simplify: Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

And you will take the milk of the nations, flowing from the breast of kings; and you will see that I, the Lord, am your saviour, and he who takes up your cause, the Strong One of Jacob.


rate difficulty: Jetur, Naphish, and Kedema. These are sons of Ishmael.

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


rate difficulty: and Micah saith, `Now I have known that Jehovah doth good to me, for the Levite hath been to me for a priest.'

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


rate difficulty: Anyone you forgive, I forgive them, too. Indeed, for my part, whatever I have forgiven (if I have had to forgive anything), I have forgiven for your sakes, in the presence of Christ,

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


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

And on hearing it, King Hezekiah took off his robe, and put on haircloth, and went into the house of the Lord.


simplify: Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.


rate difficulty: And death has no more power over them, for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being of those who will come back from the dead.

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


rate difficulty: Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.


rate difficulty: When the child’s parents had done everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.

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


simplify: Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.


simplify: And Hazar–shual, and Beer–sheba, and Bizjothjah,

And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah;


simplify: A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!

The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!


rate difficulty: And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

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


rate difficulty: The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.

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


rate difficulty: And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.

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


rate difficulty: And the third poured out his bowl on the rivers, and [on] the fountains of waters; and they became blood.


simplify: And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

And on the west side, hangings fifty cubits long, on ten pillars in ten bases, with silver bands.


simplify: As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.


simplify: Now rise up, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.

Get up now, and go over the stream Zered. So we went over the stream Zered.


simplify: Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

See, then, I have made my hands come together in wrath against your taking of goods by force and against the blood which has been flowing in you.


simplify: But what ye have give ye <FI>as<Fi> alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.

Only give away what is in them in charity, and at once you have the whole clean.


simplify: So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.

And the Lord was no longer able to put up with the evil of your doings and the disgusting things you did; and because of this your land has become a waste and a cause of wonder and a curse, with no one living in it, as at this day.


simplify: Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

And, remembering how you excel in everything — in faith, in teaching, in knowledge, in unfailing earnestness, and in the affection that we have awakened in you — I ask you to excel also in this expression of your love.


simplify: And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.


simplify: Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband.


rate difficulty: Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

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


simplify: And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and an arch of coloured light was round his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;


simplify: Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.


simplify: As to the rest, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord; the same things to write to you to me indeed is not tiresome, and for you <FI>is<Fi> sure;

In conclusion, my friends, all joy be yours in your union with the Lord. To repeat what I have already written does not weary me, and is the safe course for you.


rate difficulty: And Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah:

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


simplify: Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,

Because they have given me up, and made this place a strange place, burning perfumes in it to other gods, of whom they and their fathers and the kings of Judah had no knowledge; and they have made this place full of the blood of those who have done no wrong;


simplify: If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

If a man puts an ass or an ox or a sheep or any beast into the keeping of his neighbour, and it comes to death or is damaged or is taken away, without any person seeing it:


simplify: and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine.

or rather that both you and I may find encouragement in each other’s faith.


simplify: Asan ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, So isa wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.


simplify: and thanks to God, that ye were servants of the sin, and--were obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which ye were delivered up;

God be thanked that, though you were once servants of sin, yet you learned to give hearty obedience to that form of doctrine under which you were placed.


rate difficulty: And king David longed to go forth to Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

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


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

Whoever is ashamed of me and of my teaching, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them, when he comes in his glory and the glory of the father and of the holy angels.


simplify: And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those sitting upon them, having breastplates of fire, and jacinth, and brimstone; and the heads of the horses <FI>are<Fi> as heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceedeth fire, and smoke, and brimstone;

And this is what the horses and their riders appeared to be like in my vision: — They had breastplates of fire, blood-red and sulphurous, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, while out of their mouths issue fire, and smoke, and sulphur.


simplify: Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

Then the king said to the woman, Now give me an answer to the question I am going to put to you; keep nothing back. And the woman said, Let my lord the king say on.


simplify: (for he said to him, `Come forth, spirit unclean, out of the man,')

For Jesus had said: “Come out from the man, you foul spirit.”


simplify: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the rivers thereof; and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

This is what the Lord has said: The day when he goes down to the underworld, I will make the deep full of grief for him; I will keep back her streams and the great waters will be stopped: I will make Lebanon dark for him, and all the trees of the field will be feeble because of him.


simplify: And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:

Said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on the earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts.


simplify: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.


rate difficulty: and are now awaiting the return from heaven of his Son whom he raised from the dead — Jesus, our deliverer from the coming wrath.

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


rate difficulty: `And ye have made separation between the pure beasts and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the pure, and ye do not make yourselves abominable by beast or by fowl, or by anything which creepeth <FI>on<Fi> the ground which I have separated to you for unclean;

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


simplify: Behold, I have made thee small among the nations: thou art greatly despised.

See, I have made you small among the nations: you are much looked down on.


simplify: and the disciples did as Jesus appointed them, and prepared the passover.

The disciples did as Jesus directed them, and prepared the Passover.


simplify: Wouldest thou kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?

Will you put me to death as you did the Egyptian yesterday?


simplify: Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

And do not let Hezekiah make you put your faith in the Lord, saying, The Lord will certainly keep us safe, and this town will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.


rate difficulty: In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

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


simplify: if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

If the evil-doer lets one who is in his debt have back what is his, and gives back what he had taken by force, and is guided by the rules of life, doing no evil; life will certainly be his, death will not overtake him.


rate difficulty: Are not these the words which the Lord said to you by the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem was full of people and wealth, and the towns round about her and the South and the Lowland were peopled?

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


simplify: And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.

And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.


rate difficulty: for thou shalt be a witness for him to all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

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


simplify: And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord <FI>is<Fi> as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day;

But you, dear friends, must never shut your eyes to the fact that, to the Lord, one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.


simplify: And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?

So when I saw that there was no help to be had from you, I put my life in my hand and went over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord gave them into my hands: why then have you come up to me this day to make war on me?


simplify: He smote the Philistines unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.

He overcame the Philistines as far as Gaza and its limits, from the tower of the watchman to the walled town.


simplify: And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Jehovah, after that the ark had rest.

And these are those whom David made responsible for the music in the house of the Lord, after the ark had rest.


simplify: Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has received the new life from God; and everyone who loves him who gave that life loves him who has received it.


rate difficulty: and I have turned aside My hands, and thou hast seen My back parts, and My face is not seen.'

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


rate difficulty: A grievous vision is declared unto me: the treacherous dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, Elam! besiege, Media! All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

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


simplify: Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

Then the chief captain came near and took him, and gave orders for him to be put in chains, questioning them as to who he was and what he had done.


simplify: Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,

Now these are the last words of David. David, the son of Jesse, says, the man who was lifted up on high, the man on whom the God of Jacob put the holy oil, the loved one of Israel's songs, says:


simplify: Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:

But there will be no poor among you; for the Lord will certainly give you his blessing in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage;


simplify: And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

And Abraham put seven young lambs of the flock on one side by themselves.


simplify: And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?

And when Moses' father-in-law saw all he was doing, he said, What is this you are doing for the people? why are you seated here by yourself, with all the people waiting before you from morning till evening?


rate difficulty: He made all races of the earth’s surface — fixing a time for their rise and fall, and the limits of their settlements —

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


simplify: And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.

At the death of Jobab, Husham, from the land of the Temanites, became king in his place.


rate difficulty: Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?

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


simplify: And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, unto the great sea.

And on the limit of Gad, on the south side and to the south of it, the limit will be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the stream, to the Great Sea.


simplify: to another faith, in the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, in the one Spirit;

To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit;


simplify: For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

For the material they had was enough and more than enough for all the work which had to be done.


simplify: And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

And the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a chance to put him to death, but they went in fear of the people.


rate difficulty: that the elder women in like manner be in deportment as becoming those who have to say to sacred things, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is right;

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


simplify: And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the Lord: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

And let them all be burned on the altar as a burned offering to the Lord: a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith Jehovah, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

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


rate difficulty: This shall be thy lot, thy measured portion from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and confided in falsehood.

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


simplify: And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.


simplify: and because of this shall God send to them a working of delusion, for their believing the lie,

That is why God places them under the influence of a delusion, to cause them to believe a lie;


rate difficulty: In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

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


rate difficulty: And they burned the house ofGod, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all the palaces thereof with fire, and all the precious vessels thereof were given up to destruction.

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


rate difficulty: If the men of my tent said not, Who shall find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat? —

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


simplify: And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear (for they are a rebellious house), yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.

And they, if they give ear to you or if they do not give ear (for they are an uncontrolled people), will see that there has been a prophet among them.


simplify: Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name.

Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.


rate difficulty: And Samuel said unto him, Jehovah hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbor of thine, that is better than thou.

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


simplify: that led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they stumbled not?

He who made them go through the deep waters, like a horse in the waste land?


simplify: And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?

So, if Satan drives Satan out, he must be divided against himself; and how, then, can his kingdom last?


simplify: and if on the Father ye do call, who without acceptance of persons is judging according to the work of each, in fear the time of your sojourn pass ye,

And since you call on him as ‘Father,’ who judges everyone impartially by what he has done, let respectful awe be the spirit of your lives during the time of your stay on earth.


simplify: Bread grain is ground; for he will not be always threshing it: and though the wheel of his cart and his horses scatter it, he doth not grind it.

Is the grain for bread crushed? He does not go on crushing it for ever, but he lets his cart-wheels and his horses go over it without crushing it.


simplify: Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

And say to them, This you are to do: take carts from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and get your father and come back.


simplify: And the report of him went out straightway everywhere into all the region of Galilee round about.

And news of him went out quickly everywhere into all parts of Galilee round about.


simplify: Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.

Who are you, that you should pass judgment on the servant of another? Their standing or falling concerns their own master. And stand they will, for their Master can enable them to stand.


rate difficulty: Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

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


rate difficulty: These <FI>are<Fi> the names of the men whom Moses hath sent to spy the land; and Moses calleth Hoshea son of Nun, Jehoshua.

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


rate difficulty: And they gave heed to him, because that of long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.

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


rate difficulty: And John himself had his garment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and wild honey.

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


simplify: Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

But still the Kenites will be wasted, till Asshur takes you away prisoner.


simplify: But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth–horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.

But the men of the band which Amaziah sent back and did not take with him to the fight, made attacks on the towns of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon, putting to death three thousand of their people and taking away a great store of their goods.


rate difficulty: And the sons of the troop that Amaziah hath sent back from going with him to battle--they rush against cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-Horon, and smite of them three thousand, and seize much prey.

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


rate difficulty: And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt.


rate difficulty: And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagarite. All these were comptrollers of the substance which was king David's.


rate difficulty: And when the burned offering was ended, Samuel came; and Saul went out to see him and to give him a blessing.


rate difficulty: But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

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


rate difficulty: And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man.

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


simplify: ministrants of Christ are they? --as beside myself I speak--I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times;

Are they ‘Servants of Christ’? Though it is madness to talk like this, I am more so than they! I have had more of toil, more of imprisonment! I have been flogged times without number. I have been often at death’s door.


simplify: Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.


simplify: And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

And let this be an order to you for ever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day, you are to keep yourselves from pleasure and do no sort of work, those who are Israelites by birth and those from other lands who are living among you:


rate difficulty: Then was kindled the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his anger kindled, because he justified himself rather thanGod;

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


simplify: The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers: every man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.


simplify: And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.

And he put not his hand on the chiefs of the children of Israel: they saw God, and took food and drink.


simplify: And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

By you the sea was parted before them, so that they went through the sea on dry land; and those who went after them went down into the deep, like a stone into great waters.


rate difficulty: And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.


simplify: And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!

As Jesus was walking out of the Temple Courts, one of his disciples said to him: “Teacher, look what fine stones and buildings these are!”


simplify: Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Is it to inquire of me that ye are come? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.

Son of man, say to the responsible men of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: Have you come to get directions from me? By my life, says the Lord, you will get no directions from me.


simplify: Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worm shall eat them.

You will put in vines and take care of them, but you will get no wine or grapes from them; for they will be food for worms.


simplify: For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day; he shall be cut off from his people.

For any person, whoever he may be, who takes his pleasure on that day will be cut off from his people.


simplify: According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.


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

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


rate difficulty: For who hath despised the day of small things? Yea, they shall rejoice [even] those seven — and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel: these are the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro in the whole earth.

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


rate difficulty: The fat ye do eat, and the wool ye put on, The fed one ye slaughter, the flock ye feed not.

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


rate difficulty: and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since:


simplify: See, I will tarry at the fords of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.

See, I will be waiting at the way across the river, in the waste land, till I get news from you.


simplify: For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?


rate difficulty: And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

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


simplify: So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.

So they and all theirs went down living into the underworld, and the earth was shut over them, and they were cut off from among the meeting of the people.


simplify: There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;

Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;


rate difficulty: Indeed, we who still live are continually being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life also of Jesus may be exhibited in our mortal nature.

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


simplify: And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

And there is no sound in the fields of peace, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.


simplify: all things prove; that which is good hold fast;

Bring everything to the test; cling to what is good;


simplify: and will make an offering by fire unto Jehovah, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill-offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet savor unto Jehovah, of the herd, or of the flock;

And are going to make an offering by fire to the Lord, a burned offering or an offering in connection with an oath, or an offering freely given, or at your regular feasts, an offering for a sweet smell to the Lord, from the herd or the flock:


rate difficulty: In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.

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


rate difficulty: I heard, too, the number of those who had been sealed. It was one hundred and forty-four thousand; and they were from every tribe of the Israelites.

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


simplify: For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

For among them are to be found those who creep into homes and captivate weak women — women who, loaded with sins, and slaves to all kinds of passions,


simplify: Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple unto Jehovah, the God of Israel;

Now news came to the haters of Judah and Benjamin that the people who had come back were building a Temple to the Lord, the God of Israel;


simplify: Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Jehovah, the God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.

And now, is it true, as they have said to me, that Saul is coming? O Lord, the God of Israel, give ear to your servant, and say if these things are so. And the Lord said, He is coming down.


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

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


rate difficulty: In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

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


simplify: For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power.


rate difficulty: And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth–el and Ai, on the west side of the city.

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


rate difficulty: Andthiswas the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.


simplify: For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.


rate difficulty: for if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.'

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


rate difficulty: Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men, I pray thee, arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

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


simplify: In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

When Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, first became king this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,


simplify: Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben–hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

Then Asa took all the silver and gold which was still stored in the Lord's house, and in the king's house, and sent them, in the care of his servants, to Ben-hadad, son of Tabrimmon, son of Rezon, king of Aram, at Damascus, saying,


rate difficulty: And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.


rate difficulty: Whithersoever they went out, the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had spoken, and as Jehovah had sworn unto them: and they were sore distressed.

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


rate difficulty: for who did know the mind of the Lord? or who did become His counsellor?


simplify: because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

For everyone who exalts themselves will be humbled, and everyone who humbles themselves will be exalted.”


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


simplify: And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.


rate difficulty: And a tumult shall arise among thy peoples, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces with the children.

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


simplify: Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.


simplify: Now touching the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

Now God is witness that the things which I am writing to you are true.


rate difficulty: And the two parts of you, all those that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of Jehovah about the king.

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


rate difficulty: and their oblation of fine flour mingled with oil: three tenth parts for each bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams,

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


simplify: And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.

And now all the family is turned against me, your servant, saying, Give up him who was the cause of his brother's death, so that we may put him to death in payment for the life of his brother, whose life he took; and we will put an end to the one who will get the heritage: so they will put out my last burning coal, and my husband will have no name or offspring on the face of the earth.


rate difficulty: Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:


simplify: I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light.


rate difficulty: And when Jehovah raised them up judges, then Jehovah was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented Jehovah because of their groaning by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.


simplify: Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;


simplify: for I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, that ye may be established;

For I long to see you, in order to impart to you some spiritual gift and so give you fresh strength —


simplify: in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

In a second, in the shutting of an eye, at the sound of the last horn: for at that sound the dead will come again, free for ever from the power of death, and we will be changed.


simplify: what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.


rate difficulty: It is said in the law —  ‘In strange tongues and by the lips of strangers will I speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.’

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


simplify: For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

In any question about an ox or an ass or a sheep or clothing, or about the loss of any property which anyone says is his, let the two sides put their cause before God; and he who is judged to be in the wrong is to make payment to his neighbour of twice the value.


rate difficulty: Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

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


rate difficulty: And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more may this Benjamite now do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for Jehovah hath bidden him.

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


rate difficulty: and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.

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


rate difficulty: and He saith, `Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known that thou art fearing God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.'

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


rate difficulty: All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

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


rate difficulty: Then you are to go down before me to Gilgal, where I will come to you, for the offering of burned offerings and peace-offerings: go on waiting there for seven days till I come to you and make clear to you what you have to do.

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


simplify: And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.

So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.


simplify: For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;

For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,


simplify: He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.


rate difficulty: In His preparing the heavens I <FI>am<Fi> there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,

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


simplify: Moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the Lord also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.

And more than this, the Lord will give Israel up with you into the hands of the Philistines: and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me: and the Lord will give up the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.


simplify: But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.


rate difficulty: And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;

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


rate difficulty: And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.

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


rate difficulty: but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

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


simplify: But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

On hearing these words, the young man went away distressed, for he had great possessions.


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh calleth unto Moses and saith, `Go ye, serve Jehovah, only your flock and your herd are stayed, your infants also go with you;'

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


simplify: Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;

In the same way, when all the Jews who were in Moab and among the children of Ammon and in Edom and in all the countries, had news that the king of Babylon had let Judah keep some of its people and that he had put over them Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan;


rate difficulty: who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, `With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves--to taste nothing till we have killed Paul;

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


simplify: After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.

After him were working their brothers, Bavvai, the son of Henadad, ruler of half the division of Keilah.


simplify: Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

Then indeed you may be glad and dance for joy, for be sure that your reward in heaven will be great; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets.


simplify: `Be glad over her, O heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, because God did judge your judgment of her!'

Rejoice over her, heaven, and people of Christ, and apostles, and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!


simplify: And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

Now after this, it came about that Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and David's son Amnon was in love with her.


rate difficulty: Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

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


rate difficulty: Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.

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


rate difficulty: a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, <FI>are<Fi> on the hems of the upper robe, round about, to minister in, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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


simplify: Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

And we speak of these gifts, not in language taught by human philosophy, but in language taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things in spiritual words.


simplify: Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.

For fear that, if any from Macedonia come with me, and you are not ready, we (not to say, you) might be put to shame in this thing.


rate difficulty: Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And he said to them, `Lo, in your entering into the city, there shall meet you a man, bearing a pitcher of water, follow him to the house where he doth go in,

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, Yet again thou shalt see great abominations which they do.

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


rate difficulty: So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.

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


simplify: Jehovah isreadyto save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.

O Lord, quickly be my saviour; so we will make my songs to corded instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.


simplify: `And now, lo, I have known that no more shall ye see my face, --ye all among whom I did go preaching the reign of God;

And now, I tell you, I know that none of you will ever see my face again — you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom.


rate difficulty: And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.


simplify: And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.


simplify: Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

So they will be like the morning cloud, like the dew which goes early away, like the dust of the grain which the wind is driving out of the crushing-floor, like smoke going up from the fireplace.


rate difficulty: Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.

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


rate difficulty: And when he left off speaking, he said unto Simon, `Put back to the deep, and let down your nets for a draught;'

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


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.

And the Lord said to Moses, Make an image of a snake and put it on a rod, and anyone who has been wounded by the snakes, looking on it will be made well.


rate difficulty: The order which Jeremiah the prophet gave to Seraiah, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah, the king of Judah, to Babylon in the fourth year of his rule. Now Seraiah was the chief controller of the house.

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


simplify: And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

And I make request to you, true helper in my work, to see to the needs of those women who took part with me in the good news, with Clement and the rest of my brother-workers whose names are in the book of life.


rate difficulty: and let them be ready for the third day; for on the third day Jehovah will come down before the eyes of all the people on mount Sinai.


rate difficulty: But if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him;

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


rate difficulty: For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

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


simplify: Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

serving the Lord, as I did, in all humility, amid the tears and trials which fell to my lot through the plots of some of the Jewish leaders.


simplify: And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

I have had word that you have wool-cutters: now the keepers of your sheep have been with us, and we have done them no evil, and taken nothing of theirs while they were in Carmel.


simplify: Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.

Give attention to the things which are before you. If any man seems to himself to be Christ's, let him keep in mind that we are as much Christ's as he is.


simplify: It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

It will not be put out day or night; its smoke will go up for ever: it will be waste from generation to generation; no one will go through it for ever.


rate difficulty: And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

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


simplify: In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right to him.


rate difficulty: Them that sin reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.


rate difficulty: It is not due to obedience to law, so that no one can boast.

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


simplify: and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.

Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, and the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife.


simplify: with much entreaty calling on us to receive the favour and the fellowship of the ministration to the saints,

and with many an appeal to us for permission, they showed their love, and contributed their share towards the fund for their fellow Christians.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

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


simplify: And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

And he said, Do not go from us; for you will be eyes for us, guiding us to the right places in the waste land to put up our tents.


rate difficulty: As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.


simplify: And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put 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: and that he hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee? and seek ye the priesthood also?

Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?


rate difficulty: that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.'

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


simplify: Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only unto Jehovah their God.

However, the people still made offerings in the high places, but only to the Lord their God.


rate difficulty: `Thus said Jehovah, Stand thou in the court of the house of Jehovah, and thou hast spoken unto all <FI>those of<Fi> the cities of Judah who are coming in to bow themselves in the house of Jehovah, all the words that I have commanded thee to speak unto them, thou dost not diminish a word.

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


simplify: For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.

For I will take you out from among the nations, and get you together from all the countries, and take you into your land.


rate difficulty: The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.

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


rate difficulty: `And when ye err, and do not all these commands which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,

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


rate difficulty: And they watched him, and sent forth spies, who feigned themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his speech, so as to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: and having known that he is from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him back unto Herod, he being also in Jerusalem in those days.

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


simplify: So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.

So Moab was broken that day under the hand of Israel. And for eighty years the land had peace.


rate difficulty: Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?

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rate difficulty: And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:

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simplify: But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

But the Rab-shakeh said, Is it to your master or to you that my master has sent me to say these words? has he not sent me to the men seated on the wall? for they are the people who will be short of food with you when the town is shut in.


rate difficulty: Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

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


rate difficulty: And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

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


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


simplify: And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

Then if anyone goes out of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, we will not be responsible; but if any damage comes to anyone in the house, his blood will be on our heads.


rate difficulty: And when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.

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rate difficulty: And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,

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


rate difficulty: Wherever the spirit was to go they went; and the wheels were lifted up by their side: for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

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


simplify: And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.

And flesh touched by any unclean thing may not be taken for food: it is to be burned with fire; and as for the flesh of the peace-offerings, everyone who is clean may take it as food:


rate difficulty: This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord God.

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rate difficulty: Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.

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


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, that were in the day that the foundation of the house of Jehovah of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

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


simplify: For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:


simplify: And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thy heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thy hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

And when he had gone away from there, he came across Jehonadab, the son of Rechab: and he said good-day to him, and said to him, Is your heart true to mine, as mine is to yours? And Jehonadab in answer said, It is; and Jehu said, If it is, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand, and he made him come up into his carriage.


rate difficulty: so again have I thought in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.


rate difficulty: Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

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


simplify: And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.

Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town.


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

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


simplify: He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.


rate difficulty: See the size of the handwriting which I myself have made use of in writing to you.


rate difficulty: And two blind men seated by the wayside, when they had the news that Jesus was going by, gave a loud cry, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.

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


simplify: And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock’s blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:

And the chief priest is to take some of its blood and take it to the Tent of meeting;


rate difficulty: May a man take fire to his breast without burning his clothing?


rate difficulty: And he said, Which way are we to go? And he said in answer, By the waste land of Edom.

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


rate difficulty: I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.


rate difficulty: that the goat may bear upon him all their iniquities to a land apart [from men]; and he shall send away the goat into the wilderness.


rate difficulty: The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.


rate difficulty: Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.


simplify: avoiding this, lest any one may blame us in this abundance that is ministered by us,

What we are specially guarding against is that any fault should be found with us in regard to our administration of this charitable fund;


rate difficulty: And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?


simplify: For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

For nothing is put out of view which will not be made clear, and nothing is secret of which the knowledge will not come to light.


simplify: Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:


rate difficulty: Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

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


rate difficulty: And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.

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rate difficulty: And that I might not be exalted by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn for the flesh, a messenger of Satan that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted.

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


rate difficulty: Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

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


simplify: And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Your seed will be like the dust of the earth, covering all the land to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south: you and your seed will be a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.


simplify: And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

And the second heritage came out for the tribe of Simeon by their families; and their heritage was in the middle of the heritage of the children of Judah.


simplify: All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

All these had taken strange wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had offspring.


rate difficulty: And they made an agreement to be true to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and all their soul;

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simplify: And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.

And all Judah was glad because of the oath, for they had taken it with all their heart, turning to the Lord with all their desire; and he was with them and gave them rest on every side.


simplify: Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

And in the same way, after the meal, he took the cup, saying, This cup is the new testament, made with my blood which is given for you.


simplify: David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.

So David went away from there and took cover in a strong place at Adullam; and his brothers and all his father's people, hearing of it, went down to him there.


simplify: That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather: it shall be a year of solemn rest for 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.


rate difficulty: And their brothers, heads of their families, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty: able men, doing the work of the house of God.


simplify: O Timotheus, the thing entrusted guard thou, avoiding the profane vain-words and opposition of the falsely-named knowledge,

Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane prattle and contradictions of what some miscall ‘theology,’


simplify: So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.


simplify: Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak; behold, it is I.

For this cause I will make my name clear to my people; in that day they will be certain that it is my word which comes to them; see, here am I.


simplify: And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.


simplify: But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.


rate difficulty: And Adaiah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai, the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

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


simplify: who shall give an account to Him who is ready to judge living and dead,

But they will have to answer for their conduct to him who is ready to judge both the living and the dead.


simplify: But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

But the king did not give up Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the Lord's oath made between David and Jonathan, the son of Saul.


simplify: How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:


simplify: Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

Put up guiding pillars, make road signs for yourself: give attention to the highway, even the way in which you went: be turned again, O virgin of Israel, be turned to these your towns.


rate difficulty: Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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


rate difficulty: And when they came inside the town, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the men who were with him, put them to death and put their bodies into a deep hole.

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simplify: But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

But, O Lord of armies, judging in righteousness, testing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them: for I have put my cause before you.


simplify: But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

I will show you of whom you should be afraid. Be afraid of him who, after killing you, has the power to fling you into Gehenna. Yes, I say, be afraid of him.


rate difficulty: For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it.

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


simplify: The Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

The Lord your God who goes before you will be fighting for you, and will do such wonders as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;


rate difficulty: And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.

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simplify: (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;

(That land is said to have been a land of the Rephaim, for Rephaim had been living there in earlier times, but they were named Zamzummim by the Ammonites;


simplify: But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

But when it came to his ears that Archelaus was ruling over Judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was in fear of going there; and God having given him news of the danger in a dream, he went out of the way into the country parts of Galilee.


rate difficulty: Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Jehovah is at hand in the valley of decision.


simplify: And thou shalt ascend, thou shalt come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy hordes, and many peoples with thee.

And you will go up, you will come like a storm, you will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your forces, and a great number of peoples with you.


simplify: He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.


simplify: And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.

Then they went into the open square to the king; but the book they put away in the room of Elishama the scribe; and they gave the king an account of all the words.


simplify: Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

The high places, however, were not taken away, and the hearts of the people were still not true to the God of their fathers.


simplify: Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.

Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur, the son of Michael


simplify: When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

But the tall trees will come down with a great fall, and the town will be low in a low place.


simplify: Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.


simplify: And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

Meanwhile the tax-gatherer stood at a distance, not venturing even ‘to raise his eyes to heaven’; but he kept striking his breast and saying ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’


rate difficulty: So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

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


rate difficulty: For indeed we who are in the tabernacle groan, being burdened; while yet we do not wish to be unclothed, but clothed, that [what is] mortal may be swallowed up by life.


simplify: And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?

“Where do you wish us to make preparations?” they asked.


simplify: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;


simplify: And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.

And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property.


simplify: And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:

Their south limit was from the farthest part of the Salt Sea, from the inlet looking to the south:


simplify: The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;

The sons of Gad by their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:


simplify: He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light.


rate difficulty: the lips of those that rise up against me and their meditation against me all the day.

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


simplify: What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

What do you wish? Am I to come to you with a rod, or in a loving and gentle spirit?


rate difficulty: These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: this is the word which Jehovah hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.


simplify: But he turning about, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and saith, Get thee behind me, Satan; for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.

But he, turning about, and seeing his disciples, said sharply to Peter, Get out of my way, Satan: for your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.


simplify: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

But if it is of God, you will not be able to overcome them, and you are in danger of fighting against God.


rate difficulty: The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;


rate difficulty: Exercise self-control, be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, like a roaring lion, is prowling about, eager to devour you.

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rate difficulty: And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

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rate difficulty: And answer doth Doeg the Edomite, who is set over the servants of Saul, and saith, `I have seen the son of Jesse coming in to Nob, unto Ahimelech son of Ahitub,

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simplify: Moreover the hand of Jehovah was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.

For the hand of the Lord was against them, working their destruction, till all were dead.


simplify: These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and upward.

These were the sons of Levi, grouped by families, the heads of the families of those who were numbered by name, by heads, all those of twenty years old and over who did the work of the house of the Lord.


rate difficulty: and Saul dieth, and reign in his stead doth Baal-hanan son of Achbor;

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


simplify: I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

And I will put an end to all her joy, her feasts, her new moons, and her Sabbaths, and all her regular meetings.


simplify: And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.


rate difficulty: For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

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rate difficulty: But some of them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casteth he out demons.

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simplify: and he having nothing to pay, his lord did command him to be sold, and his wife, and the children, and all, whatever he had, and payment to be made.

and, as he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold towards the payment of the debt, together with his wife, and his children, and everything that he had.


simplify: What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?


simplify: But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

But if you are given to fighting with one another, take care that you are not the cause of destruction one to another.


rate difficulty: The middle rod was made to go right through the rings of all the boards from one end to the other.

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


rate difficulty: and its chambers, and its posts, and its projections, according to these measures; and there were windows to it and to its projections round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.


simplify: and Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

And Iron and Migdal-el, Horem and Beth-anath and Beth-shemesh; nineteen towns with their unwalled places.


simplify: And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.

And I will make right decision the measuring-line, and righteousness the weight: and the ice-storm will take away the safe place of false words, and the secret place will be covered by the flowing waters.


rate difficulty: Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;

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

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


rate difficulty: Son of man, make a song of grief for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and say to him, Young lion of the nations, destruction has come on you; and you were like a sea-beast in the seas, sending out bursts of water, troubling the waters with your feet, making their streams dirty.

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


rate difficulty: And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

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


simplify: And Moses did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he.

This Moses did: as the Lord gave orders, so he did.


simplify: And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

And the bases of the pillars were of brass; their hooks and the bands round the tops of them were of silver; all the pillars were ringed with silver.


rate difficulty: Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

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


simplify: And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain them to come in, that my house may be filled.

And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full.


simplify: And Job again took up his parable, and said,

And Job again took up the word and said,


simplify: And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

They were both righteous people, who lived blameless lives, guiding their steps by all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house.

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


rate difficulty: So now, let it be given out to the people that anyone who is shaking with fear is to go back from Mount Galud. So twenty-two thousand of the people went back, but there were still ten thousand.

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


rate difficulty: And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

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


rate difficulty: Send, then, to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you; he is living in the house of Simon, a leather-worker, by the sea.

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


simplify: I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.

I do not make the grace of God of no effect: because if righteousness is through the law, then Christ was put to death for nothing.


simplify: And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel?

And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord with the holy oil made you king over Israel,


rate difficulty: And I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Jehovah's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy falsehood unto you.

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


simplify: `And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places--standing--to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

And, when you pray, you are not to behave as hypocrites do. They like to pray standing in the Synagogues and at the corners of the streets, so that people will see them. There, I tell you, is their reward!


simplify: As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world.

As then the evil plants are got together and burned with fire, so will it be in the end of the world.


simplify: And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?

And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?


rate difficulty: and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died.

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


rate difficulty: Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.


rate difficulty: For see, I am sending the Chaldaeans, that bitter and quick-moving nation; who go through the wide spaces of the earth to get for themselves living-places which are not theirs.

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


simplify: And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not troubled: these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.

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


simplify: And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

Then David got all the people together and went to Rabbah and made war on it and took it.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt in their midst.

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


simplify: And Israel dwelleth in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yea, his heavens drop down dew.

And Israel is living in peace, the fountain of Jacob by himself, in a land of grain and wine, with dew dropping from the heavens.


simplify: Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.


rate difficulty: And Ephraim saith: `Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours--they find not against me iniquity that <FI>is<Fi> sin.'

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


rate difficulty: until I put thine enemies [as] footstool of thy feet?

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


rate difficulty: When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and the land is large; for God hath given it into your hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth.

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


simplify: Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heavens will go in flight like smoke, and the earth will become old like a coat, and its people will come to destruction like insects: but my salvation will be for ever, and my righteousness will not come to an end.


simplify: If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;

And when a man or a woman has a disease on the head, or in the hair of the chin,


rate difficulty: And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,

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


simplify: Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.

And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.


rate difficulty: Then will not their cattle and their goods and all their beasts be ours? so let us come to an agreement with them so that they may go on living with us.