rate difficulty: Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.

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


simplify: Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

by my words and actions, through the power displayed in signs and marvels, and through the power of the Holy Spirit. And so, starting from Jerusalem and its neighborhood, and going as far as Illyria, I have told in full the good news of the Christ;


simplify: For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

For what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs.


rate difficulty: So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.

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


simplify: There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.


rate difficulty: and Jezebel sendeth a messenger unto Elijah, saying, `Thus doth the gods, and thus do they add, surely about this time to-morrow, I make thy life as the life of one of them.'

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


simplify: Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another.


rate difficulty: for this is good and acceptable before our SaviourGod,

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


simplify: I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;

I beg you, as in the sight of God, the source of all life, and of Christ Jesus who before Pontius Pilate made the great profession of faith —


simplify: He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him; But blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

He who keeps back grain will be cursed by the people; but a blessing will be on the head of him who lets them have it for a price.


rate difficulty: And the twelve gates, twelve pearls; each one of the gates, respectively, was of one pearl; and the street of the city pure gold, as transparent glass.

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


rate difficulty: A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?


rate difficulty: These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.

So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, my face will be turned against you for evil, for the cutting off of all Judah;


simplify: giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;

Always give thanks for everything to our God and Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;


simplify: It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

As it is necessary for me to take glory to myself, though it is not a good thing, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.


simplify: And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;

And if the priest sees that there is a white growth on the skin, and the hair is turned white, and there is diseased flesh in the growth,


rate difficulty: O troubled one, storm-crushed, uncomforted! see, your stones will be framed in fair colours, and your bases will be sapphires.

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


rate difficulty: Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance: the offerings by fire of Jehovah theGod of Israel are their inheritance, as he said to them.


simplify: In the prayer continue ye, watching in it in thanksgiving;

Devote yourselves to prayer. Give your whole mind to it, and also offer thanksgiving;


simplify: Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

And no one among them was in need; for everyone who had land or houses, exchanging them for money, took the price of them,


simplify: For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.


simplify: And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.


simplify: For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law.


simplify: Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.

See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations.


rate difficulty: Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you?


simplify: and they brought their oblation before Jehovah, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle.

And they came with their offerings before the Lord, six covered carts and twelve oxen; a cart for every two of the chiefs, and for every one an ox.


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

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


rate difficulty: Some time after this, Paul said to Barnabas: “Let us go back and visit the Lord's followers in every town in which we have told the Lord’s message, and see how they are prospering.”

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


simplify: And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

And the sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli;


rate difficulty: And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:

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


simplify: And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

And all the responsible men of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.


simplify: And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval.


rate difficulty: In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God.

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


simplify: And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,

And Oholah was untrue to me when she was mine; she was full of desire for her lovers, even for the Assyrians, her neighbours,


rate difficulty: Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord.

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


simplify: And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

And I have given it to the polisher so that it may be taken in the hand: he has made the sword sharp, he has had it polished, to put it into the hand of him who gives death.


rate difficulty: They teach Thy judgments to Jacob, And Thy law to Israel; They put perfume in Thy nose, And whole burnt-offering on Thine altar.

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


simplify: And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady.

Calling his twelve Disciples to him, Jesus gave them authority over foul spirits, so that they could drive them out, as well as the power of curing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.


rate difficulty: And David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice to all his people.


simplify: And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,

And he was in need of food: but while they were getting it ready, a deep sleep came on him;


simplify: The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

The hands of kind-hearted women have been boiling their children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.


rate difficulty: Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

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


rate difficulty: Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have taken life without cause and have yourself given punishment for your wrongs: and when the Lord has been good to you, then give a thought to your servant.

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


simplify: For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.


simplify: seeing he was longing after you all, and in heaviness, because ye heard that he ailed,

For he has been longing to see you all, and has been distressed because you heard of his illness.


simplify: for we have known that all the creation doth groan together, and doth travail in pain together till now.

We know, indeed, that all Nature alike has been groaning in the pains of labor to this very hour.


rate difficulty: Then Samuel, after hearing all the people had to say, went and gave an account of it to the Lord.

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


simplify: and he saith to them, `We may go to the next towns, that there also I may preach, for for this I came forth.'

But Jesus said to them: “Let us go somewhere else, into the country towns nearby so that I can make my proclamation in them also; for that was why I came.”


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


rate difficulty: Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.

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


rate difficulty: And flight will be impossible for the quick-footed, and the force of the strong will become feeble, and the man of war will not get away safely:

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


rate difficulty: And one of those who were with Jesus put out his hand, and took out his sword and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear.

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


simplify: And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.


simplify: And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,

And the angel which I saw taking his position on the sea and on the earth, put up his right hand to heaven,


rate difficulty: and gave him a piece of fig-cake and two raisin-cakes, and he ate, and his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, for three days and three nights.

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


simplify: For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

For your Maker is your husband; the Lord of armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is he who takes up your cause; he will be named the God of all the earth.


rate difficulty: Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and he had him clothed with the best linen, and put a chain of gold round his neck;

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


rate difficulty: And when all they of Jabesh-Gilead heard of all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

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


rate difficulty: is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord,


simplify: And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;

And the priest is to come again on the seventh day and have a look and see if the marks on the walls of the house are increased in size;


simplify: Brethren, if any among you may go astray from the truth, and any one may turn him back,

My friends, should one of you be led astray from the truth, and someone bring them back again,


rate difficulty: As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.

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


simplify: For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.

For I have a fear and it comes on me, and my heart is greatly troubled.


simplify: So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

So the soldiers took the money, and did as they were instructed. This story spread widely; the people of Judea still tell it today.


rate difficulty: And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;

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


simplify: And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

And the kings of the earth, who made themselves unclean with her, and in her company gave themselves up to evil, will be weeping and crying over her, when they see the smoke of her burning,


rate difficulty: And I saw another angel flying in mid heaven, having eternal good tidings to proclaim unto them that dwell on the earth, and unto every nation and tribe and tongue and people;

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, when the gates of Jerusalem have been dark before the sabbath, that I speak, and the doors are shut, and I say, that they do not open them till after the sabbath; and of my servants I have stationed at the gates; there doth not come in a burden on the sabbath-day.

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


simplify: with whom Jehovah had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

And the Lord made an agreement with them and gave them orders, saying, You are to have no other gods; you are not to give worship to them or be their servants or make them offerings:


simplify: Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name;

These are the words of the Lord, who is doing it, the Lord who is forming it, to make it certain; the Lord is his name;


rate difficulty: and now, lo, a hand of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead <FI>him<Fi> by the hand;

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


simplify: Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.

And having been made clean, I was in the Temple, but not with a great number of people, and not with noise: but there were certain Jews from Asia,


simplify: only, of the poor that we should be mindful, which also I was diligent--this very thing--to do.

Only we were to remember the poor — the thing I was myself anxious to do.


rate difficulty: And on the day of the first-fruits, when ye present a new oblation to Jehovah, after your weeks, ye shall have a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do.

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


simplify: then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Jehovah? And Jeremiah said, There is. He said also, Thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

Then King Zedekiah sent and got him out: and the king, questioning him secretly in his house, said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is. Then he said, You will be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon.


simplify: And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.

For three days they were there with David, feasting at his table, for their brothers had made ready food for them.


rate difficulty: Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 13 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

Gad, an army will come against him, but he will come down on them in their flight.


rate difficulty: Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

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


simplify: And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, and David’s place was empty.

And the king took his seat, as at other times, by the wall: and Jonathan was in front, and Abner was seated by Saul's side, but there was no one in David's seat.


simplify: and when the all things may be subjected to him, then the Son also himself shall be subject to Him, who did subject to him the all things, that God may be the all in all.

And, when everything has been placed under him, the Son will place himself under God who placed everything under him, so that God may be all in all!


simplify: All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt.

All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.


simplify: And Saul clad David with his apparel, and he put a helmet of brass upon his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.

Then Saul gave David his clothing of war, and put a head-dress of brass on his head and had him clothed with a coat of metal.


simplify: And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:

And answering Saul, Jonathan said, He made a request to me that he might go to Beth-lehem,


rate difficulty: He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.

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


simplify: Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles.

See my servant, the man of my selection, my loved one in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him, and he will make my decision clear to the Gentiles.


simplify: And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.

He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.


rate difficulty: Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.

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


rate difficulty: Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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


rate difficulty: Yea, he cometh up as a tender plant before Him, And as a root out of a dry land, He hath no form, nor honour, when we observe him, Nor appearance, when we desire him.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;


simplify: Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.


rate difficulty: So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.


simplify: Declare his glory among the nations, His marvellous works among all the peoples.

Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples.


rate difficulty: Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return unto his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

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


simplify: And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon–gog.

And while they go through the land, if anyone sees a man's bone, he is to put up a sign by the place till those who are doing the work have put it in the earth in the valley of Hamon-gog.


rate difficulty: neither have they done kindness with the house of Jerubbaal--Gideon--according to all the good which he did with Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebecca.


rate difficulty: And while they were looking stedfastly into heaven as he went, behold two men stood by them in white apparel;

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


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

But first, he will have to undergo much and be put on one side by this generation.


rate difficulty: And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.

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


simplify: Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Jehovah had given victory unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.

Now Naaman, chief of the army of the king of Aram, was a man of high position with his master, and greatly respected, because by him the Lord had given salvation to Aram; but he was a leper.


rate difficulty: and Hadad fleeth, he and certain Edomites, of the servants of his father, with him, to go in to Egypt, and Hadad <FI>is<Fi> a little youth,

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


rate difficulty: For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.

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


simplify: And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;

Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three baskets are three days;


simplify: He among the sons of Aaron that offereth the blood of the peace-offerings, and the fat, shall have the right thigh for a portion.

That man, among the sons of Aaron, by whom the blood of the peace-offering and the fat are offered, is to have the right leg for his part.


simplify: So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

And the number of them, with their brothers who were trained and expert in making melody to the Lord, was two hundred and eighty-eight.


rate difficulty: For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which Jehovah had given them.

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


rate difficulty: The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace [be] with you.

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


rate difficulty: And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me?

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


simplify: And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;

And it came about that when I had come back to Jerusalem, while I was at prayer in the Temple, my senses became more than naturally clear,


rate difficulty: But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.

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


simplify: The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.


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

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


rate difficulty: And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.


simplify: And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:

And these are their names: ... the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim;


simplify: But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,


rate difficulty: And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.

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


rate difficulty: Of Moab. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe unto Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.

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


rate difficulty: If we live by the Spirit, let us walk also by the Spirit.


rate difficulty: Jehovah alone did lead him, And there was no foreign god with him.


simplify: for if any one doth think <FI>himself<Fi> to be something--being nothing--himself he doth deceive;

If a person imagines themselves to be somebody, when they are really nobody, they deceive themselves.


rate difficulty: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

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


simplify: and the inscription of his accusation was written above--`The King of the Jews.'

The words of the charge against him, written up over his head, read — ‘THE KING OF THE JEWS.’


simplify: Behold, I am against thee, O thou proud one, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts; for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.

See, I am against you, O pride, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, for your day has come, the time when I will send punishment on you.


simplify: My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

My loved one said to me, Get up, my love, my fair one, and come away.


rate difficulty: beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints:

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


rate difficulty: (after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the eunuchs, and the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem),

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

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


simplify: A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.


rate difficulty: but your iniquities have separated between you and yourGod, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he doth not hear.


rate difficulty: Sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron is separated for his sanctifying the holy of holies, he and his sons--unto the age, to make perfume before Jehovah, to serve Him, and to bless in His name--unto the age.

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


rate difficulty: Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the sea-shore in the land of Edom.


rate difficulty: and My servant Caleb, because there hath been another spirit with him, and he is fully after Me--I have brought him in unto the land whither he hath entered, and his seed doth possess it.

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


rate difficulty: But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

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


rate difficulty: But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

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


rate difficulty: And the dragon was angry with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, who keep the commandments ofGod, and have the testimony of Jesus.

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


simplify: And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom.


simplify: Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.


rate difficulty: And the men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of Jehovah.


rate difficulty: Honour Jehovah with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase;

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


rate difficulty: and he was three days without seeing, and he did neither eat nor drink.


rate difficulty: Then Elisha said, By the life of the Lord of armies whose servant I am, if it was not for the respect I have for Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, I would not give a look at you, or see you.

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


rate difficulty: and the land hath not suffered them to dwell together, for their substance hath been much, and they have not been able to dwell together;

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


simplify: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.


rate difficulty: And you will be made low, and your voice will come out of the earth, and your words will be low out of the dust; and your voice will come out of the earth like that of a spirit, making bird-like noises out of the dust.

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


simplify: And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.

But Jesus looked about to see who had done it.


simplify: Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

But today and tomorrow and the day after I must go on my way, because it cannot be that a prophet should meet his end outside Jerusalem.


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

I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.


simplify: Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

Truly, you will take up Saccuth your king and Kaiwan your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.


simplify: And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

And now we are in your hands: do to us whatever seems good and right to you.


simplify: And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

And a great voice in heaven came to my ears, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because he who says evil against our brothers before our God day and night is forced down.


simplify: And the man called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

And the man gave his wife the name of Eve because she was the mother of all who have life.


rate difficulty: And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

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


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The fast of the fourth [month] and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful gatherings. Love ye then truth and peace.


simplify: And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

And they went into the hill-country and were there three days, till the men who had gone after them had come back; and those who went after them were searching for them everywhere without coming across them.


simplify: But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.

But whenever diseased flesh is seen on him, he will be unclean.


rate difficulty: And of the Levites, the courses of Judah <FI>are<Fi> for Benjamin.

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


simplify: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have had a dream, and no one is able to give me the sense of it; now it has come to my ears that you are able to give the sense of a dream when it is put before you.


simplify: Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet thou shalt neither mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.

Son of man, see, I am taking away the desire of your eyes by disease: but let there be no sorrow or weeping or drops running from your eyes.


simplify: And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

And Samson said to them, If you go on like this, truly I will take my full payment from you; and that will be the end of it.


simplify: And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;

Or his signs and wonders which he did in Egypt, to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and all his land;


rate difficulty: And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.

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


simplify: And they shall bring all your brethren out of all the nations for an oblation unto Jehovah, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith Jehovah, as the children of Israel bring their oblation in a clean vessel into the house of Jehovah.

And they will take your countrymen out of all the nations for an offering to the Lord, on horses, and in carriages, and in carts, and on asses, and on camels, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, as the children of Israel take their offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.


rate difficulty: I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:

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


rate difficulty: And their sons shall be as aforetime; and their assembly shall be established before me; and I will punish all that oppress them.

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


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


simplify: And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

And the same holy drink: for they all took of the water from the holy rock which came after them: and the rock was Christ.


simplify: One sea, and twelve oxen under it.

The great water-vessel with the twelve oxen under it.


rate difficulty: But Jesus said to the woman: “Your faith has delivered you; go, and peace be with you.”


rate difficulty: And also, I, my brethren, and my servants, are exacting of them silver and corn; let us leave off, I pray you, this usury.


rate difficulty: For I have known To death Thou dost bring me back, And <FI>to<Fi> the house appointed for all living.

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


rate difficulty: Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.

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


simplify: and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

And the grace of our Lord was very great, with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.


simplify: And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

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.


rate difficulty: And there was great weeping in all the country when all the people went through; and the king himself was waiting in the Kidron valley and all the people went by him in the direction of the olive-tree on the edge of the waste land.

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


simplify: Forasmuch as ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly precious things,

For you have taken my silver and my gold, putting in the houses of your gods my beautiful and pleasing things.


rate difficulty: Now Athaliah, hearing the noise made by the people, came to the people in the house of the Lord;

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


simplify: to whom also he did present himself alive after his suffering, in many certain proofs, through forty days being seen by them, and speaking the things concerning the reign of God.

With abundant proofs, he showed himself to them, still living, after his death; appearing to them from time to time during forty days, and speaking of all that related to the kingdom of God.


rate difficulty: And now Timotheus having come unto us from you, and having declared good news to us of your faith and love, and that ye have a good remembrance of us always, desiring much to see us, as we also <FI>to see<Fi> you,

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


rate difficulty: ‘Their throats are like opened graves; they deceive with their tongues.’ ‘The venom of snakes lies behind their lips,’

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


simplify: Again a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, My Father, if this cannot pass away, except I drink it, thy will be done.

Again, a second time he went away, and said in prayer, O my Father, if this may not go from me without my taking it, let your pleasure be done.


simplify: And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

Then go in, and, shutting the door on yourself and your sons, put oil into all these vessels, putting on one side the full ones.


rate difficulty: And she got up, and going down on her face to the earth, said, See, I am ready to be a servant-girl, washing the feet of the servants of my lord.

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


rate difficulty: And rise doth Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and they build the altar of the God of Israel, to cause to ascend upon it burnt-offerings, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.

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


rate difficulty: and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you;

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


rate difficulty: Take the crushing-stones and get the meal crushed: take off your veil, put away your robe, let your legs be uncovered, go through the rivers.


simplify: And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

And he said, Truly I will be with you; and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you have taken the children of Israel out of Egypt, you will give worship to God on this mountain.


rate difficulty: and if not--fire cometh out from Abimelech and devoureth the masters of Shechem and the house of Millo, and fire cometh out from the masters of Shechem and from the house of Millo, and devoureth Abimelech.'

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


simplify: so that ye are not behind in any gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

There is no gift in which you are deficient, while waiting for the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.


rate difficulty: And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them: so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they fell all of them by the sword.

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


simplify: For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors are come to Hanes.

For his chiefs are at Zoan, and his representatives have come to Hanes.


simplify: If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

If, even in the field, God so clothes the grass which is living today and tomorrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you of little faith!


simplify: Yea, and if I am 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:


simplify: And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels.


rate difficulty: and he calleth unto the man of God who came from Judah, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, Because that thou hast provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and hast not kept the command that Jehovah thy God charged thee,

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


simplify: And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

And the spirit of the Lord first came on him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.


rate difficulty: The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

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


simplify: When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

When the man of pride undergoes punishment, the simple man gets wisdom; and by watching the wise he gets knowledge.


simplify: Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

And in the skirts of your robe may be seen the life-blood of those who have done no wrong: ...


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

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


rate difficulty: And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha, his servant, as a wife; and she had Attai by him.


rate difficulty: and out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the slayer, Kedesh in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs: three cities.


simplify: Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord God, and they shall bear their iniquity.

Because they did this work for them before their images, and became a cause of sin to the children of Israel; for this cause my hand has been lifted up against them, says the Lord, and their punishment will be on them.


simplify: And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.

The man got up, and immediately took up his mat, and went out before them all; at which they were amazed, and, as they praised God, they said: “We have never seen anything like this!”


rate difficulty: And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead heard of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

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


simplify: fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing--having the same love--of one soul--minding the one thing,

I entreat you to make my happiness complete — Live together animated by the same spirit and in mutual love, one in heart, animated by one Spirit.


simplify: So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.


rate difficulty: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were the first at the king's hand.

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


simplify: Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.

Your designs will be without profit, and their effect will be nothing: you will be burned up by the fire of my breath.


rate difficulty: Why dost thou gad about so much, and change thy way? Thou shalt also be brought to shame by Egypt, as thou wast brought to shame by Assyria.

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


rate difficulty: and the Spirit of Jehovah will come mightily upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

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


simplify: Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.


rate difficulty: So--because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to vomit thee out of my mouth;

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


rate difficulty: and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that hath been given among men, in which it behoveth us to be saved.'

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


simplify: For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?

For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? and who will have sorrow for you? or who will go out of his way to see how you are?


simplify: And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

And shutting the book he gave it back to the servant and took his seat: and the eyes of all in the Synagogue were fixed on him.


simplify: Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:


simplify: Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

Have you knowledge of the laws of the heavens? did you give them rule over the earth?


rate difficulty: And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.

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


simplify: And he went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude was coming unto him, and he was teaching them,

Jesus went out again to the Sea; and all the people came to him, and he taught them.


rate difficulty: Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

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


simplify: And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;


rate difficulty: And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

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


rate difficulty: so, as far as depends on me, am I ready to announce the glad tidings to you also who [are] in Rome.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to him, Get up, and go to the street which is named Straight, and make search at the house of Judas for one named Saul of Tarsus: for he is at prayer;

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


simplify: Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

So the Lord sent against them the captains of the army of Assyria, who made Manasseh a prisoner and took him away in chains to Babylon.


simplify: And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.


simplify: And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and rams’ skins dyed red, and sealskins, brought them.

And everyone who had blue and purple and red and the best linen and goats' hair and sheepskins coloured red and leather, gave them.


rate difficulty: besides the sabbaths of Jehovah, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your voluntary offerings, which ye give to Jehovah.

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


simplify: And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,


rate difficulty: Joel, the brother of Nathan, Mibhar, the son of Hagri,


simplify: Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time.


simplify: And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

And he said, The Lord will give a lion's cry from Zion, his voice will be sounding from Jerusalem; and the fields of the keepers of sheep will become dry, and the top of Carmel will be wasted away.


rate difficulty: And when he saw her he was overcome with grief, and said, Ah! my daughter! I am crushed with sorrow, and it is you who are the chief cause of my trouble; for I have made an oath to the Lord and I may not take it back.


simplify: God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah hath sworn to David, I do not even so to him;

May God's punishment be on Abner, if I do not for David as the Lord in his oath has said,


rate difficulty: But go, say to his disciples and to Peter, He goes before you into Galilee: there you will see him, as he said to you.

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


rate difficulty: The wise in heart is called intelligent, and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

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


simplify: Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

And as James and Jambres went against Moses, so do these go against what is true: men of evil minds, who, tested by faith, are seen to be false.


simplify: And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

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


simplify: And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;


simplify: If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?


simplify: And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

but the Master said: “If your faith were only like a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.


simplify: Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

In that new life there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all! — and in all!


rate difficulty: The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

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


rate difficulty: But let the greatest among you be your servant.

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


rate difficulty: But there were not made for the house of Jehovah cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah;

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


rate difficulty: and eastward he dwelt as far as the entrance to the wilderness from the river Euphrates; for their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.

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


simplify: When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

When the Most High gave the nations their heritage, separating into groups the children of men, he had the limits of the peoples marked out, keeping in mind the number of the children of Israel.


simplify: Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.

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


rate difficulty: And they reasoned with themselves, saying--`If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

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


simplify: Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.


simplify: For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

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


simplify: and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Jehovah.

I made them unclean in the offerings they gave, causing them to make every first child go through the fire, so that I might put an end to them.


simplify: all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

I left nothing undone to show you that, laboring as I labored, you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said himself — ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”


simplify: And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trod her under foot.

And he said, Take her and put her out of the window. So they sent her down with force, and her blood went in a shower on the wall and on the horses; and she was crushed under their feet.


rate difficulty: <FI> it is told<Fi> to the Gazathites, saying, `Samson hath come in hither;' and they go round and lay wait for him all the night at the gate of the city, and keep themselves silent all the night, saying, `Till the light of the morning--then we have slain him.'

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


simplify: And Jesus rebuked him; and the demon went out of him: and the boy was cured from that hour.

And Jesus gave orders to the unclean spirit, and it went out of him: and the boy was made well from that hour.


simplify: And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people.

Then, after saying these words to the people, let the overseers put captains over the army.


simplify: And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought them.

And everyone who had blue and purple and red and the best linen and goats' hair and sheepskins coloured red and leather, gave them.


rate difficulty: And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

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


simplify: Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

You will be broken and full of sorrow, with the cup of wonder and destruction, with the cup of your sister Samaria.


simplify: And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

Nor did he spare the world of old; though he preserved Noah, the preacher of righteousness, and seven others, when he brought a flood on the godless world.


simplify: For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people:

For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin (and in sixty-five years from now Ephraim will be broken, and will no longer be a people):


rate difficulty: But if it comes to the ears of the rulers that I have been talking with you, and they come and say to you, Give us word now of what you have said to the king and what the king said to you, keeping nothing back and we will not put you to death;

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


simplify: and thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

And make these into a holy oil, a perfume made by the art of the perfume-maker; it is to be a holy oil.


simplify: The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

The word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.


rate difficulty: And Josiah turneth, and seeth the graves that <FI>are<Fi> there in the mount, and sendeth and taketh the bones out of the graves, and burneth <FI>them<Fi> on the altar, and defileth it, according to the word of Jehovah that the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

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


simplify: And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.

And he came and took her by the hand, lifting her up; and she became well, and took care of their needs.


simplify: And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?


simplify: For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.

For the land is full of men who are untrue to their wives; because of the curse the land is full of grief; the green fields of the waste land have become dry; and they are quick to do evil, their strength is for what is not right.


rate difficulty: And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the Lord, and in the service of the king.

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


simplify: Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother;

Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;


rate difficulty: And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these parables he withdrew thence.

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


rate difficulty: And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

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


rate difficulty: For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

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


simplify: Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave white cloth, shall be confounded.

And all the workers in linen thread, and those who make cotton cloth, will be put to shame.


simplify: But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

but it became known to him. They even watched the gates day and night, to kill him;


simplify: Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;

Keep in mind what Amalek did to you on your way from Egypt;


rate difficulty: So they put off. While they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. A squall swept down on the lake, and their boat was filling and they were in danger.


rate difficulty: `And ye have observed to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you, ye turn not aside--right or left;

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


rate difficulty: And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,

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


simplify: But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Cesar.

But when Paul made a request that he might be judged by Caesar, I gave orders for him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.


simplify: As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.

Just as they were going out, some people brought up to Jesus a dumb man who was possessed by a demon;


simplify: And he said unto him, Teacher, all these things have I observed from my youth.

And he said to him, Master, all these laws I have kept from the time when I was young.


simplify: And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.

This is the number of them, listed by their families, the captains of thousands of Judah: Adnah, the captain, and with him three hundred thousand men of war;


simplify: laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life which is life indeed.

Making ready for themselves a safe place for the time to come, so that the true life may be theirs.


rate difficulty: And they of Beth–shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.

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


simplify: But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

But before faith came, we were kept in prison under the law, waiting for the revelation of the faith which was to come.


rate difficulty: And the food at his table, and all his servants seated there, and those who were waiting on him in their places, and their robes, and his wine-servants, and the burned offerings which he made in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.

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


simplify: Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

And I will send my punishments on Egypt: and they will be certain that I am the Lord.


simplify: Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.

Seeing that there are those who take credit to themselves after the flesh, I will do the same.


simplify: Now if thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

Now if you put to death all this people as one man, then the nations who have had word of your glory will say,


simplify: And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

And therefore his faith ‘was regarded as righteousness.’


simplify: Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

Truly, I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.


simplify: Samaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

Samaria will be made waste, for she has gone against her God: they will be cut down by the sword, their little children will be broken on the rocks, their women who are with child will be cut open.


rate difficulty: And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgment in No.

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


simplify: And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

And if a man has sex relations with the wife of his father's brother, he has put shame on his father's brother: their sin will be on them; till the day of their death they will have no children.


simplify: And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.

And this is how you are to make them clean: let the holy water which takes away sin be put on them, and let the hair all over their bodies be cut off with a sharp blade, and let their clothing be washed and their bodies made clean.


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

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


simplify: So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.

So he went back with him, and had a meal in his house and a drink of water.


simplify: As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.

Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.


rate difficulty: The boards were ten cubits long and one cubit and a half wide.

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


rate difficulty: Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,

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


rate difficulty: and <FI>taketh<Fi> all the gold, and the silver, and all the vessels that are found in the house of God with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the house of the king, and the sons of the pledges, and turneth back to Samaria.

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


rate difficulty: And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.


simplify: And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begat more sons and daughters.

And while he was living in Jerusalem, David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters.


simplify: Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Be watchful; stand firm in your faith; be brave; be strong.


simplify: And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

And the peace of God, which is deeper than all knowledge, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.


simplify: How long wilt thou speak these things? Andhow longshall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?

How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?


rate difficulty: These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:

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


rate difficulty: And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof! And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

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


simplify: But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?


rate difficulty: For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men.


rate difficulty: But if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, your sons — by whom do they cast [them] out? For this reason they shall be your judges.


simplify: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

And on the servants and the servant-girls in those days I will send my spirit.


simplify: And the chief captain came and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yea.

And the chief captain came to him and said, Give me an answer, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes.


simplify: whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:


simplify: If, then, with me thou hast fellowship, receive him as me,

If, then, you count me your friend, receive him as you would me.


simplify: and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid: Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Paddan-aram.

The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant: Gad and Asher; these are the sons whom Jacob had in Paddan-aram.


simplify: And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor’s hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.


simplify: this testimony is true; for which cause convict them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith,


simplify: And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and slew them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

So David and his men went to Keilah, and had a fight with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and put them to the sword with great destruction. So David was the saviour of the people of Keilah.


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

To all those who are in Rome, loved by God, marked out as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.


simplify: Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!


simplify: Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.

And more than this, I will take from them the sound of laughing voices, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the stones crushing the grain, and the shining of lights.


simplify: Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite of the hill-country of Ephraim, named Elkanah; he was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:


rate difficulty: and one said to him, `Lo, thy mother and thy brethren do stand without, seeking to speak to thee.'

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


rate difficulty: And he said, What [meanest] thou by all the drove which I met? And he said, To find favour in the eyes of my lord.

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


simplify: And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth between the ranks; and him that followeth her slay with the sword. For the priest said, Let her not be slain in the house of Jehovah.

Then Jehoiada the priest gave orders to those who were placed in authority over the army, saying, Take her outside the lines, and let anyone who goes after her be put to death with the sword, for he said, Let her not be put to death in the house of the Lord.


simplify: And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

Then the Lord sent poison-snakes among the people; and their bites were a cause of death to numbers of the people of Israel.


rate difficulty: Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

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


rate difficulty: Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains, whereon the woman sits.

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


simplify: and thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

And let the head-dress be placed on his head and the holy crown on the head-dress.


rate difficulty: Let him be stoned with stones till he is dead; because it was his purpose to make you false to the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.


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

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


simplify: therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.

For this reason the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Jonadab, the son of Rechab, will never be without a man to take his place before me.


simplify: And I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way.

And I saw that she had become unclean; the two of them went the same way.


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

Then Saul said to his servant, You have said well; come, let us go. So they went to the town where the man of God was.


simplify: And thou, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to say who is to take the place of my lord the king after him.


simplify: Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.

Little children, it is the last hour; and as you were given word that the Antichrist would come, so now a number of Antichrists have come to you; and by this we are certain that it is the last hour.


simplify: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Alas for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You scour land and sea to make a single convert, and, when they are gained, you make them twice as deserving of Gehenna as you are yourselves.


simplify: for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

Exactly as a body is dead without a spirit, so faith is dead without actions.


rate difficulty: And the king of Israel gathereth the prophets, four hundred men, and saith unto them, `Do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' And they say, `Go up, and God doth give <FI>it<Fi> into the hand of the king.'

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


rate difficulty: and the two shall be one flesh: so that they are no longer two but one flesh.


rate difficulty: Those who conquer will enter into possession of these things, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.

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


simplify: And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their oblation, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, and their sin-offering before Jehovah, for their error:

So the priest will make the people free from sin, and they will have forgiveness; for it was an error, and they have given their offering made by fire to the Lord, and their sin-offering before the Lord, on account of their error:


rate difficulty: I set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

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


simplify: And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?

Then Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he said.


simplify: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.


simplify: as I also in all things do please all, not seeking my own profit, but that of many--that they may be saved.

for I, also, try to please everybody in everything, not seeking my own advantage, but do what is best for others, so that they may be saved.


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

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


rate difficulty: And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

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


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh chargeth men concerning him, and they send him away, and his wife, an all that he hath.

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


rate difficulty: And when he was going out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see, what stones and what buildings!


rate difficulty: whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.

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


rate difficulty: And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

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


simplify: and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.


simplify: After them repaired Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. After them repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah beside his own house.

After them came Benjamin and Hasshub, opposite their house. After them Azariah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made good the wall by the house where he himself was living.


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord.

Say to the children of Israel, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month let the feast of tents be kept to the Lord for seven days.


simplify: And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

And nearest to him, the tribe of Simeon, with Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, as their chief.


simplify: And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

And he said to me, Son of man, let your stomach make a meal of it and let your inside be full of this roll which I am giving you. Then I took it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.


rate difficulty: — These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter; and she bore these to Jacob: all the souls were seven.

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


rate difficulty: And Israel vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

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


simplify: How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.

What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them.


rate difficulty: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you.


simplify: but the inwards and the legs shall he wash with water. And the priest shall offer the whole, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

But the inside parts and the legs are to be washed with water; and the priest will make an offering of all of it, burning it on the altar: it is a burned offering, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And the Egyptians urged the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead [men]!


simplify: and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

And the dove came back at evening, and in her mouth was an olive-leaf broken off: so Noah was certain that the waters had gone down on the earth.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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


rate difficulty: Who put to death the Lord Jesus and the prophets, violently driving us out; who are unpleasing to God and against all men;


rate difficulty: His legs are as pillars of stone on a base of delicate gold; his looks are as Lebanon, beautiful as the cedar-tree.


rate difficulty: They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

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


simplify: And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.

And her father and mother were full of wonder, but he gave orders to them to say nothing about it to anyone.


rate difficulty: Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

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


simplify: A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and a third part I will scatter unto all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.

A third of you will come to death from disease, wasting away among you through need of food; a third will be put to the sword round about you; and a third I will send away to every wind, letting loose a sword after them.


rate difficulty: This man went to Pilate and made a request for the body of Jesus.

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


simplify: Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.

Now some are full of pride, as if I was not coming to you.


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


simplify: And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Beth–el. And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth–el.

And Elijah said to Elisha, Come no farther for the Lord has sent me to Beth-el. But Elisha said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went down to Beth-el.


rate difficulty: If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

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


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.

For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have made your evil-doing come to mind by the uncovering of your wrongdoing, causing your sins to be seen in all your evil-doings; because you have come to mind, you will be taken in them.


rate difficulty: Then she made the ass ready and said to her servant, Keep driving on; do not make a stop without orders from me.


rate difficulty: to whom not even for an hour we gave place by subjection, that the truth of the good news might remain to you.

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


rate difficulty: And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

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


simplify: And they all said, `Thou, then, art the Son of God?' and he said unto them, `Ye say <FI>it<Fi> , because I am;'

“Are you, then, the Son of God?” they all asked. “It is true,”answered Jesus, “I am.”


rate difficulty: And all the elders and all the people say unto him, `Do not hearken, nor consent.'

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


rate difficulty: I know your life; I know that you are neither cold nor hot. If only you were either cold or hot!

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


simplify: and certain men having cleaved to him, did believe, among whom <FI>is<Fi> also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman, by name Damaris, and others with them.

There were, however, some people who joined him, and became believers in Christ. Among them were Dionysius, a member of the Court of Areopagus, a woman named Damaris, and several others.


rate difficulty: And they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which [may reach] to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.


simplify: And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab–shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.

Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan and the Rab-saris and the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah, with a strong force. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and took up their position by the stream of the higher pool, by the highway of the washerman's field.


simplify: And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food with their hands ‘defiled,’ by which they meant unwashed.


simplify: send them away, that they may go into the country and villages round about, and buy themselves somewhat to eat.

Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves.


simplify: And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that in your hate for me you sent me away from you?


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

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


simplify: Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

Who is this, who comes up from the waste places, resting on her loved one? It was I who made you awake under the apple-tree, where your mother gave you birth; there she was in pain at your birth.


simplify: Blessedbethe Lord, the God of Israel; For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,

Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and made them free,


rate difficulty: So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

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


rate difficulty: if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able.

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


simplify: `And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it--is debtor!

You say, too, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, their oath counts for nothing, but, if anyone swears by the offering placed on it, their oath is binding on them’!