simplify: And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.


rate difficulty: Everyone who falls on that stone will be dashed to pieces, while anyone on whom it falls — it will scatter him as dust.”

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


rate difficulty: Give back, I pray you, to them, as to-day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, and the hundredth <FI>part<Fi> of the money, and of the corn, of the new wine, and of the oil, that ye are exacting of them.'

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


rate difficulty: And the mirage shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of wild dogs, where they lay down, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

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


simplify: Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

Therefore, friends, do your best to put God’s call and selection of you beyond all doubt; for, if you do this, you will never fall.


simplify: And he shall stand, and shall feed his flock in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God: and they shall abide; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

And he will take his place and give food to his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the glory of the name of the Lord his God; and their resting-place will be safe: for now he will be great to the ends of the earth.


rate difficulty: And the watchman on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu and his band coming, and said, I see a band of people. And Joram said, Send out a horseman to them, and let him say, Is it peace?

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


rate difficulty: These are the laws and the decisions which you are to keep with care in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to be your heritage all the days of your life on earth.

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


rate difficulty: To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:


simplify: But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us: for wherewith should this fellow reconcile himself unto his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men?

But the rulers of the Philistines were angry with him, and said to him, Make the man go back to the place you have given him; do not let him go down with us to the fight, or he may be turned against us and be false to us: for how will this man make peace with his lord? will it not be with the heads of these men?


simplify: And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.


simplify: And he left all, rose up, and followed him.

Levi left everything and got up and followed him.


simplify: And he made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other.

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


simplify: Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

Has the rain a father? or who gave birth to the drops of night mist?


rate difficulty: Its quiver <FI>is<Fi> as an open sepulchre, All of them--mighty ones.

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


rate difficulty: And all the people of Judah take Azariah, and he <FI>is<Fi> a son of sixteen years, and cause him to reign instead of his father Amaziah;

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


rate difficulty: and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he set him over all the land of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: I said before, and still say it before I come, as being present for the second time, though I am still away from you, to those who have done wrong before, and to all the others, that if I come again I will not have pity;

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


simplify: And Jehovah will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them,

The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; and you will ever have the highest place, if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God which I give you today, to keep and to do them;


rate difficulty: and they found the stone having been rolled away from the tomb,


rate difficulty: And this I do because of the good news, that a fellow-partaker of it I may become;

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


rate difficulty: His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

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


simplify: And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

And Boaz answering said to her, I have had news of everything you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband; how you went away from your father and mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people who are strange to you.


simplify: Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains; and those who are in the middle of the town go out; and let not those who are in the country come in.


simplify: For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;

All those who have done wrong without the law will get destruction without the law: and those who have done wrong under the law will have their punishment by the law;


simplify: And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.


rate difficulty: it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.

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


rate difficulty: And the border is to them at the north side from the Jordan, and the border hath gone up unto the side of Jericho on the north, and gone up through the hill-country westward, and its outgoings have been at the wilderness of Beth-Aven;

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


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

And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler.


rate difficulty: Sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

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


simplify: And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

And in the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What have you done to me? was I not working for you so that I might have Rachel? why have you been false to me?


simplify: and fear took hold of all, and they were glorifying God, saying--`A great prophet hath risen among us,' and--`God did look upon His people.'

Everyone was awe-struck and began praising God. “A great prophet has arisen among us,” they said; “and God has visited his people.”


simplify: Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;


simplify: And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

And the Lord said, I have had mercy, as you say:


rate difficulty: And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.


rate difficulty: and thirty and six thousand oxen,

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


simplify: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;


rate difficulty: And the cherubs lift up their wings, and the wheels <FI>are<Fi> over-against them, and the honour of the God of Israel <FI>is<Fi> over them above.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto Aaron, saying,

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


simplify: The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.

The word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.


simplify: Elihu also proceeded, and said,


rate difficulty: Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

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


simplify: Even so did the Lord ordain that they that proclaim the gospel should live of the gospel.

Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news.


simplify: Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage thou him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

Joshua, the son of Nun, your servant, he will go into the land: say to him that he is to be strong, for he will be Israel's guide into their heritage.


simplify: Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.


rate difficulty: For thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;

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


simplify: And the men who are journeying with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice but seeing no one,

The men traveling with Saul were meanwhile standing speechless; they heard the sound of the voice, but saw no one.


simplify: The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto you.

The hands of Zerubbabel have put the base of this house in place, and his hands will make it complete; and it will be clear to you that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.


simplify: And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.

There were nets of open-work for the crowns on the tops of the pillars, a net of open-work for one and a net of open-work for the other.


rate difficulty: Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

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


rate difficulty: and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

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


simplify: And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

Having no fear of those who are against you; which is a clear sign of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God;


simplify: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

for they had substituted a lie for the truth about God, and had reverenced and worshiped created things more than the Creator, who is to be praised for ever. Amen.


rate difficulty: In their going, they go; and in their standing, they stand; and in their being lifted up from off the earth, lifted up are the wheels over-against them; for a living spirit <FI>is<Fi> in the wheels.

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


rate difficulty: For, before those days there hath been no hiring of man, Yea, a hiring of beasts there is none; And to him who is going out, And to him who is coming in, There is no peace because of the adversary, And I send all men--each against his neighbour.

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


simplify: The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.


rate difficulty: (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

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


simplify: And Peter said to him, `Sir, unto us this simile dost thou speak, or also unto all?'

“Master,” said Peter, “are you telling this parable with reference to us or to everyone?”


simplify: And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.

And Gaal said again, See! people are coming down from the middle of the land, and one band is coming by way of the oak-tree of the Seers.


simplify: For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.


simplify: Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

And you are to say this word to them, Let my eyes be streaming with water night and day, and let it not be stopped; for the virgin daughter of my people is wounded with a great wound, with a very bitter blow.


simplify: besides that which the traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mingled people, and of the governors of the country.

In addition to what came to him from the business of the traders, and from all the kings of the Arabians, and from the rulers of the country.


rate difficulty: His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

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


simplify: For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.


rate difficulty: `And thou hast said to them, This <FI>is<Fi> the fire-offering which ye bring near to Jehovah: two lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones, daily, a continual burnt-offering;

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


rate difficulty: And be certain that the long waiting of the Lord is for salvation; even as our brother Paul has said in his letters to you, from the wisdom which was given to him;


simplify: Send me also cedar-trees, fir-trees, and algum-trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. And, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

And send me cedar-trees, cypress-trees and sandal-wood from Lebanon, for, to my knowledge, your servants are expert wood-cutters in Lebanon; and my servants will be with yours,


simplify: And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

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


rate difficulty: As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.

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


simplify: and they brought, and he saith to them, `Whose <FI>is<Fi> this image, and the inscription?' and they said to him, `Caesar's;'

And, when they had brought it, he asked: “Whose head and title are these?”  “The Emperor’s,” they said;


rate difficulty: Like valleys are they spread forth, like gardens by the river side, Like aloe-trees which Jehovah hath planted, like cedars beside the waters.

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


simplify: Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

Because Aram has made evil designs against you, saying,


simplify: And there was a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian,

At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a captain in the regiment known as the ‘Italian Regiment,’


simplify: All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?


rate difficulty: and ye to-day have rejected your God, who <FI>is<Fi> Himself your saviour out of all your evils and your distresses, and ye say, `Nay, but--a king thou dost set over us; and now, station yourselves before Jehovah, by your tribes, and by your thousands.'

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


simplify: Thou wast the anointed cherub that covereth: and I set thee, so that thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

I gave you your place with the winged one; I put you on the mountain of God; you went up and down among the stones of fire.


simplify: I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men;

My desire is, first of all, that you will make requests and prayers and give praise for all men;


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, a people cometh from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

The Lord has said, See, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt take thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may serve me as priest — Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

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


rate difficulty: and you, the anointing that ye did receive from him, in you it doth remain, and ye have no need that any one may teach you, but as the same anointing doth teach you concerning all, and is true, and is not a lie, and even as was taught you, ye shall remain in him.

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


rate difficulty: What then shall we say to these things? If Godisfor us, whoisagainst us?

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


rate difficulty: And Samuel riseth, and goeth up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin; and Saul inspecteth the people who are found with him, about six hundred men,

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


rate difficulty: So the runners went from town to town through all the country of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun: but they were laughed at and made sport of.


rate difficulty: And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and unto all the elders of Israel.

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


simplify: and the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in the house of Jehovah, were of burnished brass.

And the pots and the spades and the basins; all the vessels which Hiram made for King Solomon, for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.


simplify: And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.

And they gave them drink in gold vessels, every vessel being different, and wine of the kingdom, freely given by the king.


rate difficulty: Therefore wait ye for me, saith Jehovah, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

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


rate difficulty: The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim,

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


simplify: And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

And they put fifty twists of cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and fifty twists on the edge of the outside curtain of the second group,


rate difficulty: And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:


simplify: And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.

And they had some small fishes; and blessing them he had them put before the people in the same way.


rate difficulty: And this will be his heritage in Israel: and my rulers will no longer be cruel masters to my people; but they will give the land as a heritage to the children of Israel by their tribes.


simplify: The good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.


simplify: And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and come before Jehovah unto the door of the tent of meeting, and give them unto the priest:

And on the eighth day he is to take two doves or two young pigeons and come before the Lord to the door of the Tent of meeting and give them to the priest:


rate difficulty: And if you are able to see it, this is Elijah who was to come.

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


simplify: and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass:

And out of the Nile came seven cows, fat and good-looking, and their food was the river-grass;


rate difficulty: And I will take you into the waste land of the peoples, and there I will take up the cause with you face to face.

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


simplify: Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.


simplify: Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

Now the story of his sons, and all the words said by the prophet against him, and the building up again of the Lord's house, are recorded in the account in the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son became king in his place.


rate difficulty: But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.

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


simplify: Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

From Merari come the Mahlites and the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.


rate difficulty: For thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;

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


simplify: Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.

Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel, the son of Sodi.


simplify: Paul, calledto bean apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Sosthenes the brother,


rate difficulty: These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

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


rate difficulty: “Ananias,” Peter exclaimed, “how is it that Satan has so taken possession of your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit, and kept back a part of the money paid for the land?

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


simplify: And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.

And he went in search of Ahaziah; and when they came where he was, (for he was in a secret place in Samaria,) they took him to Jehu and put him to death; then they put his body to rest in the earth, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, whose heart was true to the Lord. So the family of Ahaziah had no power to keep the kingdom.


simplify: Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

Then Jesus went on to say to the man who had invited him: “When you give a breakfast or a dinner, do not ask your friends, or your brothers or sisters, or your relations, or rich neighbors, because they might invite you in return, and so you should be repaid.


rate difficulty: And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head.


rate difficulty: Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.


rate difficulty: Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.


simplify: And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

And Micaiah said, Truly, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to keep yourself safe.


simplify: Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

Then let the potter's bottle be broken before the eyes of the men who have gone with you,


simplify: And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

And Midian was stronger than Israel; and because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made holes for themselves in the mountains, and hollows in the rocks, and strong places.


simplify: look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

Look at the wild birds — they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and yet your heavenly Father feeds them! Are not you more precious than they?


simplify: and those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.

And the number of all these was two thousand, seven hundred and fifty.


simplify: Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

You foolish person! The seed you yourself sow does not come to life, unless it dies!


simplify: For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest.

For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.


simplify: So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

So from the thousands of Israel a thousand were taken from every tribe, twelve thousand men armed for war.


rate difficulty: And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

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


rate difficulty: For on that night I will go through the land of Egypt, sending death on every first male child, of man and of beast, and judging all the gods of Egypt: I am the Lord.

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


simplify: But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face.

And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.


simplify: And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.

They had also a few small fish; and, after he had said the blessing, he told the disciples to serve out these as well.


simplify: We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

We were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there is only a great fear.


rate difficulty: So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for the Lord gave him rest on every side.


simplify: a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

A hard-faced nation, who will have no respect for the old or mercy for the young:


rate difficulty: In like manner good works also are manifest beforehand, and those that are otherwise cannot be hid.

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


simplify: As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

And as for the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, the children of Judah were unable to make them go out; but the Jebusites are living with the children of Judah at Jerusalem, to this day.


simplify: far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come:


simplify: how that God was in Christ--a world reconciling to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us the word of the reconciliation,

To proclaim that God, in Christ, was reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning people’s offenses against them, and that he had entrusted us with the message of this reconciliation.


rate difficulty: And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

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


rate difficulty: And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

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


simplify: Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

Give ear to me, you feeble-hearted, who have no faith in my righteousness:


simplify: This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.

This is the word which the Lord said about Moab in the past.


rate difficulty: For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

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


rate difficulty: And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?

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


simplify: And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly:

And Ahab sent for Obadiah, the controller of the king's house. (Now Obadiah had the fear of the Lord before him greatly;


rate difficulty: Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;


simplify: And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.

Then Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs went back from the land of Gilead, from the children of Reuben and the children of Gad, and came to the children of Israel in Canaan and gave them the news.


rate difficulty: Then Pharaoh went into his house, and did not take even this to heart.

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


simplify: And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

And the roof of your mouth like good wine flowing down smoothly for my loved one, moving gently over my lips and my teeth.


simplify: And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

and the Holy Spirit came down on him in the form of a dove, and from the heavens came a voice — “You are my dearly loved son; you bring me great joy.”


rate difficulty: And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

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


simplify: and he did cry in might--a great voice, saying, `Fall, fall did Babylon the great, and she became a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird,

With a mighty voice he cried — ‘She has fallen! She has fallen — Babylon the Great! She has become an abode of demons, a stronghold of every wicked spirit, a stronghold of every foul and hateful bird.


simplify: who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.


simplify: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus:


simplify: But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.

But, after I have risen, I will go before you into Galilee.”


rate difficulty: Every gorge shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked [places] shall become a straight [path], and the rough places smooth ways,

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


rate difficulty: You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction.

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


rate difficulty: but death reigned from Adam until Moses, even upon those who had not sinned in the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is [the] figure of him to come.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.

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


simplify: Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:

Then when he gives his property to his sons for their heritage, he is not to put the son of his loved one in the place of the first son, the son of the hated wife:


simplify: Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

For I tell you that Christ, in vindication of God’s truthfulness, has become a minister of the covenant of circumcision, so that he may fulfill the promises made to our ancestors,


rate difficulty: And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.

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


simplify: And he said to them, `When I sent you without bag, and scrip, and sandals, did ye lack anything?' and they said, `Nothing.'

Then he said to them all: “When I sent you out as my messengers, without either purse, or bag, or sandals, were you in need of anything?”   “No; nothing,” they answered.


rate difficulty: Every board is to be joined to the one nearest to it by two tongues, and so for every board in the House.

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


rate difficulty: He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto Jehovah only, shall be utterly destroyed.

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


simplify: And Jesus answering said to them, `Ye go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God;

“Your mistake,” replied Jesus, “is due to your ignorance of the scriptures, and of the power of God.


simplify: Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.

Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.


simplify: Jehovah will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;

He will make your minds diseased, and your eyes blind, and your hearts wasted with fear:


simplify: And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.

By your sword will you get your living and you will be your brother's servant; but when your power is increased his yoke will be broken from off your neck.


rate difficulty: and he came and took her by the hand, and raised her up; and the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.

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


simplify: But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.


simplify: And they laid on him their hands, and kept hold on him;

Then the men seized Jesus, and arrested him.


rate difficulty: behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from thee;

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


simplify: He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.

He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.


simplify: And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

True, God looked with indulgence on the days of people’s ignorance, but now he is announcing to everyone everywhere the need for repentance,


rate difficulty: And now, hear this, O luxurious one, Who is sitting confidently--Who is saying in her heart, `I <FI>am<Fi> , and none else, I sit not a widow, nor know bereavement.'

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


simplify: And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

And he made the most holy place; it was twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, like the greater house, and was plated all over with the best gold; six hundred talents were used for it.


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

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


simplify: And the apostles having turned back, declared to him how great things they did, and having taken them, he withdrew by himself to a desert place of a city called Bethsaida,

When the apostles returned, they related to Jesus all that they had done. Then Jesus went privately to a town called Bethsaida, taking the apostles with him.


rate difficulty: But behold, there shall be left in it those that escape, who shall be brought out of [it], sons and daughters. Behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings; and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, as to all that I have brought upon it.

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


rate difficulty: And from the sandal-wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody: never has such sandal-wood been seen to this day.

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


simplify: And having come near to him, the men said, `John the Baptist sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

When these men found Jesus, they said: “John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask — ‘Are you ‘the coming one,’ or are we to look for somebody else?’”


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole fruit be forfeited, the seed which thou hast sown, and the increase of the vineyard.

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


rate difficulty: And Jeroboam said to his wife, Now come, put on different clothing so that you may not seem to be the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh; see, Ahijah is there, the prophet who said I would be king over this people.


rate difficulty: They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

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


rate difficulty: And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,

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


rate difficulty: And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.

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


rate difficulty: Do ye look at what concerns appearance? If any one has confidence in himself that he is of Christ, let him think this again in himself, that even as he [is] of Christ, so also [are] we.

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


rate difficulty: The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

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


simplify: So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.

So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh as the Lord had said. Now Nineveh was a very great town, three days' journey from end to end.


simplify: as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor.


rate difficulty: Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our own tongues the great things ofGod?


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, thou knowest.

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


simplify: And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?


simplify: For I know not to give flattering titles; Elsewould my Maker soon take me away.

For I am not able to give names of honour to any man; and if I did, my Maker would quickly take me away.


simplify: and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,

Yet God, in his abundant compassion, and because of the great love with which he loved us,


simplify: And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.


rate difficulty: He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth; but he that is gracious to the afflicted, happy is he.

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


rate difficulty: And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

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


simplify: if ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every one doing the righteousness, of him hath been begotten.

Knowing him to be righteous, you realize that everyone who lives righteously has received the new life from him.


rate difficulty: And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

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


rate difficulty: Who for my life put their necks in danger; to whom not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are in debt:

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


simplify: Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.

Then Jonathan said, My father has made trouble come on the land: now see how bright my eyes have become because I have taken a little of this honey.


simplify: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.


rate difficulty: There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.


simplify: He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

Let him be seated by himself, saying nothing, because he has put it on him.


simplify: A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish; and thou shalt cleanse the sanctuary.

This is what the Lord has said: In the first month, on the first day of the month, you are to take a young ox without any mark on him, and you are to make the holy place clean.


simplify: and on the faith of his name, this one whom ye see and have known, his name made strong, even the faith that <FI>is<Fi> through him did give to him this perfect soundness before you all.

And it is by faith in the name of Jesus, that this man, whom you all see and know, has — by his name — been made strong. Yes, it is the faith inspired by Jesus that has made this complete cure of the man, before the eyes of you all.


simplify: And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.


simplify: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lights.


simplify: But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

But a great number who are first will be last, and some who are last will be first.


rate difficulty: For Herod had seized John, and had bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother.

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


simplify: Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.

You are the men who have stood by me in my trials;


rate difficulty: Ask, I pray you, and see, is a male bringing forth? Wherefore have I seen every man, His hands on his loins, as a travailing woman, And all faces have been turned to paleness?

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


simplify: And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.

And he put one in Beth-el and the other in Dan.


simplify: And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

and clothe yourselves with that new self, which, as it gains in knowledge, is being constantly renewed ‘in resemblance to him who made it.’


simplify: and the priest shall look on him again the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague be dim, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

And the priest is to see him again on the seventh day; and if the mark is less bright and is not increased on his skin, then let the priest say that he is clean: it is only a skin-mark, and after his clothing has been washed he will be clean.


simplify: And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.

And the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the children of Ammon.


simplify: He is Jehovah our God; His judgments are in all the earth.

He is the Lord our God: he is judge of all the earth.


simplify: And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

And he said, I myself will go with you and give you rest.


simplify: And they said one to another, `Was not our heart burning within us, as he was speaking to us in the way, and as he was opening up to us the Writings?'

“How our hearts glowed,” the disciples said to each other, “while he was talking to us on the road, and when he explained the scriptures to us!”


simplify: And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

Then he said, Go and see where he is, so that I may send and get him. And news came to him that he was in Dothan.


simplify: And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

And King Ahasuerus put a tax on the land and on the islands of the sea.


rate difficulty: And he having entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, `Who is this?'

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


simplify: Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.

Then Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, said to Jehoshaphat, Let my men go with yours in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not let them.


rate difficulty: So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.

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


simplify: In the morning therefore ye shall be brought near by your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which Jehovah taketh shall come near by families; and the family which Jehovah shall take shall come near by households; and the household which Jehovah shall take shall come near man by man.

So in the morning you are to come near, tribe by tribe; and the tribe marked out by the Lord is to come near, family by family; and the family marked out by the Lord is to come near, house by house; and the house marked out by the Lord is to come near, man by man.


simplify: Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

Come, take your child in your arms, for I will make of him a great nation.


simplify: For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the uppermost was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.

For they were on three floors, and they had no pillars like the pillars of the outer square; so the highest was narrower than the lowest and middle floors from the earth level.


rate difficulty: No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, as they were on the way to Jerusalem, that he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee.

And it came about that when they were on the way to Jerusalem he went through Samaria and Galilee.


simplify: And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

And she said to him, Why do you say you are my lover when your heart is not mine? Three times you have made sport of me, and have not made clear to me the secret of your great strength.


rate difficulty: And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.


rate difficulty: No one going as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who has enlisted him as a soldier.

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


rate difficulty: And of Naphtali he said, Naphtali, satisfied with favour, And full of the blessing of Jehovah, Possess thou the west and the south.

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


simplify: And thou didst take of thy garments, and madest for thee high places decked with divers colors, and playedst the harlot upon them: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.

And you took your robes and made high places for yourself ornamented with every colour, acting like a loose woman on them, without shame or fear.


rate difficulty: to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

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


simplify: Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.


rate difficulty: So they went made the tomb secure, by sealing the stone, in presence of the guard.


simplify: for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be borne, and lay upon the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them.

While they make up heavy loads and pile them on other people’s shoulder’s they decline, themselves, to lift a finger to move them.


simplify: Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he that was escaped came; and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

Now the hand of the Lord had been on me in the evening, before the man who had got away came to me; and he made my mouth open, ready for his coming to me in the morning; and my mouth was open and I was no longer without voice.


simplify: And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: so Esau despised his birthright.

Then Jacob gave him bread and soup; and he took food and drink and went away, caring little for his birthright.


rate difficulty: or saith he it assuredly for our sake? Yea, for our sake it was written: because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he that thresheth, to thresh in hope of partaking.

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


rate difficulty: and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, `Ye <FI>are<Fi> spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.'

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


simplify: How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

How long will I go on seeing the flag and hearing the sound of the war-horn?


rate difficulty: And all went to enrol themselves, every one to his own city.

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


simplify: and Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;

And Azor had Zadok; and Zadok had Achim; and Achim had Eliud;


simplify: `And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

And, when you fast, do not put on gloomy looks, as hypocrites do who disfigure their faces so that they may be seen by people to be fasting. That, I tell you, is their reward!


simplify: We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.


simplify: then saith he to his disciples, `The harvest indeed <FI>is<Fi> abundant, but the workmen few;

and he said to his disciples: “The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.


rate difficulty: and so with the ambassadors of the heads of Babylon, those sending unto him to inquire of the wonder that hath been in the land, God hath left him to try him, to know all in his heart,

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rate difficulty: The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

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


simplify: And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;


simplify: And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.

Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.


simplify: for as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners: so also through the obedience of the one, shall the many be constituted righteous.

For, as through the disobedience of the one man the whole race was rendered sinful, so, too, through the obedience of the one, the whole race will be rendered righteous.


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

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


simplify: and say unto the children of Ammon, Hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was made desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity:

And say to the children of Ammon, Give ear to the word of the Lord; this is what the Lord has said: Because you said, Aha! against my holy place when it was made unclean, and against the land of Israel when it was made waste, and against the people of Judah when they were taken away as prisoners;


simplify: to them that are without law, as without law, not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, that I might gain them that are without law.

To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister,

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


rate difficulty: A bullock and a sheep that hath a member too long or too short, that mayest thou offer as a voluntary offering; but as a vow it shall not be accepted.

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


simplify: So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him: and all the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.

So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him: and all the people of Judah, as well as half the people of Israel, took the king on his way.


rate difficulty: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

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


rate difficulty: Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

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


simplify: For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.


rate difficulty: If any man hath an ear, let him hear.


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

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


rate difficulty: having chastised, therefore, I will release him,'


simplify: For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:


simplify: And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

Yes, and many will come in from East and West and take their places beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven;


rate difficulty: And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife.


rate difficulty: If, then, the church has come together, and all are using tongues, and there come in men without knowledge or faith, will they not say that you are unbalanced?

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


rate difficulty: And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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


simplify: And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?

And the king made a song of grief for Abner and said, Was the death of Abner to be like the death of a foolish man?


simplify: And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Do not be hard on the man from a strange country who is living among you; for you have had experience of the feelings of one who is far from the land of his birth, because you yourselves were living in Egypt, in a strange land.


simplify: and that whosoever came not within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.

And that if anyone did not come before three days were past, as ordered by the rulers and the responsible men, all his goods would be put under the curse, and he himself would be cut off from the meeting of the people who had come back.


rate difficulty: And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell.


rate difficulty: And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counselled in those days <FI>is<Fi> as <FI>when<Fi> one inquireth at the word of God; so <FI>is<Fi> all the counsel of Ahithophel both to David and to Absalom.

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


rate difficulty: and he maketh for it four pillars of shittim <FI>wood<Fi> , and overlayeth them with gold; their pegs <FI>are<Fi> of gold; and he casteth for them four sockets of silver.

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


rate difficulty: So David gave praise to the Lord before all the people; and David said, Praise be to you, O Lord the God of Israel, our father for ever and ever.

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


simplify: the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

The seventh Jesharelah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


rate difficulty: And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times: then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it; whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: But Paul descending fell upon him, and enfolding [him] [in his arms], said, Be not troubled, for his life is in him.

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


simplify: And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

And she became with child and gave birth to a Son; and when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she kept him secretly for three months.


simplify: Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children;

Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;


simplify: with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

always humble and gentle, patient, bearing lovingly with one another,


rate difficulty: And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

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


rate difficulty: And with them, every sort of beast and cattle, and every sort of thing which goes on the earth, and every sort of bird.


simplify: And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

The number of his army was sixty-two thousand, seven hundred.


simplify: Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

Of the thirty, he was the noblest, and was made their captain, but he was not equal to the first three.


rate difficulty: Of the sons of Judah--their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host--

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


simplify: Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.


rate difficulty: Binding to the vine his ass, And to the choice vine the colt of his ass, He hath washed in wine his clothing, And in the blood of grapes his covering;

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


simplify: Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.

And more than this, a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers were guests at my table, in addition to those who came to us from the nations round about us.


simplify: and came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, that he should be called a Nazarene.

And he came and was living in a town named Nazareth: so that the word of the prophets might come true, He will be named a Nazarene.


simplify: And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

(And the children of Dan put up the pictured image for themselves; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of the Danites till the day when the ark was taken prisoner.)


rate difficulty: Wherefore I beseech [you] not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

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


rate difficulty: And one he-goat for a sin-offering unto Jehovah; it shall be offered besides the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof.

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


simplify: And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.

And you are to make the House from the design which you saw on the mountain.


simplify: Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:

It was this salvation that the prophets, who spoke long ago of the blessing intended for you, sought, and strove to comprehend;


simplify: (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?

(Now the children of Benjamin had word that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Make clear how this evil thing took place.


simplify: And charged them that they should not make him known:

Ordering them not to give people word of him:


simplify: save thyself, and come down from the cross.

Keep yourself from death, and come down from the cross.


simplify: But the other answered, and rebuking him said, Dost thou not even fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

But the other, protesting, said, Have you no fear of God? for you have a part in the same punishment,


simplify: The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

He who gives blessing will be made fat, but the curser will himself be cursed.


simplify: Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

Then give ear from heaven your living-place to their prayer and their cry, and see right done to them, answering with forgiveness your people who have done wrong against you.


simplify: And they encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

Planting their tents by the side of Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the lowlands of Moab.


simplify: So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed–edom the Gittite.

So David did not let the ark come back to him to the town of David, but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.


simplify: And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.

And about eight days after he had said these things, he took Peter and John and James with him and went up into the mountain for prayer.


simplify: As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.

As for the wheels, they were named in my hearing, the circling wheels.


simplify: For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring upon Tyre Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and a company, and much people.

For this is what the Lord has said: See, I will send up from the north Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre, with horses and war-carriages and with an army and great numbers of people.


simplify: and he came down with them, and stood on a level place, and a great multitude of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judæa and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

And he came down with them to a level place, and a great band of his disciples, and a very great number of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and from the parts of Tyre and Sidon by the sea, came to give hearing to him, and to be made well from their diseases;


rate difficulty: Hearing this, Jesus said: “It is not those who are healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill. I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast.”

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rate difficulty: If he be able to fight with me, and to smite me, then will we be your servants; but if I overcome and smite him, then shall ye be our servants and serve us.

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


rate difficulty: Thou knowest that David my father could not build a house unto the name of Jehovah hisGod, because of the wars which were about him on every side, until Jehovah put them under the soles of his feet.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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


rate difficulty: and any man's servant, the purchase of money, when thou hast circumcised him--then he doth eat of it;

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


rate difficulty: Now in the ninth year of his rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came against Jerusalem with all his army and took up his position before it, building earthworks all round the town.

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


simplify: And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

And the Philistine said, I have put to shame the armies of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may have a fight together.


simplify: And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

Then Elijah took off his robe, and, rolling it up, gave the water a blow with it, and the waters were parted, flowing back this way and that, so that they went over on dry land.


simplify: And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.


rate difficulty: but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted--Christ's--

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


simplify: Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.


rate difficulty: The sea gave up its dead, and Death and the Lord of the place of Death gave up their dead; and they were judged, one by one, each according to his actions.

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


rate difficulty: Has not this come on you because you have given up the Lord your God, who was your guide by the way?


simplify: Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament, and run to and fro among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

Make sounds of grief, O Heshbon, for Ai is wasted; give loud cries, O daughters of Rabbah, and put haircloth round you: give yourselves to weeping, running here and there and wounding yourselves; for Milcom will be taken prisoner together with his rulers and his priests.


simplify: And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.

The king was distressed at this; yet, because of his oath and of the guests at his table, he ordered it to be given her.


simplify: For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams, they comfort in vain: therefore they go their way like sheep, they are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.

For the images have said what is not true, and the readers of signs have seen deceit; they have given accounts of false dreams, they give comfort to no purpose: so they go out of the way like sheep, they are troubled because they have no keeper.


simplify: Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard, saying,

Now Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, gave orders about Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, saying,


simplify: and they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, `Place of a skull;'

They brought Jesus to the place which was known as Golgotha — a name which means ‘place of a Skull.’


simplify: that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.


rate difficulty: And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

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


simplify: And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

But the apostles left the Council, rejoicing that they had been thought worthy to suffer disgrace for that name;


simplify: and I testify again to every man circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law;

I again declare to everyone who receives circumcision, that he binds himself to obey the whole law.


rate difficulty: and they crush and oppress the sons of Israel in that year--eighteen years all the sons of Israel <FI>who<Fi> are beyond the Jordan, in the land of the Amorite, which <FI>is<Fi> in Gilead.

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


rate difficulty: And thou hast sworn--Jehovah liveth, In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness, And blessed themselves in Him have nations, And in Him they boast themselves.

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


simplify: And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

The Beast that I saw was like a leopard; but its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth like the mouth of a lion. The Dragon gave it his power and his throne, and wide dominion.


rate difficulty: Burning their offerings in all the high places, as those nations did whom the Lord sent away from before them; they did evil things, moving the Lord to wrath;

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


rate difficulty: The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.

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


rate difficulty: To proclaim the year of the good pleasure of Jehovah, And the day of vengeance of our God, To comfort all mourners.

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


simplify: The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

As for the older ones among you, who bear office in the church, I, their fellow officer, and a witness to the sufferings of the Christ, who will also share in the glory that is to be revealed —


simplify: And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord.

And when David had come to an end of making the burned offerings and peace-offerings, he gave the people a blessing in the name of the Lord.


rate difficulty: Howbeit on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruits of the land, ye shall keep the feast of Jehovah seven days: on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.

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


simplify: but it is great gain--the piety with contentment;

And a great source of gain religion is, when it brings contentment with it!


rate difficulty: Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.

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


simplify: And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:

And the Lord said to me, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A weighted line. Then the Lord said, See, I will let down a weighted line among my people Israel; never again will my eyes be shut to their sin:


simplify: And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.

And straight away he made his disciples get into the boat, and go before him to the other side to Beth-saida, while he himself sent the people away.


simplify: Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)

Then give ear from heaven your living-place, answering with forgiveness, and give to every man, whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; (for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of the children of men;)


simplify: Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the Lord into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

Then on that day David first made the giving of praise to the Lord the work of Asaph and his brothers.


simplify: having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

From the first he destined us, in his goodwill towards us, to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ,


rate difficulty: Also Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counsellor, a man of understanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons:

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Take it up to thee. So he put out his hand, and took it.

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


simplify: Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,


rate difficulty: Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall be ploughed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

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


rate difficulty: O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

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


rate difficulty: Making Osh, Kesil, and Kimah, And the inner chambers of the south.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

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


simplify: If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;


simplify: But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.

But David's men had put to death three hundred and sixty of the men of Benjamin and of Abner's men


simplify: And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

And Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, had no sons, but only daughters, and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.


simplify: What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

What is your decision?” They answered: “He deserves death.”


simplify: Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

If only my words might be recorded! if they might be put in writing in a book!


simplify: Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

So be very strong to keep and do whatever is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, not turning away from it to the right or to the left;


rate difficulty: Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;

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


rate difficulty: O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.

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


rate difficulty: And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.

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


rate difficulty: And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

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


rate difficulty: As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.


simplify: Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door—

For fear of the great body of people, or for fear that families might make sport of me, so that I kept quiet, and did not go out of my door;


simplify: But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

but in case I should be delayed, I want you to know what your conduct ought to be in the Household of God, which is the church of the living God — the pillar and stay of the truth.


rate difficulty: and I have a hope that rests in God — a hope which they also cherish — that there will one day be a resurrection of good and bad alike.

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


simplify: Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.


simplify: And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

And the son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir the son of Manasseh.


simplify: Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

An ox or a lamb which has more or less than its natural parts, may be given as a free offering; but it will not be taken in payment of an oath.


simplify: This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

This is the order of the Lord about the daughters of Zelophehad: The Lord says, Let them take as their husbands whoever is most pleasing to them, but only among the family of their father's tribe.


rate difficulty: and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah;

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


simplify: and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking.

while others, to test him, asked him for some sign from the heavens.


rate difficulty: For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all.

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


simplify: And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.

And of Benjamin he said, Benjamin is the loved one of the Lord, he will be kept safe at all times; he will be covered by the Most High, resting between his arms.


simplify: The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be praise for ever, is witness that the things which I say are true.


rate difficulty: And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.


simplify: And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

And, getting on his feet, he gave a blessing to all the men of Israel, saying with a loud voice,


rate difficulty: And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,

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


rate difficulty: Be not glad, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod which was on you is broken: for out of the snake's root will come a poison-snake, and its fruit will be a winged poison-snake.


simplify: But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

But at least you have the credit of hating the works of the Nicolaitans, as I do.


rate difficulty: Did you undergo such a number of things to no purpose? if it is in fact to no purpose.

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


simplify: And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God.

And this was only a small thing to you, O God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, looking on me as on one of high position, O Lord God.


rate difficulty: And the boy Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with Jehovah and also with men.


simplify: And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

And the heaven over your heads will be brass, and the earth under you hard as iron.


rate difficulty: Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.

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


simplify: And when he came to the house, he suffered not any man to enter in with him, save Peter, and John, and James, and the father of the maiden and her mother.

And when he came to the house he did not let any man go in with him, but only Peter and John and James, and the father of the girl and her mother.


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

And I will give orders to my two witnesses, and they will be prophets for a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed with haircloth.


simplify: but Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away captive to Babylon.

But Baruch, the son of Neriah, is moving you against us, to give us up into the hands of the Chaldaeans so that they may put us to death, and take us away prisoners into Babylon.


simplify: And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest.

Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.


simplify: And as they were eating, he took bread, and when he had blessed, he brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take ye: this is my body.

And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.


simplify: And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the hill-country of the Amorites, which Jehovah our God giveth unto us.

And I said to you, You have come to the hill-country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us.