simplify: And upon a set day Herod arrayed himself in royal apparel, and sat on the throne, and made an oration unto them.

And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.


rate difficulty: My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

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


simplify: And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature.

Made an attempt to get a view of Jesus, and was not able to do so, because of the people, for he was a small man.


rate difficulty: Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

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


simplify: And my hand shall be against the prophets that see false visions, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the council of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

And my hand will be against the prophets who see visions without substance and who make false use of secret arts: they will not be in the secret of my people, and they will not be recorded in the list of the children of Israel, and they will not come into the land of Israel; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord.


simplify: And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.

Now while there was war between Saul's people and David's people, Abner was making himself strong among the supporters of Saul.


rate difficulty: And when his disciples heard thereof, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, The north cells [and] the south cells, which are before the separate place, they are holy cells, where the priests that come near unto Jehovah shall eat the most holy things; there shall they lay the most holy things, both the oblation and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering: for the place is holy.

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


simplify: and thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:

And have among your arms a spade; and when you have been to that place, let that which comes from you be covered up with earth:


rate difficulty: And there was a certain disciple in Damascus by name Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, [here am] I, Lord.

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


simplify: And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth,

And Canaan was the father of Zidon, his oldest son, and Heth,


simplify: I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

I do not reject the love of God. If righteousness comes through law, then there was no need for Christ to die!


rate difficulty: At that time was Abijah son of Jeroboam sick,

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


rate difficulty: having forsaken a right way, they did go astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the <FI>son<Fi> of Bosor, who a reward of unrighteousness did love,

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


simplify: And the armed men went before the priests that blew the trumpets, and the rearward went after the ark, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went.

And the armed men went before the priests who were blowing the horns, and the mass of the people went after the ark, blowing their horns.


rate difficulty: And they came back and told him. And he said, This is the word of Jehovah, which he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite saying, In the plot of Jizreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel;

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


simplify: For the cloud of Jehovah was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

For the cloud of the Lord was resting on the House by day, and at night there was fire in the cloud, before the eyes of all the people of Israel, and so it was through all their journeys.


simplify: And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

And questioning Baruch, they said, Say now, how did you put all these words down in writing from his mouth?


simplify: And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

And Joseph sent food to them from his table, but he sent five times as much to Benjamin as to any of the others. And they took wine freely with him.


rate difficulty: Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,

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


simplify: Of this there shall be for the holy place five hundred in length by five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits for the suburbs thereof round about.

Of this, a square five hundred long and five hundred wide is to be for the holy place, with a space of fifty cubits all round it.


simplify: And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once: let me make trial, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

Then Gideon said to God, Do not be moved to wrath against me if I say only this: let me make one more test with the wool; let the wool now be dry, while the earth is covered with dew.


simplify: But I will come unto you, when I shall have passed through Macedonia; for I pass through Macedonia;

But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia, for that is my purpose;


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

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


rate difficulty: And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.


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

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


simplify: Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

Turning out of the true way, they have gone wandering in error, after the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was pleased to take payment for wrongdoing;


simplify: For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

For my sword in heaven is full of wrath: see, it is coming down on Edom, in punishment on the people of my curse.


simplify: And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the Lord liveth.

And I will send my boy to have a look for the arrow. And if I say to him, See, the arrow is on this side of you; take it up! then you may come; for there is peace for you and no evil, by the living Lord.


rate difficulty: And Saul heareth--and all Israel--these words of the Philistine, and they are broken down and greatly afraid.

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


simplify: So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

So they went through all the country, covering it between them; Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another by himself.


simplify: On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

On the north side will be the flag of the children of Dan, with Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, as their chief.


rate difficulty: Your very life will be hanging in doubt before you, and day and night will be dark with fears, and nothing in life will be certain:

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


rate difficulty: And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord.

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


simplify: For Jehovah saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.

For the Lord saw how bitter was the trouble of Israel, and that everyone was cut off, he who was shut up and he who went free, and that Israel had no helper.


simplify: And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.

And while he was living in Jerusalem, David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters.


simplify: And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.


rate difficulty: And a certain one of them smote the servant of the chief priest, and took off his right ear,

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


simplify: and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.

while the married man is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please his wife;


simplify: And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

And they gave payment to men who made designs against them and kept them from effecting their purpose, all through the time of Cyrus, king of Persia, till Darius became king.


rate difficulty: `Therefore, speak with them, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Every one of the house of Israel who causeth his idols to go up unto his heart, and the stumbling-block of his iniquity setteth over-against his face, and hath gone in unto the prophet--I Jehovah have given an answer to him for this, for the abundance of his idols,

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


simplify: Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.


rate difficulty: Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

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


simplify: And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you.


simplify: For the Son of man indeed goeth, as it hath been determined: but woe unto that man through whom he is betrayed!

For it will be done to the Son of man after the purpose of God, but unhappy is that man by whom he is given up.


simplify: Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy;


rate difficulty: All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

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


simplify: And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man 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.


rate difficulty: and these things we write to you, that your joy may be full.


rate difficulty: Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.

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


simplify: And Nahash the Ammonite said unto them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.

And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, I will make an agreement with you on this condition, that all your right eyes are put out; so that I may make it a cause of shame to all Israel.


simplify: All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:

Our dear friend, Tychicus, will tell you all about me. He is a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Master’s cause.


rate difficulty: And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

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


simplify: Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

Then I had you washed with water, washing away all your blood and rubbing you with oil.


simplify: And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.

And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.


simplify: But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common.


rate difficulty: With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.


rate difficulty: Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?


rate difficulty: So he said to him ‘My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding-robe?’ The man was speechless.


rate difficulty: Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:

on hearing this, we felt encouraged about you, friends, in the midst of all our difficulties and troubles, by your faith.


simplify: And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

And some of the Gadites, siding with David, went to his strong place in the waste land, great and strong men, trained for war, expert in the use of arms, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were quick-footed like roes on the mountains;


simplify: Is any among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him in the name of the Lord.


simplify: Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.


simplify: And I heard a great voice saying in the heaven, `Now did come the salvation, and the power, and the reign, of our God, and the authority of His Christ, because cast down was the accuser of our brethren, who is accusing them before our God day and night;

And I heard a loud voice in heaven which said —  ‘Now has begun the day of the salvation, and Power, and Dominion of our God, and the Rule of his Christ; for the Accuser of our people has been hurled down, he who has been accusing them before our God day and night.


simplify: I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.


simplify: Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

Be strong, O Philistines, be men! Do not be servants to the Hebrews as they have been to you: go forward to the fight without fear.


simplify: At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations are scattered.

At the loud noise the peoples have gone in flight; at your coming up the nations have gone in all directions.


rate difficulty: And Judah went with Simeon, his brother, and overcame the Canaanites living in Zephath, and put it under the curse; and he gave the town the name of Hormah.


rate difficulty: And there were windows in it and in the covered way all round, like the other windows: it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.


rate difficulty: So Hushai David’s friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

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


simplify: Them that sin reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

Say sharp words to sinners when all are present, so that the rest may be in fear.


simplify: Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; may the Lord repay to him according to his works,

Alexander, the coppersmith, showed much ill feeling towards me. ‘The Lord will give him what his actions deserve.’


simplify: Grace to you, and peace be multiplied in the acknowledgement of God and of Jesus our Lord!

May blessing and peace be yours in ever increasing measure, as you advance in the knowledge of God and of Jesus, our Lord.


simplify: The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.

The Lord has given up his altar and has been turned in hate from his holy place; he has given up into the hands of the attacker the walls of her great houses: their voices have been loud in the house of the Lord as in the day of a holy meeting.


rate difficulty: Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artizan and of the hands of the founder; blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of skilful [men].

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


rate difficulty: And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the sanctuary, for a memorial before Jehovah continually.

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


simplify: And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

And Hezekiah took the letter from the hands of those who had come with it; and after reading it, Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, opening the letter there before the Lord.


rate difficulty: Ashkelon shall see [it], and fear; Gazah also, and she shall be greatly pained; Ekron also, for her expectation shall be put to shame: and the king shall perish from Gazah, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.


simplify: For they that have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

For those who have done good work as Deacons get for themselves a good position and become free from fear in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.


simplify: And a certain man, by name Simon, was before in the city using magic, and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be a certain great one,

There was staying in the city a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic there and mystifying the Samaritan people, giving himself out to be some great being.


simplify: Then they hasted, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.

Then every man quickly got his bag down and undid it.


simplify: And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.


simplify: For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

And you are to say to him that I will send punishment on his family for ever, for the sin which he had knowledge of; because his sons have been cursing God and he had no control over them.


simplify: In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives,


simplify: And Jehovah will smite Egypt, smiting and healing; and they shall return unto Jehovah, and he will be entreated of them, and will heal them.

And the Lord will send punishment on Egypt, and will make them well again; and when they come back to the Lord he will give ear to their prayer and take away their disease.


rate difficulty: She went and gave news of it to those who had been with him, while they were sorrowing and weeping.


simplify: For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:

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


simplify: Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.


rate difficulty: And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.

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


simplify: The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.

The Lord has made clear our righteousness: come, and let us give an account in Zion of the work of the Lord our God.


simplify: In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were eight thousand, six hundred, who were responsible for the care of the holy place.


rate difficulty: And Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

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


simplify: And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.

But Jesus rebuked the spirit: “Be silent! Come out from him.”


simplify: And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.

And we said, Only if our youngest brother goes with us will we go down; for we may not see the man's face again if our youngest brother is not with us.


simplify: And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

And when the time came for her to give birth, there were two children in her body.


simplify: and Peter and John answering unto them said, `Whether it is righteous before God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye;

But Peter and John replied: “Whether it is right, in the sight of God, to listen to you rather than to him —


rate difficulty: My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.

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


rate difficulty: Let now our princes, while this matter is going on, stand for all the congregation, and let all those that have taken foreign wives in our cities come at the appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce anger of ourGod be turned from us.

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


rate difficulty: And Bilhah Rachel’s handmaid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

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


rate difficulty: Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.


simplify: And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.

So Moses did as the Lord said, numbering them as he had been ordered.


simplify: Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.


simplify: For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.


simplify: Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

Peter returned with them at once. On his arrival, he was taken upstairs, and all the widows came around him in tears, showing the coats and other clothing which Dorcas had made while she was among them.


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his bondmen, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house in which there was not one dead.

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


simplify: And Moses brought their cause before Jehovah.

So Moses put their cause before the Lord.


simplify: Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

But some men gave him their support: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.


rate difficulty: And their children were talking half in the language of Ashdod; they had no knowledge of the Jews' language, but made use of the language of the two peoples.

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.

And it will come about that, as you were a curse among the nations, O children of Judah and children of Israel, so I will give you salvation and you will be a blessing: have no fear and let your hands be strong.


rate difficulty: Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the manner of genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

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


rate difficulty: And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

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


simplify: And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.

And on the limit of Issachar, from the east side to the west side: Zebulun, one part.


rate difficulty: Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.

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


simplify: The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination.

The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.


simplify: Then the angel of Jehovah answered and said, O Jehovah of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?

Then the angel of the Lord, answering, said, O Lord of armies, how long will it be before you have mercy on Jerusalem and on the towns of Judah against which your wrath has been burning for seventy years?


rate difficulty: And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

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


simplify: And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

And the beautifully worked band, which goes on it, is to be of the same work and the same material, of gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work.


rate difficulty: And the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

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


rate difficulty: And put the rods through the rings at the two opposite sides of the altar, for lifting it.

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


rate difficulty: Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as it is this day.

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


simplify: Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.


simplify: If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;


rate difficulty: Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him.


rate difficulty: And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.


simplify: Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

But if you give the evil-doer word of his danger, and he is not turned from his sin or from his evil way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing; but your life will be safe.


simplify: And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

And after them came up seven other heads, thin and wasted by the east wind.


rate difficulty: And Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all those before him,

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


simplify: Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

Is his punishment like the punishment of those who overcame him? or are his dead as great in number as those he put to the sword?


simplify: of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

Bear one another’s burdens, and so carry out the law of the Christ.


rate difficulty: Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.

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


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

And put two gold rings on the two ends of the bag.


rate difficulty: Now on the morrow, as they were on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour:

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


rate difficulty: These were the towns marked out for all the children of Israel and for the man from a strange country living among them, so that anyone causing the death of another in error, might go in flight there, and not be put to death by him who has the right of punishment for blood till he had come before the meeting of the people.

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


simplify: And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto Jehovah.

And the three men, forcing their way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David: but he would not take it, but, draining it out, made an offering of it to the Lord.


simplify: For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

Even these men who are circumcised do not themselves keep the law; yet they want you to be circumcised, so that they may boast of your observance of the rite.


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

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


rate difficulty: to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, disposed to communicate [of their substance],

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


simplify: Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.


rate difficulty: And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.

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


rate difficulty: Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore.


simplify: Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for fifty-two years; his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.


simplify: Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.

You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I took you, as on eagles' wings, guiding you to myself.


simplify: And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

And he said, I was watching for Satan, falling from heaven like a star.


rate difficulty: On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin:

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


simplify: Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying,


rate difficulty: And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are for thygodly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

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


simplify: He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon render unto him, in the second year also, and in the third.

He went to war with the king of the children of Ammon and overcame them. That year, the children of Ammon gave him a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of grain and ten thousand measures of barley. And the children of Ammon gave him the same amount the second year and the third.


simplify: But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth–el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon–bachuth.

And Deborah, the servant who had taken care of Rebekah from her birth, came to her end, and was put to rest near Beth-el, under the holy tree: and they gave it the name of Allon-bacuth.


rate difficulty: And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,

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


rate difficulty: When Thou dost cast me <FI>into<Fi> the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

Hearing these words, Ahab, in great grief, put haircloth on his flesh and went without food, sleeping in haircloth, and going about quietly.


simplify: For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the Lord of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.

For Israel has not been given up, or Judah, by his God, by the Lord of armies; for their land is full of sin against the Holy One of Israel.


simplify: But certain men clave unto him, and believed: among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

But some men gave him their support: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.


simplify: And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;


simplify: in the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

On the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.


simplify: Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Jehovah. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

Then Samuel gave the people the laws of the kingdom, writing them in a book which he put in a safe place before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.


simplify: But he passing through the midst of them went his way.

But he came through them and went on his way.


rate difficulty: And his mother and his brethren came to him, and could not get to him because of the crowd.

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


simplify: And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.

And, when he reached the spot, he said to them: “Pray that you may not fall into temptation.”


simplify: Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.

In earlier times he made the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali of small value, but after that he gave it glory, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the nations.


rate difficulty: And Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.

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


rate difficulty: the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,


simplify: When the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;

When the people of the land where you are going have been cut off before you by the Lord your God, and you have taken their land and are living in it;


rate difficulty: He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.


simplify: Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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


simplify: Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

And I say to you that to everyone who gives witness to me before men, the Son of man will give witness before the angels of God.


simplify: But, O Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, that seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

But, O Lord of armies, testing the upright and seeing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them; for I have put my cause before you.


simplify: And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will make a change in my clothing, so that I do not seem to be the king, and will go into the fight; but do you put on your robes. So the king of Israel made a change in his dress and went into the fight.


rate difficulty: Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the Lord thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

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


rate difficulty: The crushed stem will not be broken by him; and the feebly burning light will he not put out, till he has made righteousness overcome all.


simplify: A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.


rate difficulty: And Moses, answering, said, It is certain that they will not have faith in me or give ear to my voice; for they will say, You have not seen the Lord.

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


simplify: And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.


rate difficulty: She has no fear of the snow for her family, for all those in her house are clothed in red.


rate difficulty: and [he is] clothed with a garment dipped in blood; and his name is called The Word ofGod.


simplify: `Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Lo, thy king doth come to thee, meek, and mounted on an ass, and a colt, a foal of a beast of burden.'

‘Say to the people of Zion — “Your King is coming to you, gentle, and riding on an ass, and on the foal of a beast of burden.”’


simplify: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.


simplify: My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

My dove, my very beautiful one, is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the dearest one of her who gave her birth. The daughters saw her, and gave her a blessing; yes, the queens and the servant-wives, and they gave her praises.


rate difficulty: And I commended mirth, because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry; for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, whichGod hath given him under the sun.

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


rate difficulty: And they called Rebecca and said to her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

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


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

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


simplify: It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'

It is like some yeast which a woman took and covered in three pecks of flour, until the whole had risen.”


rate difficulty: And if a man takes the holy food in error, he will have to give the holy thing back to the priest, with the addition of a fifth part.

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


rate difficulty: And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the Lord said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

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


simplify: Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

In addition, he made towns in the hill-country of Judah, and strong buildings and towers in the woodlands.


rate difficulty: And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena and Ivvah? have they kept Samaria out of my hands?


simplify: The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.

And the altar was broken and the burned waste on it overturned; this was the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And there is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name <FI>is<Fi> Manoah, his wife <FI>is<Fi> barren, and hath not borne;

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


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

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


simplify: And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

they sold their property and their goods, and shared the proceeds among them all, according to their individual needs.


simplify: And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?

And you are to make no agreement with the people of this land; you are to see that their altars are broken down: but you have not given ear to my voice: what have you done?


rate difficulty: And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

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


simplify: Render unto her even as she rendered, and double unto her the double according to her works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle unto her double.

Give to her as she gave, even an increased reward for her works; in the cup which was mixed by her, let there be mixed as much again for herself.


rate difficulty: Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah look upon it, and require it.


rate difficulty: they are also afraid of what is high, and terrors are in the way, and the almond is despised, and the grasshopper is a burden, and the caper-berry is without effect; (for man goeth to his age-long home, and the mourners go about the streets;)

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


simplify: But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

But certain good-for-nothing persons said, How is this man to be our saviour? And having no respect for him, they gave him no offering.


simplify: And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,

And now I am sending you a wise and expert man, Huram who is as my father,


rate difficulty: and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (The whole region of Argob, even all Bashan, is called a land of giants.


simplify: Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

Then Joshua gave their orders to those who were in authority over the people, saying,


rate difficulty: So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

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


simplify: for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war,

For, though we live an earthly life, we do not wage an earthly war.


simplify: A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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


simplify: The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

The earth is sorrowing and wasting away; Lebanon is put to shame and has become waste; Sharon is like the Arabah; and in Bashan and Carmel the leaves are falling.


rate difficulty: Blessed is the one who reads, and blessed are they who listen to, the words of this prophecy, and lay to heart what is here written; for the time is near.


simplify: But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come.

But be certain of this, that in the last days times of trouble will come.


simplify: And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of Jehovah; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah, and showed them the king’s son.

Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the captains of hundreds of the Carians, and the armed men, and taking them into the house of the Lord, made an agreement with them, and made them take an oath in the house of the Lord, and let them see the king's son.


simplify: Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.

Why will you put forward your cause against me? You have all done evil against me, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: She doted upon the Assyrians, governors and rulers, her neighbors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.

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


simplify: And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife so that I may have her, for the days are ended.


simplify: All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.


simplify: The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.


simplify: The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,

The hangings for the open space, its pillars and their bases, and the curtain for the doorway;


rate difficulty: And Moses sent for all Israel, and said to them, Give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I give you today, and give attention to them so that you may keep and do them.

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


simplify: For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed up, do not put in your seeds among thorns.


simplify: For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

For in the past, your yoke was broken by your hands and your cords parted; and you said, I will not be your servant; for on every high hill and under every branching tree, your behaviour was like that of a loose woman


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto Jehovah.

Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land which I will give you, let the land keep a Sabbath to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Saul saith unto Jehovah, God of Israel, `Give perfection;' and Jonathan and Saul are captured, and the people went out.


rate difficulty: And he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for a daughter of Ahab was to him for a wife, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah,

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


simplify: Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

Moab is broken; her cry has gone out to Zoar.


simplify: Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the congregation;

Get an account of everything which was taken in the war, of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of families of the people:


rate difficulty: The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, Yea, four that say not, Enough:

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


rate difficulty: For behold, he who formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, who maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, — Jehovah, theGod of hosts, is his name.

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


simplify: It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

It is a special Sabbath for you, and you are to keep yourselves from pleasure; it is an order for ever.


rate difficulty: And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God <FI>is<Fi> .

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


simplify: And under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their office of trust, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:

And under him were Eden and Miniamin and Jeshua and Shemaiah and Amariah and Shecaniah, in the towns of the priests, who were made responsible for giving it to all their brothers, by divisions, to small and great:


simplify: And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.

And the king said to Esther again on the second day, while they were drinking, What is your prayer, Queen Esther? for it will be given to you; and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.


simplify: For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby.

For Moses says that the man who does the righteousness which is of the law will get life by it.


simplify: Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

Seven years are coming in which there will be great wealth of grain in Egypt;


rate difficulty: So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

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


simplify: Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps.

Their wine is the poison of dragons, the cruel poison of snakes.


simplify: And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

On returning from the Jordan, full of the Holy Spirit, Jesus was led by the power of the Spirit through the wilderness for forty days, tempted by the devil.


rate difficulty: See, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything so hard that I am unable to do it?

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


simplify: And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

Then Jesus came up, and spoke to them , saying:   “All authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.


rate difficulty: Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

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


rate difficulty: Declare in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph, and in Tahpanhes; say, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword devoureth round about thee.

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


rate difficulty: and the Egyptians have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, in My stretching out My hand against Egypt; and I have brought out the sons of Israel from their midst.'

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


rate difficulty: For then do I turn unto peoples a pure lip, To call all of them by the name of Jehovah, To serve Him <FI>with<Fi> one shoulder.

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


simplify: Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

Then answering them I said, The God of heaven, he will be our help; so we his servants will go on with our building: but you have no part or right or any name in Jerusalem.


simplify: And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

And everyone who was in trouble, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, came together to him, and he became captain over them: about four hundred men were joined to him.


simplify: For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

for I tell you that many prophets and good people have longed for the sight of the things which you are seeing, yet never saw them, and to hear the things which you are hearing, yet never heard them.


simplify: After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

You, therefore, should pray like this —  ‘Our Father, who is in heaven, may your name be held holy,


simplify: Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.

Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.


rate difficulty: Then came near the heads of fathers’housesof the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel;

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simplify: And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

And they were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath day, so that they might have something against him.


simplify: And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

And the women, answering one another in their song, said, Saul has put to death his thousands and David his tens of thousands.


simplify: And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

And these are the words which the Lord said about Israel and about Judah.


simplify: But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.

I found, however, that he had not done anything deserving death; so, as he had himself appealed to his August Majesty, I decided to send him.


rate difficulty: Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.

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rate difficulty: Son of man, has not Israel, the uncontrolled people, said to you, What are you doing?

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


simplify: Again he said unto me, Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah.

And again he said to me, Be a prophet to these bones, and say to them, O you dry bones, give ear to the word of the Lord.


simplify: that I may come unto you in joy through the will of God, and together with you find rest.

So that I may come to you in joy by the good pleasure of God, and have rest with you.


simplify: And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

But when these things come about, let your heads be lifted up, because your salvation is near.


rate difficulty: And all the city was gathered together at the door.


simplify: It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.

There is a wide-spread report respecting a case of immorality among you, and that, too, of a kind that does not occur even among the Gentiles — a man, I hear, is living with his father’s wife!


simplify: And they smote of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.

At that time they put about ten thousand men of Moab to the sword, every strong man and every man of war; not a man got away.


rate difficulty: “If you are the Christ,” they said, “tell us so.”  “If I tell you,”replied Jesus, “you will not believe me;

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


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

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


simplify: And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

And say to it, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am against you, O Mount Seir, and my hand will be stretched out against you, and I will make you a waste and a cause for wonder.


simplify: Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling for sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.


simplify: But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.


rate difficulty: For David saith concerning him,  I beheld the Lord always before my face; For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:


rate difficulty: The sons of Hur, the oldest son of Ephrathah; Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim,

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simplify: Therefore will I also uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall appear.

So I will have your skirts uncovered before your face, in order that your shame may be seen.


simplify: And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.

And Barnabas had a desire to take with them John, named Mark.


rate difficulty: Bows of the mighty are broken, And the stumbling have girded on strength.


rate difficulty: And if a kingdom has become divided against itself, that kingdom cannot subsist.

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simplify: and Barnabas having taken him, brought <FI>him<Fi> unto the apostles, and did declare to them how in the way he saw the Lord, and that he spake to him, and how in Damascus he was speaking boldly in the name of Jesus.

Barnabas, however, taking him by the hand, brought him to the apostles, and told them the whole story of how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord, and how the Lord had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out fearlessly in the name of Jesus.


simplify: And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

And Jacob went away secretly, without giving news of his flight to Laban the Aramaean.


rate difficulty: Chastisement <FI>is<Fi> grievous to him who is forsaking the path, Whoso is hating reproof dieth.

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


simplify: And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.

And, as the harbor was not a suitable one to winter in, the majority were in favor of continuing the voyage, in hope of being able to reach Phoenix, and winter there. Phoenix was a Cretan harbor, open to the north-east and south-east.


simplify: And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor.

And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible.


rate difficulty: and thou hast made staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them <FI>with<Fi> gold,

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


rate difficulty: And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, after their families, according to their fathers' houses,

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simplify: And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, for the twelve tribes.

There were twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel; on every one the name of one of the tribes of Israel was cut, like the cutting of a stamp.


rate difficulty: And Hezekiah prayed to Jehovah, saying,

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rate difficulty: For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?


rate difficulty: And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord: and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord.


simplify: A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.


rate difficulty: And you yourselves began to follow, not only our example, but the Master’s also; and, in spite of much suffering, you welcomed the message with a joy inspired by the Holy Spirit,

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rate difficulty: Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

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


simplify: and Jesus said to them, `Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;'

“Come and follow me,”Jesus said, “and I will teach you to fish for people.”


simplify: And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

And the Chaldaeans put the king's house on fire, as well as the houses of the people, and had the walls of Jerusalem broken down.


rate difficulty: Utterly naked Thou dost make Thy bow, Sworn are the tribes--saying, `Pause!' <FI>With<Fi> rivers Thou dost cleave the earth.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore, thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am seeing after Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and after his seed, he hath none dwelling in the midst of this people, nor doth he look on the good that I am doing to My people--an affirmation of Jehovah--for apostasy he hath spoken against Jehovah.'

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


rate difficulty: And after the birth of Noah, Lamech went on living for five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters:

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simplify: Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.

So, when they had come together here, straight away, on the day after, I took my place on the judge's seat and sent for the man.


simplify: And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

And you will have joy in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and to your family; and the Levite, and the man from a strange land who is with you, will take part in your joy.


rate difficulty: Israel hath sinned, and also they have transgressed My covenant which I commanded them, and also taken of the devoted thing, and also stolen, and also deceived, and also put <FI>it<Fi> among their vessels,

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


simplify: Wherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children’s children will I contend.

For this reason, I will again put forward my cause against you, says the Lord, even against you and against your children's children.


rate difficulty: and the seven took her, and left no seed, last of all died also the woman;

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


rate difficulty: and in the seventh year a sabbath of rest is to the land, a sabbath to Jehovah; thy field thou dost not sow, and thy vineyard thou dost not prune;

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


simplify: And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.

And they took away their cattle: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men.


simplify: Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,

But, when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd.   “Friends, why are you doing this?” they shouted.


simplify: and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh; and the goings out of their border were at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.

And their limit goes as far as Tabor and Shahazimah and Beth-shemesh, ending at Jordan; sixteen towns with their unwalled places.


simplify: Let them therefore, saith he, that are of power among you go down with me, and if there is anything amiss in the man, let them accuse him.

So, he said, let those who have authority among you go with me, and if there is any wrong in the man, let them make a statement against him.


simplify: And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the Lord from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

And he gave back the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, and his mother said, I have made the silver holy to the Lord from me for my son, to make a pictured image and a metal image.


simplify: If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;

And they will have grief for their sins and for the sins of their fathers, when their hearts were untrue to me, and they went against me;


simplify: And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.


rate difficulty: And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

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


simplify: And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.

And Gideon, the son of Joash, came to his end when he was very old, and his body was put in the resting-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.


simplify: Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

Let the priests, the servants of the Lord, be weeping between the covered way and the altar, and let them say, Have mercy on your people, O Lord, do not give up your heritage to shame, so that the nations become their rulers: why let them say among the peoples, Where is their God?


simplify: Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.

See, the things said before have come about, and now I give word of new things: before they come I give you news of them.


simplify: But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

Turning and seeing her, Jesus said: “Courage, daughter! Your faith has delivered you.” And at that very moment she became well.


simplify: As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.

And as for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side: Benjamin, one part.


rate difficulty: and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the net above the liver which he shall take away as far as the kidneys,

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simplify: And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.

If there is one like me, let him come forward and say it, let him make it clear and put it in order before me: who has made clear in the past the things to come? let him make clear the future to me.


rate difficulty: And Jesus answering saith to them, `Have faith of God;

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


simplify: Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

Your heart was lifted up because you were beautiful, you made your wisdom evil through your sin: I have sent you down, even to the earth; I have made you low before kings, so that they may see you.


rate difficulty: And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.

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


simplify: But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?

Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?


simplify: And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

Instantly Jesus stretched out his hand, and caught hold of him. “You of little faith!” he said, “Why did you falter?”


simplify: and, having taken the hand of the child, he saith to her, `Talitha cumi;' which is, being interpreted, `Damsel (I say to thee), arise.'

Taking her hand, Jesus said to her: “Taleitha, koum!”— which means ‘little girl, I am speaking to you — Rise!’


simplify: And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;

If he is a poor man, do not keep his property all night;


rate difficulty: So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.


simplify: From that time began Jesus to preach, and to say, Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near.


simplify: Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.


rate difficulty: At that time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus to them: Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall?

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rate difficulty: These are the names of the men who shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.


rate difficulty: The Lord is become as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel; he hath swallowed up all her palaces; he hath destroyed his strongholds, and hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

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


rate difficulty: 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.

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


rate difficulty: and they brought it unto Jesus, and having cast their garments upon the colt, they did set Jesus upon it.

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


rate difficulty: And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vision is false, they go wrong in their decisions.

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


simplify: And David spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

And David made a song to the Lord in these words, on the day when the Lord made him free from the hands of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul:


rate difficulty: And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places; thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

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


simplify: And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

As Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee asked him to breakfast with him, and Jesus went in and took his place at the table.


rate difficulty: But ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Jehovah; that ye might provoke me to anger with the work of your hands, to your own hurt.

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


rate difficulty: And they hasted and laid down every man his sack on the ground, and opened every man his sack.


simplify: Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

Men make signs of joy because of him, driving him from his place with sounds of hissing.


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto Jehovah our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

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


simplify: waiting for and hasting to the presence of the day of God, by which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements with burning heat shall melt;

while you wait for the coming of the day of God and strive to make it come soon. At its coming the heavens will be dissolved in fire, and the elements melted by heat,


rate difficulty: And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all.

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


rate difficulty: And sent letters to all the divisions of the kingdom, to every division in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs, saying that every man was to be the ruler in his house, and that this order was to be given out in the language of his people.

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simplify: And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.

And if one person does wrong, without being conscious of it, then let him give a she-goat of the first year for a sin-offering.


rate difficulty: And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

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


simplify: Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience?

I do not say ‘your’ scruples, but ‘his.’ For why should the freedom that I claim be condemned by the scruples of another?


rate difficulty: Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.


rate difficulty: for they heard them speaking with tongues and magnifyingGod. Then Peter answered,


rate difficulty: Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants.

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


simplify: The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.

The word about Tyre. Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish, because your strong place is made waste; on the way back from the land of Kittim the news is given to them.


simplify: And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

And it was not Adam who was deceived; it was the woman who was entirely deceived and fell into sin.


simplify: Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

Then King Jehoash sent for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, Why have you not made good what is damaged in the house? now take no more money from your neighbours, but give it for the building up of the house.


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


rate difficulty: And the seven priests carrying the seven blast-trumpets before the ark of Jehovah went on and blew continually with the trumpets; and the armed men went before them, and the rearguard went after the ark of Jehovah; they blew with the trumpets in marching.

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


simplify: And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.

And putting over it the leather cover and over that a blue cloth; and putting its rods in place.


rate difficulty: And he called Moses and Aaron in the night, and said, Rise up, go away from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve Jehovah, as ye have said.

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


simplify: For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

And I will have pleasure in you and make you fertile and greater in number; and I will keep my agreement with you.


simplify: Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

Is it possible for a virgin to put out of her memory her ornaments, or a bride her robes? but my people have put me out of their memories for unnumbered days.


simplify: And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.

And when we came to our night's resting-place, on opening our bags we saw that every man's money was in the mouth of his bag, all our money in full weight: and we have it with us to give it back;


rate difficulty: And I waited, for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more; —

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


simplify: Cry and wail, son of man; for it is upon my people, it is upon all the princes of Israel: they are delivered over to the sword with my people; smite therefore upon thy thigh.

Give loud cries and make sounds of grief, O son of man: for it has come on my people, it has come on all the rulers of Israel: fear of the sword has come on my people: for this cause give signs of grief.


rate difficulty: Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season?

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


rate difficulty: And he said to his servant, Go now, and take a look in the direction of the sea. And he went up, and after looking said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times; and he went seven times.


simplify: Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.

See, the storm-wind of the Lord, even the heat of his wrath, has gone out, a rolling storm, bursting on the heads of the evil-doers.


simplify: then saith Jesus to them, `All ye shall be stumbled at me this night; for it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad;

Then Jesus said to them: “Even you will all fall away from me tonight. Scripture says — ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’


simplify: and while they are not believing from the joy, and wondering, he said to them, `Have ye anything here to eat?'

While they were still unable to believe it all, overcome with joy, and were wondering if it were true, Jesus said to them: “Have you anything here to eat?”


simplify: and to them he said, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.

And he said to them, Go into the vine-garden with the others, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went to work.


simplify: For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:


rate difficulty: And the young men of David come in, and speak unto Nabal according to all these words, in the name of David--and rest.


simplify: And straightway the king sent forth a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring his head: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison,


simplify: Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.


rate difficulty: Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.

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simplify: For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

for the immoral, for perverts, for slave-dealers, for liars, for perjurers, and for whatever else is opposed to sound Christian teaching —


simplify: And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.

And he gave orders to the men whom he sent, saying, This is what you are to say to all the men of Israel, Has ever an act like this been done from the day when the children of Israel came out of Egypt to this day? Give thought to it, turning it over in your minds, and give your opinion of it.


rate difficulty: As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle.


rate difficulty: When I say to the upright that life will certainly be his; if he puts his faith in his righteousness and does evil, not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory; but in the evil he has done, death will overtake him.

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simplify: to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,

By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt,


rate difficulty: This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.

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simplify: Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith Jehovah, him that offereth in the high place, and him that burneth incense to his gods.

And I will put an end in Moab, says the Lord, to him who is making offerings in the high place and burning perfumes to his gods.


rate difficulty: And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

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simplify: And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,

And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land which he gave his oath to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you; with great and fair towns which were not of your building;


rate difficulty: Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord God.

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rate difficulty: Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.


simplify: But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed at them.

But one of the young men said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kind words to our master, and he gave them a rough answer.


rate difficulty: and the synagogue having been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes did follow Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading them to remain in the grace of God.

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rate difficulty: But they did not even hearken to their judges, for they went a whoring after othergods, and bowed themselves to them; they turned quickly out of the way that their fathers had walked in, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; they did not so.


rate difficulty: Then Peter, having been filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them: `Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

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simplify: To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...