simplify: Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, and terror, are on every side.

Go not out into the field or by the way; for there is the sword of the attacker, and fear on every side.


simplify: They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face.

I am disgusting to them; they keep away from me, and put marks of shame on me.


simplify: And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

And it was given to him to make war on the saints and to overcome them: and there was given to him authority over every tribe and people and language and nation.


simplify: And the prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward.

The chief of the families of Merari was Zuriel, the son of Abihail: their tents are to be placed on the north side of the House.


rate difficulty: And he said, What have I sinned, that thou givest thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to put me to death?

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


simplify: And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.

And the men did the work well; and those who had authority over them were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, who were to be responsible for seeing that the work was done; and others of the Levites, who were expert with instruments of music,


simplify: I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

First of all, then, I ask that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings should be offered for everyone,


simplify: And there went out unto him all the land of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

And there went out to him all the people of Judaea, and all those of Jerusalem, and they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying that they were sinners.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said to Isaiah, Go out now to meet Ahaz, thou and thy son Shear-jashub, at the end of the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller's field;

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


simplify: Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.


simplify: Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.


simplify: and 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 number to the king, that he might be the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

So David and his men got up and went, and put to death two hundred of the Philistines; and David took their private parts and gave the full number of them to the king, so that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for his wife.


simplify: What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, That thou dost so adjure us?

What is your loved one more than another, O fairest among women? What is your loved one more than another, that you say this to us?


simplify: Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

Will a lion give his loud cry in the woodland when no food is there? will the voice of the young lion be sounding from his hole if he has taken nothing?


simplify: Lukas only is with me; Markus having taken, bring with thyself, for he is profitable to me for ministration;

There is no one but Luke with me. Pick up Mark on your way, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me in my work.


rate difficulty: And he sent arrows, and scattered [mine enemies]; Lightning, and discomfited them.

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


rate difficulty: For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?

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


rate difficulty: and he riseth, and eateth, and drinketh, and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God--Horeb.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;


rate difficulty: have I lack of madmen, that ye have brought this one to rave in my presence? shall this [man] come into my house?

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


rate difficulty: Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

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


rate difficulty: I beseech thee for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus,

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


simplify: Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.

Let everyone put himself under the authority of the higher powers, because there is no power which is not of God, and all powers are ordered by God.


simplify: Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;

So I will let loose my passion on the wall in full measure, and on those who put whitewash on it; and I will say to you, Where is the wall, and where are those who put whitewash on it?


simplify: And they send to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one: for thou regardest not the person of men.

And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.


rate difficulty: And now, let thy servant stay, I pray thee, instead of the lad a bondman to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brethren;

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


simplify: And the Amorites, that dwelt in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah.

And the Amorites who were in the hill-country came out against you and put you to flight, rushing after you like bees, and overcame you in Seir, driving you even as far as Hormah.


simplify: let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

Let me get water for washing your feet, and take your rest under the tree:


simplify: It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: There wassilence, and I heard a voice, saying,

Something was present before me, but I was not able to see it clearly; there was a form before my eyes: a quiet voice came to my ears, saying:


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

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


simplify: Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

Who is able to take the measure of the dust of Jacob or the number of the thousands of Israel? May my death be the death of the upright and my last end like his!


rate difficulty: And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.

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


simplify: And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

And the Philistines came up again, and went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.


rate difficulty: For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

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


rate difficulty: The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.


simplify: On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:

On the twelfth day Ahira, the son of Enan, chief of the children of Naphtali:


rate difficulty: All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.

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


rate difficulty: and heal the ailing in it, and say to them, The reign of God hath come nigh to you.

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


rate difficulty: And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzza: and he called that place Perez-uzza, unto this day.

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


rate difficulty: And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,

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


simplify: And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not become foul, neither was there any worm therein.

And they kept it till the morning as Moses had said: and no smell came from it, and it had no worms.


rate difficulty: May the blessing of Jesus Christ, our Lord, rest on your souls, friends. Amen.


rate difficulty: And as they tarried there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;

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


rate difficulty: Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat:

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


rate difficulty: And having seen the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy,

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


simplify: and having blindfolded him, they were striking him on the face, and were questioning him, saying, `Prophesy who he is who smote thee?'

They blindfolded him and then questioned him. “Now play the prophet,” they said; “who was it that struck you?”


simplify: But I say unto you, I shall not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.

But I say to you that from now I will not take of this fruit of the vine, till that day when I take it new with you in my Father's kingdom.


rate difficulty: So they set them up Micah’s graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

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


simplify: Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Israel. And King Rehoboam went quickly and got into his carriage to go in flight to Jerusalem.


simplify: Andtheirbows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

In their hands are bows and spears; they are cruel, violently putting the young men to death, and crushing the young women; they have no pity for children, and no mercy for the fruit of the body.


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

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


rate difficulty: Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

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


rate difficulty: For they gave comfort to my spirit and to yours: for which cause give respect to such people.


rate difficulty: Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

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


simplify: And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

And let it be placed in front of the veil before the ark of the law, before the cover which is over the law, where I will come face to face with you.


simplify: But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people.


rate difficulty: And Israel's pride doth testify to his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall fall by their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them.

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


simplify: Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

Then his servants said to him, Why have you been acting in this way? you were weeping and going without food while the child was still living; but when the child was dead, you got up and had a meal.


rate difficulty: Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,

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


rate difficulty: He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.


simplify: `A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,' --

The voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness: “Prepare the road for the Lord, make a straight path for him.”’


rate difficulty: Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.

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


simplify: Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

See, I am sending an angel before you, to keep you on your way and to be your guide into the place which I have made ready for you.


rate difficulty: And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto Jehovah our God for us.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah testified against Israel and against Judah, by all the prophets, all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through my servants the prophets.

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


simplify: `Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;

Again, you have heard that our ancestors were told — ‘Do not break your oaths, keep your vows to the Lord.’


simplify: Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.


rate difficulty: Whether as regards Titus, [he is] my companion and fellow-labourer in your behalf; or our brethren, [they are] deputed messengers of assemblies, Christ's glory.

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


simplify: But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.

But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.


simplify: There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.

Further, there have been great kings in Jerusalem, ruling over all the country across the river, to whom they gave taxes and payments in goods and forced payments.


simplify: And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.

And six boards for the back of the House on the west,


rate difficulty: And the burned offering offered to the Lord by the ruler on the Sabbath day is to be six lambs without a mark on them and a male sheep without a mark;

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


simplify: Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.

Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.


simplify: But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

But if the evil-doer, turning away from all the sins which he has done, keeps my rules and does what is ordered and right, life will certainly be his; death will not be his fate.


simplify: who such a charge having received, did put them to the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks.

On receiving so strict an order, the Governor put them into the inner cell, and secured their feet in the stocks.


simplify: because one bread, one body, are we the many--for we all of the one bread do partake.

The bread is one, and we, though many, are one body; for we all partake of that one bread.


rate difficulty: Then some of the responsible men of the land got up and said to all the meeting of the people,

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


simplify: And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned unto her house.

And Mary was with her for about three months and then went back to her house.


simplify: Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

Will he make an agreement with you, so that you may take him as a servant for ever?


simplify: and those parts of the body, which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness;

And to those parts of the body which seem to have less honour we give all the more honour; and to those parts of the body which are a cause of shame to us we give the greater respect;


simplify: But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

But the children of Israel went through the sea walking on dry land, and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left.


simplify: And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?

And Moses went back to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you done evil to this people? why have you sent me?


simplify: And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

And whenever the evil spirit from God came on Saul, David took his instrument and made music: so new life came to Saul, and he got well, and the evil spirit went away from him.


rate difficulty: And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

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


simplify: And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.

And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.


simplify: This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.

This is the heritage of the tribe of Judah, by their families.


rate difficulty: and they declare to the king, saying, `Lo, Nathan the prophet;' and he cometh in before the king, and boweth himself to the king, on his face to the earth.

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


simplify: And I went unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

And I went to the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us have a meeting in the house of God, inside the Temple, and let the doors be shut: for they will come to put you to death; truly, in the night they will come to put you to death.


simplify: And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.

And when she has gone away from him, she may become another man's wife.


simplify: I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

I have knowledge of your works, that you are not cold or warm: it would be better if you were cold or warm.


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, Son of man, all my words which I shall speak unto thee, receive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears;

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


simplify: How is it that ye do not perceive that I spake not to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?


rate difficulty: I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

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


rate difficulty: Then those who died in union with Christ will rise first; and afterwards we who are still living will be caught up in the clouds, with them, to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be for ever with the Lord.

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


simplify: For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

For if you will not let them go, but still keep them in your power,


simplify: But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

But Samuel did the work of the Lord's house, while he was a child, dressed in a linen ephod.


simplify: Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.

(Now Jeremiah was going about among the people, for they had not put him in prison.


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

The master was moved with compassion; and he let him go, and forgave him the debt.


simplify: So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

So then, it is not by the desire or by the attempt of man, but by the mercy of God.


simplify: Ephraim, he mixeth himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

Ephraim is mixed with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.


rate difficulty: Now on the second day after he had put Gedaliah to death, when no one had knowledge of it,


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

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


rate difficulty: Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.


simplify: And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful.

And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times.


rate difficulty: and now, thus dost thou say to My servant, to David: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have taken thee from the comely place, from after the flock, to be leader over My people, over Israel;

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


simplify: And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

And the daughter of Zion has become like a tent in a vine-garden, like a watchman's house in a field of fruit, like a town shut in by armies.


simplify: Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.

Then this same Sheshbazzar came and put the house of God in Jerusalem on its bases: and from that time till now the building has been going on, but it is still not complete.


simplify: The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

This was the oath which he swore to our forefather Abraham —


simplify: And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

And she went away to her house, and saw the child on the bed, and the evil spirit gone out.


simplify: And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.

Then Judah sent his friend Hirah with the young goat, to get back the things which he had given as a sign to the woman: but she was not there.


rate difficulty: And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I prepare, saith Jehovah of hosts.

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


simplify: All the days of his vow of separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in which he separateth himself unto Jehovah, he shall be holy; he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.

All the time he is under his oath let no blade come near his head; till the days while he is separate are ended he is holy and his hair may not be cut.


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


rate difficulty: They took the ark of God into the house of Dagon and put it by the side of Dagon.


rate difficulty: In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

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


rate difficulty: And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.


rate difficulty: The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.


simplify: But Adoni–bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

But Adoni-zedek went in flight; and they went after him and overtook him, and had his thumbs and his great toes cut off.


simplify: that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, even Christ,

So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,


rate difficulty: For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off.

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


simplify: And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests that are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;

And whatever they have need of, young oxen and sheep and lambs, for burned offerings to the God of heaven, grain, salt, wine, and oil, whatever the priests in Jerusalem say is necessary, is to be given to them day by day regularly:


rate difficulty: Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.

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


simplify: And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Every living thing on the face of all the earth, man and cattle and things moving on the face of the earth, and birds of the air, came to destruction: only Noah and those who were with him in the ark, were kept from death.


simplify: And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.

And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.


simplify: And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezebel.

You are to see that the family of Ahab your master is cut off, so that I may take from Jezebel payment for the blood of my servants the prophets, and for the blood of all the servants of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.

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


rate difficulty: He shall see of [the fruit of] the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant instruct many in righteousness; and he shall bear their iniquities.

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


simplify: There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Just at that time some people had come to tell Jesus about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.


simplify: and he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things ready.

and sent his servant, when it was time for the dinner, to say to those who had been invited ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’


rate difficulty: He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.

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


simplify: I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and covered thee with silk.

And I had you clothed with needlework, and put leather shoes on your feet, folding fair linen about you and covering you with silk.


rate difficulty: What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

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


rate difficulty: And fishermen will take up their places by it: from En-gedi as far as En-eglaim will be a place for the stretching out of nets; the fish will be of every sort, like the fish of the Great Sea, a very great number.


rate difficulty: He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

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


rate difficulty: And they shall say, Because they forsook Jehovah theGod of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and have attached themselves to othergods, and have worshipped them and served them; therefore he has brought upon them all this evil.

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


rate difficulty: And it will be that if the woman has become unclean, sinning against her husband, when she has taken the bitter water it will go into her body, causing disease of the stomach and wasting of the legs, and she will be a curse among her people.

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


rate difficulty: And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.


simplify: Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

And so I have said, I will not send them out from before you; but they will be a danger to you, and their gods will be a cause of falling to you.


simplify: And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

And make a division between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;


simplify: but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God;

But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;


simplify: Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

You, my children, come from God, and you have successfully resisted such people as these, because he who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.


simplify: And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the Lord, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.

And those who had stones of great price gave them to the store of the house of the Lord, under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.


simplify: Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.

And you, O son of man, by day, before their eyes, get ready the vessels of one who is taken away, and go away from your place to another place before their eyes: it may be that they will see, though they are an uncontrolled people.


rate difficulty: And now I break his rod from off thee, And thy bands I do draw away.

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


simplify: If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.


rate difficulty: But, to prevent this thing from spreading further among the people, let us warn them not to speak in this name any more to anyone whatever.”

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


rate difficulty: Hear, ye far off, that which I have done, And know, ye near ones, My might.

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


simplify: In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

And this will be his heritage in Israel: and my rulers will no longer be cruel masters to my people; but they will give the land as a heritage to the children of Israel by their tribes.


rate difficulty: And Judah to the age doth dwell, And Jerusalem to generation and generation.

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


rate difficulty: Take therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that has the ten talents:

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


rate difficulty: Greet one another with the kiss of love.

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


simplify: And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

And put two gold rings on the two ends of the bag.


simplify: They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.


simplify: And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only.


rate difficulty: And as Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision that he saw might be, then, lo, the men who have been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

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


simplify: And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

And Abraham said, God himself will give the lamb for the burned offering: so they went on together.


simplify: Erastus remained at Corinth: but Trophimus I left at Miletus sick.

Erastus was stopping at Corinth; but Trophimus, when I last saw him was at Miletus, ill.


rate difficulty: Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

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


simplify: Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

Then the high priest tore his robes. “This is blasphemy!” he exclaimed. “Why do we want any more witnesses? You have just heard his blasphemy!


simplify: and loosed were the four messengers, who have been made ready for the hour, and day, and month, and year, that they may kill the third of men;

Then the four angels, that were held in readiness for that hour and day and month and year, were let loose, to destroy a third of mankind.


simplify: And when ye blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.

At the sound of a second loud note, the tents on the south side are to go forward: the loud note will be the sign to go forward.


rate difficulty: And it hath come to pass, at that time, I search Jerusalem with lights, And I have laid a charge on the men Who are hardened on their preserved things, Who are saying in their heart: Jehovah doth no good, nor doth He evil.

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


simplify: And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.

Then Michal took the image and put it in the bed, with a cushion of goat's hair at its head, and she put clothing over it.


rate difficulty: He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

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


rate difficulty: And these are the words that Jehovah spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

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


rate difficulty: we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

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


simplify: And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.

And they went on from Makheloth, and put up their tents in Tahath.


simplify: he who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who is receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward,

The person who welcomes a prophet, because they are a prophet, will receive a prophet’s reward; and anyone who welcomes a good person, because they are a good person, will receive a good person’s reward.


simplify: Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.


simplify: But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;

But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:


rate difficulty: Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord do that which seemeth him good.

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


simplify: And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:


rate difficulty: And she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness; and my soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was alienated from her sister.

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


rate difficulty: To him that asks of thee give, and from him that desires to borrow of thee turn not away.

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


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

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


simplify: Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

You may not make for yourselves an image in the form of anything in heaven or on earth or in the waters under the earth:


simplify: And he called unto him his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.

And he got together his twelve disciples and gave them the power of driving out unclean spirits, and of making well all sorts of disease and pain.


rate difficulty: And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of reviling; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

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


simplify: And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.

And we have sent with them our brother, whose ready spirit has been made clear to us at times and in ways without number, but it is now all the more so because of the certain faith which he has in you.


rate difficulty: “Go into the city to a certain man,” he answered, “and say to him ‘The teacher says — My time is near. I will keep the Passover with my disciples at your house.’”


simplify: to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.


rate difficulty: And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

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


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


simplify: Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

love never rejoices at evil, but rejoices in the triumph of truth;


simplify: And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.


simplify: I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

I have seen servants on horses, and rulers walking on the earth as servants.


simplify: Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

In this the person who plants and the person who waters are one; yet each will receive their own reward in proportion to their own labor.


simplify: `lo, I do come as a thief; happy <FI>is<Fi> he who is watching, and keeping his garments, that he may not walk naked, and they may see his unseemliness,' --

(‘I am coming like a thief! Happy will he be who is on the watch, and keeps his clothing at hand, so that he will not have to walk about unclothed and let men see his nakedness.’)


simplify: And the wall that was without by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court before the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.

And the wall which went outside by the side of the rooms, in the direction of the outer square in front of the rooms, was fifty cubits long.


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

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


simplify: And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him.


simplify: Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.


simplify: And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

“They are Jews, and they are teaching customs which it is not right for us, as Romans, to sanction or adopt.”


simplify: And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran.

At the head of the army of the children of Asher was Pagiel, the son of Ochran.


simplify: And Ephraim is a heifer that is taught, that loveth to tread out the grain; but I have passed over upon her fair neck: I will set a rider on Ephraim; Judah shall plow, Jacob shall break his clods.

And Ephraim is a trained cow, taking pleasure in crushing the grain; but I have put a yoke on her fair neck; I will put a horseman on the back of Ephraim; Judah will be working the plough, Jacob will be turning up the earth.


simplify: And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

And Jacob put up a pillar on her resting-place; which is named, The Pillar of the resting-place of Rachel, to this day.


simplify: And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.

And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and all the people.


rate difficulty: Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:

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


simplify: then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate;

Then let the girl's father and mother put before the responsible men of the town, in the public place, signs that the girl was a virgin:


simplify: And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and unto all the elders of Israel.

Then Moses put all this law in writing, and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, and to all the responsible men of Israel.


simplify: Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

Where is the philosopher? Where the teacher of the law? Where the disputant of today? Has not God shown the world’s philosophy to be folly?


rate difficulty: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

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


simplify: And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

Now in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came up against Samaria, shutting it in with his armies.


rate difficulty: For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

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


simplify: and he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

And he will make the house clean with the blood of the bird and the flowing water and with the living bird and with the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the red thread.


rate difficulty: But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and there abide for ever.

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


simplify: And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand; that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

Keep not a thing of what is cursed for yourselves: so the Lord may be turned away from the heat of his wrath, and have mercy on you, and give you increase as he said in his oath to your fathers:


rate difficulty: And on his looking round to see her who had done this thing,

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


simplify: Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;


simplify: and if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors;

but, if you worship rank, you commit a sin, and stand convicted by that same law of being offenders against it.


simplify: And he hasted, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

Then he quickly took the head-band from his eyes; and the king of Israel saw that he was one of the prophets.


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


simplify: Thus shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword; and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured; and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

This is what you are to say to them: The Lord has said, By my life, truly, those who are in the waste places will be put to the sword, and him who is in the open field I will give to the beasts for their food, and those who are in the strong places and in holes in the rocks will come to their death by disease.


rate difficulty: Sheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet [thee] at thy coming, stirring up the dead for thee, all the he-goats of the earth; making to rise from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

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


rate difficulty: Beside the sabbaths of the Lord, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the Lord.


rate difficulty: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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


simplify: Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.

And you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.


rate difficulty: be diligent to come before winter. Salute thee doth Eubulus, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman turneth back from the land of the Philistines, and goeth out to cry unto the king, for her house, and for her field.

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


rate difficulty: so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits.

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


simplify: Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins, which he hath done, and feareth, and doeth not such like;

Now if he has a son who sees all his father's sins which he has done, and in fear does not do the same:


rate difficulty: And the king of Moab seeth that the battle has been too strong for him, and he taketh with him seven hundred men, drawing sword, to cleave through unto the king of Edom, and they have not been able,

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


rate difficulty: Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase.

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


rate difficulty: Never be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.


simplify: Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the Lord: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.

Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place where this grain-floor is, so that I may put up an altar here to the Lord: let me have it for its full price; so that this disease may be stopped among the people.


simplify: And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

Then Esau, lifting up his eyes, saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God in his mercy has given to your servant.


rate difficulty: And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.

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


simplify: Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?

By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?


rate difficulty: And he said to him, If thy presence do not go, bring us not up hence.

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


rate difficulty: For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like.

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


simplify: And Pharaoh–nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.

Then Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakim, the son of Josiah, king in place of Josiah his father, changing his name to Jehoiakim; but Jehoahaz he took away to Egypt, where he was till his death.


rate difficulty: So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?

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


rate difficulty: for the destroyer is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.


rate difficulty: And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.

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


simplify: For thou shalt spread abroad on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

For I will make wide your limits on the right hand and on the left; and your seed will take the nations for a heritage, and make the waste towns full of people.


simplify: And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.

And this again you do: covering the altar of the Lord with weeping and with grief, so that he gives no more thought to the offering, and does not take it with pleasure from your hand.


rate difficulty: And some of the scribes, in answer to this, said, Master, you have said well.

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


rate difficulty: that make a man an offender in his cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.

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rate difficulty: But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land.

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rate difficulty: Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

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


simplify: and they went away to a desert place, in the boat, by themselves.

So they set off privately in their boat for a lonely spot.


rate difficulty: For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be enquired of by you.

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simplify: If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;

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


simplify: Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

“Where is the newborn king of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”


simplify: And he saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death: abide ye here, and watch.

And he said to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: be here a little time, and keep watch.


simplify: And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him.

And Moses took the rod from before the Lord as he gave him orders.


simplify: and Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

Ram of Amminadab, Amminadab of Nashon, Nashon of Salmon,


simplify: So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.

And they came to Samaria, and put the king's body to rest in Samaria.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


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

But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.


rate difficulty: And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:

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


simplify: Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

Can a fig tree, my friends, bear olives? Or a vine bear figs? No, nor can a brackish well give good water.


simplify: and they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

And that day they took it, putting it and every person in it to the sword, as he had done to Lachish.


rate difficulty: Dedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding.

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


rate difficulty: Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Timothy the brother, to the church of God which is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:

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


rate difficulty: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

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


simplify: To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

Who in your eyes is my equal? or what comparison will you make with me?


rate difficulty: Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking.

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


simplify: The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?

The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?


rate difficulty: And he said, Go and see where he is, and I will send and fetch him. And it was told him saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

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


simplify: The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

The Lord has taken an oath, saying, My design will certainly come about, and my purpose will be effected:


simplify: And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?

And David said, Is there still anyone of Saul's family living, so that I may be a friend to him, because of Jonathan?


simplify: And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.

And a river went out of Eden giving water to the garden; and from there it was parted and became four streams.


simplify: Behold, I go forward, but he is notthere; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;

See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;


simplify: But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

But the men put out their hands and took Lot into the house to them, shutting the door again.


simplify: And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger; and thou shalt pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.

Then take some of the blood of the ox, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, draining out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.


simplify: And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:

And they gave him worship and went back to Jerusalem with great joy.


rate difficulty: and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.

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simplify: I will feed them with good pasture; and upon the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

I will give them good grass-land for their food, and their safe place will be the mountains of the high place of Israel: there they will take their rest in a good place, and on fat grass-land they will take their food on the mountains of Israel.


simplify: This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord God.

It is a song of grief, and people will give voice to it, the daughters of the nations will give voice to it, even for Egypt and all her people, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah hath given forth His voice before His force, For very great <FI>is<Fi> His camp, For mighty <FI>is<Fi> the doer of His word, For great <FI>is<Fi> the day of Jehovah--very fearful, And who doth bear it?

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

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


simplify: and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you;

And one he-goat for a sin-offering, to take away your sin:


simplify: And if a house be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

And if there is division in a house, that house will come to destruction;


rate difficulty: But your mind is troubled by the number of your guides: let them now come forward for your salvation: the measurers of the heavens, the watchers of the stars, and those who are able to say from month to month what things are coming on you.

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


simplify: And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

And the beast which was, and is not, is himself the eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes into destruction.


rate difficulty: or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

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


simplify: And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.

Now one day, when he had gone there, he went into the little room and took his rest there.


simplify: But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;


simplify: And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called JESUS, which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

And when, after eight days, the time came for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given to him before his birth.


rate difficulty: Then was Jehovah jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.


simplify: On a baking-pan it shall be made with oil; when it is soaked, thou shalt bring it in: in baken pieces shalt thou offer the meal-offering for a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

Let it be made with oil on a flat plate; when it is well mixed and cooked, let it be broken and taken in as a meal offering, for a sweet smell to the Lord.


simplify: And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.

And said to him, Have no fear, for Saul my father will not get you into his power; and you will be king of Israel, and I will be by your side, and my father Saul is certain of this.


simplify: Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

Now to such we give orders and make request in the Lord Jesus, that, working quietly, they get their living.


rate difficulty: Who hath declared from the first, and we know? And beforetime, and we say, `Righteous?' yea, there is none declaring, Yea, there is none proclaiming, Yea, there is none hearing your sayings.

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


simplify: And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

Then Abimelech gave to Abraham sheep and oxen and men-servants and women-servants, and gave him back his wife Sarah.


simplify: And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

So he got up and took food and drink, and in the strength of that food he went on for forty days and nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.


simplify: Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;

And what is more, some of the women among us have greatly astonished us. They went to the tomb at daybreak


rate difficulty: Make songs to the Lord, all the earth; give the good news of his salvation day by day.


simplify: And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

So Joshua made stone knives and gave the children of Israel circumcision at Gibeath-ha-araloth.


simplify: And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart; and all the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age.

But one man of your family will not be cut off by my hand, and his eyes will be made dark, and grief will be in his heart: and all the offspring of your family will come to their end by the sword of men.


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood on the bank of the river.

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


simplify: And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Because Jehovah hath looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.

And Leah was with child, and gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Reuben: for she said, The Lord has seen my sorrow; now my husband will have love for me.


rate difficulty: So you are to make holy the breast of the sheep which is waved and the leg which is lifted up on high, that is, of the sheep which is offered for Aaron and his sons;

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


simplify: But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?

Which of you, if he had a servant ploughing, or tending the sheep, would say to him, when he came in from the fields, ‘Come at once and take your place at the table,’


rate difficulty: And of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, a chief, Elizaphan, the son of Parnach.

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


simplify: So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armorbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

So death overtook Saul and his three sons and his servant on the same day.


simplify: And they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

They got horses for Solomon from Egypt and from every land.


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

What may we say then? is God not upright? let it not be said.


rate difficulty: Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that hath said: `A man-child hath been conceived.'

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


rate difficulty: And at the end of three years they took it: in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.


simplify: At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,

At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A burning wind from the open hilltops in the waste land is blowing on the daughter of my people, not for separating or cleaning the grain;


simplify: Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

Let it be cursed by those who put a curse on the day; who are ready to make Leviathan awake.


simplify: Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.

Luke, our dear doctor, sends you his greeting, and Demas sends his.


rate difficulty: And the Aramaeans went in flight before Israel; and David put to the sword the men of seven hundred Aramaean war-carriages and forty thousand footmen, and Shobach, the captain of the army, was wounded, and came to his death there.

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rate difficulty: for before these days rose up Theudas, saying, that himself was some one, to whom a number of men did join themselves, as it were four hundred, who was slain, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered, and came to nought.

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simplify: And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

and he proclaimed — “After me is coming someone more powerful than I am, and I am not fit even to stoop down and unfasten his sandals.


rate difficulty: And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.

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


simplify: And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord. So they made him ride in his chariot.

And he said, Come with me and see how I am on fire for the Lord's cause. So he made him go with him in his carriage.


simplify: And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.

And the twelve, when they came back, gave him an account of what they had done. And he took them with him and went away from the people to a town named Beth-saida.


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:

So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will send punishment on them: the young men will be put to the sword; their sons and their daughters will come to death through need of food:


simplify: Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

So they took Jeremiah and put him into the water-hole of Malchiah, the king's son, in the place of the armed watchmen: and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the hole there was no water, but wet earth: and Jeremiah went down into the wet earth.


rate difficulty: And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before Jehovah: and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood upon the altar round about.


rate difficulty: Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you.

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


simplify: For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.


rate difficulty: And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.

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


simplify: And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

And when the sixth hour had come, it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.


rate difficulty: For while all sorts of beasts and birds, and of reptiles and creatures in the sea, are tameable, and actually have been tamed by man,

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simplify: And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any manner of work in that same day, that soul will I destroy from among his people.

And if any person, whoever he may be, on that day does any sort of work, I will send destruction on him from among his people.


simplify: And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

And the world and its desires is coming to an end: but he who does God's pleasure is living for ever.


rate difficulty: do they not themselves speak evil of the good name that was called upon you?

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?

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


simplify: And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, took it: so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife.


simplify: And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the Lord.

And I will give to Babylon, and to all the people of Chaldaea, their reward for all the evil they have done in Zion before your eyes, says the Lord.


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

Every man is to give as he is able, in the measure of the blessing which the Lord your God has given you.


simplify: And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.

And one came to David and said, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.


simplify: But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:


rate difficulty: And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

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


simplify: Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed is he who does not take this law to heart to do it. And let all the people say, So be it.


simplify: And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,

And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,


rate difficulty: Ashdod, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places; Gaza, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places, to the stream of Egypt, with the Great Sea as a limit.

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


rate difficulty: And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.


simplify: which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach; and they sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but the bad they cast away.

When it was full, they took it up on the sands; and seated there they put the good into vessels, but the bad they put away.


rate difficulty: And Israel said, Why did ye deal [so] ill with me [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

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


simplify: And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

This is the law which Moses put before the children of Israel:


simplify: By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.


rate difficulty: So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.

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


rate difficulty: If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

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


simplify: And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Then the great Dragon, the primeval snake, known as the ‘devil’ and ‘Satan,’ who deceives all the world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.


simplify: because of this do ye also rejoice and joy with me.

and you must also rejoice and share my joy.


rate difficulty: And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as whenGod overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

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


rate difficulty: See, the money which was in the mouth of our bags we gave back to you when we came again from Canaan: how then might we take silver or gold from your lord's house?

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


simplify: And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.


simplify: Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.


rate difficulty: Let them put heavier labour on the men, that they may be taken up with it, and not regard vain words.

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


rate difficulty: Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.


rate difficulty: Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

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


simplify: After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.

Afterwards, altered in appearance, he made himself known to two of them, as they were walking, on their way into the country.


rate difficulty: Yet, after I have risen, I will go before you into Galilee.”


simplify: And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.

And I will make the children of Judah strong, and I will be the saviour of the children of Joseph, and I will make them come back again, for I have had mercy on them: they will be as if I had not given them up: for I am the Lord their God and I will give them an answer.


rate difficulty: Remember his wondrous works which he hath done; His miracles, and the judgments of his mouth:


simplify: Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

Or with rulers who had gold, and whose houses were full of silver;


simplify: And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

And if you go to war in your land against any who do you wrong, then let the loud note of the horn be sounded; and the Lord your God will keep you in mind and give you salvation from those who are against you.


simplify: (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar-trees and fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

(Hiram, king of Tyre, had given Solomon cedar-trees and cypress-trees and gold, as much as he had need of,) King Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the land of Galilee.


rate difficulty: once unserviceable to thee, but now serviceable to thee and to me:

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


rate difficulty: And Samuel caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

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


simplify: And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

And I took him to your disciples, and they were not able to make him well.


simplify: And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem;

And a number of nations will go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will give us knowledge of his ways and we will be guided by his word: for from Zion the law will go out, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.


simplify: Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

Yes, and we are seen to be false witnesses of God; because we gave witness of God that by his power Christ came again from the dead: which is not true if there is no coming back from the dead.


simplify: Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.

He even attempted to desecrate the Temple itself, but we caught him;


rate difficulty: And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.

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simplify: A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.


rate difficulty: And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

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simplify: Then he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There hath been no prostitute here.

And he put questions to the men of the place, saying, Where is the loose woman who was in Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There was no such woman there.


simplify: And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

And of the sons of Zattu, Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth and Zabad and Aziza.


simplify: And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people for what cause she touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep it secret, she came, shaking with fear, and falling down before him she made clear before all the people the reason for her touching him, and how she was made well straight away.


simplify: For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

For there are those, of whom I have given you word before, and do so now with sorrow, who are haters of the cross of Christ;


simplify: What then? That which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:

What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.


simplify: And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the Lord.

And their chief will be of their number; their ruler will come from among themselves; and I will let him be present before me, so that he may come near to me: for who may have strength of heart to come near me? says the Lord.


simplify: And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.

And if the owner has a desire to get back his house, let him give a fifth more than your value, and it will be his.


simplify: But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and, behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke 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.


simplify: And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord:


rate difficulty: And he said, Take them living. So they took them living, and put them to death in the water-hole of Beth-eked; of the forty-two men he put every one to death;

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simplify: By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

By night on my bed I was looking for him who is the love of my soul: I was looking for him, but I did not see him.


simplify: Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;

I send him to you expressly that you may learn our circumstances, and that he may give you encouragement.


rate difficulty: And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.

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rate difficulty: Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,


rate difficulty: And I will send trouble on Ariel, and there will be weeping and cries of grief; and she will be to me as Ariel.


rate difficulty: The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.


simplify: Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

But as for you who have the name of Jew, and are resting on the law, and take pride in God,


simplify: And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Do not drink wine to excess, for that leads to profligacy; but seek to be filled with the Spirit of God, and speak to one another in psalms and hymns and sacred songs.


simplify: Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

Why, then, you teacher of others, do not you teach yourself? Do you preach against stealing, and yet steal?


simplify: and he who is boasting--in the Lord let him boast;

‘Let anyone who boasts make their boast of the Lord.’


simplify: And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

Then the king said to Hazael, Take an offering with you, and go to see the man of God and get directions from the Lord by him, saying, Am I going to get better from my disease?


rate difficulty: And Saul said to his servant, Well said: come, let us go. So they went to the city where the man ofGod was.


simplify: And the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir and mount Hermon.

And the men of the half-tribe of Manasseh were living in the land: and their numbers were increased till all the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon and Senir and the mountain Hermon was theirs.


simplify: save that the Holy Spirit testifieth unto me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.


rate difficulty: and they lift it up from the house of Abinadab, which <FI>is<Fi> in the height, with the ark of God, and Ahio is going before the ark,

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