rate difficulty: For this is what the Lord has said: See, I will give you up into the hands of those who are hated by you, into the hands of those from whom your soul is turned away in disgust:


rate difficulty: But unto this day, whensoever Moses is read, a veil lieth upon their heart.

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


simplify: And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed unto all the graven images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done; and Amon made offerings to all the images which his father Manasseh had made, and was their servant.


rate difficulty: `And no one doth put a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, for its filling up doth take from the garment, and a worse rent is made.

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


simplify: And for the western border, ye shall have the great sea and the borderthereof: this shall be your west border.

And for your limit on the west you will have the Great Sea and its edge: this will be your limit on the west.


simplify: Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.


simplify: God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

God has not put away the people of his selection. Or have you no knowledge of what is said about Elijah in the holy Writings? how he says words to God against Israel,


simplify: and the enemies of a man are those of his household.

A person’s enemies will be the members of their own household.’


simplify: and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded <FI>it<Fi> to be given;

The king was distressed at this; yet, because of his oath and of the guests at his table, he ordered it to be given her.


simplify: Now therefore, up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

So now, get up by night, you and your people, and keep watch in the field secretly;


simplify: they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:

Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about:


rate difficulty: The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two.

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


rate difficulty: And having said this, he shewed to them the hands and the feet,

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


simplify: he said unto them, `The Holy Spirit did ye receive--having believed?' and they said unto him, `But we did not even hear whether there is any Holy Spirit;'

“Did you, when you became believers in Christ, receive the Holy Spirit?”  “No,” they answered, “we did not even hear that there was a Holy Spirit.”


rate difficulty: elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

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


rate difficulty: let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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


simplify: And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon: arise, pass over to Kittim; even there shalt thou have no rest.

And he said, There is no more joy for you, O crushed virgin daughter of Zidon: up! go over to Kittim; even there you will have no rest.


simplify: And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.

And the Lord gave them up into the hands of Jabin, king of Canaan, who was ruling in Hazor; the captain of his army was Sisera, who was living in Harosheth of the Gentiles.


rate difficulty: And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.


simplify: Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

And David got together all the fighting-men of Israel to the number of thirty thousand;


simplify: And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.

And Elon the Zebulonite came to his death, and his body was put to rest in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.


rate difficulty: So David would not remove the ark of Jehovah unto him into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

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


rate difficulty: Whether it have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

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


rate difficulty: My bones are joined to my skin, and I have got away with my flesh in my teeth.


rate difficulty: communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.

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


rate difficulty: And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers that thou sentest unto me, saying,

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


simplify: And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixthmonth, in the fifthdayof the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon me.

Now in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was in my house and the responsible men of Judah were seated before me, the hand of the Lord came on me there.


rate difficulty: And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.


simplify: And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

And two folding doors of cypress-wood, with two leaves.


simplify: The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.

The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.


simplify: and <FI>it is<Fi> good to be zealously regarded, in what is good, at all times, and not only in my being present with you;

It is always honorable to have your favor sought in an honorable cause, and not only when I am with you, my dear children —


rate difficulty: And he came to us, and took the band of Paul's clothing, and putting it round his feet and hands, said, The Holy Spirit says these words, So will the Jews do to the man who is the owner of this band, and they will give him up into the hands of the Gentiles.

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


simplify: And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

And the Philistines put their forces in order against Israel, and the fighting was hard, and Israel was overcome by the Philistines, who put to the sword about four thousand of their army in the field.


rate difficulty: And the elders of Jabesh say to him, `Let us alone seven days, and we send messengers into all the border of Israel: and if there is none saving us--then we have come out unto thee.'

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


rate difficulty: And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are a seed that Jehovah hath blessed.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: So shall Beth–el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.

So will Beth-el do to you because of your evil-doing; at dawn will the king of Israel be cut off completely.


simplify: The length of each curtain was eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains had one measure.

Every curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.

The Lord of armies has said: The wide walls of Babylon will be completely uncovered and her high doorways will be burned with fire; so peoples keep on working for nothing, and the weariness of nations comes to an end in the smoke.


simplify: But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

but you say ‘Whenever anyone says to his father or mother “Whatever of mine might have been of service to you is ‘Given to God,’”


simplify: And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles.

And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.


simplify: And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

Or if any man has made a vine-garden without taking the first-fruits of it, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another may not be the first to make use of the fruit.


rate difficulty: And the Tyrians have dwelt in it, bringing in fish, and every ware, and selling on sabbath to the sons of Judah and in Jerusalem.

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


simplify: And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the Lord: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

And I will let Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, come back to this place, with all the prisoners of Judah who went to Babylon, says the Lord: for I will have the yoke of the king of Babylon broken.


simplify: And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a winged one, and the second was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.


simplify: Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

At Jaffa there lived a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which is in Greek ‘Dorcas’ — a Gazelle. Her life was spent in doing kind and charitable actions.


simplify: Then Gideon built an altar there unto Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Then Gideon made an altar there to the Lord, and gave it the name Yahweh-shalom; to this day it is in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.


simplify: And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

he has been clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood; and the name by which he is called is ‘The Word of God.’


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heavens became black [with] clouds and wind, and there was a great pour of rain. And Ahab got on the chariot, and went to Jizreel.

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


rate difficulty: While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and, after saying the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, and said: “Take it; this is my body.”

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


simplify: And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel:


rate difficulty: But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you.

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


rate difficulty: And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

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


rate difficulty: Stephen replied: “Brothers and fathers, hear what I have to say. God, who manifests himself in the glory, appeared to our ancestor Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, and before he settled in Haran, and said to him —

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


rate difficulty: Because of all the evil of the sons of Israel, and of the sons of Judah that they have done, so as to provoke Me--they, their kings, their heads, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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


simplify: And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?


simplify: And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.

And you took your robes and made high places for yourself ornamented with every colour, acting like a loose woman on them, without shame or fear.


rate difficulty: Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

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


simplify: And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, on which were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.


simplify: And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.

So the children of Israel did as the Lord had said to Moses, and put them outside the tent-circle.


simplify: And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

And for the drink offering: give half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire for a sweet smell to the Lord.


simplify: Then king David answered and said, Call to me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.

Then King David in answer said, Send for Bath-sheba to come to me. And she came in and took her place before the king.


simplify: And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

Just when Herod was intending to bring him before the people, on that very night Peter was asleep between two soldiers, chained to them both, while there were sentries in front of the door, guarding the prison.


rate difficulty: Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

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


simplify: and he said to them, `Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God,

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


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.

This is what the Lord has said: Cursed is the man who puts his faith in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart is turned away from the Lord.


simplify: Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cesar, or no?

are we right in paying tribute to the Emperor or not?”


rate difficulty: Now when John had news in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples


rate difficulty: Only worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,

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


simplify: And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;

And on its pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower;


rate difficulty: Wherefore would ye contend with me? Ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.

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


simplify: Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Therefore, my dear friends, stand firm, unshaken, always diligent in the Lord’s work, for you know that, in union with him, your toil is not in vain.


simplify: and as he was speaking these things, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them, and they feared in their entering into the cloud,

and, while he was speaking, a cloud came down and enveloped them; and they were afraid, as they passed into the cloud;


simplify: And Ben–hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.

And Ben-hadad said to him, The towns my father took from your father I will give back; and you may make streets for yourself in Damascus as my father did in Samaria. And as for me, at the price of this agreement you will let me go. So he made an agreement with him and let him go.


simplify: Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, Andwander for lack of food?

Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food?


simplify: Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.

Keep in mind the days of the past, give thought to the years of generations gone by: go to your father and he will make it clear to you, to the old men and they will give you the story.


rate difficulty: And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so?

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


simplify: Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.

Now, let them give us two oxen; and let them take one for themselves, and have it cut up, and put it on the wood, but put no fire under it; I will get the other ox ready, and put it on the wood, and put no fire under it.


simplify: Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,


rate difficulty: And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.

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


rate difficulty: — And behold, there cometh a chariot of men; horsemen by pairs. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of hergods he hath broken unto the ground.

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


rate difficulty: Cry aloud, O daughter of Zion, shout, O Israel, Rejoice and exult with the whole heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: And thou, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereunto they lift up their soul, their sons and their daughters,

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said to Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah theGod of the Hebrews: Let my people go, that they may serve me.

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


simplify: A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.


simplify: The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.

Country towns were no more in Israel, *** were no more, till you, Deborah, came up, till you came up as a mother in Israel.


simplify: Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.


simplify: And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

And Balak said to him, Come with me now into another place from which you will not be able to see them all, but only the outskirts of them; and you will send curses on them from there.


rate difficulty: and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Chitlish,

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


simplify: and Moses gave the redemption-money unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Jehovah, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

And he gave the money to Aaron and his sons, as the Lord had said.


rate difficulty: And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you.

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


rate difficulty: the blessing, when ye hearken unto the commands of Jehovah your God, which I am commanding you to-day;

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


simplify: And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they knew not anything.

And with Absalom, at his request, went two hundred men from Jerusalem, who were completely unconscious of his designs.


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

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


rate difficulty: And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

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


simplify: And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.

And in the same way, the wings of the other, five cubits long, were stretched out, one touching the wall and the other meeting the wing of the first winged one.


rate difficulty: Thou hast said, Lo, I have smitten Edom; and thy heart hath lifted thee up to boast; now, abide in thy house, why dost thou stir thyself up in evil, that thou hast fallen, thou, and Judah with thee?'

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 13 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God, the end being righteousness.


rate difficulty: Give a loud cry, daughter of Gallim; let Laishah give ear; let Anathoth give answer to her.

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


simplify: Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

Or how may one go into a strong man's house and take his goods, if he does not first put cords round the strong man? and then he may take his goods.


rate difficulty: The charm of a man is his kindness; and a poor [man] is better than a liar.


simplify: The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.

The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.


simplify: Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.

And their wealth will be violently taken away, and their houses will be made waste: they will go on building houses and never living in them, and planting vine-gardens but not drinking the wine from them.


rate difficulty: and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, he was both speaking and disputing with the Hellenists, and they were taking in hand to kill him,

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


simplify: And we, brethren, having been taken from you for the space of an hour--in presence, not in heart--did hasten the more abundantly to see your face in much desire,

As for ourselves, friends, our having been bereaved of you even for a short time — though in body only, and not in spirit — made us all the more eager to see your faces again; and the longing to do so was strong on us.


rate difficulty: nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king,

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


simplify: And many women were there beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

And a number of women were there, watching from a distance, who had come with Jesus from Galilee, waiting on his needs.


rate difficulty: Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly.

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


simplify: And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.

And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.


rate difficulty: And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.

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


simplify: for it hath been written, `I live! saith the Lord--to Me bow shall every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God;'

For scripture says — ‘“As surely as I live,” says the Lord, “every knee will bend before me; and every tongue will make acknowledgment to God.”’


rate difficulty: When King Herod heard of this, he was much troubled, and so, too, was all Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: His master, I tell you, will put him in charge of the whole of his property.

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


rate difficulty: Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.

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


simplify: and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, `Lo, this <FI>one<Fi> is set for the falling and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against--

Simeon gave them his blessing, and said to Mary, the child’s mother: “This child is appointed to be the cause of the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign much spoken against —


rate difficulty: For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.


rate difficulty: and walk in the statutes of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel, and of the kings of Israel that they made;

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simplify: And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-necoh.

And Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, taxing the land by his orders to get the money; the people of the land had to give silver and gold, everyone as he was taxed, to make the payment to Pharaoh-necoh.


simplify: Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

Then you will see, and be bright with joy, and your heart will be shaking with increase of delight: for the produce of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you.


rate difficulty: And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.

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rate difficulty: He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree.


rate difficulty: But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.


simplify: For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

For they are in flight from the sharp sword, and the bent bow, and from the trouble of war.


rate difficulty: and crying with a loud voice he says, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the Most HighGod? I adjure thee byGod, torment me not.

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simplify: And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, O Jehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.

And when the ark went forward Moses said, Come up, O Lord, and let the armies of those who are against you be broken, and let your haters go in flight before you.


simplify: And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;

And ten parts were given to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is on the other side of Jordan;


simplify: When I say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in his iniquity that he hath committed, therein shall he die.

When I say to the upright that life will certainly be his; if he puts his faith in his righteousness and does evil, not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory; but in the evil he has done, death will overtake him.


rate difficulty: And I heard a great voice saying in the heaven, `Now did come the salvation, and the power, and the reign, of our God, and the authority of His Christ, because cast down was the accuser of our brethren, who is accusing them before our God day and night;

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simplify: If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,


simplify: And it came to pass, as he came nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, unto the mount called of the Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

It was when Jesus had almost reached Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, that he sent on two of the disciples.


simplify: And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he took his rest at noon.

And Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, went out and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, when he was resting in the middle of the day. Now the woman who kept the door was cleaning grain, and sleep overcame her.


rate difficulty: and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the sea.

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rate difficulty: If Pharaoh says to you, Let me see a wonder: then say to Aaron, Take your rod and put it down on the earth before Pharaoh so that it may become a snake.

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simplify: And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.

“Do not be dismayed; you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified; he has risen, he is not here! Look! Here is the place where they laid him.


simplify: For Iknowtheir works and their thoughts: the time cometh, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and shall see my glory.

And I am coming to get together all nations and tongues: and they will come and will see my glory.


simplify: (now the congregation’s half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

(Now the people's half was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, five hundred sheep,


simplify: and heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is near to you.


simplify: Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith Jehovah: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

Have no fear of the king of Babylon, of whom you are now in fear; have no fear of him, says the Lord: for I am with you to keep you safe and to give you salvation from his hands.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah repented of the evil that he had said he would do to his people.

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simplify: Is my heritage unto me as a speckled bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her round about? go ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.

My heritage is like a brightly coloured bird to me; the cruel birds are attacking her on every side: go, get together all the beasts of the field, make them come for destruction.


rate difficulty: And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:

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rate difficulty: And God sent another trouble-maker, Rezon, the son of Eliada, who had gone in flight from his lord, Hadadezer, king of Zobah:

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rate difficulty: And I lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a man, and in his hand a measuring line.

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simplify: For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire round about her, and I will be the glory inside her.


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.

These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Damascus, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have been crushing Gilead with iron grain-crushing instruments.


simplify: For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.

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


rate difficulty: And the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me as inheritance one lot and one portion, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as Jehovah has blessed me hitherto?

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simplify: And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.

and, when they had left off mocking him, they took off the purple robe, and put his own clothes on him.


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

But the days will come when the husband will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.


simplify: And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;

And Adaiah and Beraiah and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei;


simplify: And other ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they were all broken in pieces.

And ten thousand more the children of Israel took living, and made them go up to the top of the rock, pushing them down from the top of the rock so that their bodies were broken by the fall.


simplify: Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.


simplify: and when he met with us at Assos, having taken him up, we came to Mitylene,

So, when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went on to Mitylene.


simplify: And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.

And the child at the breast will be playing by the hole of the snake, and the older child will put his hand on the bright eye of the poison-snake.


simplify: And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already.

All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons: and Joseph had come to Egypt before them.


simplify: And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

And they came to the grain-floor of Atad on the other side of Jordan, and there they gave the last honours to Jacob, with great and bitter sorrow, weeping for their father for seven days.


rate difficulty: And they gave him part of a broiled fish and of a honeycomb;

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simplify: And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

They will go away with your haters into a land which is strange to you: for my wrath is on fire with a flame which will be burning on you.


simplify: Neither said they, Where is Jehovah that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?

And they never said, Where is the Lord, who took us up out of the land of Egypt; who was our guide through the waste of sand, through an unplanted land full of deep holes, through a dry land of deep shade, which no one went through and where no man was living?


rate difficulty: for Zebulun, Jishmaiah the son of Obadiah; for Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel;

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simplify: And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

People came from every nation to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had word of his wisdom.


rate difficulty: And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

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rate difficulty: And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not, in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

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rate difficulty: And Jonathan again took an oath to David, because of his love for him: for David was as dear to him as his very soul.


simplify: From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.

From there they went on to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of streams of water.


rate difficulty: And a son of Jonathan <FI>is<Fi> Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal begat Micah;

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rate difficulty: Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.

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simplify: And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

And his hand will be stretched out against the north, for the destruction of Assyria; and he will make Nineveh unpeopled and dry like the waste land.


simplify: And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

And that is in harmony with the words of the prophets, where they say —


simplify: And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.

And Asa, hearing these words of Azariah, the son of Oded the prophet, took heart and put away all the disgusting things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the towns which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he made new again the altar of the Lord in front of the covered way of the Lord's house.


rate difficulty: to offer up burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the altar of burnt-offering continually, morning and evening, and according to all that is written in the law of Jehovah, which he commanded Israel;

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simplify: Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.

Say to the Levites, When you take from the children of Israel the tenth which I have given to you from them as your heritage, a tenth part of that tenth is to be offered as an offering lifted up before the Lord.


simplify: Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith Jehovah; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith Jehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith Jehovah of hosts,

But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, says the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land, says the Lord, and get to work: for I am with you, says the Lord of armies:


rate difficulty: For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, I will do to you as you have done in your wrath and in your envy, which you have made clear in your hate for them; and I will make clear to you who I am when you are judged by me.

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simplify: And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

Whether it is late at night, or in the early morning that he comes, if he finds all as it should be, then happy are they.


rate difficulty: For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.

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rate difficulty: Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, before the priests and all the people who had come into the house of the Lord,

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rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass after these things, that his lord's wife lifteth up her eyes unto Joseph, and saith, `Lie with me;'

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rate difficulty: Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

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rate difficulty: And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst thereof: and afterward I brought you out.


simplify: And now apart from law hath the righteousness of God been manifested, testified to by the law and the prophets,

But now, quite apart from law, the divine righteousness stands revealed, and to it the law and the prophets bear witness —


simplify: And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, save Jesus only.

And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, but Jesus only.


simplify: Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

And in addition to what he got from traders of different sorts, all the kings of Arabia and the rulers of the country gave gold and silver to Solomon.


rate difficulty: I found, however, that he had not done anything deserving death; so, as he had himself appealed to his August Majesty, I decided to send him.

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simplify: Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumor shall be upon rumor; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

Destruction will come on destruction, and one story after another; and the vision of the prophet will be shamed, and knowledge of the law will come to an end among the priests, and wisdom among the old.


rate difficulty: And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:


rate difficulty: Their flesh is to be yours; like the breast of the wave offering and the right leg, it is to be yours.


rate difficulty: So I will put an end to your evil ways and your loose behaviour which came from the land of Egypt: and your eyes will never be lifted up to them again, and you will have no more memory of Egypt.

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simplify: If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

If, then, any encouragement comes through union with Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if there is any communion with the Spirit, if there is any tenderness or pity,


simplify: For no word from God shall be void of power.

For there is nothing which God is not able to do.


rate difficulty: And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

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rate difficulty: And the word of God is unto Shemaiah a man of God, saying,


simplify: For this cause left I thee in Crete, that the things lacking thou mayest arrange, and mayest set down in every city elders, as I did appoint to thee;

My reason for leaving you in Crete was that you might put in order what had been left unsettled, and appoint officers of the church in the various towns, as I myself directed you.


rate difficulty: But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

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simplify: For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;


rate difficulty: Have I any pleasure at all in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; is it not in his turning from his way, that he may live?

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rate difficulty: And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all gifts of their holy things; and it shall be continually on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Jehovah.

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rate difficulty: And Joseph buyeth all the ground of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians have sold each his field, for the famine hath been severe upon them, and the land becometh Pharaoh's;

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simplify: and I will make that which was lame a remnant, and that which was cast far off a strong nation: and Jehovah will reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth even for ever.

And I will make her whose steps were uncertain a small band, and her who was feeble a strong nation: and the Lord will be their King in Mount Zion from now and for ever.


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rate difficulty: And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.

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rate difficulty: In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.


rate difficulty: And the inside parts and the legs were washed with water and all the sheep was burned by Moses on the altar; it was a burned offering for a sweet smell: it was an offering made by fire to the Lord, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.


rate difficulty: And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the Lord, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.


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

when the angel spoke again: “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.


rate difficulty: that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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simplify: So Jehovah smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

So the Lord sent fear on the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah; and the Ethiopians went in flight.


simplify: And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.

And his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel and Judah, Hanani, with the music-instruments of David, the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was at their head;


rate difficulty: And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.

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simplify: Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.


simplify: I was asleep, but my heart waked: It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.

I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.


simplify: And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen from the dead.

And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead.


rate difficulty: So day after day she gave him no peace, for ever questioning him till his soul was troubled to death.

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rate difficulty: And he came near and gave him a kiss; and smelling the smell of his clothing, he gave him a blessing, and said, See, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field on which the blessing of the Lord has come:


simplify: Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

Then the king got up in great grief, stretching himself out on the earth: and all his servants were by his side, with their clothing parted.


rate difficulty: In the morning there was a great stir among the soldiers — what could have become of Peter!


simplify: For as to the life of all flesh, the blood thereof is all one with the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh; for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.

For the blood is the life of all flesh: and so I have said to the children of Israel, You may not take any sort of blood as food, and any man who does so will be cut of.


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

And it will come about that all who see you will go in flight from you and say, Nineveh is made waste: who will be weeping for her? where am I to get comforters for her?


rate difficulty: and the lord of that servant having been moved with compassion did release him, and the debt he forgave him.

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simplify: then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,

So those who accepted his teaching were baptized, and about three thousand people joined the disciples on that day alone.


simplify: And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.

And he took me into the inner square facing the east: and he took the measure of the doorway by these measures;


simplify: And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.

So Asa went to rest with his fathers, and death came to him in the forty-first year of his rule.


simplify: And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

Anyone who does not take their cross and follow in my steps is not worthy of me.


simplify: And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

And do not keep the rules of the nations which I am driving out before you; for they did all these things, and for that reason my soul was turned against them.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will reject this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

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

And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.


simplify: and his countenance was as lightning, and his clothing white as snow,

His appearance was as dazzling as lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow;


simplify: He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

Making signs with his eyes, rubbing with his feet, and giving news with his fingers;


simplify: And he consented, and sought opportunity to deliver him unto them in the absence of the multitude.

And he made an agreement with them to give him up to them, if he got a chance, when the people were not present.


simplify: And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the skin, but be dim; it is the rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is the scar of the burning.

And if the bright place keeps the same size and gets no greater on the skin, but is less bright, it is the effect of the burn, and the priest will say that he is clean: it is the mark of the burn.


simplify: She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city:

She has sent out her women-servants; her voice goes out to the highest places of the town, saying,


simplify: And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!

And Joshua said, O Lord God, why have you taken us over Jordan only to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction? If only it had been enough for us to keep on the other side of Jordan!


simplify: Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

So let us make a little room on the wall; and put a bed there for him, and a table and a seat and a light; so that when he comes to us, he will be able to go in there.


simplify: And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.


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

So to this day no priest of Dagon, or any who come into Dagon's house, will put his foot on the doorstep of the house of Dagon in Ashdod.


simplify: And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.

And while they were talking and questioning together, Jesus himself came near and went with them.


rate difficulty: The standard of the camp of Reuben shall be southward according to their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur;

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rate difficulty: He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor.

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


simplify: And the apostles are gathered together unto Jesus, and they told him all, and how many things they did, and how many things they taught,

When the apostles came back to Jesus, they told him all that they had done and all that they had taught.


simplify: And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him <FI>his<Fi> hands, said, `Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me--Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming--that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.'

So Ananias went, entered the house, and, placing his hands on Saul, said: “Saul, my brother, I have been sent by the Lord — by Jesus, who appeared to you on your way here — so that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”


rate difficulty: A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;

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simplify: And straightway the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.

And straight away the disease went from him, and he was made clean.


rate difficulty: Mine arrows will I make drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; [I will make them drunk] with the blood of the slain and of the captives, With the head of the princes of the enemy.

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


simplify: And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against the king, and made Josiah his son king in his place.


simplify: And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia;

And, after preaching the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia;


rate difficulty: Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

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rate difficulty: And the brazen pillars that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of Jehovah, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried the brass thereof to Babylon.

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simplify: And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

My eye will not have mercy on you, and I will have no pity: but I will send the punishment of your ways on you, and your disgusting works will be among you: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.


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

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

Take the curser outside the tent-circle; and let all in whose hearing the words were said put their hands on his head, and let him be stoned by all the people.


rate difficulty: and the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the open field in the plot of Jizreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.

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


rate difficulty: And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim was like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; it held two thousand baths.


rate difficulty: And he was teaching in the Synagogues of Galilee.


simplify: Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.


simplify: Yea, before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of thee, but raw.

And more than this, before the fat was burned, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was making the offering, Give me some of the flesh to be cooked for the priest; he has no taste for meat cooked in water, but would have you give it uncooked.


rate difficulty: During the days, Jesus continued to teach in the Temple Courts, but he went out and spent the nights on the hill called the ‘Mount of Olives.’

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


rate difficulty: Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

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


rate difficulty: The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through, so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

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


simplify: Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.

Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.


simplify: For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,


rate difficulty: Now Eli was very old; and he had news from time to time of what his sons were doing to all Israel.

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


rate difficulty: thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll, according to the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them, — twenty gerahs the shekel;

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


rate difficulty: And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun <FI>is<Fi> Eliab son of Helon;

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


rate difficulty: And after him hath been Shamgar son of Anath, and he smiteth the Philistines--six hundred men--with an ox-goad, and he saveth--he also--Israel.

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


simplify: And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth–jesimoth even unto Abel–shittim in the plains of Moab.

Planting their tents by the side of Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the lowlands of Moab.


simplify: for I say unto you, that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.

For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.


simplify: Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

Get out the breastplate and body-cover, and come together to the fight.


simplify: Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,

Abiezer the Anathothite, Sibbecai the Hushathite,


rate difficulty: Saying, No, for we will go in flight on horses; so you will certainly go in flight: and, We will go on the backs of quick-running beasts; so those who go after you will be quick-footed.


simplify: But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

But what did you go out to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.


simplify: And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he gave by oath to their fathers; so it became their heritage and their living-place.


rate difficulty: Who, when they had put questions to me, were ready to let me go free, because there was no cause of death in me.

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


simplify: And from among his brethren he took five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

And he took five of his brothers to Pharaoh.


rate difficulty: And say to it, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am against you, O Mount Seir, and my hand will be stretched out against you, and I will make you a waste and a cause for wonder.

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


simplify: And when they began to sing and to praise, Jehovah set liers-in-wait against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, that were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

And at the first notes of song and praise the Lord sent a surprise attack against the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were overcome.


simplify: Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord, and the king’s house: and all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of the Lord, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.

So Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house; and everything which it was in his mind to make in the house of the Lord and for himself had been well done.


rate difficulty: And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

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


simplify: Another simile spake he to them: `The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'

This was another parable which Jesus related — “The kingdom of heaven is like some yeast which a woman took and covered up in three pecks of flour, until the whole had risen.”


simplify: For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

For they have gone up to Assyria like an ass going by himself; Ephraim has given money to get lovers.


rate difficulty: This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, calling: “These men are servants of the most high God, and they are bringing you news of a way to salvation.”

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


rate difficulty: And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

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


simplify: Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.

Then the Rab-shakeh got up and said with a loud voice in the Jews' language, Give ear to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria:


rate difficulty: and have been harbored by Jason! They say that some one else is king — a man called Jesus!”


rate difficulty: And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;

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


rate difficulty: In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,

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


simplify: Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto Jehovah,

And Hezekiah, turning his face to the wall, made his prayer to the Lord, saying,


simplify: nor seeking of men glory, neither from you nor from others, being able to be burdensome, as Christ's apostles.

Nor did we seek to win honor from people, whether from you or from others, although, as apostles of Christ, we might have burdened you with our support.


simplify: and from all things from which ye were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous;

and that, in union with him, everyone who believes in him is absolved from every sin from which under the law of Moses you could not be absolved.


simplify: It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if aught remain until the third day, it shall be burnt with fire.

Let it be used for food on the same day on which it is offered, or on the day after; and whatever is over on the third day is to be burned with fire.


rate difficulty: And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.


simplify: And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

And Abraham said to Ephron, in the hearing of the people of the land, If only you will give ear to me, I will give you the price of the field; take it, and let me put my dead to rest there.


simplify: But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.

But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her.


rate difficulty: But now I go to Jerusalem, taking help for the saints.


simplify: Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:

Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.


rate difficulty: And in this confidence we would gladly leave our home in the body, and make our home with the Lord.

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


simplify: And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

And when his father had been put to rest, Joseph and his brothers and all who had gone with him, went back to Egypt.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:

These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Tyre, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they gave up all the people prisoners to Edom, without giving a thought to the brothers' agreement between them.


rate difficulty: no longer to live the rest of [his] time in [the] flesh to men's lusts, but toGod's will.


rate difficulty: Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

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


simplify: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron--as the vessels of the potter they shall be broken--as I also have received from my Father;

and ‘they will rule them with an iron rod, as when earthen vessels are broken in pieces’ (as I myself have received from my Father)


rate difficulty: And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.

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


simplify: A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.

A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.


simplify: And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

And the Lord said to me, Take again the instruments of a foolish keeper of sheep.


simplify: For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered up into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise again.

For he was giving his disciples teaching, and saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come back from the dead.


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

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


rate difficulty: Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were fixed so that he was not able to see.


simplify: the God of this people Israel did choose our fathers, and the people He did exalt in their sojourning in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm did He bring them out of it;

The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, and during their stay in Egypt increased the prosperity of the people, and then ‘with uplifted arm brought them out from that land.’


simplify: And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan–aram; and pitched his tent before the city.

So Jacob came safely from Paddan-aram to the town of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and put up his tents near the town.


simplify: And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.


rate difficulty: And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.

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


rate difficulty: Then the king, taking his place by the pillar, made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and to keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and with all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in this book.

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


rate difficulty: And the sons of Israel who are found make the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened things, seven days.

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


simplify: Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.

Do not take it for food; so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, while you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And they brought him on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

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


simplify: Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ witha loveincorruptible.

Grace be with all those who have true love for our Lord Jesus Christ.


rate difficulty: And they answered Joshua and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants how that Jehovah thyGod commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; and we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and did this thing.

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


rate difficulty: And on the other wing hangings of fifteen [cubits]; their pillars three, and their bases three.

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


rate difficulty: And the woman said, Why then hast thou thought such a thing againstGod's people? and the king in saying this thing, is as one guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one.

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


simplify: Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,


rate difficulty: Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.


simplify: And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

The ephod he made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen;


simplify: The Elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth!

To his dear friend Gaius, whom he sincerely loves, From the officer of the church.


simplify: I have known thy works; lo, I have set before thee a door--opened, and no one is able to shut it, because thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name;

I know your life (see, I have set a door open before you which no one is able to shut), I know that, though you have but little strength, you kept my teaching in mind, and did not disown my name.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan’s sister.


rate difficulty: for many have fallen pierced, for of God <FI>is<Fi> the battle; and they dwell in their stead till the removal.


rate difficulty: They have blown with a trumpet to prepare the whole, And none is going to battle, For My wrath <FI>is<Fi> unto all its multitude.

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


simplify: And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters;

And one of the seven angels who had the seven vessels came and said to me, Come here, so that you may see the judging of the evil woman who is seated on the great waters;


simplify: Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

Then the fire of the Lord came down, burning up the offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and drinking up the water in the drain.


simplify: Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Yet do not think of them as an enemy, but caution them as you would a brother or sister.


simplify: therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

See, I am sending against you strange men, feared among the nations: they will let loose their swords against your bright wisdom, they will make your glory a common thing.


rate difficulty: Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.


simplify: `Nor do they put new wine into old skins, and if not--the skins burst, and the wine doth run out, and the skins are destroyed, but they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together.'

Nor do people put new wine into old wine-skins; for, if they do, the skins burst, and the wine runs out, and the skins are lost; but they put new wine into fresh skins, and so both are preserved.”


rate difficulty: Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:


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

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


simplify: Then thou shalt see and be radiant, and thy heart shall thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.

Then you will see, and be bright with joy, and your heart will be shaking with increase of delight: for the produce of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you.


rate difficulty: At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

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


simplify: because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.

Because they have done evil in my eyes, moving me to wrath, from the day when their fathers came out of Egypt till this day.


simplify: For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

We love you for the sake of that truth which is always in our hearts; yes, and it will be ours for ever.


rate difficulty: For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the sea is covered by the waters.

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


simplify: But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath shewed me:

But if you do not go out, this is what the Lord has made clear to me:


rate difficulty: For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.

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


rate difficulty: And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.

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


simplify: Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before Jehovah concerning all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which he did to you and to your fathers.

Keep your places now, while I take up the argument with you before the Lord, and give you the story of the righteousness of the Lord, which he has made clear by his acts to you and to your fathers.


simplify: and the Jews also agreed, professing these things to be so.

The Jewish crowd also joined in the attack and bore out his statements.


simplify: Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

Friends, as an example of the patient endurance of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, hearkened to the voice of Jehovah theirGod, and the words of Haggai the prophet, according as Jehovah theirGod had sent him, and the people feared before Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: The generations of the sons of Dan were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years and over who was able to go to war;

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


simplify: And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

And the wind, lifting me up, took me in the visions of God into Chaldaea, to those who had been taken away as prisoners. So the vision which I had seen went away from me.


rate difficulty: And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters; with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we have a feast of Jehovah.


simplify: And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.


simplify: who shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,


simplify: And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord God; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

And go now to those who have been taken away as prisoners, to the children of your people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said; if they give ear or if they do not.


rate difficulty: And the voice of players and makers of music will never again be sounding in you: and no worker, expert in art, will ever again be living in you; and there will be no sound of the crushing of grain any more at all in you;

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


rate difficulty: Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

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


simplify: And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went forth.

And Hamor and his son they put to death with the sword, and they took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.


rate difficulty: and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

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


simplify: But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

But the tents of the Levites are to be round the Tent of meeting, so that wrath may not come on the children of Israel: the Tent of meeting is to be in the care of the Levites.


rate difficulty: Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked — far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?

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


rate difficulty: It stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a slight murmur and a voice:


rate difficulty: from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,

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


rate difficulty: The grace with all those loving our Lord Jesus Christ--undecayingly! Amen.

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


simplify: Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.


simplify: For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.


rate difficulty: And the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we companied with them, when we were in the fields.

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


simplify: Therefore deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of Jehovah with thee: but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

So, then, be kind to your servant; for you have been united with your servant in an agreement made before the Lord: but if there is any wrongdoing in me, put me to death yourself; why take me to your father?


simplify: but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever.

But I will make his place in my house and in my kingdom certain for ever; and the seat of his authority will never be overturned.


rate difficulty: A generation--how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

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


rate difficulty: As with an east wind will I scatter them before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meal-offering.

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


rate difficulty: And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have both of us sworn in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever! And he arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.

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


simplify: So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

So the metal-worker put heart into the gold-worker, and he who was hammering the metal smooth said kind words to the iron-worker, saying of the plate, It is ready: and he put it together with nails, so that there might be no slipping.


simplify: Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

And you went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way they were to go.


simplify: And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.

And let the priest put a value on it, if it is good or bad; whatever value the priest puts on it, so will it be.


simplify: And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,

And all the people will have experience of it, even Ephraim and the men of Samaria, who say in the pride of their uplifted hearts,


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

See, I will make those of the Synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but say what is false; I will make them come and give worship before your feet, and see my love for you.


simplify: Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.

Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,


rate difficulty: But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that Jehovah hath showed me:

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


simplify: And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.


simplify: Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Keep the form of those true words which you had from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.


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

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


simplify: There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.


rate difficulty: And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, and behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness; and I swore unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.

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


simplify: And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him: and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.

And Moses went out to his father-in-law, and went down on his face before him and gave him a kiss; and they said to one another, Are you well? and they came into the tent.