rate difficulty: How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

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


rate difficulty: They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.

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


rate difficulty: Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, the son of Zerah, and the silver and the robe and the mass of gold, and his sons and his daughters and his oxen and his asses and his sheep and his tent and everything he had; and they took them up into the valley of Achor.

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


rate difficulty: For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

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


simplify: And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;

And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah and send him back to Amon, the ruler of the town, and to Joash, the king's son;


simplify: But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

But the man who, being unclean, does not make himself clean in this way, will be cut off from the meeting of the people, because he has made the holy place of the Lord unclean: the water has not been put on him, he is unclean.


simplify: For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

The bread is one, and we, though many, are one body; for we all partake of that one bread.


simplify: And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

Now Isaac's words to his son were said in Rebekah's hearing. Then Esau went out to get the meat.


rate difficulty: And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, at the entrance of the tent of meeting.


rate difficulty: Then let them that are in Judæa flee unto the mountains; and let them that are in the midst of her depart out; and let not them that are in the country enter therein.

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


simplify: For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

For nevermore, I tell you, will you see me, until you say — ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”


simplify: But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

But about that day and hour, no one knows — not even the angels of heaven, not even the Son — but only the Father himself.


simplify: And I heard one speaking unto me out of the house; and a man stood by me.

And the voice of one talking to me came to my ears from inside the house; and the man was by my side.


rate difficulty: But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.


rate difficulty: and all the hamlets that are round these cities to Baalath-beer, [that is] Ramah of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

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


simplify: And moreover by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of Jehovah against Baasha, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he smote him.

And the Lord sent his word against Baasha and his family by the mouth of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani, because of all the evil he did in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath by the work of his hands, because he was like the family of Jeroboam, and because he put it to death.


simplify: And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.

and there one night Paul saw a vision. A Macedonian was standing and appealing to him — ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us.’


rate difficulty: And Hezekiah had said, What is the sign that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah?

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


rate difficulty: And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.


simplify: And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

And your sons, the offspring of your body, they will take away to be unsexed servants in the house of the king of Babylon.


simplify: and if this be heard by the governor, we will persuade him, and you keep free from anxiety.'

“And should this matter come before the Governor,” they added, “we will satisfy him, and see that you have nothing to fear.”


simplify: And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord;

And they may not make common the holy things which the children of Israel give to the Lord,


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

You have given your decision against the upright man and have put him to death. He puts up no fight against you.


simplify: So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

So Abijah went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David, and Asa his son became king in his place; in his time the land was quiet for ten years.


simplify: And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.

Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jordan. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on together.


rate difficulty: And let your food that night be the flesh of the lamb, cooked with fire in the oven, together with unleavened bread and bitter-tasting plants.

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


simplify: These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

These are the children of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and Jacob had these sixteen children by her.


simplify: For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.

The earth will be weeping for this, and the heavens on high will be black: because I have said it, and I will not go back from it; it is my purpose, and it will not be changed.


simplify: Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;


rate difficulty: And when the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.


rate difficulty: And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

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


simplify: that Moses commanded the Levites, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, saying,

Moses said to the Levites who were responsible for taking up the ark of the Lord's agreement,


simplify: And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

And with him they sent ten chiefs, one for every tribe of the children of Israel, every one of them the head of his house among the families of Israel.


simplify: And they were more than forty that made this conspiracy.

And more than forty of them took this oath.


simplify: For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.

For he put his fear in the land of the living: and he will be put to rest among those without circumcision, with those who have been put to death with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his people, says the Lord.


simplify: See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:

I have made selection of Bezalel, the son of Uri, by name, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:


rate difficulty: Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

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


rate difficulty: And for the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, the city of refuge <FI>for<Fi> the man-slayer, Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Beeshterah and its suburbs--two cities.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


simplify: But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

Yet at that time the child born in the course of nature persecuted the child born by the power of the Spirit; and it is the same now.


simplify: Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.

Every board is to be ten cubits high and a cubit and a half wide.


simplify: And certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent unto him and besought him not to adventure himself into the theatre.

And some of the rulers of Asia, being his friends, sent to him, requesting him seriously not to put himself in danger by going into the theatre.


simplify: An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.


simplify: O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

O Israel, am I not able to do with you as this potter does? says the Lord. See, like earth in the potter's hand are you in my hands, O Israel.


rate difficulty: And the fountain gate repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king’s garden, even unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.

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


simplify: And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they were going: and he made as though he would go further.

And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on;


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

while Paul chose Silas for his companion and, after he had been committed by the followers to the gracious care of the Lord,


rate difficulty: There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.

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


rate difficulty: Now the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

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


rate difficulty: Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times (for so was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment;

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


rate difficulty: Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

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


simplify: And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them.

And they saw tongues, like flames of fire, coming to rest on every one of them.


rate difficulty: `And if she be at all to a husband, and her vows <FI>are<Fi> on her, or a wrongful utterance <FI>on<Fi> her lips, which she hath bound on her soul,

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


simplify: And Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he offered unto Jehovah, two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Jehovah.

And Solomon gave to the Lord for peace-offerings, twenty-two thousand oxen and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel kept the feast of the opening of the Lord's house.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to me, Give your love again to a woman who has a lover and is false to her husband, even as the Lord has love for the children of Israel, though they are turned to other gods and are lovers of grape-cakes.

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


simplify: Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:

Though the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have done the orders of their father which he gave them, this people has not given ear to me:


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto me, saying,


simplify: Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.

Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no ice-storm.


simplify: And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest,

Meanwhile Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,


rate difficulty: because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.

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


simplify: And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

The two are to be joined together at the base and at the top to one ring, forming the two angles.


rate difficulty: And now, this is what I will do to my vine-garden: I will take away the circle of thorns round it, and it will be burned up; its wall will be broken down and the beasts of the field will go through it;


simplify: Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

Son of man, say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his people; Whom are you like in your great power?


simplify: And God raised upanotheradversary unto him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah.

And God sent another trouble-maker, Rezon, the son of Eliada, who had gone in flight from his lord, Hadadezer, king of Zobah:


simplify: Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

This is so, because what can be known about God is plain to them; for God himself has made it plain.


rate difficulty: And if thou say to me, We rely upon Jehovah ourGod: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

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


rate difficulty: But if any one has grieved, he has grieved, not me, but in part (that I may not overcharge [you]) all of you.

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


rate difficulty: When the earth becomes hard as metal, and is joined together in masses?

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


rate difficulty: And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

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


rate difficulty: The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the Lord of bright brass.

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


rate difficulty: Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.

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


rate difficulty: And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times,


simplify: And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

And the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah and Job and Shimron;


simplify: And I saw the heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon called Faithful and True; and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

And the heaven was open; and I saw a white horse, and he who was seated on it was named Certain and True; and he is judging and making war in righteousness.


simplify: therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave unto you and to your fathers, away from my presence:

For this reason, truly, I will put you completely out of my memory, and I will put you, and the town which I gave to you and to your fathers, away from before my face:


simplify: And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

But you are Christ’s and Christ is God’s.


rate difficulty: added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.


rate difficulty: For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

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


rate difficulty: and upon all the lofty mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up;


simplify: And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

And the Lord of armies will be shaking a whip against him, as when he overcame Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be lifted up against them as it was against the Egyptians.


rate difficulty: Therefore thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian, though he smite thee with the rod, and lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: As for the form of their faces, they were the faces whose form I saw by the river Chebar; when they went, every one of them went straight forward.


simplify: In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

In the seventeenth year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became king of Judah.


rate difficulty: And the other woman said, No, for the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this one said, No, but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king.

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


rate difficulty: and Aaron's name thou dost write on the tribe of Levi; for one rod <FI>is<Fi> for the head of their fathers' house:

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


simplify: And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

And he made selection of able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens.


simplify: I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

I have a feast of peace-offerings, for today my oaths have been effected.


rate difficulty: And thorns will come up in her fair houses, and waste plants in her strong towers: and foxes will make their holes there, and it will be a meeting-place for ostriches.

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


rate difficulty: Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

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


rate difficulty: Lo, `Their Ariel,' they have cried without, Messengers of peace do weep bitterly.

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


simplify: And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

And after these things he gave them judges, till the time of Samuel the prophet.


rate difficulty: And, when they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything, and followed him.


simplify: For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got his servants together, and gave them his property.


simplify: and Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat.

The Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, your brother, that he may not come at all times into the holy place inside the veil, before the cover which is on the ark, for fear that death may overtake him; for I will be seen in the cloud on the cover of the ark.


rate difficulty: I rejoice, therefore, that in everything I have courage in you.

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


simplify: For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.

For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.


rate difficulty: And I said to them, Let every man among you put away the disgusting things to which his eyes are turned, and do not make yourselves unclean with the images of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.


simplify: Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice due to me is passed away from my God?

Why do you say, O Jacob, such words as these, O Israel, The Lord's eyes are not on my way, and my God gives no attention to my cause?


rate difficulty: And now the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants.

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


simplify: Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

and they discourage marriage and enjoin abstinence from certain kinds of food; though God created these foods to be enjoyed thankfully by those who hold the faith and have attained a full knowledge of the truth.


rate difficulty: Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

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


rate difficulty: Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the lowly, nor honour the person of the great; in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

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


rate difficulty: Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord God: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 11 | difficulty: hard


simplify: bless those cursing you, and pray for those accusing you falsely;

bless those who curse you, pray for those who insult you.


rate difficulty: and blessed <FI>is<Fi> God Most High, who hath delivered thine adversaries into thy hand;' and he giveth to him a tenth of all.

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


simplify: For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.

For you can all preach in turn, so that all may learn some lesson and all receive encouragement.


simplify: For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

For the king, after discussion with his chiefs and all the body of the people in Jerusalem, had made a decision to keep the Passover in the second month.


rate difficulty: Go up to Lebanon and give a cry; let your voice be loud in Bashan, crying out from Abarim; for all your lovers have come to destruction


rate difficulty: wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.

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


simplify: be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

Do your utmost to show yourself true to God, a worker with no reason to be ashamed, accurate in delivering the message of the truth.


rate difficulty: And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

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


simplify: And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth–shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth–shemesh.

And the cows took the straight way, by the road to Beth-shemesh; they went by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, and the sound of their voices was clear on the road; and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the edge of Beth-shemesh.


simplify: And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days not in the time of her impurity, or if she have an issue beyond the time of her impurity; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness she shall be as in the days of her impurity: she is unclean.

And if a woman has a flow of blood for a long time, not at the time when she generally has it, or if the flow goes on longer than the normal time, she will be unclean while the flow of blood goes on, as she is at other normal times.


rate difficulty: But neither so did their witness agree together.

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


rate difficulty: Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath?

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


rate difficulty: for ye have not come in hitherto unto the rest, and unto the inheritance, which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;

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


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


rate difficulty: and David saith unto him, `Thy blood <FI>is<Fi> on thine own head, for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I--I put to death the anointed of Jehovah.'

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken in years among men.


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

And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper.


rate difficulty: since I am choosing you out from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,


simplify: And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,


simplify: This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;

This is what you are to do: let a third of you, of the priests and Levites, who come in on the Sabbath, keep the doors;


rate difficulty: I would they were even cut off which trouble you.


rate difficulty: and Abraham saith unto his young men, `Remain by yourselves here with the ass, and I and the youth go yonder and worship, and turn back unto you.'

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


simplify: But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

This, however, I do acknowledge to you, that it is as a believer in the cause which they call heretical, that I worship the God of my ancestors. At the same time, I believe everything that is in accordance with the law and that is written in the prophets;


rate difficulty: And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.


rate difficulty: Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly, and said:   “It was necessary that the message of God should be told to you first; but, since you reject it and reckon yourselves not worthy of the eternal life — we turn to the Gentiles!


simplify: If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong.


rate difficulty: `And the priest hath put of the oil which <FI>is<Fi> on his palm, on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt-offering;

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


rate difficulty: This I keep in mind, and because of this I have hope.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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


simplify: O thou my threshing, and the grain of my floor! that which I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

O my crushed ones, the grain of my floor! I have given you the word which came to me from the Lord of armies, the God of Israel.


simplify: And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.

And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mother.


simplify: And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

And a number of nations will be joined to the Lord in that day, and will become my people; and I will be living among you, and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.


simplify: And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

And his affection for you is all the greater, as he remembers the deference that you all showed him, and recalls how you received him with anxious care.


simplify: Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.

Our fathers were sinners and are dead; and the weight of their evil-doing is on us.


simplify: How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!

How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!


simplify: And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,


rate difficulty: Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

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


rate difficulty: Moreover Jehovah will raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.

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


simplify: After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

After him Baruch, the son of Zabbai, was hard at work on another part, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib, the chief priest.


simplify: And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

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


simplify: And let the priests also, that come near to Jehovah, sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth upon them.

And let the priests who come near to the Lord make themselves holy, for fear that the Lord may come on them suddenly.


rate difficulty: When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst give way and rend all their shoulder; and when they leaned upon thee, thou didst break, and didst make all their loins to tremble.

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


rate difficulty: And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

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


simplify: for John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence.

For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.


simplify: And they ran and fetched him thence; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

So they went quickly and made him come out; and when he took his place among the people, he was taller by a head than any of the people.


rate difficulty: Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

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


simplify: Jehovah also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem be not magnified above Judah.

And the Lord will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the family of David and the glory of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.


simplify: for the Lord's <FI>is<Fi> the earth, and its fulness;

for ‘the earth, with all that is in it, belongs to the Lord.’


rate difficulty: And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.


simplify: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,


simplify: And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt-offering, or for a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or for peace-offerings unto Jehovah;

And when you make ready a young ox for a burned or other offering, or for the effecting of an oath, or for peace-offerings to the Lord:


rate difficulty: At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

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


rate difficulty: And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

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


simplify: And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

And Jesus grew in wisdom as he grew in years, and ‘gained the blessing of God and people.’


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

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


simplify: Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Let the spirit of Christ Jesus be yours also.


simplify: Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

Egypt is coming up like the Nile, and his waters are lifting their heads like the rivers, and he says, I will go up, covering the earth; I will send destruction on the town and its people.


simplify: But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

Do not see with pleasure your brother's evil day, the day of his fate, and do not be glad over the children of Judah on the day of their destruction, or make wide your mouth on the day of trouble.


rate difficulty: The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken;

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


rate difficulty: For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.


rate difficulty: And he is to make payment to the priest for what he has done wrong in relation to the holy thing, together with a fifth part of its value in addition; and the priest will take away his sin by the sheep of his offering, and he will have forgiveness.

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


rate difficulty: And he was with her hid in the house of Jehovah six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.

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


simplify: And the sons of Aaron presented the blood unto him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar:

And the sons of Aaron gave him the blood and he put his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar, draining out the blood at the base of the altar;


simplify: He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.


simplify: for, lo, this same thing--your being made sorry toward God--how much diligence it doth work in you! but defence, but displeasure, but fear, but longing desire, but zeal, but revenge; in every thing ye did approve yourselves to be pure in the matter.

For see what results that other sorrow — sorrow in accordance with God’s will — has had in your case. What earnestness it produced! What explanations! What strong feeling! What alarm! What longing! What eagerness! What readiness to punish! You have proved yourselves altogether free from guilt in that matter.


simplify: and I saw, and lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb hath stood as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the Seven Spirits of God, which are sent to all the earth,

Then, within the space between the throne and the four Creatures, and in the midst of the councillors, I saw, standing, a Lamb, which seemed to have been sacrificed. It had seven horns and seven eyes. (These eyes are the seven spirits of God, and they are sent into all the world.)


rate difficulty: and Jehovah thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

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


simplify: We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

We being Jews by birth, and not sinners of the Gentiles,


rate difficulty: The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.


simplify: And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

Hoping in God for that which they themselves are looking for, that there will be a coming back from the dead for upright men and wrongdoers.


simplify: And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.


simplify: Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;


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


simplify: Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

For this cause, my dear brothers, give no worship to false gods.


simplify: And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

And you will do as I have done, not covering your lips or taking the food of those in grief.


simplify: And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:

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


simplify: How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?


simplify: these having taken, be purified with them, and be at expence with them, that they may shave the head, and all may know that the things of which they have been instructed concerning thee are nothing, but thou dost walk--thyself also--the law keeping.

Join these men, share their purification, and bear their expenses, so that they may shave their heads; and then all will see that there is no truth in what they have been told about you, but that, on the contrary, you yourself rule your life in obedience to the Jewish law.


simplify: And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s: it is holy unto the Lord.

And every tenth part of the land, of the seed planted, or of the fruit of trees, is holy to the Lord.


rate difficulty: He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.

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


simplify: For the body is not one member, but many.

For the body is not one part, but a number of parts.


rate difficulty: that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

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


simplify: searching what time or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.

Attempting to see what sort of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them was pointing to, when it gave witness to the pains which Christ would undergo and the glories which would come after them.


rate difficulty: And I saw the holy town, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, like a bride made beautiful for her husband.

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


simplify: But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.


simplify: And there were accompanying him unto Asia, Sopater of Berea, and of Thessalonians Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus, and of Asiatics Tychicus and Trophimus;

He was accompanied by Sopater the son of Pyrrhus, of Beroea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, as well as by Tychicus and Trophimus of Roman Asia.


rate difficulty: `And this <FI>is<Fi> the border of the land at the north quarter; from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, at the coming in to Zedad:

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


rate difficulty: And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: medium


simplify: For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

For he received honor and glory from God the Father, when from the glory of the Divine Majesty there were borne to his ears words such as these — ‘This is my dearly loved son, who brings me great joy.’


simplify: The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.


rate difficulty: and Solomon lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David his father, and reign doth Rehoboam his son in his stead.

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


simplify: But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

This is what is spoken of in the prophet Joel —


simplify: And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

All the kings of the earth who had licentious intercourse with her and shared her luxury will weep and lament over her, when they see the smoke from the burning city,


simplify: And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?

And they gave thought to it among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not have faith in him?


rate difficulty: And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:

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


rate difficulty: For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them.

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


rate difficulty: And Balaam said to God, Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent them to me, saying,


simplify: Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Go there quickly, for I am not able to do anything till you have come there. For this reason, the town was named Zoar.


rate difficulty: Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.

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


rate difficulty: And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed, having the rewards of divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.


simplify: and in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and the towns thereof,

And in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and its daughter-towns,


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

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


simplify: a full wind from these shall come for me: now will I also utter judgments against them.

A full wind will come for me: and now I will give my decision against them.


simplify: and as they are sailing he fell deeply asleep, and there came down a storm of wind to the lake, and they were filling, and were in peril.

So they put off. While they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. A squall swept down on the lake, and their boat was filling and they were in danger.


rate difficulty: And we have sent with them our brother, whose ready spirit has been made clear to us at times and in ways without number, but it is now all the more so because of the certain faith which he has in you.

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


simplify: And Festus willing to lay on the Jews a favour, answering Paul, said, `Art thou willing, to Jerusalem having gone up, there concerning these things to be judged before me?'

But, as Festus wished to gain popularity with the Jews, he interrupted Paul with the question:   “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried on these charges before me there?”


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

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


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

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


simplify: Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.

You may not have sex connection with your father's sister, for she is your father's near relation.


rate difficulty: having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, <FI>that<Fi> there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous;

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


simplify: And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

Then Joab and the people with him went forward to the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.


rate difficulty: they gave him to drink vinegar mixed with gall, and having tasted, he would not drink.


simplify: In my distress I called upon Jehovah; Yea, I called unto my God: And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my crycameinto his ears.

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


rate difficulty: And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel.

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


simplify: But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.

But those Jews who had not the faith, made the minds of the Gentiles bitter against the brothers.


rate difficulty: all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.


simplify: for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God those asleep through Jesus he will bring with him,

For, as we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring, with Jesus, those who through him have passed to their rest.


simplify: She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

On the rock is his house, and on the mountain-top his strong place.


simplify: And concerning the spiritual things, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant;

In the next place, friends, I do not want you to be ignorant about spiritual gifts.


simplify: The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.

The order which Jeremiah the prophet gave to Seraiah, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah, the king of Judah, to Babylon in the fourth year of his rule. Now Seraiah was the chief controller of the house.


simplify: or any thing about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in full, and shall add the fifth part more thereto: unto him to whom it appertaineth shall he give it, in the day of his being found guilty.

Or anything about which he took a false oath; he will have to give it all back, with the addition of a fifth of its value, to him whose property it is, when he has been judged to be in the wrong.


rate difficulty: And in his being accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not answer any thing,

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


rate difficulty: Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face.

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


simplify: Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

Now the food made ready for one day was one ox and six fat sheep, as well as fowls; and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine: but all the same, I did not take the food to which the ruler had a right, because the people were crushed under a hard yoke.


rate difficulty: Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,


rate difficulty: As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

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


simplify: `Let it therefore be known to you, men, brethren, that through this one to you is the forgiveness of sins declared,

I would, therefore, like you to know, friends, that through Jesus forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you,


simplify: And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.

And the Pathrusim and the Casluhim and the Caphtorim (from whom came the Philistines).


simplify: For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

For, after drinking the maddening wine of her licentiousness, all the nations have fallen; while all the kings of the earth have had licentious intercourse with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich through the excess of her luxury.’


simplify: Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice?

Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding?


simplify: I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

I will undergo the wrath of the Lord, because of my sin against him; till he takes up my cause and does what is right for me: when he makes me come out into the light, I will see his righteousness;


rate difficulty: And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.


rate difficulty: Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

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


simplify: My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she hath anointed my feet with ointment.

You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet.


simplify: And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.

The altar of Baal was pulled down and the house of Baal was broken up and made an unclean place, as it is to this day.


rate difficulty: since ‘you have found by experience that the Lord is kind.’


simplify: Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

Or if the cloud came to rest on the House for two days or a month or a year without moving, the children of Israel went on waiting there and did not go on; but whenever it was taken up they went forward on their journey.


simplify: The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

The mandrakes give out a sweet smell, and at our doors are all sorts of good fruits, new and old, which I have kept for my loved one.


simplify: So that ye testify to yourselves, that ye are sons of them who did murder the prophets;

By doing this you are furnishing evidence against yourselves that you are true children of the people who murdered the prophets.


simplify: For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.

For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.


rate difficulty: how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians evil entreated us and our fathers;

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


rate difficulty: And [some] of the chief fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred pounds of silver.

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


simplify: If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;

If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God;


rate difficulty: Pure and undefiled religion beforeGod and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

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


simplify: And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.


simplify: It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul,


simplify: then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep;

Then by more than five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, but some are sleeping;


rate difficulty: How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

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rate difficulty: And they took from Moses every heave-offering that the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it. And they still brought him voluntary offerings morning by morning.

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rate difficulty: Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah thyGod told him.

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


simplify: And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops upon the edge of the curtain which is outmost in the second coupling.

And you are to put fifty twists of cord on the edge of the outside curtain of one group, and fifty twists on the edge of the outside curtain of the other group.


rate difficulty: And he lay down and slept under the broom-bush. And behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise, eat!

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


rate difficulty: Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

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


simplify: O Timothy, guard that which is committed unto thee, turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;

O Timothy, take good care of that which is given to you, turning away from the wrong and foolish talk and arguments of that knowledge which is falsely so named;


simplify: Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

And so to Ephraim I am like a wasting insect, and a destruction to the children of Judah.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

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


simplify: But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

But Amasa did not see danger from the sword which was now in Joab's left hand, and Joab put it through his stomach so that his inside came out on to the earth, and he did not give him another blow. So Joab and his brother Abishai went on after Sheba, the son of Bichri.


simplify: But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.

But if any other business is in question, let it be taken up in the regular meeting.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to Moses,


simplify: But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, got money for his property,


rate difficulty: When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.


rate difficulty: That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;

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


simplify: But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

See that you let the mother bird go, but the young ones you may take; so it will be well for you and your life will be long.


simplify: Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.

Gaius, with whom I am living, whose house is open to all the church, sends his love, so does Erastus, the manager of the accounts of the town, and Quartus, the brother.


simplify: then will I remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

Then I will keep in mind the agreement which I made with Jacob and with Isaac and with Abraham, and I will keep in mind the land.


rate difficulty: And Joab draweth nigh, and the people who <FI>are<Fi> with him, before Aram to battle, and they flee from his face;


simplify: And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.

And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had.


rate difficulty: And also of them I take for priests, For Levites, said Jehovah.

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


simplify: So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.

So death overtook Saul and his three sons; all his family came to an end together.


rate difficulty: and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering, — besides the continual burnt-offering, its oblation and its drink-offering.

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


simplify: I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, that walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

All day my hands have been stretched out to an uncontrolled people, who go in an evil way, after the purposes of their hearts;


rate difficulty: And the limit goes round to Ramah and the walled town of Tyre and Hosah, ending at the sea by Heleb and Achzib;

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

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


rate difficulty: for you will be a witness for him to all the world of what you have just seen and heard.

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


simplify: lest by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be put to shame in this confidence.

For fear that, if any from Macedonia come with me, and you are not ready, we (not to say, you) might be put to shame in this thing.


rate difficulty: and from the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh and its suburbs, Daberath and its suburbs,

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


simplify: At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

On the word of two or three witnesses, a man may be given the punishment of death; but he is not to be put to death on the word of one witness.


simplify: He who is believing in the Son of God, hath the testimony in himself; he who is not believing God, a liar hath made Him, because he hath not believed in the testimony that God hath testified concerning His Son;

The person who believes in the Son of God has that testimony within them. The person who does not believe God has made God a liar, by refusing to believe in that testimony which he has borne about his Son.


rate difficulty: Because they have given me up, burning offerings to other gods and moving me to wrath by all the work of their hands; so my wrath will be on fire against this place, and will not be put out.

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


rate difficulty: It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.

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


simplify: And Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, unto Eglon; and they encamped against it, and fought against it;

And Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Lachish to Eglon: and they took up their position against it and made an attack on it;


simplify: And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

I will also put her children to death; and all the churches will learn that I am he who ‘looks into people's hearts and souls’; and I will give to each one of you what their life deserves.


simplify: And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil:

And he put the gold altar in the Tent of meeting, in front of the veil:


simplify: Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby.

Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.


simplify: Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri, king of Israel.


rate difficulty: And Israel their father saith unto them, `If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;

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


simplify: And Pilate having heard of Galilee, questioned if the man is a Galilean,

Hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean;


simplify: Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and lay it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.

Do not go away till I come with my offering and put it before you. And he said, I will not go away before you come back.


simplify: And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day.

And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.


rate difficulty: The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

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


simplify: And he showed them the entrance into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.

So he made clear to them the way into the town, and they put it to the sword; but they let the man and all his family get away safe.


simplify: Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

Let everyone put himself under the authority of the higher powers, because there is no power which is not of God, and all powers are ordered by God.


rate difficulty: And he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.

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


rate difficulty: Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

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


simplify: Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:


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

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


rate difficulty: And I have made all My mountains for a way, And My highways are lifted up.


simplify: For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not go back again, but gives water to the earth, and makes it fertile, giving seed to the planter, and bread for food;


rate difficulty: And a rod hath come out from the stock of Jesse, And a branch from his roots is fruitful.

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


rate difficulty: And as Jesus returned, the multitude welcomed him; for they were all waiting for him.


rate difficulty: And they journeyed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea.


simplify: And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.


rate difficulty: But we took for ourselves all the cattle and the stored wealth of the towns.


simplify: I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,


simplify: Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, What has been my sin against you or against your servants or against this people, that you have put me in prison?


rate difficulty: And He saith unto me, `Son of man, lo, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they have eaten bread by weight and with fear; and water by measure and with astonishment, they do drink;

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


simplify: So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

Then David went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David.


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


simplify: And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

And they took his land for a heritage, and the land of Og, king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, whose lands were on the other side of Jordan to the east;


simplify: For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them be seated in groups, about fifty to a group.


simplify: Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:

Truly, I say to you, The sons of men will have forgiveness for all their sins and for all the evil words they say:


simplify: And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent: and their fathers had been over the camp of Jehovah, keepers of the entry.

And Shallum, the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his family, the Korahites, were responsible for everything which had to be done in connection with the order of worship, keepers of the doors of the Tent; their fathers had had the care of the tents of the Lord, being keepers of the doorway.


rate difficulty: And the king sendeth, and they gather unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,

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


simplify: Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you did not go in yourselves, and you got in the way of those who were going in.


simplify: And ye went over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.

Then you went over Jordan and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho made war on you, the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Hivites and the Jebusites: and I gave them up into your hands.


simplify: And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:


simplify: For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

For lifting up my hand to heaven I say, By my unending life,


simplify: And humbled not himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

He did not make himself low before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, but went on sinning more and more.


rate difficulty: Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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


rate difficulty: The matter is not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

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


simplify: And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God.


simplify: And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

And Saul said, Then say to David, The king has no desire for any bride-price, but only for the private parts of a hundred Philistines so that the king may get the better of his haters. But it was in Saul's mind that David might come to his end by the hands of the Philistines.


simplify: Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?


simplify: and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'

and everyone will see the salvation of God.”’


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

The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one.


rate difficulty: Because thy wastes, and thy desolate places, And the land of thy ruins, Surely now are straitened because of inhabitants, And far off have been those consuming thee.

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


simplify: saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;


simplify: And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

All the people saw him walking about and praising God;


simplify: And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.

And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi: these are the families of the Levites, in the order of their generations.


simplify: And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

“I will put one question to you,”said Jesus. “Answer me that, and then I will tell you what authority I have to act as I do.


simplify: and having entered into one of the boats, that was Simon's, he asked him to put back a little from the land, and having sat down, was teaching the multitudes out of the boat.

So, getting into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, Jesus asked him to push off a little way from the shore, and then sat down and taught the people from the boat.


simplify: And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life him that was dead, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

And while he was giving the king the story of how Elisha had given life to the dead, the woman whose son had come back to life came to the king with a request for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, My lord king, this is the woman and this is her son, whose life Elisha gave back to him.


rate difficulty: And the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the king's commandment.

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


simplify: And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Now after these things, word came to Joseph that his father was ill: and he took with him his sons Manasseh and Ephraim.


simplify: and were continually in the temple, blessing God.

And they were in the Temple at all times, giving praise to God.


rate difficulty: But Jesus said: “What is impossible with people is possible with God.”

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


rate difficulty: But you kept these things in the secret of your heart; I am certain this was in your thoughts:


simplify: The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.

Your sister church in ‘Babylon’ sends you greeting, and so does Mark, who is as a son to me.


simplify: And the serjeants reported these words unto the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans;

And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;


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

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?


simplify: Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.


simplify: Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

So then am I no longer your friend, because I give you true words?


simplify: My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me.

My feelings are strongly moved, and give me no rest; days of trouble have overtaken me.


rate difficulty: And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And, parting out his garments, they cast lots.


simplify: But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

Again, it is evident that no one is pronounced righteous before God through law, for we read —  ‘Through faith the righteous will find life.’


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth.

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


simplify: But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.


simplify: And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

And I myself will be fighting against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even with angry feeling and passion and in great wrath.


simplify: In that day, saith Jehovah, will I assemble that which is lame, and I will gather that which is driven away, and that which I have afflicted;

In that day, says the Lord, I will get together her who goes with uncertain steps, I will get together her who has been sent away, and her on whom I have sent evil;


simplify: And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam made an offering on every altar of an ox and a male sheep.


simplify: And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am Jehovah their God;

But for all that, when they are in the land of their haters I will not let them go, or be turned away from them, or give them up completely; my agreement with them will not be broken, for I am the Lord their God.


simplify: There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

While you are living, all will give way before you: as I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not take away my help from you or give you up.


simplify: And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,

The advice of the soldiers was that the prisoners should be killed, so that none of them could swim away and make their escape.


simplify: Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

Jesus said to his disciples: “It is inevitable that there should be temptations but sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting!


rate difficulty: All the persons who are coming to Jacob to Egypt, coming out of his thigh, apart from the wives of Jacob's sons, all the persons <FI>are<Fi> sixty and six.

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


simplify: And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.

And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.


simplify: and having sailed slowly many days, and with difficulty coming over-against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over-against Salmone,

For several days our progress was slow, and it was only with difficulty that we arrived off Cnidus. As the wind was still unfavorable when we came off Cape Salmone, we sailed under the lee of Crete,


rate difficulty: For from many who had unclean spirits they went out, crying with a loud voice; and many that were paralysed and lame were healed.

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


simplify: Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

For it was owing to his devotion to the Master’s work that he was at the point of death, having risked his own life in the effort to supply what was wanting in the help that you sent me.


simplify: Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?


simplify: And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, My life is a weariness to me because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife from among the daughters of Heth, such as these, the women of this land, of what use will my life be to me?


simplify: And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.


simplify: And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

“You may go,”Jesus said; “your faith has delivered you.”Immediately he recovered his sight, and began to follow Jesus along the road.


rate difficulty: For they durst not any more ask him any question.

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


simplify: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

all these wicked things come from within, and do defile a person.”


simplify: When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

When I go to my bed, I say, When will it be time to get up? but the night is long, and I am turning from side to side till morning light.


rate difficulty: aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers,

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


simplify: no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.


rate difficulty: And when he had come to his house, he got his knife, and took the woman, cutting her up bone by bone into twelve parts, which he sent through all Israel.

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


simplify: Pilate saith unto them, What then shall I do unto Jesus who is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified.

Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with Jesus, who is named Christ? They all say, Let him be put to death on the cross.


simplify: and in like manner also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon; and Jesus said unto Simon, `Fear not, henceforth thou shalt be catching men;'

and so, too, were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s partners. “Do not be afraid,”Jesus said to Simon; “from today you will catch people.”


rate difficulty: Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you.

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


simplify: Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: andIsh-boshethsaid to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?

Now Saul had among his wives a woman named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Why have you taken my father's wife?


simplify: Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

See, my servant will do well in his undertakings, he will be honoured, and lifted up, and be very high.


simplify: Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.


simplify: He iswise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?—

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


rate difficulty: The second woe did go forth, lo, the third woe doth come quickly.


rate difficulty: I have stretched out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, who walk in a way not good, after their own thoughts;

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


simplify: And a man of God came near and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, Because the Syrians have said, Jehovah is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thy hand, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

And a man of God came up and said to the king of Israel, The Lord says, Because the Aramaeans have said, The Lord is a god of the hills and not of the valleys; I will give all this great army into your hands, and you will see that I am the Lord.


simplify: Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.

Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, got up and made a start at building the house of God at Jerusalem: and the prophets of God were with them, helping them.


rate difficulty: yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,

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


simplify: Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

You are to give up to the curse all those places where the nations, whom you are driving out, gave worship to their gods, on the high mountains and the hills and under every green tree:


simplify: And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

And after that, it will come about, says the Lord, that I will send my spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, your old men will have dreams, your young men will see visions:


simplify: But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

But if they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, let them now make request to the Lord of armies that the vessels which are still in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king of Judah and at Jerusalem, may not go to Babylon.


simplify: Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.

Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father.


simplify: Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.