simplify: Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

Now while I was looking at the four living beings, I saw one wheel on the earth, by the side of the living beings, for the four of them.


rate difficulty: O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

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


simplify: They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.


simplify: And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,

And there was a man in the Synagogue who had an unclean spirit; and he gave a loud cry and said,


rate difficulty: And so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his garment; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found: thou mayest not hide thyself.

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


rate difficulty: And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

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


simplify: She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

And she said, We have a great store of dry grass and cattle-food, and there is room for you.


simplify: So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spake.

And the water was made sweet again to this day, as Elisha said.


simplify: And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only Jehovah establish his word. So the woman tarried and gave her son suck, until she weaned him.

And her husband Elkanah said to her, Do whatever seems right to you, but not till you have taken him from the breast; only may the Lord do as he has said. So the woman, waiting there, gave her son milk till he was old enough to be taken from the breast.


simplify: And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

And the children of Israel went on from the waste land of Sin, by stages as the Lord gave them orders, and put up their tents in Rephidim: and there was no drinking-water for the people.


simplify: And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

Let him give ear to your voice, and you will put my words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his, teaching you what you have to do.


simplify: And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offering upon the altar. And when the burnt-offering began, the song of Jehovah began also, and the trumpets, together with the instruments of David king of Israel.

And Hezekiah gave the word for the burned offering to be offered on the altar. And when the burned offering was started, then the song of the Lord was started, with the blowing of horns and with all the instruments of David, king of Israel.


simplify: And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.

Then Jehu took his bow in his hand, and with all his strength sent an arrow, wounding Joram between the arms; and the arrow came out at his heart, and he went down on his face in his carriage.


rate difficulty: Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

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


rate difficulty: But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what body do they come?

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


rate difficulty: and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, he broke [them] and gave [them] to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.

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


simplify: And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

And if you say, Where will our food come from in the seventh year, when we may not put in seed, or get in the increase


simplify: And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.

All these things you are to do to Aaron and his sons as I have given you orders: for seven days the work of making them priests is to go on.


rate difficulty: And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment, and the pride of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolated, so that none shall pass through.

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


simplify: nor may ye be called directors, for one is your director--the Christ.

Nor must you allow yourselves to be called ‘leaders,’ for you have only one leader, the Christ.


simplify: Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.

Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.


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

And put oil on the altar of burned offering, and make it and all its vessels holy; this altar is to be most holy.


simplify: Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.

Then Paul took the men, and on the day after, making himself clean with them, he went into the Temple, giving out the statement that the days necessary for making them clean were complete, till the offering was made for every one of them.


rate difficulty: neither will I cause thee to hear the ignominy of the nations any more, and thou shalt not bear the reproach of the peoples any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nation to fall any more, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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


simplify: Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

Do not take interest from an Israelite on anything, money or food or any other goods, which you let him have:


simplify: And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

Then Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the agreement and go over in front of the people. So they took up the ark of the agreement and went in front of the people.


rate difficulty: Why is your clothing red, and why are your robes like those of one who is crushing the grapes?


simplify: And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and a fame went out concerning him through all the region round about.

And Jesus came back to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news of him went through all the country round about.


rate difficulty: The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.

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


rate difficulty: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

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


simplify: having commanded his accusers to come to thee, from whom thou mayest be able, thyself having examined, to know concerning all these things of which we accuse him;'

and you will be able, by examining him on all these points, to satisfy yourself as to the charges which we are bringing against him.”


rate difficulty: Turn and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and unto all the neighbouring places in the plain, in the mountain, and in the lowland, and in the south, and by the seaside, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

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


rate difficulty: Remember that thou magnify his work, which men celebrate.

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


rate difficulty: and he doth that which <FI>is<Fi> right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Amaziah his father did,

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


rate difficulty: They were near Jebus, and the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.


simplify: And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,


simplify: Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.


simplify: Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

I tell you, some of those who are standing here will not know death until they have seen the Son of Man coming into his kingdom.”


rate difficulty: Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.

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


simplify: Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.

Then Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, sent a second letter giving the force of their authority to the order about the Purim.


simplify: And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;


simplify: And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

And when the news came to Jabesh-gilead of what the Philistines had done to Saul,


simplify: And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.

And the limit of the Edomites went from the slope of Akrabbim from Sela and up.


rate difficulty: `And a man who taketh the woman and her mother--it <FI>is<Fi> wickedness; with fire they burn him and them, and there is no wickedness in your midst.


simplify: And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

On getting out of the boat, Jesus saw a great crowd, and his heart was moved at the sight of them; and he cured all the sick among them.


simplify: for the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.

For the Lamb who is on the high seat will be their keeper and their guide to fountains of living water: and God will make glad their eyes for ever.


simplify: and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love of the many shall become cold;

and, owing to the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.


simplify: Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

Then he put his hand on their eyes, saying, As your faith is, let it be done to you.


simplify: And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:

And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.


rate difficulty: But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: While he was still talking to them, the king came down and said, This evil is from the Lord; why am I to go on waiting any longer for the Lord?

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


rate difficulty: And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

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


simplify: Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

To the people of God who are living abroad, dispersed throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Roman Asia, and Bithynia,


simplify: And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.


rate difficulty: Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?

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


rate difficulty: and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.


rate difficulty: Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab and his servants and all Israel with him; and they made waste the land of the children of Ammon, and took up their position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire;

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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


simplify: And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

and a person, swearing by the Temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it,


rate difficulty: Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

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


simplify: And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.

they will scourge him, and then put him to death; and on the third day he will rise again.”


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that every living creature which swarmeth, in every place whither the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, and the waters of the sea shall be healed, and everything shall live whithersoever the river cometh.

And it will come about that every living and moving thing, wherever their streams come, will have life; and there will be very much fish because these waters have come there and have been made sweet: and everything wherever the river comes will have life.


simplify: And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

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


rate difficulty: For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.


rate difficulty: The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; and to this day they have drunk none, for they have obeyed their father's commandment. But I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking, and ye have not hearkened unto me.

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


simplify: The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

The Kenite, the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,


rate difficulty: And there hath not been made a passover like it in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, and none of the kings of Israel made such a passover as Josiah hath made, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who are found, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be hail throughout the land of Egypt, upon men, and upon cattle, and upon every herb of the field in the land of Egypt.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name.


simplify: Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.


simplify: So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

So Naaman, with all his horses and his carriages, came to the door of Elisha's house.


rate difficulty: and the bones of the priests he hath burnt on their altars, and cleanseth Judah and Jerusalem,

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


simplify: So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.

So every one of us will have to give an account of himself to God.


simplify: But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were minded to slay them.

But when these words came to their ears, they were cut to the heart, and had a mind to put them to death.


simplify: And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of Jehovah went out from the land of Egypt.

And at the end of four hundred and thirty years, to the very day, all the armies of the Lord went out of the land of Egypt.


simplify: Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.

Give ear to the rolling noise of his voice; to the hollow sound which goes out of his mouth.


rate difficulty: (That also is reckoned a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in time past, and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim;

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


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

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


simplify: Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.


rate difficulty: And having received a cup, when he had given thanks he said, Take this and divide it among yourselves.

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


rate difficulty: Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.

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


rate difficulty: Lo, I <FI>am<Fi> against thee--an affirmation of Jehovah, O inhabitant of the valley, rock of the plain, Who are saying, Who cometh down against us? And who cometh into our habitations?

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


rate difficulty: and said unto him, Hearest thou what these are saying? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea: did ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


simplify: That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built; and of the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

Who says of Cyrus, He will take care of my sheep, and will do all my pleasure: who says of Jerusalem, I will give the word for your building; and of the Temple, Your bases will be put in place.


simplify: And David went up by the ascent of themount ofOlives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

And David went up the slopes of the Mount of Olives weeping all the way, with his head covered and no shoes on his feet: and all the people who were with him, covering their heads, went up weeping.


rate difficulty: For the king of Babylon took his place at the parting of the ways, at the top of the two roads, to make use of secret arts: shaking the arrows this way and that, he put questions to the images of his gods, he took note of the inner parts of dead beasts.

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


simplify: Be not manyof youteachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.


simplify: But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.

But he himself, turning back from the stone images at Gilgal, said, I have something to say to you in secret, O king. And he said, Let there be quiet. Then all those who were waiting before him went out.


rate difficulty: Hear the word of Jehovah, house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.

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


simplify: And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.

And the priest will be like the people; I will give them punishment for their evil ways, and the reward of their acts.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them before Jehovah--over-against the sun; and the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah doth turn back from Israel.'

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


rate difficulty: and Michal taketh the teraphim, and layeth on the bed, and the mattress of goats' <FI>hair<Fi> she hath put <FI>for<Fi> his pillows, and covereth with a garment.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,

And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;


simplify: Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.


rate difficulty: Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to fall upon her suddenly.


simplify: Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

We give you praise, O Lord God, Ruler of all, who is and who was; because you have taken up your great power and are ruling your kingdom.


rate difficulty: and this <FI>is<Fi> to thee the sign that cometh unto thy two sons, unto Hophni and Phinehas--in one day they die both of them;

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt put of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.


rate difficulty: I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

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


rate difficulty: And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.

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


rate difficulty: Let all flesh be silent before Jehovah; for he is risen up out of his holy habitation.


simplify: their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

They went without turning, every one went straight forward.


rate difficulty: So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him, even all the valiant men.

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


rate difficulty: Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

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


rate difficulty: And Jonathan speaketh good of David unto Saul his father, and saith unto him, `Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works for thee <FI>are<Fi> very good;

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


simplify: The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.


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?

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?


simplify: And I, Jehovah, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

And I the Lord will be their God and my servant David their ruler; I the Lord have said it.


simplify: Because of this also, we--we do give thanks to God continually, that, having received the word of hearing from us of God, ye accepted, not the word of man, but as it is truly, the word of God, who also doth work in you who believe;

This, too, is a reason why we, on our part, are continually thanking God — because, in receiving the teaching that you had from us, you accepted it, not as the teaching of humans, but as what it really is — the teaching of God, which is even now doing its work within you who believe in Christ.


simplify: The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;

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


rate difficulty: Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.

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


simplify: And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

And they gave up the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and became worshippers of pillars of wood and of the images; and because of this sin of theirs, wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem.


simplify: The children of Pahath–moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.

The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand, eight hundred and twelve.


rate difficulty: [He is] the Rock, his work is perfect, For all his ways are righteousness; AGod of faithfulness without deceit, Just and right is he.

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


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.

For he who said, Do not be untrue in married life, is the same who said, Put no man to death. Now if you are not untrue in married life, but you put a man to death, the law is broken.


simplify: Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

Be glad then, O heavens, and you who are in them. But there is trouble for the earth and the sea: because the Evil One has come down to you, being very angry, having the knowledge that he has but a short time.


simplify: And they journeyed from Jotbathah, and encamped in Abronah.

And they went on from Jotbathah, and put up their tents in Abronah.


simplify: Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

Do not do your ploughing with an ox and an ass yoked together.


simplify: And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

So she went and did as Elijah said; and she and he and her family had food for a long time.


simplify: ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;

You have lived on earth a life of extravagance and luxury; you have indulged your fancies in a time of bloodshed.


rate difficulty: and said to his servants, This is John the baptist: he is risen from the dead, and because of this these works of power display their force in him.


rate difficulty: After him Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, was working on another part, from the door of the house of Eliashib as far as the end of his house.

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


rate difficulty: and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents.

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


simplify: and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother;

and, bringing his head on a dish, gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.


rate difficulty: And to Amasa say ye, Art not thou my bone and my flesh? Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add, if thou art not head of the host before me all the days instead of Joab.'

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


simplify: And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

And the men of Zion will not say, I am ill: for its people will have forgiveness for their sin.


simplify: She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, she is without fear;

She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.


simplify: Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.


simplify: Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

A curse is on the keepers who are causing the destruction and loss of the sheep of my field, says the Lord.


simplify: And Ben–hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

Now Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got all his army together, and thirty-two kings with him, and horses and carriages of war; he went up and made war on Samaria, shutting it in.


rate difficulty: yea, they forsake Jehovah, and do service to Baal and to Ashtaroth.

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


simplify: Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, upon them.

In addition, we make it clear to you, that it will be against the law to put any tax or payment in goods or forced payment on any of the priests or Levites, the music-makers, door-keepers, Nethinim, or any servants of this house of God.


simplify: And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

Jesus, however, was aware of what was passing in their minds, and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself becomes a desolation, and any town or household divided against itself will not last.


simplify: And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

And they said, Not one of your relations has that name.


simplify: And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

So they went on their journey: and the fear of God was on the towns round about, so that they made no attack on the sons of Jacob.


simplify: And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

Then Jesus, with a loud cry, said: “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”And with these words he expired.


rate difficulty: I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

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


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

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


simplify: And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

These rods he put in the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.


rate difficulty: And when the Lord saw him turning to one side to see, God said his name out of the tree, crying, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

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


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

And your sons, the offspring of your body, they will take away to be unsexed servants in the house of the king of Babylon.


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

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


rate difficulty: and the Devil said to him, `To thee I will give all this authority, and their glory, because to me it hath been delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I do give it;

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


simplify: The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those that dwell therein.

The loud breathing of the horses comes to our ears from Dan: at the sound of the outcry of his war-horses, all the land is shaking with fear; for they have come, and have made a meal of the land and everything in it; the town and the people living in it.


simplify: And the wild-oxen shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls: and their land shall be drunken with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

And the strong oxen will go down to death together with the smaller cattle.


rate difficulty: and the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.

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


simplify: Now these were the sons of David, that were born unto him in Hebron: the first-born, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;

Now these were David's sons, whose birth took place in Hebron: the oldest Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite woman;


simplify: The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

The Lord our God made an agreement with us in Horeb.


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

And what I pray for is this — that your love may grow yet stronger and stronger, with increasing knowledge and all discernment,


simplify: And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.

And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. And all the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the water-doorway; and they made a request to Ezra the scribe that he would put before them the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.


simplify: but I say to you, to the land of Sodom it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than to thee.'

Yet, I tell you, the doom of Sodom will be more bearable in the ‘day of judgment’ than yours.”


rate difficulty: Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.

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


simplify: saying--`If thou didst know, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things for thy peace; but now they were hid from thine eyes.

“If only you had known, while yet there was time — even you — the things that make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your sight.


simplify: And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.

“The one who dipped his bread beside me in the dish,” replied Jesus, “is the one who will betray me.


rate difficulty: Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

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


simplify: And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of Jehovah.

Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and had it pulled down: its altars and images were all broken to bits, and Mattan, the priest of Baal, they put to death before the altars. And the priest put overseers over the Lord's house.


rate difficulty: for as for us we cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.

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


simplify: Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Here is the quiet strength of the saints, who keep the orders of God, and the faith of Jesus.


simplify: and the next unto him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom),

And second only to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven rulers of Persia and Media, who were friends of the king, and had the first places in the kingdom:)


rate difficulty: Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Thus saith Jehovah, Make this valley full of trenches.

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


rate difficulty: And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man! Thus saith Jehovah theGod of Israel: I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

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


simplify: Which the Lord commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai.

As they were given by the Lord to Moses on Mount Sinai, on the day when the Lord gave orders to the children of Israel to make their offerings to the Lord, in the waste land of Sinai.


simplify: Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.


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

For this cause you will have no one to make the decision by the measuring line in the meeting of the Lord.


simplify: being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;


simplify: Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Jehovah had spoken unto him: and it came to pass, because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

Then Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the Lord had said to him; but fearing to do it by day, because of his father's people and the men of the town, he did it by night.


rate difficulty: And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?

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


rate difficulty: Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!

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


simplify: And thou shalt put of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.

And put your honour on him, so that all the children of Israel may be under his authority.


rate difficulty: And Jesus said to them, I will put to you one question; give me an answer, and I will say by what authority I do these things.

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


simplify: And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;

And the ten bases, with the ten washing-vessels on them;


rate difficulty: I am for my loved one, and his desire is for me.


simplify: And the six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.

And the six hundred armed men of the Danites took their places by the doorway.


rate difficulty: And there did come also false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall bring in besides destructive sects, and the Master who bought them denying, bringing to themselves quick destruction,

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


rate difficulty: It shall be the basest of kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations; and I will diminish them, so that they shall no more rule over the nations.

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


rate difficulty: It may be that Jehovah will look on the wrong done unto me, and that Jehovah will requite me good for his cursing of me this day.

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


rate difficulty: And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

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


rate difficulty: For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.

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


simplify: and--if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them;

If you love only those who love you, what thanks will be due to you? Why, even the outcast love those who love them!


simplify: Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

You will have sons and daughters, but they will not be yours; for they will go away prisoners into a strange land.


rate difficulty: And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them, and they were amazed, and following they were afraid. And having again taken the twelve, he began to tell them the things about to happen to him,

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


rate difficulty: And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.


rate difficulty: Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: Thus said Jehovah unto me: Go, and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;

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


rate difficulty: `Jehovah doth smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with extreme burning, and with sword, and with blasting, and with mildew, and they have pursued thee till thou perish

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


rate difficulty: And the heads of the Philistines say, `What <FI>are<Fi> these Hebrews?' and Achish saith unto the heads of the Philistines, `Is not this David servant of Saul king of Israel, who hath been with me these days or these years, and I have not found in him anything <FI>wrong<Fi> from the day of his falling away till this day.'

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and inquired not of Jehovah: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

And not to the Lord: for this reason, he put him to death and gave the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.


simplify: Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Let not the old landmark be moved which your fathers have put in place.


simplify: There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

There are the chiefs of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, who have gone down with those who have been put to the sword: they are shamed on account of all the fear caused by their strength; they are resting there without circumcision, among those who have been put to the sword, and are put to shame with those who go down to the underworld.


rate difficulty: Because of the cry of Heshbon unto Elealeh, Unto Jahaz they have given their voice, From Zoar unto Horonaim, A heifer of the third <FI>year<Fi> , For even waters of Nimrim become desolations.

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


simplify: the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;

The family of Levi by themselves, and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei by themselves, and their wives by themselves;


rate difficulty: And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou pour out a drink-offering of strong drink unto Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: And Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.


simplify: And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.

And Balak made offerings of oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam and the chiefs who were with him.


simplify: And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.

By their side were working Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah from the seat of the ruler across the river.


rate difficulty: The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

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


rate difficulty: So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

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


rate difficulty: The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.

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


rate difficulty: And David became continually greater; and Jehovah of hosts was with him.

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


rate difficulty: Even when I think [thereon], I am affrighted, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh.

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


simplify: They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.


simplify: And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are consumed); and let us send and see.

And one of his servants said in answer, Send men and let them take five of the horses which we still have in the town; if they keep their lives they will be the same as those of Israel who are still living here; if they come to their death they will be the same as all those of Israel who have gone to destruction: let us send and see.


simplify: he who is doing the sin, of the devil he is, because from the beginning the devil doth sin; for this was the Son of God manifested, that he may break up the works of the devil;

The person who lives sinfully belongs to the devil, for the devil has sinned from the first. It was for this that the Son of God appeared, that he might undo the devil’s work.


rate difficulty: And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;

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


rate difficulty: For I am already being poured out, and the time of my release is come.

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


simplify: And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

And they had breastplates like iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of carriages, like an army of horses rushing to the fight.


simplify: and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.

And in all the acts of power and fear which Moses did before the eyes of all Israel.


simplify: Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

And more than this, you have not taken us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us a heritage of fields and vine-gardens: will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.


rate difficulty: this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

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


simplify: And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.

Then he said to them all: “When I sent you out as my messengers, without either purse, or bag, or sandals, were you in need of anything?”   “No; nothing,” they answered.


simplify: And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

But the sons of Jacob gave a false answer to Shechem and Hamor his father, because of what had been done to Dinah their sister.


simplify: And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

And they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.


simplify: It is not good to eat much honey; Sofor mento search out their own glory is grievous.

It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.


simplify: He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

he said: “Go away, the little girl is not dead; she is asleep.” They began to laugh at him;


rate difficulty: Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.

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


simplify: And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

And now God is with us at our head, and his priests with their loud horns sounding against you. O children of Israel, do not make war on the Lord, the God of your fathers, for it will not go well for you.


rate difficulty: She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.

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


simplify: And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses.

So all the people took him outside the tent-circle and he was stoned to death there, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.


rate difficulty: And the people repented concerning Benjamin, for Jehovah had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.

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


simplify: And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him.


rate difficulty: And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

At this, Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you that a rich person will find it hard to enter the kingdom of heaven!


rate difficulty: And the first lot goeth out for Jehoiarib, for Jedaiah the second,

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


rate difficulty: And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

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


simplify: And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man’s hand.

And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.


simplify: There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

Let there be an agreement between me and you as there was between my father and your father: see, I have sent you silver and gold; go and put an end to your agreement with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he may give up attacking me.


simplify: Behold, I have told you before.


simplify: And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.


simplify: And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

And said to him, Go out of your land, and away from your family, and come into the land to which I will be your guide.


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

And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.


simplify: Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

See, now, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go through a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.


simplify: it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?

If the king is angry and says, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall?


simplify: And the priests went in unto the inner part of the house of Jehovah, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah into the court of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron.

And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord to make it clean, and everything unclean which was to be seen in the Temple of the Lord they took out into the outer square of the Lord's house, and the Levites got it together and took it away to the stream Kidron.


simplify: These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.

By these her shame was uncovered: they took her sons and daughters and put her to death with the sword: and she became a cause of wonder to women; for they gave her the punishment which was right.


simplify: And if it be a beast, whereof men offer an oblation unto Jehovah, all that any man giveth of such unto Jehovah shall be holy.

And if it is a beast of which men make offerings to the Lord, whatever any man gives of such to the Lord will be holy.


simplify: They therefore that were scattered abroad upon the tribulation that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none save only to Jews.

Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.


rate difficulty: (and they said to him, Sir, he hath ten pounds) --


rate difficulty: to him be glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus unto all generations of the age of ages. Amen).

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rate difficulty: Now the Lord came to Solomon in a vision by night, and said to him, I have given ear to your prayer, and have taken this place for myself as a house where offerings are to be made.

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


rate difficulty: For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

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simplify: And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

And Lebanon is not enough to make a fire with, or all its cattle enough for a burned offering.


rate difficulty: For, because the anger of Jehovah was against Jerusalem and against Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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


rate difficulty: Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.


simplify: serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;

Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:


simplify: The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any;

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


rate difficulty: and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

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rate difficulty: while all inspiration that does not acknowledge Jesus is not inspiration from God. It is the inspiration of the Antichrist; you have heard that it was to come, and it is now already in the world.

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simplify: And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

And he took his place on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads unholy names.


simplify: Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,

But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,


simplify: And now will I uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.

And now I will make her shame clear before the eyes of her lovers, and no one will take her out of my hand.


simplify: Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

Truly I say to you, Wherever this good news goes out in all the world, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.


simplify: Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.


simplify: He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the secret manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name, of which no one has knowledge but he to whom it is given.


rate difficulty: And all the town had come together at the door.

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


rate difficulty: Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?

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


rate difficulty: And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which were mentioned by name,

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


simplify: And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.

And the captains of Benjamin: Eliada, a great man of war, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bows and body-covers;


simplify: And I thought <FI>it<Fi> necessary Epaphroditus--my brother, and fellow-workman, and fellow-soldier, and your apostle and servant to my need--to send unto you,

Still I think it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you now, for he is my dear friend, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, and he was also your messenger to help me in my need.


rate difficulty: and a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of Jehovah yourGod, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after othergods which ye have not known.

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


rate difficulty: but if it is of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest haply ye be found even to be fighting against God.

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


simplify: Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

Then I said, Ah, Lord God! see, the prophets say to them, You will not see the sword or be short of food; but I will give you certain peace in this place.


rate difficulty: Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

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


simplify: And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.

Meanwhile they had taken the lad away alive, and were greatly comforted.


simplify: And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,


rate difficulty: But when he saw the crowds he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed, and cast away as sheep not having a shepherd.

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


simplify: Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.


simplify: Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me; and I will punish all that oppress them.

And their children will be as they were in the old days, and the meeting of the people will have its place before me, and I will send punishment on all who are cruel to them.


simplify: And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

And he had seven sons and three daughters.


rate difficulty: the hangings of the court, the pillars thereof, and their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;

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


simplify: and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

and a servant of the Lord should never quarrel. They ought, on the contrary, to be courteous to everyone, skillful teachers, and forbearing.


rate difficulty: `And he who is going in unto the house all the days he hath shut it up, is unclean till the evening;

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


rate difficulty: And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a certain broom-bush, and requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough: now, Jehovah, take my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

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


rate difficulty: And turning to the woman, he said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath wetted my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair.

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


rate difficulty: Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.

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


rate difficulty: But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,


simplify: It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.

It was square and folded in two, as long and as wide as the stretch of a man's hand;


simplify: Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal–peor: for all the men that followed Baal–peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for destruction came from the Lord on all those among you who went after Baal-peor.


rate difficulty: But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us.

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


simplify: They--of the world they are; because of this from the world they speak, and the world doth hear them;

Those people belong to the world; and therefore they speak as the world speaks, and the world listens to them.


rate difficulty: but when I shall lie with my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their sepulchre. And he said, I will do according to thy word.

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


rate difficulty: the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.


simplify: And the word of Jehovah came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a boiling caldron; and the face thereof is from the north.

And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, What do you see? And I said, I see a boiling pot, and its face is from the north.


simplify: But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all the nations whither they had been driven, to sojourn in the land of Judah;

But Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces took all the rest of Judah who had come back into the land of Judah from all the nations where they had been forced to go;


rate difficulty: And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.

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


simplify: And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:


simplify: And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;

And when the Lord has done for my lord all those good things which he has said he will do for you, and has made you a ruler over Israel;


simplify: This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.

This is the living being which I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and it was clear to me that they were the winged ones.


rate difficulty: They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

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


rate difficulty: Watch and pray so that you don't fall into temptation. True, the spirit is eager, but human nature is weak.”


simplify: with the same also the robbers, who were crucified with him, were reproaching him.

Even the robbers, who were crucified with him, insulted him in the same way.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass when mankind began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them,

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


rate difficulty: Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.

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


simplify: Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Having a field, got money for it and put the money at the feet of the Apostles.


rate difficulty: But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.

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


rate difficulty: and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.


rate difficulty: In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in: and the Lord said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel and their ruler.

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


simplify: Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, came forward: their names are Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.


simplify: And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;


simplify: But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

My wants are fully satisfied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts which you sent me — the sweet fragrance of a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.


rate difficulty: And they brought to Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

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


simplify: In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.

In the visions of God he took me into the land of Israel, and put me down on a very high mountain, on which there was, as it seemed, a building like a town opposite me.


rate difficulty: And the son of an Israelitish woman — but withal the son of an Egyptian, — went out among the children of Israel; and this son of the Israelitess and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;


simplify: Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

But with loud cries, and stopping their ears, they made an attack on him all together,


simplify: And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.

And all the king's servants who were in the king's house went down to the earth before Haman and gave him honour: for so the king had given orders. But Mordecai did not go down before him or give him honour.


simplify: Zion spreadeth forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; Jehovah hath commanded concerning Jacob, that they that are round about him should be his adversaries: Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.

Zion's hands are outstretched; she has no comforter; the Lord has given orders to the attackers of Jacob round about him: Jerusalem has become like an unclean thing among them.


simplify: Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?

Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?


rate difficulty: These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.


rate difficulty: The seventh to Jesharelah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

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


simplify: And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish;

And on the third day eleven oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark;


simplify: And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (which is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the people of the land, were there.


rate difficulty: and he buildeth the city round about, from Millo, and unto the circumference, and Joab restoreth the rest of the city.

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


rate difficulty: And on the day after, the rulers and those in authority and the scribes came together in Jerusalem;

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


simplify: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.


simplify: He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.

He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.


rate difficulty: none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses said, The Lord will give you meat for your food at evening, and in the morning bread in full measure; for your outcry against the Lord has come to his ears: for what are we? your outcry is not against us but against the Lord.

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as Jehovah hath said, and among the remnant those whom Jehovah doth call.

And it will be that whoever makes his prayer to the name of the Lord will be kept safe: for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem some will be kept safe, as the Lord has said, and will be among the small band marked out by the Lord.


simplify: Why hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered unto Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.

Why have you said in the name of the Lord, This house will be like Shiloh, and this land a waste with no one living in it? And all the people had come together to Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.


rate difficulty: verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he has.

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


simplify: and if a fish he may ask--a serpent will he present to him?

or when they ask for a fish, will give them a snake?


simplify: Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?


rate difficulty: And the third let what was in his vessel come out into the rivers and the fountains of water; and they became blood.


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

Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.


simplify: They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

They are not to have their hair cut off for the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make cuts in their flesh.


simplify: I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

What I am saying is for wise men, do you be the judges of it.


rate difficulty: The tents of the Gershonites are to be placed at the back of the House, to the west.

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


rate difficulty: And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish.

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


simplify: Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.

But for the fear that their haters, uplifted in their pride, might say, Our hand is strong, the Lord has not done all this.


simplify: and I hope that ye shall know that we--we are not disapproved of;

But I hope that you will recognize that we can stand the test.


All Christ’s people here send you their greetings.


rate difficulty: for to vanity was the creation made subject--not of its will, but because of Him who did subject <FI>it<Fi> --in hope,

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


rate difficulty: The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.


rate difficulty: And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

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


rate difficulty: For there were many instances of people with foul spirits, where the spirits, with loud screams, came out of them;

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


rate difficulty: and he said to them, Hear me, ye Levites: hallow yourselves now, and hallow the house of Jehovah theGod of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the sanctuary.


simplify: Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing city!

Sorrow to her who is uncontrolled and unclean, the cruel town!


rate difficulty: Peter spoke up: “Explain this saying to us.”


rate difficulty: And Joseph, he was the governor over the land — he it was that sold [the corn] to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth.

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


simplify: the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy-seat;

The ark of the law, with its rods and its cover;


simplify: and ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because Jehovah hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

And you made an angry outcry in your tents, and said, In his hate for us the Lord has taken us out of the land of Egypt, to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction.


simplify: if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:

If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us:


simplify: For in very deed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, who hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light so much as one man-child.

For truly, by the living Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if you had not been so quick in coming to me and meeting me, by dawn there would not have been in Nabal's house so much as one male living.


simplify: Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.

Jesus, looking on them, said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.


simplify: and they burn unto Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense: the showbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of Jehovah our God; but ye have forsaken him.

By whom burned offerings and perfumes are sent up in smoke before the Lord every morning and every evening; and they put out the holy bread on its table and the gold support for the lights with its lights burning every evening; for we keep the orders given to us by the Lord our God, but you have gone away from him.


simplify: And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another.


rate difficulty: And around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these I saw twenty-four councillors sitting clothed in white robes; and on their heads they had crowns of gold.

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


simplify: Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

So Jehu put an end to the worship of Baal in Israel.


rate difficulty: for all the first-born are mine; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the first-born in Israel, both man and beast; mine they shall be: I am Jehovah.

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


simplify: Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.

Saying, Go into the little town in front of you, and on going in you will see a young ass fixed with a cord, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose and take him.


simplify: neither may we commit whoredom, as certain of them did commit whoredom, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand;

Nor let us act immorally, as some of them acted, with the result that twenty-three thousand of them fell dead in a single day.


simplify: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine.


simplify: Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:

And among these nations are you — you who have been called to belong to Jesus Christ.


simplify: And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price thereof: let me only, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.

And the children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway: and if we or our cattle take of your water, we will give you a price for it: only let us go through on our feet, nothing more.


simplify: And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

And now you say, Go, say to your lord, Elijah is here.


simplify: even as David also doth speak of the happiness of the man to whom God doth reckon righteousness apart from works:

In precisely the same way David speaks of the blessing pronounced on the person who is regarded by God as righteous apart from actions —


rate difficulty: and I said, I uncover thine ear, saying, Buy before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people; if thou dost redeem--redeem, and if none doth redeem--declare to me, and I know, for there is none save thee to redeem, and I after thee.' And he saith, I redeem <FI>it<Fi> .'

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


rate difficulty: An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!

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


simplify: According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?

Am I, in all this, speaking only from the human standpoint? Does not the law also say the same?


rate difficulty: Hastened hath a wanderer to be loosed, And he doth not die at the pit, And his bread is not lacking.

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


rate difficulty: And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

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


simplify: And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Jehovah: the golden altar, and the table whereupon the showbread was, of gold;

And Solomon had all the vessels made for use in the house of the Lord: the altar of gold and the gold table on which the holy bread was placed;


simplify: And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

Though a man comes to nothing like a bit of dead wood, or like a robe which has become food for the worm.


rate difficulty: Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

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


simplify: And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.

And the armed force of the Philistines went out to the narrow way of Michmash.


rate difficulty: And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the dark, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, because he shall not see the land with his eyes.


rate difficulty: For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

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


rate difficulty: Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own master he stands or falls. And he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand.

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


simplify: Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

Then were fulfilled these words spoken in the prophet Jeremiah, where he says —


rate difficulty: This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

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


rate difficulty: and all the evil of the men of Shechem hath God turned back on their head, and come unto them doth the cursing of Jotham son of Jerubbaal.

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


simplify: And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.

And they gave David help against the armed bands, for they were all great men of war, and captains in the army.


simplify: Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.

Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.


rate difficulty: Let not any one deceive you in any manner, because [it will not be] unless the apostasy have first come, and the man of sin have been revealed, the son of perdition;

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


simplify: And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.

And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.


simplify: for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.'

There is, I tell you, no one born of a woman who is greater than John; and yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”


simplify: But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.

But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.


simplify: And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord.

And this is the law for the peace-offerings offered to the Lord.


rate difficulty: She has put her fat beasts to death; her wine is mixed, her table is ready.

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


rate difficulty: Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.


simplify: But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.


rate difficulty: Six of the towns which you give will be such safe places;


rate difficulty: that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring of thy land which Jehovah thyGod giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place that Jehovah thyGod will choose to cause his name to dwell there;

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


rate difficulty: Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

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


simplify: And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

Now by the purpose of God, Ahaziah's journey to see Jehoram was the cause of his downfall: for when he came there, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu, the son of Nimshi, who had been marked out by the Lord for the destruction of the family of Ahab.


simplify: Abstain from all appearance of evil.


rate difficulty: Thou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father and mother.

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


simplify: Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Rivers of water are running down from my eyes, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.