rate difficulty: Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

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


rate difficulty: But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?

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


simplify: and as many as may not receive you, nor hear you, going out thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony to them; verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in a day of judgment than for that city.'

and if a place does not welcome you, or listen to you, as you go out of it shake off the dust that is on the soles of your feet, as a protest against them.”


simplify: if any one a captivity doth gather, into captivity he doth go away; if any one by sword doth kill, it behoveth him by sword to be killed; here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

‘Whoever is destined for captivity goes into captivity.’ Whoever will kill with the sword must inevitably be killed with the sword. (Here there is need for endurance and faith on the part of Christ’s people.)


simplify: He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,


rate difficulty: Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

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


rate difficulty: This is a true saying, in which all may put their faith.

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


simplify: In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

Abraham and Ishmael, his son, underwent circumcision on that very day.


rate difficulty: And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.

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


rate difficulty: A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.

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


rate difficulty: And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves: two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other.


rate difficulty: Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?


simplify: And when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that also in Berea was the word of God declared by Paul, they came thither also, agitating the multitudes;

But, when the Jewish leaders in Thessalonica found out that God’s message had been delivered by Paul at Beroea, they came there too, exciting and disturbing the minds of the people.


rate difficulty: What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith.


rate difficulty: And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

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


simplify: And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

When Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said: “Woman, you are released from your weakness.”


simplify: aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers,

So, too, that the older women should be reverent in their demeanor, and that they should avoid scandal, and beware of becoming slaves to drink;


rate difficulty: And Israel will go on in strength, and Jacob will have rule over his haters.


rate difficulty: Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

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


rate difficulty: And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?

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


simplify: For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith Jehovah.

For they are saying to you what is false in my name: I have not sent them, says the Lord.


simplify: and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;

and then sleeps by night and rises by day, while the seed is shooting up and growing — he knows not how.


simplify: For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

And Jozacar, the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of Shomer, his servants, came to him and put him to death; and they put him into the earth with his fathers in the town of David; and Amaziah his son became king in his place.


simplify: And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.


rate difficulty: And they gave money to the stoneworkers and woodworkers; and meat and drink and oil to the people of Zidon and of Tyre, for the transport of cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, as Cyrus, king of Persia, had given them authority to do.

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


rate difficulty: And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant.

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


simplify: or because of us by all means doth He say <FI>it<Fi> ? yes, because of us it was written, because in hope ought the plower to plow, and he who is treading <FI>ought<Fi> of his hope to partake in hope.

Or is not is said entirely for our sakes? Surely it was written for our sakes, for the plowman ought not to plow, nor the thrasher to thrash, without expecting a share of the grain.


rate difficulty: Lod, and Ono, the valley of the artificers.

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


simplify: And he left them, and went forth out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

And he went away from them, and went out of the town to Bethany, and was there for the night.


rate difficulty: And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.

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


rate difficulty: For I have not known to give flattering titles, In a little doth my Maker take me away.

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


simplify: I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.


rate difficulty: Now when Moses had become a man, one day he went out to his people and saw how hard their work was; and he saw an Egyptian giving blows to a Hebrew, one of his people.


simplify: and may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who did love us, and did give comfort age-during, and good hope in grace,

And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and, in his loving kindness, gave us unfailing consolation and good ground for hope,


rate difficulty: And she said to her master's wife, If only my lord would go to the prophet in Samaria, he would make him well.

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


rate difficulty: And these who sing, heads of fathers of the Levites, in the chambers, <FI>are<Fi> free, for by day and by night <FI>they are<Fi> over them in the work.

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


simplify: And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.

And on the second day the heads of families of all the people and the priests and the Levites came together to Ezra the scribe, to give attention to the words of the law.


simplify: And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.

And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away; and the Ethiopian saw him no more, for he went on his way full of joy.


simplify: The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

The word about Egypt. See, the Lord is seated on a quick-moving cloud, and is coming to Egypt: and the false gods of Egypt will be troubled at his coming, and the heart of Egypt will be turned to water.


simplify: For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

And the children of Ammon and Moab made an attack on the people of Mount Seir with a view to their complete destruction; and when they had put an end to the people of Seir, everyman's hand was turned against his neighbour for his destruction.


rate difficulty: For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

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


simplify: His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.


rate difficulty: And my hand shall be against the prophets that see vanity and that divine lies: they shall not be in the council of my people, neither shall they be written in the register of the house of Israel, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I [am] the Lord Jehovah.


rate difficulty: and Shelah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

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


rate difficulty: and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people who enter in through these gates.

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


simplify: Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

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


rate difficulty: and the altar is rent, and the ashes poured forth from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of Jehovah.

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


simplify: And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

And they will come there, and take away all the hated and disgusting things from it.


simplify: If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,

If ever you have among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams and he gives you a sign or a wonder,


simplify: I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.

I am the Lord; that is my name: I will not give my glory to another, or my praise to pictured images.


simplify: who shall speak sayings by which thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.

for he will tell you truths, which will prove the means of salvation to you and all your household.’


rate difficulty: Evil they do not, nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For full hath been the earth with the knowledge of Jehovah, As the waters are covering the sea.

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


rate difficulty: Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.


simplify: When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he be seated in his glory:


simplify: And he spake also a simile unto them--`No one a patch of new clothing doth put on old clothing, and if otherwise, the new also doth make a rent, and with the old the patch doth not agree, that <FI>is<Fi> from the new.

Then, as an illustration, Jesus said to them: “No one ever tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old one; for, if they do, they will not only tear the new garment, but the piece from the new one will not match the old.


rate difficulty: And Samuel saith unto the people, `Jehovah--He who made Moses and Aaron, and who brought up your fathers out of the land of Egypt!

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


simplify: The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.

Bring with you, when you come, the cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments.


simplify: and he said, O Jehovah, the God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and art not thou ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in thy hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee.

And said, O Lord, the God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? are you not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in your hands are power and strength so that no one is able to keep his place against you.


rate difficulty: When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.

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


rate difficulty: And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of the waste.

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


simplify: And I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

And I took you into a fertile land, where you were living on its fruit and its wealth; but when you came in, you made my land unclean, and made my heritage a disgusting thing.


rate difficulty: and, when they had heard it, they began praising God, and said to Paul:  “You see, brother, that those of our people who have become believers in Christ may be numbered by tens of thousands, and they are all naturally earnest in upholding the Jewish law.

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp;

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did the house of Ahab; for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

He went in the ways of the family of Ahab, and did evil in the eyes of the Lord as the family of Ahab did, for he was a son-in-law of the family of Ahab.


simplify: And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

Now you have with you Shimei, the son of Gera the Benjamite of Bahurim, who put a bitter curse on me on the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to see me at Jordan, and I gave him my oath by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death by the sword.


simplify: and he hath not root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled.

but, as they have no root, they stand for only a short time; and, when trouble or persecution arises because of the message, they fall away at once.


simplify: and that we should bring the first-fruits of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, the new wine and the oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

And that we would take the first of our rough meal, and our lifted offerings, and the fruit of every sort of tree, and wine and oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take a tenth in all the towns of our ploughed land.


simplify: Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.


simplify: And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

For they sent for the people to be present at the offerings made to their gods; and the people took part in their feasts and gave honour to their gods.


simplify: So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

And they took their seats on the earth by his side for seven days and seven nights: but no one said a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.


simplify: And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to keep his place before the Lord, this holy God? and to whom may he go from us?


simplify: saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.

Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hole of thieves.


simplify: And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries.

And they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I send them in flight among the nations, driving them out through the countries.


simplify: but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and did command those able to swim, having cast themselves out first--to get unto the land,

But the Roman officer, anxious to save Paul, prevented their carrying out their intention, and ordered that those who could swim should be the first to jump into the sea and try to reach the shore;


simplify: Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,


rate difficulty: beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is;

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


simplify: This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.

And this was done three times: and then the vessel was taken back into heaven.


simplify: I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

I will say to the north, Give them up; and to the south, Do not keep them back; send back my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;


simplify: And when they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

And hearing this, they had baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus.


rate difficulty: But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.

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


simplify: and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve,

and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.


simplify: And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

And if you still go against me and will not give ear to me, I will put seven times more punishments on you because of your sins.


simplify: All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

Not one of the sins which he has done will be kept in memory against him: in the righteousness which he has done he will have life.


simplify: He runneth upon him with astiffneck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;

Running against him like a man of war, covered by his thick breastplate; even like a king ready for the fight,


simplify: And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

Now Abraham gave all his property to Isaac;


simplify: And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, and to record, and to thank and praise the Lord God of Israel:

And he put some of the Levites before the ark of the Lord as servants, to keep the acts of the Lord in memory, and to give worship and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel:


rate difficulty: And Rebecca lifted up her eyes and saw Isaac, and she sprang off the camel.

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


simplify: who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

whose will is that everyone should be saved, and attain to a full knowledge of the truth.


simplify: Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

It is true that some do proclaim the Christ out of Jealousy and opposition; but there are others who proclaim him from goodwill.


simplify: And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.

And when those who were sent came back to the house they saw that the servant was well.


rate difficulty: and say unto it, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and I will make thee a desolation and an astonishment.

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


simplify: And the sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for thee, and for thy servant and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant and for thy stranger, who sojourn with thee.

And the Sabbath of the land will give food for you and your man-servant and your woman-servant and those working for payment, and for those of another country who are living among you;


simplify: And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.

And your most fertile valleys were full of war-carriages, and the horsemen took up their positions in front of the town.


rate difficulty: And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,

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


rate difficulty: Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.

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


rate difficulty: Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.

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


rate difficulty: Now these are the nations which Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

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


simplify: I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

I had no rest in my spirit because Titus my brother was not there: so I went away from them, and came into Macedonia.


rate difficulty: And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.

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


rate difficulty: And he gave to Simon the surname of Peter;


simplify: My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

My loved one is white and red, the chief among ten thousand.


rate difficulty: Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite;

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


simplify: for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.

For, as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.


simplify: And his brethren: of Eliezer came Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.

And his brothers: of Eliezer, Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.


rate difficulty: But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

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


rate difficulty: So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And he said, I myself will go with you and give you rest.


simplify: And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There are some here of them that stand by, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God come with power.

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some here who will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power.


simplify: For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

Because we, being a number of persons, are one bread, we are one body: for we all take part in the one bread.


rate difficulty: But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.


rate difficulty: But the men of Israel were distressed that day. Now Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth food until evening, and [until] I am avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted food.

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


simplify: But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

But you put a false face on things; all your attempts to put things right are of no value.


simplify: `For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,

For the kingdom of heaven is like an employer who went out in the early morning to hire laborers for his vineyards.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

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


simplify: For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.

For in that day they will all give up their images of silver and of gold, the sin which they made for themselves.


simplify: The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep: seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it thou camest out from Egypt); and none shall appear before me empty:

You are to keep the feast of unleavened bread; for seven days let your bread be without leaven, as I gave you orders, at the regular time in the month Abib (for in it you came out of Egypt); and let no one come before me without an offering:


rate difficulty: And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

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


simplify: but, according as ye have fellowship with the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice ye, that also in the revelation of his glory ye may rejoice--exulting;

No, the more you share the sufferings of the Christ, the more may you rejoice, that, when the time comes for the manifestation of his glory, you may rejoice and exult.


rate difficulty: I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;

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


simplify: And the angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you:

Now the angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, *** I took you out of Egypt, guiding you into the land which I gave by an oath to your fathers; and I said, My agreement with you will never be broken by me:


rate difficulty: Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets.

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


simplify: And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dried.

And in the six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters were dry on the earth: and Noah took the cover off the ark and saw that the face of the earth was dry.


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

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


simplify: As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.

From the standpoint of the good news, the Jews are God’s enemies for your sake; but from the standpoint of God’s selection, they are dear to him for the sake of the Patriarchs.


rate difficulty: and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, `What hast thou done to us? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me, and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with me.'

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


rate difficulty: Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;

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


rate difficulty: My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.


simplify: Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.

Then let them take a young ox and its meal offering, crushed grain mixed with oil, and take another ox for a sin-offering.


simplify: And the sonsof Hebron: Jeriahthe chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

And the sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.


simplify: and pray ye that your flight may not be in winter, nor on a sabbath;

Pray, too, that your flight may not take place in winter, nor on a Sabbath;


rate difficulty: So now, my sons, give ear to me; give attention to the sayings of my mouth;

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


simplify: The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah: Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, the father of Mareshah, and the families of those who made delicate linen, of the family of Ashbea;


simplify: And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.

And the sons of Samuel: the oldest Joel, and the second Abiah.


rate difficulty: And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.

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


simplify: For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;


simplify: So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the men of Israel every man unto his tent, but retained the three hundred men: and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

So they took the vessels of the people, and their horns from their hands, and he sent them away, every man to his tent, keeping only the three hundred; and the tents of Midian were lower down in the valley.


simplify: But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

Above all things, my friends, never take an oath, either by heaven, or by earth, or by anything else. With you let ‘Yes’ suffice for yes, and ‘No’ for no, so that you may escape condemnation.


rate difficulty: And if, when the priest sees the mark on his skin, the hair on the place is turned white and the mark seems to go deeper than the skin, it is the mark of a leper: and the priest, after looking at him, will say that he is unclean.


simplify: Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:


rate difficulty: They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.

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


simplify: And now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;

And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers;


simplify: Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they came.

Now Jacob had word of what Shechem had done to his daughter; but his sons were in the fields with the cattle, and Jacob said nothing till they came.


rate difficulty: And I said, My lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these are.

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


simplify: Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

Though he gives fruit among his brothers, an east wind will come, the wind of the Lord coming up from the waste land, and his spring will become dry, his fountain will be without water: it will make waste the store of all the vessels of his desire.


simplify: And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.

And for three days he was not able to see, and he took no food or drink.


simplify: and coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared unto many.

And coming out of their resting-places, after he had come again from the dead, they went into the holy town and were seen by a number of people.


rate difficulty: Only the cattle we took for ourselves, with the goods from the towns we had taken.


simplify: And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

and I saw a mighty angel who was proclaiming in a loud voice — ‘Who is worthy to open the book and break its seals?’


rate difficulty: For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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


simplify: Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

But we have not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may have knowledge of the things which are freely given to us by God.


simplify: Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.


simplify: Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.


simplify: Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.

Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them. And they went down on their faces.


simplify: And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

And the angel said to me, Why were you surprised? I will make clear to you the secret of the woman, and of the beast on which she is seated, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.


simplify: Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.

I will not put forward words like these, or make use of your sayings in answer to him.


simplify: Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.

And if I say, I will not keep him in mind, I will not say another word in his name; then it is in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am tired of keeping myself in, I am not able to do it.


simplify: Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

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.”


simplify: And every raven after his kind,

Every raven, and all birds of that sort;


simplify: That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;

The Lord sent a prophet to the children of Israel, who said to them, The Lord the God of Israel, has said, I took you up from Egypt, out of the prison-house;


simplify: What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

Have you no houses in which you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show your contempt for the church of God, and to humiliate the poor? What can I say to you? Should I praise you? In this matter I cannot praise you.


simplify: and I brought them into the house of Jehovah, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold.

And I took them into the house of the Lord, into the room of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the rulers' room, which was over the room of Maaseiah, the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door;


rate difficulty: But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back.

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


simplify: But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

Those who want to be rich fall into the net of temptation, and become the prey of many foolish and harmful ambitions, which plunge people into destruction and ruin.


simplify: Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good from you.

Through your evil-doing these things have been turned away, and your sins have kept back good from you.


rate difficulty: And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but we are also boasting in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom now we did receive the reconciliation;

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


simplify: he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.


rate difficulty: Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

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


simplify: And with them, by their generations, after their fathers’ houses, were bands of the host for war, six and thirty thousand; for they had many wives and sons.

And with them, recorded in generations by their families, were bands of fighting-men, thirty-six thousand of them, for they had a great number of wives and sons.


simplify: and she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

And she put it before Saul and his servants, and they had a meal. Then they got up and went away the same night.


rate difficulty: and the strong go forth, and seek to go that they may walk to and fro through the earth. And he said, Go, walk to and fro through the earth. And they walked to and fro through the earth.

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


simplify: Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.

Go now, and take more steps, and see where he is living: for they say that he is expert in deceit.


rate difficulty: And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

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


simplify: All the land shall be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she shall be lifted up, and shall dwell in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel unto the king’s winepresses.

And all the land will become like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up and be living in her place; from the doorway of Benjamin to the place of the first doorway, to the doorway of the angle, and from the tower of Hananel to the king's wine-crushing places, men will be living in her.


simplify: saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

And they said to them, The Lord has truly come back to life again, and Simon has seen him.


rate difficulty: And this happened for two years so that all those dwelling in Asia did hear the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks,

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


simplify: Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth it fast; that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

Happy is the man who does this, and the son of man whose behaviour is so ordered; who keeps the Sabbath holy, and his hand from doing any evil.


rate difficulty: And Laban hath two daughters, the name of the elder <FI>is<Fi> Leah, and the name of the younger Rachel,

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


rate difficulty: Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of Jehovah.

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


simplify: When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord’s supper:

But now, when you come together, it is not possible to take the holy meal of the Lord:


simplify: And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

And she made him go to sleep on her knees; and she sent for a man and had his seven twists of hair cut off; and while it was being done he became feeble and his strength went from him.


simplify: Now while Peter was much perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men that were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon’s house, stood before the gate,

Now while Peter was in doubt as to the purpose of this vision, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made search for Simon's house, came to the door,


simplify: And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.

And from there David went to Mizpeh in the land of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father and mother come and make their living-place with you till it is clear to me what God will do for me.


simplify: and this I say, that no one may beguile you in enticing words,

I say this to prevent anyone from deceiving you by plausible arguments.


rate difficulty: Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

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


simplify: All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

All your trees and the fruit of your land will be the locust's.


simplify: I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at its first season: but they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves unto the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.

I made discovery of Israel as of grapes in the waste land; I saw your fathers as the first-fruits of the fig-tree in her early fruit time; but they came to Baal-peor, and made themselves holy to the thing of shame, and became disgusting like that to which they gave their love.


rate difficulty: The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress spears are brandished.

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


simplify: Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head that belongeth to Judah? This day do I show kindness unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David; and yet thou chargest me this day with a fault concerning this woman.

And Abner was very angry at the words of Ish-bosheth, and he said, Am I a dog's head of Judah? I am this day doing all in my power for the cause of your father Saul and for his brothers and his friends, and have not given you up into the hands of David, and now you say I have done wrong with a woman.


simplify: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.


rate difficulty: And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And the house which I am building is to be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

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


simplify: And I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord?


rate difficulty: “I, too,”said Jesus in reply, “will ask you one question. Give me an answer to it.

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


simplify: For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

For they said to me, Make us a god to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us up out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has come to him.


rate difficulty: Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

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


rate difficulty: So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, in Mizpah, and was living with him among the people who were still in the land.

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


simplify: But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

But if a man is upright, living rightly and doing righteousness,


rate difficulty: And David saith to Ahimelech the priest, `The king hath commanded me a matter, and he saith unto me, Let no man know anything of the matter about which I am sending thee, and which I have commanded thee; and the young men I have caused to know at such and such a place;

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


simplify: And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.

And Samson said to her, If seven new bow-cords which have never been made dry are knotted round me, I will become feeble and will be like any other man.


rate difficulty: and the swine, for it hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, but it cheweth not the cud — it shall be unclean unto you.

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


rate difficulty: But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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


simplify: Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;


rate difficulty: and thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thyGod, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

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


rate difficulty: Then she said, I ask one small petition of thee; deny me not. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny thee.

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


rate difficulty: Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,

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


simplify: Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

So, as a prophet, give out these words among them, and say to them, The voice of the Lord will be sounding like a lion from on high; he will send out his voice from his holy place, like the loud voice of a lion, against his flock; he will give a cry, like those who are crushing the grapes, against all the people of the earth.


simplify: And it came to pass on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man there, and his right hand was withered.

And it came about, on another Sabbath, that he went into the Synagogue and was teaching there. And a man was there whose right hand was dead.


simplify: These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.


rate difficulty: we <FI>are<Fi> twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one <FI>is<Fi> to-day with our father in the land of Canaan.

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


simplify: Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.


rate difficulty: Now the city was large and great; but the people in it were few, and no houses were built.

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


rate difficulty: And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.

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


simplify: Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.


rate difficulty: “Who among you who has a hundred sheep, and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine out in the open country, and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?

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


rate difficulty: All the brethren salute you. Salute one another with a holy kiss.

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


rate difficulty: And the city was broken into: and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were near the city round about); and they went the way toward the plain.


simplify: For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

For as a young man takes a virgin for his wife, so will your maker be married to you: and as a husband has joy in his bride, so will the Lord your God be glad over you.


rate difficulty: Joining with one another in holy songs of praise and of the Spirit, using your voice in songs and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

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


rate difficulty: And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

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


simplify: And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

And the sons of Joseph whom he had in Egypt were two. Seventy persons of the family of Jacob came into Egypt.


simplify: But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:

I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:


rate difficulty: Turn aside from the way, decline from the path, Cause to cease from before us the Holy One of Israel.'

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


simplify: I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

I have not come to call the religious, but the outcast, to repent.”


simplify: Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?

So do not be tricked by Hezekiah or let him get you to do this, and do not put any faith in what he says: for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to keep his people safe from my hands, or the hands of my fathers: how much less will your God keep you safe from my hands!


simplify: Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

And I will make an agreement of peace with them: it will be an eternal agreement with them: and I will have mercy on them and make their numbers great, and will put my holy place among them for ever.


simplify: And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

And the man said to Joab, Even if you gave me a thousand bits of silver, I would not put out my hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king gave orders to you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take care that the young man Absalom is not touched.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land of Sinai,


simplify: And he saying these things, all who were opposed to him were being ashamed, and all the multitude were rejoicing over all the glorious things that are being done by him.

As he said this, his opponents all felt ashamed; but all the people rejoiced to see all the wonderful things that he was doing.


rate difficulty: And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing-floors.

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


rate difficulty: Ephraim is smitten: their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit; yea, though they should bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved [fruit] of their womb.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to Moses, When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have given you power to do: but I will make his heart hard and he will not let the people go.

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


simplify: And they departed from before Pi–hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.

And journeying on from before Hahiroth, they went through the sea into the waste land: they went three days' journey through the waste land of Etham and put up their tents in Marah.


simplify: Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.

If you see your brother's ox or his ass falling down on the road, do not go by without giving him help in lifting it up again.


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

And three of the thirty went down at the start of the grain-cutting, and they came to David at the strong place of Adullam; and the band of Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.


simplify: There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.


simplify: I went out full, and Jehovah hath brought me home again empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

I went out full, and the Lord has sent me back again with nothing; why do you give me the name Naomi, seeing that the Lord has given witness against me, and the Ruler of all has sent sorrow on me?


rate difficulty: And after the Lord has sent them in flight from before you, say not in your heart, Because of my righteousness the Lord has given me this land; when it is because of their evil-doing that the Lord is driving these nations out before you.

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


simplify: Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?


rate difficulty: And it came to pass at the time of her delivery, that behold, twins were in her womb.

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


simplify: and that, he went up, what is it except that he also went down first to the lower parts of the earth?

Now surely this ‘going up’ must imply that he had already gone down into the world beneath.


rate difficulty: He is your God, the God of your praise, your God who has done for you all these works of power which your eyes have seen.

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


rate difficulty: every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee.

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


simplify: And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

And the wonder-workers were not able to take their places before Moses, because of the disease; for the disease was on the wonder-workers and on all the Egyptians.


rate difficulty: Because they had not done my orders, but had been turned away from my rules, and had not given respect to my Sabbaths, and their eyes were turned to the images of their fathers.

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


rate difficulty: The twelfth to Hashabiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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


simplify: For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?


rate difficulty: `Thy reign come: Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on the earth.

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


simplify: even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

Such as all the different sorts of locust.


simplify: from mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and put them to death.

From Mount Halak, which goes up to Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon: and all their kings he overcame and put to death.


simplify: Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the Lord, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.

Then it was said to Saul, See, the people are sinning against the Lord, taking the blood with the flesh. And he said to those who gave him the news, Now let a great stone be rolled to me here.


simplify: And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

These he gave to his servants, every herd by itself, and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and let there be a space between one herd and another.


rate difficulty: Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.


rate difficulty: And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father’s presence, so will I be in thy presence.


simplify: and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

And all the men of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,


rate difficulty: and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and seven men of them that saw the king’s face, that were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

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


simplify: And on the morrow, when they were come out from Bethany, he hungered.

And on the day after, when they had come out from Bethany, he was in need of food.


simplify: The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.

The men of Arvad in your army were on your walls, and were watchmen in your towers, hanging up their arms on your walls round about; they made you completely beautiful.


simplify: And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

And the two stones are to be placed on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel: Aaron will have their names on his arms when he goes in before the Lord, to keep the Lord in mind of them.


simplify: And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.

And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their goods from them, they saw beasts in great numbers, and wealth and clothing and things of value, more than they were able to take away; all this they took for themselves, and they were three days getting it away, there was so much.


simplify: Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor’s wife; neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor’s house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbor’s.

Or let your desire be turned to your neighbour's wife, or his house or his field or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is your neighbour's.


rate difficulty: in the body of his flesh through the death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before himself,

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


rate difficulty: And they gave the town the name of Dan, after Dan their father, who was the son of Israel: though the town had been named Laish at first.


rate difficulty: And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.

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


simplify: And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper; and they shall be delivered into your hand.

When he came to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, are we to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And he said, Go up, and it will go well for you; and they will be given up into your hands.


simplify: And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

Then the children of Judah made an attack on Jerusalem, and took it, burning down the town after they had put its people to the sword without mercy.


rate difficulty: And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.


simplify: And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us.

And I said to you, You have come to the hill-country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us.


simplify: And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

And the woman whom you saw is the great town, which is ruling over the kings of the earth.


simplify: Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

Her towns have become a waste, a dry and unwatered land, where no man has his living-place and no son of man goes by.


rate difficulty: and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and saith, Thou also wast with the Nazarene, even Jesus.

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


simplify: for if God the natural branches did not spare--lest perhaps He also shall not spare thee.

For, if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.


simplify: Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,

Submit to all human institutions for the Lord’s sake, alike to the emperor as the supreme authority,


rate difficulty: And at the present of the evening I have risen from mine affliction, and at my rending my garment and my upper robe, then I bow down on my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God,

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


rate difficulty: A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

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


rate difficulty: Ought not you, also, to have shown mercy to your fellow servant, just as I showed mercy to you?’

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


simplify: for also even that which hath been glorious, hath not been glorious--in this respect, because of the superior glory;

Indeed, that which then had glory has lost its glory, because of the glory which surpasses it.


rate difficulty: And if any one of the common people sin unwittingly, in doing any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done, and be guilty;

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


rate difficulty: `And the authorities have spoken unto the people, saying, Who <FI>is<Fi> the man that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? --let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man dedicate it.

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


rate difficulty: when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong;

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


simplify: They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.

Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.


simplify: and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,


simplify: And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

Then the Egyptians went after them into the middle of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses and his war-carriages and his horsemen.


rate difficulty: Then he put the Levites in their places in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments of music as ordered by David and Gad, the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for the order was the Lord's, given by his prophets.

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


simplify: Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.

Aaron will be put to rest with his people; he will not go into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you went against my word at the waters of Meribah.


rate difficulty: And Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,


rate difficulty: And there were sloping windows and palm-trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the covered way: and the side-rooms of the house and the ...


simplify: When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

And when they saw the star they were full of joy.


rate difficulty: And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.

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


simplify: And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the Lord which he spake.

And the war-carriage was washed by the pool of Samaria, which was the bathing-place of the loose women, and the dogs were drinking his blood there, as the Lord had said.


simplify: Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

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


rate difficulty: If you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering, do not go by without helping, but take them back to your brother.

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


simplify: These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’housesof the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.

These are the heritages which Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel gave out at Shiloh, by the decision of the Lord, at the door of the Tent of meeting. So the distribution of the land was complete.


simplify: and on the morrow, going forth, taking out two denaries, he gave to the innkeeper, and said to him, Be careful of him, and whatever thou mayest spend more, I, in my coming again, will give back to thee.

The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of him,’ he said, ‘and whatever more you may spend I will myself repay you on my way back.’


rate difficulty: And Azariah was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub,

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


simplify: for our being to the praise of His glory, <FI>even<Fi> those who did first hope in the Christ,

that we should enhance his glory — we who have been the first to rest our hopes on the Christ.


simplify: And pray ye that it be not in the winter.

And say a prayer that it may not be in the winter.


rate difficulty: And they were ordered to do no damage to the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only to such men as have not the mark of God on their brows.

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


simplify: And the ark of Jehovah remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and Jehovah blessed Obed-edom, and all his house.

And the ark of the Lord was in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months: and the Lord sent a blessing on Obed-edom and all his family.


simplify: And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

And let limits be marked out for the people round the mountain, and say to them, Take care not to go up the mountain or near the sides of it: whoever puts his foot on the mountain will certainly come to his death:


simplify: Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

To go out and come in before them and be their guide; so that the people of the Lord may not be like sheep without a keeper.


simplify: Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest thy flock, Where thou makest it to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?

Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends?


simplify: The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God:


rate difficulty: Then go up doth Hazael king of Aram, and fighteth against Gath, and captureth it, and Hazael setteth his face to go up against Jerusalem;

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


simplify: and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”


rate difficulty: King Solomon made himself a bed of the wood of Lebanon.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah saith unto Aaron, `In their land thou dost not inherit, and a portion thou hast not in their midst: I <FI>am<Fi> thy portion, and thine inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel;

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: He that loveth pureness of heart, Forthe grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.


simplify: Beloved, be not thou following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, of God he is, and he who is doing evil hath not seen God;

Dear friend, take what is good for your example, not what is bad. The person who does what is good is from God; the person who does what is bad has never seen God.


simplify: His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

His sneezings give out flames, and his eyes are like the eyes of the dawn.


rate difficulty: There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number.

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


rate difficulty: Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.

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


rate difficulty: And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it,

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


rate difficulty: And he said, I will certainly return to thee at [this] time of the year, and behold, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah was listening at the tent-door, which was behind him.

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


rate difficulty: (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)

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


simplify: And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.

And let him take some of the blood of the ox, shaking drops of it from his finger on the cover of the ark on the east side, and before it, seven times.


simplify: Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,


simplify: and they said, `The Lord hath need of it;'

And the two disciples answered — “The Master wants it.”


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

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


simplify: and James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he put on them names--Boanerges, that is, `Sons of thunder;'

James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John (to whom he gave the name of Boanerges, which means the Thunderers),


rate difficulty: But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;

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


rate difficulty: And blessed be thy discernment, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

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


simplify: Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.


rate difficulty: And Hiram sendeth unto Solomon, saying, I have heard that which thou hast sent unto me, I do all thy desire concerning cedar-wood, and fir-wood,

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary there shall be, even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.

For this reason, says the Lord, an attacker will come, shutting in the land on every side; and your strength will come down and your great houses will be made waste.


rate difficulty: And she said to her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

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


simplify: And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

And they said, The God of the Hebrews has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God, so that he may not send death on us by disease or the sword.


rate difficulty: And embitter him--yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers;

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


simplify: There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

There were some women also watching from a distance, among them being Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James the Little and of Joseph, and Salome —


simplify: And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

After this the teachers of the law and the chief priest were eager to lay hands on Jesus then and there, but they were afraid of the people; for they saw that it was at them that he had aimed this parable.


simplify: Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

Let your gentle behaviour be clear to all men. The Lord is near.


simplify: They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

And they have made little of the wounds of my people, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.


simplify: And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

And I will make your towns waste and send destruction on your holy places; I will take no pleasure in the smell of your sweet perfumes;


rate difficulty: Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every man that was wise-hearted, in whom Jehovah had put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work of the service of the sanctuary — according to all that Jehovah had commanded.

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


simplify: And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.

And the instruments and trays for use with it are all to be of the best gold.


simplify: and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

and he began to ask himself ‘What will I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?


rate difficulty: and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment ofGod on account of your traditional teaching.


simplify: there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.

In twos, male and female, they went into the ark with Noah, as God had said.


simplify: Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?


simplify: there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.

There came to him a woman having a bottle of perfume of great price, and she put the perfume on his head when he was seated at table.


simplify: And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.

They will be fighting against you, but they will not overcome you: for I am with you, says the Lord, to give you salvation.


simplify: So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

So that bits of linen and clothing from his body were taken to people who were ill, and their diseases went away from them and the evil spirits went out.


simplify: If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, far off or near;

If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away as prisoners into a strange land, far off or near;


rate difficulty: So take me for your example, even as I take Christ for mine.

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


rate difficulty: Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.

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


simplify: In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those that kept the threshold, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.

In those days, while Mordecai was seated at the king's doorway, two of the king's servants, Bigthan and Teresh, keepers of the door, being angry, were looking for a chance to make an attack on King Ahasuerus.


simplify: and we were hoping that he it is who is about to redeem Israel, and also with all these things, this third day is passing to-day, since these things happened.

But we were hoping that he was the Destined Deliverer of Israel; yes, and besides all this, it is now three days since these things occurred.


rate difficulty: `Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure--the heavens--to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou--thou dost not borrow.

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rate difficulty: And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal with thee in fury; they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy residue shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

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


rate difficulty: Have an outline of sound words, which [words] thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which [are] in Christ Jesus.

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


rate difficulty: And he is before all, and all things subsist together by him.


rate difficulty: and that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, in that ye say, We will be as the nations, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

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


rate difficulty: And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.


simplify: And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?

And straight away Jesus was conscious that power had gone out of him; and, turning to the people, he said, Who was touching my robe?


rate difficulty: and having cast [him] out of the city, they stoned [him]. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.


simplify: and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;

And my hand will again be on you, washing away what is unclean as with soap, and taking away all your false metal;


simplify: The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.


rate difficulty: Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

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simplify: that Jehovah thy God may show us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do.

That the Lord your God may make clear to us the way in which we are to go and what we are to do.


simplify: And Samuel said unto the people, It is the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

And Samuel said to the people, The Lord is witness, who gave authority to Moses and Aaron, and who took your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.


simplify: But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

But the dove saw no resting-place for her foot, and came back to the ark, for the waters were still over all the earth; and he put out his hand, and took her into the ark.


rate difficulty: and those who are left do hear and fear, and add not to do any more according to this evil thing in thy midst;

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


rate difficulty: A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver models of the shrine of Artemis, and so gave a great deal of work to the artisans,

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


rate difficulty: That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

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


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and will cut off from thee man and beast.

For this cause the Lord has said: See, I am sending a sword on you, cutting off from you man and beast.


simplify: Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.


rate difficulty: Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall be given into your bosom: for with the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

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


simplify: For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

For when they come back from the dead there are no husbands and wives, but they are as the angels in heaven.


rate difficulty: And the destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Jehovah hath spoken.


simplify: for if a woman is not covered--then let her be shorn, and if <FI>it is<Fi> a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven--let her be covered;

Indeed, if a woman does not keep her head covered, she may as well cut her hair short. But, since to cut her hair short, or shave it off, marks her as one of the shameless women, let her keep her head covered.


simplify: And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;

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


rate difficulty: Truly, I say to you, The sons of men will have forgiveness for all their sins and for all the evil words they say:

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


rate difficulty: and the men fear Jehovah--a great fear, and sacrifice a sacrifice to Jehovah, and vow vows.