rate difficulty: And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.


rate difficulty: and, after hoisting it on board, the men frapped the ship. But, afraid of being driven on to the Syrtis Sands, they lowered the yard, and then drifted.

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simplify: But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.

But after a little time, a very violent wind, named Euraquilo, came down from it with great force.


simplify: And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.

And the sons of Ulam were men of war, bowmen, and had a great number of sons and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were the sons of Benjamin.


rate difficulty: Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.

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rate difficulty: And there was no more war till the thirty-fifth year of the rule of Asa.

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simplify: And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

Truly, I will make my agreement with you and with your seed after you,


rate difficulty: But alas for you Pharisees! You pay tithes on mint, rue, and herbs of all kinds, and pass over justice and love to God. These last you ought to have put into practice without neglecting the first.


simplify: But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

But when they had rest, they did evil again before you: so you gave them into the hands of their haters, who had rule over them: but when they came back and made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; again and again, in your mercy, you gave them salvation;


simplify: So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.

And you have those who keep the teaching of the Nicolaitans.


rate difficulty: have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

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rate difficulty: Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

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rate difficulty: And nations will come to your light, and kings to your bright dawn.


rate difficulty: And thou, take best spices — of liquid myrrh five hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon the half — two hundred and fifty, and of sweet myrtle two hundred and fifty,

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simplify: and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye follow not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to play the harlot;

So that, looking on these ornaments, you may keep in mind the orders of the Lord and do them; and not be guided by the desires of your hearts and eyes, through which you have been untrue to me:


simplify: For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.


simplify: For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.

For, though I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Even if I were inclined to regret it — for I see that my letter did cause you sorrow though only for a time —


simplify: whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.


rate difficulty: Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

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rate difficulty: to fulfil the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths: for as long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.


rate difficulty: and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:

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


rate difficulty: But after I am come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.

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


simplify: And he made the most holy house: the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

And he made the most holy place; it was twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, like the greater house, and was plated all over with the best gold; six hundred talents were used for it.


simplify: Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water?


rate difficulty: yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

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simplify: And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

And I will send punishment on the world for its evil, and on the sinners for their wrongdoing; and I will put an end to all pride, and will make low the power of the cruel.


rate difficulty: And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.

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rate difficulty: for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

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


rate difficulty: Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs which he had made against the Jews.

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simplify: great shakings also in every place, and famines, and pestilences, there shall be; fearful things also, and great signs from heaven there shall be;

And there will be great earthquakes, and plagues and famines in various places, and there will be terrible appearances and signs in the heavens.


simplify: For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

indeed, we have heard him declare that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and change the customs handed down to us by Moses.”


rate difficulty: How much more, if the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for would there not now have been a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?

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


rate difficulty: if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

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simplify: Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

And their horses are quicker than leopards and their horsemen more cruel than evening wolves; they come from far away, like an eagle in flight rushing on its food.


rate difficulty: And Isaac and Ishmael his sons bury him at the cave of Machpelah, at the field of Ephron, son of Zoar the Hittite, which <FI>is<Fi> before Mamre--

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simplify: and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.

And you will take it to him, so that he may have a good meal and give you his blessing before his death.


simplify: Of Kish; the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.


simplify: And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, for that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

And Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, hearing of it, were greatly troubled because a man had come to the help of the children of Israel.


simplify: For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits.

For the rooms in the outer square were fifty cubits long: and in front of the Temple was a space of a hundred cubits.


rate difficulty: He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:

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rate difficulty: `Speak unto the sons of Israel, Man or woman, when they do any of the sins of man, by committing a trespass against Jehovah, and that person <FI>is<Fi> guilty,

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simplify: What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

What are we to say, then? Is God guilty of injustice? Heaven forbid!


simplify: Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.


rate difficulty: These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;

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rate difficulty: And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

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rate difficulty: And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going before them: and they were amazed; and they that followed were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were to happen unto him,

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


rate difficulty: For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

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

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


simplify: And Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

And Hathach came back and gave Esther an account of what Mordecai had said.


simplify: In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

In his time, Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.


simplify: Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?

Is it possible for iron to be broken; even iron from the north, and brass?


simplify: And they journeyed from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth.

And they went on from Hashmonah, and put up their tents in Moseroth.


rate difficulty: If we have sown to you spiritual things, [is it a] great [thing] if we shall reap your carnal things?

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simplify: And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting, and burn the fat for a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

And the priest will put blood on the altar of the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting, burning the fat for a sweet smell to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

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


simplify: And Jehovah, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

It is the Lord who goes before you; he will be with you, he will not take away his help from you or give you up: so have no fear.


simplify: And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.


simplify: The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two.

The children of Parosh, two thousand, one hundred and seventy-two.


rate difficulty: And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.


simplify: And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his eleven children, he went over the river Jabbok.


rate difficulty: These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

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simplify: But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak.

But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border.

These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because in Gilead they had women with child cut open, so that they might make wider the limits of their land.


rate difficulty: And he said, Verily I say to you, that no prophet is acceptable in his [own] country.

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rate difficulty: For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

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simplify: A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;


simplify: and wheresoever it taketh him, it dasheth him down: and he foameth, and grindeth his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast it out; and they were not able.

And wherever it takes him, it puts him down violently, streaming at the lips and twisted with pain; and his strength goes from him; and I made a request to your disciples to send it out, and they were not able.


simplify: And he took up his parable, and said,  Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, Up! Balak, and give ear; give attention to me, O son of Zippor:


simplify: And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.

And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.


simplify: Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.

And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.


simplify: And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.

And he will do the talking for you to the people: he will be to you as a mouth and you will be to him as God.


rate difficulty: We have been placed with him among the dead through baptism into death: so that as Christ came again from the dead by the glory of the Father, we, in the same way, might be living in new life.

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


rate difficulty: For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.

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simplify: Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man have knowledge of these words, and you will not be put to death.


simplify: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

It is easier for a camel to get through a needle’s eye, than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”


rate difficulty: Because you have been pushing with side and leg, pushing the diseased with your horns till they were sent away in every direction;

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rate difficulty: But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.


rate difficulty: And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tent of meeting before Jehovah; and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the bullock, and kill the bullock before Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: `And ye have not been willing to go up, and ye provoke the mouth of Jehovah your God,

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simplify: and they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them: and they provoked Jehovah to anger.

And they gave up the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had taken them out of the land of Egypt, and went after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about them, worshipping them and moving the Lord to wrath.


simplify: And Jehovah was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from Jehovah, the God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice,

And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had twice come to him in a vision;


rate difficulty: and to the kings that were on the north, in the hill-country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,

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simplify: And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

And news will come to you of wars and talk of wars: do not be troubled, for these things have to be; but it is still not the end.


rate difficulty: And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man.


simplify: And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:

And Moza was the father of Binea: Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son;


rate difficulty: Go and say to David, The Lord says, Three things are offered to you: say which of them you will have, and I will do it to you.


simplify: There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor.

One has gone out from you who is designing evil against the Lord, whose purposes are of no value.


simplify: And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

And that night God did so; for the wool was dry, and there was dew on all the earth round it.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us so ten times, from all the places whence they returned to us,


rate difficulty: And Ishpan and Eber and Eliel

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rate difficulty: Thou dost call as <FI>at<Fi> a day of appointment, My fears from round about, And there hath not been in the day of the anger of Jehovah, An escaped and remaining one, They whom I stretched out and nourished, My enemy hath consumed!

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simplify: The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;


rate difficulty: But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm, for we are all here.

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


rate difficulty: and turned aside the raiment of her captivity from off her, and hath dwelt in thy house, and bewailed her father and her mother a month of days, and afterwards thou dost go in unto her and hast married her, and she hath been to thee for a wife:

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


simplify: And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

And Peleg was thirty years old when he became the father of Reu:


simplify: And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

Then on the day after, the people got up early and made an altar there, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings.


simplify: And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

And teaching them, he said that the Son of man would have to undergo much, and be hated by those in authority, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days come back from the dead.


simplify: And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof,

And this is their part in the work of the Tent of meeting: the transport of the boards and the rods of the Tent, with the pillars and their bases;


rate difficulty: I know where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s throne is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth.

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


rate difficulty: And they took the things ordered by Moses, before the Tent of meeting, and all the people came near, waiting before the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And every meal-offering of the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.


simplify: Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

Now, I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ — I who, “in your presence, am humble in my bearing towards you, but, when absent, am bold in my language to you” —


rate difficulty: awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say <FI>it<Fi> .


rate difficulty: And they are scattered from want of a shepherd, And are for food to every beast of the field, Yea, they are scattered.

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


rate difficulty: The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.


simplify: I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.

I sent for my lovers, but they were false to me: my priests and my responsible men were breathing their last breath in the town, while they were looking for food to give them new life.


simplify: I therefore have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: Jehovah, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

So I have done no wrong against you, but you are doing wrong to me in fighting against me: may the Lord, who is Judge this day, be judge between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.


rate difficulty: And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, and armour, and spices, horses and mules, a rate year by year.

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simplify: And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

And God said to him, I AM WHAT I AM: and he said, Say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.


simplify: And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind guide the blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, Is it possible for one blind man to be guide to another? will they not go falling together into a hole?


rate difficulty: I marvel that ye are so quickly removing from him that called you in the grace of Christ unto a different gospel;

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rate difficulty: therefore from their fruits ye shall know them.

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


simplify: But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

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


simplify: These are the sons of Esau, and these are their chiefs: the same is Edom.

These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.


simplify: Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of a friend, and an adulteress, according to the love of Jehovah for the children of Israel, though they turn to othergods, and love raisin-cakes.

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simplify: And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

And the breast which is waved and the leg which is lifted up on high, you are to take as your food in a clean place; you and your sons and your daughters with you: for they are given to you as your right and your sons' right, from the peace-offerings of the children of Israel.


rate difficulty: And they conspire against him, and stone him with stones by the command of the king, in the court of the house of Jehovah,

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rate difficulty: And Jesus, looking at them, said, With men this is not possible; but with God all things are possible.

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


simplify: And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

we work hard, toiling with our own hands. We meet abuse with blessings, we meet persecution with endurance,


simplify: And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

He put the image of Asherah which he had made in the house of which the Lord had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever.


rate difficulty: I will give to them in my house, and inside my walls, a place and a name better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an eternal name which will not be cut off.

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


rate difficulty: And herds will take their rest in the middle of her, all the beasts of the valley: the pelican and the porcupine will make their living-places on the tops of its pillars; the owl will be crying in the window; the raven will be seen on the doorstep.


simplify: And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.

And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men.


simplify: Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;


rate difficulty: The children of Nebo, fifty and two.


simplify: then it shall be, if it be done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savor unto Jehovah, with the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof, according to the ordinance, and one he-goat for a sin-offering.

Then, if the wrong is done in error, without the knowledge of the meeting of the people, let all the meeting give a young ox as a burned offering, a sweet smell to the Lord, with its meal offering and its drink offering, as is ordered in the law, together with a he-goat for a sin-offering.


simplify: And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.

And the man who takes away the goat for Azazel is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and then he may come back to the tent-circle.


rate difficulty: and there were eight boards, and their silver bases: sixteen bases, under every board two bases.

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


simplify: And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

“How our hearts glowed,” the disciples said to each other, “while he was talking to us on the road, and when he explained the scriptures to us!”


simplify: And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

And when the seven years were ended, the woman came back from the land of the Philistines and went to the king with a request for her house and her land.


rate difficulty: And they give the book to him that cannot read, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot read.

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


simplify: But new wine must be put into fresh wine-skins.

But new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.


simplify: Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? these are the gods that smote the Egyptians with all manner of plagues in the wilderness.

Trouble is ours! Who will give us salvation from the hands of these great gods? These are the gods who sent all sorts of blows on the Egyptians in the waste land.


rate difficulty: And they went out, and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them: and they said nothing to any one; for they were afraid.


simplify: They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, will he return unto her again? will not that land be greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith Jehovah.

They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he go back to her again? will not that land have been made unclean? but though you have been acting like a loose woman with a number of lovers, will you now come back to me? says the Lord.


rate difficulty: for I decided not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified;

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


simplify: And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Now the rest of the acts which Omri did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?


rate difficulty: And whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, the armed men went with him taking the body-covers, and then took them back to their room.

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


rate difficulty: But what comparison may I make of this generation? It is like children seated in the market-places, crying out to one another,

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


rate difficulty: Because of what you have done, the disease of Naaman the leper will take you in its grip, and your seed after you, for ever. And he went out from before him a leper as white as snow.

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


simplify: and the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

The second, which is like it, is this — ‘You must love your neighbor as you love yourself.’


rate difficulty: And the king made silver and gold as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar like the sycamore-trees of the lowland in number.


simplify: The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

They will be at war, the father against his son, and the son against his father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.


rate difficulty: Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth–el, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.


rate difficulty: The sojourners in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.


rate difficulty: On the first day of the week, let every one of you put by him in store, in measure as he has done well in business, so that it may not be necessary to get money together when I come.

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


rate difficulty: And Judah dwelleth--and Israel--in confidence, each under his vine, and under his fig-tree, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, all the days of Solomon.

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


simplify: We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

We have done great wrong against you, and have not kept the orders, the rules, and the decisions, which you gave to your servant Moses.


rate difficulty: Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall.

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


simplify: and having turned, he rebuked them, and said, `Ye have not known of what spirit ye are;


simplify: And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries; and I will consume thy filthiness out of thee.

And I will send you in flight among the nations and wandering among the countries; and I will completely take away out of you everything which is unclean.


rate difficulty: But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.

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


simplify: For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.

For these are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a grain-floor when it is stamped down; before long, the time of her grain-cutting will come.


rate difficulty: Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping him, and asking a certain thing of him.

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


simplify: This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

It was this Jesus, whom God raised to life; and of that we are ourselves all witnesses.


rate difficulty: The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

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


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

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

And the angel who was talking to me went out, and another angel went out, and, meeting him,


simplify: And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:

And Aaron's sons, the priests, are to put fire on the altar and put the wood in order on the fire:


simplify: And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

And when he came near the tents he saw the image of the ox, and the people dancing; and in his wrath Moses let the stones go from his hands, and they were broken at the foot of the mountain.


rate difficulty: And Joshua gathereth all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and calleth for the elders of Israel, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and they station themselves before God.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer–sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.

And David said to Joab and the captains of the people, Now let all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, be numbered; and give me word so that I may be certain of their number.


rate difficulty: And no one puts new wine into old wine-skins; for, if they do, the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine itself will run out, and the skins be lost.

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


simplify: Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

Then all the rulers came to Jeremiah, questioning him: and he gave them an answer in the words the king had given him orders to say. So they said nothing more to him; for the thing was not made public.


simplify: Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.

Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and there began to preach the Christ.


rate difficulty: And they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger,

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


simplify: Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal-offerings and the frankincense.

Then I gave orders, and they made the rooms clean: and I put back in them the vessels of the house of God, with the meal offerings and the perfume.


rate difficulty: Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.

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


simplify: And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.

and his head was brought on a dish and given to the girl, and she took it to her mother.


simplify: Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.


simplify: Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush.

Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush;


rate difficulty: Your hands were free, your feet were not chained: like the downfall of a man before evil men, so was your fall. And the weeping of the people over him went on again.


rate difficulty: Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

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


rate difficulty: Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,

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


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

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


simplify: And in the first place the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

First the flag of the children of Judah went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.


simplify: But even if ye should suffer for righteousness’ sake, blessed are ye: and fear not their fear, neither be troubled;

But you are happy if you undergo pain because of righteousness; have no part in their fear and do not be troubled;


rate difficulty: And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

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


simplify: And Hezekiah prayed unto Jehovah, saying,


rate difficulty: And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, May the Lord give you his blessing, my daughter: even better than what you did at the first is this last kind act you have done, in not going after young men, with or without wealth.


rate difficulty: Therefore, thus said Jehovah: If thou turnest back, then I bring thee back, Before Me thou dost stand, And if thou bringest out the precious from the vile, As My mouth thou art! They--they turn back unto thee, And thou dost not turn back unto them.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 14 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:

But he said, I may not go back with you or go into your house; and I will not take food or a drink of water with you in this place;


rate difficulty: Sons of Senaah: three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses declared the set feasts of Jehovah to the children of Israel.

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


simplify: For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.


simplify: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

so the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”


rate difficulty: To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be prince over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.

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


rate difficulty: And you put chains on my feet, watching all my ways, and making a limit for my steps;


rate difficulty: And the captain of Jehovah's army said to Joshua, Loose thy sandal from off thy foot: for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.

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


simplify: And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

And by my order no rain came on the land or on the mountains or the grain or the wine or the oil or the produce of the earth or on men or cattle or on any work of man's hands.


simplify: But Solomon built him an house.

But Solomon was the builder of his house.


simplify: Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north.

And he took me out into the inner square in the direction of the north: and he took me into the rooms which were opposite the separate place and opposite the building to the north.


rate difficulty: Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, that is, Dorcas: this woman was given to good works and acts of mercy at all times.


rate difficulty: Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.

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


rate difficulty: And she said to him, No, my brother, do not humble me; for no such thing is done in Israel: do not this infamy.


simplify: and the sting of the death <FI>is<Fi> the sin, and the power of the sin the law;

It is sin that gives death its sting, and it is the law that gives sin its power.


simplify: And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.

Passing through Mysia, they went down to Troas;


simplify: And it came to pass about eight days after these sayings, that he took with him Peter and John and James, and went up into the mountain to pray.

And about eight days after he had said these things, he took Peter and John and James with him and went up into the mountain for prayer.


rate difficulty: and say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of Jehovah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flashing flame shall not be quenched; and all that it meets from the south to the north shall be burned thereby.

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


simplify: All ye that are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

All you who are round about him, give signs of grief for him, and all you who have knowledge of his name, say, How is the strong rod broken, even the beautiful branch!


rate difficulty: The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were beyond the River, sent unto Darius the king;

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

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


simplify: And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

And the keepers of the sheep came up and were driving them away; but Moses got up and came to their help, watering their flock for them.


simplify: through glory and dishonour, through evil report and good report, as leading astray, and true;

amid honor and disrepute, amid slander and praise; regarded as deceivers, yet proved to be true;


simplify: And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.

And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.


simplify: For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

‘I tell you,’ he answered, ‘that, to him who has, more will be given, but, from him who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.


simplify: And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.

“I am Gabriel,” the angel answered, “who stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.


rate difficulty: Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing, and entered into the house of Jehovah and worshipped; then he came to his own house and required them to set bread before him, and he ate.

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


rate difficulty: Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high.

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


rate difficulty: Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.

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


rate difficulty: And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun rose upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side red as blood.

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


rate difficulty: The Christ! the king of Israel--let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe;' and those crucified with him were reproaching him.


rate difficulty: “How many loaves have you?”he asked; “Go, and see.”When they had found out, they told him: “Five, and two fishes.”


simplify: That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

that, having been pronounced righteous through his loving kindness, we might enter on our inheritance with the hope of eternal life.


simplify: And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

And the men of Judah said, Why have you come up against us? And they said, We have come up to take Samson, and to do to him as he has done to us.


simplify: And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

Stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying as he did so: “I am willing; become clean.”  Instantly the leprosy left the man;


rate difficulty: and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

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


simplify: But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

You, however, are not earthly but spiritual, since the Spirit of God lives within you. Unless a person has the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ;


simplify: And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai’s name.

And Mordecai, having knowledge of their purpose, sent word of it to Esther the queen; and Esther gave the news to the king in Mordecai's name.


simplify: And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him in the body: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

And Rechab and his brother Baanah got in without being seen.


simplify: As I live, saith the Lord God, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.

By my life, says the Lord, Sodom your sister never did, she or her daughters, what you and your daughters have done.


rate difficulty: and he casteth for it four rings of gold, on its four feet, even two rings on its one side, and two rings on its second side;

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


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

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


simplify: How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!

How fair is your love, my sister! How much better is your love than wine, and the smell of your oils than any perfume!


simplify: Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything to the honor of God.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, as Isaac hath finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob is only just going out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother hath come in from his hunting;

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


rate difficulty: Say, you whose desire it is to be under the law, do you not give ear to the law?

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


simplify: And David said unto him, If thou passest on with me, then thou wilt be a burden unto me:

David said to him, If you go on with me, you will be a trouble to me:


rate difficulty: Put the question and see if it is possible for a man to have birth-pains: why do I see every man with his hands gripping his sides, as a woman does when the pains of birth are on her, and all faces are turned green?

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


rate difficulty: And when they had been long without food, then Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.

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


simplify: they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed all;

They were eating and drinking and marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark, and then the flood came and destroyed them all.


simplify: But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?

But Jesus said to him, Judas, will you be false to the Son of man with a kiss?


simplify: But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.

Then the sign went up out of the town in the pillar of smoke, and the Benjamites, turning back, saw all the town going up in smoke to heaven.


rate difficulty: Who shall stand before his indignation? and who shall abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.


simplify: Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.

And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:


rate difficulty: And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and bear with you? bring hither thy son.

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


simplify: Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.


rate difficulty: And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

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


simplify: In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

In that day the fair virgins and the young men will be feeble from need of water.


simplify: And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them that were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

And I will put her as seed in the earth, and I will have mercy on her to whom no mercy was given; and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people, and they will say, My God.


simplify: And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,

And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,


rate difficulty: I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you: life and death have I set before you, blessing and cursing: choose then life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed,

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


simplify: And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.

And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath, who had been living in the land from their birth, put to death, because they came down to take away their cattle.


simplify: Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.


simplify: Therefore thus saith Jehovah, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, that thou mayest stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them.

For this cause the Lord has said, If you will come back, then I will again let you take your place before me; and if you give out what is of value and not that which has no value, you will be as my mouth: let them come back to you, but do not go back to them.


simplify: And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah thy God sent me good speed.

And Isaac said, How is it that you have got it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord your God made it come my way.


rate difficulty: For what would have been [my] portion ofGod from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high?

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.

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


simplify: But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;


simplify: And again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.

And again lifting up my eyes I saw four war-carriages coming out from between the two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.


simplify: Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

Then a famine spread over the whole of Egypt and Canaan, causing great distress, and our ancestors could find no food.


rate difficulty: But crying out they said, To the cross with him!

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


simplify: But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.


simplify: And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

And being certain that God was able to keep his word.


rate difficulty: Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

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


simplify: The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.


simplify: And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.

And Mordecai went out from before the king, dressed in king-like robes of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold and clothing of purple and the best linen: and all the town of Shushan gave loud cries of joy.


simplify: And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.

And hearing the sound of a great number of people going by, he said, What is this?


simplify: for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

What good will it do a person to gain the whole world, if he forfeits his life? Or what will a person give that is of equal value with his life?


simplify: In the year of jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongeth.

In the year of Jubilee the field will go back to him from whom he got it, that is, to him whose heritage it was.


rate difficulty: And she took her seat on a great bed, with a table put ready before it on which she put my perfume and my oil.


rate difficulty: For every one that doeth these things is an abomination to Jehovah, and because of these abominations Jehovah thyGod doth dispossess them from before thee.

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


simplify: and thou shalt sacrifice peace-offerings, and shalt eat there; and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God.

And you are to make your peace-offerings, feasting there with joy before the Lord your God.


rate difficulty: Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

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


simplify: In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.

As for your unclean purpose: because I have been attempting to make you clean, but you have not been made clean from it, you will not be made clean till I have let loose my passion on you in full measure.


simplify: And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.

And he gave a blow on the door, and a young girl came to it, named Rhoda.


rate difficulty: And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

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


simplify: Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Do not disparage one another, friends. The person who disparages others, or passes judgment on them, disparages the law and passes judgment on the law. But, if you pass judgment on the law, you are not obeying it, but judging it.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth, that Joab led forth the power of the army, and laid waste the land of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David abode at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and overthrew it.

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


simplify: If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive them into your house or welcome them;


rate difficulty: Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

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


simplify: And unto Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Aaron's sons were Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.


simplify: Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,

Eliphelet, the son of Ahasbai the Maacathite, Eliam, the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,


rate difficulty: Thou shalt be visited by Jehovah of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass when he heard this word, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the tents, that he said to his servants, Set yourselves. And they set themselves against the city.

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


rate difficulty: Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

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


rate difficulty: `And thou hast put the golden altar for perfume before the ark of the testimony, and hast put the covering of the opening to the tabernacle,

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


simplify: Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house whereinto he goeth.

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


simplify: Thus shalt thou say unto him, The Lord saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.

This is what you are to say to him: The Lord has said, Truly, the building which I put up will be broken down, and that which was planted by me will be uprooted, and this through all the land;


rate difficulty: For see what results that other sorrow — sorrow in accordance with God’s will — has had in your case. What earnestness it produced! What explanations! What strong feeling! What alarm! What longing! What eagerness! What readiness to punish! You have proved yourselves altogether free from guilt in that matter.

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


rate difficulty: And Ahaz begat Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza.

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


simplify: But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the Lord hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.

And let not your mercy ever be cut off from my family, even when the Lord has sent destruction on all David's haters, cutting them off from the face of the earth.


rate difficulty: So that we henceforth know no one according to flesh; but if even we have known Christ according to flesh, yet now we know [him thus] no longer.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete it shall be measured unto you; and more shall be given unto you.

And he said to them, Take care what you give ear to: in the same measure as you give you will get, and more will be given to you.


simplify: And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

In great grief they began to say to him, one by one: “Can it be I, Master?”


rate difficulty: These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah.

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


simplify: for where zeal and rivalry <FI>are<Fi> , there is insurrection and every evil matter;

For, where envy and rivalry exist, there you will also find disorder and all kinds of base actions.


simplify: And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.

Now Miriam and Aaron said evil against Moses, because of the Cushite woman to whom he was married, for he had taken a Cushite woman as his wife.


simplify: I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

It was a great joy to me to find the lives of some of your children guided by the truth, in obedience to the command that we received from the Father.


simplify: Son of man, set thy face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,

Son of man, let your face be turned to Zidon, and be a prophet against it, and say,


simplify: a field being his, having sold <FI>it<Fi> , brought the money and laid <FI>it<Fi> at the feet of the apostles.

Sold a farm that belonged to him, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.


simplify: Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,

Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.

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


rate difficulty: and Hadadezer sendeth, and bringeth out Aram which <FI>is<Fi> beyond the River, and they come in to Helam, and Shobach head of the host of Hadadezer <FI>is<Fi> before them.

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


rate difficulty: And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil which he said he would do unto them; and he did it not.

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


simplify: And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.

And if a man's hair has come out and he has no hair, still he is clean.


rate difficulty: And the base was of great masses of highly priced stone, some ten cubits and some eight cubits square.

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


rate difficulty: And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan–aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.


simplify: And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

And if anyone does wrong by saying nothing when he is put under oath as a witness of something he has seen or had knowledge of, then he will be responsible:


simplify: These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria,


rate difficulty: And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.

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


simplify: Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.

When he came across the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they said, We are the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah; we are going down to see the children of the king and of the queen.


rate difficulty: and say unto them, `We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin: for it <FI>is<Fi> a reproach to us.

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


rate difficulty: And on the outside of the inner gate <FI>are<Fi> chambers of the singers, in the inner court, that <FI>are<Fi> at the side of the north gate, and their fronts <FI>are<Fi> southward, one at the side of the east gate <FI>hath<Fi> the front northward.

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


rate difficulty: My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.

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


rate difficulty: have ye not known that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience, servants ye are to him to whom ye obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

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


rate difficulty: And Beth-El sendeth Sherezer and Regem-Melech, and its men, to appease the face of Jehovah,

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


rate difficulty: And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;


simplify: Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.

Your dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.


rate difficulty: And a voice came to him, saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.

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


simplify: Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.

Will I by whom the birth was started, not make it complete? says the Lord. Will I who make children come to birth, let them be kept back? says your God.


rate difficulty: How then was it reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision:


simplify: Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.


rate difficulty: And the hands of Moses <FI>are<Fi> heavy, and they take a stone, and set <FI>it<Fi> under him, and he sitteth on it: and Aaron and Hur have taken hold on his hands, on this side one, and on that one, and his hands are stedfast till the going in of the sun;

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


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

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


rate difficulty: Paul and Timotheus, bondmen of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with [the] overseers and ministers;

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


simplify: and he laid on her <FI>his<Fi> hands, and presently she was set upright, and was glorifying God.

He placed his hands on her, and she was instantly made straight, and began to praise God.


simplify: And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

But if in love, then no longer as a result of obedience. Otherwise love would cease to be love.


simplify: And he said, `A certain man had two sons,

Then Jesus continued: “A man had two sons;


simplify: Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

See, the people who have come out of Egypt are covering all the earth: now, put a curse on this people for me, so that I may be able to make war on them, driving them out of the land.


simplify: Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

See, your name is marked on my hands; your walls are ever before me.


simplify: Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets; for God hath judged your judgment on her.

Be glad over her, heaven, and you saints, and Apostles, and prophets; because she has been judged by God on your account.


rate difficulty: So, when the crowd went up and began to ask Pilate to follow his usual custom,


simplify: Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

Being greatly troubled because they were teaching the people and preaching Jesus as an example of the coming back from the dead.


simplify: And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

And when they say to you, Make request for us to those who have control of spirits, and to those wise in secret arts, who make hollow bird-like sounds; is it not right for a people to make request to their gods, to make request for the living to the dead?


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

saying —  ‘We thank you, Lord, our God, the Almighty, who is and who was, that you have assumed your great power and reigned.


rate difficulty: and to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account,

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


rate difficulty: Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

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


rate difficulty: and he drave them from the tribunal;


simplify: but your eyes have seen all the great work of Jehovah which he did.

But your eyes have seen all the great works of the Lord which he has done.


simplify: Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;


simplify: And I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like unto a beryl stone.

And looking, I saw four wheels by the side of the winged ones, one wheel by the side of a winged one and another wheel by the side of another: and the wheels were like the colour of a beryl stone to the eye.


rate difficulty: — Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, the noise of thy lyres: the maggot is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.

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


rate difficulty: that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;

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


rate difficulty: `A jubilee it <FI>is<Fi> , the fiftieth year, a year it is to you; ye sow not, nor reap its spontaneous growth, nor gather its separated things;

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


rate difficulty: And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; and they spoke to David, saying, Thou shalt not come in hither, but the blind and the lame will drive thee back; as much as to say, David will not come in hither.

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


rate difficulty: And gathered together unto him are the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem,

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


simplify: And when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

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


simplify: And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not.

Aaron is to put it on for his holy work; and the sound of it will be clear, when he goes into the holy place before the Lord, and when he comes out, keeping him safe from death.


rate difficulty: And they said, We saw certainly that Jehovah is with thee; and we said, Let there be then an oath between us — between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,

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


rate difficulty: And David said to Ahimelech, Have you no sword or spear with you here? for I have come without my sword and other arms, because the king's business had to be done quickly.


simplify: For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?


simplify: But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

Whenever they betray you, do not be anxious as to how you will speak or what you will say, for what you will say will be given you at the moment;


simplify: The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;

The king of Dor on the hill of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;


simplify: Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

To those to whom, through the justice of our God and Savior Jesus Christ, there has been granted faith equally privileged with our own, from Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ.


rate difficulty: traitors, headlong, of vain pretensions, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers ofGod;

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


rate difficulty: Remember these, O Jacob, and Israel, For My servant thou <FI>art<Fi> , I formed thee, a servant to Me thou <FI>art<Fi> , O Israel, thou dost not forget Me.

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


simplify: Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

Fifty-nine thousand, three hundred of the tribe of Simeon were numbered.


simplify: And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.

And there were seven steps up to it, and its covered way went inside: and it had palm-trees, one on this side and one on that, on its uprights.


rate difficulty: Put up a pillar for Moab, for she will come to a complete end: and her towns will become a waste, without anyone living in them.

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


rate difficulty: In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

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


simplify: And Simon answering said, `I suppose that to whom he forgave the more;' and he said to him, `Rightly thou didst judge.'

“I suppose,” answered Simon, “it will be the man to whom he forgave the greater debt.”   “You are right,”said Jesus,


simplify: I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

I am writing to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil One. I have sent a letter to you, children, because you have knowledge of the Father.


rate difficulty: and he who is lifting up their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean until the evening--unclean they <FI>are<Fi> to you.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And it hath come to pass, In the day of the sacrifice of Jehovah, That I have laid a charge on the heads, And on sons of the king, And on all putting on strange clothing.

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


simplify: Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

from Paul, who has been called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and from Sosthenes, our fellow follower of the Lord.


simplify: for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him.

For, to all who have, more will be given, and they will have abundance; but, from all who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away.


rate difficulty: But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

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


rate difficulty: and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim;


rate difficulty: And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

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


rate difficulty: But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

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


simplify: whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,

Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,


simplify: And Jehovah said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And the Lord said to me, There is an evil design at work among the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem.


simplify: And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

The Dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to fight with the rest of her offspring — those who lay to heart the commands of God and bear their testimony to Jesus; and he took his stand on the sea-shore.


rate difficulty: And its posts were toward the outer court; and there were palm-trees upon its posts, on this side and on that side: and its ascent was [by] eight steps.


simplify: I have confidence in regard to you in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded; and he who is troubling you shall bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

I, through my union with the Lord, am persuaded that you will learn to think with me. But the man who is disturbing your minds will have to bear his punishment, whoever he may be.


simplify: And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

Then Moses went back to the Lord and said, This people has done a great sin, making themselves a god of gold;


simplify: Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

Sennacherib, king of Assyria, says, In what are you placing your hope, waiting here in the walled town of Jerusalem?


rate difficulty: Jehovah hath wrought everything on his own account, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

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


rate difficulty: Then all the rulers came to Jeremiah, questioning him: and he gave them an answer in the words the king had given him orders to say. So they said nothing more to him; for the thing was not made public.

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


simplify: No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.


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

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


rate difficulty: Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.


simplify: And the Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.

Then the Philistines again went out in every direction in the valley.


simplify: Thou hast rejected me, saith Jehovah, thou art gone backward: therefore have I stretched out my hand against thee, and destroyed thee; I am weary with repenting.

You have given me up, says the Lord, you have gone back: so my hand is stretched out against you for your destruction; I am tired of changing my purpose.


simplify: His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.


rate difficulty: For a Topheth is prepared of old; yea, for the king it is made ready; he hath made it deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

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


rate difficulty: And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

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


rate difficulty: And David smote them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled.

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


rate difficulty: And if they go into captivity before their enemies, From thence I command the sword, And it hath slain them, And I have set Mine eye on them for evil, And not for good.

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


simplify: And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.

And when he had come to his house, he got his knife, and took the woman, cutting her up bone by bone into twelve parts, which he sent through all Israel.