simplify: Also the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,


simplify: Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.

Lod and Ono, the valley of expert workers.


rate difficulty: So then keep my rules and my decisions, and do not do any of these disgusting things, those of you who are Israelites by birth, or any others who are living with you:

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


simplify: Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Love does no wrong to his neighbour, so love makes the law complete.


rate difficulty: But he will say, I am no prophet, but a worker on the land; for I have been an owner of land from the time when I was young.

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


simplify: But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi–hahiroth, before Baal–zephon.

But the Egyptians went after them, all the horses and carriages of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them in their tents by the sea, by Pihahiroth, before Baal-zephon.


simplify: And not being agreed with one another, they were going away, Paul having spoken one word--`Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers,

So, as they disagreed among themselves, they began to disperse, Paul adding only —   “True, indeed, was the declaration made by the Holy Spirit, through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors —


rate difficulty: `And when a man's head <FI>is<Fi> polished, he <FI>is<Fi> bald, he <FI>is<Fi> clean;

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


rate difficulty: The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

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


simplify: O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.

O Lord, word of you has come to my ears; I have seen your work, O Lord; when the years come near make it clear; in wrath keep mercy in mind.


simplify: that no flesh should glory before God.

So that no flesh might have glory before God.


simplify: Now it fell upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison, that is on yonder side. But he told not his father.

Now one day Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was with him, looking after his arms, Come, let us go over to the Philistine force over there. But he said nothing to his father.


rate difficulty: But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding?


simplify: And I gave Gilead unto Machir.


rate difficulty: The sin of my people is like food to them; and their desire is for their wrongdoing.


simplify: and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

and, as living stones, form yourselves into a spiritual house, to be a consecrated priesthood, for the offering of spiritual sacrifices that will be acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.


simplify: that thou hast built unto thee a vaulted place, and hast made thee a lofty place in every street.

That you made for yourself an arched room in every open place.


simplify: `His lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

‘Well done, good, trustworthy servant!’ said his master. ‘You have been trustworthy with a small sum; now I will place a large one in your hands; come and share your master’s joy!’


rate difficulty: Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

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


simplify: And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been before thee unto this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

And David said to Achish, But what have I done? what have you seen in your servant while I have been with you till this day, that I may not go and take up arms against those who are now making war on my lord the king?


rate difficulty: for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people.

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


simplify: Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: and sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

Then Paul said to him, God will give blows to you, you whitewashed wall: are you here to be my judge by law, and by your orders am I given blows against the law?


simplify: And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?


rate difficulty: `And he who is sitting on the vessel on which he sitteth who hath the issue, doth wash his garments, and hath bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening.

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


simplify: And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.

And he went into the Synagogue, and for three months he was preaching there without fear, reasoning and teaching about the kingdom of God.


simplify: For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

For as in Adam death comes to all, so in Christ will all come back to life.


simplify: And they, having heard the king, went their way; and lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

And after hearing the king, they went on their way; and the star which they saw in the east went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the young child was.


rate difficulty: Tell us, when shall these things be? and whatshall bethe sign when these things are all about to be accomplished?


rate difficulty: And he said to them, This is what Micah did for me, and he gave me payment and I became his priest.

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus [immediately] allowed them. And the unclean spirits going out entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep slope, into the sea (about two thousand), and were choked in the sea.

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


simplify: And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.

and that the rest should follow, some on planks, and others on different pieces of the ship. In these various ways everyone managed to get safely ashore.


simplify: Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.


rate difficulty: The vine has become dry and the fig-tree is feeble; the pomegranate and the palm-tree and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field, are dry: because joy has gone from the sons of men.

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


rate difficulty: — The voice of thy watchmen, they lift up the voice, they sing aloud together; for they shall see eye to eye, when Jehovah shall bring again Zion.

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


simplify: Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

Later on, he made himself known to the Eleven themselves as they were at a meal, and reproached them with their want of faith and their stubbornness, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen from the dead.


simplify: And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which Jehovah spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and Jehovah gave them unto me.

And he put on the stones, as in the first writing, the ten rules which the Lord gave you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the great meeting: and the Lord gave the stones to me.


simplify: And those sent, having gone away, found according as he said to them,

So the two who were sent went and found it as Jesus had told them.


rate difficulty: And every day, in the Temple and privately, they went on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.


simplify: Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces.

Have knowledge, O peoples, and be in fear; give ear, all you far-off parts of the earth:


simplify: Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shade as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.

Give wise directions, make a decision; let your shade be as night in full day: keep safe those who are in flight; do not give up the wandering ones.


rate difficulty: And Laban saith to Jacob, `Is it because thou <FI>art<Fi> my brother that thou hast served me for nought? declare to me what <FI>is<Fi> thy hire.'

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


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


simplify: If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated,

Since, therefore, you were raised to life with the Christ, seek for the things that are above; for it is there that the Christ is ‘seated at the right hand of God.’


rate difficulty: all the cities of the plateau, and the whole kingdom of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who reigned at Heshbon, whom Moses smote, him and the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the chiefs of Sihon dwelling in the land.

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


simplify: But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

yet, when sown, shoots up, and becomes larger than any other herb, and puts out great branches, so that even ‘the wild birds can roost in its shelter.’”


simplify: And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?

And so, through this knowledge of yours, the weak person is ruined — someone for whose sake Christ died!


simplify: A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

A garden walled-in is my sister, my bride; a garden shut up, a spring of water stopped.


simplify: His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

His appearance was as dazzling as lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow;


simplify: Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The Lord will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The Lord will keep us safe. Has any one of the gods of the nations kept his land from falling into the hands of the king of Assyria?


rate difficulty: But Saul and the people did not put Agag to death, and they kept the best of the sheep and the oxen and the fat beasts and the lambs, and whatever was good, not desiring to put them to the curse: but everything which was bad and of no use they put to the curse.

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


rate difficulty: Now therefore stand and see this great thing which Jehovah will do before your eyes.

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


rate difficulty: The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.


rate difficulty: And Gaal addeth yet to speak, and saith, `Lo, people are coming down from the high part of the land, and another detachment is coming by the way of the oak of Meonenim.'

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


rate difficulty: Refuse silver shall men call them, because Jehovah hath rejected them.

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


simplify: Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

You will make clear your good faith to Jacob and your mercy to Abraham, as you gave your oath to our fathers from times long past.


rate difficulty: The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;

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


rate difficulty: So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel commanded.

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


simplify: And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.


rate difficulty: An heretical man after a first and second admonition have done with,

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


simplify: the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert artificer, and the skilful enchanter.

The captain of fifty, and the man of high position, and the wise guide, and the wonder-worker, and he who makes use of secret powers.


simplify: Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

My heritage has become like a lion in the woodland to me; her voice has been loud against me; so I have hate for her.


rate difficulty: Then he took me to the covered way before the house, and took the measure of its uprights, five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other: and the doorway was fourteen cubits wide; and the side-walls of the doorway were three cubits on one side and three cubits on the other.


simplify: And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?

And the men he had sent came back to the king; and he said to them, Why have you come back?


rate difficulty: Bound hath been the yoke of my transgressions by His hand, They are wrapped together, They have gone up on my neck, He hath caused my power to stumble, The Lord hath given me into hands, I am not able to rise.

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


rate difficulty: for Jehovah spoileth Babylon, and he will destroy out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like great waters, the noise of their voice resoundeth.

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


simplify: and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away.

And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, let him take away;


simplify: to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is called Great.

To whom they all gave attention, from the smallest to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is named Great.


rate difficulty: and David sendeth and inquireth about the woman, and saith, `Is not this Bath-Sheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite?'

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


rate difficulty: He was taken from oppression and from judgment; and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

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


simplify: and the demon having been cast out, the dumb spake, and the multitude did wonder, saying that `It was never so seen in Israel:'

and, as soon as the demon had been driven out, the dumb man spoke. The people were astonished at this, and exclaimed: “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”


simplify: When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.

When there was no deep I was given birth, when there were no fountains flowing with water.


simplify: In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

In the first month, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, from day to day and from month to month they went on looking for a sign given by Pur (that is chance) before Haman, till the sign came out for the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.


rate difficulty: All the saints salute you, especially they that are of Cæsar’s household.

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


simplify: And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon unto the Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

But Israel overcame him, and took all his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the country of the children of Ammon, for the country of the children of Ammon was strongly armed.


simplify: And he who hath stood stedfast in the heart--not having necessity--and hath authority over his own will, and this he hath determined in his heart--to keep his own virgin--doth well;

On the other hand, a father, who has definitely made up his mind, and is under no compulsion, but is free to carry out his own wishes, and who has come to the decision, in his own mind, to keep his unmarried daughter at home will be doing right.


simplify: And the Lord delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

And the Lord gave Lachish into the hands of Israel, and on the second day he took it, putting it and every person in it to the sword without mercy, as he had done to Libnah.


simplify: Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

Your stomach is a store of grain with lilies round it, and in the middle a round cup full of wine.


rate difficulty: and they rise up before Moses, with men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty, princes of the company, called of the convention, men of name,

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


rate difficulty: Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

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


simplify: Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.

And you are to have the land marked out in seven parts, and come back to me with the record; and I will make the distribution for you here by the decision of the Lord our God.


simplify: Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the Lord; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.

Let my lord the king give ear now to the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who is moving you against me, let him take an offering: but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for driving me out today and keeping me from my place in the heritage of the Lord, saying, Go, be the servant of other gods.


rate difficulty: And if he wash them not nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.

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


rate difficulty: A generation--pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.

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


rate difficulty: From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.

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


rate difficulty: And all the days of Jared are nine hundred and sixty and two years, and he dieth.

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


simplify: But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when ye have devoted it, ye take of the devoted thing; so would ye make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.

And as for you, keep yourselves from the cursed thing, for fear that you may get a desire for it and take some of it for yourselves, and so be the cause of a curse and great trouble on the tents of Israel.


rate difficulty: `Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim unto it the proclamation that I am speaking unto thee;'


rate difficulty: And he gave a loud cry, saying, Babylon the great has come down from her high place, she has come to destruction and has become a place of evil spirits, and of every unclean spirit, and a hole for every unclean and hated bird.

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


simplify: And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.

They could not lay hold of this answer before the people; and, in their wonder at his reply, they held their tongues.


rate difficulty: Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

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


simplify: Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.


rate difficulty: Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

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


rate difficulty: Cut off doth Jehovah the man who doth it, Tempter and tempted--from the tents of Jacob, Even he who is bringing nigh a present to Jehovah of Hosts.

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


simplify: And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses.

So Moses gave the children of Israel all these directions as the Lord had given him orders.


rate difficulty: then hath the priest come in and seen, and lo, the plague hath spread in the house; it <FI>is<Fi> a fretting leprosy in the house; it <FI>is<Fi> unclean.

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


rate difficulty: Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth–el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

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


rate difficulty: Then the angel of Jehovah stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.

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


simplify: And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.

Jesus sent forward two of his disciples and said to them: “Go into the city, and there a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you; follow him;


simplify: And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.

And to the people Joshua gave an order, saying, You will give no cry, and make no sound, and let no word go out of your mouth till the day when I say, Give a loud cry; then give a loud cry.


simplify: Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

and I actually did so at Jerusalem. Acting on the authority of the chief priests, I myself threw many of the people of Christ into prison, and, when it was proposed to put them to death, I gave my vote for it.


simplify: Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

In conclusion, friends, whenever you find things that are true or honorable, righteous or pure, lovable or praiseworthy, or if ‘virtue’ and ‘honor’ have any meaning, let them fill your thoughts.


rate difficulty: The human body, I repeat, consists not of one part, but of many.

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


simplify: And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.

And it will be our righteousness if we take care to keep all this order before the Lord our God as he has given it to us.


rate difficulty: Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy words were unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah,God of hosts.

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


simplify: But wisdom is justified of all her children.

But wisdom is judged to be right by all her children.


simplify: And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.


simplify: Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow.


rate difficulty: Now these are the chief of David's men of war who were his strong supporters in the kingdom, and, with all Israel, made him king, as the Lord had said about Israel.

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


rate difficulty: May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains;

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


rate difficulty: And David saith unto Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, `Bring nigh, I pray thee, to me the ephod;' and Abiathar bringeth nigh the ephod unto David,

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


rate difficulty: Ye look at the things that are before your face. If any man trusteth in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ’s, so also are we.

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


simplify: Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.


simplify: And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.

The jailer told Paul of his instructions. “The Magistrates have sent an order for your discharge,” he said, “so you had better leave the place at once and go quietly away.”


rate difficulty: And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come?

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


simplify: And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

The second, a ruby, a sapphire, and an onyx;


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

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


rate difficulty: We would have made Babylon well, but she is not made well: give her up, and let us go everyone to his country: for her punishment is stretching up to heaven, and lifted up even to the skies.


rate difficulty: And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

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


rate difficulty: On his return the servant told his master all these answers. Then in anger the owner of the house said to his servant ‘Go out at once into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in here the poor, and the crippled, and the blind, and the lame.’

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


simplify: I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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


rate difficulty: But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.

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


simplify: And his return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar unto Jehovah.

And his base was at Ramah, where his house was; there he was judge of Israel and there he made an altar to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And we abode in the valley opposite to Beth-Peor.


rate difficulty: And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije–abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

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


simplify: Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

Now when Pharaoh had news of this, he would have put Moses to death. But Moses went in flight from Pharaoh into the land of Midian: and he took his seat by a water-spring.


simplify: And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not have faith, your kingdom will be broken.


simplify: To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:

Crying out to those who go by, going straight on their way, she says:


simplify: And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;

And the sons of the music-makers came together from the lowland round about Jerusalem and from the daughter-towns of the Netophathites,


simplify: But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

But when it is planted, it comes up, and becomes taller than all the plants, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade.


rate difficulty: A curse on the false man who has a male in his flock, and takes his oath, and gives to the Lord a damaged thing: for I am a great King, says the Lord of armies, and my name is to be feared among the Gentiles.


simplify: And it shall come to pass that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith Jehovah.

And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smashing down and overturning and sending destruction and causing trouble; so I will be watching over them for the purpose of building up and planting, says the Lord.


simplify: But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband


rate difficulty: Fill up the measure of your ancestor’s guilt.


simplify: So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye to it.

So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but that trouble was working up, he took water and, washing his hands before the people, said, The blood of this upright man is not on my hands: you are responsible.


rate difficulty: Why did you keep quiet among the sheep, hearing nothing but the watchers piping to the flocks?

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


rate difficulty: Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

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


simplify: Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.


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


rate difficulty: And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

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


simplify: And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.

And the priest will take away the sin of the person who has done wrong, if the wrong was done unconsciously, and he will have forgiveness.


simplify: Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.

Is Ephraim my dear son? is he the child of my delight? for whenever I say things against him, I still keep him in my memory: so my heart is troubled for him; I will certainly have mercy on him, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: Now while the children of Israel were in the waste land, they saw a man who was getting sticks on the Sabbath day.


rate difficulty: And there was much talk about him in all the places round about.

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


simplify: and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister unto David.

And in addition, Ira the Jairite was a priest to David.


simplify: And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

And Achish in answer said, It is true that in my eyes you are good, like an angel of God: but still, the rulers of the Philistines have said, He is not to go up with us to the fight.


rate difficulty: And he doth not multiply to himself wives, and his heart doth not turn aside, and silver and gold he doth not multiply to himself--exceedingly.

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


simplify: And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

Over all these virtues put on love; for that is the girdle which makes all complete.


simplify: and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah’s sake.

And he sent word by Nathan the prophet, who gave him the name Jedidiah, by the word of the Lord.


simplify: and the disciples having surrounded him, having risen he entered into the city, and on the morrow he went forth with Barnabas to Derbe.

But, when the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the town; the next day he went with Barnabas to Derbe.


simplify: And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he saith,

And, hearing him talking in the Hebrew language, they became the more quiet, and he said,


rate difficulty: Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.

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


simplify: And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven,

Here the Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and, to test Jesus, requested him to show them some sign from the heavens.


simplify: As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man preacheth unto you any gospel other than that which ye received, let him be anathema.

As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him.


rate difficulty: And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered up the kine for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: Then Jesse made Shammah come before him. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.

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


simplify: And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.

And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.


simplify: And he went forth thence, and came to his own country, and his disciples do follow him,

On leaving that place, Jesus, followed by his disciples, went to his own part of the country.


rate difficulty: There is no help for your wound, there is nothing to make you well.


simplify: And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, their hearts would be changed.


simplify: Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

Then Asa took silver and gold out of the stores of the Lord's house and of the king's store-house, and sent to Ben-hadad, king of Aram, at Damascus, saying,


simplify: For I, saith Jehovah, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire round about her, and I will be the glory inside her.


simplify: As He spake unto our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed--to the age.'

(As he promised to our forefathers) For Abraham and his race for ever.”


simplify: And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:


simplify: And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to-day out of the army. And he said, How went the matter, my son?

And the man said to Eli, I have come from the army and have come in flight today from the fight. And he said, How did it go, my son?


rate difficulty: Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

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


simplify: and John having called near a certain two of his disciples, sent unto Jesus, saying, `Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

So he summoned two of them, and sent them to the Master to ask — “Are you ‘the coming one,’ or are we to look for some one else?”


simplify: And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth;

And at nightfall the two angels came to Sodom; and Lot was seated at the way into the town: and when he saw them he got up and came before them, falling down on his face to the earth.


rate difficulty: “Master,” exclaimed Peter, interposing, “it is good to be here; if you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

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


rate difficulty: But she answered and says to him, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.


simplify: For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah; and how much more after my death?

For I have knowledge of your hard and uncontrolled hearts: even now, while I am still living, you will not be ruled by the Lord; how much less after my death?


simplify: If thy father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

And if your father takes note of the fact that I am away, say, David made a request to me for himself that he might go to Beth-lehem, to his town: for it is the time when his family make their offering year by year.


simplify: Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:

Even three thousand talents of gold of Ophir and seven thousand talents of the best silver, for plating the walls of the house:


rate difficulty: And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.

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


rate difficulty: Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction.

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


simplify: and Paul being about to open <FI>his<Fi> mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, `If, indeed, then, it was anything unrighteous, or an act of wicked profligacy, O Jews, according to reason I had borne with you,

Just as Paul was on the point of speaking, Gallio said to them:   “If this were a case of misdemeanor or some serious crime, there would be some reason for my listening patiently to you;


rate difficulty: In the land it shall be to him for a possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; but they shall give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.


simplify: He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.


simplify: And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

But the men who were outside the door they made blind, all of them, small and great, so that they were tired out with looking for the door.


rate difficulty: For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey:

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


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.

And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and give the people orders to keep back, for fear that a great number of them, forcing their way through to see the Lord, may come to destruction.


rate difficulty: For if, by reason of the offense of the one man, death reigned through that one man, far more will those, on whom God’s loving kindness and his gift of righteousness are lavished, find life, and reign through the one man, Jesus Christ.

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


rate difficulty: And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and the ten horns.

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


simplify: Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel–abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.

Then I came to those who had been taken away as prisoners, who were at Telabib by the river Chebar, and I was seated among them full of wonder for seven days.


simplify: Pardon, I pray thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy lovingkindness, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

May the sin of this people have forgiveness, in the measure of your great mercy, as you have had mercy on them from Egypt up till now.


rate difficulty: And they journey from Kehelathah, and encamp in mount Shapher;

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


simplify: Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

The foolish are placed in high positions, but men of wealth are kept low.


rate difficulty: In that day I will make the families of Judah like a pot with fire in it among trees, and like a flaming stick among cut grain; they will send destruction on all the peoples round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem will be living again in the place which is hers, that is, in Jerusalem.

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


simplify: For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Milcom, the disgusting god of the Ammonites.


rate difficulty: And they went off the road there with the purpose of stopping for the night in Gibeah: and he went in, seating himself in the street of the town, for no one took them into his house for the night.

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


rate difficulty: But love your enemies, and show them kindness, and lend to them, never despairing. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the thankless and the bad.


simplify: these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt,

These are the rules and the laws and the decisions which Moses gave to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt;


simplify: And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.

And at their first attack, Jonathan and his servant put to the sword about twenty men, all inside the space of half an acre of land.


simplify: and not having found his body, they came, saying also to have seen an apparition of messengers, who say he is alive,

And, not finding the body of Jesus there, came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels who told them that he was alive.


simplify: Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

Then Laban and Bethuel said in answer, This is the Lord's doing: it is not for us to say Yes or No to you.


simplify: Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.


rate difficulty: And looking, I saw a hand stretched out to me, and I saw the roll of a book in it;


rate difficulty: And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren; and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebecca his wife conceived.


simplify: And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord.

And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light in the house of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

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


simplify: Behold, Jehovah, like a strong man, will hurl thee away violently; yea, he will wrap thee up closely.

See, O strong man, the Lord will send you violently away, gripping you with force,


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

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


rate difficulty: Thus said Jehovah its maker, Jehovah its former, at establishing it, Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> His name:

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


simplify: But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

But the man who was doing wrong to his neighbour, pushing him away, said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?


simplify: By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,

By the hand of Elasah, the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah, the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah, king of Judah, sent to Babylon, to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,) saying,


simplify: Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth.

Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.


simplify: If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Since, therefore, you were raised to life with the Christ, seek for the things that are above; for it is there that the Christ is ‘seated at the right hand of God.’


simplify: one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;


rate difficulty: And the men of David say unto him, `Lo, the day of which Jehovah said unto thee, Lo, I am giving thine enemy into thy hand, and thou hast done to him as it is good in thine eyes;' and David riseth and cutteth off the skirt of the upper robe which <FI>is<Fi> on Saul--gently.

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


rate difficulty: He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world.

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


simplify: So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

So the people were sent in all directions through the land of Egypt to get dry grass for stems.


simplify: That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?


simplify: the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any device; that there may be a place appointed unto him with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord David thy father.

The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, whose father was a man of Tyre, an expert worker in gold and silver and brass and iron, in stone and wood, in purple and blue and fair linen and red, trained in the cutting of every sort of ornament and the invention of every sort of design; let him be given a place among your expert workmen and those of my lord, your father David.


simplify: And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

But he said, Man, who made me a judge or a maker of decisions for you?


rate difficulty: and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away.

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


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loveth him as his own soul.

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


simplify: And Ananias departed, and entered into the house; and laying his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

And Ananias went out and came to the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, whom you saw when you were on your journey, has sent me, so that you may be able to see, and be full of the Holy Spirit.


rate difficulty: and we cried unto Jehovah, the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression;

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


rate difficulty: Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

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


rate difficulty: For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

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


simplify: And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he sought for them many wives.

And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.


simplify: Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.

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


simplify: Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

Egypt will be a waste and Edom a land of destruction, because of the evil done to the children of Judah, because they have let blood be drained out in their land without cause.


simplify: To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.


rate difficulty: `Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

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


simplify: Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,

And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;


rate difficulty: And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away:

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


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb;


rate difficulty: The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old, prophesied also concerning many countries and concerning great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.

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


rate difficulty: And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

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


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


rate difficulty: And the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah, Hear now, Hananiah: Jehovah hath not sent thee; and thou makest this people to trust in falsehood.

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


rate difficulty: Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

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


simplify: And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

And the Lord was angry with Moses, and said, Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? To my knowledge he is good at talking. And now he is coming out to you: and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.


rate difficulty: And Jesus answered unto him saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word ofGod.

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


simplify: Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

Now, if their fall is the wealth of the world, and their loss the wealth of the Gentiles, how much greater will be the glory when they are made full?


simplify: Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

Then the king sent for Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and for all the men of his father's family who were priests in Nob: and they all came to the king.


simplify: And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king’s cost? or hath he given us any gift?

And all the men of Judah gave this answer to the men of Israel, Because the king is our near relation: why then are you angry about this? have we taken any of the king's food, or has he given us any offering?


simplify: Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

Where am I to get flesh to give to all this people? For they are weeping to me and saying, Give us flesh for our food.


simplify: In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary had gone to look at the grave,


rate difficulty: the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;


simplify: and they were reasoning with one another, saying--`Because we have no loaves.'

They began talking to one another about their being short of bread;


rate difficulty: In like manner, also, the cup after the supping, saying, `This cup <FI>is<Fi> the new covenant in my blood, that for you is being poured forth.

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


simplify: and he, having gone through the midst of them, went away.

But he passed through the middle of the crowd and went on his way.


simplify: these, having gone before, did remain for us in Troas,

These people went to Troas and waited for us there;


rate difficulty: And I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I [am] Jehovah.


simplify: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

and all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people — just as a shepherd separates sheep from goats —


rate difficulty: Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai, the son of Ezbai,

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


simplify: Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;

Through the evidence afforded by the service rendered, you cause people to praise God for your fidelity to your profession of faith in the good news of the Christ, as well as for the liberality of your contributions for them and for all others.


rate difficulty: That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.

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


rate difficulty: All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body.

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


simplify: Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.

Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.


simplify: So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

In the same way, when you see these things taking place you may be certain that the kingdom of God is near.


simplify: Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?

no longer as a slave, but as something better — a dearly loved friend and follower of the Lord, especially dear to me, and how much more so to you, not only as a person, but as your fellow Christian!


simplify: Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

Your teeth are like a flock of sheep whose wool is newly cut, which come up from the washing; every one has two lambs, and there is not one without young.


rate difficulty: In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.

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


rate difficulty: For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.

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


simplify: naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.

when I was naked, you clothed me; when I fell ill, you visited me; and when I was in prison, you came to me.’


simplify: Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

Slaves, obey your earthly masters, with anxious care, giving them ungrudging service, as if obeying the Christ;


simplify: And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings thus:

And they had the hands of a man under their wings; the four of them had faces on their four sides.


rate difficulty: and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps, on this <FI>side<Fi> and on that; it hath not been made so for any kingdom.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth unto Jehovah.

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


simplify: Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

Your holy towns have become a waste, Zion has become a waste, Jerusalem is a mass of broken walls.


rate difficulty: And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

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


rate difficulty: And none of the sons of Israel hath Solomon made servants for his work, but they <FI>are<Fi> men of war, and heads of his captains, and heads of his charioteers, and of his horsemen;

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


simplify: And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

And your servant has round him the people of your selection, a people so great that they may not be numbered, and no account of them may be given.


rate difficulty: And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore they came back, and told him. And he said, This is the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel;

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


rate difficulty: And they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against Jehovah, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have acted perversely: roll me now a great stone.

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


rate difficulty: Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business.

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


rate difficulty: and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.


rate difficulty: And Samson said,  With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.

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


rate difficulty: Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.

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


rate difficulty: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 13 | difficulty: hard


simplify: for for this also to dead men was good news proclaimed, that they may be judged, indeed, according to men in the flesh, and may live according to God in the spirit.

For that was why the good news was told to the dead also — that, after they have been judged in the body, as people are judged, they might live in the spirit, as God lives.


rate difficulty: A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold.


rate difficulty: And in the coming in of the people of the land before Jehovah at appointed times, he who hath come in the way of the north gate to bow himself, goeth out the way of the south gate, and he who hath come in the way of the south gate, goeth out by the way of the north gate: he doth not turn back the way of the gate by which he came in, but over-against it he goeth out.

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


rate difficulty: Then Samson said to them, This time I will give payment in full to the Philistines, for I am going to do them great evil.

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


simplify: Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.

Now then, what have I here? says the Lord, for my people are taken away without cause; they are made waste and give cries of sorrow, says the Lord, and all the day the nations put shame on my name.


simplify: and from Jesus Christ, who isthe faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;


simplify: And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and makes them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves.


rate difficulty: and Sheshan giveth his daughter to Jarha his servant for a wife, and she beareth to him Attai;


simplify: And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe;


rate difficulty: And all the children of Israel went forth, and the assembly gathered together as one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah at Mizpah.

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


simplify: For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

You always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you will not always have me.


simplify: And Saul said, Draw nigh hither, all ye chiefs of the people; and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

And Saul said, Come near, all you chiefs of the people, and let us get word from God and see in whom is this sin today.


simplify: And when Moses heard that, he was content.

And after hearing this, Moses was no longer angry.


rate difficulty: Little children, it is the last hour; and as you were given word that the Antichrist would come, so now a number of Antichrists have come to you; and by this we are certain that it is the last hour.


simplify: on the next <FI>day<Fi> also we touched at Sidon, and Julius, courteously treating Paul, did permit <FI>him<Fi> , having gone on unto friends, to receive <FI>their<Fi> care.

The next day we put in to Sidon, where Julius treated Paul in a friendly manner, and allowed him to go to see his friends and receive their hospitality.


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

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


rate difficulty: And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.

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


rate difficulty: 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 curious girdle of the ephod:

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


rate difficulty: And Omri goeth up, and all Israel with him, from Gibbethon, and they lay siege to Tirzah.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made; and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.

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


simplify: And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

And any man who, in his pride, will not give ear to the priest whose place is there before the Lord your God, or to the judge, is to be put to death: you are to put away the evil from Israel.


simplify: And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

And hearing it, they all, with one mind, made prayer to God and said, O Lord, maker of heaven and earth and the sea and all things in them:


simplify: And then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ; or, Lo, there; believe it not:

And then if any man says to you, See, here is Christ; or, See, there; have no faith in it:


simplify: And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab:

Now when Israel was living in Shittim the people became false to the Lord, doing evil with the daughters of Moab:


rate difficulty: Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things.


simplify: And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the Lord, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the Lord your God, and his people Israel,

And he said to the Levites, the teachers of all Israel, who were holy to the Lord, See, the holy ark is in the house which Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, made; it will no longer have to be transported on your backs: now be the servants of the Lord your God and his people Israel,


simplify: but the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.

But the Asherites went on living among the Canaanites, the people of the land, without driving them out.


rate difficulty: And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

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


simplify: If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.

If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.


rate difficulty: and they say unto him, `Sit down, we pray thee, and read it in our ears,' and Baruch readeth in their ears,

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


simplify: A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.

A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.


rate difficulty: Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:

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


rate difficulty: For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

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


simplify: Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.

Let your voice be sounded in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.


simplify: The more eagerly, therefore, I did send him, that having seen him again ye may rejoice, and I may be the less sorrowful;

I am all the more ready, therefore, to send him, so that the sight of him may revive your spirits and my own sorrow be lightened.


simplify: And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.


simplify: and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;

When the doors are shut in the street, and the sound of the crushing is low, and the voice of the bird is soft, and the daughters of music will be made low;


simplify: His left handshould beunder my head, And his right hand should embrace me.

His left hand would be under my head, and his right hand about me.


rate difficulty: for I say to you, that no more may I eat of it till it may be fulfilled in the reign of God.'

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


rate difficulty: And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whomGod has given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, to me, that I may bless them.

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


simplify: But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through.

But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.


rate difficulty: In giving you orders today to have love for the Lord your God, to go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions, so that you may have life and be increased, and that the blessing of the Lord your God may be with you in the land where you are going, the land of your heritage.

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


rate difficulty: And Ahab made an image of Asherah and did more than all the kings of Israel before him to make the Lord, the God of Israel, angry.

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


rate difficulty: See, I have charged thee this day concerning the nations, and concerning the kingdoms, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.'

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


simplify: Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

Can it be that, when one of you has a dispute with another, they dare to have their case tried before the heathen, instead of before Christ’s people?


simplify: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

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


rate difficulty: These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten.

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


rate difficulty: Samaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.


rate difficulty: The hope of the righteousshall begladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.


rate difficulty: But though thou dost wash with nitre, And dost multiply to thyself soap, Marked is thine iniquity before Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

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


simplify: for all these did of their superfluity cast in unto the gifts; but she of her want did cast in all the living that she had.

For they gave out of their wealth, having more than enough for themselves: but she, even out of her need, has put in all her living.


rate difficulty: My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.


simplify: Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,

Eliahba the Shaalbonite, Jashen the Gunite,


simplify: But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.

But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;


simplify: For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.

Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it.


simplify: For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

for, I tell you, many prophets and kings wished for the sight of the things which you are seeing, yet never heard them.”


rate difficulty: And when the winged ones went, the wheels went by their side: and when their wings were lifted to take them up from the earth, the wheels were not turned from their side.


simplify: Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

Beware of those ‘dogs’! Beware of those mischievous workers! Beware of the men who mutilate themselves!


rate difficulty: Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for every one is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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


rate difficulty: And you, son of man, have two ways marked out, so that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; let the two of them come out of one land: and let there be a pillar at the top of the road:

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


simplify: and Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David,

Among others Joseph went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Bethlehem, the town of David, in Judea — because he belonged to the family and house of David —


simplify: Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

Let us be glad with delight, and let us give glory to him: because the time is come for the Lamb to be married, and his wife has made herself ready.


simplify: And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.


rate difficulty: Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.


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

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


simplify: So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;

So death came to Saul because of the sin which he did against the Lord, that is, because of the word of the Lord which he kept not; and because he went for directions to one who had an evil spirit,


rate difficulty: Then the ruler's armed men took Jesus into the open square, and got all their band together.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, How say they that the Christ is David’s son?

And he said to them, Why do they say that the Christ is the son of David?


rate difficulty: All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.

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


rate difficulty: Seeing that we may not give them our daughters as wives? For the children of Israel had taken an oath, saying, Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.


rate difficulty: Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

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


rate difficulty: And unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and leap like fatted calves.

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


simplify: And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

and there he stayed until Herod’s death; in fulfillment of these words of the Lord in the prophet, where he says —  ‘Out of Egypt I called my Son.’


rate difficulty: therefore thus saith Jehovah theGod of Israel: Behold, I will bring evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

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


simplify: Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Blessed are the peacemakers,  for they will be called children of God.


simplify: And last of all the woman died also.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.


rate difficulty: and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

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


rate difficulty: Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thy hand.

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


simplify: As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

So Aaron put it away in front of the holy chest to be kept, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.


rate difficulty: And the singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the doorkeepers were at every gate; they had not to depart from their service, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

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


rate difficulty: Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.

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


rate difficulty: `Get you up from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;' and they fall on their faces,


simplify: for the truth’s sake which abideth in us, and it shall be with us for ever:

Because of this true knowledge which is in us, and will be with us for ever:


rate difficulty: And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.

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


simplify: And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

Now between the narrow roads over the mountains by which Jonathan was making his way to the Philistines' forces, there was a sharp overhanging rock on one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: one was named Bozez and the other Seneh.


rate difficulty: But there is no need for me to say anything in my letter about the giving to the saints:


simplify: And after these things he went forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, `Be following me;'

After this, Jesus went out; and he noticed a tax-gatherer, named Levi, sitting in the tax office, and said to him: “Follow me.”


rate difficulty: The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.

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


simplify: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.


simplify: Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

So after hearing the law, they took out of Israel all the mixed people.


simplify: for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.

Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.


simplify: When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

At the sight of the star they were filled with joy.


simplify: And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?


rate difficulty: And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.

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


simplify: Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

That good-for-nothing persons have gone out from among you, turning the people of their town from the right way and saying, Let us go and give worship to other gods, of whom you have no knowledge;


simplify: Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;


simplify: And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

and men worshiped the Dragon, because he had given his dominion to the Beast; while, as they worshiped the Beast, they said — ‘Who can compare with the Beast? And who can fight with it?’


simplify: and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

Saying, By my God, far be it from me to do this! How may I take as drink the life-blood of these men who have put their lives in danger? so he did not take it. These things did the three great men of war.


simplify: For, as Jehovah liveth, who saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

For, by the living Lord, the saviour of Israel, even if the sinner is Jonathan, my son, death will certainly be his fate. But not a man among all the people gave him any answer.


simplify: And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.

And the chiefs gave an offering for the altar on the day when the holy oil was put on it; they made their offering before the altar.


rate difficulty: For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

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


simplify: And the Lord said, `Simon, Simon, lo, the Adversary did ask you for himself to sift as the wheat,

Simon! Simon! listen. Satan demanded leave to sift you all like wheat,


rate difficulty: And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.

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


simplify: and even if unlearned in word--yet not in knowledge, but in every thing we were made manifest in all things to you.

Though I am no trained orator, yet I am not without knowledge; indeed we made this perfectly clear to you in every way.


simplify: And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon; for, lo, he hath laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me first that he will not slay his servant with the sword.

And they gave Solomon word of it, saying, See, Adonijah goes in such fear of King Solomon, that he has put his hands on the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon first give me his oath that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.


rate difficulty: and he cometh in, and lo, Eli is sitting on the throne by the side of the way, watching, for his heart hath been trembling for the ark of God, and the man hath come in to declare <FI>it<Fi> in the city, and all the city crieth out.

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


rate difficulty: A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.