simplify: And it came to pass, as Peter went throughout all parts, he came down also to the saints that dwelt at Lydda.

And it came about that while Peter was going through all parts of the country he came to the saints who were living at Lydda.


rate difficulty: And a highway shall be there and a way, and it shall be called, The way of holiness: the unclean shall not pass through it; but it shall be for these. Those that go [this] way — even fools, — shall not err [therein].

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


rate difficulty: The watchman says, The morning has come, but night is still to come: if you have questions to put, put them, and come back again.

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


rate difficulty: and immediately Zechariah recovered his voice and the use of his tongue, and began to bless God.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord himself has done what I said: the Lord has taken the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbour David;

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


rate difficulty: Behold, we call them blessed who have endured. Ye have heard of the endurance of Job, and seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is full of tender compassion and pitiful.

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


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

For anyone who takes as food the fat of any beast of which men make an offering by fire to the Lord, will be cut off from his people.


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;

This is what the Lord has said: See to yourselves, that you take up no weight on the Sabbath day, or take it in through the doors of Jerusalem;


rate difficulty: His mouth is most sweet; yes, he is all beautiful. This is my loved one, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.


simplify: And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:

Your very life will be hanging in doubt before you, and day and night will be dark with fears, and nothing in life will be certain:


rate difficulty: For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast.


simplify: And the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan.

And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's servant-wife: she was the mother of Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.


rate difficulty: And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;


simplify: That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.

and I ask you to give her a Christian welcome — one worthy of Christ’s people — and to aid her in any matter in which she may need your assistance. She has proved herself a staunch friend and protector and to many others.


simplify: and wherever he may go in, say ye to the master of the house--The Teacher saith, Where is the guest-chamber, where the passover, with my disciples, I may eat?

and, wherever he goes in, say to the owner of the house ‘The teacher says — Where is my room where I am to eat the Passover with my disciples?’


simplify: And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them: and they all drank of it.

And he took a cup, and when he had given praise, he gave it to them: and they all had a drink from it.


simplify: And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

Then David said to God, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.


simplify: And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews;

That very night the followers sent Paul and Silas off to Beroea; and on reaching that place, they went to the Jewish synagogue.


rate difficulty: And Moses sendeth to call for Dathan and for Abiram sons of Eliab, and they say, `We do not come up;

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


simplify: For thus saith Jehovah touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went forth out of this place: He shall not return thither any more;

For this is what the Lord has said about Shallum, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who became king in place of Josiah his father, who went out from this place: He will never come back there again:


simplify: I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

I admit, to my shame, that we have been weak. But whatever the subject on which others are not afraid to boast — though it is foolish to say so — I am not afraid either!


simplify: and God both the Lord did raise, and us will raise up through His power.

and, as God has raised the Lord, so he will raise up us also by the exercise of his power.


simplify: And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.

There was a great crowd of people following him, many being women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him.


simplify: Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news.


rate difficulty: And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have put five hundred men to death in Shushan, as well as the ten sons of Haman: what then have they done in the rest of the kingdom! Now what is your prayer? for it will be given to you; what other request have you? and it will be done.

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


rate difficulty: Swear now therefore unto me by Jehovah, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.

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


rate difficulty: And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

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


simplify: The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

The children go for wood, the fathers get the fire burning, the women are working the paste to make cakes for the queen of heaven, and drink offerings are drained out to other gods, moving me to wrath.


simplify: Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Let your daily life among the Gentiles be so upright, that, whenever they malign you as evil-doers, they may learn, as they watch, from the uprightness of your conduct, to praise God ‘at the time when he will visit them.’


rate difficulty: Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to profane the pride of all glory, to bring to nought all the honourable of the earth.

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


rate difficulty: And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of Jehovah, who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead! And Naomi said to her, The man is near of kin to us, one of those who have the right of our redemption.

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore are ye stricken any more? Ye do add apostasy! Every head is become diseased, and every heart <FI>is<Fi> sick.

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


simplify: I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

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


rate difficulty: And he will give the rain for thy seed, wherewith thou shalt sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures;

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


simplify: And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.


rate difficulty: Thy first father hath sinned, and thy mediators have rebelled against me.

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


rate difficulty: At that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.

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


simplify: Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.

Keep in mind, O Lord, what has come to us: take note and see our shame.


rate difficulty: Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

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


simplify: In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.

In the twenty-third year of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for seventeen years.


simplify: And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

And over Jerusalem will be stretched the line of Samaria and the weight of Ahab; Jerusalem will be washed clean as a plate is washed, and turned over on its face.


simplify: And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.


simplify: Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.

Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. May the Lord be with you all.


simplify: And he dreamed; and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

And he had a dream, and in his dream he saw steps stretching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God were going up and down on them.


rate difficulty: And three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

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


simplify: Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts feeble with fear by saying, The people are greater and taller than we are, and the towns are great and walled up to heaven; and more than this, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.


simplify: They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

Will they go down with me into the underworld? Will we go down together into the dust?


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

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


simplify: And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.

The two winged ones were ten cubits high, of the same size and form.


rate difficulty: in the name of our Lord Jesus, ye being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

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


simplify: unto your shame I speak: so there is not among you one wise man, not even one, who shall be able to discern in the midst of his brethren!

Can it be that there is not one among you wise enough to decide between two of their fellow followers?


rate difficulty: And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

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


simplify: I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that <FI>it is<Fi> good for a man that the matter be thus: --

I think, then, that, in view of the time of suffering that has now come upon us, what I have already said is best — that a man should remain as he is.


rate difficulty: And he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the chief priests, dressed in haircloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

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


simplify: What then? shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? let it not be!

What follows, then? Are we to sin because we are living under the reign of love and not of law? Heaven forbid!


simplify: The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:

The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, You have been long enough in this mountain:


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

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


simplify: And lo, I come quickly, and my reward <FI>is<Fi> with me, to render to each as his work shall be;

(‘I will come quickly. I bring my rewards with me, to give to each what their actions deserve.


rate difficulty: The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them.

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


rate difficulty: As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: So go to the cross-roads, and invite everyone you find to the banquet.’


rate difficulty: Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

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


simplify: And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

And when they went out, they made a request that these words might be said to them again on the Sabbath after.


rate difficulty: In his days Pharaoh–nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.


simplify: For we do not make bold to rank or to compare ourselves with certain of those commending themselves, but they, among themselves measuring themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not wise,

We have not indeed the audacity to class or compare ourselves with some of those who indulge in self-commendation! But, when such persons measure themselves by themselves, and compare themselves with themselves, they show a want of wisdom.


rate difficulty: I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

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


simplify: To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord God.

Even the prophets of Israel who say words to Jerusalem, who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace, says the Lord.


simplify: And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me:

And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today:


rate difficulty: For I have taken an oath by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a cause of wonder, a name of shame, a waste and a curse; and all its towns will be waste places for ever.


rate difficulty: And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

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


simplify: And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

And he made strong prayers to him not to send them away out of the country.


simplify: Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.

The buds and the branches are to be made of the same metal; all together one complete work of hammered gold.


simplify: And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:

And if one from another nation living among you gets wealth, and your countryman, at his side, becomes poor and gives himself for money to the man from another nation or to one of his family;


rate difficulty: And Peter went down to the men, and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?

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


rate difficulty: At daybreak the National Council met — both the chief priests and the teachers of the law — and took Jesus before their High Council.

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


rate difficulty: Here is the wisdom! He who is having the understanding, let him count the number of the beast, for the number of a man it is, and its number <FI>is<Fi> six hundred and sixty six.

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


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

And you went on in your loose ways, even as far as the land of Chaldaea, and still you had not enough.


simplify: And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.

And the man got up to go away, but his father-in-law would not let him go, so he took his rest there again for the night.


rate difficulty: And if unto a city he is gathered, then they have caused all Israel to bear unto that city ropes, and we have drawn it unto the brook till that there hath not been found there even a stone.'

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


simplify: Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.


simplify: The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true;


simplify: Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

Then she said, Do nothing now, my daughter, till you see what will come of this; for the man will take no rest till he has put this thing through.


rate difficulty: And when David had ended offering up the burnt-offerings and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah of hosts.


rate difficulty: Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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


rate difficulty: And the king sendeth Jehudi to take the roll, and he taketh it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and Jehudi readeth it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the heads who are standing by the king;

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


rate difficulty: And the sons of Asaph, the makers of melody, were in their places, as ordered by David and Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the king's seer; and the door-keepers were stationed at every door: there was no need for them to go away from their places, for their brothers the Levites made ready for them.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

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


rate difficulty: and they have built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause to pass through [the fire] their sons and their daughters unto Molech: which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.


rate difficulty: And when both Silas and Timotheus came down from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in respect of the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

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


rate difficulty: And in their going forth unto the outer court--unto the outer court unto the people--they strip off their garments, in which they are ministering, and have placed them in the holy chambers, and have put on other garments; and they do not sanctify the people in their own garments.

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


simplify: Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that Jehovah spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.


rate difficulty: Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and go; and bless me also.

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


rate difficulty: Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

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


simplify: And he said unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass-offering and the sin-offering, and where they shall bake the meal-offering; that they bring them not forth into the outer court, to sanctify the people.

And he said to me, This is the place where the offering for error and the sin-offering are to be cooked in water by the priests, and where the meal offering is to be cooked in the oven; so that they may not be taken out into the outer square to make the people holy.


rate difficulty: and the first living creature like a lion, and the second living creature like a calf, and the third living creature having the face as of a man, and the fourth living creature like a flying eagle.

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


rate difficulty: And he would not for a time; but afterwards he said within himself, If even I fear notGod and respect not man,


rate difficulty: The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?

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


rate difficulty: and Shalabbin, and Aijalon, and Jethlah,

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


simplify: and it extended northward, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben;

And it goes to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth, opposite the way up to Adummim, and it goes down to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben;


simplify: Jehovah make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

May the light of the Lord's face be shining on you in grace:


rate difficulty: If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.

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


rate difficulty: And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Then Saul said,God has cast him off into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a city that has gates and bars.


rate difficulty: whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments,

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


rate difficulty: They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one in the midst; that eat swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall perish together, saith Jehovah.

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


simplify: And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

And Abner, the son of Ner, with the servants of Saul's son Ish-bosheth, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.


simplify: Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

With what am I to come before the Lord and go with bent head before the high God? am I to come before him with burned offerings, with young oxen a year old?


simplify: And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

But Naboth said to Ahab, By the Lord, far be it from me to give you the heritage of my fathers.


simplify: Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy humiliation shall be in the midst of thee: and thou shalt put away, but shalt not save; and that which thou savest will I give up to the sword.

You will have food, but not enough; your shame will be ever with you: you will get your goods moved, but you will not take them away safely; and what you do take away I will give to the sword.


rate difficulty: Now when Joram saw Jehu he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he said in answer, What peace is possible while all the land is full of the disgusting sins of your mother Jezebel, and her secret arts?

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


rate difficulty: Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.

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


simplify: And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken unto them by the shepherds.

And all those to whose ears it came were full of wonder at the things said by the keepers of the sheep.


rate difficulty: and I wish you all to speak with tongues, and more that ye may prophecy, for greater is he who is prophesying than he who is speaking with tongues, except one may interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.


rate difficulty: How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.

And the boards are to be plated with gold, having gold rings for the rods to go through: and the rods are to be plated with gold.


simplify: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.

For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil.


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

When they come back from the dead, they do not get married, but are like the angels in heaven.


simplify: And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept watch over thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.

And David said to Abner, Are you not a man of war? is there any other like you in Israel? why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? for one of the people came in to put the king your lord to death.


rate difficulty: Then they that feared Jehovah spoke often one to another; and Jehovah observed [it], and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.

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simplify: Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

To this Peter and the apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than people.


rate difficulty: Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

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


rate difficulty: Let your lives, then, prove your repentance; and do not begin to say among yourselves ‘Abraham is our ancestor,’ for I tell you that out of these stones God is able to raise descendants for Abraham!


rate difficulty: But if the Spirit of him who made Jesus come again from the dead is in you, he who made Christ Jesus come again from the dead will in the same way, through his Spirit which is in you, give life to your bodies which now are under the power of death.

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


simplify: And he said, `All these I did keep from my youth;'

“I have observed all these,” he replied, “from childhood.”


rate difficulty: Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

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rate difficulty: So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done.

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simplify: Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

Then you will say, We have taken food and drink with you, and you were teaching in our streets.


simplify: If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

If any man gives different teaching, not in agreement with the true words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the teaching which is in agreement with true religion,


rate difficulty: But all these things are the first of the troubles.


simplify: And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,


simplify: and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages.

And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the towns are twenty-nine, with their unwalled places.


simplify: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.


simplify: And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

And David and his men went up and made attacks on the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for these were the people who were living in the land from Telam on the way to Shur, as far as Egypt.


rate difficulty: and it hath been, he who is captured with the devoted thing is burnt with fire, he and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath done folly in Israel.'

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


simplify: And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.

And the rest, in measure as long as the holy offering, will be ten thousand to the east and ten thousand to the west: and its produce will be for food for the workers of the town.


rate difficulty: But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap.


rate difficulty: and turn ye not aside; for then would ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.

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


rate difficulty: The owner afterwards sent another servant; but the tenants beat and insulted this man too, and sent him away empty-handed.

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


simplify: For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

The purpose for which Christ died and came back to life was this — that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living.


rate difficulty: Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.


simplify: he that hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true justice between man and man,

And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,


simplify: And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

And he said to them: “Which of you, finding that your son or your ox has fallen into a well, will not immediately pull them out on the Sabbath day?”


simplify: And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.

Now Abraham was old and far on in years: and the Lord had given him everything in full measure.


rate difficulty: and take their land, and give it for an inheritance to the Reubenite, and to the Gadite, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh;


simplify: Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

The Lord has taken an oath by the pride of Jacob, Truly I will ever keep in mind all their works.


simplify: And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

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


rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

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


simplify: Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

Every branch having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a flower, on all the branches.


rate difficulty: Anything in the water which has no special parts for swimming and no thin plates on its skin is disgusting to you.

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


simplify: `And concerning the rising again of the dead, did ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

As to the resurrection of the dead, have you not read these words of God —


rate difficulty: And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

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


rate difficulty: as a man who is gone abroad, having left his house, and given to his servants the authority, and to each one his work, did command also the porter that he may watch;

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


simplify: The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.

The earth will be completely waste and without men; for this is the word of the Lord.


simplify: Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

Our attackers are on our necks: overcome with weariness, we have no rest.


simplify: And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.

And all that night Abner and his men went through the Arabah; they went over Jordan and through all Bithron and came to Mahanaim.


simplify: Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:

Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:


simplify: Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:

Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;


rate difficulty: And Joab hath turned back from after Abner, and gathereth all the people, and there are lacking of the servants of David nineteen men, and Asahel;

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


simplify: for sufficient to us <FI>is<Fi> the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revellings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,

Surely in the past you have spent time enough living as the Gentiles delight to live. For your path has lain among scenes of debauchery, licentiousness, drunkenness, revelry, hard-drinking, and profane idolatry.


rate difficulty: For you will not abandon my soul to the place of death, Nor surrender me, your holy one, to undergo corruption.

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


simplify: As I live, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

By my life, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies, truly, like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea, so will he come.


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, theGod of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh.

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


simplify: and He said to me, `It hath been done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End; I, to him who is thirsting, will give of the fountain of the water of the life freely;

And he said to me — ‘They are fulfilled. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the End. To those who thirst I will give of the spring of the water of life, freely.


rate difficulty: Now when he heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee;

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


simplify: A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of the undressed vines.

Let this fiftieth year be the Jubilee: no seed may be planted, and that which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes may not be taken from the uncared-for vines.


rate difficulty: And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son.


rate difficulty: Then every man quickly got his bag down and undid it.


simplify: Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Flee from the passions of youth, but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, in the company of those who, with a pure heart, invoke the Lord.


simplify: and the greater part of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly bold--fearlessly to speak the word.

And besides this, most of our fellow followers have gained confidence in the Lord through my chains, and now venture with far greater freedom to speak of God’s message fearlessly.


rate difficulty: The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.

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


rate difficulty: And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.

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


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


simplify: because of this also, I, no longer forbearing, did send to know your faith, lest he who is tempting did tempt you, and in vain might be our labour.

Therefore, since I could no longer endure the uncertainty, I sent to make inquiries about your faith, fearing that the Tempter had tempted you, and that our toil might prove to have been in vain.


simplify: Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he: take him.

Now the false one had given them a sign saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he: take him.


simplify: And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

Give ear, O Israel: today you are going forward to the fight; let your heart be strong; do not let uncontrolled fear overcome you because of those who are against you;


simplify: Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

Then Joseph sent for Jacob his father and all his family, seventy-five persons.


simplify: And in that hour he cured many from sicknesses, and plagues, and evil spirits, and to many blind he granted sight.

At that very time Jesus had cured many people of diseases, afflictions, and wicked spirits, and had given many blind people their sight.


rate difficulty: To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending thee.

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


simplify: If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;

If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;


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

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


simplify: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

and he will wipe away all tears from their eyes. There will be no more death, nor will there be any more grief or crying or pain. The old order has passed away.’


rate difficulty: Thou shalt speak all that I command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

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


simplify: That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

not lightly to let your minds become unsettled, or disturbed by any revelation, or by any message, or by any letter, purporting to come from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is come.


rate difficulty: And come back to me with your youngest brother, so that your words may be seen to be true, and you will not be put to death. This is what you are to do.

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


simplify: for ye became imitators, brethren, of the assemblies of God that are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because such things ye suffered, even ye, from your own countrymen, as also they from the Jews,

For you, friends, began to follow the example of the churches of God in Judea which are in union with Jesus Christ; you, in your turn, suffering at the hands of your fellow citizens, in the same way as those churches did at the hands of of their people —


rate difficulty: and He saith, `Put back thy hand unto thy bosom;' and he putteth back his hand unto his bosom, and he bringeth it out from his bosom, and lo, it hath turned back as his flesh--

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


simplify: So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

And the angel who was talking to me said to me, Let your voice be loud and say, These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am greatly moved about the fate of Jerusalem and of Zion.


simplify: And certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:

And certain of the priests' sons with wind instruments; Zechariah, the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,


simplify: Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything, and come after you.


simplify: There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

There is nothing external to a person, which by going into them can ‘defile’ them; but the things that come out of a person are the things that defile them.”


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: And the woman took the two men and put them in a secret place; then she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I had no idea where they came from;

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


rate difficulty: As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

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


rate difficulty: Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my heritage, so that we may make war against the Canaanites; and I will then go with you into your heritage. So Simeon went with him.


rate difficulty: Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

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


simplify: Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you.

There will be no need for you to take up arms in this fight; put yourselves in position, and keep where you are, and you will see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: have no fear and do not be troubled: go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you.


rate difficulty: Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking.

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


rate difficulty: A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.


simplify: Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

Then the people were glad because their offerings were freely given, for with a true heart they freely gave what they had to the Lord; and David the king was full of joy.


simplify: He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.

Let those who have ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.”


simplify: Elihu also proceeded, and said,


simplify: We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,

Whenever we pray, we never fail to thank God, the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, about you,


simplify: saying, `A certain judge was in a certain city--God he is not fearing, and man he is not regarding--

“There was,”he said, “in a certain town a judge, who had no fear of God nor regard for people.


simplify: And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.

Under the arch their wings were straight, one stretched out to another: every one had two wings covering their bodies on this side and two covering their bodies on that side.


rate difficulty: For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said: Hew ye down trees, and cast a mound against Jerusalem. She is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

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


rate difficulty: 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.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.

For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.


simplify: If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

If you see the ass of one who has no love for you bent down to the earth under the weight which is put on it, you are to come to its help, even against your desire.


rate difficulty: and the breadth of the front of the house, and of the separate place eastward, a hundred cubits.

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


rate difficulty: That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

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simplify: And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God.

They will give you comfort when you see their ways and their doings: and you will be certain that not for nothing have I done all the things I have done in it, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

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


rate difficulty: And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.


simplify: Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.

Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel, the son of Sodi.


simplify: Thy wickednessmay hurta man as thou art; And thy righteousness may profit a son of man.

Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.


simplify: Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider’s web.

Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread.


rate difficulty: But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men edification, and exhortation, and consolation.

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


rate difficulty: For as oft as I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and spoil; for the word of Jehovah is become unto me a reproach and a derision all the day.

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


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

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


simplify: And whosoever toucheth anything that she sitteth upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

And anyone touching anything on which she has been seated will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.


simplify: Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

Then will the land take pleasure in its Sabbaths while it is waste and you are living in the land of your haters; then will the land have rest.


simplify: For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.

But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel and made images of metal for the Baals.


simplify: For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,


simplify: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;


simplify: And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send.


rate difficulty: And so I say to you — Ask, and your prayer will be granted: search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

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


rate difficulty: Then Abraham went back to his young men and they went together to Beer-sheba, the place where Abraham was living.

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


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

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


simplify: And ye shall say unto the master of the house, The Teacher saith unto thee, Where is the guest-chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?

And say to the master of the house, The Master says, Where is the guest-room, where I may take the Passover with my disciples?


rate difficulty: And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.

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


rate difficulty: And all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran.

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


simplify: Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Blessed are the pure in heart,  for they will see God.


simplify: For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition,

For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down,


simplify: And his servants spake yet more against the Lord God, and against his servant Hezekiah.

And his servants said even more against the Lord God and against his servant Hezekiah.


simplify: And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.

And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.


rate difficulty: I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold, and in a fat pasture they shall feed upon the mountains of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing the whirling wheels.


simplify: And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

But, for this very reason, I have kept you from destruction, to make clear to you my power, and so that my name may be honoured through all the earth.


simplify: Then did they spit in his face and buffet him, and others did slap,

Then they spat in his face, and struck him, while others dealt blows at him, saying as they did so:


simplify: And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:


simplify: If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

If you come back to the Ruler of all, making yourself low before him; if you put evil far away from your tents;


simplify: and the Lord stood by me, and did strengthen me, that through me the preaching might be fully assured, and all the nations might hear, and I was freed out of the mouth of a lion,

But the Lord came to my help and strengthened me, in order that, through me, the proclamation should be made so widely that all the Gentiles should hear it; and I was rescued ‘out of the Lion’s mouth.’


simplify: And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,


simplify: It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

She will be a place for the stretching out of nets in the middle of the sea; for I have said it, says the Lord: and her goods will be given over to the nations.


simplify: and having unclothed him, they put around him a crimson cloak,

They stripped him, and put on him a red military cloak,


rate difficulty: Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

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


rate difficulty: And the battle increaseth on that day, and the king of Israel hath been stayed up in the chariot over-against Aram till the evening, and he dieth at the time of the going in of the sun.

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


simplify: Jehovah therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.

So let the Lord be judge, and give a decision between me and you, and see and give support to my cause, and keep me from falling into your hands.


simplify: And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should enter in.

And he put door-keepers at the doors of the Lord's house, to see that no one who was unclean in any way might come in.


rate difficulty: Ye shall offer up no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-offering, nor oblation; neither shall ye pour drink-offering thereon.

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


simplify: We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;

We give praise to God at all times for you, keeping you in memory in our prayers;


rate difficulty: The fury of a king is [as] messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it.

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


simplify: Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

Issachar is a strong ass stretched out among the flocks:


simplify: And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

And to my ears came the voice of everything in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and of all things which are in them, saying, To him who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb, may blessing and honour and glory and power be given for ever and ever.


simplify: And he sent messengers unto Abimelech craftily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren are come to Shechem; and, behold, they constrain the city to take part against thee.

And he sent to Abimelech at Arumah, saying, See, Gaal, the son of Ebed, and his brothers have come to Shechem, and they are working up the town against you.


simplify: And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make atonement for the children of Israel because of all their sins once in the year. And he did as Jehovah commanded Moses.

And let this be an order for ever for you, so that the sin of the children of Israel may be taken away once every year. And he did as the Lord gave orders to Moses.


rate difficulty: And he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Have we made thee of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destruction, because you have done this and have not given ear to my words.


simplify: See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.

See, I will be waiting at the way across the river, in the waste land, till I get news from you.


simplify: And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you.

But Gideon said to them, I will not be a ruler over you, and my son will not be a ruler over you: it is the Lord who will be ruler over you.


rate difficulty: [Though] he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it within his mouth,


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


rate difficulty: And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation of those under the heaven,

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


simplify: He that uttereth truth showeth forth righteousness; But a false witness, deceit.

The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.


rate difficulty: And how the chief priests and our rulers gave him up to be put to death on the cross.


simplify: Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.

Then the Assyrian will come down by the sword, but not of man; the sword, not of men, will be the cause of his destruction: and he will go in flight from the sword, and his young men will be put to forced work.


simplify: And they smote of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint;

That day they overcame the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were feeble from need of food.


simplify: Ish–bosheth Saul’s son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.

(Saul's son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he was ruler for two years.) But Judah was on the side of David.


rate difficulty: He says, whose ears are open to the words of God, who has seen the vision of the Ruler of all, falling down, but having his eyes open:

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, `One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast--sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me, having taken up the cross.'

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


simplify: Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living in them.


rate difficulty: There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and encompassed it, and built great bulwarks against it:


simplify: By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall; the terrible of the nations are they all: and they shall bring to nought the pride of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.

I will let the swords of the strong be the cause of the fall of your people; all of them men to be feared among the nations: and they will make waste the pride of Egypt, and all its people will come to destruction.


rate difficulty: For bronze I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood bronze, and for stones iron; and I will make thine officers peace, and thy rulers righteousness.

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


rate difficulty: And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?


simplify: And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations, even the unclean things of her fornication,

And the woman was clothed in purple and bright red, with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels; and in her hand was a gold cup full of evil things and her unclean desires;


simplify: And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.

And when the feet of the priests who take up the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, come to rest in the waters of Jordan, the waters of Jordan will be cut off, all the waters flowing down from higher up, and will come together in a mass.


simplify: and the child grew and was strengthened in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

The child grew and became strong and wise, and the blessing of God was on him.


simplify: My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

My resting-place is pulled up and taken away from me like a herdsman's tent: my life is rolled up like a linen-worker's thread; I am cut off from the cloth on the frame: from day even to night you give me up to pain.


simplify: Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

Because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God having made it clear to them.


simplify: And after Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim.

Now after Abimelech, Tola, the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, became the saviour of Israel; he was living in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim.


simplify: And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

And at the time of the Jubilee of the children of Israel, their property will be joined to the heritage of the tribe of which they are part and will be taken away from the heritage of the tribe of our fathers.


simplify: If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, meet for the master’s use, prepared unto every good work.

If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.


simplify: in regard to the dispensation of the fulness of the times, to bring into one the whole in the Christ, both the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth--in him;

in view of that divine order which was to mark the completion of the ages, when he should make everything, both in heaven and on earth, centre in him.


simplify: And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.

Hammering the gold into thin plates and cutting it into wires to be worked into the blue and the purple and the red and the linen by the designer.


rate difficulty: Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.


rate difficulty: It is like a man going on a journey, who leaves his home, puts his servants in charge — each having their special duty — and orders the porter to watch.

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


rate difficulty: So may destruction come on all your haters, O Lord; but let your lovers be like the sun going out in his strength. And for forty years the land had peace.

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


rate difficulty: By whom has the spirit of the Lord been guided, or who has been his teacher?

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


simplify: For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

Circumcision has its value, if you are obeying the law. But, if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision is no better than uncircumcision.


simplify: There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God?


simplify: And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

Now while Moses' hand was lifted up, Israel was the stronger: but when he let his hand go down, Amalek became the stronger.


simplify: In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and Pharaoh-necoh slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

In his days, Pharaoh-necoh, king of Egypt, sent his armies against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went out against him; and he put him to death at Megiddo, when he had seen him.


rate difficulty: For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.

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


simplify: Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

If, then, anyone takes the bread or the cup of the Lord in the wrong spirit, he will be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord.


simplify: And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.

And John, answering, said, Master, we saw a man driving out evil spirits in your name, and we did not let him do it, because he was not one of us.


rate difficulty: And when he put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimea, David's brother, put him to death.


simplify: Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.


rate difficulty: And the middle rod is to go through the rings of all the boards from end to end.


rate difficulty: And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels that have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people in the midst of which thou [art] shall see the work of Jehovah; for a terrible thing it shall be that I will do with thee.

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


rate difficulty: and the captives of this host of the children of Israel [shall possess] what belonged to the Canaanites, unto Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, who [were] in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.

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


simplify: One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord.

There is to be one law for you and for the man of another country living with you, one law for ever from generation to generation; as you are, so is he to be before the Lord.


rate difficulty: And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

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


rate difficulty: And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.

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


rate difficulty: from the Jordan, at the sun-rising, the whole land of Gilead, of the Gadite, and the Reubenite, and the Manassahite (from Aroer, that <FI>is<Fi> by the brook Arnon), even Gilead and Bashan.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.

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


simplify: But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.


simplify: But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

And the Chaldaean army went after King Zedekiah and overtook him on the other side of Jericho, and all his army went in flight from him in every direction.


simplify: But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I drink? or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

But Jesus said to them, You have no knowledge of what you are saying. Are you able to take of my cup? or to undergo the baptism which I am to undergo?


rate difficulty: And David said on that day, Whoever smites the Jebusites and gets up to the watercourse, and the lame and the blind hated of David's soul...! Therefore they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.


rate difficulty: And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place.

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


rate difficulty: And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben–hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

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


rate difficulty: a several tenth deal to the one lamb, for the seven lambs;

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


simplify: Why do ye persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?

Why are you cruel to me, like God, for ever saying evil against me?


simplify: And when the seven among the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces took ye up? And they say unto him, Seven.

And when the seven among the four thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? And they said to him, Seven.


simplify: Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.


simplify: having despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Having made himself free from the rule of authorities and powers, he put them openly to shame, glorying over them in it.


rate difficulty: And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.

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


rate difficulty: Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?


simplify: For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.


simplify: Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brethren that are with them.

Give my love to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them.


simplify: Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.


simplify: And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

Under the arch their wings were straight, one stretched out to another: every one had two wings covering their bodies on this side and two covering their bodies on that side.


simplify: Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

The Lord will send wasting disease, and burning pain, and flaming heat against you, keeping back the rain till your land is waste and dead; so will it be till your destruction is complete.


simplify: Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,


rate difficulty: What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

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


rate difficulty: And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

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


simplify: And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.


rate difficulty: and it hath been, when my lord the king lieth with his fathers, that I have been, I and my son Solomon--<FI> reckoned<Fi> sinners.'

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


simplify: The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

They are folded in the skirts of the wind; they will be shamed because of their offerings.


rate difficulty: And Gideon cometh in, and lo, a man is recounting to his companion a dream, and saith, `Lo, a dream I have dreamed, and lo, a cake of barley-bread is turning itself over into the camp of Midian, and it cometh in unto the tent, and smiteth it, and it falleth, and turneth it upwards, and the tent hath fallen.'

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 11 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter;

And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:


simplify: And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, even unto the entrance of the gate.

And Abimelech went after him and he went in flight before him; and a great number were falling by the sword all the way up to the town.


rate difficulty: The Rephaim are formed, Beneath the waters, also their inhabitants.

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


rate difficulty: And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

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


rate difficulty: And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.

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


simplify: Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel;

Now news came to the haters of Judah and Benjamin that the people who had come back were building a Temple to the Lord, the God of Israel;


rate difficulty: But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.


simplify: The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.


simplify: The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink: the young children are crying out for bread, and no man gives it to them.


simplify: And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.

and that the Gentiles also may praise God for his mercy. As scripture says — ‘Therefore will I make acknowledgment to you among the Gentiles and sing in honor of your name.’


simplify: And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.

And you said, I will be a queen for ever: you did not give attention to these things, and did not keep in mind what would come after.


rate difficulty: And on the other side of Jordan, at Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the waste land with its outskirts, and Jahzah with its outskirts,

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


rate difficulty: And the pour of rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

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


rate difficulty: Blessed be Jehovah, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there has not failed one word of all his good promises which he spoke through Moses his servant!

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


simplify: So he called them in and lodged them. And on the morrow he arose and went forth with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa accompanied him.

So he took them in for the night. And the day after, he went with them, taking some of the brothers from Joppa with him.


rate difficulty: And their southern border was from the end of the salt sea, from the tongue that turns southward;

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


simplify: He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.

Who is living with Simon, a leather-worker, whose house is by the sea.


simplify: And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.


rate difficulty: And Methushelah lived after he had begotten Lemech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begot sons and daughters.

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


simplify: and this was done thrice, and again was the vessel received up to the heaven.

This happened three times, and then suddenly it was all taken up into the heavens.


simplify: The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

A disciple is not greater than his master, or a servant than his lord.


simplify: and they had then a noted prisoner, called Barabbas,

At that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.


simplify: and that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures;

And he was put in the place of the dead; and on the third day he came back from the dead, as it says in the Writings;


simplify: and foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law, stand away from--for they are unprofitable and vain.

But have nothing to do with foolish discussions, or with genealogies, or with controversy, or disputes about the law. They are useless and futile.


rate difficulty: Then he was seen by James; then by all the Apostles.

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


rate difficulty: Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

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


simplify: And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king’s house.

So Hezekiah gave him all the silver in the house of the Lord, and in the king's store-house.


rate difficulty: The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,


rate difficulty: And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

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


simplify: and say, O Jehovah, thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.

And after reading them, say, O Lord, you have said about this place that it is to be cut off, so that no one will be living in it, not a man or a beast, but it will be unpeopled for ever.


rate difficulty: Now when the king of Ai saw it, he got up quickly and went out to war against Israel, he and all his people, to the slope going down to the valley; but he had no idea that a secret force was waiting at the back of the town.

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


rate difficulty: Have no part with such men;


simplify: They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.

Nothing of it is to be kept till the morning, and no bone of it is to be broken: they are to keep it by the rules of the Passover.


simplify: When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

When my desire was for the fate of my people to be changed and to make Israel well, then the sin of Ephraim was made clear, and the evil-doing of Samaria; for their ways are false, and the thief comes into the house, while the band of outlaws takes property by force in the streets.


rate difficulty: But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.


simplify: Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.


rate difficulty: And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure sicknesses,

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


simplify: They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

All of them armed with swords, trained in war; every man has his sword at his side, because of fear in the night.


simplify: Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah:


simplify: And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.

And David said to Uriah, Be here today, and after that I will let you go. So Uriah was in Jerusalem that day and the day after.


rate difficulty: But the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but ye, who are ye?

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


simplify: And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the perfume.


rate difficulty: And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and bondmen and bondwomen, and gave [them] to Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

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


rate difficulty: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

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


rate difficulty: He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

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


simplify: Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.

The Roman officer, however, was more influenced by the captain and the owner than by what was said by Paul.


simplify: Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

Happy is the land whose ruler is of noble birth, and whose chiefs take food at the right time, for strength and not for feasting.


rate difficulty: I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

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


simplify: And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes.


rate difficulty: the son of Symeon, the son of Judas, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

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


simplify: Therefore David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Jehovah said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.