rate difficulty: And he abolished the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah, and the environs of Jerusalem; and them that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

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


simplify: And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights.


simplify: and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal,

And Ishmerai and Izliah and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;


rate difficulty: Prince Herod heard of all that was happening, and was perplexed, because it was said by some that John must be risen from the dead.

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


simplify: Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.

In the morning there was a great stir among the soldiers — what could have become of Peter!


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

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


rate difficulty: The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;


simplify: If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.


simplify: And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go outto battle, that Joab led forth the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and overthrew it.

Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab went out at the head of the armed forces and made waste all the land of the Ammonites and put his men in position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem. And Joab took Rabbah and made it waste.


rate difficulty: and Paul having chosen Silas, went forth, having been given up to the grace of God by the brethren;

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


simplify: In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good.


simplify: And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

But the end of all things is near. Therefore exercise self-restraint and be calm, so that you may be able to pray.


rate difficulty: And Shemaiah the prophet hath come in unto Rehoboam and the heads of Judah who have been gathered unto Jerusalem from the presence of Shishak, and saith to them, `Thus said Jehovah, Ye have forsaken Me, and also, I have left you in the hand of Shishak;'

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


simplify: There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

No daughter of Israel is to let herself be used as a loose woman for a strange god, and no son of Israel is to give himself to a man.


simplify: So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

So the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat at the right hand of God.


simplify: Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.

And Samaria has not done half your sins; but you have made the number of your disgusting acts greater than theirs, making your sisters seem more upright than you by all the disgusting things which you have done.


simplify: And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto Jehovah seven days:

And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month let there be a holy meeting; do no field-work, and keep a feast to the Lord for seven days;


rate difficulty: And having taken the body, Joseph wrapped it in clean linen,


rate difficulty: Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt not be remembered: for I Jehovah have spoken.

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


simplify: For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the sea is covered by the waters.


simplify: I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

Therefore I advise young widows to marry, bear children, and attend to their homes, and so avoid giving the enemy an opportunity for scandal.


rate difficulty: Ladan was his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,


simplify: Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.


simplify: And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me thus, and let mine enemy go, so that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?

And Saul said to Michal, why have you been false to me, letting my hater go and get safely away? And in answer Michal said to Saul, He said to me, Let me go, or I will put you to death.


simplify: Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and upon it shall ye burn incense?

Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, Give worship before one altar only, burning offerings on it?


simplify: But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

But when Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the armed forces who were with him, had news of all the evil which Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had done,


simplify: But if thou have gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband:

But if you have been with another in place of your husband and have made yourself unclean with a lover:


rate difficulty: Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

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


rate difficulty: By my life, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies, truly, like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea, so will he come.

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


simplify: Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland districts of Roman Asia, and went to Ephesus. There he found some disciples, of whom he asked:


rate difficulty: Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein.

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


simplify: Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so we have been before thee, O Jehovah.

As a woman with child, whose time is near, is troubled, crying out in her pain; so have we been before you, O Lord.


rate difficulty: A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.

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


simplify: For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.


simplify: I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.


rate difficulty: And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

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


rate difficulty: And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the Lord was set in order.

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


rate difficulty: for in a field he found her, she hath cried--the damsel who is betrothed--and she hath no saviour.

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


simplify: So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

And, when this dying body has put on its deathless form, then indeed will the words of scripture come true —


simplify: And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

And God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good.


rate difficulty: and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, into transgression came,

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


simplify: and having risen, the younger men wound him up, and having carried forth, they buried <FI>him<Fi> .

The young men got up, and, winding the body in a sheet, carried it out and buried it.


simplify: And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

“I am sad at heart,”he said, “sad even to death; wait here, and watch.”


simplify: And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

And he took thirty friends, and they were with him.


simplify: And Jehovah said, Doest thou well to be angry?

And the Lord said, Have you any right to be angry?


simplify: The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.


simplify: At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.

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


simplify: which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become,

Which of the prophets escaped persecution at their hands? They killed those who foretold the coming of the righteous one; of whom you, in your turn, have now become the betrayers and murderers —


simplify: The men of Michmas, a hundred twenty and two.

The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two.


simplify: And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.

And all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives; everything in their houses they took and made them waste.


simplify: As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

Indeed, you know that, like a father with his own children, we used to encourage and comfort every one of you, and solemnly plead with you;


simplify: He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.


simplify: But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.

But the Nethinim were living in the Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim.


rate difficulty: Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

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


simplify: And Jehovah shall make a distinction between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongeth to the children of Israel.

And the Lord will make a division between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; there will be no loss of any of the cattle of Israel.


rate difficulty: His disciples asked Jesus the meaning of this parable.

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


rate difficulty: And Laban saith, `This heap <FI>is<Fi> witness between me and thee to-day;' therefore hath he called its name Galeed;

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


simplify: and let them learn--ours also--to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

Let all our people learn to devote themselves to doing good, so as to meet the most pressing needs, and that their lives may not be unfruitful.


rate difficulty: `this <FI>is<Fi> the beast which ye do eat: ox, lamb of the sheep, or kid of the goats,

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


simplify: But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

But, when you do acts of charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,


simplify: And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.

And Esau said, Then keep some of my men with you. And he said, What need is there for that, if my lord is pleased with me?


simplify: The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar–boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:

This is a copy of the letter which Tattenai, the ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and his friends the Apharsachites, living across the river, sent to Darius the king:


simplify: For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.


simplify: Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

This is what the king says: Do not be tricked by Hezekiah, for there is no salvation for you in him.


rate difficulty: So the Levites made all the people quiet, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; and do not give way to grief.

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


rate difficulty: Elkanah; sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,


rate difficulty: And all Israel, those who were Israelites by birth, as well as the men from other lands living with them, and their responsible men and their overseers and judges, took their places round the ark, in front of the priests, the Levites, whose work it was to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement; half of them were stationed in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal, in agreement with the orders for the blessing of the children of Israel which Moses, the servant of the Lord, had given.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, because they had transgressed against Jehovah, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,

The Lord, the Lord of armies, says, Go to this person in authority, this Shebna, who is over the house; who has made himself a resting-place on high, cutting out a place for himself in the rock, and say,


simplify: But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.


rate difficulty: But she, being set on by her mother, says, Give me here upon a dish the head of John the baptist.

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


rate difficulty: Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.

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


simplify: For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

My own desire is to depart and be with Christ, for this would be far better.


rate difficulty: or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness ofGod leads thee to repentance?

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


rate difficulty: For when they come back from the dead there are no husbands and wives, but they are as the angels in heaven.

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


rate difficulty: Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.


rate difficulty: He smote of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Sela in the war, and called the name of it Joktheel to this day.

reading_level: 5 | 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.


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

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


simplify: But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure harm befall him.

But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.


simplify: Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as a field of grain before it is grown up.

This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field, or a green plant; like the grass on the house-tops, which a cold wind makes waste.


simplify: And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.

Now when Joseph saw that his father had put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it did not seem right to him; and lifting his father's hand he would have put it on the head of Manasseh.


rate difficulty: And Moses taketh of the anointing oil, and of the blood which <FI>is<Fi> on the altar, and sprinkleth on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him, and he sanctifieth Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.

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


rate difficulty: A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.

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


rate difficulty: While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.


simplify: His left handisunder my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand is round about me.


rate difficulty: And she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons: they brought [the vessels] to her, and she poured out.


simplify: Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, even to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the sheep?

Son of man, be a prophet against the keepers of the flock of Israel, and say to them, O keepers of the sheep! this is the word of the Lord: A curse is on the keepers of the flock of Israel who take the food for themselves! is it not right for the keepers to give the food to the sheep?


rate difficulty: And when thou offerest an oblation of a meal-offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

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


simplify: Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.

So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.


rate difficulty: But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

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


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

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


simplify: and Simon answering said to him, `Master, through the whole night, having laboured, we have taken nothing, but at thy saying I will let down the net.'

“We have been hard at work all night, Sir,” answered Simon, “and have not caught anything, but, at your bidding, I will throw out the nets.”


simplify: Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey unto themselves, according unto the word of Jehovah which he commanded Joshua.

But the cattle and the goods from that town, Israel took for themselves, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua.


simplify: and to have power to heal the sicknesses, and to cast out the demons.


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

‘Who has ever comprehended the mind of the Lord? Who has ever become his counsellor?


rate difficulty: And he said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one <FI>is<Fi> good except One--God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.'

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


rate difficulty: and all the people who <FI>are<Fi> in the city are called to pursue after them, and they pursue after Joshua, and are drawn away out of the city,

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


simplify: and now also finish doing <FI>it<Fi> , that even as <FI>there is<Fi> the readiness of the will, so also the finishing, out of that which ye have,

And now I want you to complete the work, so that its completion may correspond with your willing readiness — in proportion, of course, to your means.


simplify: And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.

And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, no stick or bag or bread or money, and do not take two coats.


simplify: Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is useful to me for ministering.

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and take him with you; for he is of use to me in the work.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.


rate difficulty: Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.

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


rate difficulty: So let us make a little room on the wall; and put a bed there for him, and a table and a seat and a light; so that when he comes to us, he will be able to go in there.

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


simplify: Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted.

Now will I come forward, says the Lord; now will I be lifted up; now will my power be seen.


rate difficulty: His underparts are like sharp potsherds: He spreadeth as it were a threshing-wain upon the mire.

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


rate difficulty: Perhaps you say that I did wrong in humbling myself that you might be exalted — I mean because I told you God’s good news without payment.

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


simplify: And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.

And the two disciples answered as Jesus had told them; and they allowed them to go.


simplify: And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.

When they had crucified him, they divided his clothes among them by casting lots.


rate difficulty: And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

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


simplify: That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

To make you see how certain are true words, so that you may give a true answer to those who put questions to you?


rate difficulty: And the prince of a father's house for the families of the Kohathite <FI>is<Fi> Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

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


simplify: For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

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


simplify: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.

Wherever death comes to you, death will come to me, and there will be my last resting-place; the Lord do so to me and more if we are parted by anything but death.


rate difficulty: Some of the seed fell among brambles; but the brambles shot up and completely choked it, and it yielded no return.

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


rate difficulty: having the glory of God, and her light <FI>is<Fi> like a stone most precious, as a jasper stone clear as crystal,


rate difficulty: And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.


simplify: And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.

And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.


simplify: Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.


simplify: And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?

And wherever he goes in, say to the owner of the house, The Master says, Where is my guest-room, where I may take the Passover with my disciples?


rate difficulty: Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

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


simplify: Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.

And straight away he took some armed men and went quickly down to them: and the Jews, seeing them, gave no more blows to Paul.


simplify: And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire.

And that which is over of the flesh and of the bread is to be burned with fire.


rate difficulty: For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:

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


rate difficulty: He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.

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


rate difficulty: Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you?


rate difficulty: Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?


rate difficulty: And, getting up from prayer, he came to the disciples, and saw that they were sleeping for sorrow.

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


rate difficulty: For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

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


rate difficulty: Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing unto me.

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


simplify: And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.

Now after a time the children of Ammon made war against Israel.


rate difficulty: And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.


simplify: On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.

On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.


rate difficulty: to love thine enemies, and to hate those loving thee, for thou hast declared to-day that thou hast no princes and servants, for I have known to-day that if Absalom <FI>were<Fi> alive, and all of us to-day dead, that then it were right in thine eyes.

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


rate difficulty: And he shall offer of the sacrifice of peace-offerings an offering made by fire unto Jehovah; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

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


rate difficulty: and give him up to the Gentiles for them to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify; and on the third day he will rise.”

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


simplify: But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

but get up and stand upright; for I have appeared to you in order to appoint you a servant and a witness of those revelations of me which you have already had, and of those in which I will yet appear to you,


rate difficulty: And the Lord said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth–gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

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


rate difficulty: and at the manifestation of the chief Shepherd, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.

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


simplify: And the angel taketh the censer; and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there followed thunders, and voices, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

And the angel took the vessel; and he made it full of the fire of the altar, and sent it down on the earth: and there came thunders and voices and flames and a shaking of the earth.


simplify: Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

And now, take a chance with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to put horsemen on them.


simplify: And having gone forward a little, he fell upon the earth, and was praying, that, if it be possible the hour may pass from him,

Going on a little further, he threw himself on the ground, and began to pray that, if it were possible, he might be spared that hour.


rate difficulty: He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

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


simplify: And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.


simplify: Art thou not then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?

Are you by chance the Egyptian who, before this, got the people worked up against the government and took four thousand men of the Assassins out into the waste land?


rate difficulty: and the king goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and every man of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, even all the people, from great even unto small, and he readeth in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that is found in the house of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: For it was the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.

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


simplify: And their houses shall be turned unto others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah.

And their houses will be handed over to others, their fields and their wives together: for my hand will be stretched out against the people of the land, says the Lord.


simplify: Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.


rate difficulty: And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.

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


simplify: Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.


simplify: And Peter having knocked at the door of the porch, there came a damsel to hearken, by name Rhoda,

On his knocking at the door in the gate, a maidservant, named Rhoda, came to answer it.


simplify: And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

Now when Balaam saw that it was the Lord's pleasure to give his blessing to Israel, he did not, as at other times, make use of secret arts, but turning his face to the waste land,


simplify: A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.


rate difficulty: And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword: and his face was like the sun shining in its strength.

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


simplify: And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Jehovah shall rule over you.

But Gideon said to them, I will not be a ruler over you, and my son will not be a ruler over you: it is the Lord who will be ruler over you.


rate difficulty: The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

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


simplify: But behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.

But the hand of him who is false to me is with me at the table.


rate difficulty: And they having lit a fire in the midst of the court and sat down together, Peter sat among them.

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


rate difficulty: Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

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


simplify: Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.


simplify: Thy neck is like the tower of David Builded for an armory, Whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, All the shields of the mighty men.

Your neck is like the tower of David made for a store-house of arms, in which a thousand breastplates are hanging, breastplates for fighting-men.


rate difficulty: and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:


rate difficulty: And I said all this to Zedekiah, king of Judah, saying, Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and become his servants and his people, so that you may keep your lives.

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


rate difficulty: And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.

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


simplify: Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:

Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;


rate difficulty: The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

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


rate difficulty: And Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal was the father of Obed,


rate difficulty: And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:

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


rate difficulty: and the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls; and all these vessels, that Hiram hath made to king Solomon <FI>for<Fi> the house of Jehovah, <FI>are<Fi> of brass--polished.


simplify: And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon.

And they did so, and made those five kings come out of the hole to him, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Dan send, out of their family, five men of them, men, sons of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to traverse the land, and to search it, and they say unto them, `Go, search the land;' and they come into the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodge there.

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


rate difficulty: And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

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


rate difficulty: They blindfolded him and then questioned him. “Now play the prophet,” they said; “who was it that struck you?”


simplify: Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

Gifts differ, but the Spirit is the same;


simplify: For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.

It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.


simplify: who shall suffer justice--destruction age-during--from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of his strength,

They will pay the penalty of unutterable ruin — banished ‘from the presence of the Lord and from the glorious manifestation of his might,


simplify: And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, the son of Zaccur.


rate difficulty: But let him, being a chief among his people, not make himself unclean in such a way as to put shame on himself.

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


simplify: And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments.

Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and made the people holy; and their clothing was washed.


simplify: And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.

And Israel was in great need because of Midian; and the cry of the children of Israel went up to the Lord.


rate difficulty: Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she <FI>is<Fi> thy life.


rate difficulty: And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities [are] fortified [and] inhabited.

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


simplify: Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

And a great number of the people had gone over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but Saul was still in Gilgal, and all the people went after him shaking in fear.


rate difficulty: Keep the feast of unleavened bread; for seven days your food is to be bread without leaven, as I gave you orders, at the regular time in the month Abib; for in that month you came out of Egypt.

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


simplify: This is the joyous city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

This is the town which was full of joy, living without fear of danger, saying in her heart, I am, and there is no other: how has she been made waste, a place for beasts to take their rest in! everyone who goes by her will make hisses, waving his hand.


rate difficulty: What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.


simplify: For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

Wickedness, indeed, is already at work in secret; but only until he who at present restrains it is removed out of the way.


rate difficulty: because his letters, he says, [are] weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his speech naught.

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


rate difficulty: And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat among the ashes.


simplify: And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof:

For six years put seed into your fields and get in the increase;


simplify: So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.

So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom by a roundabout way for seven days: and there was no water for the army or for the beasts they had with them.


rate difficulty: Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he became king, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.

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


simplify: Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;


simplify: And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:

And whatever they have need of, young oxen and sheep and lambs, for burned offerings to the God of heaven, grain, salt, wine, and oil, whatever the priests in Jerusalem say is necessary, is to be given to them day by day regularly:


rate difficulty: and I have drawn unto thee, unto the brook Kishon, Sisera, head of the host of Jabin, and his chariot, and his multitude, and have given him into thy hand.'

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


simplify: For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.

For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.


simplify: And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

So there went after Abishai, Joab and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the fighting-men; they went out of Jerusalem to overtake Sheba, the son of Bichri.


rate difficulty: Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.

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


simplify: Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.

As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five men and women to make music.


rate difficulty: `Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, hath turned back My fury from the sons of Israel, by his being zealous with My zeal in their midst, and I have not consumed the sons of Israel in My zeal.

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


simplify: And Aaron spake all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

And Aaron said to them all the words the Lord had said to Moses, and did the signs before all the people.


simplify: Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

Give ear now to the words of the Lord: Up! put forward your cause before the mountains, let your voice be sounding among the hills.


rate difficulty: A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver <FI>with<Fi> his lips make not thyself surety.

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


simplify: backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Hated by God, full of pride, without respect, full of loud talk, given to evil inventions, not honouring father or mother,


rate difficulty: And Jehovah called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying,

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


simplify: One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:

One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;


rate difficulty: And he sent another; and they put him to death: and a number of others, whipping some, and putting some to death.

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


simplify: for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen.

for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will display great signs and marvels, so that, were it possible, even God’s people would be led astray.


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


rate difficulty: And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

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


rate difficulty: I have seen his ways, and I will make him well: I will give him rest, comforting him and his people who are sad.


simplify: And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.

Jesus entered Jerusalem, and went into the Temple Courts; and, after looking around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.


simplify: And he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou made clean. And straightway the leprosy departed from him.

And he put out his hand to him and said, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away his disease went from him.


rate difficulty: Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land:

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


simplify: and he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as Jehovah spake by Moses.

And he put his hands on him and gave him his orders, as the Lord had said by Moses.


simplify: The men of Netophah, fifty and six.


rate difficulty: Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.

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


simplify: and he sware to her--`Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee--unto the half of my kingdom.'

and he swore to her that he would give her whatever she asked him — up to half his kingdom.


rate difficulty: And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,

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


simplify: And the Lord said through a vision in the night to Paul, `Be not afraid, but be speaking and thou mayest be not silent;

One night the Lord said to Paul, in a vision: “Have no fear, but continue to speak, and refuse to be silenced;


simplify: And I will be yet more vile than this, and will be base in mine own sight: but of the handmaids of whom thou hast spoken, of them shall I be had in honor.

And I will do even worse than this, and make myself even lower in your eyes: but the servant-girls of whom you were talking will give me honour.


simplify: through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

Through the false ways of men whose words are untrue, whose hearts are burned as with a heated iron;


rate difficulty: But, when his accusers came forward, they brought no charge of wrong-doing such as I had expected;

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


simplify: And he lay down and slept under a juniper-tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

And stretching himself on the earth, he went to sleep under the broom-plant; but an angel, touching him, said to him, Get up and have some food.


simplify: Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord


rate difficulty: If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.

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


simplify: Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;

Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;


rate difficulty: And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia;

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


rate difficulty: And this is the number of the men equipped for military service, who came to David to Hebron, to transfer the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass that he went on the sabbath through the cornfields; and his disciples began to walk on, plucking the ears.


rate difficulty: Complain not one against another, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.

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


rate difficulty: I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

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


rate difficulty: As heat in a dry place, The noise of strangers Thou humblest, Heat with the shadow of a thick cloud, The singing of the terrible is humbled.

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


rate difficulty: And she went; and she came and gleaned in the fields after the reapers; and she chanced to light on an allotment of Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

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


simplify: We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he shall command us.

But we will go three days' journey into the waste land and make an offering to the Lord our God as he may give us orders.


simplify: When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.

When he gets ready for the fight, the strong are overcome with fear.


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

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


rate difficulty: Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,


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

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


rate difficulty: Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

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


rate difficulty: And the rest of the matters of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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


rate difficulty: The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah.

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


rate difficulty: But the person who does wrong in the pride of his heart, if he is one of you or of another nation by birth, is acting without respect for the Lord, and will be cut off from his people.

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


simplify: O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

Oh! The unfathomable wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments, how untraceable his ways! Yes —


simplify: They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.


rate difficulty: And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?

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


simplify: And when the centurion heard it, he went to the chief captain and told him, saying, What art thou about to do? for this man is a Roman.

And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.


simplify: Many shall come in my name, saying, I am he; and shall lead many astray.

People will come in my name, saying, I am he; and a number will be turned from the true way.


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity: Jehovah bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, O mountain of holiness.

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


simplify: Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

Go in flight, get away with your lives, and let your faces be turned to Aroer in the Arabah.


rate difficulty: And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

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


simplify: in this know ye the Spirit of God; every spirit that doth confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is,

This is the way by which to know the inspiration of God — All inspiration that acknowledges Jesus Christ as come in our human nature is from God;


simplify: Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

Your hands made me, and I was formed by you, but then, changing your purpose, you gave me up to destruction.


rate difficulty: None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me?

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


rate difficulty: Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea:

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


rate difficulty: The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.


rate difficulty: And the remnant of the people who are left in the city, and those falling who have fallen to him, and the remnant of the people who are left, hath Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, removed <FI>to<Fi> Babylon.

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


simplify: And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?

And God came to Balaam and said, Who are these men with you?


rate difficulty: And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.

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


simplify: But I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death: and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him.

But, in my opinion, there is no cause of death in him, and as he himself has made a request to be judged by Caesar, I have said that I would send him.


simplify: So we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

So we went on past our brothers, the children of Esau, living in Seir, by the road through the Arabah, from Elath and Ezion-geber. And turning, we went by the road through the waste land of Moab.


simplify: For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth:

For so has the Lord said to me, Go, let a watchman be placed; let him give word of what he sees:


simplify: and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.

And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.


simplify: He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

I will have nothing to do with your young ox, O Samaria; my wrath is burning against them; how long will it be before the children of Israel make themselves clean?


simplify: And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

And in the letter she said, Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people;


simplify: and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah offerings in righteousness.

He will take his seat, testing and cleaning the sons of Levi, burning away the evil from them as from gold and silver; so that they may make offerings to the Lord in righteousness.


simplify: But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.

But I say to you that from now I will not take of this fruit of the vine, till that day when I take it new with you in my Father's kingdom.


rate difficulty: The fear of a wicked [man], it shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

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


simplify: Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

And Jacob made an offering on the mountain, and gave orders to his people to take food: so they had a meal and took their rest that night on the mountain.


rate difficulty: And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

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


simplify: Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.


simplify: So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

So Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up, and falling on him, put him to death; and his body was put to rest in his house in the waste land.


simplify: Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

So when the chest was taken to the king's servants by the Levites, and they saw that there was much money in it, the king's scribe and the chief priest's servant took the money out, and put the chest back in its place. They did this day by day, and got together a great amount of money.


rate difficulty: [And the scripture was fulfilled which says, And he was reckoned with the lawless.]

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


simplify: I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.


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

And the merchants of the earth weep and wail over her, because no longer does anyone buy their cargoes —


simplify: Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you.

Give words of love to every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you their love.


simplify: This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;


rate difficulty: And every offering lifted up of all the holy things which the children of Israel give to the priest, will be his.

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


simplify: And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

And I am certain that when I come, I will be full of the blessing of Christ.


simplify: Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.

Now the false one had given them a sign saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he: take him.


simplify: that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

So that punishment may come on this generation for the blood of all the prophets which was given from the earliest days;


simplify: For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation unto all generations.

For like a coat they will be food for the insect, the worm will make a meal of them like wool: but my righteousness will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.


simplify: Verily I say to you, wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what also this woman did shall be spoken of--for a memorial of her.'

And I tell you, wherever, in the whole world, the good news is proclaimed, what this woman has done will be told in memory of her.”


simplify: And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. Then Joshua said to them, Who are you and where do you come from?


simplify: Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.

Now when they had said this to him day after day and he gave no attention, they let Haman have news of it, to see if Mordecai's behaviour would be overlooked: for he had said to them that he was a Jew.


simplify: And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

So I took care of the flock of death, for those who made profit out of the flock; and I took for myself two rods, naming one Beautiful, and the other Bands; and I took care of the flock.


rate difficulty: All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: And the seventh messenger did pour out his vial to the air, and there came forth a great voice from the sanctuary of the heaven, from the throne, saying, `It hath come!'

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


simplify: And there were many lights in the upper chamber where we were gathered together.

And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together.


simplify: For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

For the husband who has not faith is made holy through his Christian wife, and the wife who is not a Christian is made holy through the brother: if not, your children would be unholy, but now are they holy.


simplify: If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.

If the clouds are full of rain, they send it down on the earth; and if a tree comes down to the south, or the north, in whatever place it comes down, there it will be.


simplify: Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;


rate difficulty: and the servants of the king say unto him, `Lo, Haman is standing in the court;' and the king saith, `Let him come in.'

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


simplify: Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.

Through your evil-doing these things have been turned away, and your sins have kept back good from you.


rate difficulty: and to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of Jehovah, and for all that had to be laid out on the house for repairs.

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


rate difficulty: And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.

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


simplify: Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

For every purpose there is a time and a decision, because the sorrow of man is great in him.


rate difficulty: Now at [the] feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whom they would.

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


simplify: And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.


rate difficulty: They got horses for Solomon from Egypt and from every land.


simplify: And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

And two attacked by one would be safe, and three cords twisted together are not quickly broken.


rate difficulty: which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,


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

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


rate difficulty: Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

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


rate difficulty: There consume thee doth a fire, Cut thee off doth a sword, It doth consume thee as a cankerworm! Make thyself heavy as the cankerworm, Make thyself heavy as the locust.

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


rate difficulty: And when the priest looketh on the sore in the skin of the flesh, and the hair in the sore is turned white, and the sore looketh deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the sore of leprosy; and the priest shall look on him and pronounce him unclean.

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


simplify: And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.

And he who does the burning is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.


simplify: And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

And your altars will be made waste, and your sun-images will be broken: and I will have your dead men placed before your images.


rate difficulty: And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. And the children of Israel said, Let us flee, that we may draw them from the city to the highways.

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


rate difficulty: Others go about without clothing, and though they have no food, they get in the grain from the fields.


rate difficulty: Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?


rate difficulty: Take heed therefore how ye hear; for whosoever has, to him shall be given, and whosoever has not, even what he seems to have shall be taken from him.

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


rate difficulty: For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.


rate difficulty: and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king hath judged us, and gone out before us, and fought our battles.'


simplify: And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.

And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was master of the music: he gave directions about the song, because he was expert.


simplify: And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

And say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am taking the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will get them together on every side, and take them into their land:


rate difficulty: But if he gives his field after the year of Jubilee, the amount of the money will be worked out by the priest in relation to the number of years till the coming year of Jubilee, and the necessary amount will be taken off your value.

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


simplify: And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.

And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan.


simplify: but thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

But keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God made you free: for this is why I give you orders to do this.


simplify: Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.

As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.


simplify: Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

Or has not the potter the right to make out of one part of his earth a vessel for honour, and out of another a vessel for shame?


simplify: And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.

If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

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


rate difficulty: Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

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


simplify: And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.

And, as they were leading Jesus away, they laid hold of Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and they put the cross on his shoulders, for him to carry it behind Jesus.


rate difficulty: For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

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


simplify: We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

We are certain that one who is a child of God will do no sin, but the Son of God keeps him so that he is not touched by the Evil One.


rate difficulty: Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they ate of the unleavened bread among their brethren.

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


simplify: Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearward.

Then will light be shining on you like the morning, and your wounds will quickly be well: and your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will come after you.


simplify: And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Come here to me with the ephod. And Abiathar took the ephod to David.


rate difficulty: So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

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


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

For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.


rate difficulty: And Absalom was the father of three sons and of one daughter named Tamar, who was very beautiful.

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


simplify: Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Is not food cut off before our eyes? joy and delight from the house of our God?


simplify: This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.

This man had been trained in the way of the Lord; and burning in spirit, he gave himself up to teaching the facts about Jesus, though he had knowledge only of John's baptism:


rate difficulty: Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem, and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who refuses to believe will be condemned.

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


rate difficulty: Now it is true that I am a near relation: but there is a relation nearer than I.


simplify: And the Lord said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.

And the Lord had said to Ahijah, The wife of Jeroboam is coming to get news from you about her son, who is ill; give her such and such an answer; for she will make herself seem to be another woman.


rate difficulty: Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

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


simplify: lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

For fear that I may take away her robe from her, making her uncovered as in the day of her birth; making her like a waste place and a dry land, causing her death through need of water.


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

But many who are first now will then be last, and the last will be first.”


simplify: and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: and over the increase of the vineyards for the wine-cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:

Shimei the Ramathite was responsible for the vine-gardens; Zabdi the Shiphmite was responsible for the produce of the vine-gardens and for all the stores of wine;


rate difficulty: For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

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


simplify: and his garments became glistering, exceeding white, so as no fuller on earth can whiten them.

And his clothing became shining, very white, as no cleaner on earth would make it.


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

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


rate difficulty: Lo, ye--all of you--have seen, And why <FI>is<Fi> this--ye are altogether vain?

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


rate difficulty: I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.

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


simplify: Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.

And day by day, from the first day till the last, he was reading from the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast for seven days: and on the eighth day there was a holy meeting, as it is ordered in the law.


simplify: These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast.


simplify: and she fell down presently at his feet, and expired, and the young men having come in, found her dead, and having carried forth, they buried <FI>her<Fi> by her husband;

Instantly Sapphira fell down at Peter’s feet and expired. On coming in, the young men found her dead; so they carried her out and buried her by her husband’s side.


rate difficulty: And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller?


simplify: Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

Come back to him who has been so deeply sinned against by the children of Israel.


simplify: All these, then, being dissolved, what kind of persons doth it behove you to be in holy behaviours and pious acts?

Now, since all these things are in the process of dissolution, think what you yourselves ought to be — what holy and pious lives you ought to lead,


simplify: Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

Never grudge hospitality to one another.


rate difficulty: If you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, keeping his orders and his laws which are recorded in this book of the law, and turning to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Jehovah,God of my master Abraham, meet me, I pray thee, [with thy blessing] this day, and deal kindly with my master Abraham.

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


simplify: he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city; and they helped him.

He took up with his rulers and men of war the question of stopping up the water-springs outside the town; and they gave him their support.


rate difficulty: If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased?

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


simplify: And they left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.

And the Philistines did not take their images with them in their flight; and at David's orders they were burned with fire.


rate difficulty: The weapons for our warfare are not earthly, but, under God, are powerful enough to pull down strongholds.

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


rate difficulty: Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

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


simplify: For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

For Zedekiah, king of Judah, had had him shut up, saying, Why have you, as a prophet, been saying, The Lord has said, See, I will give this town into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will take it;


simplify: Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the life.

Then said I, Ah, Lord God! your words were not true when you said to this people and to Jerusalem, You will have peace; when the sword has come even to the soul.


simplify: No eye pitied thee, to do any of these things unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, for that thy person was abhorred, in the day that thou wast born.

No eye had pity on you to do any of these things to you or to be kind to you; but you were put out into the open country, because your life was hated at the time of your birth.


simplify: and we also are found false witnesses of God, because we did testify of God that He raised up the Christ, whom He did not raise if then dead persons do not rise;

Yes, and we are being proved to have borne false testimony about God; for we testified of God that he raised the Christ, whom he did not raise, if, indeed, the dead do not rise!


simplify: Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,


simplify: The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.

The men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight.


simplify: and not as through one who did sin <FI>is<Fi> the free gift, for the judgment indeed <FI>is<Fi> of one to condemnation, but the gift <FI>is<Fi> of many offences to a declaration of `Righteous,'

There is a contrast, too, between the gift and the results of the one man’s sin. The judgment, which followed on the one man’s sin, resulted in condemnation, but God’s gracious gift, which followed on many offenses, resulted in a decree of righteousness.


rate difficulty: and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

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


rate difficulty: And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Behold thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.

Take note of them when they are seated, and when they get up; I am their song.


simplify: But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.


rate difficulty: but if it is a question concerning words and names, and of your law, look ye yourselves <FI>to it<Fi> , for a judge of these things I do not wish to be,'

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


rate difficulty: And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?


rate difficulty: And they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.


simplify: Peter, therefore, indeed, was kept in the prison, and fervent prayer was being made by the assembly unto God for him,

So Peter was kept in prison, but meanwhile the prayers of the church were being earnestly offered to God on his behalf.


simplify: So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

The owner’s servants came to them, and said ‘Was not it good seed that you sowed in your field? Where, then, do the weeds in it come from?’


simplify: That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.


rate difficulty: And her lord riseth in the morning, and openeth the doors of the house, and goeth out to go on his way, and lo, the woman, his concubine, is fallen at the opening of the house, and her hands <FI>are<Fi> on the threshold,

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


rate difficulty: then ye shall say unto them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

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


rate difficulty: Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.

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


rate difficulty: When they were at rest in their place, these were at rest; when they were lifted up, these went up with them: for the spirit of life was in them.

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


rate difficulty: For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.

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


rate difficulty: Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.

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


simplify: and they said to him, `Hearest thou what these say?' And Jesus saith to them, `Yes, did ye never read, that, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou didst prepare praise?'

and said to him: “Do you hear what these boys are saying?”   “Yes,” answered Jesus; “but did you never read the words — ‘Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings you have called forth perfect praise’?”


rate difficulty: And when you come near the land of the children of Ammon, give them no cause of trouble and do not make war on them, for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon for your heritage: because I have given it to the children of Lot.

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


simplify: But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put the sticks before them; so that the feebler flocks were Laban's and the stronger were Jacob's.


simplify: Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.


rate difficulty: But they understood not the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

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


simplify: The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light.


simplify: And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.

Then Elijah said to Ahab, Up! take food and drink, for there is a sound of much rain.


rate difficulty: The man of sudden impulses will become wise in heart, and he whose tongue is slow will get the power of talking clearly.


simplify: And Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bare children.

Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.


simplify: And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than they that he slew in his life.

And Samson said, Let death overtake me with the Philistines. And he put out all his strength, and the house came down on the chiefs and on all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he sent to destruction by his death were more than all those on whom he had sent destruction in his life.


simplify: And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

And after the birth of Reu, Peleg went on living for two hundred and nine years, and had sons and daughters:


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

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


rate difficulty: And the Egyptians pursue, and go in after them (all the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen) unto the midst of the sea,

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


simplify: And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?

And Jesus, when he was teaching in the Temple, said, How do the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?


rate difficulty: Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

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


simplify: as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

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


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,