rate difficulty: And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth?

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


simplify: Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whosoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, that offereth his oblation, whether it be any of their vows, or any of their freewill-offerings, which they offer unto Jehovah for a burnt-offering;

Say to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel, If any man of the children of Israel, or of another nation living in Israel, makes an offering, given because of an oath or freely given to the Lord for a burned offering;


simplify: And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

And a great number of the people had gone over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but Saul was still in Gilgal, and all the people went after him shaking in fear.


rate difficulty: And while she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

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


simplify: As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

You will become a waste, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.


simplify: And he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

And he came again and saw them sleeping, for their eyes were tired.


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

But God said to the man ‘Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared — who will have it?’


simplify: Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore.

So that day the Lord gave Israel salvation from the hands of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea's edge.


rate difficulty: For with thee <FI>am<Fi> I, An affirmation of Jehovah--to save thee, For I make an end of all the nations Whither I have scattered thee, Only, of thee I do not make an end, And I have chastised thee in judgment, And do not entirely acquit thee.

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


rate difficulty: And now, behold, Jehovah has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets; and Jehovah has spoken evil concerning thee.

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


rate difficulty: This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden spoons;

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


rate difficulty: And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst command is done, and yet there is room.

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


rate difficulty: And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

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


simplify: (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)

(After Jeconiah the king and the queen-mother and the unsexed servants and the rulers of Judah and Jerusalem and the expert workmen and the metal-workers had gone away from Jerusalem;)


simplify: And he went out from thence; and he cometh into his own country; and his disciples follow him.

And he went away from there, and came into his country; and his disciples went with him.


rate difficulty: He is come to Aiath, he hath passed through Migron; at Michmash he layeth up his baggage.

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


rate difficulty: And when he had been with them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the day after, he took his place on the judge's seat, and sent for Paul.


simplify: The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.

The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.


simplify: but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

No, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.


rate difficulty: The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three;

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


rate difficulty: James, bondman ofGod and of [the] Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which [are] in the dispersion, greeting.

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


simplify: For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

I do not count the sufferings of our present life worthy of mention when compared with the glory that is to be revealed and bestowed on us.


rate difficulty: And having taken hold of him [by] the right hand he raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones were made strong.

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


simplify: And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.

And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.


simplify: And he having given him leave, Paul having stood upon the stairs, did beckon with the hand to the people, and there having been a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew dialect, saying:

The commanding officer gave his permission, and Paul, standing on the steps, made signs with his hand to the people, and, when comparative silence had been obtained, he said to them in Hebrew:


simplify: And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.

And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and was united with him in death.


rate difficulty: That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;

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


simplify: But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.

But to the sons of Kohath he gave nothing; because they had the care of the holy place, taking it about on their backs.


simplify: Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast burdened me with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

You have not got me sweet-smelling plants with your money, or given me pleasure with the fat of your offerings: but you have made me a servant to your sins, and you have made me tired with your evil doings.


rate difficulty: And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son; only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

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


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


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

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


simplify: And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:

And some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, gave freely of their wealth for the building up of the house of God in its place:


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.

And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your oldest son, Esau.


rate difficulty: And behold, a man came, whose name was Jairus, and he was [a] ruler of the synagogue, and falling at the feet of Jesus besought him to come to his house,

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


simplify: Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.

Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and about three thousand men and women were on the roof, looking on while Samson made sport.


rate difficulty: The deep hath said, `It <FI>is<Fi> not in me,' And the sea hath said, `It is not with me.'

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


rate difficulty: And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is--a pillar of salt!

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


rate difficulty: So that they may give you worship, walking in your ways, as long as they are living in the land which you gave to our fathers.

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


rate difficulty: After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their statutes.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Notwithstanding, the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

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


simplify: Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness

Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.


simplify: All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.


simplify: Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

Only do not take its blood for food, but let it be drained out on the earth like water.


rate difficulty: And there was a roof over the doorway and as far as the inner house, and to the outside and on the wall all round, inside and outside.

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


rate difficulty: And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

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


rate difficulty: And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

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


simplify: Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

Bless your persecutors — bless and never curse.


rate difficulty: therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the nations; and I will cut thee off from the peoples, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.

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


simplify: Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon: and it will be seen that you are not present, for there will be no one in your seat.


simplify: And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

And Jacob was living in the land of Goshen for seventeen years; so the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.


simplify: Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.

Then keep his laws and his orders which I give you today, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, and that your lives may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for ever.


simplify: When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

When you take your rest you will have no fear, and on your bed sleep will be sweet to you.


rate difficulty: And they waited till they were ashamed; and behold, he opened not the doors of the upper-chamber, and they took the key, and opened [them], and behold, their lord lay dead on the earth.

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


rate difficulty: And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

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


simplify: Butit isnot as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel:

But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:


simplify: The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

The prisoner, bent under his chain, will quickly be made free, and will not go down into the underworld, and his bread will not come to an end.


rate difficulty: And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom ye did taunt me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?

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


simplify: And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.

And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jews: and John was with them, helping them.


simplify: Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel among whom they are.

You are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: This word has to do with the ruler in Jerusalem and all the children of Israel in it.


simplify: And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.

All at once Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Jesus.


rate difficulty: Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.

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


rate difficulty: Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.

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


rate difficulty: The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

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


simplify: And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.

Now after this there was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Sibbecai the Hushathite put to death Saph, one of the offspring of the Rephaim.


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

Said to him, Go quickly and say to this young man, Jerusalem will be an unwalled town, because of the great number of men and cattle in her.


simplify: Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

Will you put me to death as you did the Egyptian yesterday?


rate difficulty: And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?

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


rate difficulty: And the Amorites who were in the hill-country came out against you and put you to flight, rushing after you like bees, and overcame you in Seir, driving you even as far as Hormah.

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


rate difficulty: I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

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


simplify: Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

If anyone of you is ill, let him send for the officers of the church, and let them pray over them, after anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord.


simplify: Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;

Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.


rate difficulty: `And he hath slaughtered the goat of the sin-offering which <FI>is<Fi> the people's, and hath brought in its blood unto the inside of the vail, and hath done with its blood as he hath done with the blood of the bullock, and hath sprinkled it on the mercy-seat, and at the front of the mercy-seat,

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


simplify: And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth–el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

(And she had her seat under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her to be judged.)


rate difficulty: For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.


simplify: The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;

And the sloping windows and the covered ways round all three of them were of shakiph-wood all round from the level of the earth up to the windows;


rate difficulty: Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;


rate difficulty: neither, because they are Abraham’s seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.


rate difficulty: He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.

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


simplify: My little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:

My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;


simplify: As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.


simplify: And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

and to be greeted in the markets with respect, and to be called ‘Rabbi’ for everybody.


simplify: For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.


rate difficulty: And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come out to fight against thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

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


simplify: And the covered way for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he unto the house of Jehovah, because of the king of Assyria.

*** the house of the Lord, because of the king of Assyria.


simplify: And a Redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith Jehovah.

And as a saviour he will come to Zion, turning away sin from Jacob, says the Lord.


simplify: And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

I want you to bear in mind, friends, that all our ancestors were beneath the cloud, and all passed through the sea;


simplify: And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;

And in Jerusalem there were living some of the sons of Judah, and of Benjamin, and of Ephraim and Manasseh;


rate difficulty: 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.

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


rate difficulty: But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;

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


rate difficulty: and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled continually, and there shall be none to save.

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


simplify: And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

And they gave worship to the dragon, because he gave authority to the beast; and worshipping the beast, they said, Who is like the beast? and who is able to go to war with him?


rate difficulty: And Samuel said to Saul, Stay, that I may tell thee what Jehovah has said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on.

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And all the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

And all the people said they would do so, for it seemed right to them.


simplify: O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

O Lord, have mercy on us; for we have been waiting for your help: be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble.


simplify: And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.

“I tell you, Peter,”replied Jesus, “the cock will not crow today until you have disowned all knowledge of me three times.”


rate difficulty: And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelt there about ten years.

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


rate difficulty: Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

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


simplify: It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.

It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.


rate difficulty: 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.

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


rate difficulty: `And when a person doth sin, and hath heard the voice of an oath, and he <FI>is<Fi> witness, or hath seen, or hath known--if he declare not, then he hath borne his iniquity:

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the Lord, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the Lord, to repair and amend the house:

And they gave it to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, and the overseers gave it to the workmen working in the house, for building it up and making good what was damaged;


simplify: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

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


rate difficulty: Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

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


rate difficulty: Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

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


simplify: The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.

The children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four.


simplify: Now the men observed diligently, and hasted to catch whether it were his mind; and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

Now the men took it as a sign, and quickly took up his words; and they said, Ben-hadad is your brother. Then he said, Go and get him. So Ben-hadad came out to him and he made him get up into his carriage.


simplify: And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? are you going to put me to death as you did the Egyptian? And Moses was in fear, and said, It is clear that the thing has come to light.


simplify: for each one his own burden shall bear.


simplify: Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

It may be used for food in your houses: the unclean and the clean may take of it, as of the gazelle and the roe.


rate difficulty: And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.

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


simplify: and they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

And they got together all the people on the first day of the second month; and everyone made clear his family and his father's house, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and over.


simplify: And when ye offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah, ye shall offer it that ye may be accepted.

And when you give a peace offering to the Lord, do it in the way which is pleasing to the Lord.


simplify: Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.

And see, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for the fact that I took off the skirt of your robe and did not put you to death is witness that I have no evil purpose, and I have done you no wrong, though you are waiting for my life to take it.


simplify: But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this might be.

But she was greatly troubled at his words, and said to herself, What may be the purpose of these words?


rate difficulty: Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.

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


simplify: And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

And the feast of the grain-cutting, the first-fruits of your planted fields: and the feast at the start of the year, when you have got in all the fruit from your fields.


simplify: For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.


simplify: When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

For whose coming John made ready the way by preaching to all the people of Israel the baptism which goes with a change of heart.


rate difficulty: Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

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rate difficulty: And Mary said, `Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,' and the messenger went away from her.

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


simplify: The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy traffickers; they traded for thy wares with the chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

The traders of Sheba and Raamah did trade with you; they gave the best of all sorts of spices and all sorts of stones of great price and gold for your goods.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;

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simplify: And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them.

And let the priests who come near to the Lord make themselves holy, for fear that the Lord may come on them suddenly.


simplify: If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

When anyone speaks, let them speak as one who is delivering the oracles of God. When anyone is endeavoring to serve others, let them do so in reliance on the strength which God supplies; so that in everything God may be honor ed through Jesus Christ — to whom be ascribed all honor and might for ever and ever. Amen.


simplify: Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

That truth which has been hidden from former ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to God’s people,


rate difficulty: So now make division of this land for a heritage to the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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rate difficulty: thou therefore that teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

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


simplify: And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

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.


simplify: Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,

You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,


simplify: in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;


rate difficulty: Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

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


rate difficulty: and those who are Christ's, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires;


simplify: thou hast neither part nor lot in this thing, for thy heart is not right before God;

You have no share or part in our message, for your ‘heart is not right with God.’


simplify: Then shalt thou remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder sisters and thy younger; and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

Then at the memory of your ways you will be overcome with shame, when I take your sisters, the older and the younger, and give them to you for daughters, but not by your agreement.


rate difficulty: Then he said, Send for her. And in answer to his voice she took her place at the door.

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


simplify: Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

Does a spring give both good and bad water from the same source?


simplify: Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

Ashkelon will see it with fear, and Gaza, bent with pain; and Ekron, for her hope will be shamed: and the king will be cut off from Gaza, and Ashkelon will be unpeopled.


simplify: On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

On the first day of the first month you are to put up the House of the Tent of meeting.


simplify: And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.

Instantly it seemed as if a film fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. Then he got up and was baptized,


simplify: And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

And Jattir with its grass-lands, and Eshtemoa with its grass-lands;


simplify: The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.


simplify: And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

Then a great portent was seen in the heavens — a woman whose robe was the sun, and who had the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.


rate difficulty: Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

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


rate difficulty: Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:

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


rate difficulty: Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling for two years in Jerusalem.

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


simplify: And he said unto his lad, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

And he said to the boy, Go and get the arrow I let loose from my bow. And while the boy was running, he sent an arrow past him.


simplify: and Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-hezron (the same is Hazor),

And Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-hezron (which is Hazor);


simplify: And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who wrongs us; and take us not into temptation.’”


simplify: And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.


simplify: And when ye come into an house, salute it.

And when you go in, say, May peace be on this house.


simplify: according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.


simplify: And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.

And his father and mother were full of wonder at the things which were said about him.


simplify: And straightway all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.

And straight away all the people, when they saw him, were full of wonder, and running to him, gave him worship.


rate difficulty: Then he withdrew about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and began to pray.


simplify: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

Being conscious in the first place that no man by himself may give a special sense to the words of the prophets.


simplify: And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.

And came back with the head on a plate, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.


rate difficulty: And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?

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


simplify: And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.


rate difficulty: An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

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


simplify: but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even the blood of Christ:

But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:


simplify: For it was the good pleasure of the Father that in him should all the fulness dwell;

For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;


simplify: So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

So Gad came to David, and gave him word of this and said to him, Are there to be three years when there is not enough food in your land? or will you go in flight from your haters for three months, while they go after you? or will you have three days of violent disease in your land? take thought and say what answer I am to give to him who sent me.


rate difficulty: But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

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


rate difficulty: and its five pillars with their hooks; and he overlaid their capitals and their connecting-rods with gold; and their five bases were of copper.

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


simplify: Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?


simplify: may the Lord give to him to find kindness from the Lord in that day; and how many things in Ephesus he did minister thou dost very well know.

The Lord grant that he may find mercy at the hands of the Lord on ‘that day.’ The many services that he rendered at Ephesus you have the best means of knowing.


simplify: Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.

In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.


rate difficulty: For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

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


simplify: Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee; for I Jehovah, who sanctify you, am holy.

And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I the Lord, who make you holy, am holy.


simplify: For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

When we were living merely earthly lives, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were active in every part of our bodies, with the result that our lives bore fruit for death.


simplify: To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

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


rate difficulty: Let me not, I pray you, accept the face of any, Nor unto man give flattering titles,

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


simplify: But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

I thank God for inspiring Titus with the same keen interest in your welfare that I have;


rate difficulty: And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.

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simplify: His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;


simplify: And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days:

And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month let there be a holy meeting; do no field-work, and keep a feast to the Lord for seven days;


rate difficulty: For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.


simplify: having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

Having in mind your true faith, which first was in your mother's mother Lois, and in your mother Eunice, and, I am certain, is now in you.


simplify: But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.

But Peter denied it. “I do not know or understand what you mean,” he replied. Then he went out into the porch;


rate difficulty: And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, `By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?'

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


rate difficulty: For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?

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


rate difficulty: And said to Moses, The people are giving much more than is needed for the work which the Lord has given us orders to do.

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


rate difficulty: From his high place he sent shaking on the earth; he saw and nations were suddenly moved: and the eternal mountains were broken, the unchanging hills were bent down; his ways are eternal.

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


rate difficulty: My mountain in the field, thy substance, all thy treasures will I give for a spoil, — thy high places, because of sin throughout thy borders.


rate difficulty: Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;

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simplify: As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age;

As he promised by the lips of his holy prophets of old —


simplify: And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, even God.

And Jesus said to him, Why do you say that I am good? No one is good, but only God.


simplify: and their brethren that did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty and two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,

And their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred and twenty-two; and Adaiah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,


rate difficulty: So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with them that met him.

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rate difficulty: And all her glory has gone from the daughter of Zion: her rulers have become like harts with no place for food, and they have gone in flight without strength before the attacker.

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


simplify: And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.

And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken bits and of the fishes.


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


simplify: Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly.

Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.


rate difficulty: And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.

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


simplify: For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

For the bed is not long enough for a man to be stretched out on: and the cover is not wide enough for him to be covered with.


rate difficulty: There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard on men;


rate difficulty: Now the servants of David and Joab had been out attacking a band of armed men, and they came back with a great store of goods taken in the fight: but Abner was no longer in Hebron with David, for he had sent him away and he had gone in peace.

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


rate difficulty: and if any one of the unbelieving do call you, and ye wish to go, all that is set before you eat, nothing inquiring, because of the conscience;

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


rate difficulty: The men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight.

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


rate difficulty: For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; But by men of understandingandknowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death.

So day after day she gave him no peace, for ever questioning him till his soul was troubled to death.


simplify: Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?

Have I any pleasure in the death of the evil-doer? says the Lord: am I not pleased if he is turned from his way so that he may have life?


simplify: And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

And I will show wonders in the heavens above, And signs on the earth below — Blood and fire and mist of smoke;


simplify: He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night.


simplify: And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has had the young ox put to death because he has come back safely.


rate difficulty: Whether it be good or whether it be evil, we will hearken unto the voice of Jehovah ourGod, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us when we hearken unto the voice of Jehovah ourGod.

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


simplify: And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah.

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year that Solomon was king of Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, the building of the Lord's house was started.


simplify: The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?

The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put under your feet all those who are against you?


simplify: And there came a cloud overshadowing them: and there came a voice out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son: hear ye him.

And a cloud came over them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, give ear to him.


rate difficulty: They are not in heaven, for you to say, Who will go up to heaven for us and give us knowledge of them so that we may do them?

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


rate difficulty: This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,

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


rate difficulty: And Joab fell to the ground on his face and bowed himself, and blessed the king; and Joab said, To-day thy servant knows that I have found favour in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has fulfilled the request of his servant.

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


rate difficulty: They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God.

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


simplify: And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.

Then the fourth angel emptied his bowl on the sun; and he was permitted to scorch men with fire;


rate difficulty: and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand,

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the sea-lands.


simplify: And all the fat thereof shall he take off from it, and burn it upon the altar.

And he is to take off all its fat, burning it on the altar.


simplify: And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

And Saul, with Jonathan his son and the people who were with them, was waiting in Geba in the land of Benjamin: but the tents of the Philistines were in Michmash.


simplify: There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.

There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.


simplify: If not, hearken thou unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.

If not, give attention to me, and keep quiet, and I will give you wisdom.


simplify: Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?


simplify: And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

Now the servants of David and Joab had been out attacking a band of armed men, and they came back with a great store of goods taken in the fight: but Abner was no longer in Hebron with David, for he had sent him away and he had gone in peace.


simplify: And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.

And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.


rate difficulty: His arrows encompass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

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


simplify: because many leading astray did enter into the world, who are not confessing Jesus Christ coming in flesh; this one is he who is leading astray, and the antichrist.

I say this because many impostors have left us to go into the world — people who do not acknowledge Jesus as Christ come in our human nature. It is that which marks someone as an impostor and an antichrist.


simplify: A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.

There is the sound of crying from Horonaim, wasting and great destruction;


simplify: But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!

But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!


simplify: from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;

From Aroer, on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the town in the middle of the valley, and all the table-land from Medeba to Dibon;


rate difficulty: Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

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


simplify: Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the Lord which hallow you,

And do not make my holy name common; so that it may be kept holy by the children of Israel: I am the Lord who make you holy,


rate difficulty: as a native among you is the sojourner to you who is sojourning with you, and thou hast had love to him as to thyself, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

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


simplify: And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

I say this for your own benefit, not with any intention of putting a halter around your necks, but in order to secure for the Master seemly and constant devotion, free from all distraction.


simplify: And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.


simplify: Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Do not be deceived.  ‘Good character is marred by evil company.’


rate difficulty: For this cause I will get together all your lovers with whom you have taken your pleasure, and all those to whom you have given your love, with all those who were hated by you; I will even make them come together against you on every side, and I will have you uncovered before them so that they may see your shame.

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


rate difficulty: When your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers to you and requesting your grace in this house:

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


rate difficulty: So, as he would not be persuaded, we said no more to him, only adding — “The Lord’s will be done.”

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


rate difficulty: Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.


simplify: so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, and not to glory in another’s province in regard of things ready to our hand.

So that we may be able to go on and take the good news to countries still farther away than you are, and not take credit for another man's work in making things ready to our hand.


simplify: He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:


simplify: Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah, and for controversies. And they returned to Jerusalem.

Then in Jerusalem he gave authority to certain of the Levites and the priests and the heads of families of Israel to give decisions for the Lord, and in the causes of those living in Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:


simplify: and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through not having root, they withered,

As soon as the sun had risen, it was scorched, and, because their roots were not deep enough, withered away.


rate difficulty: For before that certain came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing them that were of the circumcision.

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


rate difficulty: let all things be done decently and in order.

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


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


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.


rate difficulty: As to the man of arm--he hath the earth, And the accepted of face--he dwelleth in it.

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


simplify: So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

So he put up the house and made it complete, roofing it with boards of cedar-wood.


rate difficulty: They shall not alter it nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.

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


simplify: Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

Even their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the Lord's wrath; but all the land will be burned up in the fire of his bitter wrath: for he will put an end, even suddenly, to all who are living in the land.


simplify: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;


simplify: because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death; so, also, death spread to all humanity, because every person has sinned.


rate difficulty: And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

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


simplify: And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

And all the children of Israel went away from Moses.


rate difficulty: Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God.

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


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

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


simplify: And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

And they came to Ophir, where they got four hundred and twenty talents of gold, and took it back to King Solomon.


simplify: And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

Alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days!


rate difficulty: he is like to a man building a house, who did dig, and deepen, and laid a foundation upon the rock, and a flood having come, the stream broke forth on that house, and was not able to shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock.

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


simplify: The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel, the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.


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

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


rate difficulty: On the top of high places by the way, at the cross-paths she taketh her stand.


simplify: `Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

Remember, I am sending you out as my messengers like sheep among wolves. So be as wise as snakes, and as blameless as doves.


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

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


simplify: And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

And the open spaces of the town will be full of boys and girls playing in its open spaces.


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


rate difficulty: And David saith unto the youth who is declaring <FI>it<Fi> to him, `Whence <FI>art<Fi> thou?' and he saith, `Son of a sojourner, an Amalekite, I <FI>am<Fi> .'

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


rate difficulty: These are the men who rob widows of their houses, and make a pretense of saying long prayers. Their sentence will be all the heavier.”


rate difficulty: And in Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;

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


simplify: And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

the stars will be falling from the heavens,’ and ‘the forces that are in the heavens will be convulsed.’


rate difficulty: And a certain ruler asked him saying, Good teacher, having done what, shall I inherit eternal life?

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


rate difficulty: holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.


simplify: Thou arta fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And flowing streams from Lebanon.

You are a fountain of gardens, a spring of living waters, and flowing waters from Lebanon.


rate difficulty: Then give ear from heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.

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


rate difficulty: The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,

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


simplify: Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.


simplify: For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

For Demas has gone away from me, for love of this present life, and has gone to Thessalonica: Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.


rate difficulty: But the shepherds of Gerar strove with Isaac's shepherds, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they had quarrelled with him.


rate difficulty: No one is pushing against another; everyone goes straight on his way: bursting through the sword points, their order is not broken.


simplify: And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.

And these are the names of the sons of Gershon, by their families: Libni and Shimei.


simplify: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

May grace and peace ever be increasing in you, in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;


simplify: Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

Then at the sound of your voice, the Lord will give an answer; at your cry he will say, Here am I. If you take away from among you the yoke, the putting out of the finger of shame, and the evil word;


simplify: `And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses;

‘And, whenever you stand up to pray, forgive any grievance that you have against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven also may forgive you your offenses.”


simplify: On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein none delighteth, saith Jehovah.

On all the house-tops of Moab and in its streets there is weeping everywhere; for Moab has been broken like a vessel in which there is no pleasure, says the Lord.


simplify: Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.


simplify: Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.

Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.


rate difficulty: The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.

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


simplify: And it was so; for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water.

And it was so: for he got up early on the morning after, and twisting the wool in his hands, he got a basin full of water from the dew on the wool.


rate difficulty: This town will not be your cooking-pot, and you will not be the flesh inside it; I will be your judge at the limit of the land of Israel;


simplify: He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

“How many loaves have you?”he asked; “Go, and see.”When they had found out, they told him: “Five, and two fishes.”


rate difficulty: And through all the tribes of Israel the people were having arguments, saying, The king made us safe from the hands of those who were against us and made us free from the hands of the Philistines; and now he has gone in flight from the land, because of Absalom.

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


rate difficulty: The voice of my loved one! See, he comes dancing on the mountains, stepping quickly on the hills.


simplify: as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

Be like obedient children; do not let your lives be shaped by the passions which once swayed you in the days of your ignorance,


simplify: And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear.


simplify: and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beer-sheba.

And to the walled town of Tyre, and to all the towns of the Hivites and the Canaanites: and they went out to the South of Judah at Beer-sheba.


rate difficulty: in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ;

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


rate difficulty: but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

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


simplify: He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;


simplify: And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

and a profound impression was made on the people. “He has done everything well!” they exclaimed. “He makes even the deaf hear and the dumb speak!”


simplify: And they journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped in Hazeroth.

And they went on from Kibroth-hattaavah, and put up their tents in Hazeroth.


rate difficulty: [As]God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,

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


simplify: And Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.

And the Lord said to me, See, from now on I have given Sihon and his land into your hands: go forward now to take his land and make it yours.


simplify: And ye yourselves also know, ye Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving but ye only;

And you have knowledge, Philippians, that when the good news first came to you, when I went away from Macedonia, no church took part with me in the business of giving to the saints, but you only;


rate difficulty: And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom Jehovah hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, Long live the king.

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


rate difficulty: Now Jehovah had said to Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people: in one moment I will come up into the midst of thee and will consume thee. And now put off thine ornaments from thee, and I will know what I will do unto thee.

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


rate difficulty: and they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath Jehovah brought all this evil upon them.

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


simplify: Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

For twelve years they were under the rule of Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they put off his control.


simplify: And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him: that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.


simplify: And they journeyed from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and they went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.

And journeying on from before Hahiroth, they went through the sea into the waste land: they went three days' journey through the waste land of Etham and put up their tents in Marah.


rate difficulty: And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

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


simplify: said to him, `Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?'

and asked — ” Are you ‘the coming one,’ or are we to look for someone else?”


simplify: And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a winged one, and the second was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.


simplify: And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

And Miriam, the woman prophet, the sister of Aaron, took an instrument of music in her hand; and all the women went after her with music and dances.


simplify: The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

The watchmen who go about the town came by me; to them I said, Have you seen him who is my heart's desire?


simplify: Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?

Are we again to go against your orders, taking wives from among the people who do these disgusting things? would you not be angry with us till our destruction was complete, till there was not one who got away safe?


rate difficulty: And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.

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


simplify: so that the law, indeed, <FI>is<Fi> holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good.

And so the law is holy, and each Commandment is also holy, and just, and good.


simplify: Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have made yours by your great power and by your strong hand.


simplify: And he answering said unto them, `I will question you--I also--one thing, and tell me:

“I, too,”said Jesus in reply, “will ask you one question. Give me an answer to it.


simplify: And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.

And there let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet put the holy oil on him to make him king over Israel; and sounding the horn say, Long life to King Solomon!


simplify: Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.


simplify: And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

Now it came about in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,


simplify: And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.

These were placed inside the inner house, their outstretched wings touching the walls of the house, one touching one wall and one the other, while their other wings were touching in the middle.


simplify: And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

And he said to her, If they only put round me new thick cords which have never been used, then I will become feeble and will be like any other man.


simplify: according as the testimony of the Christ was confirmed in you,

and so became yourselves a confirmation of my testimony to the Christ.


simplify: Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

Be on the watch, and strengthen what still survives, though once it was all but dead; for I have not found your life perfect in the eyes of my God.


rate difficulty: Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two: and after them he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

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


rate difficulty: `Unto thy mouth--a trumpet, As an eagle against the house of Jehovah, Because they transgressed My covenant, And against My law they have rebelled.

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


rate difficulty: But to them that rebukehim shall be delight, And a good blessing shall come upon them.

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


rate difficulty: according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

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


rate difficulty: And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for removing, and in the even I digged through the wall with my hand; I brought it forth in the dark, and bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.

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


simplify: And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

And of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, a chief, Kemuel, the son of Shiphtan.


simplify: And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.


simplify: Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

You have no share or part in our message, for your ‘heart is not right with God.’


simplify: But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.


rate difficulty: And leaping up, he stood, and began to walk; and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

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


simplify: But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

And Jesus, having knowledge of this, went away from there, and a great number went after him; and he made them all well,


rate difficulty: And a messenger of Jehovah goeth out, and smiteth in the camp of Asshur a hundred and eighty and five thousand; and <FI>men<Fi> rise early in the morning, and lo, all of them <FI>are<Fi> dead corpses.

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


rate difficulty: And he saith unto him, `The cities that my father took from thy father, I give back, and streets thou dost make for thee in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria;' --`and I, with a covenant, send thee away;' and he maketh with him a covenant, and sendeth him away.

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


simplify: Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.

Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.


simplify: O Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

O Lord, there is no one like you, and no other God but you, as is clear from everything which has come to our ears.


simplify: And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.

Then the king got up in the night and said to his servants, This is my idea of what the Aramaeans have done to us. They have knowledge that we are without food; and so they have gone out of their tents, and are waiting secretly in the open country, saying, When they come out of the town, we will take them living and get into the town.


rate difficulty: All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.


rate difficulty: Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.


simplify: Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?


rate difficulty: one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering;

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


rate difficulty: From everything given to you, let the best of it, the holy part of it, be offered as a lifted offering to the Lord.

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


simplify: Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?


simplify: For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

When one says ‘I follow Paul,’ and another ‘I follow Apollos,’ are not you like other people?


rate difficulty: And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.

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


rate difficulty: Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

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


simplify: This isthe end of the matter; all hath been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.


simplify: As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

Those who are of the earth are like the man who was from the earth: and those who are of heaven are like the one from heaven.


rate difficulty: and they brought these men to the apostles, who, after praying, placed their hands on them.

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


rate difficulty: And I arose, and went forth into the valley, and behold, the glory of Jehovah stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.

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


simplify: And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it home to thy house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him.

If their owner is not near, or if you are not certain who he is, then take the beast to your house and keep it till its owner comes in search of it, and then you are to give it back to him.


simplify: my love <FI>is<Fi> with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

My love to all of you who are in union with Christ Jesus.


simplify: And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.


rate difficulty: And David sendeth unto Joab, `Send unto me Uriah the Hittite,' and Joab sendeth Uriah unto David;

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


simplify: And your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the grain of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the winepress.

And this lifted offering is to be put to your credit as if it was grain from the grain-floor and wine from the vines.


simplify: Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

On receiving so strict an order, the Governor put them into the inner cell, and secured their feet in the stocks.


rate difficulty: Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

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


rate difficulty: So Samuel called unto Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.

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


simplify: When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger:

If, when you have had children and children's children, and have been living a long time in the land, you are turned to evil ways, and make an image of any sort, and do evil in the eyes of the Lord your God, moving him to wrath:


rate difficulty: and his host, and their numbered ones, <FI>are<Fi> forty thousand and five hundred.

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


rate difficulty: Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

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


rate difficulty: And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed with him from Galilee, stood afar off, seeing these things.

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


simplify: and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar in the mount of the valley,

And Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar in the mountain of the valley;


rate difficulty: And from Heshbon unto Ramath–mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;

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


simplify: And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

“I tell you,”he added, “that some of those who are standing here will not know death until they have seen the kingdom of God come in power.”


simplify: In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it.

In that day, says the Lord of armies, will the nail fixed in a safe place give way; and it will be cut down, and in its fall the weight hanging on it will be cut off, for the Lord has said it.


rate difficulty: The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

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


simplify: For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

For every one of them put down his rod on the earth, and they became snakes: but Aaron's rod made a meal of their rods.


simplify: That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

They made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (which is Zoar).


rate difficulty: And Abner son of Ner goeth out, and servants of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

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


simplify: and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.


simplify: So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

So Amasa went to get all the men of Judah together, but he took longer than the time David had given him.


rate difficulty: And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

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


simplify: He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.


simplify: Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

Then one of them, a Student of the law, to test him, asked this question —


simplify: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

I was wandering, and you took me not in; without clothing, and you gave me no clothing; ill, and in prison, and you came not to me.


simplify: And he enquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

And he got directions from the Lord for him, and gave him food, and put in his hand the sword of Goliath the Philistine.


simplify: Now I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

Now I make request to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you will be working together with me in your prayers to God for me;


simplify: Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.


simplify: And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.

And news of him went out quickly everywhere into all parts of Galilee round about.