simplify: Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!


rate difficulty: And all the work that Solomon made for the house of Jehovah is finished, and Solomon bringeth in the sanctified things of David his father, and the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels he hath put among the treasures of the house of God.

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


rate difficulty: And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

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


simplify: And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.

And Moses said, O Lord, let me see your glory.


simplify: and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

Be ready with the good news of peace as shoes on your feet;


rate difficulty: The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

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


simplify: neither present ye your members instruments of unrighteousness to the sin, but present yourselves to God as living out of the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God;

Do not offer any part of your bodies to sin, in the cause of unrighteousness, but once for all offer yourselves to God (as those who, though once dead, now have life), and devote every part of your bodies to the cause of righteousness.


simplify: Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Now to God our Father be glory for ever and ever. So be it.


simplify: And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;


rate difficulty: The bodies of men will be falling like waste on the open fields, and like grain dropped by the grain-cutter, and no one will take them up.

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


simplify: Solomon had a vineyard at Baal–hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

Solomon had a vine-garden at Baal-hamon; he let out the vine-garden to keepers; every one had to give a thousand bits of silver for its fruit.


rate difficulty: Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.

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


rate difficulty: And Judah goeth with Simeon his brother, and they smite the Canaanite inhabiting Zephath, and devote it; and <FI>one<Fi> calleth the name of the city Hormah.

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


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

But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.


simplify: And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.


simplify: Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

O Lord, what will you give them? Give them bodies which may not give birth and breasts without milk.


simplify: And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?

And the people said to me, Will you not make clear to us the sense of these things; is it for us you do them?


simplify: And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

And it was evil in my eyes: so I had all Tobiah's things put out of the room.


rate difficulty: What--to do still to my vineyard, That I have not done in it! Wherefore, I waited to the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones!

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


simplify: And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.


simplify: And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Jehovah commanded him.

And Moses came and sent for the chiefs of the people and put before them all these words which the Lord had given him orders to say.


rate difficulty: So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.

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


rate difficulty: She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale.

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


rate difficulty: and Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi (it <FI>is<Fi> Jerusalem), Gibeath, Kirjath: fourteen cities and their villages. This <FI>is<Fi> the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, for their families.

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


simplify: that every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, that is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondmen of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.

That every man was to let his Hebrew man-servant and his Hebrew servant-girl go free; so that no one might make use of a Jew, his countryman, as a servant:


simplify: and having bowed the knees, he cried with a loud voice, `Lord, mayest thou not lay to them this sin;' and this having said, he fell asleep.

Falling on his knees, he called out loudly: “Lord! Do not charge them with this sin;” and with these words he fell asleep.


simplify: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

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


simplify: And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;


simplify: And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

And that day they took it, putting it and every person in it to the sword, as he had done to Lachish.


simplify: (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.

Who went with him when he was in Galilee and took care of him; and a number of other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.


simplify: But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

But he saw through their trick and said to them,


rate difficulty: And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

And then he will reply ‘I tell you, as often as you failed to do it to one of these, however unimportant, you failed to do it to me.’


rate difficulty: Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto Jehovah, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto Jehovah.

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


simplify: And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

And all who had not come to death by the sword he took away prisoners to Babylon; and they became servants to him and to his sons till the kingdom of Persia came to power:


simplify: For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.


simplify: Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the Lord; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

See, I am against you, you who are living on the rock of the valley, says the Lord; you who say, Who will come down against us? or who will get into our houses?


simplify: And when even was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath,


simplify: For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

For our evil doings are increased before you, and our sins give witness against us: for our evil doings are with us, and we have knowledge of our sins:


simplify: So Manoah took the kid with the meal-offering, and offered it upon the rock unto Jehovah: and the angel did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on.

So Manoah took the young goat with its meal offering, offering it on the rock to the Lord, who did strange things.


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

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


rate difficulty: to which I was placed a preacher and an apostle, and a teacher of nations,

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


simplify: And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people; and they shall go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.

Then the Lord said to me, Get up and go on your journey before the people, so that they may go in and take the land which I said in my oath to their fathers that I would give them.


simplify: And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.

And he will let it be broken as a potter's vessel is broken: it will be smashed to bits without mercy; so that there will not be a bit in which one may take fire from the fireplace, or water from the spring.


simplify: And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:

Joshua sent for all Israel, for their responsible men and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers, and said to them, I am old, and full of years:


simplify: And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,

When they had almost reached Jerusalem, as far as Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent on two of his disciples.


rate difficulty: All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.


rate difficulty: `Thou dost not sow thy vineyard <FI>with<Fi> divers things, lest the fulness of the seed which thou dost sow, and the increase of the vineyard, be separated.

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


simplify: because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

Because they were turned away from my orders, and were not guided by my rules, and had no respect for my Sabbaths: for their hearts went after their images.


rate difficulty: `Thus said Jehovah: Lo, waters are coming up from the north, And have been for an overflowing stream, And they overflow the land and its fulness, The city, and the inhabitants in it, And men have cried out, And howled hath every inhabitant of the land.

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


simplify: He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

He who gives teaching to a man of pride gets shame for himself; he who says sharp words to a sinner gets a bad name.


simplify: And the son of Jonathan was Merib–baal; and Merib–baal begat Micah.

And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.


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

For before certain men came from James, he did take food with the Gentiles: but when they came, he went back and made himself separate, fearing those who were of the circumcision.


rate difficulty: And he said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, that were holy unto Jehovah, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; there shall no more be a burden upon your shoulders. Now serve Jehovah your God, and his people Israel;

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


simplify: And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

And David made answer to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, By the living Lord, who has kept me safe from all my trouble,


rate difficulty: And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

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


simplify: And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.

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


simplify: and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

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


simplify: And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians; and when they were come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there.

So in the half light they got up to go to the tents of Aram; but when they came to the outer line of tents, there was no one there.


simplify: For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

Because it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has faith in him will not be shamed.


simplify: Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.

See, I will take them from the north country, and get them from the inmost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the feeble-footed, the woman with child and her who is in birth-pains together: a very great army, they will come back here.


rate difficulty: And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?


simplify: And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.

Some were inclined to accept what he said; others, however, rejected it.


rate difficulty: For Jehovah will rise up as in mount Perazim, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

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


rate difficulty: And when they came to the place which is named Golgotha, they put him on the cross, and the evil-doers, one on the right side, and the other on the left.

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


simplify: Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,


rate difficulty: We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah.

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


simplify: And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Beth-lehemite slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

And again there was war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan, the son of Jair the Beth-lehemite, put to death Goliath the Gittite, the stem of whose spear was like a cloth-worker's rod.


rate difficulty: Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?


simplify: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.


rate difficulty: But I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death: and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him.


simplify: Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

Then I said to them, What is this high place where you go to no purpose? And it is named Bamah to this day.


simplify: And there came a scribe, and said unto him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will come after you wherever you go.


simplify: And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.

Then Joab, falling down on his face on the earth, gave the king honour and blessing; and Joab said, Today it is clear to your servant that I have grace in your eyes, my lord king, because the king has given effect to the request of his servant.


simplify: O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

O Lord, put me right, but with wise purpose; not in your wrath, or you will make me small.


rate difficulty: And the terror of Jehovah was upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, and they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

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


simplify: And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

And a sword will come on Egypt, and cruel pain will be in Ethiopia, when they are falling by the sword in Egypt; and they will take away her wealth and her bases will be broken down.


simplify: Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En-rogel; and a maid-servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David: for they might not be seen to come into the city.

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting by En-rogel; and a servant-girl went from time to time and gave them news and they went with the news to King David, for it was not wise for them to let themselves be seen coming into the town.


simplify: And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

and the devil, their deceiver, was hurled into the lake of fire and sulphur, where the Beast and the false prophet already were, and they will be tortured day and night for ever and ever.


simplify: For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

He who said ‘You must not commit adultery’ also said ‘You must not murder.’ If, then, you commit murder but not adultery, you are still an offender against the law.


simplify: Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.

“Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I am about to make.”


simplify: for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,

For, although you were once in darkness, now, by your union with the Lord, you are in the light. Live as ‘children of light’ —


simplify: But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the Lord your God,

But if you say, We have no desire to go on living in this land; and do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God,


rate difficulty: But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord for a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish:

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


rate difficulty: Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.

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


rate difficulty: Thou hast moreover multiplied thy whoredom unto the land of traffic, unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

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


simplify: Now when I had returned, behold, upon the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

And he took me back, and I saw at the edge of the river a very great number of trees on this side and on that.


rate difficulty: Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask of him a loaf of bread, will give him a stone;

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


rate difficulty: Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, the high place that Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down; and burned the high place, stamped it small to powder, and burned the Asherah.

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


rate difficulty: And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

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


simplify: Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an Apostle by the selection of God, given authority as a preacher of the good news,


simplify: Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to give up working for our bread?


simplify: cleanse out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened, for also our passover for us was sacrificed--Christ,

Get rid entirely of the old leaven, so that you may be like new dough — free from leaven, as in truth you are. For our passover lamb is already sacrificed — Christ himself;


rate difficulty: and also I have established My covenant with them, to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they have sojourned;

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


rate difficulty: The sons of Naphtali by their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:

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


rate difficulty: And they journey from Succoth, and encamp in Etham, which <FI>is<Fi> in the extremity of the wilderness;

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


simplify: And if a man sanctify unto the Lord a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;

And if a man gives to the Lord a field which he has got for money from another, which is not part of his heritage;


simplify: Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

Naphtali is a roe let loose, giving fair young ones.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] I will give unto Gog a place there for burial in Israel, the valley of the passers-by to the east of the sea; and it shall stop [the way] of the passers-by; and there shall they bury Gog and all the multitude; and they shall call it, Valley of Hamon-Gog.

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


rate difficulty: I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said unto him, Go, get thee down; and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto Jehovah, lest he break forth upon them.

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


simplify: And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.

And I said to them, Do not let the doors of Jerusalem be open till the sun is high; and while the watchmen are in their places, let the doors be shut and locked: and let the people of Jerusalem be put on watch, every one in his watch, opposite his house.


simplify: But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:

But let the brother of low position be glad that he is lifted up;


rate difficulty: And behold, there talked with him two men, who were Moses and Elijah;


simplify: and after the earthquake a fire; but Jehovah was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

And after the earth-shock a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire, the sound of a soft breath.


simplify: Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith Jehovah. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

But still, I will let the fate of Moab be changed in the last days, says the Lord.


simplify: Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Take care to do the orders which I give you today; I will send out from before you the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.


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

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


simplify: The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born unto him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him.

The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah; these three were his sons by Bathshua, the Canaanite woman. And Er, Judah's oldest son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and he put him to death.


rate difficulty: And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him urgently, and to make him speak of many things;

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


simplify: But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

But God took the people round by the waste land near the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up in fighting order out of the land of Egypt.


simplify: And having charged them, he commanded <FI>them<Fi> to say this to no one,

Jesus, however, strictly charged them not to say this to anyone;


simplify: only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.

But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar, because he is damaged; and he may not make my holy places common; for I the Lord have made them holy.


simplify: Then Job answered the Lord, and said,


simplify: And all the fat thereof shall he take away, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest shall burn them on the altar, upon the offerings of Jehovah made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned, and he shall be forgiven.

And let him take away all its fat, as the fat is taken away from the lamb of the peace-offerings; and let it be burned by the priest on the altar among the offerings made by fire to the Lord: and the priest will take away his sin and he will have forgiveness.


rate difficulty: My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:

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


simplify: When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;

And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;


rate difficulty: and go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, — whether they will hear or whether they will forbear.

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


simplify: Then was fulfilled that spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, `And I took the thirty silverlings, the price of him who hath been priced, whom they of the sons of Israel did price,

Then it was that these words spoken by the prophet Jeremiah were fulfilled — ‘They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him who was valued, whom some of the people of Israel valued,


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

never flagging in zeal; fervent in spirit; serving the Master;


rate difficulty: So Solomon and all Israel with him, a very great meeting, (for the people had come together from the way into Hamath to the river of Egypt,) kept the feast at that time before the Lord our God, for two weeks, even fourteen days.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.

And whenever Moses went out to the Tent of meeting, all the people got up and everyone went to the door of his tent, looking after Moses till he went inside the Tent.


simplify: I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

I have seen his ways, and I will make him well: I will give him rest, comforting him and his people who are sad.


rate difficulty: I will utterly consume them, saith Jehovah: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

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


simplify: Howbeit Jehovah, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel;

Though the Lord, the God of Israel, took me out of all my father's family, to be king over Israel for ever, marking out Judah to be chief, and, of the people of Judah, my father's family; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel;


rate difficulty: The ransom of a man's life is his riches; but the indigent heareth not rebuke.

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


simplify: For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

This, then, is my reason for urging you to come to see me and talk with me; because it is for the sake of the hope of Israel that I am here in chains.”


rate difficulty: A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add.

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


simplify: Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.


simplify: If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.


simplify: but as it is written,  Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, Andwhichentered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.

But as it says in the holy Writings, Things which the eye saw not, and which had not come to the ears or into the heart of man, such things as God has made ready for those who have love for him.


rate difficulty: Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.


rate difficulty: Will not the land be shaking with fear because of this, and everyone in it have sorrow? and all of it will be overflowing like the River; and it will be troubled and go down again like the River of Egypt.

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


simplify: And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.

And she said, May your servant have grace in your eyes. So the woman went away, and took part in the feast, and her face was no longer sad.


simplify: For Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

For the Lord will go through the land, sending death on the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the two sides and the top of the door, the Lord will go over your door and will not let death come in for your destruction.


simplify: He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:

Of gold, by weight, for the vessels of gold, for all the vessels of different uses; and silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for vessels of different uses;


simplify: and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.

And keep my Sabbaths holy; and they will be a sign between me and you so that it may be clear to you that I am the Lord your God.


rate difficulty: All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

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


simplify: And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.

And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: they were the children of Esau's wife Basemath.


simplify: And he said unto him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man turned from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and maid-servants?

And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?


simplify: Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

But Peter said, I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up on your feet.


rate difficulty: Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children.

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.


simplify: And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.

But any which have no skin-plates or wings for swimming, you may not take; they are unclean for you.


rate difficulty: “And should this matter come before the Governor,” they added, “we will satisfy him, and see that you have nothing to fear.”


simplify: And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath–sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

And David sent to get knowledge who the woman was. And one said, Is this not Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?


simplify: Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Again, you younger ones should show deference to the older. And all of you should put on the badge of humility in mutual service, for ‘God is opposed to the proud, but gives his help to the humble.’


simplify: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.


rate difficulty: Then the Lord sent a wind, driving little birds from the sea, so that they came down on the tents, and all round the tent-circle, about a day's journey on this side and on that, in masses about two cubits high over the face of the earth.

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


rate difficulty: Let such a one reckon this, that, what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.


simplify: and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,

and begin to beat their fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards,


simplify: God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.

God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.


simplify: Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.

Six names on the one stone and six on the other, in the order of their birth.


simplify: Then Saul fell straightway his full length upon the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.

Then Saul went down flat on the earth, and was full of fear because of Samuel's words: and there was no strength in him, for he had taken no food all that day or all that night.


simplify: So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.

And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.


simplify: So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

And they will take all your wives and your children out to the Chaldaeans: and you will not get away out of their hands, but will be taken by the hands of the king of Babylon: and this town will be burned with fire.


rate difficulty: And to make an offering, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord, of two doves or other young birds.

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


simplify: In all places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel, spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?

In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?


simplify: Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;


simplify: But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach:

But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart: that is, the word of faith of which we are the preachers:


simplify: And they journeyed from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah.

And they went on from Rissah, and put up their tents in Kehelathah.


rate difficulty: Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.


rate difficulty: Upon his fallen [trunk] do all the fowl of the heavens dwell, and all the beasts of the field are upon his branches:

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


rate difficulty: The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

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


simplify: But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to spread abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.

But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.


simplify: `Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands--the least--and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach <FI>them<Fi> , he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.

Whoever, therefore, breaks one of these commandments, even the least of them, and teaches others to do so, will be the least esteemed in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps them, and teaches others to do so, will be esteemed great in the kingdom of heaven.


rate difficulty: and he brought near the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zerahites: and he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:


simplify: Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.

Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.


rate difficulty: Let me make a song about my loved one, a song of love for his vine-garden. My loved one had a vine-garden on a fertile hill:


simplify: each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

and one and all should consider, not only their own interests, but also the interests of others.


rate difficulty: And Nathan departed unto his house. And Jehovah struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

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


rate difficulty: The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,


rate difficulty: Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

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


rate difficulty: And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear of all the good that I do unto them; and they shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

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


simplify: but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

But even to this day the Lord has not given you a mind open to knowledge, or seeing eyes or hearing ears.


rate difficulty: And Moses said, If you yourself are not going with us, do not send us on from here.

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


simplify: For he knew not what to answer; for they became sore afraid.

Because he was not certain what to say, for they were in great fear.


rate difficulty: They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

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


simplify: And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

And straight away one of them went quickly, and took a sponge, and made it full of bitter wine, and put it on a rod and gave him drink.


simplify: Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En–gedi even unto En–eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

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


simplify: Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.


rate difficulty: And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,


rate difficulty: Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

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


simplify: And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; As was Issachar, so was Barak; Into the valley they rushed forth at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben There were great resolves of heart.

Your chiefs, Issachar, were with Deborah; and Naphtali was true to Barak; into the valley they went rushing out at his feet. In Reuben there were divisions, and great searchings of heart.


rate difficulty: And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men in Shushan; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.

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


simplify: Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

You are the daughter of your mother whose soul is turned in disgust from her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters who were turned in disgust from their husbands and their children: your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.


rate difficulty: for, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

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


simplify: Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God has given you orders to do; let there be no turning away to the right hand or to the left.


rate difficulty: For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

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


simplify: For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

For he saw that for envy they had given him up.


rate difficulty: I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;

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


simplify: And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah is their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them.

And they will have no heritage among their countrymen: the Lord is their heritage, as he has said to them.


simplify: Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

You are the Lord, the God, who took Abram and made him yours, guiding him from Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham;


simplify: But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.

But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to do all his orders and his laws which I give you today, then all these curses will come on you and overtake you:


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


simplify: But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months.

But six hundred men, turning back, went in flight to the rock of Rimmon in the waste land, and were living on the rock of Rimmon for four months.


rate difficulty: (and the six hundred men girded with their weapons of war, who <FI>are<Fi> of the sons of Dan, are standing at the opening of the gate), --

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


simplify: Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.

from the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, from the tribe of Napthali twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,


simplify: from Ekron even unto the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.

From Ekron to the sea, all the towns by the side of Ashdod, with their unwalled places.


rate difficulty: and through whom we have found deliverance in the forgiveness of our sins.


simplify: And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,

Once, when the people were pressing around Jesus as they listened to God’s message, he happened to be standing by the shore of the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats close to the shore.


rate difficulty: because that they have done the evil thing in Mine eyes, and are provoking Me to anger from the day that their fathers came out of Egypt, even unto this day.'

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


rate difficulty: they clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;

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


rate difficulty: which is less indeed than all seeds, but when it is grown is greater than herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and roost in its branches.

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


rate difficulty: for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

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


simplify: Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.

See, all the land is before you: go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their seed after them.


simplify: and those of the circumcision believing were astonished--as many as came with Peter--because also upon the nations the gift of the Holy Spirit hath been poured out,

Those converts from Judaism, who had come with Peter, were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been bestowed even on the Gentiles;


simplify: Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

(As to what I am now writing to you, I call God to witness that I am speaking the truth).


rate difficulty: watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

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


simplify: And he said to him, `Rightly thou didst answer; this do, and thou shalt live.'

“You have answered right,”said Jesus; “do that, and you will live.”


rate difficulty: And he said to the Levites, the teachers of all Israel, who were holy to the Lord, See, the holy ark is in the house which Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, made; it will no longer have to be transported on your backs: now be the servants of the Lord your God and his people Israel,

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


simplify: And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

And if anyone says anything to you, you will say, The Lord has need of them; and straight away he will send them.


rate difficulty: And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes, Yet will I look again toward thy holy temple.

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


simplify: but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.

But after we had first undergone much pain and been cruelly attacked as you saw, at Philippi, by the help of God we gave you the good news without fear, though everything was against us.


rate difficulty: So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.

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


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash, and his power, and how he went to war with Amaziah, king of Judah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?


simplify: Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

Let your eyes be turned away from me; see, they have overcome me; your hair is as a flock of goats which take their rest on the side of Gilead.


rate difficulty: and the cares of life, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.


rate difficulty: and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.

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


rate difficulty: If the first handful of dough in holy, so is the whole mass; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.


rate difficulty: And the house of God was full of smoke from the glory of God, and from his power, and no one was able to go into the house of God, till the seven punishments of the seven angels were ended.

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


simplify: And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

Then falling down on their faces they said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, because of one man's sin will your wrath be moved against all the people?


rate difficulty: And the day of the unleavened food came, in which it was behoving the passover to be sacrificed,

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


simplify: for the fruit of the Spirit <FI>is<Fi> in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,

For the outcome of life in the light may be seen in every form of goodness, righteousness, and sincerity —


simplify: Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

Therefore concentrate your minds, with the strictest self-control, and fix your hopes on the blessing that is coming for you at the appearing of Jesus Christ.


simplify: and the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea by the region of Achzib;

And the limit goes round to Ramah and the walled town of Tyre and Hosah, ending at the sea by Heleb and Achzib;


rate difficulty: and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death--death even of a cross,

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,

Walking in the street near the turn of her road, going on the way to her house,


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

So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets; but let no one be stopped from using tongues.


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

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


simplify: and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;

Now wages are regarded as due to the person who works, not as a favor, but as a debt;


rate difficulty: Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in theGod who affords us all things richly for [our] enjoyment;

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rate difficulty: And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

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rate difficulty: For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

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rate difficulty: to deliver him, [I say,] [being] such, to Satan for destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

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rate difficulty: Then Death and the Lord of the place of Death were hurled into the lake of fire. This is the Second Death — the lake of fire;

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rate difficulty: Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all he did, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.

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simplify: Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.


rate difficulty: Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

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simplify: Jehovah hath spoken concerning you, O remnant of Judah, Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have testified unto you this day.

The Lord has said about you, O last of Judah, Go not into Egypt: be certain that I have given witness to you this day.


simplify: As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.


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

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rate difficulty: Certainly the Lord will do nothing without making clear his secret to his servants, the prophets.


simplify: Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,

Of the sons of Bani, Maadai, Amram, and Uel,


rate difficulty: Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, then he shall come unto the priest;

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rate difficulty: And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

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rate difficulty: And behold, a prophet drew near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus saith Jehovah: Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thy hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, to wit, Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

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simplify: For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

For their wings were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and its rods.


simplify: And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said, As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do.


simplify: For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:


simplify: The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The sixth Bukkiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


rate difficulty: For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.

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rate difficulty: there are some who are last now who will then be first, and some who are first now who will then be last!”

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


rate difficulty: These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the oldest, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

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


simplify: And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:

And Shitrai the Sharonite was responsible for the herds in the grass-lands of Sharon, and Shaphat, the son of Adlai, for those in the valleys;


simplify: and he went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

And went after the man of Israel into the tent, driving the spear through the two of them, through the man of Israel and through the stomach of the woman. So the disease was stopped among the children of Israel.


simplify: as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;

Act as free people, yet not using your freedom as those do who make it a cloak for wickedness, but as Servants of God.


simplify: And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.

And before the time of need, Joseph had two sons, to whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On, gave birth.


simplify: And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.

And Jesus came to a stop and said, Let him come. And crying out to the blind man, they said to him, Be comforted: come, he has sent for you.


simplify: And he said unto them, `Give ye them to eat;' and they said, `We have no more than five loaves, and two fishes: except, having gone, we may buy for all this people victuals;'

But Jesus said: “It is for you to give them something to eat.”   “We have not more than five loaves and two fishes,” they answered; “unless indeed we are to go and buy food for all these people.”


simplify: And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

and said — ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife, and the man and his wife will become one’?


rate difficulty: Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

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rate difficulty: And they did so, and made them all sit down.

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rate difficulty: Is not the Lord your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.

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


simplify: Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help;


rate difficulty: And I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: but it was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones; and I became wearied with holding in, and I could not.


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!


rate difficulty: And the sons of Israel give to the Levites the cities and their suburbs.

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


rate difficulty: ‘He is coming among the clouds!’ Every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; ‘and all the nations of the earth will mourn over him.’ So will it be. Amen.


rate difficulty: But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and would not let the people go.


simplify: Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.

And Pashhur gave blows to Jeremiah and had his feet chained in a framework of wood in the higher doorway of Benjamin, which was in the house of the Lord.


simplify: And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.

Now when the people had come together against Moses and Aaron, looking in the direction of the Tent of meeting, they saw the cloud covering it, and the glory of the Lord came before their eyes.


rate difficulty: searching in regard to what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ that was in them was manifesting, testifying beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory after these,

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rate difficulty: And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

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rate difficulty: And the five lords of the Philistines saw [it], and returned to Ekron the same day.


simplify: And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?


simplify: Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?


simplify: Arise thou therefore, get thee to thy house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

Up, then! go back to your house; and in the hour when your feet go into the town, the death of the child will take place.


simplify: blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed,

the blind recover their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are made clean and the deaf hear, the dead, too, are raised to life, and the good news is told to the poor.


rate difficulty: This town, now, is near, and it is a little one: O, let me go there (is it not a little one?) so that my life may be safe.


simplify: And other fell on the rock; and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water.


simplify: become followers together of me, brethren, and observe those thus walking, according as ye have us--a pattern;

My friends, unite in following my example, and fix your eyes on those who are living by the pattern which we have set you.


rate difficulty: Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

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simplify: And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.


simplify: And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.


simplify: For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.

For the holy Writings say to Pharaoh, For this same purpose did I put you on high, so that I might make my power seen in you, and that there might be knowledge of my name through all the earth.


rate difficulty: If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

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


simplify: And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain.

So they put their hands on her, and she went to the king's house by the doorway of the horses, and there she was put to death.


simplify: and when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.


simplify: And they journeyed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

Then from the Red Sea they went on and put up their tents in the waste land of Sin.


simplify: And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.

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


simplify: and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.

And so down to Jordan, stretching to the Salt Sea: all the land inside these limits will be yours.


simplify: For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

For this is what the Lord has said to me: I will be quiet, watching from my place; like the clear heat when the sun is shining, like a mist of dew in the heat of summer.


rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

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rate difficulty: And we made rules for ourselves, taxing ourselves a third of a shekel every year for the upkeep of the house of our God;

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rate difficulty: But be you strong and let not your hands be feeble, for your work will be rewarded.


simplify: Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you.


simplify: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up on a high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!

You who give good news to Zion, get up into the high mountain; you who give good news to Jerusalem, let your voice be strong; let it be sounding without fear; say to the towns of Judah, See, your God!


simplify: Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men;


rate difficulty: and the name of the wife of Saul <FI>is<Fi> Ahinoam, daughter of Ahimaaz; and the name of the head of his host <FI>is<Fi> Abner son of Ner, uncle of Saul;

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simplify: Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;


rate difficulty: Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

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simplify: Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.

And now be certain that you will come to your end by the sword and by being short of food and by disease, in the place to which you are pleased to go for a living-place.


rate difficulty: They bear it upon the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it standeth, from its place shall it not remove: yea, one may cry unto it, yet can it not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

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


simplify: his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

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


simplify: But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one and a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.

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


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

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simplify: And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.

And he will have the war-carriage cut off from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be cut off: and he will say words of peace to the nations: and his rule will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.


simplify: And he shall bring his trespass-offering unto Jehovah, a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy estimation, for a trespass-offering, unto the priest:

Then let him take to the Lord the offering for his wrongdoing; giving to the priest for his offering, a male sheep from the flock, without any mark, of the value fixed by you:


simplify: And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month.

And all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.


rate difficulty: and they were laughing at him. And he, having put all forth, doth take the father of the child, and the mother, and those with him, and goeth in where the child is lying,

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


simplify: And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.

Now at that time the Philistines came together to make war against Israel, and the men of Israel went out to war against the Philistines and took up their position at the side of Eben-ezer: and the Philistines put their forces in position in Aphek.


rate difficulty: “I tell you,”he answered, “that there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,


rate difficulty: Put yourselves to the proof, to see whether you are holding to the faith. Test yourselves. Surely you recognize this fact about yourselves — that Jesus Christ is in you! Unless indeed you cannot stand the test!


simplify: Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.

When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.


simplify: become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.

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


simplify: And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.

And King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, I am troubled on account of the Jews who have gone over to the Chaldaeans, for fear that they may give me up to them and they will put me to shame.


rate difficulty: What can David [say] more to thee for the glory of thy servant? thou indeed knowest thy servant.

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simplify: And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings.


rate difficulty: The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

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


simplify: and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,

And after them went Hoshaiah and half of the rulers of Judah,


simplify: He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.

He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;


rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

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simplify: And another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should add it unto the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

And another angel came and took his place at the altar, having a gold vessel for burning perfume; and there was given to him much perfume, so that he might put it with the prayers of all the saints on the gold altar which was before the high seat.


simplify: Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.


rate difficulty: And the people rejoiced because they offered willingly, for with perfect heart they offered willingly to Jehovah; and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

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simplify: I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.

“I will hear all you have to say as soon as your accusers have arrived.” And he ordered Paul to be kept under guard in Herod’s Government house.


simplify: And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, which he did and made Israel do; he did not keep himself from them.


rate difficulty: There were twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel; on every one the name of one of the tribes of Israel was cut, like the cutting of a stamp.


simplify: And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.

And about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.


simplify: And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, Who is this?

And when he came into Jerusalem, all the town was moved, saying, Who is this?


simplify: Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.

And Ishmael put to death all the Jews who were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldaean men of war.


simplify: After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.


simplify: And the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goeth in to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:

And the priest will give orders for everything to be taken out of the house, before he goes in to see the disease, so that the things in the house may not become unclean; and then the priest is to go in to see the house;


simplify: Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land,

Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have made waste all the nations and their lands,


simplify: Festus, therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea,

Three days after Festus had arrived in his province, he left Caesarea and went up to Jerusalem.


simplify: So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.

So the Lord only was his guide, no other god was with him.


rate difficulty: And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.

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


simplify: Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the Lord, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the Lord.

Anything blind or broken or damaged or having any disease or any mark on it may not be offered to the Lord; you may not make an offering of it by fire on the altar to the Lord.


rate difficulty: If therefore Demetrius, and the craftsmen that are with him, have a matter against any man, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.

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


rate difficulty: But now, says the Lord your Maker, O Jacob, and your life-giver, O Israel: have no fear, for I have taken up your cause; naming you by your name, I have made you mine.

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rate difficulty: And also, those having familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah, and in Jerusalem, hath Josiah put away, in order to establish the words of the law that are written on the book that Hilkiah the priest hath found in the house of Jehovah.

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rate difficulty: And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to my ears?


simplify: For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.

For I was not put to shame in anything in which I may have made clear to him my pride in you; but as we said nothing to you but what was true, so the good things which I said to Titus about you were seen by him to be true.


rate difficulty: And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and came to his death.

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


simplify: He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.

He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.


simplify: In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near thee.

All your rights will be made certain to you: have no fear of evil, and destruction will not come near you.


simplify: And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Come here to me with the ephod. And Abiathar took the ephod to David.


simplify: And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they are almost ready to stone me.

And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.


rate difficulty: And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher–shalal–hash–baz.

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


simplify: and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.


simplify: And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.

When Jesus was twelve years old, they went according to custom to Jerusalem,


rate difficulty: And I turn back, and lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a flying roll.


simplify: And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.

And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all.


simplify: And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;

And Jesus said to his disciples: “That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about the life here — what you can get to eat; or about your body — what you can get to wear.


simplify: hearing of thy love, and of the faith which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;

Hearing of the love and the faith which you have to the Lord Jesus and to all the saints;


simplify: God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. [Selah His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise.

God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. The heavens were covered with his glory, and the earth was full of his praise.


simplify: As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.

The sons of Ladan: sons of the Gershonites of the family of Ladan, heads of families of Ladan the Gershonite, Jehieli.


simplify: Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.


rate difficulty: And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years, and begot Jared.

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simplify: And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

Entering the house, they saw the child with his mother, Mary, and fell at his feet and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasure chests, and offered to the child presents of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.


simplify: And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ.


simplify: I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;


simplify: And all the city was gathered together at the door.

And all the town had come together at the door.


simplify: And they said unto him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

And they said, Your servants have with us here fifty strong men; be pleased to let them go in search of Elijah; for it may be that the spirit of the Lord has taken him up and put him down on some mountain or in some valley. But he said, Do not send them.


simplify: Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.

Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same.


simplify: And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he hath also forsaken you.

Then the spirit of God came on Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, and, getting up before the people, he said to them, God has said, Why do you go against the orders of the Lord, so that everything goes badly for you? because you have given up the Lord, he has given you up.


rate difficulty: And they said to one another, Were not our hearts burning in us while he was talking to us on the way, making clear to us the holy Writings?

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simplify: And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the Lord? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh–gilead to the assembly.

And they said, Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord? And it was seen that no one had come from Jabesh-gilead to the meeting.


rate difficulty: And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch,

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

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simplify: Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

You see, then, that it is as the result of their actions that a person is pronounced righteous, and not of their faith only.


rate difficulty: Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

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simplify: And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.


simplify: Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?


simplify: And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah: but Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.