rate difficulty: So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.


rate difficulty: and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,

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simplify: And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai,

And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;


rate difficulty: In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in its appointed season: according to all the statutes of it, and according to all the ordinances thereof, shall ye keep it.

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


simplify: And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

And Eber was thirty-four years old when he became the father of Peleg:


simplify: Now at the feast he used to release unto them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.

Now at the feast every year he let one prisoner go free at their request.


rate difficulty: and when a household is divided against itself, it will not be able to last.

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


simplify: Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

And the Lord was pleased ... see a seed, long life, ... will do well in his hand. ...


simplify: And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.

Your chiefs, Issachar, were with Deborah; and Naphtali was true to Barak; into the valley they went rushing out at his feet. In Reuben there were divisions, and great searchings of heart.


rate difficulty: And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:

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


simplify: Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.


rate difficulty: And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.


rate difficulty: The Lord Jesus Christ <FI>is<Fi> with thy spirit; the grace <FI>is<Fi> with you! Amen.


rate difficulty: And when he went into a certain small town he came across ten men who were lepers, and they, keeping themselves at a distance,

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


rate difficulty: After Jesus had reached Bethany, and while he was in the house of Simon the leper,


simplify: But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

“It is not everyone,” replied Jesus, “who can accept this teaching, but only those who have been enabled to do so.


rate difficulty: John the Baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism on repentance, for the forgiveness of sins.

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


simplify: When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

No sooner does a foul spirit leave a person, than it passes through places where there is no water, in search of rest, and does not find it.


rate difficulty: Hungry is his sorrow, And calamity is ready at his side.


simplify: Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you.

Then Pharaoh quickly sent for Moses and Aaron, and said, I have done evil against the Lord your God and against you.


simplify: And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:

and you are deferential to the visitor who is wearing grand clothes, and say — “There is a good seat for you here,” but to the poor man — “You must stand; or sit down there by my footstool,”


simplify: And I saw, and behold, a pale horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was Death; and Hades followed with him. And there was given unto them authority over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

And I saw a grey horse, and the name of him who was seated on it was Death; and Hell came after him. And there was given to them authority over the fourth part of the earth, to put to destruction by the sword, and by taking away their food, and by death, and by the beasts of the earth.


rate difficulty: The secret of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold vessels with burning lights. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven lights are the seven churches.


simplify: For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.


rate difficulty: Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:

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


rate difficulty: For the Lord your God is walking among your tents, to keep you safe and to give up into your hands those who are fighting against you; then let your tents be holy, so that he may see no unclean thing among you, and be turned away from you.

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


rate difficulty: What, then, shall we say? the law <FI>is<Fi> sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said:


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


simplify: And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, I sent indeed unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

Then the representatives came back again, and said, These are the words of Ben-hadad: I sent to you saying, Give up to me your silver and your gold, your wives and your children;


rate difficulty: And Jacob lifteth up his feet, and goeth towards the land of the sons of the east;

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


simplify: And the names of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister: and they became mine, and they bare sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.

Their names were Oholah, the older, and Oholibah, her sister: and they became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem, Oholibah.


simplify: Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

You who received the law as transmitted by angels and yet failed to keep it.”


simplify: And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.

When he had gone out into the gateway, another maid saw him, and said to those who were there: “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth!”


simplify: So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I visit, saith Jehovah, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

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


rate difficulty: The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

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


simplify: And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.

And the captain of the armed men took Jeremiah and said to him, The Lord your God gave word of the evil which was to come on this place:


rate difficulty: For he that is not against us is for us.


rate difficulty: See, I Paul say to you, that if you undergo circumcision, Christ will be of no use to you.


simplify: And he said unto them, Jehovah is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they said, He is witness.

Then he said, The Lord is witness against you, and the man on whom he has put the holy oil is witness this day that you have seen no wrong in me. And they said, He is witness.


simplify: Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

The generations of the sons of Naphtali were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;


rate difficulty: And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns thereof.

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


rate difficulty: And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.


simplify: Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

You will have food, but not enough; your shame will be ever with you: you will get your goods moved, but you will not take them away safely; and what you do take away I will give to the sword.


simplify: And if he smite out his man-servant’s tooth, or his maid-servant’s tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.

Or if the loss of a tooth is caused by his blow, he will let him go free on account of his tooth.


simplify: And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field also have I given him to serve him.

And now I have given all these lands into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant; and I have given the beasts of the field to him for his use.


simplify: lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.


rate difficulty: and of the sons of Heman: Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun: Shemaiah and Uzziel--

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


simplify: These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.

These are the sons of Benjamin by their families: and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand, six hundred.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;

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


simplify: Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.

Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things.


rate difficulty: And John answering said, `Master, we saw a certain one in thy name casting forth the demons, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow with us;'

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


simplify: He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.


simplify: Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.


simplify: And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.

And this will be only a small thing to the Lord: in addition he will give the Moabites into your hands.


simplify: And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.

But the servant said to him, See now, in this town there is a man of God, who is highly honoured, and everything he says comes true: let us go there now; it may be that he will give us directions about our journey.


simplify: And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee prince over Israel,

And when the Lord has done for my lord all those good things which he has said he will do for you, and has made you a ruler over Israel;


simplify: And the asses of Kish Saul’s father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.

Now the asses of Saul's father Kish had gone wandering away. And Kish said to his son Saul, Take one of the servants with you, and get up and go in search of the asses.


rate difficulty: And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.

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


rate difficulty: And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.

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


rate difficulty: If grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough?

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


simplify: But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together;


simplify: because of this become not fools, but--understanding what <FI>is<Fi> the will of the Lord,

Therefore do not grow thoughtless, but try to understand what the Lord’s will is.


simplify: And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.

In the fourth, a topaz, a beryl, and a jasper; they were fixed in twisted frames of gold.


simplify: And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed, he said to set them also before <FI>them<Fi> ;

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


rate difficulty: And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.


simplify: The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

‘Father will be opposed to son and son to father, mother to daughter and daughter to mother, mother-in-law to her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law to her mother-in-law.’”


simplify: And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will turn against their parents, and cause them to be put to death;


rate difficulty: On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

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


rate difficulty: for their substance was more abundant than to dwell together, and the land of their sojournings was not able to bear them because of their cattle;

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


rate difficulty: And sons of Caleb brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his first-born, he <FI>is<Fi> father of Ziph; and sons of Mareshah: Abi-Hebron.

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


simplify: Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

So Urijah the priest did everything as the king said


simplify: then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up a heave-offering unto Jehovah.

Then, when you take for your food the produce of the land, you are to give an offering lifted up before the Lord.


simplify: And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.


rate difficulty: For this cause he will give them up till the time when she who is with child has given birth: then the rest of his brothers will come back to the children of Israel.


simplify: And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we tarried seven days.

And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.


simplify: And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

And all Israel had the news that Saul had made an attack on the Philistines, and that Israel was bitterly hated by the Philistines. And the people came together after Saul to Gilgal.


simplify: What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

What is your desire? is my coming to be with punishment, or is it to be in love and a gentle spirit?


rate difficulty: Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood; and shall ye possess the land?

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


simplify: And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

And when the king of Israel was going by on the wall, a woman came crying out to him, and said, Help! my lord king.


simplify: And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.

But she said to him in answer, Yes, Lord: even the dogs under the table take the bits dropped by the children.


rate difficulty: saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

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


simplify: And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.

And in time death overtook all that generation; and another generation came after them, having no knowledge of the Lord or of the things which he had done for Israel.


rate difficulty: And I have sent a fire against Judah, And it hath consumed palaces of Jerusalem.

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


simplify: And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

And the eye may not say to the hand, I have no need of you: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.


rate difficulty: And when he had put it to rest, he said to his sons, When I am dead, then you are to put my body into the earth with the body of this man of God, and put me by his bones so that my bones may be kept safe with his bones.

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


rate difficulty: Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;

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


simplify: But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.

But after we had first undergone much pain and been cruelly attacked as you saw, at Philippi, by the help of God we gave you the good news without fear, though everything was against us.


simplify: and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.


simplify: So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

So Solomon made the building of the house complete.)


rate difficulty: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

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


simplify: Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.

Give my love to Herodion, my relation. Say a kind word to those of the house of Narcissus, who are in the Lord.


rate difficulty: and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, `Thou--sit thou here well,' and to the poor man may say, `Thou--stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,' --

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


simplify: Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

You were bought, and the price was paid. Do not let yourselves become slaves to people.


simplify: As long as it lieth desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

All the days while it is waste will the land have rest, such rest as it never had in your Sabbaths, when you were living in it.


rate difficulty: and now, turn back, and go in peace, and thou dost do no evil in the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.'

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


simplify: and put fire in them, and put incense upon them before Jehovah to-morrow: and it shall be that the man whom Jehovah doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.

And put spices on the fire in them before the Lord tomorrow; then the man marked out by the Lord will be holy: you take overmuch on yourselves, you sons of Levi.


rate difficulty: And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their heart, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and his hand was restored.

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


simplify: And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory.

And there was the glory of the God of Israel coming from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of great waters, and the earth was shining with his glory.


simplify: And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

And Achish had belief in what David said, saying, He has made himself hated by all his people Israel, and so he will be my servant for ever.


rate difficulty: O Jehovah, there is none like Thee, and there is no god save Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

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


rate difficulty: the <FI>son<Fi> of Naggai, the <FI>son<Fi> of Maath, the <FI>son<Fi> of Mattathias, the <FI>son<Fi> of Semei, the <FI>son<Fi> of Joseph, the <FI>son<Fi> of Juda,

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


simplify: No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

No foot of man will go through it and no foot of beast, and it will be unpeopled for forty years.


rate difficulty: saying to them, `Go on to the village over-against you, and immediately ye shall find an ass bound, and a colt with her--having loosed, bring ye to me;

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


rate difficulty: And he again denied. And again, after a little, those that stood by said to Peter, Truly thou art [one] of them, for also thou art a Galilean.

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


rate difficulty: For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man:

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


rate difficulty: And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

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


simplify: And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the lovingkindness of Jehovah, that I die not;

And may you, while I am still living, O may you be kind to me, as the Lord is kind, and keep me from death!


rate difficulty: and the son of the Israelitish woman execrateth the Name, and revileth; and they bring him in unto Moses; and his mother's name <FI>is<Fi> Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan;


simplify: And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.


rate difficulty: And Jacob said to Rebecca his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

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


rate difficulty: Those who make war against the Lord will be broken; against them he will send his thunder from heaven: the Lord will be judge of the ends of the earth, he will give strength to his king, lifting up the horn of him on whom the holy oil has been put.


simplify: And Moses spake before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?

And Moses, answering the Lord, said, See, the children of Israel will not give ear to me; how then will Pharaoh give ear to me, whose lips are unclean?


rate difficulty: And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.

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


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

So in the same way these have gone against the orders of God, so that by the mercy given to you they may now get mercy.


simplify: For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and respected by the body of his countrymen; working for the good of his people, and saying words of peace to all his seed.


rate difficulty: But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

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


rate difficulty: And the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, and he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not.

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


simplify: He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

The person who has found their life will lose it, while the person who, for my sake, has lost their life will find it.


simplify: Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.

Let your blessing, O Lord, be on his substance, may the work of his hands be pleasing to you: may those who take up arms against him and all who have hate for him, be wounded through the heart, never to be lifted up again.


rate difficulty: We will make thee bead-rows of gold With studs of silver.

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


rate difficulty: Take [as] an example, brethren, of suffering and having patience, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of [the] Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And the grapes were crushed under foot outside the town, and blood came out from them, even to the head-bands of the horses, two hundred miles.

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


rate difficulty: A son of twenty and five years <FI>is<Fi> Jehoiakim in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother <FI>is<Fi> Zebudah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah,

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


simplify: And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah?

And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or makes him seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?


simplify: And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

And on hearing their outcry and what they said I was very angry.


simplify: And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

In the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became king.


simplify: But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;

And I will make a fire in the wall of Rabbah, burning up its great houses, with loud cries in the days of war, with a storm in the day of the great wind:


simplify: And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her.


rate difficulty: And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, let him take away;


rate difficulty: And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, four horns.


simplify: and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son: and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

And he took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from that place; and they got together the bones of those who had been put to death by hanging.


rate difficulty: And he also that had received the one talent coming to [him] said, [My] lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hadst not sowed, and gathering from where thou hadst not scattered,

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


simplify: and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,

Shun foolish and ignorant discussions, for you know that they only breed quarrels;


simplify: Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?

And they are not across the sea, for you to say, Who will go over the sea for us and give us news of them so that we may do them?


simplify: These are they that spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.

These are the men who gave orders to Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go out of Egypt: these are the same Moses and Aaron.


simplify: And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

And an angel of the Lord came to her by a fountain of water in the waste land, by the fountain on the way to Shur.


rate difficulty: and them that were reckoned by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holiness.

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


rate difficulty: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold [him] not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see [him] not.

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


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

Say to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he is to take out of the flames the vessels with the perfumes in them, turning the fire out of them, for they are holy;


simplify: Moses the servant of Jehovah and the children of Israel smote them: and Moses the servant of Jehovah gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the children of Israel overcame them; and Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave their land for a heritage to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.


simplify: And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

Seeing that he had answered with discernment, Jesus said to him: “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”   After that no one ventured to question him further.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the Lord to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.

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


simplify: And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

And the pots and the spades and the scissors for the lights and the spoons, and all the brass vessels used in the Lord's house, they took away.


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

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


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

For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:


simplify: They would none of my counsel, They despised all my reproof.

They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.


rate difficulty: And they come nigh unto the man who <FI>is<Fi> over the house of Joseph, and speak unto him at the opening of the house,

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


simplify: And they went forth from thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it.

And they went out from there, through Galilee; and it was his desire that no man might have knowledge of it;


rate difficulty: Pour out thy fury upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name; for they have eaten up Jacob, yea, they have eaten him up and consumed him, and have laid waste his dwelling-place.

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


simplify: And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.


simplify: And answering Jesus they said, `We have not known.' He said to them--he also--`Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

So the answer they gave Jesus was — “We do not know.”   “Then I,” he said, “refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things.


rate difficulty: and they came into their belly, and it could not be known that they had come into their belly; and their look was bad, as at the beginning. And I awoke.

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


simplify: And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;

And he sent him away, saying to him very sharply,


simplify: And the Pharisees went out, and straightway with the Herodians took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

And the Pharisees went out, and straight away made designs with the Herodians about how they might put him to death.


simplify: And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

And he said to Gehazi, his servant, Send for this Shunammite. So in answer to his voice she came before him.


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

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


simplify: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.


simplify: And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and beat him.

And the men in whose hands Jesus was, made sport of him and gave him blows.


rate difficulty: And I will send a great disease on the people living in this town, on man and on beast, causing their death.

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


simplify: Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,

Then the king put out the rod of gold to Esther, and she got up before the king.


rate difficulty: And Moses speaketh in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, till their completion: --

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


simplify: And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

And I have put my words in your mouth, covering you with the shade of my hand, stretching out the heavens, and placing the earth on its base, and saying to Zion, You are my people.


simplify: For whether we are beside ourselves, it is unto God; or whether we are of sober mind, it is unto you.

For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you.


simplify: And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

And a great number went after him; and he made them well there.


rate difficulty: But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, for the service of the sanctuary was upon them: they bore [what they carried] upon the shoulder.

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


rate difficulty: saying, Sir, we have called to mind that that deceiver said when he was still alive, After three days I arise.

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


rate difficulty: Give me now wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people: for who is able to be the judge of this great people of yours?


simplify: Will the bands of fishermen make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants?

Will the fishermen make profit out of him? will they have him cut up for the traders?


rate difficulty: And a separate tenth part for every one of the seven lambs;

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


simplify: Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.

And a burning light is not put under a vessel, but on its table; so that its rays may be shining on all who are in the house.


rate difficulty: And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

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


simplify: Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

You have no part in this business, because your heart is not right before God.


rate difficulty: The bow is sounding against him; he sees the shining point of spear and arrow.

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


simplify: Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.

Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.


rate difficulty: and they brought in the oblations and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully. And over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second;


rate difficulty: And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called JESUS, which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

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


simplify: And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him.

And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.


rate difficulty: And it happened that the father of Publius lay ill of fever and dysentery; to whom Paul entered in, and having prayed and laid his hands on him cured him.


simplify: And ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)

And you have gone against my father's family this day, and have put to death his sons, even seventy men on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his servant-wife, king over the townsmen of Shechem because he is your brother;)


simplify: After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.

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


rate difficulty: That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

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


simplify: And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

And last of all, as by one whose birth was out of the right time, he was seen by me.


rate difficulty: And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 11 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

Meanwhile the elder son was out in the fields; but, on coming home, when he got near the house, he heard music and dancing,


simplify: For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

For the number of your gods is as the number of your towns, O Judah; and for every street in Jerusalem you have put up altars to the Baal for burning perfumes to the Baal.


simplify: Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Learn to be merciful — even as your Father is merciful.


simplify: From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

From on high he has sent fire into my bones, and it has overcome them: his net is stretched out for my feet, I am turned back by him; he has made me waste and feeble all the day.


rate difficulty: for Harim the third, for Seorim the fourth,


simplify: His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,


rate difficulty: And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,

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


rate difficulty: And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah came, saying, Israel shall be thy name.

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


rate difficulty: And he said to him, `Sir, with thee I am ready both to prison and to death to go;'

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


rate difficulty: And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.

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


rate difficulty: They made offerings to evil spirits which were not God, to gods who were strange to them, which had newly come up, not feared by your fathers.

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


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


simplify: And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;

Then Isaac his father made answer and said to him, Far from the fertile places of the earth, and far from the dew of heaven on high will your living-place be:


rate difficulty: To every one of them he gave three changes of clothing; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred bits of silver and five changes of clothing.


rate difficulty: yet <FI>am<Fi> I to-day strong as in the day of Moses' sending me; as my power then, so <FI>is<Fi> my power now, for battle, and to go out, and to come in.

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


simplify: but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.

But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbechai the Hushathite smote Sippai, one of the children of Rapha; and they were subdued.


rate difficulty: and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, upon four sockets of silver.

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


simplify: And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:

If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It would be better for you to enter the kingdom of God with only one eye, than to have both eyes and be thrown into Gehenna,


rate difficulty: And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do; and ye shall celebrate a feast to Jehovah seven days;

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


simplify: Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.


simplify: And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal–tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.

So all the men of Israel got up and put themselves in fighting order at Baal-tamar: and those who had been waiting secretly to make a surprise attack came rushing out of their place on the west of Geba.


rate difficulty: For I know not how to flatter; my Maker would soon take me away.


simplify: And they passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia.

And they went through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.


simplify: And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.

And they said, We will send for the girl, and let her make the decision.


simplify: And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this scripture, preached unto him Jesus.

So Philip, starting from this writing, gave him the good news about Jesus.


rate difficulty: And there are different operations, but the same God, who is working all things in all.


simplify: Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

I tell you, no one born of a woman has yet appeared who is greater than John the Baptist; and yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.


simplify: Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

In view of all this, will you still do nothing, O Lord? will you keep quiet, and go on increasing our punishment?


simplify: And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.

It is as Isaiah foretold — ‘Had not the Lord of Hosts spared some few of our race to us, we should have become like Sodom and been made to resemble Gomorrah.’


rate difficulty: And some began to spit upon him, and cover up his face, and buffet him, and say to him, Prophesy; and the officers struck him with the palms of their hands.


rate difficulty: And the woman of Tekoa said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house; and the king and his throne be guiltless.

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


simplify: I also will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

And my face will be turned against that man, and he will be cut off from his people; because he has given his offspring to Molech, making my holy place unclean, and making my holy name common.


rate difficulty: And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.

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


simplify: and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword,

He had James, the brother of John, beheaded;


simplify: Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.


rate difficulty: But I did not give ear to Balaam; and so he went on blessing you; and I kept you safe from him.

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


rate difficulty: And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

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


simplify: always, in every supplication of mine for you all, with joy making the supplication,

always, in every prayer that I offer for you all — my prayers are full of joy —


rate difficulty: They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls.

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


simplify: And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth.

And you, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the upright man will not make him safe in the day when he does wrong; and the evil-doing of the evil man will not be the cause of his fall in the day when he is turned from his evil-doing; and the upright man will not have life because of his righteousness in the day when he does evil.


simplify: Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

See, all you who make a fire, arming yourselves with burning branches: go in the flame of your fire, and among the branches you have put a light to. This will you have from my hand, you will make your bed in sorrow.


rate difficulty: And Jacob hath heard that he hath defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sons were with his cattle in the field, and Jacob kept silent till their coming.

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


simplify: And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.

And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to give blessing and praise as ordered by David, the man of God, watch against watch.


rate difficulty: And when the men of that place knew him, they sent into all that region round about, and brought unto him all that were sick;

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


rate difficulty: Then Solomon sent for all the responsible men of Israel, all the chiefs of the tribes and the heads of families of the children of Israel, to come to Jerusalem and take the ark of the Lord's agreement up out of the town of David, which is Zion.

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


simplify: Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.

For seven days no leaven is to be seen in your houses: for whoever takes bread which is leavened will be cut off from the people of Israel, if he is from another country or if he is an Israelite by birth.


simplify: in what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us; our God will fight for us.

Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us.


simplify: There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

And numbers of people came together from the towns round about Jerusalem, with those who were ill and those who were troubled with unclean spirits: and they were all made well.


rate difficulty: And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

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


simplify: Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.


rate difficulty: and he shall put the incense upon the fire before Jehovah, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:

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


rate difficulty: Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord.

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


simplify: And the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?

And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?


simplify: And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God Jehovah that sitteth above the cherubim, that is called by the Name.

And David went up, with all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim in Judah, to get up from there the ark of God, over which the holy Name is named, the name of the Lord whose place is between the winged ones.


simplify: My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

My life, then, from youth upwards, was passed, from the very first, among my own nation, and in Jerusalem, and is within the knowledge of all Jews;


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to him, Give him the name of Jezreel, for after a little time I will send punishment for the blood of Jezreel on the line of Jehu, and put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

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


simplify: And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,

And they said to the men of Benjamin, Go into the vine-gardens, waiting there secretly,


rate difficulty: But some one will say, Thou hast faith and I have works. Shew me thy faith without works, and I from my works will shew thee my faith.

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


simplify: Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Have no feeling of hate for him, but take him in hand seriously as a brother.


simplify: Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.


rate difficulty: Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God: and Jehovah do that which seemeth him good.

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rate difficulty: For the lips of a priest preserve knowledge, And law they do seek from his mouth, For a messenger of Jehovah of Hosts he <FI>is<Fi> .

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


rate difficulty: through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.


simplify: And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

Then they came to him, and said, We will make safe places for our cattle here, and towns for our little ones;


simplify: And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.

And when John was completing his work, he said, What do I seem to you to be? I am not he; but one is coming after me, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.


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

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rate difficulty: and gone down from Janohah <FI>to<Fi> Ataroth, and to Naarath, and touched against Jericho, and gone out at the Jordan.

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rate difficulty: In that new life there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all! — and in all!


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

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


simplify: And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth–dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Hammoth-dor and Kartan with their grass-lands, three towns.


rate difficulty: He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.


rate difficulty: Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?

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


rate difficulty: Thy hands were not bound, Nor thy feet put into fetters; As a man falleth before wicked men, Fellest thou! And all the people wept again over him.

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


rate difficulty: And he said to me, Son of man, get up on your feet, so that I may say words to you.

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


simplify: Wherefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.

For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.


simplify: And the king said unto the guard that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of Jehovah; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of Jehovah.

Then the king said to the runners who were waiting near him, Put the priests of the Lord to death; because they are on David's side, and having knowledge of his flight, did not give me word of it. But the king's servants would not put out their hands to make an attack on the Lord's priests.


simplify: I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.


simplify: `And into whatever city or village ye may enter, inquire ye who in it is worthy, and there abide, till ye may go forth.

Whatever town or village you visit, find out who is worthy in that place, and remain there until you leave.


rate difficulty: And they went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the way was full of garments and materials, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned and told the king.

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


rate difficulty: Also I have set watchmen over you: — Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.


simplify: And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

And go quickly and give his disciples the news that he has come back from the dead, and is going before you into Galilee; there you will see him, as I have said to you.


rate difficulty: Then cried he to me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, they that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

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rate difficulty: and Lydda being nigh to Joppa, the disciples having heard that Peter is in that <FI>place<Fi> , sent two men unto him, calling on him not to delay to come through unto them.

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


simplify: The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:

The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;


rate difficulty: I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

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simplify: afterwards he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain till now, and certain also did fall asleep;

After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of his followers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have gone to their rest.


simplify: After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.

After all this, and after Josiah had put the house in order, Neco, king of Egypt, went up to make war at Carchemish by the river Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.


rate difficulty: For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.


simplify: Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.


rate difficulty: But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

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


simplify: Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith Jehovah, which destroyest all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

See, I am against you, says the Lord, O mountain of destruction, causing the destruction of all the earth: and my hand will be stretched out on you, rolling you down from the rocks, and making you a burned mountain.


simplify: And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

And the Lord, hearing your words, was angry, and said with an oath,


rate difficulty: And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?

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

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


simplify: And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s satraps, and to the governors beyond the River: and they furthered the people and the house of God.

And they gave the king's orders to the king's captains and the rulers across the river, and they gave the people and the house of God the help which was needed.


rate difficulty: Then the priests, the sons of Levi, are to come near; for they have been marked out by the Lord your God to be his servants and to give blessings in the name of the Lord; and by their decision every argument and every blow is to be judged:

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


rate difficulty: And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.


rate difficulty: And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke Jehovah to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el.

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


rate difficulty: On this I have awaked, and I behold, and my sleep hath been sweet to me.

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


rate difficulty: To another man Jesus said: “Follow me.”   “Let me first go and bury my father,” said the man.


rate difficulty: `And if thy foot may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into the life lame, than having the two feet to be cast to the gehenna, to the fire--the unquenchable--

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Give praise to our God, all ye his servants, ye that fear him, the small and the great.

And a voice came from the high seat, saying, Give praise to our God, all you his servants, small and great, in whom is the fear of him.


simplify: Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Let people look on us as Christ’s servants, and as stewards of the hidden truths of God.


simplify: And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

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


simplify: But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

Now the chief priests and those in authority got the people to make request for Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to death.


rate difficulty: And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

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


simplify: And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

And make an altar of hard wood, a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high.


simplify: There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

There is, therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in union with Christ Jesus;


simplify: And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

And the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.


rate difficulty: And those bowing themselves On the roofs to the host of the heavens, And those bowing themselves, Swearing to Jehovah, and swearing by Malcham,

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


rate difficulty: Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.


rate difficulty: And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.


simplify: And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

May all who rule their conduct by this principle find peace and mercy — they who are the Israel of God.


simplify: For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun.


rate difficulty: With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.

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


simplify: And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.

And the Philistines came together and put their forces in position in Shunem; and Saul got all Israel together and they took up their positions in Gilboa.


simplify: And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

And Abner said to David, Now I will go, and make all Israel come to my lord the king, so that they may make an agreement with you, and your kingdom may be as wide as your heart's desire. Then David sent Abner away and he went in peace.


simplify: If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

If, then, any encouragement comes through union with Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if there is any communion with the Spirit, if there is any tenderness or pity,


simplify: And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,


rate difficulty: But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

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


rate difficulty: And all the days of Seth are nine hundred and twelve years, and he dieth.

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


rate difficulty: For nothing is put out of view which will not be made clear, and nothing is secret of which the knowledge will not come to light.

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


rate difficulty: and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were sons of Joktan.

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


rate difficulty: And on hearing it Hezekiah took off his robe and put on haircloth and went into the house of the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:


simplify: Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

Paul turned to him and said:   “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting there to try me in accordance with law, and yet, in defiance of law, order me to be struck?”


rate difficulty: If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:

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


simplify: Jehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.

The Lord of armies will be a cover for them; and they will overcome, crushing under foot the armed men; they will take their blood for drink like wine: they will be full like the sides of the altar.


rate difficulty: And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.


simplify: Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father:

Are not sparrows two a farthing? and not one of them comes to an end without your Father:


rate difficulty: and he who is prophesying to men doth speak edification, and exhortation, and comfort;

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rate difficulty: And the three companies blew the trumpets, and broke in pieces the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hand, and the trumpets in their right hand for blowing, and cried, The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon!

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


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.

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simplify: And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.

And the sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korahites.


simplify: And there came a great cry, and the scribes of the Pharisees' part having arisen, were striving, saying, `No evil do we find in this man; and if a spirit spake to him, or a messenger, we may not fight against God;'

So a great uproar ensued, and some of the Teaches of the law belonging to the Pharisees’ party stood up and hotly protested: “We find nothing whatever wrong in this man. Suppose a spirit did speak to him, or an angel...”


rate difficulty: And Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people [stood] in their place.

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


simplify: And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.

Of these, twenty-three thousand males, from one month old and over, were numbered: they were not numbered with the rest of the children of Israel, for they had no heritage among the children of Israel.


simplify: Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives.


rate difficulty: But a great number who are first will be last: and those who are last will be first.

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


simplify: And Rab–shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

And the Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, These are the words of the great king, the king of Assyria: In what are you placing your hope?


rate difficulty: And Moses called all the elders of Israel, and said to them, Seize and take yourselves lambs for your families, and kill the passover.

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


simplify: And having seen the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy,

At the sight of the star they were filled with joy.


rate difficulty: And the altar <FI>is<Fi> twelve long by twelve broad, square in its four squares.

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


simplify: Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,

Then Jeremiah the prophet said all these things to Zedekiah, king of Judah, in Jerusalem,


simplify: Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.

Then he made a brass altar, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side:

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


simplify: And Peter said unto him, Eneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.

“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ cures you. Get up, and make your bed.” Aeneas got up at once;


simplify: and he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

And with these words he gave them teaching, saying,


rate difficulty: They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.


rate difficulty: And I have set Mine eyes on them for good, And have brought them back to this land, And built them up, and I throw not down, And have planted them, and pluck not up.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,

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


simplify: Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good.

Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.


rate difficulty: For which reason everyone who puts himself against the authority puts himself against the order of God: and those who are against it will get punishment for themselves.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And he saith to them, `How many loaves have ye? go and see;' and having known, they say, `Five, and two fishes.'

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


rate difficulty: assuredly, therefore, let all the house of Israel know, that both Lord and Christ did God make him--this Jesus whom ye did crucify.'

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


simplify: The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.


simplify: And these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s first-born.

And these are the names of the children of Israel who came into Egypt, even Jacob and all his sons: Reuben, Jacob's oldest son;


rate difficulty: And for the ruler there is to be a part on one side and on the other side of the holy offering and of the property of the town, in front of the holy offering and in front of the property of the town on the west of it and on the east: measured in the same line as one of the parts of the land, from its limit on the west to its limit on the east of the land.

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


simplify: To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.


simplify: but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

But his disciples took him by night and let him down from the wall in a basket.


rate difficulty: And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

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


rate difficulty: And certain of the elders of the land rise up, and speak unto all the assembly of the people, saying,

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


simplify: `Thus hath the Lord done to me, in days in which He looked upon <FI>me<Fi> , to take away my reproach among men.'

“The Lord has done this for me,” she said, “he has shown me kindness and taken away the public disgrace of childlessness under which I have been living.”


simplify: And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is God over Israel; and the house of thy servant David shall be established before thee.

And let your name be made great for ever, and let men say, The Lord of armies is God over Israel: and let the family of David your servant be made strong before you!


simplify: Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.

This is to give the king word that we went into the land of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is made of great stones, and has its walls supported with wood, and the work is going on with industry, and they are doing it well.


rate difficulty: now without, now in the broadways, — and she lieth in wait at every corner.

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


rate difficulty: Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,

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


simplify: for Paul decided to sail past Ephesus, that there may not be to him a loss of time in Asia, for he hasted, if it were possible for him, on the day of the Pentecost to be at Jerusalem.

for Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so as to avoid spending much time in Roman Asia. He was making haste to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the Festival at the close of the Harvest.


rate difficulty: And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be firm to do my commandments and mine ordinances, as at this day.

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


rate difficulty: and ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place.

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


simplify: And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.

After that the children of Judah went down to make war on the Canaanites living in the hill-country and in the south and in the lowlands.


rate difficulty: for when ye were servants of the sin, ye were free from the righteousness,

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


rate difficulty: at the outside thou dost stand, and the man on whom thou art lifting <FI>it<Fi> up is bringing out unto thee the pledge at the outside.

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


simplify: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

But God gives it a body, as it is pleasing to him, and to every seed its special body.


simplify: And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

and in consequence of the marvels which it was allowed to perform under the eyes of the Beast, it is able to deceive all who are living on the earth. It tells those who live on the earth to make a statue in honor of the Beast, who, despite the wound from the sword, yet lived.


simplify: and he sent Peter and John, saying, `Having gone on, prepare to us the passover, that we may eat;'

Jesus sent forward Peter and John, saying to them: “Go and make preparations for our eating the Passover.”


rate difficulty: These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.

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


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

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


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

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


rate difficulty: With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; And with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.

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


rate difficulty: Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.

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


rate difficulty: And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.

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


simplify: Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,

And you took the fair jewels, my silver and gold which I had given to you, and made for yourself male images, acting like a loose woman with them;


rate difficulty: Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him;

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


simplify: and the mediator is not of one, and God is one--

Now mediation implies more than one person, but God is one only.


simplify: And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with thee.

And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you.


simplify: As an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.


simplify: And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.

While their hearts go out to you in love and in prayer for you, because of the great grace of God which is in you.


simplify: I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

I have knowledge of your troubles and how poor you are (but you have true wealth), and the evil words of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a Synagogue of Satan.


simplify: for all these out of their superabundance did cast into the gifts to God, but this one out of her want, all the living that she had, did cast in.'

for everyone else here put in something from what he had to spare, while she, in her need, has put in all she had to live on.”


simplify: And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

And a fighter came out from the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath; he was more than six cubits tall.


simplify: But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

But if the days go on, and her husband says nothing whatever to her, then he is giving the support of his authority to her oaths and undertakings, because at the time of hearing them he said nothing to her.


rate difficulty: And while they were taking him away, they put their hands on Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and made him take the cross after Jesus.

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


rate difficulty: And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

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


simplify: And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow shall be a feast to Jehovah.

And when Aaron saw this, he made an altar before it, and made a public statement, saying, Tomorrow there will be a feast to the Lord.


simplify: And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

And word of this was given to David: and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to Helam. And the Aramaeans put their forces in position against David, and made an attack on him.


simplify: At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

Whenever I say anything about uprooting a nation or a kingdom, and smashing it and sending destruction on it;


simplify: I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

I am for my loved one, and my loved one is for me; he takes food among the lilies.


simplify: Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.


simplify: And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.


rate difficulty: And the king saith to him, `Where <FI>is<Fi> he?' and Ziba saith unto the king, `Lo, he <FI>is<Fi> in the house of Machir, son of Ammiel, in Lo-Debar.'

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


rate difficulty: And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope <FI>is<Fi> a breathing out of soul!

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


simplify: And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the Lord shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.

And when you have taken the town, put fire to it, as the Lord has said: see, I have given you your orders.


rate difficulty: From him shall come forth the corner-stone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every exactor together.

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


simplify: Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

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


simplify: Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

Then she let them down from the window by a cord, for the house where she was living was on the town wall.


simplify: And Baal-hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pai: and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.

And at the death of Baal-hanan, Hadad became king in his place; his town was named Pai, and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.


simplify: So when they had gone to and fro through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

So after going through all the land in every direction, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.


rate difficulty: And Manoah saith, `Now let thy words come to pass; what is the custom of the youth--and his work?'

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


simplify: With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;


rate difficulty: and having returned, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy, and they had not known what they might answer him.

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