simplify: I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.

And I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for they have done what was needed to make your work complete.


rate difficulty: Stretching the outer tent over it, and covering it, as the Lord had given him orders.

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


simplify: And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

On hearing this, the Gentiles were glad and extolled God’s message; and all those who had been enrolled for eternal life became believers in Christ;


simplify: And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ houses, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

So those who had come back did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of families, by their fathers' families, all of them by their names, were marked out; and on the first day of the tenth month they took their places to go into the question with care.


rate difficulty: and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour with God and men.

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


simplify: Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

And I will make right decision the measuring-line, and righteousness the weight: and the ice-storm will take away the safe place of false words, and the secret place will be covered by the flowing waters.


simplify: When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

When a prophet makes a statement in the name of the Lord, if what he says does not take place and his words do not come true, then his word is not the word of the Lord: the words of the prophet were said in the pride of his heart, and you are to have no fear of him.


rate difficulty: He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

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


simplify: So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

So Joseph came to his death, being a hundred and ten years old: and they made his body ready, and he was put in a chest in Egypt.


rate difficulty: And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

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


simplify: And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.

And Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place, and made himself strong against Israel.


rate difficulty: Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before Jehovah.


rate difficulty: And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

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


rate difficulty: And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise; and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses; and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the waters.

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


simplify: Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.

Because of the Chaldaeans: for they were in fear of them because Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had put to death Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made ruler over the land.


simplify: one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;

One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;


rate difficulty: And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.

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


rate difficulty: If there is one like me, let him come forward and say it, let him make it clear and put it in order before me: who has made clear in the past the things to come? let him make clear the future to me.


rate difficulty: And in addition, you may get, for money, servants from among the children of other nations who are living with you, and from their families which have come to birth in your land; and these will be your property.

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


simplify: And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honor?

And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not send to you, requesting you with all my heart to come to me? why did you not come? am I not able to give you a place of honour?


simplify: then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.


rate difficulty: In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:


simplify: But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.


simplify: But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

But the Lord is with me as a great one, greatly to be feared: so my attackers will have a fall, and they will not overcome me: they will be greatly shamed, because they have not done wisely, even with an unending shame, kept in memory for ever.


rate difficulty: A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.

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


simplify: When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

When I saw among their goods a fair robe of Babylon and two hundred shekels of silver, and a mass of gold, fifty shekels in weight, I was overcome by desire and took them; and they are put away in the earth in my tent, and the silver is under it.


simplify: And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.

Peter fixed his eyes on him, and so did John, and then Peter said: “Look at us.”


rate difficulty: Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed.

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


simplify: So the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

So the armed men, as they were ordered, took Paul and came by night to Antipatris.


rate difficulty: And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.


rate difficulty: Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man


simplify: The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.

The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.


rate difficulty: and every teeming thing which is flying, unclean it <FI>is<Fi> to you; they are not eaten;


rate difficulty: And all the years of Adam's life were nine hundred and thirty: and he came to his end.


rate difficulty: And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

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


simplify: But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done,


simplify: Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the Lord, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord God liveth.

And now give ear to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who are living in the land of Egypt: Truly, I have taken an oath by my great name, says the Lord, that my name is no longer to be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, By the life of the Lord God.


rate difficulty: All these that were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their office of trust.

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


simplify: And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the Lord spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.

And Micaiah said, If you come back at all in peace, the Lord has not sent his word by me.


simplify: But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed.

But they went on crying out loudly, Let him be put to death on the cross. And they had their way.


rate difficulty: Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.

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


simplify: And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

Remain at that same house, and eat and drink whatever they offer you; for the worker is worth their wages. Do not keep changing from one house to another.


rate difficulty: And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

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


simplify: And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went out against them.

And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over all Israel, they went up in search of David, and David, hearing of it, went out against them.


simplify: And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

And he took the ox which they had made, burning it in the fire and crushing it to powder, and he put it in the water and made the children of Israel take a drink of it.


rate difficulty: the first man out of [the] earth, made of dust; the second man, out of heaven.

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


simplify: The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.


simplify: The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.

The children to whom you gave birth in other lands will say in your ears, The place is not wide enough for me: make room for me to have a resting-place.


simplify: to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

That this man is to be handed over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may have forgiveness in the day of the Lord Jesus.


rate difficulty: and Solomon numbereth seventy thousand men bearing burden, and eighty thousand men hewing in the mountain, and overseers over them--three thousand and six hundred.

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


rate difficulty: And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known, All their counsel against me <FI>is<Fi> for death, Thou dost not cover over their iniquity, Nor their sin from before Thee blottest out, And they are made to stumble before Thee, In the time of Thine anger work against them!

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


simplify: While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and there was a voice from the cloud that said — “This is my dearly loved son, who brings me great joy; listen to him.”


rate difficulty: And the king taketh counsel, and maketh two calves of gold, and saith unto them, `Enough to you of going up to Jerusalem; lo, thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'

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


rate difficulty: He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

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


rate difficulty: If you lend only to those from whom you expect to get something, what thanks will be due to you? Even the outcast lend to the outcast in the hope of getting as much in return!

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


simplify: When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

When he gets ready for the fight, the strong are overcome with fear.


rate difficulty: And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

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


simplify: For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

For you will be in agreement with the stones of the earth, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.


rate difficulty: And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.


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

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


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

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;


rate difficulty: and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless--

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


rate difficulty: Who said to God, Go away from us; and, What is the Ruler of all able to do to us?


simplify: If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

If you come across the ox or the ass of one who is no friend to you wandering from its way, you are to take it back to him.


simplify: And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

And his brother Asaph, whose place was at his right hand, Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,


rate difficulty: For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year.

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


rate difficulty: And she saith unto them, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Say to the man who hath sent you unto me:

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


rate difficulty: And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and when I had eaten it, my belly was made bitter.


rate difficulty: 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;

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


simplify: Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself.

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


rate difficulty: What <FI>is<Fi> thy beloved above <FI>any<Fi> beloved, O fair among women? What <FI>is<Fi> thy beloved above <FI>any<Fi> beloved, That thus thou hast adjured us?

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


simplify: Now therefore send, hasten in thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field; for every man and beast that shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.

Then send quickly and get in your cattle and all you have from the fields; for if any man or beast in the field has not been put under cover, the ice-storm will come down on them with destruction.


rate difficulty: One of the criminals who were hanging beside Jesus railed at him. “Are not you the Christ? Save yourself and us,” he said.


simplify: The things in presence do ye see? if any one hath trusted in himself to be Christ's, this let him reckon again from himself, that according as he is Christ's, so also we <FI>are<Fi> Christ's;

You look at the outward appearance of things! Let anyone, who is confident that he belongs to Christ, reflect, for himself, again on the fact — that we belong to Christ no less than he does.


rate difficulty: Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah.


simplify: 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;

Do not deprive each other of what is due — unless it is only for a time and by mutual consent, so that your minds may be free for prayer until you again live as man and wife — otherwise Satan might take advantage of your want of self-control and tempt you.


rate difficulty: And when they had mocked him, they took the purple off him, and put his own clothes on him; and they lead him out that they may crucify him.

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


rate difficulty: For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.

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


rate difficulty: And I gave them a commission to Iddo the chief, at the place Casiphia, and I put words in their mouths to say to Iddo [and] his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of ourGod.

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


rate difficulty: And the people of the land shall worship at the door of that gate before Jehovah on the sabbaths and on the new moons.

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


rate difficulty: Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: glory thereof, and abide at home; for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 14 | difficulty: hard


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

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. He put to death three hundred with his spear, and he got for himself a name among the thirty.


simplify: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

Because, till the law came, sin was in existence, but sin is not put to the account of anyone when there is no law to be broken.


rate difficulty: He who is overcoming--this one--shall be arrayed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the scroll of the life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before His messengers.

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


simplify: And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.

And while they were giving ear to these words, he made another story for them, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they were of the opinion that the kingdom of God was coming straight away.


rate difficulty: Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

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


rate difficulty: If our heritage is the result of law, then it has ceased to be the result of a promise. Yet God conferred it on Abraham by a promise.


rate difficulty: And he commanded them that all should sit down by companies upon the green grass.


rate difficulty: `Thus said the Lord Jehovah: When the prince giveth a gift to any of his sons, his inheritance it <FI>is<Fi> , to his sons it <FI>is<Fi> ; their possession it <FI>is<Fi> by inheritance.

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


rate difficulty: Send me also cedar-trees, cypress-trees, and sandal-wood trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants are experienced in cutting timber in Lebanon; and behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

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


simplify: And Bath–sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.

Then Bath-sheba went into the king's room; now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was waiting on him.


simplify: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

The weapons for our warfare are not earthly, but, under God, are powerful enough to pull down strongholds.


simplify: Ministrants--let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

Assistant officers should be faithful partners who manage their children and their households well.


rate difficulty: Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.

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


simplify: Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them.


simplify: So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

So after searching through all the land of Israel for a fair young girl, they saw Abishag the Shunammite, and took her to the king.


simplify: And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

And now for a little time grace has come to us from the Lord our God, to let a small band of us get free and to give us a nail in his holy place, so that our God may give light to our eyes and a measure of new life in our prison chains.


simplify: Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.


simplify: And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:

And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven towns with their unwalled places.


simplify: His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears.


rate difficulty: Will a man keep back from God what is right? But you have kept back what is mine. But you say, What have we kept back from you? Tenths and offerings.

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


rate difficulty: And the Devil having brought him up to an high mountain, shewed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,

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


simplify: I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know Jehovah.

I will take you as my bride in good faith, and you will have knowledge of the Lord.


rate difficulty: Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

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


simplify: `And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known--not even the messengers of the heavens--except my Father only;

But about that day and hour, no one knows — not even the angels of heaven, not even the Son — but only the Father himself.


simplify: And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one question, which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these things.


simplify: Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

Only go in the fear of the Lord, and be his true servants with all your heart, keeping in mind what great things he has done for you.


rate difficulty: And the doors of the town are to be named by the names of the tribes of Israel; three doors on the north, one for Reuben, one for Judah, one for Levi;

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


simplify: Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.

Only, do not go against the Lord or go in fear of the people of the land, for they will be our food; their strength has been taken from them and the Lord is with us: have no fear of them.


rate difficulty: As to the fact that the dead rise, even Moses indicated that, in the passage about the Bush, when he calls the Lord —  ‘The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

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


rate difficulty: You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.

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


simplify: A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.


simplify: For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering unto Jehovah, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

For the tenths which the children of Israel give as a lifted offering to the Lord I have given to the Levites as their heritage. and so I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they will have no heritage.


rate difficulty: and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

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


simplify: Then did they return to Jerusalem from the mount that is called of Olives, that is near Jerusalem, a sabbath's journey;

Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called Olivet, which is about three quarters of a mile from the city.


simplify: For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?


rate difficulty: And Joseph said, Give me your cattle; I will give you grain in exchange for your cattle if your money is all gone.


rate difficulty: Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.

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


rate difficulty: I say to you, In that night there shall be two [men] upon one bed; one shall be seized and the other shall be let go.

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


simplify: The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom; And before honorgoethhumility.

The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.


simplify: For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.

For the Lord has sent out from before you nations great and strong: and they have all given way before you till this day.


simplify: Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me.


simplify: And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.


simplify: Then there went certain persons, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

Then certain men went and gave David word of what had been done to them. And he sent out with the purpose of meeting them; for the men were greatly shamed. And the king said, Keep where you are at Jericho till your hair is long again, and then come back.


rate difficulty: I have been these twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

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


simplify: I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord God.

I will make you a thing of fear, and you will come to an end: even if you are looked for, you will not be seen again for ever, says the Lord.


simplify: If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear;


rate difficulty: Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

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


simplify: I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.


rate difficulty: That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.


simplify: Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?


rate difficulty: For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

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


rate difficulty: And the border went out to the side of Ekron northwards, and the border reached along toward Shicron, and passed mount Baalah, and went toward Jabneel; and the border ended at the sea.

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


rate difficulty: Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years; he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father:

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


simplify: that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.

And that you may keep in mind all my orders and do them and be holy to your God.


rate difficulty: And I have caused the noise of thy songs to cease, And the voice of thy harps is heard no more.

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


simplify: And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.

And Joab came back from fighting Abner: and when he had got all his men together, it was seen that nineteen of David's men, in addition to Asahel, were not with them.


simplify: And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

And Shallum, the son of Jabesh, made a secret design against him, and, attacking him in Ibleam, put him to death and became king in his place.


rate difficulty: And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,

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


simplify: And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

and the crowd, seeing what Paul had done, called out in the Lycaonian language: “The Gods have come down to us in human form.”


rate difficulty: and Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,

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


rate difficulty: But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people, for they are certain that John was a prophet.


rate difficulty: Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.

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


rate difficulty: This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

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


simplify: And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto Jehovah our God for us.

And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Make prayer now to the Lord our God for us.


simplify: And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that, when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

And Absalom got up early, morning after morning, and took his place at the side of the public meeting-place: and when any man had a cause which had to come to the king to be judged, then Absalom, crying out to him, said, What is your town? and he would say, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.


rate difficulty: They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb;


rate difficulty: and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,


rate difficulty: Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, As Jehovah liveth.

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


rate difficulty: He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.


simplify: and what the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might,

and the transcendent greatness of the power which he is able to exercise in dealing with us who believe in him.


rate difficulty: And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

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


rate difficulty: And Michal causeth David to go down through the window, and he goeth on, and fleeth, and escapeth;

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


simplify: And it came to pass about ten days after, that Jehovah smote Nabal, so that he died.

And about ten days after, the Lord sent disease on Nabal and death came to him.


simplify: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.


rate difficulty: Lift up a banner in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare nations against her; call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the bristly caterpillars.


simplify: In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you are to have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread is to be your food.


rate difficulty: (for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the nations which ye passed;

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


rate difficulty: And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

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


simplify: And these words appeared in their sight as idle talk; and they disbelieved them.

But these words seemed foolish to them, and they had no belief in them.


simplify: If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

If any one destroys the Temple of God, God will destroy them; for the Temple of God is sacred, and so also are you.


rate difficulty: I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit.

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


simplify: I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)

Now I make my request to you, my brothers, for you have knowledge that the house of Stephanas is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have made themselves the servants of the saints,


simplify: But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

But of the people of Israel he says — ‘All day long I have stretched out my hands to a people who disobey and contradict.’


simplify: How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?

That he went into the house of God, and took the consecrated bread and ate it, and gave some to his companions, though only the priests are allowed to eat it?”


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

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


simplify: For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

For that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges:


simplify: And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!

And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of the water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem by the doorway into the town!


simplify: And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.

And he said to me, Son of man, get up on your feet, so that I may say words to you.


simplify: Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.

Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;


rate difficulty: My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

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


simplify: And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse any one wrongfully; and be content with your wages.

And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.


rate difficulty: ‘I, Jesus, sent my angel to bear testimony to you about these things before the churches. I am the Scion and the Offspring of David, the bright star of the Morning.’


simplify: For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, taking food as a guest in the house of an image, will it not give him, if he is feeble, the idea that he may take food offered to images?


simplify: Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,

Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,


rate difficulty: Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will make them suddenly run away from it; and who is a chosen [man] whom I shall appoint over her? For who is like me? and who will assign me a time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?


rate difficulty: So also ye, unless ye utter by the tongue speech easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will be speaking into the air.

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


simplify: Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

And even if I am offered like a drink offering, giving myself for the cause and work of your faith, I am glad and have joy with you all:


rate difficulty: They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard.

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


simplify: He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

He and the people with him, causing fear among the nations, will be sent for the destruction of the land; their swords will be let loose against Egypt and the land will be full of dead.


simplify: For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

For the material they had was enough and more than enough for all the work which had to be done.


rate difficulty: And the multitude of the city was divided, and some were with the Jews and some with the apostles.

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


rate difficulty: And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.


simplify: But I have used none of these things: and I write not these things that it may be so done in my case; for it were good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.


rate difficulty: Jehovah thundered from the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice.


rate difficulty: These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.

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


rate difficulty: And they were not able to take hold of him in [his] expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer, they were silent.

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


simplify: But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have left for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.

But what answer does God make to him? I have still seven thousand men whose knees have not been bent to Baal.


rate difficulty: He of the sons of Aaron that presenteth the blood of the peace-offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for [his] part.

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


rate difficulty: And the people refused to hearken to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but there shall be a king over us,

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


rate difficulty: Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

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


simplify: And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

And Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tents; one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.


rate difficulty: And in the seventh year hath Jehoiada strengthened himself, and taketh the heads of the hundreds, even Azariah son of Jeroham, and Ishmael son of Jehohanan, and Azariah son of Obed, and Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri, with him into covenant.

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


simplify: for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

Whatever was written in the scriptures in days gone by was written for our instruction, so that, through patient endurance, and through the encouragement drawn from the scriptures, we might hold fast to our hope.


simplify: This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.

This is what the Lord has said, Let every man take up as much as he has need of; at the rate of one omer for every person, let every man take as much as is needed for his family.


simplify: Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

Then she went down on her face to the earth, and said to him, Why have I grace in your eyes, that you give attention to me, seeing I am from a strange people?


rate difficulty: And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.


simplify: So they set them up Micah’s graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

And they put up for themselves the image which Micah had made, and it was there all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.


simplify: And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and become dry.

And the waters of the sea will be cut off, and the river will become dry and waste:


simplify: They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.

they gave him some wine to drink which had been mixed with gall; but after tasting it, Jesus refused to drink it.


simplify: But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

But who may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume before him.


rate difficulty: Then I saw another angel, flying in mid-heaven. He had the good news, decreed from eternity, to announce to those who live on the earth — to men of every nation, and tribe, and language, and people;

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


simplify: But when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man were a Galilæan.

But at these words Pilate said, Is the man a Galilaean?


simplify: For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

Now this Hagar is the mountain Sinai in Arabia, and is the image of the Jerusalem which now is: which is a servant with her children.


rate difficulty: And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

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


simplify: for sin over you shall not have lordship, for ye are not under law, but under grace.

For sin will not lord it over you. You are living under the reign, not of law, but of love.


simplify: And he went his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men marvelled.

And he went on his way, and made public in the country of Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him: and all men were full of wonder.


rate difficulty: I saw also that the house had a raised basement round about: the foundations of the side-chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.

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


simplify: And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the sons of David.

And all the people made an agreement with the king in the house of God. And he said to them, Truly, the king's son will be king, as the Lord has said about the sons of David.


rate difficulty: So take your rest here this night, till I have knowledge what more the Lord has to say to me.

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


simplify: Or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be unclean, then he shall be guilty.

If anyone becomes unclean through touching unconsciously some unclean thing, such as the dead body of an unclean beast or of unclean cattle or of any unclean animal which goes flat on the earth, he will be responsible:


simplify: And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had taken up from Egypt, they put in the earth in Shechem, in the property which Jacob had got from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred shekels: and they became the heritage of the children of Joseph.


rate difficulty: And when we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

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


simplify: For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;

A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver models of the shrine of Artemis, and so gave a great deal of work to the artisans,


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers’ house, of all their princes according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.

Say to the children of Israel that they are to give you rods, one for every family, for every chief, the head of his father's house, making twelve rods; let every man's name be placed on his rod.


rate difficulty: And now will I discover her impiety in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.


rate difficulty: I have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

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


simplify: and when they had hoisted it up, they used helps, under-girding the ship; and, fearing lest they should be cast upon the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven.

And having got it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis, they let down the sails and so went running before the wind.


simplify: And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.

And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.


rate difficulty: And in the turning back of the wicked from his wickedness, And he hath done judgment and righteousness, by them he liveth.

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


simplify: therefore prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;

For this cause be a prophet, and say, This is what the Lord has said: Because, even because they have been glad over you and put you to shame on every side, because you have become a heritage for the rest of the nations, and you are taken up on the lips of talkers and in the evil talk of the people:


simplify: And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of Jehovah appeared in the cloud.

And while Aaron was talking to the children of Israel, their eyes were turned in the direction of the waste land, and they saw the glory of the Lord shining in the cloud.


simplify: (for we walk by faith, not by sight);

(For we are walking by faith, not by seeing,)


rate difficulty: And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar shall be most holy.

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


simplify: And that which fell among the thorns, these are they that have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit.


simplify: And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying,


simplify: For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

And I have no clear knowledge of what I am doing, for that which I have a mind to do, I do not, but what I have hate for, that I do.


rate difficulty: O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

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


rate difficulty: But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.

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


simplify: Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.

Why? because I have no love for you? let God be judge.


rate difficulty: And they journey from Almon-Diblathaim, and encamp in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo;

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt,

And, hearing of it, Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who was still in Egypt, where he had gone in flight from Solomon, and was living there, came back to his town Zeredah, in the hill-country of Ephraim;


simplify: They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.

At his fate those of the west are shocked, and those of the east are overcome with fear.


rate difficulty: and a woman, having an issue of blood for twelve years, who, having spent on physicians all her living, was not able to be healed by any,

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


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


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah.

And the Lord said to the Satan, See, I give all he has into your hands, only do not put a finger on the man himself. And the Satan went out from before the Lord.


rate difficulty: And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, unto the border of Beth-horon the nether, even unto Gezer; and the goings out thereof were at the sea.

And it goes down to the west to the limit of the Japhletites, to the limit of Beth-horon the lower, as far as Gezer; ending at the sea.


simplify: For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

For they are a nation without wisdom; there is no sense in them.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

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


rate difficulty: for I delivered to you first, what also I did receive, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Writings,

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


rate difficulty: All they that offered a heave-offering of silver and copper brought Jehovah's heave-offering. And every one with whom was found acacia-wood for all manner of work of the service, brought [it].


simplify: And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out.


rate difficulty: And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

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


simplify: Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom:

Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:


rate difficulty: and ‘will throw them into the blazing furnace,’ where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.

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


simplify: And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.

Then, as an illustration, Jesus said to them: “No one ever tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old one; for, if they do, they will not only tear the new garment, but the piece from the new one will not match the old.


simplify: And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.

Now when Joseph saw that his father had put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it did not seem right to him; and lifting his father's hand he would have put it on the head of Manasseh.


rate difficulty: And I give back thy judges as at the first, And thy counsellors as in the beginning, After this thou art called, `A city of righteousness--a faithful city.'

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And there was one named Barabbas, in prison with those who had gone against the government and in the fight had taken life.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.

And when Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, had news of it, (for he was in Egypt where he had gone in flight from King Solomon,) he came back from Egypt.


rate difficulty: And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto Jehovah the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

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


simplify: And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

The order given by Esther gave the force of law to the rules about the Purim; and it was recorded in the book.


simplify: A man also or a woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.

Any man or woman who makes use of spirits, or who is a wonder-worker, is to be put to death: they are to be stoned with stones: their blood will be on them.


simplify: Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!

Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine!


simplify: therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I am against thee, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth its waves to come up.

For this cause the Lord has said, See, I am against you, O Tyre, and will send up a number of nations against you as the sea sends up its waves.


simplify: And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,

And they said to the king, As for the man by whom we were wasted, and who made designs against us to have us completely cut off from the land of Israel,


simplify: And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

And by a prophet the Lord made Israel come up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.


rate difficulty: Drink no longer only water, but use a little wine on account of thy stomach and thy frequent illnesses.

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


rate difficulty: And David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of the threshing-floor, that I may build an altar in it to Jehovah: grant it to me for the full money, that the plague may be stayed from the people.


rate difficulty: Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

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


rate difficulty: And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:

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


simplify: and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

And had undergone much at the hands of a number of medical men, and had given all she had, and was no better, but even worse,


rate difficulty: but in an assembly I wish to speak five words through my understanding, that others also I may instruct, rather than myriads of words in an <FI>unknown<Fi> tongue.

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


rate difficulty: They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

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


simplify: And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

And their bones they put in the earth under a tree in Jabesh; and for seven days they took no food.


simplify: Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: and Rebekah loved Jacob.

Now Isaac's love was for Esau, because Esau's meat was greatly to his taste: but Rebekah had more love for Jacob.


simplify: By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

By the blessing of the upright man the town is made great, but it is overturned by the mouth of the evil-doer.


rate difficulty: When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them: for Jehovah thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And there came to my ears a great voice out of the high seat, saying, See, the Tent of God is with men, and he will make his living-place with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God.

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


simplify: And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

(All the inside of the house was cedar-wood, ornamented with designs of buds and flowers; no stonework was to be seen inside.)


rate difficulty: and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

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


simplify: And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;


simplify: But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.

But they will go no farther: for their foolish behaviour will be clear to all men, as theirs was in the end.


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

And 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: Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

Again, say to the children of Israel, If any man of the children of Israel, or any other man living in Israel, gives his offspring to Molech, he is certainly to be put to death: he is to be stoned by the people of the land;


simplify: That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord your God.

So that you may not take them as your example and do all the disgusting things which they do in the worship of their gods, so sinning against the Lord your God.


simplify: But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of Jehovah: the water for impurity hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

But the man who, being unclean, does not make himself clean in this way, will be cut off from the meeting of the people, because he has made the holy place of the Lord unclean: the water has not been put on him, he is unclean.


rate difficulty: And it is grievous unto Jonah--a great evil--and he is displeased at it;

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


rate difficulty: And I have taken you out of the nations, And have gathered you out of all the lands, And I have brought you in unto your land,

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


simplify: He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.

He will not come back to his house, and his place will have no more knowledge of him.


simplify: who also honored us with many honors; and when we sailed, they put on board such things as we needed.

Then they gave us great honour, and, when we went away, they put into the ship whatever things we were in need of.


simplify: He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.

His hand is stretched out over the sea, the kingdoms are shaking: the Lord has given orders about Canaan, to make waste its strong places.


simplify: subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.


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

And if it is a female, the value will be thirty shekels.


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

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


simplify: But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

and, as he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold towards the payment of the debt, together with his wife, and his children, and everything that he had.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the word of the man of God that he calleth against the altar in Beth-El, that Jeroboam putteth forth his hand from off the altar, saying, `Catch him;' and his hand is dried up that he hath put forth against him, and he is not able to bring it back unto him,

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


simplify: But forasmuch as he had not wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.


simplify: And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembleth within him.

Heshbon is crying out, and Elealeh; their voice is sounding even to Jahaz: for this cause the heart of Moab is shaking; his soul is shaking with fear.


simplify: and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

And oil for the lights, and spices for the holy oil and for the sweet perfumes for burning.


rate difficulty: Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobijah, and those of Tobijah came to them.

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


simplify: This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.

The persuasion brought to bear on you does not come from him who calls you.


simplify: And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

And the fifth let what was in his vessel come out on the high seat of the beast; and his kingdom was made dark; and they were biting their tongues for pain.


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

But should that servant say to himself ‘My master is a long time coming,’ and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,


simplify: His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was 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 thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.

And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it.


simplify: Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

One day, as Peter and John were going up into the Temple Courts for the three o’clock Prayers, a man, who had been lame from his birth, was being carried by.


simplify: And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

And all the people in Ai came together to go after them; and they went after Joshua, moving away from the town.


simplify: And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

and the loving kindness of our Lord was boundless, and filled me with that faith and love which come from union with Christ Jesus.


rate difficulty: And the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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


simplify: and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues,


simplify: and his tender affection is more abundantly toward you, remembering the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye did receive him;

And his affection for you is all the greater, as he remembers the deference that you all showed him, and recalls how you received him with anxious care.


simplify: In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.


simplify: The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.


rate difficulty: And the seventh month cometh, and the sons of Israel <FI>are<Fi> in the cities, and the people are gathered, as one men, unto Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it were better for him if a great millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

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


simplify: And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

Mary was much disturbed at his words, and was wondering to herself what such a greeting could mean,


simplify: Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

Who will give a decision against us? It is Christ Jesus who not only was put to death, but came again from the dead, who is now at the right hand of God, taking our part.


simplify: And if God, willing to shew the wrath and to make known His power, did endure, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,

And what if God, intending to reveal his displeasure and make his power known, bore most patiently with the objects of his displeasure, though they were fit only to be destroyed,


rate difficulty: and he smiteth Moab, and the Moabites are servants to David, bringing a present.

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


simplify: But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtle man.

But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother: and Jonadab was a very wise man.


rate difficulty: And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

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


simplify: Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:


rate difficulty: O Lord, my strength and my strong tower, my safe place in the day of trouble, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and say, The heritage of our fathers is nothing but deceit, even false things in which there is no profit.

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


simplify: and the governor answering said to them, `Which of the two will ye <FI>that<Fi> I shall release to you?' And they said, `Barabbas.'

The Governor, however, said to them: “Which of these two do you wish me to release for you?”  “Barabbas,” they answered.


rate difficulty: And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].

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


simplify: Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

And you Ethiopians will be put to death by my sword.


simplify: And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.

And again lifting up my eyes I saw four war-carriages coming out from between the two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.


rate difficulty: And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

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


rate difficulty: And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `I am dying, and God doth certainly inspect you, and hath caused you to go up from this land, unto the land which He hath sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.'

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


simplify: And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another: “Evidently this man is a murderer, for though he has been saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”


simplify: They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.

Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.


rate difficulty: But he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; for it is in his heart to extirpate and cut off nations not a few.

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


rate difficulty: For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

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


simplify: So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said unto her, Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

Then David took from her hands her offering: and he said to her, Go back to your house in peace; see, I have given ear to your voice, and taken your offering with respect.


simplify: And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.

And by the desire of all the people, the feast went on for another seven days, and they kept the seven days with joy.


simplify: All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.


rate difficulty: And if God, willing to shew the wrath and to make known His power, did endure, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,

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


rate difficulty: Ruling over Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, over all Israel and Judah, for thirty-three years.


rate difficulty: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Masai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

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


rate difficulty: And because wrongdoing will be increased, the love of most people will become cold.

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


rate difficulty: We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.

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


rate difficulty: And if he does not get it back by the end of the year, then the house in the town will become the property of him who gave the money for it, and of his children for ever; it will not go from him in the year of Jubilee.

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


rate difficulty: Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their princes, [saying:] It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard: the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

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


rate difficulty: So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

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


rate difficulty: Lo, I am bringing against you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah, A nation--strong it <FI>is<Fi> , a nation--from of old it <FI>is<Fi> , A nation--thou knowest not its tongue, Nor understandest what it speaketh.

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


rate difficulty: Swift <FI>are<Fi> their feet to shed blood.


simplify: And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

And so Israel was living among the Egyptians in the land of Goshen; and they got property there, and became very great in numbers and in wealth.


simplify: And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

And it came about that when they were on the way to Jerusalem he went through Samaria and Galilee.


simplify: Then his disciples having come near, said to him, `Hast thou known that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were stumbled?'

His disciples came up to him, and said: “Do you know that the Pharisees were shocked on hearing what you said?”


simplify: Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.

Moab has been put to shame, she is broken: make loud sounds of grief, crying out for help; give the news in Arnon, that Moab has been made waste.


rate difficulty: all those numbered of the camp of Judah <FI>are<Fi> a hundred thousand, and eighty thousand, and six thousand, and four hundred, by their hosts; they journey first.


simplify: The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.


simplify: He hath left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword, and because of his fierce anger.

The lion has come out of his secret place, for the land has become a waste because of the cruel sword, and because of the heat of his wrath.


simplify: Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; Let the field exult, and all that is therein;

Let the sea be thundering with all its waters; let the field be glad, and everything which is in it;


rate difficulty: Give us every day bread for our needs.


rate difficulty: And Barak calleth Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he goeth up--at his feet <FI>are<Fi> ten thousand men--and Deborah goeth up with him.

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


rate difficulty: And David comforteth Bath-Sheba his wife, and goeth in unto her, and lieth with her, and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Solomon; and Jehovah hath loved him,

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


rate difficulty: And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

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


rate difficulty: And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:

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


rate difficulty: and thou dost not bring in an abomination unto thy house--or thou hast been devoted like it; --thou dost utterly detest it, and thou dost utterly abominate it; for it <FI>is<Fi> devoted.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And Jesus answered: “I tell you, this very day you will be with me in Paradise.”

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


rate difficulty: And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out?

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


simplify: And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

And they had then an important prisoner, whose name was Barabbas.


simplify: and the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule;

And he sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they put him on the king's beast:


simplify: And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar–jesus:

And when they had gone through all the island to Paphos, they came across a certain wonder-worker and false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus;


rate difficulty: And the land will give itself to weeping, every family separately; the family of David by themselves, and their wives by themselves; the family of Nathan by themselves, and their wives by themselves;

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


simplify: And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.

And say to the children of Israel, If a man has no son at the time of his death, let his heritage go to his daughter.


rate difficulty: The voice of the trumpet he heard, And he hath not taken warning, his blood is on him, And he who took warning his soul hath delivered.

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


simplify: And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.

They gave worship with songs before the House of the Tent of meeting, till Solomon put up the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they took their places for their work in their regular order.


simplify: Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

Those of the family of Jeroboam who come to death in the town, will become food for the dogs; and those on whom death comes in the open country, will be food for the birds of the air; for the Lord has said it.


simplify: And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.

Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two stones in his hand, he was not conscious that his face was shining because of his talk with God.


rate difficulty: Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

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


simplify: So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.

So the man went, and came to David, and gave him all the news which Joab had sent him to give; then David was angry with Joab and said, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall? who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall?


simplify: And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

Then the king, hearing what the woman said, took his robes in his hands, violently parting them; and, while he was walking on the wall, the people, looking, saw that under his robe he had haircloth on his flesh.


simplify: And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah.

And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah his daughter.


simplify: And now Jehovah your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he spake unto them: therefore now turn ye, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan.

And now the Lord your God has given your brothers rest, as he said: so now you may go back to your tents, to the land of your heritage, which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave to you on the other side of Jordan.


simplify: And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

And it will be, in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your trouble, and from the hard yoke which they had put on you,


simplify: being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-<FI> stone<Fi> ,

You have been built up on the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being ‘the corner-stone.’


rate difficulty: Concerning Moab: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Woe unto Nebo, for it is spoiled, Put to shame, captured hath been Kiriathaim, Put to shame hath been the high tower, Yea, it hath been broken down.

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


rate difficulty: And so it was, that all who fell that day, men as well as women, were twelve thousand, all the people of Ai.

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


simplify: 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 ordinances.

You may not do those things which were done in the land of Egypt where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules.


simplify: Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

Now we had living among us seven brothers; of whom the eldest married and died, and, as he had no family, left his wife for his brother.


simplify: And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.


rate difficulty: And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

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


simplify: And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

And the Levite said he would make his living-place with the man, and he became to him as one of his sons.


simplify: And it came to pass that night, that the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

And that night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men; and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.


rate difficulty: The secret things belong unto Jehovah our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

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


simplify: All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil-doing.

These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.


simplify: That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

That I may not seem to have the desire of causing you fear by my letters.