rate difficulty: One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.


rate difficulty: But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be in an instant suddenly.

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simplify: And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.

And the men of the town got up early in the morning, and they saw the altar of Baal broken down, and the holy tree which was by it cut down, and the ox offered on the altar which had been put up there.


rate difficulty: one golden spoon of ten <FI>shekels<Fi> , full of perfume;

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


rate difficulty: As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.

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


rate difficulty: And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

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


simplify: And Moses said unto Aaron, Draw near unto the altar, and offer thy sin-offering, and thy burnt-offering, and make atonement for thyself, and for the people; and offer the oblation of the people, and make atonement for them; as Jehovah commanded.

And Moses said to Aaron, Come near to the altar and make your sin-offering and your burned offering to take away your sin and the sin of the people, and make the people's offering to take away their sin; as the Lord has given orders.


simplify: For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

For, as soon as your greeting reached my ears, the child moved within me with delight!


simplify: But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;


simplify: And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

And whatever you ask for in your prayers will, if you have faith, be granted you.”


rate difficulty: Israel is a luxuriant vine, that putteth forth his fruit: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied his altars; according to the goodness of their land they have made goodly pillars.

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


simplify: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

For it is by God’s loving kindness that you have been saved, through your faith. It is not due to yourselves; the gift is God’s.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, in the seventh month, come hath Ishmael son of Nathaniah, son of Elishama of the seed of the kingdom, and ten men with him, and they smite Gedaliah, and he dieth, and the Jews and the Chaldeans who have been with him in Mizpah.

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rate difficulty: the good thing committed guard thou through the Holy Spirit that is dwelling in us;

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rate difficulty: And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

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


rate difficulty: Now there dwelt a certain old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man ofGod had done that day in Bethel; the words that he had spoken to the king, them they told also to their father.


rate difficulty: `And Jehovah hath given thee for head, and not for tail; and thou hast been only above, and art not beneath, for thou dost hearken unto the commands of Jehovah thy God, which I am commanding thee to-day, to keep and to do,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come unto me?

How is it that the mother of my Lord comes to me?


rate difficulty: One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

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


simplify: And he said unto his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.

And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for the night in Gibeah or Ramah.


simplify: O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.

How long, O Lord, will your ears be shut to my voice? I make an outcry to you about violent behaviour, but you do not send salvation.


simplify: I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:

I have a great deal to say to you, but I do not care to trust it to pen and ink in a letter.


simplify: Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months, and his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.


simplify: And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.

And they went on from Terah, and put up their tents in Mithkah.


simplify: If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.


rate difficulty: and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram:

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


rate difficulty: but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

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


rate difficulty: A lying witness shall perish; and a man that heareth shall speak constantly.

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


rate difficulty: But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:

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rate difficulty: For this is what the Lord has said about the king who is seated on the seat of David's kingdom, and about all the people living in this town, your countrymen who have not gone out with you as prisoners;

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simplify: God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;


rate difficulty: Let your servant now go back again, so that when death comes to me, it may be in my town and by the resting-place of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham: let him go with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you.

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


rate difficulty: And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,


simplify: There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: they took all in battle.

Not one town made peace with the children of Israel, but only the Hivites of Gibeon: they took them all in war.


rate difficulty: They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.


simplify: And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.


simplify: And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigneth.

And there came to my ears the voice of a great army, like the sound of waters, and the sound of loud thunders, saying, Praise to the Lord: for the Lord our God, Ruler of all, is King.


rate difficulty: And this led us beg Titus, since he had started the work for you, he should also see to the completion of this expression of your love.

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


simplify: And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

And Micah gave the position to the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.


simplify: And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as hitherto Jehovah hath blessed me?

Then the children of Joseph said to Joshua, Why have you given me only one part and one stretch of land for my heritage? For through the blessing given to me by the Lord up to now, I am a great people.


simplify: They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention.


rate difficulty: For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Beth-el; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.

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


simplify: Behold, a day of Jehovah cometh, when thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

See, a day of the Lord is coming when they will make division of your goods taken by force before your eyes.


rate difficulty: And when he met us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.


simplify: And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

And I will make waste her vines and her fig-trees, of which she has said, These are the payments which my lovers have made to me; and I will make them a waste of trees, and the beasts of the field will take them for food.


rate difficulty: But I rejoiced in [the] Lord greatly, that now however at length ye have revived your thinking of me, though surely ye did also think [of me], but lacked opportunity.

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rate difficulty: They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.

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


simplify: Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;

Then Esther sent Hathach to say to Mordecai:


rate difficulty: What then should I do whenGod riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?

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


simplify: He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.

The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.


simplify: and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,

Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we only just managed to secure the ship’s boat,


rate difficulty: At rest--quiet hath been all the earth, They have broken forth <FI>into<Fi> singing.

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


simplify: and a second time a cock crew, and Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him--`Before a cock crow twice, thou mayest deny me thrice;' and having thought thereon--he was weeping.

At that moment, for the second time, a cock crowed; and Peter remembered the words that Jesus had said to him — ‘Before a cock has crowed twice, you will disown me three times’;and, as he thought of it, he began to weep.


rate difficulty: But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;

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


simplify: therefore David himself saith of him Lord, and whence is he his son?' And the great multitude were hearing him gladly,

David himself calls him ‘lord,’ how comes it, then, that he is to be his son?”   The mass of the people listened to Jesus with delight.


rate difficulty: And they are crying in a loud voice —  ‘salvation be ascribed to our God who is seated on his throne and to the Lamb.’

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simplify: and if also the Adversary against himself was divided, how shall his kingdom be made to stand? for ye say, by Beelzeboul is my casting forth the demons.

So, too, if Satan is wholly divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? Yet you say that I drive out demons by the help of Beelzebul.


simplify: And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood;

Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death,


simplify: So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

So when the order made by the king was publicly given out, and a number of girls had been placed in the care of Hegai in the king's house in Shushan, Esther was taken into the king's house and put in the care of Hegai, the keeper of the women.


simplify: Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

But Paul said to the captain and his men, If you do not keep these men in the ship, you will not be safe.


rate difficulty: But the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, and they do not seek Jehovah of hosts.

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


simplify: My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.

Come, you rulers of Israel, you who gave yourselves freely among the people: give praise to the Lord.


simplify: And the chief priests having taken the silverlings, said, `It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;'

The chief priests took the pieces of silver, but they said: “We must not put them into the Temple treasury, because they are blood-money.”


simplify: In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

When Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, first became king this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,


simplify: Then said I, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let them that are left eat every one the flesh of another.

And I said, I will not take care of you: If death comes to any, let death be its fate; if any is cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest take one another's flesh for food.


simplify: And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;

This caused such unpleasant feeling between them that they parted ways, Barnabas taking Mark and sailing for Cyprus,


rate difficulty: `And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

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


simplify: Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.


rate difficulty: And he has given to him, and to Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the power of training others.


simplify: And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:

And I say to you that numbers will come from the east and the west, and will take their seats with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:


simplify: And we have brought Jehovah’s oblation, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and armlets, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah.

And we have here an offering for the Lord from what every man took in the war, ornaments of gold, leg-chains and arm-rings, finger-rings, ear-rings, and neck-ornaments, to make our souls free from sin before the Lord.


simplify: And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.

Hold them in the very greatest esteem and affection for the sake of their work. Live at peace with one another.


simplify: With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.


simplify: And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.


rate difficulty: A king by just judgment establisheth the land; but he that taketh gifts overthroweth it.

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


rate difficulty: Then David and the people who were with him gave themselves up to weeping till they were able to go on weeping no longer.

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


simplify: We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.

So it is right for us to take in such men as guests, so that we may take our part in the work of the true faith.


simplify: And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy;


rate difficulty: And Jehovah giveth a pestilence in Israel, and there fall of Israel seventy thousand men,

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


simplify: and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

And after the birth of Nahor, Serug went on living for two hundred years, and had sons and daughters:


simplify: And the second poured out his bowl into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living soul died, even the things that were in the sea.

And the second let what was in his vessel come out into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living thing in the sea came to an end.


simplify: My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you—

My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,


simplify: Behooved it not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?

Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory?


rate difficulty: and the human beings <FI>are<Fi> sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> two and thirty persons.

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


rate difficulty: News is given of destruction on destruction; all the land is made waste: suddenly my tents, straight away my curtains, are made waste.

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


simplify: And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God--speak that these stones may become loaves.'

The Tempter came to him, and said:  “If you are God’s Son, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”


rate difficulty: And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pillar and put oil on it.

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


rate difficulty: Of oak-trees from Bashan they have made your driving blades; they have made your floors of ivory and boxwood from the sea-lands of Kittim.

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


simplify: Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:

Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number:


simplify: And they passed thence unto the hill-country of Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.

From there they went on to the hill-country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.


simplify: And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough; the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

And he came the third time, and said to them, Go on sleeping now and take your rest: it is enough; the hour has come; see, the Son of man is given up into the hands of evil men.


simplify: These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

These are the rules, decisions, and laws, which the Lord made between himself and the children of Israel in Mount Sinai, by the hand of Moses.


rate difficulty: And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

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


simplify: Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;


simplify: And there they preached the gospel.

and there they continued to tell the good news.


rate difficulty: And, I will give all the wealth of this city, and all its gains, and all its precious things, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah, will I give into the hand of their enemies; and they shall make them a prey, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.

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


rate difficulty: For lo, the winter hath passed by, The rain hath passed away--it hath gone.

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


rate difficulty: And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

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


simplify: When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)

And news was given to Saul that David had been seen, and the men who were with him: now Saul was in Gibeah, seated under the tree in the high place, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were in their places before him.


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

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


rate difficulty: For I will make you healthy again and I will make you well from your wounds, says the Lord; because they have given you the name of an outlaw, saying, It is Zion cared for by no man.

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


simplify: Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.

As for you, you have become haters of those who were at peace with you: you take the clothing of those who go by without fear, and make them prisoners of war.


simplify: And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

Take care what you listen to,”said Jesus. “The standard you use will be used for you, and more will be added for you.


simplify: Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:


rate difficulty: On the south: all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah which is the property of the Zidonians, to Aphek, as far as the limit of the Amorites:


rate difficulty: for a word <FI>is<Fi> unto me by the word of Jehovah, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink there water, thou dost not turn back to go in the way in which thou camest.'

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


simplify: But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.

As for the towns made on hills of earth, not one was burned by Israel but Hazor, which was burned by Joshua.


rate difficulty: But he is in onemind, and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

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


simplify: All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the grape-vine, from the kernels even to the husk.

All the time he is separate he may take nothing made from the grape-vine, from its seeds to its skin.


simplify: Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

He was going back, seated in his carriage, and was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.


rate difficulty: `If the ox gore a man-servant or a handmaid, thirty silver shekels he doth give to their lord, and the ox is stoned.


rate difficulty: and in consequence of the marvels which it was allowed to perform under the eyes of the Beast, it is able to deceive all who are living on the earth. It tells those who live on the earth to make a statue in honor of the Beast, who, despite the wound from the sword, yet lived.

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


rate difficulty: The people who went in the dark have seen a great light, and for those who were living in the land of the deepest night, the light is shining.

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


simplify: For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.


simplify: Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

Those who went after us were quicker than the eagles of the heaven, driving us before them on the mountains, waiting secretly for us in the waste land.


simplify: And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.


simplify: The word of Jehovah also came unto me, saying,

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


simplify: But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?

When Jesus became aware of the way in which they were debating, he turned to them and exclaimed: “What are you debating with yourselves?


simplify: And thou, Pashhur, and all that dwell in thy house shall go into captivity; and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and there shalt thou be buried, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied falsely.

And you, Pashhur, and all who are in your house, will go away prisoners: you will come to Babylon, and there your body will be put to rest, you and all your friends, to whom you said false words.


simplify: All thy rulers fled away together, they were bound by the archers; all that were found of thee were bound together; they fled afar off.

All your rulers ... have gone in flight; all your strong ones have gone far away.


rate difficulty: And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who was married to one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and took their name.

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


rate difficulty: And all the years of Enoch's life were three hundred and sixty-five:

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


rate difficulty: My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Jehovah.

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


simplify: All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.


rate difficulty: Wherefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.

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


simplify: We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

We know that no one who has received the new life from God lives in sin. No, the person who has received the new life from God keeps the thought of God in their heart, and then the evil one does not touch them.


simplify: even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

just as the Son of Man came, not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”


rate difficulty: Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

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


rate difficulty: and now, my son, hearken to my voice, and rise, flee for thyself unto Laban my brother, to Haran,


simplify: And the seven angels that had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

And the seven angels who had the seven horns made ready for sounding them.


rate difficulty: But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.


simplify: And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.


rate difficulty: For if ye return to Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion with those that have carried them captive, so that they shall come again unto this land; for Jehovah yourGod is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return to him.

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


simplify: And Paul called unto him one of the centurions, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain; for he hath something to tell him.

And Paul sent for a captain and said, Take this young man to your chief, for he has news for him.


simplify: this first knowing, that no prophecy of the Writing doth come of private exposition,

But first be assured of this: — There is no prophetic teaching found in scripture that can be interpreted by a person’s unaided reason;


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not follow the multitude for evil; neither shalt thou answer in a cause, to go after the multitude to pervert [judgment].

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


rate difficulty: onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.


rate difficulty: Came to my side and said, Brother Saul, let your eyes be open. And in that very hour I was able to see him.

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


rate difficulty: We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;


rate difficulty: Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord.

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


simplify: O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!

O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers?


simplify: and I saw a strong messenger crying with a great voice, `Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose the seals of it?'

and I saw a mighty angel who was proclaiming in a loud voice — ‘Who is worthy to open the book and break its seals?’


simplify: Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

But still I will keep in mind the agreement made with you in the days when you were young, and I will make with you an eternal agreement.


simplify: And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?


rate difficulty: And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah saith unto Jehu, `Because that thou hast done well, to do that which <FI>is<Fi> right in Mine eyes--according to all that <FI>is<Fi> in My heart thou hast done to the house of Ahab--the sons of the fourth <FI>generation<Fi>  do sit for thee on the throne of Israel.'

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


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, at noon, that Elijah playeth on them, and saith, `Call with a loud voice, for he <FI>is<Fi> a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, an doth awake.'

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


simplify: Now then, O Lord God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.

So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, make your word come true which you said to your servant David.


simplify: And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.

And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.


rate difficulty: And their brothers, men of war, a hundred and twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.

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


rate difficulty: how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers:


rate difficulty: Had not those days been limited, not a single soul would escape; but for the sake of ‘God’s people’ a limit will be put to them.


simplify: And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the Lord, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.

And Aaron the priest went up into the mountain at the order of the Lord, and came to his death there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.


rate difficulty: And he sent his brethren away, and they departed. And he said to them, Do not quarrel on the way.

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


simplify: They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.

They will be cutting down her woods, for they may not be searched out; because they are like locusts, more than may be numbered.


simplify: I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.

I have been crushing the grapes by myself, and of the peoples there was no man with me: in my wrath and in my passion, they were crushed under my feet; and my robes are marked with their life-blood, and all my clothing is red.


simplify: And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.

And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take the child away and give it milk for me, and I will give you payment. And the woman took the child and gave it milk at her breast.


rate difficulty: and if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say to thee, Why did ye go so near to the city to fight? did ye not know that they would shoot from the wall?

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


simplify: Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting: and the children of Israel did according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses; so did they.

So all the work on the House of the Tent of meeting was done; as the Lord had given orders to Moses, so the children of Israel did it.


simplify: Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the Lord, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.

And I will put an end in Moab, says the Lord, to him who is making offerings in the high place and burning perfumes to his gods.


rate difficulty: If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou artmy mother, and my sister;

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


simplify: Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.

Then the man will have to give the virgin's father fifty shekels of silver and make her his wife, because he has put shame on her; he may never put her away all his life.


rate difficulty: And the king Ahasuerus setteth a tribute on the land and the isles of the sea;


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


simplify: And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

These you are to put on Aaron, your brother, and on his sons, putting oil on them, separating them and making them holy, to do the work of priests to me.


rate difficulty: Then let them take a young ox and its meal offering, crushed grain mixed with oil, and take another ox for a sin-offering.

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


simplify: And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, saying,

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


rate difficulty: Reuben! my first-born thou, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength;

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


rate difficulty: But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.


simplify: For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.

For he said, Truly they are my people, children who will not be false: so he was their saviour out of all their trouble.


rate difficulty: and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez,

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


simplify: Tell me, ye who are willing to be under law, the law do ye not hear?

Tell me, you who want to be still subject to law — Why do not you listen to the law?


simplify: and the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper,

And the priest is to go outside the tent-circle; and if, after looking, the priest sees that the mark of the disease has gone from him,


rate difficulty: And there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

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


rate difficulty: Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because ye have borne the shame of the nations:

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


simplify: And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the Lord, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.

And so, as your life was dear to me today, may my life be dear to the Lord, and may he make me free from all my troubles.


simplify: Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.

Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half wasted when he comes out from the body of his mother.


rate difficulty: Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land!

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


rate difficulty: But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt go into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

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


simplify: But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.

Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners.


simplify: And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.

And there came to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying to him, Master, will you give us whatever may be our request?


rate difficulty: And the men said to her, Our lives shall pay for yours, if ye do not make this our business known; and it shall be when Jehovah shall give us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

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


rate difficulty: He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

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


rate difficulty: The start of the word of the Lord by Hosea: And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take for yourself a wife of loose ways, and children of the same, for the land has been untrue to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

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


simplify: All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

Everything has been committed to me by my Father; nor does anyone know who the Son is, except the Father, or who the Father is, except the Son and those to whom the Son may choose to reveal him.”


simplify: Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father.

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king; he was ruling for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God, as David his father did.


rate difficulty: Then Samuel took a stone and put it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah, naming it Eben-ezer, and saying, Up to now the Lord has been our help.

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


rate difficulty: Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity.

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


simplify: since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:

Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:


rate difficulty: For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

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


simplify: In the four corners of the court there were courts inclosed, forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four in the corners were of one measure.

In the four angles there were spaces walled in, forty cubits long and thirty wide; the four were of the same size.


simplify: And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.

The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and saw the tomb and how the body of Jesus was laid,


rate difficulty: He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.

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


simplify: And in every city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.


simplify: `And he added to send another servant, and they that one also having beaten and dishonoured, did send away empty;

The owner afterwards sent another servant; but the tenants beat and insulted this man too, and sent him away empty-handed.


rate difficulty: unto the children of the east, to go against the children of Ammon; and I will give them for a possession, that the children of Ammon may not be remembered among the nations:


rate difficulty: And they went up over the face of the earth, and made a circle about the tents of the saints, and the well loved town: and fire came down out of heaven for their destruction.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: Ever since we reached Macedonia, we have had no rest in body or mind; on every side there have been troubles — conflicts without, anxieties within.


rate difficulty: And Judah taketh a wife for Er, his first-born, and her name <FI>is<Fi> Tamar;

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


simplify: Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, in Judæa and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,

Men of Parthia, Media, and Elam, and those living in Mesopotamia, in Judaea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,


rate difficulty: and ye, fill ye up the measure of your fathers.

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


rate difficulty: And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they that remained were scattered, so that not two of them were left together.

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


simplify: Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

And the representative of King Jehoshaphat made a Tarshish-ship to go to Ophir for gold, but it did not go, because it was broken at Ezion-geber.


simplify: And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:

And round the skirts of it put fruits in blue and purple and red, with bells of gold between;


simplify: And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.


simplify: And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.

And I will have you forced out of your place of authority, and pulled down from your position.


rate difficulty: Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard thee.

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


rate difficulty: `When Jehovah thy God doth enlarge thy border, as He hath spoken to thee, and thou hast said, Let me eat flesh--for thy soul desireth to eat flesh--of all the desire of thy soul thou dost eat flesh.

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


rate difficulty: For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

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


simplify: And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight.


simplify: they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above upon it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,

They are to take up the curtains of the House, and the Tent of meeting with its cover and the leather cover over it, and the hangings for the door of the Tent of meeting;


rate difficulty: The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?

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


rate difficulty: They are coming in from a land afar off, From the end of the heavens, Jehovah and the instruments of His indignation, To destroy all the land.

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


simplify: And he answering him, said, `O generation unbelieving, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I suffer you? bring him unto me;'

“Faithless generation!”exclaimed Jesus. “How long must I be with you? How long must I have patience with you? Bring the boy to me.”


rate difficulty: Every armed man of you going across Jordan before the Lord till he has overcome and sent in flight all who are against him,

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


simplify: A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

The lion, which is strongest among beasts, not turning from his way for any;


simplify: And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.


simplify: And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts.

And I will give the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a hard king will be their ruler, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.


simplify: David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

And David said, By the living Lord, the Lord will send destruction on him; the natural day of his death will come, or he will go into the fight and come to his end.


simplify: Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.


simplify: and it was given to them that they may not kill them, but that they may be tormented five months, and their torment <FI>is<Fi> as the torment of a scorpion, when it may strike a man;

Yet they were not allowed to kill them, but it was ordered that those men should be tortured for five months. Their torture was like the torture caused by a scorpion when it stings a person.


simplify: For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true:


simplify: And they brought him upon horses; and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

And they took his body on horseback and put it into the earth with his fathers in Jerusalem, the town of David.


rate difficulty: And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

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


rate difficulty: There is a vanity that hath been done upon the earth, that there are righteous ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the righteous. I have said that this also <FI>is<Fi> vanity.

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


rate difficulty: Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

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


rate difficulty: Jacob's sons have come in upon the wounded, and they spoil the city, because they had defiled their sister;


simplify: And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when wefirstbelieved.

See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.


simplify: for, if having escaped from the pollutions of the world, in the acknowledging of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and by these again being entangled, they have been overcome, become to them hath the last things worse than the first,

If, after having escaped the polluting influences of the world, through knowing our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, people are again entangled in them, and give way to them, their last state has become worse than their first.


simplify: And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate; and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; and thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

And your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, will go back to their first condition, and Samaria and her daughters will go back to their first condition, and you and your daughters will go back to your first condition.


simplify: And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

And he came to his end after a long life, full of days and great wealth and honour; and Solomon his son became king in his place.


simplify: And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

You are to be responsible for the holy place and the altar, so that wrath may never again come on the children of Israel.


rate difficulty: And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

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


rate difficulty: And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said to her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments, I pray, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead;

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


rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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


simplify: And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Jehovah their God. All his days they departed not from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

Josiah took away all the disgusting things out of all the lands of the children of Israel, and made all who were in Israel servants of the Lord their God. And as long as he was living they were true to the Lord, the God of their fathers.


rate difficulty: And being moved with compassion, he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou made clean.

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


simplify: And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

But Jesus answered: “No one who looks back, after putting their hand to the plow, is fitted for the kingdom of God.”


simplify: And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.

You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.


simplify: Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord.

Do not put a curse on those who have no hearing, or put a cause of falling in the way of the blind, but keep the fear of your God before you: I am the Lord.


simplify: For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.


simplify: And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.

And one came to David and said, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.


rate difficulty: And the king went up into the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites, and all the people, great and small; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which had been found in the house of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.

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


simplify: But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

But the child of the slave-woman was born in the course of nature, while the child of the free woman was born in fulfillment of a promise.


simplify: Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:

Give no cause of trouble to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God.


simplify: Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Yes, and all who aim at living a religious life in union with Christ Jesus will have to suffer persecution;


rate difficulty: And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard;

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rate difficulty: And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.


simplify: And when a man’s uncle shall take him up, even he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is in the innermost parts of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No; then shall he say, Hold thy peace; for we may not make mention of the name of Jehovah.

And when a man's relation, even the one who is responsible for burning his body, lifting him up to take his bones out of the house, says to him who is in the inmost part of the house, Is there still anyone with you? and he says, No; then he will say, Keep quiet, for the name of the Lord may not be named.


rate difficulty: And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.

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


simplify: So Hushai David’s friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

So Hushai, David's friend, went into the town, and Absalom came to Jerusalem.


simplify: Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

For this reason keep it in mind that in the past you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are looked on as being outside the circumcision by those who have circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;


rate difficulty: And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.

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


rate difficulty: `Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, God of Israel;


simplify: and the sea did give up those dead in it, and the death and the hades did give up the dead in them, and they were judged, each one according to their works;

The sea gave up its dead, and Death and the Lord of the place of Death gave up their dead; and they were judged, one by one, each according to his actions.


rate difficulty: `And this thing do thou: turn aside the kings each out of his place, and set captains in their stead;

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rate difficulty: because of this we have been comforted in your comfort, and more abundantly the more did we rejoice in the joy of Titus, that his spirit hath been refreshed from you all;

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rate difficulty: Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.


simplify: And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

And he sent another servant, and they gave blows to him in the same way, and put shame on him, and sent him away with nothing.


rate difficulty: Then they all rose in a body and led Jesus before Pilate.


simplify: And their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is he that hath had boldness to approach unto me? saith Jehovah.

And their chief will be of their number; their ruler will come from among themselves; and I will let him be present before me, so that he may come near to me: for who may have strength of heart to come near me? says the Lord.


simplify: Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

In the same way with your oxen and your sheep: for seven days let the young one be with its mother; on the eighth day give it to me.


rate difficulty: And Jesus, answering him, said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he got into the hands of thieves, who took his clothing and gave him cruel blows, and when they went away, he was half dead.

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rate difficulty: But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.

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rate difficulty: Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for Jehovah hath added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.

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


simplify: If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.

If you still go on living in the land, then I will go on building you up and not pulling you down, planting you and not uprooting you: for my purpose of doing evil to you has been changed.


simplify: And when thou hast stayed three days, thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.

And on the third day it will be specially noted, and you will go to the place where you took cover when the other business was in hand, waiting by the hill over there.


simplify: Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

Then, after reading the king's letter, Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their friends went quickly to Jerusalem, to the Jews, and had them stopped by force.


simplify: And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit,

This is how Jesus Christ was born:  His mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but, before the marriage took place, she found herself to be pregnant by the power of the Holy Spirit.


simplify: a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig copper.

Where there will be bread for you in full measure and you will be in need of nothing; a land where the very stones are iron and from whose hills you may get copper.


rate difficulty: You have heard that it was said — ‘You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

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


simplify: And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

Then all the people went over Jordan, and the king went over: and the king gave Barzillai a kiss, with his blessing; and he went back to his place.


simplify: and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,

And on every high tower, and on every strong wall;


rate difficulty: And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper.

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


simplify: The Lord grant mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;

May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains;


simplify: in nothing giving any cause of offence, that the ministration may be not blamed,

Never do we put an obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.

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


simplify: How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.


rate difficulty: For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


simplify: But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

Remember the saying — ‘Scanty sowing, scanty harvest; plentiful sowing, plentiful harvest.’


simplify: For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

For I have been informed, my friends, by the members of Chloe’s household, that party feeling exists among you.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will spread out my net upon thee with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net.

This is what the Lord has said: My net will be stretched out over you, and I will take you up in my fishing-net.


rate difficulty: A light to bring light to the Gentiles, And to be the glory of your people Israel.”


rate difficulty: `And when a man bringeth near a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, to complete a vow, or for a willing-offering, of the herd or of the flock, it is perfect for a pleasing thing: no blemish is in it;

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


rate difficulty: And he saith to him, `Far be it! thou dost not die; lo, my father doth not do anything great or small and doth not uncover mine ear; and wherefore doth my father hide from me this thing? this <FI>thing<Fi> is not.'

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


rate difficulty: But the Baal has taken all the work of our fathers from our earliest days; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

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


simplify: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.


simplify: And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.


rate difficulty: And when he saw [that], he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

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


rate difficulty: ... the son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead; he had the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and the country of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great towns with walls and locks of brass.

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


rate difficulty: And Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

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


simplify: The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

“Sir,” the captain went on, “I am unworthy to receive you under my roof; but only speak, and my manservant will be cured.


rate difficulty: And made desolate her vine and her fig-tree, Of which she said, A gift they <FI>are<Fi> to me, That my lovers have given to me, And I have made them for a forest, And consumed them hath a beast of the field.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And immediately Jesus constrained his disciples to go into the boat, and to go before him to the other side, till he might let away the multitudes;

Immediately afterwards Jesus made the disciples get into a boat and cross over in advance of him, while he dismissed the crowds.


simplify: saying, `Declare to us, O Christ, who he is that struck thee?'

“Now play the prophet for us, you Christ! Who was it that struck you?”


rate difficulty: But some one will say, `How do the dead rise?

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


simplify: And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and have known all things;

You, however, have received consecration from the Holy One.


simplify: And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.

And their brothers, the men of their family: Michael and Meshullam and Sheba and Jorai and Jacan and Zia and Eber, seven of them.


simplify: But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him:


rate difficulty: This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that go not up to celebrate the feast of tabernacles.

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rate difficulty: Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

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


rate difficulty: Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;

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rate difficulty: And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:


simplify: They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.


rate difficulty: And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve ye the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: but why should we serve him?

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


simplify: And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.

And a man came and said to him, They have come with the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Put them down in two masses at the doorway of the town till the morning.


simplify: Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?


simplify: And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so?


simplify: And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

Then, weeping, he took Benjamin in his arms, and Benjamin himself was weeping on Joseph's neck.


rate difficulty: Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.

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simplify: and they cry with a great voice, saying, Salvation unto our God who sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb.

Saying with a loud voice, Salvation to our God who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb.


simplify: The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.


rate difficulty: And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

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simplify: Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.

For seven days let your food be unleavened cakes; and on the seventh day there is to be a feast to the Lord.


simplify: And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

And now, is there not Boaz, our relation, with whose young women you were? See, tonight he is separating the grain from the waste in his grain-floor.


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

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


simplify: And the third messenger did sound, and there fell out of the heaven a great star, burning as a lamp, and it did fall upon the third of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters,

Then the third angel blew; and there fell from the heavens a great star, burning like a torch. It fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs.


simplify: And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and offerings, he said,

And some were talking about the Temple, how it was made fair with beautiful stones and with offerings, but he said,


simplify: And all the multitude kept silence; and they hearkened unto Barnabas and Paul rehearsing what signs and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles through them.

And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them.


simplify: Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.

Arabia and all the rulers of Kedar did business with you; in lambs and sheep and goats, in these they did business with you.


rate difficulty: and the son said to him, Father, I did sin--to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son.

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rate difficulty: And Hazael said, Why is my lord weeping? Then he said in answer, Because I see the evil which you will do to the children of Israel: burning down their strong towns, putting their young men to death with the sword, smashing their little ones against the stones, and cutting open the women who are with child.

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


simplify: Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.

Then my face will be turned against him and his family, and he and all those who do evil with him will be cut off from among their people.


rate difficulty: Persevere in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving;

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


simplify: Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

Now see, poor though I am, I have got ready for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold and a million talents of silver; and a weight of brass and iron greater than may be measured; and wood and stone have I made ready, and you may put more to it.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,


simplify: And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vision is false, they go wrong in their decisions.


simplify: Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath Jehovah chosen this.

Then Jesse sent for Abinadab and made him come before Samuel. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.


simplify: And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

Their hearts will be full of fear; pains and sorrows will overcome them; they will be in pain like a woman in childbirth; they will be shocked at one another; their faces will be like flames.


simplify: And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

Another servant also came and said ‘Sir, here are your ten pounds; I have kept them put away in a handkerchief.


rate difficulty: And Saul's son Jonathan went to David in Horesh, and made his hands strong in God;

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


simplify: And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

And Jonathan again took an oath to David, because of his love for him: for David was as dear to him as his very soul.


simplify: because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged unto the rest of the sons of Manasseh.

Because the daughters of Manasseh had a heritage among his sons, and the land of Gilead was the property of the other sons of Manasseh.


rate difficulty: But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.

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


rate difficulty: one golden spoon of ten <FI>shekels<Fi> , full of perfume;

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


simplify: And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;

And he got together a great store of iron, for the nails for the doors and for the joins; and brass, more in weight than might be measured;


simplify: They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

They come from a far country, from the farthest part of heaven, even the Lord and the instruments of his wrath, with destruction for all the land.


simplify: And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.

And Samuel said to Saul, I will not go back with you: for you have put away from you the word of the Lord, and the Lord has put you from your place as king over Israel.


rate difficulty: And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.


simplify: And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king; and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

And when the king went by, crying out to him he said, Your servant went out into the fight; and a man came out to me with another man and said, Keep this man: if by any chance he gets away, your life will be the price of his life, or you will have to give a talent of silver in payment.


rate difficulty: So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

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


simplify: But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

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


rate difficulty: Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by unrighteousness!

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


simplify: for in your eating each one taketh before other his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.


simplify: He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years.


rate difficulty: And I will make Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his war-carriages and his forces, come against you at the river Kishon, where I will give him into your hands.

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


simplify: and night shall not be there, and they have no need of a lamp and light of a sun, because the Lord God doth give them light, and they shall reign--to the ages of the ages.

Night will cease to be. They have no need of the light of a lamp, nor have they the light of the sun; for the ‘Lord God will be their light, and they will reign for ever and ever.’


simplify: For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.


rate difficulty: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

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simplify: having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

Because he so willed, he gave us life, through the message of the truth, so that we should be, as it were, an earnest of still further creations.


simplify: For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.


simplify: For David ascended not into the heavens: but he saith himself,  The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

For David has not gone up into heaven, but says, himself, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand,


rate difficulty: And they spake of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.

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


rate difficulty: A man is satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

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


simplify: And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

Let the peace that the Christ gives decide all doubts within your hearts; for you also were called to the enjoyment of peace as members of one body. And show yourselves thankful.


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

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


simplify: Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?

By whom was this purposed against Tyre, the crowning town, whose traders are chiefs, whose business men are honoured in the land?


simplify: And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.

And those overseers, every man in his month, saw that food was produced for Solomon and all his guests, they took care that nothing was overlooked.


rate difficulty: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

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


simplify: And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Jehovah deliver them before me, shall I be your head?

Then Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, If you take me back to make war against the children of Ammon, and if with the help of the Lord I overcome them, will you make me your head?


rate difficulty: And the sons of Ethan: Azariah.

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


rate difficulty: For, by Myself, I have sworn, An affirmation of Jehovah, That for a desolation, for a reproach, For a waste, and for a reviling--is Bozrah, And all her cities are for wastes age-during.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: Now when even was come, he was sitting at meat with the twelve disciples;

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


simplify: And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

And Egypt was the father of the Ludim and the Anamim and the Lehabim and the Naphtuhim


simplify: Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the last farthing.

Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.


rate difficulty: Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

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


simplify: But as touching the Gentiles that have believed, we wrote, giving judgment that they should keep themselves from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication.

But as to the Gentiles who have the faith, we sent a letter, giving our decision that they were to keep themselves from offerings made to false gods, and from blood, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from the evil desires of the body.


rate difficulty: The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,


simplify: Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

Who, in the days of Noah, went against God's orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water:


simplify: Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the Lord.

Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the rest of the people, gave ear to the voice of the Lord their God and to the words of Haggai the prophet, because the Lord their God had sent him, and the people were in fear before the Lord.


simplify: Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Come to me, all you who toil and are burdened, and I will give you rest!


simplify: Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

Then he went down seven times into the waters of Jordan, as the man of God had said; and his flesh became like the flesh of a little child again, and he was clean.


rate difficulty: So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

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


rate difficulty: And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.


simplify: but that which remaineth of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.

But if any of the flesh of the offering is still unused on the third day, it is to be burned with fire.


rate difficulty: The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

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


simplify: And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

And that your hand is on him every morning, and that you are testing him every minute?


rate difficulty: The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

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


simplify: And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which are upon thy hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will look well unto thee; but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee; whither it seemeth good and right unto thee to go, thither go.

Now see, this day I am freeing you from the chains which are on your hands. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will keep an eye on you; but if it does not seem good to you to come with me to Babylon, then do not come: see, all the land is before you; if it seems good and right to you to go on living in the land,


rate difficulty: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

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


simplify: And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.


simplify: Yes, Father, because so it was good pleasure before Thee.

Yes, Father, I thank you that this has seemed good to you.