simplify: The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go into perdition. And they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, they whose name hath not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast, how that he was, and is not, and shall come.

The beast which you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the great deep, and to go into destruction. And those who are on the earth, whose names have not been put in the book of life from the first, will be full of wonder when they see the beast, that he was, and is not, and still will be.


simplify: Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female:

Of every clean beast you will take seven males and seven females, and of the beasts which are not clean, two, the male and his female;


rate difficulty: And now, my daughter, fear not: all that thou sayest will I do to thee; for all the gate of my people knows that thou art a woman of worth.

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


simplify: How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? ThatGod distributeth sorrows in his anger?

How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?


rate difficulty: Which is the greater — the master at the table or his servant? Is not it the master at the table? Yet I myself am among you as one who serves.

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


rate difficulty: By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?

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


simplify: And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.


rate difficulty: And the evil-doers will be crushed under you, they will be dust under your feet, in the day when I do my work, says the Lord of armies.

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


rate difficulty: And there was given to him a mouth to say words of pride against God; and there was given to him authority to go on for forty-two months.


rate difficulty: As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.

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


simplify: and having stretched forth the hand, Jesus touched him, saying, `I will, be thou cleansed,' and immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying as he did so: “I am willing; become clean.” Instantly he was made clean from his leprosy;


simplify: Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?

But you will say to me, Why does he still make us responsible? who is able to go against his purpose?


simplify: There are four things which are little upon the earth, But they are exceeding wise:

There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise:


simplify: And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.


rate difficulty: And Jesus answering said to them, `The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage,

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


rate difficulty: They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.


rate difficulty: beyond the Jordan, in the valley over-against Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorite, who is dwelling in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel have smitten, in their coming out of Egypt,

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


simplify: And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.

And the burned offering is to be skinned and cut up into its parts.


rate difficulty: And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother smote him.

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


simplify: Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God.

Then he said, Great is my sin: but still, give me honour now before the heads of my people and before Israel, and come back with me so that I may give worship to the Lord your God.


simplify: And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

He will take his place before Eleazar the priest, so that he may get directions from the Lord for him, with the Urim: at his word they will go out, and at his word they will come in, he and all the children of Israel.


rate difficulty: And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.

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


simplify: And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

Peter followed him out, not knowing that what was happening under the angel’s guidance was real, but thinking that he was seeing a vision.


simplify: Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

For this reason in one day will her troubles come, death and sorrow and need of food; and she will be completely burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who is her judge.


rate difficulty: Simeon did declare how at first God did look after to take out of the nations a people for His name,

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon allied himself by marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had ended building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

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


simplify: But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

You, however, must stand by what you learnt and accepted as true. You know who they were from whom you learnt it;


rate difficulty: And he measureth its length twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, unto the front of the temple, and he saith unto me, `This <FI>is<Fi> the holy of holies.'

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


rate difficulty: For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

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


simplify: Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

Assyria will not be our salvation; we will not go on horses; we will not again say to the work of our hands, You are our gods; for in you there is mercy for the child who has no father.


simplify: For it hath been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints that are at Jerusalem.

For it has been the good pleasure of those of Macedonia and Achaia to send a certain amount of money for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.


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

And you are complete in him, who is the head of all rule and authority:


simplify: For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.

For the Lord has said, See, he will come like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Moab.


simplify: And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.


simplify: For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.

For while he gladly gave ear to our request, he was interested enough to go to you from the impulse of his heart.


simplify: Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.


rate difficulty: There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

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


simplify: And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

And he said, Let not the Lord be angry with me if I say, What if there are thirty there? And he said, I will not do it if there are thirty.


simplify: Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.

But some members of the Synagogue of the Freed Slaves (as it was called), Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and Visitors from Cilicia and Roman Asia, were roused to action and began disputing with Stephen;


simplify: And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.


rate difficulty: and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem,

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


simplify: And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.

And he said to them, It is one of the twelve, one who is putting his bread with me into the same plate.


simplify: And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.

And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the towns with their outskirts.


simplify: the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

The fourth Izri, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


simplify: And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.

And the angel of God said to him, Take the meat and the unleavened cakes and put them down on the rock over there, draining out the soup over them. And he did so.


simplify: Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;

Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the measured line of your heritage:


simplify: In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came to his ears.


rate difficulty: And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.


rate difficulty: Give blessing and not curses to those who are cruel to you.

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


simplify: And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

And Joshua, with all Israel, went back to the tent-circle at Gilgal.


rate difficulty: And when ye bring nigh the blind for sacrifice, `There is no evil,' And when ye bring nigh the lame and sick, `There is no evil;' Bring it near, I pray thee, to thy governor--Doth he accept thee? or doth he lift up thy face? Said Jehovah of Hosts.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass after this, the sons of Moab have come in, and the sons of Ammon, and with them of the peoples, against Jehoshaphat to battle.

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


rate difficulty: Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.

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


simplify: And the glory of Jehovah abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

And the glory of the Lord was resting on Mount Sinai, and the cloud was over it for six days; and on the seventh day he said Moses' name out of the cloud.


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

Then take some of the blood on the altar, and the oil, and put it on Aaron and his robes and on his sons and on their robes, so that he and his robes and his sons and their robes may be made holy.


rate difficulty: They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceaseth to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough, until it be leavened.

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


simplify: My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lordof glory, with respect of persons.

My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account.


simplify: Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me through visions:

Then you send dreams to me, and visions of fear;


simplify: At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?

At the same time, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai, and their men, came to them and said, Who gave you orders to go on building this house and this wall?


simplify: Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?

But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?


simplify: and having come up, and having broken bread, and having tasted, for a long time also having talked--till daylight, so he went forth,

Then he went upstairs; and, after breaking and partaking of the bread, he talked with them at great length until daybreak, and then left.


simplify: For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?


rate difficulty: and he maketh a covering for the tent of rams' skins made red, and a covering of badgers' skins above.

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


simplify: The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.

The earth of the valley covering his bones is sweet to him, and all men come after him, as there were unnumbered before him.


simplify: And every meal-offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the frying-pan, and on the baking-pan, shall be the priest’s that offereth it.

And every meal offering which is cooked in the oven and everything made in a cooking pot or on a flat plate, is for the priest by whom it is offered.


simplify: So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.

So Joshua and the fighting-men got ready to go up against Ai; and Joshua took thirty thousand men of war, and sent them out by night.


simplify: But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.

If you get married it is not a sin; and if an unmarried woman gets married it is not a sin. But those who do so will have trouble in the flesh. But I will not be hard on you.


simplify: and the jailor told these words unto Paul--`The magistrates have sent, that ye may be let go; now, therefore, having gone forth go on 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.”


simplify: To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

In a man's crushing under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,


simplify: And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

And some of the children of Israel went up, with some of the priests and the Levites and the music-makers and the door-keepers and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.


simplify: had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meal-offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the heave-offerings for the priests.

Had made ready for him a great room, where at one time they kept the meal offerings, the perfume, and the vessels and the tenths of the grain and wine and oil which were given by order to the Levites and the music-makers and the door-keepers, and the lifted offerings for the priests.


rate difficulty: and the rock-badger, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs — it shall be unclean unto you;

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


simplify: While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she kept them.

While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she took care of them.


rate difficulty: Is it of any interest to the Ruler of all that you are upright? or is it of use to him that your ways are without sin?

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


rate difficulty: You saw that his heart was true to you, and made an agreement with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, even to give it to his seed, and you have done what you said; for righteousness is yours:

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


simplify: I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

I will send a rain of troubles on them, my arrows will be showered on them.


simplify: My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

And my net will be stretched out on him, and he will be taken in my cords: and I will take him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldaeans; but he will not see it, and there death will come to him.


simplify: And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him.

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


rate difficulty: And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

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


simplify: And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is forcing its way in, and men of force take it.


simplify: And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

It opened its mouth only to blaspheme God, to blaspheme his name and his tent — those who live in his tent in heaven.


rate difficulty: Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.

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


rate difficulty: Seize ye for us foxes, Little foxes--destroyers of vineyards, Even our sweet-smelling vineyards.

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


rate difficulty: He entereth into peace: they rest in their beds, [each one] that hath walked in his uprightness.

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


simplify: And as they went forth, behold, there was brought to him a dumb man possessed with a demon.

And while they were going away, there came to him a man without the power of talking, and with an evil spirit.


simplify: Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

For this cause you are to give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and do his orders and his laws which I give you this day.


rate difficulty: You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord.

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


simplify: And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

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


simplify: And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?

Going to his own part of the country, he taught the people in their synagogue in such a manner that they were deeply impressed. “Where did he get this wisdom?” they said, “and the miracles?


rate difficulty: And, therefore, indeed with many other things, exhorting, he was proclaiming good news to the people,

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


simplify: knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto me.

For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.


simplify: They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not so much as one:

They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one:


rate difficulty: As they were shouting, tearing off their clothes, and throwing dust in the air,

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


rate difficulty: Give her to Eleazar the priest and let him take her outside the tent-circle and have her put to death before him.

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


rate difficulty: And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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


rate difficulty: Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.


rate difficulty: And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,

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


simplify: The children of Magbish, a hundred fifty and six.

The children of Magbish, a hundred and fifty-six.


rate difficulty: In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, for two years.

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


simplify: And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,


rate difficulty: Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

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


simplify: And the Lord spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.

And the word of the Lord came to Manasseh and his people, but they gave no attention.


simplify: but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah;

But truly, as I am living, and as all the earth will be full of the glory of the Lord;


rate difficulty: And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

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


simplify: And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.

And in you one man has done what was disgusting with his neighbour's wife; and another has made his daughter-in-law unclean; and another has done wrong to his sister, his father's daughter.


simplify: And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.

And Moses said, Now you will see that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and I have not done them of myself.


simplify: And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

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


simplify: Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

And flight will be impossible for the quick-footed, and the force of the strong will become feeble, and the man of war will not get away safely:


simplify: Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,

Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,


simplify: And Jacob rose up from Beer–sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

Then Jacob went on from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Jacob took their father and their little ones and their wives in the carts which Pharaoh had sent for them.


simplify: It may be Jehovah thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so then make your prayer for the rest of the people.


simplify: But if he be not able to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then it will be kept by him who gave a price for it, till the year of Jubilee; and in that year it will go back to its first owner and he will have his property again.


simplify: For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.


simplify: Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:

And you put chains on my feet, watching all my ways, and making a limit for my steps;


simplify: for neither did I from man receive it, nor was I taught <FI>it<Fi> , but through a revelation of Jesus Christ,

I, at least, did not receive it from any human being, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through a revelation made by Jesus Christ.


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


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

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


simplify: And Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and straightway they received their sight, and followed him.

And Jesus, being moved with pity, put his fingers on their eyes: and straight away they were able to see, and went after him.


simplify: Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

Up! give cries in the night, at the starting of the night-watches; let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of the Lord, lifting up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down, feeble for need of food, at the top of every street.


simplify: So the people rested on the seventh day.

So the people took their rest on the seventh day.


rate difficulty: Now they of Beth-el had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to entreat the favor of Jehovah,

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simplify: and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, and she be not taken in the act;

By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;


rate difficulty: This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;

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simplify: and having been fully persuaded that what He hath promised He is able also to do:

On the contrary, his faith gave him strength; and he praised God, in the firm conviction that what God has promised he is also able to carry out.


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

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


rate difficulty: and they draw nigh unto Zerubbabel, and unto heads of the fathers, and say to them, `Let us build with you; for, like you, we seek to your God, and we are not sacrificing since the days of Esar-Haddon king of Asshur, who brought us up hither.'

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


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

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


rate difficulty: let Pharaoh make and appoint overseers over the land, and receive a fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty,

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simplify: Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;

Take in your hand some great stones, and put them in a safe place in the paste in the brickwork which is at the way into Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, before the eyes of the men of Judah;


simplify: and as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, even the dust from your feet shake off, for a testimony against them.'

If people do not welcome you, as you leave that town, shake even the dust off your feet, as a protest against them.”


rate difficulty: Again thou dost plant vineyards In mountains of Samaria, Planters have planted, and made common.

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simplify: My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

My lord, give ear to me: the value of the land is four hundred shekels; what is that between me and you? so put your dead to rest there.


rate difficulty: And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:


rate difficulty: Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are holy,

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


simplify: Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,

And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,


simplify: but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:


simplify: And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.

And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.


simplify: And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.

And while he was talking, the king's sons came, with weeping and loud cries: and the king and all his servants were weeping bitterly.


simplify: But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.

But if at some time after hearing of them, he makes them without force, then he is responsible for her wrongdoing.


simplify: Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.

Whoever goes against your orders, and does not give attention to all your words, will be put to death: only take heart and be strong.


simplify: Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;

At last our desire to have news of you was so strong that, while we ourselves were waiting at Athens,


simplify: And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.


rate difficulty: And the priest will make her come near and put her before the Lord;

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


simplify: and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;

And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:


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

Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.


simplify: And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

and laid it in his newly made tomb which he had cut in the rock; and, before he left, he rolled a great stone against the entrance of the tomb.


simplify: The peoples have heard, they tremble: Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.

Hearing of you the peoples were shaking in fear: the people of Philistia were gripped with pain.


simplify: Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.


rate difficulty: So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

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rate difficulty: The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands.

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

And say, By the king's order this man is to be put in prison, and given prison food till I come back in peace.


rate difficulty: And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

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rate difficulty: As neither sun nor stars were visible for several days, and, as the gale still continued severe, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.

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


simplify: If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

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


simplify: And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.

And the Lord said, Give ear to the words of the evil judge.


simplify: But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.


rate difficulty: Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

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


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

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rate difficulty: And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:


simplify: for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,


rate difficulty: therefore was that field called, `Field of blood,' unto this day.

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


rate difficulty: My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong;


simplify: And the word of Jehovah came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to Jehu, son of Hanani, protesting against Baasha and saying,


rate difficulty: For, if the dead do not rise, then even Christ himself has not been raised,


simplify: And he made the table of acacia wood: two cubitswasthe length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

And he made the table of hard wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high;


rate difficulty: Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.

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rate difficulty: And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves to-day to Jehovah, yea, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.


rate difficulty: To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven.

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rate difficulty: He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

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


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


simplify: And Jacob said, Sell me first thy birthright.

And Jacob said, First of all give me your birthright.


simplify: Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

My eyes are streaming without stopping, they have no rest,


rate difficulty: of Aram, and of Moab, and of the Bene-Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob king of Zobah.

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


rate difficulty: Concerning this thing thrice the Lord did I call upon, that it might depart from me,

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rate difficulty: And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.


simplify: If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

If, in that very minute, it does evil in my eyes, going against my orders, then my good purpose, which I said I would do for them, will be changed.


simplify: And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

They are to be joined with you in the care of the Tent of meeting, doing whatever is needed for the Tent: and no one of any other family may come near you.


rate difficulty: But his wrongdoing was pointed out to him: an ass, talking with a man's voice, put a stop to the error of the prophet.

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simplify: And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:

And the east limit is the Salt Sea as far as the end of Jordan. And the limit of the north part of the land is from the inlet of the sea at the end of Jordan:


rate difficulty: But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

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rate difficulty: These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.


rate difficulty: In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: His generation who shall declare? For his life is taken from the earth.


simplify: For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil.


simplify: For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:


simplify: Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.


simplify: This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, And thy breasts to its clusters.

You are tall like a palm-tree, and your breasts are like the fruit of the vine.


simplify: But thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain by the sword.

But you will have your bed among those without circumcision, and will be put to rest with those who have been put to death with the sword.


simplify: And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.

And it will be over Aaron's brow, so that Aaron will be responsible for any error in all the holy offerings made by the children of Israel; it will be on his brow at all times, so that their offerings may be pleasing to the Lord.


rate difficulty: He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him.

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rate difficulty: These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into any way of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans:


simplify: Jarmuth with its suburbs, En-gannim with its suburbs; four cities.

Jarmuth and En-gannim with their grass-lands, four towns.


rate difficulty: He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood is upon him: whereas had he taken warning, he would have delivered his soul.


rate difficulty: But I have some things against you, because you have with you those who keep the teaching of Balaam, by whose suggestion Balak made the children of Israel go out of the right way, taking food which was offered to false gods, and going after the desires of the flesh.

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


simplify: Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.

Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and it was broken by his hands.


simplify: and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor;

And Judas, the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, he who was false to him.


simplify: Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.

Up, and let us be going. Look! My betrayer is close at hand.”


simplify: The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying,


rate difficulty: And David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering in their service.

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rate difficulty: But as to the rest, I say, not the Lord, If any brother have an unbelieving wife, and she consent to dwell with him, let him not leave her.

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rate difficulty: One unto another they draw nigh, And air doth not enter between them.

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rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being repaired, that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,


simplify: And they laid their hands on him, and took him.

Then the men seized Jesus, and arrested him.


simplify: But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I put my name at first, and see what I did to it because of the evil-doing of my people Israel.


simplify: If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

If the iron has no edge, and he does not make it sharp, then he has to put out more strength; but wisdom makes things go well.


simplify: Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah.

See, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send times of great need on the land, not need of food or desire for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.


simplify: Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;


rate difficulty: And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.

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simplify: Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

Have you no knowledge of what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of every land? were the gods of the nations of those lands able to keep their land from falling into my hands?


simplify: Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

Such prohibitions appear reasonable where there is a desire for self-imposed service, and so-called ‘humility,’ and harsh treatment of the body, but are of no real value against the indulgence of our earthly nature.


simplify: reform, therefore, from this thy wickedness, and beseech God, if then the purpose of thy heart may be forgiven thee,

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord, that, if possible, you may be forgiven for such a thought;


simplify: Be thou ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea hath spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.

Be shamed, O Zidon: for the sea, the strong place of the sea has said, I have not been with child, or given birth; I have not taken care of young men, or kept watch over the growth of virgins.


simplify: And coming forth, they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name Simon: him they impressed that he might bear his cross;

As they were on their way out, they came upon a man from Cyrene of the name of Simon; and they compelled him to go with them to carry the cross.


simplify: And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.


simplify: Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which Jehovah thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee thither.

You are to make ready a way, and see that the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, is marked out into three parts, to which any taker of life may go in flight.


rate difficulty: And of the rest of the oil which is in his hand, the priest will put some on the point of the right ear of the man who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot, over the blood of the offering for wrongdoing;

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simplify: Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

It was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those who are honoured in the earth.


simplify: `Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.

You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.


simplify: And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them.

And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.


rate difficulty: and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre, and Esther riseth, and standeth before the king,

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


rate difficulty: and after those days, his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying--

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


simplify: For the bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;

For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;


rate difficulty: No one sets light to a lamp and then covers it with a bowl or puts it underneath a couch, but they put it on a lamp-stand, so that anyone who comes in may see the light.

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


simplify: So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty.

Let your words and your acts be those of men who are to be judged by the law which makes free.


simplify: And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

And the Lord was with Joseph, and he did well; and he was living in the house of his master the Egyptian.


simplify: He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

He went round and took the measure of it on the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.


simplify: And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

But they will say, There is no hope: we will go on in our designs, and every one of us will do what he is moved by the pride of his evil heart to do.


rate difficulty: But the women and the children and the cattle and everything in the town and all its wealth, you may take for yourselves: the wealth of your haters, which the Lord your God has given you, will be your food.

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


simplify: Make thee two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them: and thou shalt use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps.

Make two silver horns of hammered work, to be used for getting the people together and to give the sign for the moving of the tents.


rate difficulty: And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

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


rate difficulty: So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.

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simplify: And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and the ordinances which I set before you this day.

And you are to take care to keep all the laws and the decisions which I put before you today.


rate difficulty: For by wise guiding you will overcome in war: and in a number of wise guides there is salvation.


rate difficulty: Then the angel of the Lord said to Elijah, Go down with him; have no fear of him. So he got up and went down with him to the king.

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


simplify: The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.

There were six steps going up to it, and the top of it was round at the back, there were arms on the two sides of the seat, and two lions by the side of the arms;


simplify: and Judah begat Pharez and Zarah of Tamar, and Pharez begat Hezron, and Hezron begat Ram,

Judah of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez of Hezron, Hezron of Ram,


rate difficulty: Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?

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


simplify: For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.


simplify: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.


rate difficulty: He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.


simplify: Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.

You are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: This word has to do with the ruler in Jerusalem and all the children of Israel in it.


simplify: Therefore now, Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.

And now, Lord, let your words about your servant and about his family be made certain for ever, and do as you have said.


rate difficulty: There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

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


simplify: But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.

But to the land on which their soul's desire is fixed, they will never come back.


simplify: Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.


rate difficulty: O Jehovah, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things.

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simplify: which certain professing--concerning the faith did swerve; the grace <FI>is<Fi> with you. Amen.

for there are those who, while asserting their proficiency in it, have yet, as regards the faith, gone altogether astray.    God bless you all.


simplify: And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

All this land will be a waste and a cause of wonder; and these nations will be the servants of the king of Babylon for seventy years.


rate difficulty: (and I have sent before thee a messenger, and have cast out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite,)

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rate difficulty: Because you did not do what the Lord said, and did not give effect to his burning wrath against Amalek. So the Lord has done this thing to you today.

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simplify: And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.

And they said to her, No, but we will go back with you to your people.


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


rate difficulty: And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea, in your sight, all their evil which they have done in Zion, saith Jehovah.

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


simplify: every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made.

Every one who is named by my name, and whom I have made for my glory, who has been formed and designed by me.


simplify: and Mahalalel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

And after the birth of Jared, Mahalalel went on living for eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:


rate difficulty: And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,


simplify: And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Shem and Japheth took the upper garment and both laid [it] upon their shoulders, and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were turned away, that they saw not their father's nakedness.

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


simplify: Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,


simplify: and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which Jehovah commanded.

And had given him orders about this very thing, that he was not to go after other gods; but he did not keep the orders of the Lord.


simplify: Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

After the death of Ahab, Moab made itself free from the authority of Israel.


simplify: Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

Then he makes clear to them what they have done, even their evil works in which they have taken pride.


simplify: for that Jehovah of hosts hath blessed them, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

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


rate difficulty: And princes in Issachar <FI>are<Fi> with Deborah, Yea, Issachar <FI>is<Fi> right with Barak, Into the valley he was sent on his feet. In the divisions of Reuben, Great <FI>are<Fi> the decrees of heart!

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


simplify: And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

And he took him in to his mother, and she took him on her knees and kept him there till the middle of the day, when his life went from him.


rate difficulty: And Judah saith, `The power of the burden-bearers hath become feeble, and the rubbish <FI>is<Fi> abundant, and we are not able to build on the wall.'

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


rate difficulty: But when Jesus saw the reasoning of their heart, he took a little child, and set him by his side,

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


simplify: How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.


simplify: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.


simplify: And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

Now after two full years, Absalom had men cutting the wool of his sheep in Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim: and he sent for all the king's sons to come to his feast.


simplify: Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

rejoicing in your hope; steadfast under persecution; persevering in prayer;


rate difficulty: And the Lord hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David:

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


rate difficulty: And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

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


simplify: when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it,

When all the people go forward, Aaron is to go in with his sons, and take down the veil of the curtain, covering the ark of witness with it;


simplify: Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.


simplify: till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ,

And this will continue, until we all attain to that unity which is given by faith and by a fuller knowledge of the Son of God; until we reach maturity — the full standard of the perfection of the Christ.


simplify: If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?


simplify: Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.


simplify: But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.

But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house.


simplify: Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

so, too, they have now become disobedient in your day of mercy, in order that they also in their turn may now find mercy.


rate difficulty: And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

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


rate difficulty: oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

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


rate difficulty: If the order of these things before me is ever broken, says the Lord, then will the seed of Israel come to an end as a nation before me for ever.

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


simplify: And he who is speaking with me had a golden reed, that he may measure the city, and its gates, and its wall;

And the angel who was speaking to me had as a measure a gold rod, with which to measure the city and its gates and its wall.


simplify: Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.


rate difficulty: out of all your gifts ye do lift up the whole heave-offering of Jehovah; out of all its fat, --its hallowed part--out of it.

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


simplify: And no one was able to answer him a word, nor durst any from that day question him any more.

No one could say a word in answer; nor did anyone after that day venture to question him further.


simplify: And of Gad he said,  Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: He dwelleth as a lioness, And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.

Of Gad he said, A blessing be on him who makes wide the limits of Gad: he takes his rest like a she-lion, taking for himself the arm and the crown of the head.


rate difficulty: And Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their grass-lands; nine towns from those two tribes.

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


rate difficulty: That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?

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


rate difficulty: And he answering said to him who spake to him, `Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?'


rate difficulty: And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed–edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

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


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

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


simplify: After him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.

After him Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, was working on another part, from the door of the house of Eliashib as far as the end of his house.


simplify: And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

Then Joseph took them from between his knees, and went down on his face to the earth.


simplify: And that ye may know--ye also--the things concerning me--what I do, all things make known to you shall Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful ministrant in the Lord,

To enable you, as well as others, to know all that concerns me and what I am doing, Tychicus, our dear friend and faithful helper in the Master’s cause, will tell you everything.


rate difficulty: I spoiled other assemblies, receiving hire for ministry towards you.

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


rate difficulty: And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And he said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah; for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, so that I should pardon them.


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


simplify: A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.


simplify: Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

Be not very angry, O Lord, and do not keep our sins in mind for ever: give ear to our prayer, for we are all your people.


rate difficulty: And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

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


simplify: And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.

And they put him into his last resting-place in the town of David, among the kings, because he had done good in Israel for God and for his house.


rate difficulty: And the messenger of Jehovah answereth and saith, `Jehovah of Hosts! till when dost Thou not pity Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, that Thou hast abhorred these seventy years?'

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


rate difficulty: for one <FI>is<Fi> God, one also <FI>is<Fi> mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,

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


simplify: And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born.

And Israel, stretching out his right hand, put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands on purpose, for Manasseh was the older.


simplify: And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knoweth whether Jehovah will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?

And he said, While the child was still living I went without food and gave myself up to weeping: for I said, Who is able to say that the Lord will not have mercy on me and give the child life?


rate difficulty: Many entreat the face of the noble, And all have made friendship to a man of gifts.

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


rate difficulty: When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

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


simplify: Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.


simplify: But Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against you is for you.

But Jesus said to him, Let him do it, for he who is not against you is for you.


rate difficulty: Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

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


rate difficulty: The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: in loving Jehovah thyGod, in hearkening to his voice, and in cleaving to him — for this is thy life and the length of thy days — that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

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


simplify: Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast;

Or if I send disease into that land, letting loose my wrath on it in blood, cutting off from it man and beast:


rate difficulty: By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.

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


rate difficulty: Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:

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


rate difficulty: And the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.


rate difficulty: So that we made a request to Titus that, as he had made a start before, so he might make this grace complete in you.

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


rate difficulty: And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going out to the fight with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels made war,


rate difficulty: The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.

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


simplify: Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and everything whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.

Every bed on which he has been resting will be unclean, and everything on which he has been seated will be unclean.


rate difficulty: And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of Jehovah.


simplify: Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

Let them be fixed to your fingers, and recorded in your heart.


simplify: holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

Keeping the secret of the faith in a heart free from sin.


rate difficulty: 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 Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.

And Jeremiah put in a book all the evil which was to come on Babylon.


simplify: And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

At that moment she came up, and began publicly to thank God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the deliverance of Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips <FI>is<Fi> wickedness.


simplify: And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.

So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones.


simplify: And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the vale of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it; for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you put to death in the valley of Elah, is here folded in a cloth at the back of the ephod: take that, if you will, for there is no other sword here. And David said, there is no other sword like that; give it to me.


simplify: And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? Jehovah shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.

And Joshua said, Why have you been a cause of trouble to us? Today the Lord will send trouble on you. And all Israel took part in stoning him; they had him stoned to death and then burned with fire.


rate difficulty: So Amasa went to call together [the men of] Judah; but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

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


rate difficulty: And they put a purple robe on him, and twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on him;


simplify: So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.


simplify: And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no man buyeth their merchandise any more;

And the traders of the earth are weeping and crying over her, because no man has any more desire for their goods,


simplify: I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.


simplify: and the third took her, and in like manner also the seven--they left not children, and they died;

and so, too, did all seven — dying without children.


rate difficulty: In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt will come into Assyria; and the Egyptians will give worship to the Lord together with the Assyrians.


simplify: And of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him a hundred and threescore males.

And of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him a hundred and sixty males.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the royal seed, and [one] of the king's chief men, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam unto Mizpah, and there they ate bread together, in Mizpah.

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


simplify: Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.

And I will have your images and your pillars cut off from you; and you will no longer give worship to the work of your hands.


simplify: Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

Are you so foolish? having made a start in the Spirit, will you now be made complete in the flesh?


simplify: And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

And the name of the third river is Tigris, which goes to the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.


rate difficulty: And the cow and the she-bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.


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

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


simplify: When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:

When I had gone up into the mountain to be given the stones on which was recorded the agreement which the Lord made with you, I was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights without taking food or drinking water.


rate difficulty: And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.

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


rate difficulty: --And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover,

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


simplify: Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

Because with your false words you have given pain to the heart of the upright man when I had not made him sad; in order to make strong the hands of the evil-doer so that he may not be turned from his evil way and get life:


rate difficulty: `And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

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


rate difficulty: And I scatter them with a fan, in the gates the land, I bereaved, I have destroyed My people, From their ways they turned not back.

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


simplify: If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy estimation it shall stand.

If he gives his field from the year of Jubilee, the value will be fixed by your decision.


simplify: I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.


simplify: For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

For she said, If I may only put my hand on his robe, I will be made well.


rate difficulty: In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him that is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb. So shalt thou be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I [am] Jehovah.

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


simplify: Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, come, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of Bether.


rate difficulty: My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

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


simplify: And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.

And in his name will the Gentiles put their hope.


simplify: For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

For all those of you who were given baptism into Christ did put on Christ.


rate difficulty: Now David had said, Surely, in vain have I kept all that this [man] had in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that was his; and he has requited me evil for good.

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


simplify: Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.


rate difficulty: Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!

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


simplify: Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city, and told unto the chief priests all the things that were come to pass.

Now, while they were going, some of the watchmen came into the town and gave news to the chief priests of all the things which had taken place.


rate difficulty: The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.


rate difficulty: And in their bringing out the money that is brought in to the house of Jehovah, hath Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of Jehovah by the hand of Moses,

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


simplify: even as it is written,  Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

As it is said, See, I am putting in Zion a stone causing a fall, and a rock in the way: but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.


simplify: For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

For see, this day have I made you a walled town, and an iron pillar, and walls of brass, against all the land, against the kings of Judah, against its captains, against its priests, and against the people of the land.


simplify: and all the demons did call upon him, saying, `Send us to the swine, that into them we may enter;'

and the spirits begged Jesus: “Send us into the pigs so that we can take possession of them.”


rate difficulty: Now she was very beautiful; and she took care of the king, waiting on him at all times; but the king had no connection with her.

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


simplify: And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

And the house of God was burned and the wall of Jerusalem broken down; all its great houses were burned with fire and all its beautiful vessels given up to destruction.


rate difficulty: Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

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


simplify: He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; But he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.

He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.


simplify: And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.

And these whose names are given came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and made an attack on the Meunim who were living there, and put an end to them to this day, and took their place, because there was grass there for their flocks.


rate difficulty: Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.

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


simplify: And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

And when Elisha saw it he gave a cry, My father, my father, the carriages of Israel and its horsemen! And he saw him no longer; and he was full of grief.


rate difficulty: For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

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


rate difficulty: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

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


rate difficulty: And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of his father David, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

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


rate difficulty: But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.


rate difficulty: Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

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


simplify: And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.

And on the third day, they let all the sailing apparatus go over the side.


simplify: It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together.


rate difficulty: and to stand, morning by morning, to give thanks, and to give praise to Jehovah, and so at evening;


rate difficulty: Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.

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


simplify: Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers’ houses. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead.

Of the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief of all the Hebronites, in their generations by families. In the fortieth year of the rule of David a search was made, and able men were seen among them at Jazer of Gilead.


rate difficulty: Now there went with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said unto them,

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


simplify: But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth, none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and Jehovah will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

But if her father, hearing of it, makes her take back her word, then the oaths or the undertakings she has given will have no force; and she will have forgiveness from the Lord, because her oath was broken by her father.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Lo, I am coming unto thee in the thickness of the cloud, so that the people hear in My speaking with thee, and also believe in thee to the age;' and Moses declareth the words of the people unto Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: Sons of Zattu: eight hundred forty and five.

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


simplify: but that which is spiritual <FI>is<Fi> not first, but that which <FI>was<Fi> natural, afterwards that which <FI>is<Fi> spiritual.

That which comes first is not the spiritual, but the human; afterwards comes the spiritual;


rate difficulty: And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Giblites hewed them, and prepared timber and stones to build the house.

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


rate difficulty: And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Beth-lehemite slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

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


rate difficulty: And I have sent on you famine and evil beasts, And they have bereaved thee, And pestilence and blood pass over on thee, And a sword I do bring in against thee, I, Jehovah, have spoken!'

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

And let her take off the dress in which she was made prisoner and go on living in your house and weeping for her father and mother for a full month: and after that you may go in to her and be her husband and she will be your wife.


simplify: for the all things <FI>are<Fi> because of you, that the grace having been multiplied, because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;

For all this is for your sakes, so that the loving kindness of God, spreading from heart to heart, may cause yet more hearts to overflow with thanksgiving, to his glory.


rate difficulty: Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

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


rate difficulty: Jesus said unto them, Is it not for this cause that ye err, that ye know not the scriptures, nor the power of God?

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


simplify: Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.


simplify: Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?

Is not this the woodworker's son? is not his mother named Mary? and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?


rate difficulty: Not equal it doth the topaz of Cush, With pure gold it is not valued.

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


simplify: Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

But you have made no prayer to me, O Jacob: and you have given no thought to me, O Israel.


rate difficulty: And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

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


rate difficulty: And if a man take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness: they shall be childless.

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


simplify: For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.