simplify: that Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil.


simplify: And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you.


rate difficulty: And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.

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


rate difficulty: And that will be my salvation, for an evil-doer would not come before him,

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


rate difficulty: Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair for the children of thy delight: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

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


simplify: And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:

And the bases were made in this way; their sides were square, fixed in a framework;


simplify: Then the Levites arose, Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;

Then the Levites took their places; Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel, the son of Azariah, among the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish, the son of Abdi, and Azariah, the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah, the son of Zimmah, and Eden, the son of Joah;


rate difficulty: Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

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


rate difficulty: Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.

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


rate difficulty: Then the priest will give orders for the thing on which the mark is, to be washed, and to be shut up for seven days more:

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


simplify: unto the children of the east, to go against the children of Ammon; and I will give them for a possession, that the children of Ammon may not be remembered among the nations:

To the children of the east I have given her for a heritage, as well as the children of Ammon, so that there may be no memory of her among the nations:


rate difficulty: And he turneth back unto the man of God, he and all his camp, and cometh in, and standeth before him, and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that there is not a God in all the earth except in Israel; and now, take, I pray thee, a blessing from thy servant.'

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


simplify: And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.


rate difficulty: And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

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


rate difficulty: Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.

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


simplify: neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land wherein ye sojourn.

And you are to make no houses, or put in seed, or get vine-gardens planted, or have any: but all your days you are to go on living in tents, so that you may have a long life in the land where you are living as in a strange country.


rate difficulty: `Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When a man or woman doeth singularly, by vowing a vow of a Nazarite, to be separate to Jehovah;

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


rate difficulty: Come now, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people, for they are greater than I: and then I may be strong enough to overcome them and send them out of the land: for it is clear that good comes to him who has your blessing, but he on whom you put your curse is cursed.


simplify: Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have been your servant, and let me go: for you have knowledge of all the work I have done for you.


simplify: and were crying, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, What <FI>city is<Fi> like to the great city?

and seeing the smoke from the burning city, cried — ‘What city can compare with the Great city?’


simplify: Since thou hast been precious in my sight, and honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.

Because of your value in my eyes, you have been honoured, and loved by me; so I will give men for you, and peoples for your life.


simplify: Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.


rate difficulty: Jehovah of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with the canker-worm; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.

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


rate difficulty: For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

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


simplify: And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

And the waters were over the earth a hundred and fifty days.


simplify: Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

And you gave them kingdoms and peoples, making distribution to them in every part of the land: so they took for their heritage the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, king of Bashan.


rate difficulty: As Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land.


rate difficulty: For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

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


simplify: And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded.

And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord.


simplify: And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

And looking round at those who were seated about him, he said, See, my mother and my brothers!


simplify: I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto thee.

And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.


simplify: and I did give to her a time that she might reform from her whoredom, and she did not reform;

I gave her time to repent, but she is determined not to turn from her licentiousness.


simplify: But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?

But Balaam in answer said to Balak, Did I not say to you, I may only do what the Lord says?


simplify: Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might make clear all his mercy, as an example to those who in the future would have faith in him to eternal life.


rate difficulty: And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth what he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon is fallen.

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


rate difficulty: and the city that is nearest unto him that is slain, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer that hath not been wrought with, that hath not drawn in the yoke;

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


simplify: And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king’s daughter.

And he came in, and took food and drink; then he said, Now see to this cursed woman, and put her body into the earth, for she is a king's daughter.


simplify: and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.

And the tenth part of an ephah of the best meal for a meal offering mixed with the fourth part of a hin of clear oil.


rate difficulty: And they were living at Beer-sheba and Moladah and Hazar-shual,

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


rate difficulty: For what thanksgiving can we render again unto God for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;


simplify: Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,


rate difficulty: And give to the Lord a burned offering for a sweet smell; one ox, one male sheep, seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark on them:

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


rate difficulty: And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.

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


rate difficulty: But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction;

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


simplify: Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols.

Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full of images of the gods.


simplify: For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

What good is it to a person to gain the whole world and forfeit their life?


simplify: and he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.


rate difficulty: And you are to put fifty twists of cord on the edge of the outside curtain of one group, and fifty twists on the edge of the outside curtain of the other group.

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


simplify: Or if any one swear rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these things.

Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things.


simplify: These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.

These are the families of the Zebulunites as they were numbered, sixty thousand, five hundred.


rate difficulty: And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

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


rate difficulty: And this is the agreement which you are to keep with me, you and your seed after you: every male among you is to undergo circumcision.


rate difficulty: And now I exhort you to be of good cheer; for there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.


simplify: And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

And they made it their living-place, building there a holy house for your name, and saying,


simplify: by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

And that the world which then was came to an end through the overflowing of the waters.


rate difficulty: and if the Lord did not shorten the days, no flesh had been saved; but because of the chosen, whom He did choose to Himself, He did shorten the days.


simplify: I Paul write it with mine own hand, I will repay it: that I say not unto thee that thou owest to me even thine own self besides.

I, Paul, writing this myself, say, I will make payment to you: and I do not say to you that you are in debt to me even for your life.


simplify: On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

On the first day there will be a holy meeting: do no field-work.


rate difficulty: A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Woe <FI>to<Fi> the city of blood, A pot whose scum <FI>is<Fi> in it, And its scum hath not come out of it, By piece of it, by piece of it bring it out, Not fallen on it hath a lot.

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


simplify: Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,


rate difficulty: And I look, and lo, on the expanse that <FI>is<Fi> above the head of the cherubs, as a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne, He hath been seen over them.

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


simplify: And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:


simplify: for, as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

For, just as ‘Jonah was inside the sea-monster three days and three nights,’ so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.


rate difficulty: but rise up and stand on thy feet; for, for this purpose have I appeared to thee, to appoint thee to be a servant and a witness both of what thou hast seen, and of what I shall appear to thee in,

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


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

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


simplify: Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.

Now it came about after this that death came to Nahash, the king of the children of Ammon, and his son became king in his place.


simplify: That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.

That which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes of your uncared-for vines may not be taken off; let it be a year of rest for the land.


simplify: Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it. Night and day, laboring and toiling, we used to work at our trades, so as not to be a burden on any of you.


simplify: lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them;


rate difficulty: And for you, may the Lord fill you to overflowing with love for one another and for everyone, just as we are filled with love for you;

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


simplify: And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

And Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, with all his family, had faith in the Lord; and a great number of the people of Corinth, hearing the word, had faith and were given baptism.


simplify: though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep son or daughter safe; only themselves would they keep safe through their righteousness.


rate difficulty: And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was son of his old age; and he made him a vest of many colours.

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


simplify: And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

But that same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,


rate difficulty: But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

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


simplify: And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.


simplify: And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

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


simplify: And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

And they came face to face with Moses and Aaron, who were in their way when they came out from Pharaoh:


simplify: For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

for you will be a witness for him to all the world of what you have just seen and heard.


rate difficulty: for I fear lest, having come, not such as I wish I may find you, and I--I may be found by you such as ye do not wish, lest there be strifes, envyings, wraths, revelries, evil-speakings, whisperings, puffings up, insurrections,

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


simplify: And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten.

Everything which goes flat on its body on the earth is disgusting, and is not to be used for food.


rate difficulty: and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth caused its fruit to spring forth.

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


simplify: And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.

So Moses said all these things to Israel.


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

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


rate difficulty: And when Jesus had gone over again in the boat to the other side, a great number of people came to him: and he was by the sea.

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


simplify: praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were saved.

Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.


simplify: And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.

Without a thought that they may be crushed by the foot, and broken by the beasts of the field?


rate difficulty: Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

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


simplify: Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt make ouches of gold;

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


simplify: And now art thou anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?

What! are you any better than Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever take up a cause against Israel or make war against them?


simplify: Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.

Make us come back to you, O Lord, and let us be turned; make our days new again as in the past.


simplify: For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.

But the heart of the people was not turned to him who sent punishment on them, and they made no prayer to the Lord of armies.


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


rate difficulty: but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,

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


simplify: For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

A good action has nothing to fear from Rulers; a bad action has. Do you want to have no reason to fear the Authorities? Then do what is good, and you will win their praise.


rate difficulty: and Abraham ran unto the herd, and taketh a son of the herd, tender and good, and giveth unto the young man, and he hasteth to prepare it;

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


rate difficulty: And Ruth the Moabitess saith, `Also he surely said unto me, Near the young people whom I have thou dost cleave till they have completed the whole of the harvest which I have.'

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


simplify: It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.

It was square and folded in two, as long and as wide as the stretch of a man's hand;


simplify: Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,

Eluzai and Jerimoth and Bealiah and Shemariah and Shephatiah the Haruphite;


rate difficulty: A curse is on the town of blood; it is full of deceit and violent acts; and there is no end to the taking of life.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

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


rate difficulty: For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

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


simplify: In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

and should serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness, In his presence all our days.


rate difficulty: They will go, with their flocks and their herds, in search of the Lord, but they will not see him; he has taken himself out of their view.


simplify: And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judæa:

And the disciples, everyone as he was able, made a decision to send help to the brothers living in Judaea:


simplify: For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

For this reason, then, I kneel before the Father —


simplify: saying, Blessed is the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

Saying, A blessing on the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and glory in the highest.


rate difficulty: The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work:

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


simplify: and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;

Some of the seed fell among brambles; but the brambles shot up and completely choked it, and it yielded no return.


simplify: And thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, have heard all thy revilings which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.

And you will see that I the Lord have had knowledge of all the bitter things which you have said against the mountains of Israel, saying, They have been made waste, they are given to us to take for our heritage.


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


simplify: For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.

My mission from Christ was not to baptize, but to tell the good news; not, however, in the language of philosophy, in case the cross of the Christ should be robbed of its meaning.


simplify: Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

Why let the Egyptians say, He took them out to an evil fate, to put them to death on the mountains, cutting them off from the earth? Let your wrath be turned away from them, and send not this evil on your people.


rate difficulty: And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,


rate difficulty: And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.


simplify: Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

Then the king made answer and said, Give her the child, and do not put it to death; she is the mother of it.


rate difficulty: And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.


simplify: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.


simplify: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

So will my word be which goes out of my mouth: it will not come back to me with nothing done, but it will give effect to my purpose, and do that for which I have sent it.


simplify: And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

For forty years I have been your guide through the waste land: your clothing has not become old on your backs, or your shoes on your feet.


rate difficulty: And even demons came out from many people, screaming ‘You are the Son of God.’ Jesus rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.


simplify: not in the affection of desire, as also the nations that were not knowing God,

and not for the mere gratification of your passions, like the Gentiles who know nothing of God;


rate difficulty: Troubled for wealth <FI>is<Fi> the man <FI>with<Fi> an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

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


simplify: The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.

True teaching was in his mouth, and no evil was seen on his lips: he was walking with me in peace and righteousness, turning numbers of people away from evil-doing.


rate difficulty: Also He <FI>is<Fi> loving the peoples; All His holy ones <FI>are<Fi> in thy hand, And they--they sat down at thy foot, <FI>Each<Fi> He lifteth up at thy words.

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


simplify: And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;

Jesus, however, strictly charged them not to say this to anyone;


simplify: In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:

In the third year of his rule he gave a feast to all his captains and his servants; and the captains of the army of Persia and Media, the great men and the rulers of the divisions of his kingdom, were present before him;


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

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


rate difficulty: preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: and he spake and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but they were seeking to kill him.

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


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

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


simplify: Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.


simplify: I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, ThoughI entreat him with my mouth.

At my cry my servant gives me no answer, and I have to make a prayer to him.


rate difficulty: And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

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


rate difficulty: I know that thou canst do everything, and that thou canst be hindered in no thought of thine.

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


rate difficulty: Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to take possession of it.

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


simplify: Do not err, my beloved brethren.

Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.


rate difficulty: And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory.


simplify: And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

And I have seen ways without sense in the prophets of Samaria; they became prophets of the Baal, causing my people Israel to go wrong.


rate difficulty: And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

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


simplify: And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, The place is desert, and the day is now far spent;

And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:


simplify: Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

That you would send new witnesses against me, increasing your wrath against me, and letting loose new armies on me.


simplify: For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

For true and upright are his decisions; for by him has the evil woman been judged, who made the earth unclean with the sins of her body; and he has given her punishment for the blood of his servants.


rate difficulty: Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

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


simplify: and having gone through the island unto Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name <FI>is<Fi> Bar-Jesus;

After passing through the whole island, they reached Paphos, where they found an astrologer who pretended to be a prophet — a Jew by birth, whose name was Barjoshua.


simplify: to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

Ordering them to keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and the fifteenth day of the same month, every year,


simplify: But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?


simplify: And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.

And Herod and Pilate became friends that very day, for before that there had been ill-will between them.


rate difficulty: And the Philistine said, I have defied the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.


simplify: And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.

And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to death


rate difficulty: God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him--and he knoweth.

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


rate difficulty: And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

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


simplify: But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron.

But Absalom at the same time sent watchers through all the tribes of Israel to say, At the sound of the horn you are to say, Absalom is king in Hebron.


simplify: For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.

For whoever wishes to save their life will lose it, and whoever, for my sake and for the sake of the good news, will lose their life will save it.


rate difficulty: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;


simplify: Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great assembly, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

Then all the men who had knowledge that their wives were burning perfumes to other gods, and all the women who were present, a great meeting, answering Jeremiah, said,


simplify: Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?


simplify: For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

For Herod had arrested John, put him in chains, and shut him up in prison, to please Herodias, the wife of Herod’s brother Philip.


simplify: Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

In future the children of Israel are not to come near the Tent of meeting, so that death may not come to them because of sin.


simplify: Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah; and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, whither they are come from Babylon;

Take the offerings of those who went away as prisoners, from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, and from the family of Josiah, the son of Zephaniah, who have come from Babylon;


simplify: Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

The Lord, the God of Israel, has said: This is what you are to say to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from me: See, Pharaoh's army, which has come out to your help, will go back to Egypt, to their land.


rate difficulty: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.

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


rate difficulty: [where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched].

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


rate difficulty: A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?

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


simplify: And having sung an hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives,

They then sang a hymn, and went out up the Mount of Olives,


rate difficulty: Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

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


simplify: and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all.

And let the Most High God be praised, who has given into your hands those who were against you. Then Abram gave him a tenth of all the goods he had taken.


simplify: Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:

Then the woman came in, and said to her husband, A man came to me, and his form was like the form of a god, causing great fear; I put no question to him about where he came from, and he did not give me his name;


simplify: But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.

But the eye of their God was on the chiefs of the Jews, and they did not make them give up working till the question had been put before Darius and an answer had come by letter about it.


simplify: And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and the workmen that wrought in the house of Jehovah gave it to mend and repair the house:

And they gave it to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, and the overseers gave it to the workmen working in the house, for building it up and making good what was damaged;


simplify: Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.


rate difficulty: The second, a ruby, a sapphire, and an onyx;


rate difficulty: But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.

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


simplify: Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.


rate difficulty: And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

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


simplify: And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

He immediately dispatched one of his bodyguard, with orders to bring John’s head. The man went and beheaded John in the prison,


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.

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


simplify: And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

So Ahab came into his house bitter and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, I will not give you the heritage of my fathers. And stretching himself on the bed with his face turned away, he would take no food.


simplify: Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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


simplify: But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.

But they put their disgusting images into the house which is named by my name, making it unclean.


rate difficulty: and they have fought against thee, and they prevail not against thee; for with thee <FI>am<Fi> I, --an affirmation of Jehovah--to deliver thee.

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


simplify: These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.


simplify: For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in his own glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

For if any man has a feeling of shame because of me or of my words, the Son of man will have shame because of him when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.


simplify: and conscience, I say, not of thyself, but of the other, for why <FI>is it<Fi> that my liberty is judged by another's conscience?

I do not say ‘your’ scruples, but ‘his.’ For why should the freedom that I claim be condemned by the scruples of another?


rate difficulty: and he hath not hearkened, he, and his servants, and the people of the land, unto the words of Jehovah, that He spake by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.

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


rate difficulty: If one man sin against another,God will judge him; but if a man sin against Jehovah, who shall intreat for him? But they hearkened not to the voice of their father, for Jehovah was minded to slay them.

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


simplify: we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.


rate difficulty: Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day.)

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

And with an iron pen and lead be cut into the rock for ever!


simplify: and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

If one of you is deficient in wisdom, let them ask wisdom from the God who gives freely to everyone without reproaches, and it will be given to them.


rate difficulty: There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.

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


rate difficulty: And the servants of the king, who <FI>are<Fi> in the gate of the king, say to Mordecai, `Wherefore <FI>art<Fi> thou transgressing the command of the king?'

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


rate difficulty: Doth man make for himself gods, And they--no gods?

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


rate difficulty: Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

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


simplify: When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.

When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.


simplify: A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.

A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.


simplify: And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; with all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered.

And the fear of you will be strong in every beast of the earth and every bird of the air; everything which goes on the land, and all the fishes of the sea, are given into your hands.


simplify: Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.

And he said, Take your robe, stretching it out in your hands: and she did so, and he took six measures of grain and put them into it, and gave it her to take: and she went back to the town.


rate difficulty: And Lot went out to them to the entrance, and shut the door after him,


simplify: And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have made the decision to be the servants of the Lord. And they said, We are witnesses.


rate difficulty: And he said, At this appointed time, when thy term is come, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, man ofGod, do not lie to thy handmaid.

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


simplify: My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.


simplify: So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

So Ahab was put to rest with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son became king in his place.


rate difficulty: And Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, turn back from the sons of Reuben, and from the sons of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, unto the sons of Israel, and bring them back word;

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


rate difficulty: until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son ofGod, at [the] full-grown man, at [the] measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ;


rate difficulty: And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; and he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

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


rate difficulty: And David says, Let their table be made a net for taking them, and a stone in their way, and a punishment:

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


rate difficulty: Thou wast the anointed covering cherub, and I had set thee [so]: thou wast upon the holy mountain ofGod; thou didst walk up and down in the midst of stones of fire.

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


simplify: And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

It was nearly midday, when a darkness came over the whole country, lasting until three in the afternoon,


rate difficulty: And at the death of Samlah, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river became king in his place,

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


simplify: And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.


rate difficulty: And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.


simplify: And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

And if any of the flesh of the offering or of the bread is over till the morning, let it be burned with fire; it is not to be used for food, for it is holy.


simplify: So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

And Israel and Absalom put up their tents in the land of Gilead.


simplify: Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.

Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.


simplify: For if ye turn again unto Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.

For if you come back to the Lord, those who took away your brothers and your children will have pity on them, and let them come back to this land: for the Lord your God is full of grace and mercy, and his face will not be turned away from you if you come back to him.


simplify: And they that saw it told them how he that was possessed with demons was made whole.

And those who had seen it gave them an account of how the man who had the evil spirits was made well.


rate difficulty: and the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his land.


rate difficulty: They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.


simplify: and they shall mock him, and shall spit upon him, and shall scourge him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.

And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.


simplify: And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.

Now when Saul came back from fighting the Philistines, news was given him that David was in the waste land of En-gedi.


rate difficulty: and he saith unto them, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me, to cause your supplication to fall before Him:

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


simplify: So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

And so no property will be handed from tribe to tribe among the children of Israel; but every one of the children of Israel will keep the heritage of his father's tribe.


simplify: And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.

And put the network under the shelf round the altar so that the net comes half-way up the altar.


rate difficulty: And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.


simplify: And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord.

And it will be their part as a right for ever from the children of Israel, it is a special offering from the children of Israel, made from their peace-offerings, a special offering lifted up to the Lord.


simplify: Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in plowing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

Six days let work be done, but on the seventh day take your rest: at ploughing time and at the grain-cutting you are to have a day for rest.


rate difficulty: And the fat of the sin-offering shall he burn upon the altar.


simplify: And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

And fifty shekels weight of gold was used for the nails. He had all the higher rooms plated with gold.


simplify: And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,

But when Jesus saw the reasoning of their hearts, he took a small child and put him by his side,


rate difficulty: And Solomon went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and Solomon went to rest with his fathers and Rehoboam his son became king in his place.

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


simplify: but ye did well, having communicated with my tribulation;

Yet you have acted nobly in sharing my troubles.


simplify: Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.

But he did not take away the high places, and the people still went on making offerings and burning them in the high places. He was the builder of the higher doorway of the house of the Lord.


rate difficulty: Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

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


rate difficulty: Why do you say, O Jacob, such words as these, O Israel, The Lord's eyes are not on my way, and my God gives no attention to my cause?

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


rate difficulty: Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.

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


simplify: who were clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

Who were clothed in blue, captains and rulers, all of them young men to be desired, horsemen seated on horses.


simplify: For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.


simplify: But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.

But when the people were sent out, he went in and took her by the hand; and the girl got up.


simplify: So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out.

So she went away, and when the door was shut on her and her sons, they took the vessels to her and she put oil into them.


rate difficulty: And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the open place of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

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


rate difficulty: and, if the woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she is guilty of adultery.”

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


rate difficulty: And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Jehovah’s tribute was thirty and two persons.

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


rate difficulty: And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.

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


simplify: And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:

And came before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty chiefs of the people, men of good name who had a place in the meeting of the people.


rate difficulty: And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and the evening oblation, and the king's burnt-offering, and his oblation, and the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their oblation, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt-offerings, and all the blood of the sacrifices; and the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire [by].


simplify: I know his wrath, saith Jehovah, that it is nought; his boastings have wrought nothing.

I have knowledge of his wrath, says the Lord, that it is nothing; his high-sounding words have done nothing.


rate difficulty: But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.

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


simplify: salute Andronicus and Junias, my kindred, and my fellow-captives, who are of note among the apostles, who also have been in Christ before me.

to Andronicus and Junia, fellow Jews and once my fellow prisoners, who are people of note among the apostles, and who became Christians before I did;


rate difficulty: and I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is theGod of hosts.

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rate difficulty: And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.

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


simplify: and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was being poured forth, I also was standing by and assenting to his death, and keeping the garments of those putting him to death;

and, when the blood of your martyr, Stephen, was being shed, I was myself standing by, approving of his death, and took charge of the clothes of those who were murdering him.


rate difficulty: I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

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


simplify: The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;

The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats;


simplify: But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.

But now, being free from sin, and having been made servants to God, you have your fruit in that which is holy, and the end is eternal life.


rate difficulty: and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;


simplify: The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.

The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.


simplify: He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.


rate difficulty: Because that I have cut off from thee righteous and wicked, Therefore go out doth My sword from its scabbard, Unto all flesh, from south to north.

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


rate difficulty: Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.

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


rate difficulty: And they who were around him, seeing what was going to follow, said [to him], Lord, shall we smite with [the] sword?

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And the apostles and the brethren who are in Judea heard that also the nations did receive the word of God,

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


rate difficulty: Go in by the small gate. Broad and spacious is the road who leads to destruction, and those that go in by it are many;


simplify: Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite of the hill-country of Ephraim, named Elkanah; he was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:


rate difficulty: And he speaketh unto his sons saying, `Saddle for me the ass,' and they saddle <FI>it<Fi> .

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


rate difficulty: And they shall bind the breastplate with its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

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


simplify: And having left them, he went forth out of the city to Bethany, and did lodge there,

Then he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.


simplify: And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we took not from them; threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

At that time we took all his towns; there was not one town of the sixty towns, all the country of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which we did not take.


simplify: So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the Lord might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

So the king did not give ear to the people; for this came about by the purpose of God, so that the Lord might give effect to his word which he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.


simplify: Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.


simplify: Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.

A bright light comes out of the north; God's glory is greatly to be feared.


simplify: Blessed be Jehovah, the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem;

Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;


simplify: And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

And the sword will go through his towns, wasting his children and causing destruction because of their evil designs.


rate difficulty: And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death.

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


simplify: Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

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


simplify: Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

Then the priests and the prophets said to the rulers and to all the people, The right fate for this man is death; for he has said words against this town in your hearing.


simplify: Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.


rate difficulty: Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.

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


rate difficulty: And if ye do not hearken unto me to sanctify the day of rest, And so as not to bear a burden, And to come in at the gates of Jerusalem on the day of rest, Then I have kindled a fire in its gates, And it hath consumed the high places of Jerusalem, And it is not quenched!'

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


simplify: For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

For the Lord has made you come back to him, like a wife who has been sent away in grief of spirit; for one may not give up the wife of one's early days.


simplify: Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.

Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.


simplify: And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah Elohim commanded Man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou shalt freely eat;

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


simplify: And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

And after putting the water from her vessel into the animals' drinking-place, she went quickly back to the spring and got water for all the camels.


simplify: My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

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


rate difficulty: and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

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


rate difficulty: So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.


rate difficulty: Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning.

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


simplify: And there I will meet with the children of Israel; and the Tent shall be sanctified by my glory.

There I will come face to face with the children of Israel, and the Tent will be made holy by my glory


rate difficulty: So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

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


simplify: Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Better is open protest than love kept secret.


rate difficulty: I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

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


simplify: for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.'

John was the one who was spoken of in the prophet Isaiah, where he says —  ‘The voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness: “Make ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.”’


simplify: and they shall fall by the mouth of the sword, and shall be led captive to all the nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by nations, till the times of nations be fulfilled.

They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be taken prisoners to every land, and ‘Jerusalem will be under the heel of the Gentiles,’ until their day is over — as it will be.


simplify: and he denied, saying, `I have not known <FI>him<Fi> , neither do I understand what thou sayest;' and he went forth without to the porch, and a cock crew.

But Peter denied it. “I do not know or understand what you mean,” he replied. Then he went out into the porch;


simplify: So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.

And in the hearing of the priests and the prophets and all the people, Jeremiah said these words in the house of the Lord.


simplify: Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwelleth in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to take possession of it.

Go down to Ahab, king of Israel, in Samaria; see, he is in the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite, where he has gone to take it as his heritage.


simplify: But the Jews urged on the devout women of honorable estate, and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their borders.

But the Jews, working up the feelings of the God-fearing women of high position and of the chief men of the town, got an attack started against Paul and Barnabas, driving them out of those parts.


simplify: And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.

And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were overcome by Israel, they made peace with David and became his servants: and the Aramaeans would give no more help to the children of Ammon.


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

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


rate difficulty: We are conscious, O Lord, of our sin and of the wrongdoing of our fathers: we have done evil against you.


rate difficulty: This is what the Lord has said: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and there give him this word,

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


rate difficulty: Brethren and fathers, hear ye the defence which I now make unto you.

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


simplify: They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.


rate difficulty: `Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye go round the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and whenever it may happen--ye make him a son of gehenna twofold more than yourselves.

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


rate difficulty: And he charged them much that they should not make him known.

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


rate difficulty: And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.


rate difficulty: For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

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


simplify: And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

And I will make your land a waste, a wonder to your haters living in it.


simplify: And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in fighting order against Gibeah as before.


simplify: he lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side.

Who is living with Simon, a leather-worker, whose house is by the sea.


rate difficulty: Also I shook my lap, and said, SoGod shake out every man from his house and from his earnings, that performeth not this promise: even thus be he shaken out and emptied! And all the congregation said, Amen! And they praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.

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


simplify: And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king’s army was Joab.

After Ahithophel was Jehoiada, the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the captain of the king's army was Joab.


rate difficulty: for bread of the arrangement, and the continual present, and the continual burnt-offering of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for appointed seasons, and for holy things, and for sin-offerings, to make atonement for Israel, even all the work of the house of our God.

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


simplify: The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

The word about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.


simplify: Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;


rate difficulty: And Joab answered, The Lord make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?


simplify: Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

Death will overtake everyone who comes near, who comes near the House of the Lord: are we all to come to destruction?


rate difficulty: And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

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


rate difficulty: ForGod commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.


simplify: And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

And looking up, he saw by his head a cake cooked on the stones and a bottle of water. So he took food and drink and went to sleep again.


rate difficulty: And Saul saith, `Be ye scattered among the people, and ye have said to them, Bring ye nigh unto me each his ox, and each his sheep; and ye have slain <FI>them<Fi> in this place, and eaten, and ye do not sin against Jehovah to eat with the blood.' And all the people bring nigh each his ox, in his hand, that night, and slaughter <FI>them<Fi> there.

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


simplify: Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them.

also to Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and to all Christ’s people who are with them.


simplify: Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

Awake! awake! put on strength, O arm of the Lord, awake! as in the old days, in the generations long past. Was it not by you that Rahab was cut in two, and the dragon Wounded?


simplify: But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;

But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;


simplify: nor are they able to prove against me the things concerning which they now accuse me.

and they cannot establish the charges which they are now making against me.


simplify: Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

And you went on in your loose ways, even as far as the land of Chaldaea, and still you had not enough.


simplify: Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.


simplify: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

One male of the goats for a sin-offering;


simplify: And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

We went on board a ship from Adramyttium, which was on the point of sailing to the ports along the coast of Roman Asia, and put to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, went with us.


simplify: Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;

Then Saul said to his servants who were there about him, Give ear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give to every one of you fields and vine-gardens, will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands;


rate difficulty: Suddenly so great a storm came up on the Sea, that the waves broke right over the boat. But Jesus was asleep;

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


simplify: except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

But only for his near relations, for his mother or his father, his son or his daughter, and his brother;


rate difficulty: For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

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


simplify: And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

And he came out and saw a great number of people and he had pity on them, and made well those of them who were ill.


rate difficulty: In that day will Jehovah defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that stumbleth among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David asGod, as the Angel of Jehovah before them.

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


simplify: And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.

Those who were numbered of them, the males of a month old and over, were six thousand, two hundred.


simplify: And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.

And all these your servants will come to me, going down on their faces before me and saying, Go out, and all your people with you: and after that I will go out. And he went away from Pharaoh burning with wrath.


rate difficulty: And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah will carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me: but I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth.

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


rate difficulty: And this is the account of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

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


rate difficulty: At the commandment of the Lord they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the Lord they journeyed: they kept the charge of the Lord, at the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

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


simplify: O Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause.

O Lord, you have seen my wrong; be judge in my cause.


simplify: And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.

And he is to see the mark on the seventh day; if the mark is increased in the clothing, or in the threads of the material, or in the leather, whatever the leather is used for, it is the disease biting into it: it is unclean.


simplify: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.


simplify: When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:


rate difficulty: Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:

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


rate difficulty: for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided; three shall be divided against two, and two against three:

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


simplify: Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.

Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.


rate difficulty: Let us know what we say to Him, We set not in array because of darkness.


simplify: Now we pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is honorable, though we be as reprobate.

Now our prayer to God is that you may do no evil; not in order that it may be put to our credit, but so that you may do what is right, whatever we may seem.


simplify: But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:


simplify: and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.

And Gedor and Ahio and Zechariah and Mikloth


simplify: And I said unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am Jehovah your God.

And I said to them, Let every man among you put away the disgusting things to which his eyes are turned, and do not make yourselves unclean with the images of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.


simplify: Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!

Then David came back to give a blessing to his family. And Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to him and said, How full of glory was the king of Israel today, who let himself be seen uncovered by his servant-girls like a foolish person uncovering himself without shame!


rate difficulty: And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

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


simplify: And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil was come upon them.

And the men of Israel had made a turn about, and the men of Benjamin were overcome with fear, for they saw that evil had overtaken them.


rate difficulty: and afterwards come also do the rest of the virgins, saying, Sir, sir, open to us;

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


rate difficulty: and he who is near unto him <FI>is<Fi> Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, seven heads of Persia and Media seeing the face of the king, who are sitting first in the kingdom--

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


simplify: and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we pray thee, our supplication be presented before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, even for all this remnant (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us),

And said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let our request come before you, and make prayer for us to the Lord your God, even for this small band of us; for we are only a small band out of what was a great number, as your eyes may see:


rate difficulty: And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

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


simplify: And having heard, they were pricked to the heart; they say also to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, `What shall we do, men, brethren?'

When the people heard this, they were conscience-smitten, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles: “Friends, what can we do?”


simplify: This one--let him reckon thus: that such as we are in word, through letters, being absent, such also, being present, <FI>we are<Fi> in deed.

Let such a person be assured of this — that our words in our letters show us to be, when absent, just what our deeds will show us to be, when present.


rate difficulty: Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.

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


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

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


simplify: And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,

And the good things of the fruits of the sun, and the good things of the growth of the moons,


rate difficulty: And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of theGod of Israel shall not abide with us; for his hand is severe upon us, and upon Dagon ourgod.


rate difficulty: Therefore my heart for Moab as pipes doth sound, And my heart for men of Kir-Heres As pipes doth sound, Therefore the abundance he made did perish.

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


rate difficulty: Saying, Go into the little town in front of you, and on going in you will see a young ass fixed with a cord, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose and take him.


rate difficulty: And the ruler, when they come in, is to come among them, and is to go out when they go out.

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


simplify: Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day have I been in the deep;

Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water;


simplify: And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

Then the king made answer and said to the man of God, Make a prayer now for the grace of the Lord your God, and for me, that my hand may be made well. And in answer to the prayer of the man of God, the king's hand was made well again, as it was before.


simplify: And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

And he gave them teaching, and said to them, Is it not in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer for all the nations? but you have made it a hole of thieves.


simplify: And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.

And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it.


rate difficulty: Lo, thou hast heard that which the kings of Asshur have done to all the lands--to devote them--and thou art delivered!

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


rate difficulty: And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these, that he shall confess wherein he hath sinned;

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


rate difficulty: Hearken unto Me, ye pursuing righteousness, Seeking Jehovah, Look attentively unto the rock--ye have been hewn, And unto the hole of the pit--ye have been digged.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)

(For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in Paul’s company in the city, and were under the belief that Paul had taken him into the Temple.)


rate difficulty: This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, Who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, And go after other gods to serve them, And to bow themselves to them, Yea it is--as this girdle, that is not profitable for anything.

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


rate difficulty: and the inheritance shall not pass from one tribe to another tribe; for each of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep to his inheritance.

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


simplify: and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the wilderness;

And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people living in the waste land;


rate difficulty: Blessed is the person who finds no hindrance in me.”


rate difficulty: And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.

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


rate difficulty: And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

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


rate difficulty: About the woman, then — at the resurrection, whose wife is she to be, all seven brothers having had her as their wife?”

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


simplify: And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armorbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armorbearer slew them after him.

And Jonathan went up, gripping with his hands and his feet, his servant going up after him; and the Philistines gave way before Jonathan when he made an attack on them, and his servant put them to death after him.


rate difficulty: then the soldiers of the governor having taken Jesus to the Praetorium, did gather to him all the band;


simplify: And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

So from that time Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.


rate difficulty: And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.


simplify: The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

their cargoes of gold, or silver, or precious stones, or pearls, or fine linen, or purple robes, or silk, or scarlet cloth; nor their many scented woods; nor their many articles of ivory; nor their many articles of choicest wood, or brass, or iron, or marble;


rate difficulty: And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

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