rate difficulty: And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

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simplify: My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

My flesh is covered with worms and dust; my skin gets hard and then is cracked again.


simplify: And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as David his father had done.


rate difficulty: And again he said to me, Be a prophet to these bones, and say to them, O you dry bones, give ear to the word of the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.

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


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

And they will be building again the old broken walls, and will make new the old waste places, and will put up again the towns which have been waste for long generations.


simplify: And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes,

Jesus ordered the people to take their seats on the grass; and, taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and said the blessing, and, after he had broken the loaves, gave them to his disciples; and they gave them to the crowds.


rate difficulty: But Jesus sent for them, saying, Let the children come to me, and do not keep them away, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.


rate difficulty: And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.

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simplify: And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.

And the king said, You will certainly be put to death, Ahimelech, you and all your father's family.


simplify: All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.

The number of all the armies of Reuben together came to a hundred and fifty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty. They go forward second.


rate difficulty: to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up in their height, even all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

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rate difficulty: But they cried out all together, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:—

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rate difficulty: and one kid of the goats, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and their libations.

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simplify: And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the Lord.

So they came to Jerusalem with corded instruments and wind-instruments into the house of the Lord.


simplify: And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

in his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like ‘the sun in the fulness of its power.’


rate difficulty: And the thing is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants,

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


rate difficulty: and hath not been humbled before Jehovah, like the humbling of Manasseh his father, for Amon himself hath multiplied guilt.

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rate difficulty: When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

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


simplify: they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted it, he would not drink.

They gave him wine mixed with bitter drink: and after tasting it, he took no more.


simplify: So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that, if found with me, shall be counted stolen.

And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass in Joshua's being by Jericho, that he lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, one standing over-against him, and his drawn sword in his hand, and Joshua goeth unto him, and saith to him, `Art thou for us or for our adversaries?'

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simplify: And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.

And wonder overcame them all, and they gave glory to God; and they were full of fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.


rate difficulty: And of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.


rate difficulty: So he went in, and shutting the door on the two of them, made prayer to the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.

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


simplify: Then saith Jesus to them, `Fear ye not, go away, tell to my brethren that they may go away to Galilee, and there they shall see me.'

“Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers and sisters to set out for Galilee, and they will see me there.”


simplify: Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.


simplify: Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

And I kept on with the work of this wall, and we got no land for ourselves: and all my servants were helping with the work.


rate difficulty: For our salvation is by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for who is hoping for what he sees?


simplify: Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, as fair as Jerusalem; you are to be feared like an army with flags.


rate difficulty: And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: and thou hast brought near the Levites before Jehovah, and the sons of Israel have laid their hands on the Levites,

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.

After he had overcome Sihon, king of the Amorites, ruling in Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, ruling in Ashtaroth, at Edrei:


simplify: And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

And if a man has sex relations with a man, the two of them have done a disgusting thing: let them be put to death; their blood will be on them.


rate difficulty: and the rivers shall stink, and the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and drain away: the reeds and sedges shall wither.

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


rate difficulty: And did eat and drink before the Lord on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the Lord to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.

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rate difficulty: And Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah and Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites made the law clear to the people: and the people kept in their places.

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rate difficulty: And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,


rate difficulty: For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

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rate difficulty: He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He that overcomes shall in no wise be injured of the second death.

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


rate difficulty: and he saith unto the people, `Be ye prepared for the third day, come not nigh unto a woman.'

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rate difficulty: A house of banqueting thou dost not enter, To sit with them, to eat and to drink,

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


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass, [that] he who fleeth from the sound of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are open, and the foundations of the earth shake.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

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


rate difficulty: Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy.

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


simplify: And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

The servant who had received the five bags of gold came up and brought five bags more. ‘Sir,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold; look, I have made another five bags!’


rate difficulty: And David's two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel, had been made prisoners.


simplify: And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on the portion of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

And she went, and came and took up the heads of grain in the field after the cutters; and by chance she went into that part of the field which was the property of Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.


simplify: If thou shalt say in thy heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?

If you say in your hearts, These nations are greater in number than we are: how are we to take their land from them?


simplify: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in heaven: and then all the nations of the earth will have sorrow, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.


simplify: And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.


rate difficulty: Because of the day which is coming with destruction on all the Philistines, cutting off from Tyre and Zidon the last of their helpers: for the Lord will send destruction on the Philistines, the rest of the sea-land of Caphtor.

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


rate difficulty: chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,


rate difficulty: For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

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rate difficulty: Then Joshua said, Take away the stones from the mouth of the hole in the rock, and make those five kings come out to me.


simplify: `I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved <FI>me<Fi> many things to do,

I myself, it is true, once thought it my duty to oppose in every way the name of Jesus of Nazareth;


simplify: But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching his own will, and hath determined this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin daughter, shall do well.

But the man who is strong in mind and purpose, who is not forced but has control over his desires, does well if he comes to the decision to keep her a virgin.


rate difficulty: And he that blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the sojourner, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, shall be put to death.


rate difficulty: For behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

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


simplify: and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

Saying, Where is the hope of his coming? From the death of the fathers till now everything has gone on as it was from the making of the world.


simplify: The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

And the sons of Jacob came on them when they were wounded and made waste the town because of what had been done to their sister;


rate difficulty: For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

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


simplify: I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

I am not able by myself to take the weight of all this people, for it is more than my strength.


rate difficulty: And I give to Isaac, Jacob and Esau; and I give to Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons have gone down to Egypt.

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


simplify: save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed Jehovah.

But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he will see it; and to him and to his children I will give the land over which his feet have gone, because he has been true to the Lord with all his heart.


rate difficulty: And why be anxious about clothing? Study the wild lilies, and how they grow. They neither toil nor spin;


rate difficulty: Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.

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


rate difficulty: And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

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


simplify: Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen.


simplify: And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan–melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

And he took away the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the way into the house of the Lord, by the room of Nathan-melech, the unsexed servant, which was in the outer part of the building, and the carriages of the sun he put on fire.


rate difficulty: and do not think that you can say among yourselves ‘Abraham is our ancestor,’ for I tell you that out of these stones God is able to raise descendants for Abraham!

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rate difficulty: and I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited after your former estate, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

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


simplify: And it came to pass in the morning, about the time of offering the oblation, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

Now in the morning, about the time when the offering was made, they saw water flowing from the direction of Edom till the country was full of water.


simplify: And Jehovah said unto him, Go, get thee down; and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto Jehovah, lest he break forth upon them.

And the Lord said to him, Go down, and you and Aaron may come up; but let not the priests and the people make their way through to the Lord, or he will come on them suddenly.


rate difficulty: And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

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


rate difficulty: And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?

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


rate difficulty: And it hath come to pass afterwards, I do pour out My Spirit on all flesh, And prophesied have your sons and your daughters, Your old men do dream dreams, Your young men do see visions.

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


simplify: for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me?

If it is I who cause you pain, why, who is there to cheer me, except the person whom I am paining?


simplify: And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

And Elijah in answer said, If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven on you and on your fifty men, and put an end to you. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and put an end to him and his fifty men.


simplify: God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

God has not rejected his people, whom he chose from the first. Have you forgotten the words of scripture in the story of Elijah — how he appeals to God against Israel?


rate difficulty: That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

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


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

And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?


rate difficulty: And she fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep, and tore out the pin of the beam, and the web.

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


simplify: Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men?


simplify: Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death.


simplify: And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of grain, as food for his people, and twenty measures of clear oil; this he did every year.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

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


rate difficulty: Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

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


simplify: And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king,


simplify: For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.


simplify: and seeing the man standing with them who hath been healed, they had nothing to say against <FI>it<Fi> ,

But, when they looked at the man who had been healed, standing there with them, they had nothing to say.


simplify: Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you:


rate difficulty: And I will scatter them as stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

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


simplify: If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts;

Or if I send evil beasts through the land causing destruction and making it waste, so that no man may go through because of the beasts:


simplify: also, having considered, he came unto the house of Mary, the mother of John, who is surnamed Mark, where there were many thronged together and praying.

As soon as he realized what had happened, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also known as Mark, where a number of people were gathered together, praying.


simplify: And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

And Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.


simplify: But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

But he said to them: “I swear that I do not know the man you are talking about! May God punish me if I am lying!”


simplify: And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

And I will make with them an agreement of peace, and will put an end to evil beasts through all the land: and they will be living safely in the waste land, sleeping in the woods.


rate difficulty: Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

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


simplify: And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy foot hath trodden shall be an inheritance to thee and to thy children for ever, because thou hast wholly followed Jehovah my God.

And on that day Moses took an oath, saying, Truly the land where your feet have been placed will become a heritage for you and your children for ever, because you have been true to the Lord your God with all your heart.


rate difficulty: They are bent down, they are falling together: they were not able to keep their images safe, but they themselves have been taken prisoner.

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


rate difficulty: And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.

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


rate difficulty: For ourselves, then, from this time forward, we refuse to regard anyone from the world’s standpoint. Even if we once thought of Christ from the standpoint of the world, yet now we do so no longer.

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


simplify: We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride; and his great opinion of himself, and that his heart is lifted up.


simplify: Am I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

And have I now come up to send destruction on this place without the Lord's authority? It was the Lord himself who said to me, Go up against this land and make it waste.


simplify: Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.


simplify: Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

Will a woman give up the child at her breast, will she be without pity for the fruit of her body? yes, these may, but I will not let you go out of my memory.


rate difficulty: Then Balaam said to Balak, Take your place by your burned offering, and I will go and see if the Lord comes to me: and I will give you word of whatever he says to me. And he went to an open place on a hill.

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


rate difficulty: And he commanded them, saying, See, ye shall be in ambush against the city, behind the city: go not very far from the city, and be all of you ready.

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


rate difficulty: From the first day of the seventh month they made a start with the burned offerings, but the base of the Temple of the Lord had still not been put in its place.

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


simplify: And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, come together to make war against him who was seated on the horse and against his army.


simplify: After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow on the earth, or on the sea, or upon any tree.

After this I saw four angels in their places at the four points of the earth, keeping back the four winds in their hands, so that there might be no moving of the wind on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.


rate difficulty: And again he said with an oath, I have no knowledge of the man.


simplify: In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south.

In the visions of God he took me into the land of Israel, and put me down on a very high mountain, on which there was, as it seemed, a building like a town opposite me.


simplify: And he called to him the multitude again, and said unto them, Hear me all of you, and understand:

And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to you:


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: because of the love I rather entreat, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ;

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


rate difficulty: And when even was come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land.


simplify: Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

In the same way the chief priests, laughing at him among themselves with the scribes, said, A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself.


simplify: And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod;

Take the robes, and put the coat and the dress and the ephod and the priest's bag on Aaron; put the band of needlework round him,


simplify: And of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

And of the sons of Harim, Maaseiah and Elijah and Shemaiah and Jehiel and Uzziah.


simplify: And I will draw unto thee, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thy hand.

And I will make Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his war-carriages and his forces, come against you at the river Kishon, where I will give him into your hands.


simplify: For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.


simplify: The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.


simplify: Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Among the members of the church at Antioch there were several prophets and teachers — Barnabas, Simeon who was known by the name of ‘Black’, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, foster-brother of Prince Herod, and Saul.


simplify: Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;

How true is this saying: ‘To aspire to be to be a presiding officer in the church is to be ambitious for a noble task.’


rate difficulty: But ye have not so learned Christ;


simplify: Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.

Then he gave a cry to the servant who was waiting on him and said, Put this woman out, and let the door be locked after her.


rate difficulty: --and upon her <FI>is<Fi> a long coat, for such upper robes do daughters of the king who <FI>are<Fi> virgins put on, --and his servant taketh her out without, and hath bolted the door after her.

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


rate difficulty: The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land.

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


rate difficulty: For both if we should live, [it is] to the Lord we live; and if we should die, [it is] to the Lord we die: both if we should live then, and if we should die, we are the Lord's.

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


simplify: A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.


rate difficulty: Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.


simplify: and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim,

Afterwards, leaving Nazareth, he went and settled at Capernaum, which is by the side of the Sea, within the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali;


simplify: A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of Jehovah that rendereth recompense to his enemies.

There is a noise of war from the town, a sound from the Temple, the voice of the Lord giving punishment to his haters.


simplify: And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Beth–lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?

And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?


simplify: While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master.

While he was still talking, someone came from the house of the ruler of the Synagogue, saying, Your daughter is dead; do not go on troubling the Master.


rate difficulty: The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

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


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

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


simplify: And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the hour of incense.

And all the people were offering prayers outside, at the time of the burning of perfumes.


rate difficulty: And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin.

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


simplify: He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

He whose faith is in himself is foolish; but everyone walking wisely will be kept safe.


rate difficulty: and said, O full of all guile and all villany, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And Moses said unto Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

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


rate difficulty: And the heaven and the earth and everything in them, will make a song of joy over Babylon: for those who make her waste will come from the north, says the Lord.


simplify: Now therefore give me this hill-country, whereof Jehovah spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities great and fortified: it may be that Jehovah will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as Jehovah spake.

So now, give me this hill-country named by the Lord at that time; for you had an account of it then, how the Anakim were there, and great walled towns: it may be that the Lord will be with me, and I will be able to take their land, as the Lord said.


simplify: And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

And they will be mine, says the Lord, in the day when I make them my special property; and I will have mercy on them as a man has mercy on his son who is his servant.


rate difficulty: As for me, here I am in your hands: do with me whatever seems good and right in your opinion.


simplify: And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve Jehovah.

And the people said to Joshua, No! But we will be the servants of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.

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


simplify: and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise--to salvation, through faith that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus;

and that, from your childhood, you have known the sacred writings, which can give you the wisdom that, through belief in Christ Jesus, leads to salvation.


simplify: Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

Then crying out to me, he said, See, those who are going to the north country have given rest to the spirit of the Lord in the north country.


simplify: And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.

And when he saw that he was under the authority of Herod, he sent him to Herod, who was in Jerusalem himself at that time.


simplify: And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them?

Why would you take from the children of Israel the desire to go over into the land which the Lord has given them?


simplify: I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give witness to you of these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star.


simplify: take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls,

Take my yoke on you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble, and ‘you will find rest for your souls’;


simplify: He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

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


simplify: But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

But when the servants gave her the king's order, Vashti the queen said she would not come: then the king was very angry, and his heart was burning with wrath.


rate difficulty: So David went to a secret place in the country: and when the new moon came, the king took his place at the feast.


simplify: And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.


rate difficulty: And she said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master: and she took her veil, and covered herself.

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


rate difficulty: Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

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


rate difficulty: Two of every sort of bird and cattle and of every sort of living thing which goes on the earth will you take with you to keep them from destruction.

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


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

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


simplify: And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces.

And Ahijah took his new robe in his hands, parting it violently into twelve.


simplify: And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.

Then take the sheep of the wave offering and let its flesh be cooked in water in a holy place.


rate difficulty: And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

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


rate difficulty: But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, who was of the Jews by birth, and sent for Paul, and gave hearing to him about faith in Christ Jesus.

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


rate difficulty: Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.

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


simplify: And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.


simplify: For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.

For Jesus had said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.


rate difficulty: The same field which Abraham got from the children of Heth: there Abraham was put to rest with Sarah, his wife.

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


simplify: Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer’s house is.

Then Saul came up to Samuel in the doorway of the town and said, Give me directions, if you will be so good, to the house of the seer.


rate difficulty: 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: Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.


rate difficulty: And they brought it with the ark ofGod out of the house of Abinadab which was upon the hill; and Ahio went before the ark.


simplify: Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.


rate difficulty: the word that he sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming good news--peace through Jesus Christ (this one is Lord of all,)

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


simplify: Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.

You who have your resting-place in the gardens, the friends give ear to your voice; make me give ear to it.


rate difficulty: And I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no [more]; and thou shalt be sought for, and shalt never be found again, for ever, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one; he doth not resist you.

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


simplify: Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and righteously and unblamably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:

You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;


simplify: And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

Then Jehoshaphat went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David his father; and Jehoram his son became king in his place.


rate difficulty: And if a man take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness, that is a disgrace; and they shall be cut off before the eyes of the children of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

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


rate difficulty: When anyone speaks, let them speak as one who is delivering the oracles of God. When anyone is endeavoring to serve others, let them do so in reliance on the strength which God supplies; so that in everything God may be honor ed through Jesus Christ — to whom be ascribed all honor and might for ever and ever. Amen.


rate difficulty: But the Jews, being moved with jealousy, took unto them certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people.

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

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


simplify: Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Do not love the world or what the world can offer. When anyone loves the world, there is no love for the Father in them;


rate difficulty: And their drink-offerings: half a hin of wine for a bullock, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb. This is the monthly burnt-offering for each month throughout the months of the year.


rate difficulty: My wrath is burning against the keepers of the flock, and I will send punishment on the he-goats: for the Lord of armies takes care of his flock, the people of Judah, and will make them like the horse of his pride in the fight.


rate difficulty: And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

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


simplify: And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.

And I put before the sons of the Rechabites basins full of wine and cups, and I said to them, Take some wine.


rate difficulty: Now Elisabeth’s time was fulfilled that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.


simplify: And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.

And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,


rate difficulty: The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.

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


simplify: Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.


simplify: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

to whom it was his pleasure to make known the surpassing glory of that hidden truth when proclaimed among the Gentiles — ‘Christ among you! Your hope of glory!’


rate difficulty: There is no wisdom nor understanding  Nor counsel against Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

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


rate difficulty: And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true.


simplify: that to the nations the blessing of Abraham may come in Christ Jesus, that the promise of the Spirit we may receive through the faith.

And this he did that the blessing given to Abraham might be extended to the Gentiles through their union with Jesus Christ; that so, through our faith, we also might receive the promised gift of the Spirit.


simplify: For I will proclaim the name of Jehovah: Ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

For I will give honour to the name of the Lord: let our God be named great.


simplify: And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

And the children of Israel got themselves together, and food was made ready and they went against them; the tents of the children of Israel were like two little flocks of goats before them, but all the country was full of the Aramaeans.


rate difficulty: In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing.

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


rate difficulty: And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

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


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

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


simplify: The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.


rate difficulty: They left their nets at once, and followed him.

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


rate difficulty: This bread which we have with us for our food, we took warm and new from our houses when starting on our journey to you; but now see, it has become dry and broken up.


rate difficulty: If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

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


rate difficulty: And lo, the Cushite hath come, and the Cushite saith, `Let tidings be proclaimed, my lord, O king; for Jehovah hath delivered thee to-day out of the hand of all those rising up against thee.'

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


rate difficulty: `As for us, Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> our God, and we have not forsaken Him, and priests are ministering to Jehovah, sons of Aaron and the Levites, in the work,

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


rate difficulty: And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judea.


simplify: There was in the days of Herod, king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.


simplify: Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers gave praise to you, is burned with fire; and all the things of our desire have come to destruction.


simplify: Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and burning rushes.

Smoke comes out of his nose, like a pot boiling on the fire.


rate difficulty: Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.


simplify: And he will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and it shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.

And he will put an end to the glory of his woods and of his planted fields, soul and body together; and it will be as when a man is wasted by disease.


rate difficulty: and Hazar-Shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah;

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


simplify: All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto Jehovah, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a portion for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before Jehovah unto thee and to thy seed with thee.

All the lifted offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel give to the Lord, I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters as a right for ever. This is an agreement made with salt before the Lord, to you and to your seed for ever.


simplify: Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.


simplify: O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

How long, O Lord, will your ears be shut to my voice? I make an outcry to you about violent behaviour, but you do not send salvation.


simplify: Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal bodies and compel you to obey its cravings.


simplify: Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

Everyone who is overtaken will have a spear put through him, and everyone who goes in flight will be put to the sword.


simplify: And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the Lord.

And they will come from the towns of Judah, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowlands, and from the mountains, and from the South, with burned offerings and offerings of beasts and meal offerings and perfume and offerings of praise, to the house of the Lord.


simplify: And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

Then the angel said, Put on your shoes and get ready to go. And he did so. And he said, Put your coat round you and come with me.


rate difficulty: And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads.

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


simplify: And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Take no part in deeds of darkness, from which no good can come; on the contrary, expose them.


rate difficulty: He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

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


rate difficulty: and the human persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for Jehovah was thirty-two persons.

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


rate difficulty: yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:

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


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

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


rate difficulty: (For with sons of the field <FI>is<Fi> thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)


rate difficulty: And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,

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


rate difficulty: All was handed over by number and by weight: and the weight was put on record at that time.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses calleth for Joshua, and saith unto him before the eyes of all Israel, `Be strong and courageous, for thou--thou dost go in with this people unto the land which Jehovah hath sworn to their fathers to give to them, and thou--thou dost cause them to inherit it;

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


rate difficulty: and Heshbon and its suburbs, and Jazer and its suburbs.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

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


simplify: And Paul said, `I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia, of no mean city a citizen; and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.'

“No,” said Paul, “I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of a city of some note; and I beg you to give me permission to speak to the people.”


rate difficulty: And Baasha slew him in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.

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


rate difficulty: For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

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


simplify: Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

Your death will be the death of those who are without circumcision, by the hands of men from strange lands: for I have said it, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Joseph found favor in his sight, and he ministered unto him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

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


simplify: He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting.

The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.


rate difficulty: Whether good or evil, to the voice of Jehovah our God, to whom we are sending thee, we do hearken; because it is good for us when we hearken to the voice of Jehovah our God.'


rate difficulty: And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.


rate difficulty: and forty years Thou hast nourished them in a wilderness; they have not lacked; their garments have not worn out, and their feet have not swelled.

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


rate difficulty: Some were inclined to accept what he said; others, however, rejected it.


rate difficulty: Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your all becoming dross, Therefore, lo, I am gathering you unto the midst of Jerusalem,

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


rate difficulty: that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

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


rate difficulty: Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;

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


rate difficulty: Seeing Peter and John on the point of entering, he asked them to give him something.

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


simplify: And wolves shall cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

And wolves will be answering one another in their towers, and jackals in their houses of pleasure: her time is near, and her days of power will quickly be ended.


rate difficulty: And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.


simplify: And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.

And he was living in Joppa for some time with Simon, a leather-worker.


simplify: And certain of those standing there having heard, said--`Elijah he doth call;'

Some of those standing by heard this, and said: “The man is calling for Elijah!”


rate difficulty: And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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


simplify: And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.

The followers immediately arranged for Paul to go away to the coast, but both Silas and Timothy stayed behind in Beroea.


simplify: Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.

And of the sons of Bebai, Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.


simplify: The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.

And the space in front of the rooms, a cubit on this side and a cubit on that side; and the rooms six cubits on this side and six cubits on that.


simplify: My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

My heart is crying out for Moab; her people go in flight to Zoar, and to Eglath-shelishiyah: for they go up with weeping by the slope of Luhith; on the way to Horonaim they send up a cry of destruction.


simplify: The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance.

The priests, the Levites, that is, all the tribe of Levi, will have no part or heritage with Israel: their food and their heritage will be the offerings of the Lord made by fire.


rate difficulty: The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

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


rate difficulty: And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting seven days, until the days of your consecration be fulfilled: for he shall consecrate you seven days.

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


rate difficulty: Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)

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


simplify: It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there.

People will never be living in it again, and it will have no more men from generation to generation: the Arab will not put up his tent there; and those who keep sheep will not make it a resting-place for their flocks.


simplify: Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us: 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: of the gods of the peoples who <FI>are<Fi> round about you, who are near unto thee, or who are far off from thee, from the end of the earth even unto the end of the earth) --

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


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

And if Satan sends out Satan, he makes war against himself; how then will he keep his kingdom?


rate difficulty: And Moses falleth--Aaron also--on their faces, before all the assembly of the company of the sons of Israel.

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


simplify: And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.

Plating it inside and out with the best gold, and putting an edge of gold all round it.


simplify: But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.

But to show you that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins” — then he said to the paralyzed man — “Get up, take up your bed, and return to your home.”


simplify: neither will I hide my face any more from them; for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.

And my face will no longer be covered from them: for I have sent the out-flowing of my spirit on the children of Israel, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

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


simplify: For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

For, as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.


simplify: And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to fill these men with bread here in a desert place?

And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?


simplify: And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

Some religious men buried Stephen, with loud lamentations for him.


simplify: And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.

And it will be in that day that Tyre will go out of mind for seventy years, that is, the days of one king: after the end of seventy years it will be for Tyre as in the song of the loose woman.


simplify: Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off;

Dedan and Tema and Buz, and all who have the ends of their hair cut;


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no foreigner eat thereof;

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


simplify: Let all their wickedness come before thee; And do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

Let all their evil-doing come before you; do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for loud is the sound of my grief, and the strength of my heart is gone.


rate difficulty: For the person who asks receives, the person who searches finds, and to the door will be opened to the person who knocks.

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


rate difficulty: Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

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


simplify: So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem: for they had not kept it in great numbers in such sort as it is written.

So it was ordered that word was to be sent out through all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, that they were to come to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem: because they had not kept it in great numbers in agreement with the law.


simplify: And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh–nechoh.

And Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, taxing the land by his orders to get the money; the people of the land had to give silver and gold, everyone as he was taxed, to make the payment to Pharaoh-necoh.


simplify: Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-offering, nor meal-offering; and ye shall pour no drink-offering thereon.

No strange perfume, no burned offering or meal offering, and no drink offering is to be offered on it.


simplify: And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?


simplify: Poverty and shameshall be tohim that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.

Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured.


rate difficulty: Behold, I have allotted unto you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun.

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


simplify: knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.

Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ.


rate difficulty: And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.

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


simplify: The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!


simplify: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

for here is my son who was dead, and is alive again, was lost, and is found.’ So they began making merry.


rate difficulty: A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, <FI>Is<Fi> the wise reprover to an attentive ear.


simplify: And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.


rate difficulty: Make a song, O heavens, for the Lord has done it: give a loud cry, you deep parts of the earth: let your voices be loud in song, you mountains, and you woods with all your trees: for the Lord has taken up the cause of Jacob, and will let his glory be seen in Israel.

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


simplify: And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.

And take the best meal and make twelve cakes of it, a fifth part of an ephah in every cake.


simplify: But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

But Pharaoh will not give ear to you, and I will put my hand on Egypt, and take my armies, my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt, after great punishments.


simplify: But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light,


rate difficulty: And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of that place was called Gilgal, unto this day.

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


rate difficulty: But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:

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


rate difficulty: `Thou dost not plow with an ox and with an ass together.

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


rate difficulty: Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the house.


simplify: And they departed from the mount of the Lord three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.

So they went forward three days' journey from the mountain of the Lord; and the ark of the Lord's agreement went three days' journey before them, looking for a resting-place for them;


rate difficulty: For these things I am weeping; my eye is streaming with water; because the comforter who might give me new life is far from me: my children are made waste, because the hater is strong.


simplify: And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

And they were judges in the causes of the people at all times: the hard questions they put before Moses; but on every small point they gave decisions themselves.


rate difficulty: And Naomi saith unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, `Good, my daughter, that thou goest out with his young women, and they come not against thee in another field.'

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


simplify: And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:

And the spirit of God came on Azariah, the son of Oded;


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

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


rate difficulty: I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;


rate difficulty: Thus Jehu extirpated Baal out of Israel.

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


simplify: For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

for it is from within, out of the hearts of people, that there come evil thoughts — sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,


rate difficulty: The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.

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


rate difficulty: Do ye not remember that, being yet with you, I said these things to you?

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


simplify: It may be they will present their supplication before Jehovah, and will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that Jehovah hath pronounced against this people.

It may be that their prayer for grace will go up to the Lord, and that every man will be turned from his evil ways: for great is the wrath and the passion made clear by the Lord against this people.


rate difficulty: truly I say to you, that over all his goods he will set him.


rate difficulty: Therefore, thus said Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: They do not lament for him, Ah, my brother, and Ah, sister, They do not lament for him, Ah, lord, and Ah, his honour.

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


rate difficulty: Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands, to a town of Judah;

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


simplify: Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

Take my offering then, with my blessing; for God has been very good to me and I have enough: so at his strong request, he took it.


simplify: And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

With two boards for the angles of the House at the back.


simplify: And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

And hearing this, they were very angry, crying out and saying, Great is Diana of Ephesus.


rate difficulty: On the east were six Levites a day, and on the north and the south four a day, and for the store-house two and two.

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


simplify: And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

Then I will give permission to my Two Witnesses, and for those twelve hundred and sixty days they will continue teaching, clothed in sackcloth.’


simplify: And certain of them had charge of the vessels of service; for by count were these brought in and by count were these taken out.

Certain of them had the care of the vessels used in worship, to keep an account of them when they came in and when they were taken out again.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.


rate difficulty: Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

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


simplify: And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Cesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.

And when he had been with them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the day after, he took his place on the judge's seat, and sent for Paul.


rate difficulty: Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;

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


simplify: And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

And if it is hard for even the good man to get salvation, what chance has the man without religion or the sinner?


simplify: And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:

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


rate difficulty: that is not another, except there be certain who are troubling you, and wishing to pervert the good news of the Christ;


rate difficulty: So that at the name of Jesus every knee may be bent, of those in heaven and those on earth and those in the underworld,


rate difficulty: Men whose ideas are all false, who say that the coming back from the dead has even now taken place, overturning the faith of some.

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


rate difficulty: which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them,

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


rate difficulty: And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith Jehovah: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.

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


simplify: and the children of Israel said unto them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.


simplify: And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

and, by your union with him, you also are filled with it. He is the head of all archangels and powers of heaven.


simplify: And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal, let not one of them get away. So they took them, and Elijah made them go down to the stream Kishon, and put them to death there.


simplify: So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

So the Rab-shakeh went back, and when he got there the king of Assyria was making war against Libnah, for it had come to his ears that he had gone away from Lachish.


simplify: and they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread, which thou shalt receive of their hand.

They will say, Peace be with you, and will give you two cakes of bread, which you are to take from them.


simplify: Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called The mistress of kingdoms.

Be seated in the dark without a word, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will no longer be named, The Queen of Kingdoms.


simplify: The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

The images of their gods are to be burned with fire: have no desire for the gold and silver on them, and do not take it for yourselves, for it will be a danger to you: it is a thing disgusting to the Lord your God:


simplify: And they shall dwell securely therein; yea, they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and shall dwell securely, when I have executed judgments upon all those that do them despite round about them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah their God.

And they will be safe there, building houses and planting vine-gardens and living without fear; when I have sent my punishments on all those who put shame on them round about them; and they will be certain that I am the Lord their God.


rate difficulty: And he sendeth, and bringeth him in, and he <FI>is<Fi> ruddy, with beauty of eyes, and of good appearance; and Jehovah saith, `Rise, anoint him, for this <FI>is<Fi> he.'

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


simplify: But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

But, when one of you fasts, let them anoint their head and wash their face,


rate difficulty: Six years shalt thou sow thy field, and six years shalt thou prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof,

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein.

This is what the Lord has said: Take your place looking out on the ways; make search for the old roads, saying, Where is the good way? and go in it that you may have rest for your souls. But they said, We will not go in it.


rate difficulty: And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them,

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


rate difficulty: and I speak, and they cleanse the chambers, and I bring back thither the vessels of the house of God with the present and the frankincense.

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


rate difficulty: Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus was it done unto them.

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


rate difficulty: Until the day dawn, and the shadows flee away. Turn, my beloved: be thou like a gazelle or a young hart, Upon the mountains of Bether.

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


simplify: Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have taken for myself: so that you may see and have faith in me, and that it may be clear to you that I am he; before me there was no God formed, and there will not be after me.


simplify: For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

All who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God.


rate difficulty: And Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, Thegods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me!

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


simplify: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

I will put my bow in the cloud and it will be for a sign of the agreement between me and the earth.


simplify: Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

But it is right for you to give to him, without grief of heart: for because of this, the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all your work and on everything to which you put your hand.


simplify: And Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

And there they will put all the army of Gog in the earth. So they will make the land clean.


simplify: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.


simplify: And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.

He was a trouble to Israel all through the days of Solomon. And this is the damage Hadad did: he was cruel to Israel while he was ruler over Edom.


rate difficulty: Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

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


simplify: And Jesus said unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, It is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven.


simplify: For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

For he has made low those who are lifted up, all the people of the town of pride: he makes it low, crushing it down to the earth; he makes it low in the dust.


rate difficulty: and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.

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simplify: Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

Let your circumcision be of the heart, and put away your pride.


simplify: And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

They put to death Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,


simplify: And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.

Felix, however, adjourned the case — though he had a fairly accurate knowledge of all that concerned the cause — with the promise: “When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down, I will give my decision in your case.”


simplify: And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.

So Asa went to rest with his fathers and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place.


rate difficulty: And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.

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rate difficulty: And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.


rate difficulty: Anything blind or broken or damaged or having any disease or any mark on it may not be offered to the Lord; you may not make an offering of it by fire on the altar to the Lord.


simplify: Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?

From time long past I am God, and from this day I am he: there is no one who is able to take you out of my hand: when I undertake a thing, by whom will my purpose be changed?


simplify: and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.


simplify: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:

And it will come about in that day that the prophets will be shamed, every man on account of his vision, when he is talking as a prophet; and they will not put on a robe of hair for purposes of deceit:


simplify: And he received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:

And he took a cup and, having given praise, he said, Make division of this among yourselves;


rate difficulty: and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told it to the scribes; but there was none to make it known to me.


simplify: Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:

Let there be a place outside the tent-circle to which you may go;


simplify: Which things contain an allegory: for these women are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar.

Which things have a secret sense; because these women are the two agreements; one from the mountain of Sinai, giving birth to servants, which is Hagar.


simplify: Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people that had given him that answer, saying,

Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women and all the people who had given him that answer,


simplify: But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

But if you come back to me and keep my orders and do them, even if those of you who have been forced out are living in the farthest parts of heaven, I will get them from there, and take them back to the place marked out by me for the resting-place of my name.


simplify: Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near;


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

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simplify: And he was going through cities and villages, teaching, and making progress toward Jerusalem;

Jesus went through towns and villages, teaching as he went, and making his way towards Jerusalem.


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.

And the Lord said, Say to Aaron, Let the rod in your hand be stretched out over the waters of Egypt, and over the rivers and the streams and the pools, and over every stretch of water, so that they may be turned to blood; and there will be blood through all the land of Egypt, in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.


simplify: So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.

and so became a pattern to all who believed in Christ throughout Macedonia and Greece.


simplify: And again he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.

Then the king sent another captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he said to Elijah, O man of God, the king says, Come down quickly.


rate difficulty: For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

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