend the new, and the piece which is from the new will not suit with the old.

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


simplify: And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.

But, taking her by the hand, Jesus said in a loud voice: “Child, rise!”


rate difficulty: To them which were in Beth–el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,


simplify: Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.


simplify: The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

The Lord will send his blessing on your store-houses and on everything to which you put your hand: his blessing will be on you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.


simplify: All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,

And all the Levites who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people, by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,


rate difficulty: If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

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


simplify: Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the Lord.

For all the first sons are mine; on the day when I put to death all the first sons in the land of Egypt, I took for myself every first male birth of man and beast. They are mine; I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:

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


simplify: Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.


simplify: and having cried, and rent him much, it came forth, and he became as dead, so that many said that he was dead,

With a loud cry the spirit threw the boy into repeated convulsions, and then came out from him. The boy looked like a corpse, so that most of them said that he was dead.


simplify: And Mary arose in these days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah;

Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands, to a town of Judah;


simplify: There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.

There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.


rate difficulty: And if any one say anything to you, ye shall say, The Lord has need of them, and straightway he will send them.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the ordinances: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which Jehovah hath spoken will we do.

Then Moses came and put before the people all the words of the Lord and his laws: and all the people, answering with one voice, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do.


simplify: These sought their registeramongthose that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.

They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen; so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests.


rate difficulty: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them, in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for a full end, yea, a sudden [end], shall he make of all them that dwell in the land.

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


simplify: Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them;


rate difficulty: And ye shall mark out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham;

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


simplify: My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

My loved one put his hand on the door, and my heart was moved for him.


simplify: For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

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


rate difficulty: And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

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


rate difficulty: He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;

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


simplify: Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

Let your eyes be lifted up (O Jerusalem), and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock which was given to you, your beautiful flock?


simplify: But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

‘No,’ said he, ‘because while you are pulling up the weeds you might uproot the wheat with them.


rate difficulty: And the men of Israel say, `Have ye seen this man who is coming up? for, to reproach Israel he is coming up, and it hath been--the man who smiteth him, the king doth enrich him with great riches, and his daughter he doth give to him, and his father's house doth make free in Israel.'

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


simplify: And he said unto them that stood by, Take away from him the pound, and give it unto him that hath the ten pounds.

And he said to the others who were near, Take the pound away from him, and give it to the man who has ten.


simplify: And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,

But, when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who were converts from Judaism began to attack him,


rate difficulty: Then Moses took out all the rods from before the Lord, and gave them back to the children of Israel: and they saw them, and every man took his rod.

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


rate difficulty: And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see our desire upon Zion.

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


rate difficulty: So Joshua gave orders to the priests, saying, Come up now out of Jordan.


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

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


simplify: Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.


rate difficulty: And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.

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


simplify: Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.

The Lord will let you be overcome by your haters: you will go out against them one way, and you will go in flight before them seven ways: you will be the cause of fear among all the kingdoms of the earth.


rate difficulty: For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead there.

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


rate difficulty: And on days of joy and on your regular feasts and on the first day of every month, let the horns be sounded over your burned offerings and your peace-offerings; and they will put the Lord in mind of you: I am the Lord your God.


rate difficulty: Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

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


rate difficulty: Small profit have you had from those who, from your earliest days, got great profit out of you; they have gone in flight, every one straight before him, and you have no saviour.

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


simplify: And the fame of David went out into all lands; and Jehovah brought the fear of him upon all nations.

And David's name was honoured in all lands; and the Lord put the fear of him on all nations.


simplify: Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore.

Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.


rate difficulty: That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;

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


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

I am writing these things to you, though I am hoping to come to you before long;


simplify: And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

And on the other side, hangings fifteen cubits long, with three pillars and three bases.


rate difficulty: And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

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


simplify: But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.

If, however, a father thinks that he is not acting fairly by his unmarried daughter, when she is past her youth, and if under these circumstances her marriage ought to take place, let him act as he thinks right. He is doing nothing wrong — let the marriage take place.


rate difficulty: And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every city, men, and women, and little ones: we let none escape.


simplify: And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

And I will make this town a thing of wonder and a cause of surprise; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder and make sounds of surprise, because of all its troubles.


rate difficulty: it may be Jehovah doth look on mine affliction, and Jehovah hath turned back to me good for his reviling this day.'

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


simplify: The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith Jehovah of hosts.

The silver is mine and the gold is mine, says the Lord of armies.


simplify: And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.

and when they had taken their places and were eating, Jesus said: “I tell you that one of you is going to betray me — one who is eating with me.”


rate difficulty: And he who is declaring tidings cometh in unto David, saying, `The heart of the men of Israel hath been after Absalom.'

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


simplify: And he said unto his disciples, It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come; but woe unto him, through whom they come!

And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come.


rate difficulty: The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,


simplify: And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the people from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, and brought them back unto Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

And Jehoshaphat was living in Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people, from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, guiding them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers.


simplify: And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me.


rate difficulty: Then they crucified him, and divided his clothes among them, casting lots for them, to settle what each should take.

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


simplify: and I hope straightway to see thee, and mouth to mouth we shall speak. Peace to thee! salute thee do the friends; be saluting the friends by name.

I hope, however, it will not be long before I see you, and then we will speak face to face. Peace be with you. Our friends here send you their greetings. Greet each one of our friends.


simplify: I said, I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

I will get up now and go about the town, in the streets and in the wide ways I will go after him who is the love of my soul: I went after him, but I did not see him.


rate difficulty: according to the lot is their inheritance apportioned between many and few.'

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


rate difficulty: In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.

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


simplify: As I live, saith the Lord God, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

By my life, says the Lord, truly in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he put on one side and let his agreement with him be broken, even in Babylon he will come to his death.


rate difficulty: and having turned, he rebuked them, and said, `Ye have not known of what spirit ye are;

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


simplify: Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

But, when the followers found this out, they took him down to Caesarea, and sent him on his way to Tarsus.


simplify: My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account.


rate difficulty: Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up to thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

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


rate difficulty: And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.

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


simplify: Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.

And some of those who were near by, hearing it, said, This man is crying to Elijah.


rate difficulty: For by Thee I run--a troop, By my God I leap a wall.

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


rate difficulty: and also Maachah his mother--he turneth her aside from being mistress, in that she made a horrible thing for a shrine, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and burneth <FI>it<Fi> by the brook Kidron;

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


rate difficulty: The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy and two.


rate difficulty: Because that he hath sent unto us to Babylon, saying, It <FI>is<Fi> long, build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit.'

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


simplify: Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord.

Then he will do the work of a priest in the name of the Lord his God, with all his brothers the Levites who are there before the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers,


rate difficulty: And God saith unto Abraham, `Sarai thy wife--thou dost not call her name Sarai, for Sarah <FI>is<Fi> her name;

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


simplify: If any man’s work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.

If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Jehovah is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and behold my sorrow: My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

The Lord is upright; for I have gone against his orders: give ear, now, all you peoples, and see my pain, my virgins and my young men have gone away as prisoners.


rate difficulty: Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord.

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


simplify: Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.


rate difficulty: And he saw the heavens opening, and a vessel coming down, like a great cloth let down on the earth,

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


simplify: And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

And when they said to Jacob, Your son Joseph is coming to see you: then Israel, getting all his strength together, had himself lifted up in his bed.


rate difficulty: And as sand is thy seed, And the offspring of thy bowels as its gravel, Not cut off nor destroyed his name before Me.

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


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: and all to Moses were baptized in the cloud, and in the sea;


rate difficulty: If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.

And after you have made it clean, let a young ox without a mark be offered, and a male sheep from the flock without a mark.


rate difficulty: Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

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


simplify: And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Beth–lehem.

And Penuel, the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the oldest son of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem.


simplify: And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

And it was the third hour when they put him on the cross.


simplify: Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come:


simplify: But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.

But Baruch, the son of Neriah, is moving you against us, to give us up into the hands of the Chaldaeans so that they may put us to death, and take us away prisoners into Babylon.


simplify: and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah;

And the son of Jesse was David the king; and the son of David was Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah;


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

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


simplify: Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.


simplify: Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:


simplify: And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.


simplify: So Jehovah was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.

So the Lord was with Joshua; and news of him went through all the land.


rate difficulty: If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

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


simplify: But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were against the purpose of God for themselves, not having had his baptism.)


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

And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them;


simplify: And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;

As soon as Felix had read the letter, he enquired to what province Paul belonged, and, learning that he came from Cilicia, he said:


rate difficulty: And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.


simplify: Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.

Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.


simplify: And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one that had knowledge, and understanding;

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the door-keepers, the music-makers, the Nethinim, and all those who had made themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, to keep the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and wisdom;


simplify: For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.


simplify: and if one another ye do bite and devour, see--that ye may not by one another be consumed.

But, if you are continually wounding and preying on one another, take care that you are not destroyed by one another.


simplify: And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.

So Moses got two stones cut like the first; and early in the morning he went up Mount Sinai, as the Lord had said, with the two stones in his hand.


simplify: For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

If, when praying, I use the gift of ‘tongues,’ my spirit indeed prays, but my mind is a blank.


simplify: also the first-born of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God;

As well as the first of our sons and of our cattle, as it is recorded in the law, and the first lambs of our herds and of our flocks, which are to be taken to the house of our God, to the priests who are servants in the house of our God:


simplify: And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;

Now when the king was living in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from war on every side;


simplify: But if ye say, The burden of Jehovah; therefore thus saith Jehovah: Because ye say this word, The burden of Jehovah, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of Jehovah;

But if you say, The word of weight of the Lord; this is what the Lord has said: Because you say, The weight of the Lord, and I have sent to you, saying, You are not to say, The weight of the Lord;


rate difficulty: Now the angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, *** I took you out of Egypt, guiding you into the land which I gave by an oath to your fathers; and I said, My agreement with you will never be broken by me:

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


rate difficulty: How good have been thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel;

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


simplify: And again, when thou hast accomplished these, thou shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it unto thee.

And when these days are ended, turning on your right side, you are to take on yourself the sin of the children of Judah: forty days, a day for a year, I have had it fixed for you.


rate difficulty: And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with sinners and tax-gatherers, said to his disciples, Why [is it] that he eats and drinks with tax-gatherers and sinners?

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


simplify: But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.


rate difficulty: These are the men who never defiled themselves in their intercourse with women; they are as pure as virgins. These are the men who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were redeemed as the first-fruits of mankind for God and for the Lamb.

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


rate difficulty: But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,

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


rate difficulty: Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.

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


rate difficulty: of which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power;

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


simplify: For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.

For see, I am moving and sending up against Babylon a band of great nations from the north country: and they will put their armies in position against her; and from there she will be taken: their arrows will be like those of an expert man of war; not one will come back without getting its mark.


rate difficulty: But that which is spiritual [was] not first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual:


rate difficulty: Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

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


simplify: But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.


simplify: When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

“When you are invited by anyone to a wedding banquet, do not seat yourself in the best place. Someone of higher rank might have been invited by your host;


rate difficulty: And a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it is parted, and hath become four chief <FI>rivers<Fi> ;

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


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: And Jesus seeing their faith saith unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins are forgiven.

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


simplify: But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

But if, after looking at it, he sees that there are no white hairs on it, and it is not deeper than the skin, and it is not very bright, then let the priest keep him shut up for seven days:


rate difficulty: I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: and the Levites are numbered from a son of thirty years and upward, and their number, by their polls, is of mighty men thirty and eight thousand.

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


simplify: who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

And he ‘himself carried our sins’ in his own body to the cross, so that we might die to our sins, and live for righteousness. ‘His bruising was your healing.’


simplify: And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

And he made offerings and had perfumes burned in the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.


rate difficulty: He was put in his last resting-place in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son became king in his place.

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


simplify: but if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.

But if there is no one to give the sense, let him keep quiet in the church; and let his words be to himself and to God.


simplify: Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.

But see that you do not take the blood for food; for the blood is the life; and you may not make use of the life as food with the flesh.


simplify: And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.

he shouted out: “Jesus, Son of David, take pity on me!”


simplify: After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

Then, opening his mouth, and cursing the day of his birth,


rate difficulty: And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people to gather, and they found none.

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


rate difficulty: And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man and one that feareth God, and well reported of by all the nation of the Jews, was warned of God by a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words from thee.

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


rate difficulty: Then the angel of the Lord went further, stopping in a narrow place where there was no room for turning to the right or to the left.

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


simplify: And they spat 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: And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield-bearer went before him.

The stem of his spear was as long as a cloth-worker's rod, and its head was made of six hundred shekels' weight of iron: and one went before him with his body-cover.


simplify: And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

And say, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am against you, O Gog, ruler of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal:


rate difficulty: And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, This evening it will be clear to you that it is the Lord who has taken you out of the land of Egypt:

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: (for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thine outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house;

(For they will have news of your great name and your strong hand and your out-stretched arm;) when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house:


rate difficulty: And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

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


simplify: He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.


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

Now in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem;


simplify: And Simon Peter having seen, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, `Depart from me, because I am a sinful man, O lord;'

When Simon Peter saw this, he threw himself down at Jesus’ knees, exclaiming: “Master, leave me, for I am a sinful man!”


simplify: And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver:

And as for the fat of the ox and the fat tail of the sheep and the fat covering the inside parts and the kidneys and the fat on the liver;


simplify: The Lord also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.

And the Lord will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the family of David and the glory of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, This cell whose front is towards the south is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

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


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah, Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.

The Lord has said, Have no false hopes, saying to yourselves, The Chaldaeans will go away from us: for they will not go away.


simplify: And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.

And in the days of Saul they made war on the Hagarites, and overcame them; and they put up their tents through all the land east of Gilead.


rate difficulty: Behold, Jehovah thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

I always thank God about you for the blessing bestowed on you in Christ Jesus.


simplify: He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.


simplify: They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.

They take a grip of one another; they are joined together, so that they may not be parted.


simplify: And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater.


simplify: Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.


simplify: And he saith to them, `Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save, or to kill?' but they were silent.

and to the people he said: “Is it allowable to do good at the Sabbath — or harm? To save a life, or destroy it?”


rate difficulty: Hear the word of Jehovah, ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hate you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, Let Jehovah be glorified, that we may see your joy; but it is they that shall be put to shame.

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


simplify: And he taught, and said unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers.

And he gave them teaching, and said to them, Is it not in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer for all the nations? but you have made it a hole of thieves.


simplify: And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife so that I may have her, for the days are ended.


rate difficulty: And war hath been between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Jehovah liveth; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.

And it will be that, if they give their minds to learning the ways of my people, using my name in their oaths, By the living Lord; as they have been teaching my people to take oaths by the Baal; then their place will be made certain among my people.


simplify: And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.


rate difficulty: Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times.

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


simplify: For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.

For he who is strong has done great things for me; and holy is his name.


simplify: Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:

See, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send times of great need on the land, not need of food or desire for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.


rate difficulty: For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

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


simplify: For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

The earth will be weeping for this, and the heavens on high will be black: because I have said it, and I will not go back from it; it is my purpose, and it will not be changed.


rate difficulty: Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heavens will go in flight like smoke, and the earth will become old like a coat, and its people will come to destruction like insects: but my salvation will be for ever, and my righteousness will not come to an end.

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


rate difficulty: A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

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


rate difficulty: [Come] with me, from Lebanon, [my] spouse, With me from Lebanon, — Come, look from the top of Amanah, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions' dens, From the mountains of the leopards.

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


simplify: So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.

So Joab went to the king and said these words to him: and when the king had sent for him, Absalom came, and went down on his face on the earth before the king: and the king gave him a kiss.


rate difficulty: And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

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


rate difficulty: And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

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


simplify: Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

Then Jeremiah said to all the rulers and to all the people, The Lord has sent me as his prophet to say against this house and against this town all the words which have come to your ears.


simplify: Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;

Tell slaves to respect their owner's authority in all circumstances, and to try their best to please them.


rate difficulty: and I besought for thee, that thy faith may not fail; and thou, when thou didst turn, strengthen thy brethren.'

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


rate difficulty: To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,

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


rate difficulty: But Simon, having seen that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the [Holy] Spirit was given, offered them money,

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


simplify: Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he take thy life, that all the Jews that are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?

Then Johanan, the son of Kareah, said to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, Let me now go and put Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, to death without anyone's knowledge: why let him take your life so that all the Jews who have come together to you may be sent in flight, and the rest of the men of Judah come to an end?


rate difficulty: Or [if] I bring the sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off man and beast from it,

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


simplify: And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

And David, desiring directions from the Lord, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? will you give them up into my hands? And the Lord said, Go up, for I will certainly give up the Philistines into your hands.


simplify: Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.

And Jesus was before the ruler, who put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say so.


rate difficulty: Even as it is written,  For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.