simplify: But Peter arose, and ran unto the tomb; and stooping and looking in, he seeth the linen cloths by themselves; and he departed to his home, wondering at that which was come to pass.

But Peter got up and went to the place where the body had been put, and looking in he saw nothing but the linen cloths, and he went to his house full of wonder at what had taken place.


rate difficulty: (For a day of vengeance <FI>is<Fi> to Jehovah, A year of recompences for Zion's strife,)

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simplify: And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

Then after a time he went back to take her; and turning from the road to see the dead body of the lion, he saw a mass of bees in the body of the lion, and honey there.


simplify: And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.

Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul.


simplify: While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.

While Peter was saying these words, the Holy Spirit came on all those who were hearing the word.


rate difficulty: And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

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


rate difficulty: It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

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


simplify: one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;

One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;


rate difficulty: And Pilate said to the chief priests and the people, In my opinion this man has done no wrong.

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


simplify: And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:

And of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;


simplify: And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

“My little daughter,” he said, “is at the point of death; I beg you to come and place your hands on her so that her life may be spared.”


rate difficulty: Get up now, and go on your journey, crossing over the valley of the Arnon: see, I have given into your hands Sihon, the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and all his land: go forward to make it yours, and make war on him,


simplify: How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?


simplify: Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;


simplify: Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.

Every Sabbath day regularly, the priest is to put it in order before the Lord: it is offered for the children of Israel, an agreement made for ever.


rate difficulty: Then Doeg, the Edomite, who was by the side of the servants of Saul, in answer said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub.

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


simplify: And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

And one said in a loud voice to another, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of armies: all the earth is full of his glory.


simplify: And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.


rate difficulty: Ye have stood on your sword, Ye have done abomination, Each the wife of his neighbour ye have defiled, And the land ye possess!

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.

Then the wonder-workers said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: but Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.


rate difficulty: To those families who are more in number, give a greater heritage; to those who are less in number, a smaller part: to every one let the heritage be given in relation to the number in his family.


simplify: And when David was a little past the top of the ascent, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

And when David had gone a little way past the top of the slope, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, came to him, with two asses on which were two hundred cakes of bread and a hundred stems of dry grapes and a hundred summer fruits and a skin of wine.


rate difficulty: and when a priest buyeth a person, the purchase of his money, he doth eat of it, also one born in his house; they do eat of his bread.

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


simplify: And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;

Zerubbabel of Abiud, Abiud of Eliakim, Eliakim of Azor,


simplify: `These things that ye behold--days will come, in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'

“As for these things that you are looking at, a time is coming when not one stone will be left on another here, which will not be thrown down.”


simplify: Grace to you, and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,

May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, bless you and give you peace. For Christ, to rescue us from this present wicked age,


simplify: And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see: all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you.


rate difficulty: But there Jehovah will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

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rate difficulty: And I declare to them the hand of my God that is good upon me, and also the words of the king that he said to me, and they say, `Let us rise, and we have built;' and they strengthen their hands for good.

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


rate difficulty: Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase <FI>is<Fi> good.

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


simplify: To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

given us the new life of undying hope, that promises an inheritance, imperishable, stainless, unfading, which has been reserved for you in heaven —


rate difficulty: But the father said to his bondmen, Bring out the best robe and clothe him in [it], and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;

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


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

And Jesus said, O generation without faith and false in heart, how long will I have to be with you and put up with you? let your son come here.


simplify: But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.


simplify: For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again:


simplify: Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

Is there a division in Christ? was Paul nailed to the cross for you? or were you given baptism in the name of Paul?


simplify: Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

Because of the blessing of the Lord of armies which he has given them, saying, A blessing on Egypt my people, and on Assyria the work of my hands, and on Israel my heritage.


simplify: For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

For the horses of Pharaoh, with his war-carriages and his horsemen, went into the sea, and the Lord sent the waters of the sea back over them; but the children of Israel went through the sea on dry land.


simplify: And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not turning away from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do.


rate difficulty: And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.

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


simplify: And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

“Come and follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will teach you to fish for people.”


rate difficulty: But he [that was] of the maid servant was born according to flesh, and he [that was] of the free woman through the promise.

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


simplify: Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.

Then David and his men, about six hundred of them, went out of Keilah, and got away wherever they were able to go. And Saul, hearing that David had got away from Keilah, did not go there.


simplify: If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.

As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.


rate difficulty: And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had done; and Amon sacrificed to all the graven images that Manasseh his father had made, and served them.

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


rate difficulty: And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts, saying:


rate difficulty: Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;

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


rate difficulty: whereas our comely parts have no need: but God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked;


simplify: And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,

And the Lord said to him, Get up, and go to the street which is named Straight, and make search at the house of Judas for one named Saul of Tarsus: for he is at prayer;


simplify: Yea, I will give diligence that at every time ye may be able after my decease to call these things to remembrance.

And I will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.


simplify: And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron.

And the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah and Job and Shimron;


simplify: These things shall be done unto thee, for that thou hast played the harlot after the nations, and because thou art polluted with their idols.

They will do these things to you because you have been untrue to me, and have gone after the nations, and have become unclean with their images.


rate difficulty: So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.


rate difficulty: And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Jehovah. And they went unto their own home.


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord.

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


simplify: And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

And they came to Jerusalem; and he went into the Temple, and sent out those who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who were offering doves for money;


simplify: So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

So Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem and took away all the stored wealth of the house of the Lord and the king's house: he took everything away, and with the rest the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.


rate difficulty: Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense--an abomination it <FI>is<Fi> to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity--and a restraint!

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


simplify: For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.

For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.


rate difficulty: And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;


rate difficulty: And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.


simplify: But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.


simplify: From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

All those from thirty to fifty years old who are able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.


rate difficulty: And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.

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


simplify: Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, but without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

Then the captain and some of the police went and took them, but not violently, for fear that they might be stoned by the people.


simplify: and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

And made him king over Gilead and the Asherites and over Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin, that is, over all Israel.


simplify: And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the Tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets;

Then they took the House to Moses, the tent with all the things for it; its hooks, its boards, its rods, its pillars, and its bases;


simplify: So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: and they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

So they put the oxen to death and their blood was given to the priests to be drained out against the altar; then they put the male sheep to death, draining out their blood against the altar, and they put the lambs to death, draining out their blood against the altar.


simplify: No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:


simplify: Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

The son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,


rate difficulty: And the sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

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simplify: Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Men's strength will go from them in fear and in waiting for the things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of the heavens will be moved.


simplify: And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

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


rate difficulty: If you are forced to carry a soldier's pack for one mile, carry it two.


simplify: And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord.

And the wealth of Chaldaea will come into the hands of her attackers: all those who take her wealth will have enough, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: These are the statutes, which Jehovah commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth in her father's house.

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


simplify: I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;

I am going the way of all the earth: so be strong and be a man;


simplify: And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

And Jesus answered: “I tell you, this very day you will be with me in Paradise.”


simplify: Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,


rate difficulty: So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: `Make to thee two trumpets of silver; beaten work thou dost make them, and they have been to thee for the convocation of the company, and for the journeying of the camps;

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


simplify: if by any means I shall arouse to jealousy mine own flesh, and shall save some of them,

Being myself an apostle to the Gentiles, I exalt my office, in the hope that I may stir my countrymen to rivalry, and so save some of them.


simplify: And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.

Then Delilah said to Samson, See, you have been making sport of me with false words; now, say truly how may you be put in bands?


rate difficulty: And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.


simplify: Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;

But of the winged four-footed things, those which have long legs for jumping on the earth you may have for food;


rate difficulty: Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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


rate difficulty: And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.


simplify: Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

Then he gave a kiss to all his brothers, weeping over them; and after that his brothers had no fear of talking to him.


simplify: to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that ye may be filled--to all the fulness of God;

and to understand — though it surpasses all understanding — the love of the Christ; and so be filled to the full with God himself.


rate difficulty: And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.

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


rate difficulty: and it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Jehovah slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that openeth the womb, being males; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem.

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


rate difficulty: To him be all glory through the church and through Christ Jesus, for all generations, age after age. Amen.


rate difficulty: And the messenger of God, who is going before the camp of Israel, journeyeth and goeth at their rear; and the pillar of the cloud journeyeth from their front, and standeth at their rear,

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simplify: And he cried unto Jehovah; and Jehovah showed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them;

And in answer to his prayer, the Lord made him see a tree, and when he put it into the water, the water was made sweet. There he gave them a law and an order, testing them;


rate difficulty: For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

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


simplify: After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.

All the ten bases were made in this way, after the same design, of the same size and form.


rate difficulty: And Pathrusim and Casluhim and Caphtorim, from whom came the Philistines.

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


simplify: Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.


rate difficulty: And I say, `Whither are thou going?' And he saith unto me, `To measure Jerusalem, to see how much <FI>is<Fi> its breadth, and how much its length.'

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


simplify: Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.

Do not receive a charge against an officer of the church, unless it is supported by two or three witnesses;


rate difficulty: (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us.

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


rate difficulty: And David cometh in to Baal-Perazim, and David smiteth them there, and saith, `Jehovah hath broken forth <FI>on<Fi> mine enemies before me, as the breaking forth of waters;' therefore he hath called the name of that place Baal-Perazim.

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


simplify: And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

And they went out into their fields and got in the fruit of their vines, and when the grapes had been crushed, they made a holy feast and went into the house of their god, and over their food and drink they were cursing Abimelech.


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

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


simplify: She maketh for herself carpets of tapestry; Her clothing is fine linen and purple.

She makes for herself cushions of needlework; her clothing is fair linen and purple.


simplify: I have commanded my consecrated ones, yea, I have called my mighty men for mine anger, even my proudly exulting ones.

I have given orders to my holy ones, I have sent out my men of war, those of mine who take pride in their power, to give effect to my wrath.


simplify: Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

Then anyone who, hearing the sound of the horn, does not take note of it, will himself be responsible for his death, if the sword comes and takes him away.


rate difficulty: But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight.

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


rate difficulty: even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should conduct him away home. And he dwelt among the people.

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


rate difficulty: So God has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me.

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


simplify: Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto his disciples, Sit ye here, while I go yonder and pray.

Then comes Jesus with them to a place named Gethsemane, and says to his disciples, Be seated here, while I go over there for prayer.


rate difficulty: And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him priests of Jehovah, eighty valiant men;


simplify: For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

For the stone will give a cry out of the wall, and it will be answered by the board out of the woodwork.


rate difficulty: But though they give money to the nations for help, still I will send them in all directions; and in a short time they will be without a king and rulers.


simplify: I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God,

It is, then, through my union with Christ Jesus that I have a proud confidence in my work for God.


simplify: Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

Uriah the Hittite, Zabad, the son of Ahlai,


simplify: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.


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

And he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve;


simplify: But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.

But what if the life here in the body — if this brings me fruit from my labors? Then which to choose I cannot tell! I am sorely perplexed either way!


simplify: But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel:


rate difficulty: So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the Lord is God, and there is no other.


simplify: I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, let not love be moved till it is ready.


simplify: Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;


simplify: And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi–hahiroth, which is before Baal–zephon: and they pitched before Migdol.

And from Etham, turning back to Pi-hahiroth which is before Baal-zephon, they put up their tents before Migdol.


rate difficulty: Have we no right to take food and drink?


rate difficulty: But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

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


rate difficulty: But when I have talk with you I will make your mouth open, and you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Let the hearer give ear; and as for him who will not, let him keep his ears shut: for they are an uncontrolled people.


rate difficulty: But have come back, and have taken food and water in this place where he said you were to take no food or water; your dead body will not be put to rest with your fathers.


simplify: And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years.

And Amram took Jochebed, his father's sister, as wife; and she gave birth to Aaron and Moses: and the years of Amram's life were a hundred and thirty-seven.


rate difficulty: They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

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


rate difficulty: The two pillars, and the two crowns on the tops of the pillars, and the network covering the two cups of the crowns on the tops of the pillars;

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


rate difficulty: and the governor answering said to them, `Which of the two will ye <FI>that<Fi> I shall release to you?' And they said, `Barabbas.'

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


rate difficulty: Those who are against her have become the head, everything goes well for her haters; for the Lord has sent sorrow on her because of the great number of her sins: her young children have gone away as prisoners before the attacker.

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


rate difficulty: And Hezekiah sendeth unto all Israel and Judah, and also letters he hath written unto Ephraim and Manasseh, to come in to the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem, to make a passover to Jehovah, God of Israel.

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


simplify: for a woman having heard about him, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having come, fell at his feet, --

For a woman, whose little daughter had a foul spirit in her, heard of him immediately, and came and threw herself at his feet —


simplify: Howbeit, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.

But after I have come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.


simplify: But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

But everyone will be put to death for the evil which he himself has done: whoever has taken bitter grapes will himself have his teeth put on edge.


rate difficulty: And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, Thy God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne: and the king bowed himself upon the bed.

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


simplify: with whom the kings of the earth did commit whoredom; and made drunk from the wine of her whoredom were those inhabiting the earth;'

and with whom all the kings of the earth have had licentious intercourse; while all who live on the earth have been make drunk by the wine of her licentiousness.’


rate difficulty: If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:

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


rate difficulty: and his mother answering said, `No, but he shall be called John.'

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


simplify: And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time.


simplify: And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.

And take to the Lord the offering for the wrong which he has done, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin-offering, and the priest will take away his sin.


simplify: And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

And, later on, when he was having dinner in the house, a number of tax-gatherers and outcasts came in and took their places at the table with Jesus and his disciples.


simplify: For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

For our knowledge is incomplete, and our preaching is incomplete,


simplify: Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

may their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; and do you always make their backs to bend.’


rate difficulty: `Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

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


rate difficulty: And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 13 | difficulty: hard


simplify: The first Woe is past: behold, there come yet two Woes hereafter.

The first Trouble is past: see, there are still two Troubles to come.


simplify: and a certain young man was following him, having put a linen cloth about <FI>his<Fi> naked body, and the young men lay hold on him,

One young man did indeed follow him, wrapped only in a linen sheet. They tried to arrest him;


simplify: and if any one doth build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw--

Whatever is used by those who build on this foundation, whether gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,


rate difficulty: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ [be] with all the saints.


simplify: And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a truth, that the Lord hath sent forth his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

And when Peter came to his senses he said, Now, truly, I am certain that the Lord has sent his angel and taken me out of the hands of Herod, against all the hopes of the Jews.


rate difficulty: And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

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


simplify: When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.


simplify: let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.

May it come on the head of Joab and all his father's family: among the men of Joab's family may there ever be some who are diseased or lepers, or who do the work of women, or are put to the sword, or are wasted from need of food!


simplify: But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.


rate difficulty: And one said to him, Sir, [are] such as are to be saved few in number? But he said unto them,

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


simplify: Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the grain.

Do not keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it.


simplify: And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

And the man who has sex relations with his father's wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.


simplify: And Saul’s uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel.

And Saul's father's brother said to him and his servant, Where have you been? And he said, Searching for the asses: and when we saw no sign of them, we came to Samuel.


rate difficulty: And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.

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


simplify: beholding your chaste behaviorcoupledwith fear.

When they see your holy behaviour in the fear of God.


rate difficulty: And I will pluck up thine Asherahs out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy cities.

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


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

And more than this! where is my place as a servant? is it not before his son? as I have been your father's servant, so will I be yours.


simplify: And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son.

And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.


simplify: and he did not there many mighty works, because of their unbelief.

He did not work many miracles there, because of their want of faith.


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

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


simplify: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be said, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

For this cause, see, the days are coming, says the Lord, when it will no longer be said, By the living Lord, who took the children of Israel up out of the land of Egypt.


rate difficulty: and there were certain of them men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who having entered into Antioch, were speaking unto the Hellenists, proclaiming good news--the Lord Jesus,

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


simplify: I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.

It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!


simplify: And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the Lord.

And Moses said, We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds; for we are to keep a feast to the Lord.


rate difficulty: In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.

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


rate difficulty: Do not you remember how, when I was with you, I used to speak to you of all this?

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


simplify: All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.

And all the other families by themselves, and their wives by themselves.


rate difficulty: And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

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


rate difficulty: and when they perceived the grace that was given unto me, James and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, that we should go unto the Gentiles, and they unto the circumcision;

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


simplify: Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

We are engaged in confuting arguments and pulling down every barrier raised against the knowledge of God. We are taking captive every hostile thought, to bring it into submission to the Christ,


simplify: Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

“Father,”he said, “if it is your pleasure, spare me this cup; only, not my will but your be done.”


rate difficulty: Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the walled towns of Judah and took them.

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


simplify: Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

Do not give your strength to women, or your ways to that which is the destruction of kings.


simplify: And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.

They walked to Capernaum. On the next Sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.


rate difficulty: Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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


rate difficulty: Now, O Lord God, let your word to David my father come true; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in number.


rate difficulty: The top and the sides and the horns were all plated with the best gold; and he put an edge of gold all round it.

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


simplify: and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

Whoever does not carry their own cross, and walk in my steps, can be no disciple of mine.


simplify: And I saw another angel ascend from the sunrising, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a great voice to the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

And I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the mark of the living God: and he said with a great voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to do damage to the earth and the sea,


simplify: And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

And if they do not have faith in you or give ear to the voice of the first sign, they will have faith in the second sign.


simplify: And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.

And I will have pleasure in you and make you fertile and greater in number; and I will keep my agreement with you.


simplify: For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

For see, I will give orders, and I will have Israel moved about among all the nations, as grain is moved about by the shaking of the tray, but not the smallest seed will be dropped on the earth.


rate difficulty: Because I took you up out of the dust, and made you ruler over my people Israel; and you have gone in the ways of Jeroboam, and made my people Israel do evil, moving me to wrath by their sins;

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


simplify: And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.

And when he had sent the people away, he got into the boat, and came into the country of Magadan.


rate difficulty: And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.


rate difficulty: He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

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


rate difficulty: Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

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


rate difficulty: And he said to his daughters, Where is he? why have you let the man go? make him come in and give him a meal.

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


rate difficulty: And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.


simplify: And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went away to them, walking upon the sea,

Three hours after midnight, however, Jesus came towards the disciples, walking on the water.


simplify: In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

for in him, and through the shedding of his blood, we have found redemption in the pardon of our offenses.


rate difficulty: And the next day we arrived at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and suffered him to go to his friends and refresh himself.

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


simplify: And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.

And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.


rate difficulty: And you are to keep watch for the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting day and night for seven days, so that death may not come to you: for so he has given me orders.


rate difficulty: And Abraham draweth nigh and saith, `Dost Thou also consume righteous with wicked?

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said to Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy staff, and smite the dust of the earth, and it shall become gnats throughout the land of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: And see that thou make [them] according to their pattern, which hath been shewn to thee in the mountain.

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


rate difficulty: and he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify fully that it is he who hath been ordained by God judge of living and dead--

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


rate difficulty: Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

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


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

And the Lord said to Aaron, You will have no heritage in their land, or any part among them; I am your part and your heritage among the children of Israel.


simplify: Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.


simplify: And threescore and one thousand asses,


simplify: Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.


simplify: So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.


simplify: unto him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen.

To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. So be it.


simplify: Moreover them that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of Jehovah.

And all those who had control of spirits, and the wonder-workers, and the images, and the false gods, and all the disgusting things which were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, Josiah put away, so that he might give effect to the words of the agreement recorded in the book which Hilkiah the priest made discovery of in the house of the Lord.


rate difficulty: and he said, `Abba, Father; all things are possible to Thee; make this cup pass from me; but, not what I will, but what Thou.'

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


simplify: Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.

So I will send them in all directions, as dry grass is taken away by the wind of the waste land.


simplify: For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:


simplify: and if ye lend <FI>to those<Fi> of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners--that they may receive again as much.

If you lend only to those from whom you expect to get something, what thanks will be due to you? Even the outcast lend to the outcast in the hope of getting as much in return!


simplify: Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

See, I will put a spirit into him, and bad news will come to his ears, and he will go back to his land; and there I will have him put to death.


rate difficulty: And, in the east, I saw another angel, ascending, holding the seal of the living God; and he cried in a loud voice to the four angels, to whom there had been given power to harm the earth and the sea —

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


rate difficulty: And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

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


rate difficulty: Turn back, my daughters, go, for I am too aged to be to a husband; though I had said, There is for me hope, also, I have been to-night to a husband, and also I have borne sons:


simplify: And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever cometh into the house, let him be slain: and be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.

And the Levites are to make a circle round the king, every man being armed; and any man who comes into the house is to be put to death; you are to keep with the king when he comes in and when he goes out.


simplify: Wherefore Jehovah his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

So the Lord his God gave him up into the hands of the king of Aram; and they overcame him, and took away a great number of his people as prisoners to Damascus. Then he was given into the hands of the king of Israel, who sent great destruction on him.


simplify: Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven;


rate difficulty: And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.

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


rate difficulty: Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.

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


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

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


simplify: Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?

Will the goods of war be taken from the strong man, or the prisoners of the cruel one be let go?


simplify: I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.

I am for my loved one, and his desire is for me.


rate difficulty: And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command.

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


simplify: Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.

‘Claudius Lysias sends his compliments to His Excellency Felix the Governor.


rate difficulty: And Balaam the son of Beor, the diviner, did the children of Israel kill with the sword among them that were slain by them.

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


simplify: And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.

And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, made prayer because of this, crying out to heaven.


rate difficulty: Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

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


rate difficulty: For he oppressed--he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.

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


rate difficulty: And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.


rate difficulty: And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.

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


rate difficulty: Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of Jehovah, and because of his holy words.


simplify: It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations: and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.

It will be the lowest of the kingdoms, and never again will it be lifted up over the nations: I will make them small, so that they may not have rule over the nations.


rate difficulty: Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

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


rate difficulty: even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'


rate difficulty: Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

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


rate difficulty: My desire is, first of all, that you will make requests and prayers and give praise for all men;


simplify: The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

The baptism of John, where did it come from? from heaven or from men? And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not have faith in him?


rate difficulty: And thou dost multiply thy whoredoms On the land of Canaan--toward Chaldea, And even with this thou hast not been satisfied.

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


simplify: And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and feign thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.

Then Jonadab said to him, Go to your bed, and let it seem that you are ill: and when your father comes to see you, say to him, Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread, and get the food ready before my eyes, so that I may see it and take it from her hand.


rate difficulty: “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees now occupy the chair of Moses.

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


simplify: And they shall be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

And they will be full of fear, and will no longer have faith in Ethiopia which was their hope, or in Egypt which was their glory.


simplify: And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

And when all things have been put under him, then will the Son himself be under him who put all things under him, so that God may be all in all.


simplify: And they that ate the loaves were five thousand men.

And those who took of the bread were five thousand men.


rate difficulty: And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben–hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

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


rate difficulty: And Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet.


simplify: And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

Then again they were weeping; and Orpah gave her mother-in-law a kiss, but Ruth would not be parted from her.


simplify: for even if he was crucified from infirmity, yet he doth live from the power of God; for we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him from the power of God toward you.

For though his crucifixion was due to weakness, his life is due to the power of God. And we, also, are weak in his weakness, but with him we will live for you through the power of God.


rate difficulty: And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:


rate difficulty: And it was so, that, at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

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


rate difficulty: Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh, my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant; for thou art even as Pharaoh.

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


rate difficulty: And the seven angels who had the seven punishments came out from the house of God, clothed with linen, clean and bright and with bands of gold about their breasts.

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


simplify: Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?

Are the bands of the Pleiades fixed by you, or are the cords of Orion made loose?


simplify: For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.

For Amos has said, Jeroboam will be put to the sword, and Israel will certainly be taken away as a prisoner out of his land.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.

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


simplify: Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

as to zeal, I was a persecutor of the church; as to such righteousness as is due to law, I proved myself blameless.


simplify: And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken?

And if you say in your hearts, How are we to be certain that the word does not come from the Lord?


simplify: And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

And Joktan was the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah


rate difficulty: And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

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


simplify: And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.

And Herod, with the men of his army, put shame on him and made sport of him, and dressing him in shining robes, he sent him back to Pilate.


simplify: This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.

He had been well-instructed in the cause of the Lord, and with burning zeal he spoke of, and taught carefully, the facts about Jesus, though he knew of no baptism but John’s.


simplify: that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

So that they may see and be wise and give their mind to it, and that it may be clear to them all that the hand of the Lord has done this, and that the Holy One of Israel has made it.


rate difficulty: For in those days there will be sorrow, such as there has not been from the time when God made the world till now, and will not ever be again.

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


simplify: and I, John, saw the holy city--new Jerusalem--coming down from God out of the heaven, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband;

And I saw the Holy City, Jerusalem, descending new out of heaven from God, like a bride adorned in readiness for her husband.


simplify: And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

And the ark of God was taken; and Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, were put to the sword.


rate difficulty: and Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and destroyed them--a great destruction--till their destruction;

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


simplify: Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

I tell you, all that you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and all that you allow on earth will be held in heaven to be allowed.


rate difficulty: So Joshua got up early in the morning, and made Israel come before him by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken;

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


rate difficulty: And though your start was small, your end will be very great.

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


simplify: And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

Now in the seven good years the earth gave fruit in masses.


simplify: And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.

But Simon and his companions went out searching for him;


rate difficulty: and another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and the other company turned the way to the district that looks over the ravine of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

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


simplify: And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel’s father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.

Then early on the morning of the fifth day he got up to go away; but the girl's father said, Keep up your strength; so the two of them had a meal, and the man and his woman and his servant did not go till after the middle of the day.


rate difficulty: And behold, the Cushite came; and the Cushite said, Let my lord the king receive good tidings, for Jehovah has avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.

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


simplify: The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.

The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but a curse is on that man through whom the Son of man is given up; it would have been well for that man if he had never come into the world.


simplify: Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you did not go in yourselves, and you got in the way of those who were going in.


rate difficulty: Remember, I pray Thee, That as clay Thou hast made me, And unto dust Thou dost bring me back.

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


rate difficulty: `And the spirit goeth out, and standeth before Jehovah, and saith, I--I do entice him; and Jehovah saith unto him, By what?

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


simplify: But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

But Jesus said to them, You see that the rulers of the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them.


rate difficulty: and rejoice doth Hezekiah and all the people, because of God's giving preparation to the people, for the thing hath been suddenly.

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


simplify: And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book; and he was reading it before the king.


rate difficulty: Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness towardsGod,

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


rate difficulty: for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city.

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


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn again thy hand as a grape-gatherer into the baskets.

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Everything will be taken from the rest of Israel as the last grapes are taken from the vine; let your hand be turned to the small branches, like one pulling off grapes.


simplify: Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?


rate difficulty: And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;

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


rate difficulty: Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?

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


simplify: And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

And the holy things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.


rate difficulty: And Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, [which is] the ninth [hour];

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


simplify: And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.

And the number of all these was two thousand, seven hundred and fifty.


rate difficulty: And now, see, the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir, whom you kept Israel from attacking when they came out of Egypt, so that turning to one side they did not send destruction on them:

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


rate difficulty: Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

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


rate difficulty: The families of the sons of Kohath encamp by the side of the tabernacle southward.


simplify: My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.

My men will take them down from Lebanon to the sea, where I will have them corded together to go by sea to whatever place you say, and I will have them cut up there so that you may take them away; as for payment, it will be enough if you give me food for my people.


rate difficulty: Then Zebul said to him, Now where is your loud talk when you said, Who is Abimelech that we are to be his servants? Is this not the people whom you were rating so low? Go out now, and make war on them.


simplify: and they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

And, as if honouring him, they said, Long life to the King of the Jews!


simplify: And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father’s house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

Then her husband got up and went after her, with the purpose of talking kindly to her, and taking her back with him; he had with him his young man and two asses: and she took him into her father's house, and her father, when he saw him, came forward to him with joy.


rate difficulty: Now the feast of unleavened bread, which [is] called the passover, drew nigh,

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


rate difficulty: And death will overtake you among strange nations, and the land of your haters will be your destruction.

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


rate difficulty: And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods.

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


rate difficulty: Doth thy heart stand--are thy hands strong, For the days that I am dealing with thee? I, Jehovah, have spoken and have done <FI>it<Fi> .

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


rate difficulty: I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.


simplify: But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.

But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take the bits from under their masters' table.


rate difficulty: And Seth liveth an hundred and five years, and begetteth Enos.

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


simplify: And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul’s cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:

And as they were there for some days, Festus gave them Paul's story, saying, There is a certain man here who was put in prison by Felix:


simplify: and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;

You, however, friends, are not in darkness, that the daylight should take you by surprise as if you were thieves.


simplify: And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

he did not prevail; and there was no place left for them any longer in the heavens.


simplify: For, skilfully devised fables not having followed out, we did make known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but eye-witnesses having become of his majesty--

For we were not following cleverly devised stories when we told you of the coming in power of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eye-witnesses of his majesty.


rate difficulty: and the fish that <FI>are<Fi> in the River die, and the River hath stank, and the Egyptians have been wearied of drinking waters from the River.'

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


rate difficulty: and he charged them much, that no one may know this thing, and he said that there be given to her to eat.

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


rate difficulty: None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.


rate difficulty: And, indeed, I am justified in feeling like this about you all; because you have a warm place in my heart — you who all, both in my imprisonment and in the work of defending and establishing the good news, shared my privilege with me.


rate difficulty: for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.


rate difficulty: and four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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


rate difficulty: But the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,

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


rate difficulty: My beloved put in his hand by the hole [of the door]; And my bowels yearned for him.


rate difficulty: And Moses saith to Pharaoh, `Beautify thyself over me; when do I make supplication for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to cut off the frogs from thee and from thy houses--only in the River they do remain?'

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


rate difficulty: This incident came to the knowledge of all the Jews and Greeks living at Ephesus; they were all awe-struck, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in the highest honor.

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


rate difficulty: When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

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


rate difficulty: Get you up from the midst of this assembly, and I will consume them in a moment. And they fell on their faces.

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


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


rate difficulty: and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.

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


simplify: For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

For you have been a strong place for the poor and the crushed in their trouble, a safe place from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the wrath of the cruel ones is like a winter storm.


rate difficulty: And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years.


rate difficulty: I <FI>am<Fi> my beloved's, and on me <FI>is<Fi> his desire.


simplify: And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and they put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.


simplify: `And other fell upon the good ground, and having sprung up, it made fruit an hundred fold.' These things saying, he was calling, `He having ears to hear--let him hear.'

Other seed fell into rich soil, and grew, and gave a hundredfold return.”After saying this, Jesus cried aloud: “Let those who have ears to hear with hear.”


rate difficulty: And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upwards.

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


rate difficulty: Who hath counselled this against Tyre, The crowning one, whose traders <FI>are<Fi> princes, Her merchants the honoured of earth?'

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi.


simplify: And his disciples having heard, were amazed exceedingly, saying, `Who, then, is able to be saved?'

On hearing this, the disciples exclaimed in great astonishment: “Who then can possibly be saved?”


rate difficulty: Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

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


simplify: Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

To him be all glory through the church and through Christ Jesus, for all generations, age after age. Amen.


rate difficulty: You may not have as food anything which has come to a natural death; the man from another country who is living with you may take it for food, or you may get a price for it from one of another nation; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.


simplify: Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?

The commanding officer took the lad by the hand, and, stepping aside, asked what it was he had to tell him.


simplify: Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;

Because you are glad, because you are lifted up with pride, you wasters of my heritage, because you are playing like a young cow put out to grass, and you make a noise like strong horses;


simplify: And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.

And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of any other nation, and they do not keep the king's laws: for this reason it is not right for the king to let them be.


simplify: And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

And the nations were angry, and your wrath has come, and the time for the dead to be judged, and the time of reward for your servants, the prophets, and for the saints, and for those in whom is the fear of your name, small and great, and the time of destruction for those who made the earth unclean.


rate difficulty: and there was given to it to make war with the saints, and to overcome them, and there was given to it authority over every tribe, and tongue, and nation.

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


simplify: I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but this is done that the scriptures might be fulfilled.

I was with you every day in the Temple teaching, and you did not take me; but this is done so that the Writings may come true.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.

This is what the Lord has said: Let this be enough for you, O rulers of Israel: let there be an end of violent behaviour and wasting; do what is right, judging uprightly; let there be no more driving out of my people, says the Lord.


simplify: Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

You have torn the Christ in pieces! Was it Paul who was crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the faith of Paul?


rate difficulty: if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.

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


simplify: The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The twentieth Eliathah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


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

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: What? was it from you that the word of God went forth? or came it unto you alone?

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


rate difficulty: The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishment on Amon of No and on Pharaoh and on those who put their faith in him;

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


rate difficulty: To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:


simplify: `And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'

What do you think of this? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the elder and said ‘Go and work in the vineyard today my son.’


simplify: And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.

So the three bands all gave a loud note on their horns, and when the vessels had been broken, they took the flaming branches in their left hands, and the horns in their right hands ready for blowing, crying out, For the Lord and for Gideon.


rate difficulty: that all might be judged who have not believed the truth, but have found pleasure in unrighteousness.

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


rate difficulty: When the nations, whose land the Lord your God is giving you, have been cut off by him, and you have taken their place and are living in their towns and in their houses;

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


rate difficulty: And Mahalalel was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Jared:

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


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

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


simplify: Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

And the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together and take for themselves one head, and will go up from the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.


simplify: And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother are you to be my servant for nothing? say now, what is your payment to be?


rate difficulty: And being arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly, and the apostles, and the elders, and related all thatGod had wrought with them.

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


simplify: and that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor’s wife,

Who has taken flesh with the blood as food, and has had connection with his neighbour's wife,


simplify: And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:

And they said, He is; in fact he is before you: go quickly now, for he has come into the town today, for the people are making an offering in the high place today:


rate difficulty: and Absalom her brother saith unto her, `Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? and now, my sister, keep silent, he <FI>is<Fi> thy brother; set not thy heart to this thing;' and Tamar dwelleth--but desolate--in the house of Absalom her brother.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

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


rate difficulty: And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the Lord.

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


simplify: For there is no acceptance of faces with God,


simplify: The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: because they were turned from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; and now a greater than Jonah is here.


simplify: And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, that we die not; for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

And all the people said to Samuel, Make prayer for us to the Lord your God so that death may not overtake us: for in addition to all our sins we have done this evil, in desiring a king.


rate difficulty: To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.

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


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


simplify: And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

And do not call anyone on the earth your ‘Father,’ for your have only one Father, the heavenly Father.


simplify: And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:

And they said, It is not possible for us to give our sister to one who is without circumcision, for that would be a cause of shame to us:


simplify: And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

And Joab, answering her, said, Far, far be it from me to be a cause of death or destruction;


rate difficulty: and out of all my sons--for many sons hath Jehovah given to me--He also fixeth on Solomon my son, to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel,

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


simplify: And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

And my servant David will be king over them; and they will all have one keeper: and they will be guided by my orders and will keep my rules and do them.


rate difficulty: And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

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


simplify: Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters by all thine abominations which thou hast done.

And Samaria has not done half your sins; but you have made the number of your disgusting acts greater than theirs, making your sisters seem more upright than you by all the disgusting things which you have done.


rate difficulty: Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

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


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

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


simplify: Behold, my breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst.

My stomach is like wine which is unable to get out; like skins full of new wine, it is almost burst.


rate difficulty: And messengers hath sent Gideon into all the hill-country of Ephraim, saying, `Come down to meet Midian, and capture before them the waters unto Beth-Barah, and the Jordan;' and every man of Ephraim is called, and they capture the waters unto Beth-Barah, and the Jordan,

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


simplify: And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

And I will take them out from among the peoples, and get them together from the countries, and will take them into their land; and I will give them food on the mountains of Israel by the water-streams and wherever men are living in the country.


simplify: And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

Now I have one request to make to you, and do not say, No, to me. And she said to him, Say on.


simplify: Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.


simplify: And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.


simplify: The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.


rate difficulty: Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the Lord.

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


simplify: Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened bread among their brethren.

Still the priests of the high places never came up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem; but they took their food of unleavened bread among their brothers.


rate difficulty: Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had befallen them.

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


simplify: And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

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


rate difficulty: And they prepare the shoham stones, set, embroidered <FI>with<Fi> gold, opened with openings of a signet, by the names of the sons of Israel;

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


simplify: But Jehovah hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go.

But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he would not let them go.