rate difficulty: `Hear us, my lord; a prince of God <FI>art<Fi> thou in our midst; in the choice of our burying-places bury thy dead: none of us his burying-place doth withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.'

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


rate difficulty: Shalt thou reign, because thou viest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? Then it was well with him.

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


simplify: Lo, all these things doth God work, Twice, yea thrice, with a man,

Truly, God does all these things to man, twice and three times,


simplify: Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

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


simplify: Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.

Who were numbered by families, were three thousand, two hundred.


rate difficulty: He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made;

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rate difficulty: Their webs become not a garment, Nor do they cover themselves with their works, Their works <FI>are<Fi> works of iniquity, And a deed of violence <FI>is<Fi> in their hands.

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


rate difficulty: And the fishers shall mourn, and all they that cast fish-hook into the Nile shall lament, and they that spread net upon the waters shall languish.

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


simplify: And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.

And the sons of Becher: Zemirah and Joash and Eliezer and Elioenai and Omri and Jerimoth and Abijah and Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.


simplify: For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

For how may you be certain, O wife, that you will not be the cause of salvation to your husband? or you, O husband, that you may not do the same for your wife?


simplify: But let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.

But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.


simplify: And encamp ye without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives.

You yourselves will have to keep outside the tent-circle for seven days, anyone of you who has put any person to death or come near a dead body; and on the third day and on the seventh day make yourselves and your prisoners clean.


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

“Yes, Master,” she replied; “even the dogs under the table do feed on the children’s crumbs.”


simplify: Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

This is what the Lord has said: Do not go in the way of the nations; have no fear of the signs of heaven, for the nations go in fear of them.


rate difficulty: His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:


simplify: to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.

To make clear when it is unclean and when it is clean: this is the law about the disease of the leper.


rate difficulty: But he would not hearken to her voice, and was stronger than she, and humbled her and lay with her.

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.

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


rate difficulty: And the slope of the valleys  That inclineth toward the dwelling of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab.

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


rate difficulty: Prepare war against her. Arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day hath declined, for the shadows of the evening are lengthening.

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


simplify: Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.


simplify: And Moses said, This shall be, when Jehovah shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that Jehovah heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah.

And Moses said, The Lord will give you meat for your food at evening, and in the morning bread in full measure; for your outcry against the Lord has come to his ears: for what are we? your outcry is not against us but against the Lord.


simplify: Every tree not yielding good fruit is cut down and is cast to fire:

Every tree that fails to bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.


simplify: And he caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, seventy and seven men.

And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men.


simplify: Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.

For six days let your food be unleavened bread; and on the seventh day there is to be a holy meeting to the Lord your God; no work is to be done.


simplify: and Hezekiah begat Manasseh, and Manasseh begat Amon, and Amon begat Josiah,

Hezekiah of Manasseh, Manasseh of Ammon, Ammon of Josiah,


simplify: And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.

And Baasha, the son of Ahijah, of the family of Issachar, made a secret design against him, attacking him at Gibbethon, a town of the Philistines; for Nadab and the armies of Israel were making war on Gibbethon.


rate difficulty: And when your children say to you, What is the reason of this act of worship?

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


simplify: for to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.'

For the promise is for you and for your children, and also for all those now far away, who may be called by the Lord our God.”


rate difficulty: Whatsoever man of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a flux, he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. And he that toucheth any one that is unclean by a dead person, or a man whose seed of copulation hath passed from him;

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


rate difficulty: The men of Beth–lehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.

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


rate difficulty: So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.


rate difficulty: For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name;

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him; and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites who had surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled into their tents.

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


simplify: They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

The young men were crushing the grain, and the boys were falling under the wood.


simplify: And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.

So in the morning Balaam got up and, making his ass ready, went with the chiefs of Moab.


simplify: And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was immediately to appear.

And while they were giving ear to these words, he made another story for them, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they were of the opinion that the kingdom of God was coming straight away.


simplify: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.


simplify: Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;

Which you have made ready before the face of all nations;


simplify: And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.

This is to be a law for them for ever: he who puts the water on the unclean person is to have his clothing washed; and anyone touching the water will be unclean till evening.


simplify: He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

He is not here; for he has risen, as he said he would. Come, and see the place where he was lying;


simplify: And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

Sighing deeply, Jesus said: “Why does this generation ask for a sign? I tell you, no sign will be given it.”


rate difficulty: Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

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


rate difficulty: and he standeth and blesseth all the assembly of Israel <FI>with<Fi> a loud voice, saying,

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


simplify: And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

Now there was war between Asa and Baasha, king of Israel, all their days.


rate difficulty: And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and sent it from his leather band straight at the Philistine, and the stone went deep into his brow, and he went down to the earth, falling on his face.

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


simplify: Then came the disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?

Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?


simplify: Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever.

Though Edom says, We are crushed down but we will come back, building up the waste places; this is what the Lord of armies has said: They may put up buildings, but I will have them pulled down; and they will be named The land of evil-doing, and The people against whom the Lord keeps his wrath for ever.


rate difficulty: And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.

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


simplify: And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?


simplify: And he smote the men of Beth–shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.

But the Lord sent destruction on seventy men of the people of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark of the Lord; and great was the sorrow of the people for the destruction which the Lord had sent on them.


rate difficulty: a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about, to minister in; as Jehovah commanded Moses.


rate difficulty: Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die, because he hath broken down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the Asherah that was by it.

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


rate difficulty: And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:

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


simplify: And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

So he gave them his blessing that day, saying, You will be the sign of blessing in Israel, for they will say, May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh; and he put Ephraim before Manasseh.


rate difficulty: In the same way noble deeds become conspicuous, and those which are otherwise cannot be concealed.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

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


rate difficulty: and Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

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


simplify: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

Moreover at the time when the seventh angel will speak, when he is ready to blow his blast, then the hidden purposes of God, of which he told the good news to his servants, the prophets, are at once fulfilled.


simplify: and having brought them forth, said, `Sirs, what must I do--that I may be saved?'

Then he led them out, and said: “What must I do to be saved?”


rate difficulty: And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

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


rate difficulty: But the person with spiritual insight is able to understand everything, although they themselves are understood by no one.

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


rate difficulty: Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;

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


simplify: and the husbandmen having taken his servants, one they scourged, and one they killed, and one they stoned.

But the tenants seized his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.


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

And when Jesus saw her, he said to her, Woman, you are made free from your disease.


rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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


simplify: Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

Next came some Sadducees — the men who maintain that there is no resurrection. Their question was this —


simplify: Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, a basket of summer fruit.

This is what the Lord God let me see: and I saw a basket of summer fruit.


simplify: discourse sound, irreprehensible, that he who is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say concerning you.

let the instruction that you give be sound and above reproach, so that the enemy may be ashamed when he fails to find anything bad to say about us.


simplify: And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work for us: for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few.

And Jonathan said to his young servant who had his arms, Come, let us go over to the armies of these men who have no circumcision: it may be that the Lord will give us help, for there is no limit to his power; the Lord is able to give salvation by a great army or by a small band.


simplify: And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.

There were four pillars with their bases, all of brass, the hooks being of silver, and their tops and their bands being covered with silver.


simplify: And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

And all that day Abimelech was fighting against the town; and he took it, and put to death the people who were in it, and had the town pulled down and covered with salt.


simplify: wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses--for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;

That is why I delight in weakness, ill treatment, hardship, persecution, and difficulties, when borne for Christ. For, when I am weak, then it is that I am strong!


simplify: Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,


simplify: And of these again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

And again take some of these and put them in the fire, burning them up in the fire; and say to all the children of Israel,


rate difficulty: All such people we beg, and implore,, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to attend quietly to their business, and earn their own living.

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


simplify: For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:


rate difficulty: Be on your guard! If your brother or sister does wrong, rebuke them; but if they repent, forgive them.

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


simplify: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Well aware of God’s decree, that those who do such things deserve to die, not only are they guilty of them themselves, but they even applaud those who do them.


rate difficulty: and seeing a certain one wronged, he defended [him], and avenged him that was being oppressed, smiting the Egyptian.

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The Lord bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.

So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Again will these words be used in the land of Judah and in its towns, when I have let their fate be changed: May the blessing of the Lord be on you, O resting-place of righteousness, O holy mountain.


simplify: I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

I will take my position and be on watch, placing myself on my tower, looking out to see what he will say to me, and what answer he will give to my protest.


simplify: For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.


rate difficulty: For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:

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


simplify: And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.

And he will put an end to the glory of his woods and of his planted fields, soul and body together; and it will be as when a man is wasted by disease.


rate difficulty: Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

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


rate difficulty: Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:

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


simplify: And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

These winged ones were plated over with gold.


rate difficulty: And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.


rate difficulty: Thus said Jehovah, Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, To the despised in soul, To the abominated of a nation, To the servant of rulers: `Kings see, and have risen, princes, and worship, For the sake of Jehovah, who is faithful, The Holy of Israel, and He chooseth thee.'

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


simplify: and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;


simplify: Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?


simplify: Blessed is the kingdom that cometh, the kingdom of our father David: Hosanna in the highest.

A blessing on the coming kingdom of our father David: Glory in the highest.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heareth that Joshua hath captured Ai, and doth devote it (as he had done to Jericho and to her king so he hath done to Ai and to her king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon have made peace with Israel, and are in their midst, --

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


simplify: And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

And at the sounding of the second angel, it was as if a great mountain burning with fire was sent into the sea: and a third part of the sea became blood,


simplify: Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.


simplify: I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.


simplify: Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.


simplify: `And I confess this to thee, that, according to the way that they call a sect, so serve I the God of the fathers, believing all things that in the law and the prophets have been written,

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


rate difficulty: His parents did not understand what he meant.

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


simplify: And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination unto you,

All other things living and moving in the water, in the sea or in the rivers, are a disgusting thing to you;


rate difficulty: Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

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


simplify: even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, with the meal-offering: and the priest shall make atonement for him that is to be cleansed before Jehovah.

And of these, he will give one for a sin-offering and one for a burned offering, with the meal offering; and the priest will take away the sin of him who is to be made clean before the Lord.


simplify: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus our hope;

Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the order of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our hope;


rate difficulty: And the number of the days which David hath dwelt in the field of the Philistines <FI>is<Fi> days and four months;

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


simplify: And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

And Saul sent men to take David; and when they saw the band of prophets at work, with Samuel in his place at their head, the spirit of God came on Saul's men, and they became like prophets.


simplify: The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.

The Lord is about to send on you, and on your people, and on your father's house, such a time of trouble as there has not been from the days of the separating of Ephraim from Judah; even the coming of the king of Assyria.


rate difficulty: And they put him into the resting-place which he had made for himself in the town of David, in a bed full of sweet perfumes of all sorts of spices, made by the perfumer's art, and they made a great burning for him.

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


simplify: And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

It was fixed to the head-dress by a blue cord, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.


simplify: These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.

These are the families of Ephraim as they were numbered, thirty-two thousand, five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph by their families.


rate difficulty: And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, hearken unto me:

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


rate difficulty: Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?

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


rate difficulty: If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

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


simplify: Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;

Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust;


rate difficulty: These who are coming in by name <FI>are<Fi> princes in their families, and the house of their fathers have broken forth into a multitude;

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


simplify: Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

For this reason the children of Israel have given way, turning their backs in flight before their attackers, because they are cursed: I will no longer be with you, if you do not put the cursed thing away from among you.


simplify: And now, brethren, I know that in ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

And now, my brothers, I am conscious that you did this, as did your rulers, without knowledge.


rate difficulty: What law could not do, in so far as our earthly nature weakened its action, God did, by sending his own Son, with a nature resembling our sinful nature, to atone for sin. He condemned sin in that earthly nature,

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


rate difficulty: And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and encamped before the city.

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


simplify: Like as many were astonished at thee (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men),

As peoples were surprised at him, And his face was not beautiful, so as to be desired: his face was so changed by disease as to be unlike that of a man, and his form was no longer that of the sons of men.


simplify: how do ye not understand that I did not speak to you of bread--to take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?'

How is it that you do not see that I was not speaking about bread? Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”


simplify: And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

And let all the people come together at the door of the Tent of meeting.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

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


simplify: I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.

I gave the word, and made it clear, and there was no strange god among you: for this reason you are my witnesses, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:

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


rate difficulty: In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.


simplify: It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.


simplify: Only Jehovah had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.

But the Lord had delight in your fathers and love for them, marking out for himself their seed after them, even you, from all peoples, as at this day.


simplify: And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.

And Gehazi went on before them and put the stick on the child's face; but there was no voice, and no one gave attention. So he went back, and meeting him gave him the news, saying, The child is not awake.


simplify: Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

See, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so the soul of the son is mine: death will be the fate of the sinner's soul.


simplify: At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

Meanwhile the people had gathered in thousands, so that they trod on one another, when Jesus, addressing himself to his disciples, began by saying to them: “Be on your guard against the leaven — that is, the hypocrisy — of the Pharisees.


rate difficulty: Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; Let us lodge in the villages.


rate difficulty: To corruption I have called: --`Thou <FI>art<Fi> my father.' `My mother' and `my sister' --to the worm.

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


simplify: Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?

Will the goods of war be taken from the strong man, or the prisoners of the cruel one be let go?


simplify: And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let that which thou hast be thine.

But Esau said, I have enough; keep what is yours, my brother, for yourself.


simplify: And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their borders.

And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.


simplify: And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals.

And I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the high seat, a book with writing inside it and on the back, shut with seven stamps of wax.


simplify: Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy headtire upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

Let there be no sound of sorrow; make no weeping for your dead, put on your head-dress and your shoes on your feet, let not your lips be covered, and do not take the food of those in grief.


rate difficulty: And I will give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, and thou shalt eat and be full.

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


simplify: and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;

And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered:


simplify: Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

At the thought of this you are full of exultation, though (if it has been necessary) you have suffered for the moment somewhat from various trials;


simplify: And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up first.

And they got up and went up to Beth-el to get directions from God, and the children of Israel said, Who is to be the first to go up to the fight against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah is to go up first.


rate difficulty: Then the Levites arose, Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;

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


simplify: Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

I beg you, then, friends, by Jesus Christ, our Lord, and by the love inspired by the Spirit, to join me in earnest prayer to God on my behalf.


simplify: They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

They went out from us but they were not of us; if they had been of us they would still be with us: but they went out from us so that it might be made clear that they were not of us.


simplify: and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

and you will be hated by everyone because of me. Yet the person who endures to the end will be saved.


simplify: Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

That day--let it be dark; let not God take note of it from on high, and let not the light be shining on it;


rate difficulty: Alas for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the monuments of religious people,

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


rate difficulty: And it was broken on that day: and the sheep-traders, who were watching me, were certain that it was the word of the Lord.

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


simplify: Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.

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


simplify: Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the Lord shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.

And he said to me, The north rooms and the south rooms in front of the separate place are the holy rooms, where the priests who come near the Lord take the most holy things for their food: there the most holy things are placed, with the meal offering and the sin-offering and the offering for error; for the place is holy.


rate difficulty: and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.

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


simplify: Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Till I put under your feet all those who are against you.


simplify: Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

Because of this evil will come on you, which may not be turned away for any price: and trouble will overtake you, from which no money will give salvation: destruction will come on you suddenly, without your knowledge.


simplify: Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

Nor did we seek to win honor from people, whether from you or from others, although, as apostles of Christ, we might have burdened you with our support.


simplify: And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.

And the sons of Hotham, his brother: Zophah and Imna and Shelesh and Amal.


rate difficulty: and the priest look, and behold, there are in the skin of their flesh pale white spots, it is an eruption which is broken out in the skin: he is clean.

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


simplify: And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

And these two had a dream on the same night; the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker of the king of Egypt, who were in prison, the two of them had dreams with a special sense.


simplify: And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what he gave her freely from the impulse of his heart. So she went back to her country, she and her servants.


rate difficulty: While all the people were listening, Jesus said to the disciples:

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


simplify: And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.

And the Lord said to me, See, from now on I have given Sihon and his land into your hands: go forward now to take his land and make it yours.


simplify: But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.

Because I say to you, my brothers, that the good news of which I was the preacher is not man's.


rate difficulty: Then it was said to Saul, See, the people are sinning against the Lord, taking the blood with the flesh. And he said to those who gave him the news, Now let a great stone be rolled to me here.


rate difficulty: Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

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


rate difficulty: Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

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


rate difficulty: they saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.


simplify: and he hath upon the garment and upon his thigh the name written, `King of kings, and Lord of lords.'

and on his robe and on his thigh he has this name written — ‘KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.’


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


simplify: But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:

They, however, took no notice, but went off, one to their farm, another to their business;


simplify: And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil which he said he would do unto them; and he did it not.

And God saw what they did, how they were turned from their evil way; and God's purpose was changed as to the evil which he said he would do to them, and he did it not.


rate difficulty: And ye have said, Not pondered is the way of the Lord. Hear, I pray you, O house of Israel, My way--is it not pondered? Are not your ways unpondered?


rate difficulty: And whosoever will not do the law of thyGod and the law of the king, let judgment be executed diligently upon him, whether unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

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


simplify: There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:


simplify: But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.


rate difficulty: And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.

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


simplify: Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time for us to come, the time for Jehovah’s house to be built.

These are the words of the Lord of armies: These people say, The time has not come for building the Lord's house.


rate difficulty: Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, behold magi from the east arrived at Jerusalem, saying,

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


simplify: For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.

For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.


simplify: And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.

And they will be shamed by what they have done; so give them the knowledge of the form of the house and its structure, and the ways out of it and into it, and all its laws and its rules, writing it down for them: so that they may keep all its laws and do them.


rate difficulty: And there was the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another, and the sound of the wheels at their side, the sound of a great rushing.

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


simplify: And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him, `Teacher, these things saying, us also thou dost insult;'

Here one of the students of the law interrupted him by saying: “Teacher, when you say this, you are insulting us also.”


rate difficulty: And having looked around on them all, he said to him, Stretch out thy hand. And he did [so] and his hand was restored as the other.

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


simplify: And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

So he said to the men of Penuel, When I come back in peace, I will have this tower broken down.


simplify: And when we heard these things, both we and they of that place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

And hearing these things, we and those who were living in that place made request to him not to go to Jerusalem.


simplify: Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.

Your vision is to no purpose, your use of secret arts gives a false answer, to put it on the necks of evil-doers who are wounded to death, whose day has come, in the time of the last punishment.


simplify: I would that they that unsettle you would even go beyond circumcision.

My desire is that they who give you trouble might even be cut off themselves.


simplify: And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house.

And I will put him like a nail in a safe place; and he will be for a seat of glory to his father's family.


simplify: For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.

For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins.


rate difficulty: So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were.

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


simplify: And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, A roll going through the air; it is twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.


rate difficulty: But he turning about, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and saith, Get thee behind me, Satan; for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.

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


rate difficulty: Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.

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


rate difficulty: So their blood will be on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed for ever; but for David and his seed and his family and the seat of his kingdom, there will be peace for ever from the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And let me get a bit of bread to keep up your strength, and after that you may go on your way: for this is why you have come to your servant. And they said, Let it be so.


rate difficulty: And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.

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


simplify: And the Spirit said to Philip, `Go near, and be joined to this chariot;'

The Spirit said to Philip: “Go up to the carriage over there and keep close to it.”


simplify: the whole by number and by weight: and all the weight was written at that time.

All was handed over by number and by weight: and the weight was put on record at that time.


rate difficulty: As they were on their way out, they came upon a man from Cyrene of the name of Simon; and they compelled him to go with them to carry the cross.


simplify: and the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, for he drew not the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.

And the hand-part went in after the blade, and the fat was joined up over the blade; for he did not take the sword out of his stomach. And he went out into the ...


rate difficulty: until the day in which he was received up, after that he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples; all that burden themselves with it shall be sore wounded; and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it.

And it will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a stone of great weight for all the peoples; all those who take it up will be badly wounded; and all the nations of the earth will come together against it.


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

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


rate difficulty: And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.

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


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


simplify: `And certain women of ours also astonished us, coming early to the tomb,

And what is more, some of the women among us have greatly astonished us. They went to the tomb at daybreak


rate difficulty: and every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats' <FI>hair<Fi> , and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.'

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


rate difficulty: which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'

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


simplify: Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

I do not want many of you, my friends, to become teachers, knowing, as you do, that we who teach will be judged by a more severe standard than others.


simplify: Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;


simplify: If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,


rate difficulty: And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.

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


rate difficulty: Between the porch and the altar weep let the priests, ministrants of Jehovah, And let them say: `Have pity, O Jehovah, on Thy people, And give not Thy inheritance to reproach, To the ruling over them of nations, Why do they say among peoples, Where <FI>is<Fi> their God?'

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


simplify: And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thy heart; for Jehovah is with thee.

And Nathan said to the king, Go and do whatever is in your heart; for the Lord is with you.


rate difficulty: And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretence as <FI>if<Fi> out of the foreship they are about to cast anchors,

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


rate difficulty: Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

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


rate difficulty: The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

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


simplify: And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

The covered way before the Temple of the house was twenty cubits long, as wide as the house, and ten cubits wide in front of the house.


rate difficulty: Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Jahaz.

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


simplify: And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the Lord shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

And one he-goat for a sin-offering to the Lord; it is to be offered in addition to the regular burned offering and its drink offering.


rate difficulty: And he shall burn all its fat on the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him [to cleanse him] from his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.


simplify: and here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all those calling on Thy name.'

And, here, too, he holds authority from the chief priests to put in chains all those who invoke your name.”


simplify: Because he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.

Because he had no respect for the word of the Lord, and did not keep his law, that man will be cut off without mercy and his sin will be on him.


rate difficulty: envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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


rate difficulty: The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools in the house of mirth.

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


rate difficulty: And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father; for Hiram always loved David.

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


rate difficulty: And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come for the purpose of fighting against Jerusalem,

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


rate difficulty: Rehearse among nations His glory, Among all the peoples His wonders.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

Now, when Jeremiah had come to the end of saying everything the Lord had given him orders to say to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people took him by force, saying, Death will certainly be your fate.


rate difficulty: I make request to Euodias and Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.


rate difficulty: Rise ye, go up unto a nation at rest, Dwelling confidently, an affirmation of Jehovah, It hath no two-leaved doors nor bar, Alone they do dwell.

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


simplify: And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

And all the Egyptians made holes round about the Nile to get drinking-water, for they were not able to make use of the Nile water.


rate difficulty: And the ferret and the land crocodile and the lizard and the sand-lizard and the chameleon.


simplify: And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

and to ‘love him with all one’s heart, and with all one’s understanding, and with all one’s strength,’ and to ‘love one’s neighbor as one loves oneself’ is far beyond all ‘burnt offerings and sacrifices.’”


rate difficulty: But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:


simplify: Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?

See, the money which was in the mouth of our bags we gave back to you when we came again from Canaan: how then might we take silver or gold from your lord's house?


simplify: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

Being conscious that our old man was put to death on the cross with him, so that the body of sin might be put away, and we might no longer be servants to sin.


rate difficulty: and I have said to him, `Sir, thou hast known;' and he said to me, `These are those who are coming out of the great tribulation, and they did wash their robes, and they made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb;

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


rate difficulty: Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.


rate difficulty: And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seek their life, and their carcases will I give as food to the fowl of the heavens and to the beasts of the earth.

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


simplify: and having commanded them to go away out of the sanhedrim, they took counsel with one another,

So they ordered them out of court, and then began consulting together.


rate difficulty: And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.


simplify: because of the wine of the wrath of her whoredom have all the nations drunk, and the kings of the earth with her did commit whoredom, and merchants of the earth from the power of her revel were made rich.

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


rate difficulty: And behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.

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


simplify: And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

And when Elisha came into the house he saw the child dead, stretched on his bed.


simplify: Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.

You must also on your guard against him, for he is strongly opposed to our teaching.


rate difficulty: And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.

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


simplify: And Jehovah said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken.

Then the Lord said to me, What they have said is well said.


simplify: All food therein which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

Any food in it, and anything on which water from it comes, will be unclean: any drink taken from such a vessel will be unclean.


rate difficulty: And now, Israel, hearken to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do [them], that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah theGod of your fathers giveth you.

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


simplify: Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.

Give orders to the children of Israel and say to them, Let it be your care to give me my offerings at their regular times, the food of the offerings made by fire to me for a sweet smell.


simplify: Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of Jehovah to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.


simplify: And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.


rate difficulty: Now when Rehoboam's position as king had been made certain, and he was strong, he gave up the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

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


simplify: Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.

Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.


rate difficulty: Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.


simplify: for we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out;

For we came into the world with nothing, and we are not able to take anything out;


rate difficulty: I ask then — ‘Was their stumbling to result in their fall?’ Heaven forbid! On the contrary, through their falling away salvation has reached the Gentiles, to stir the rivalry of Israel.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, says, Let your ways and your doings be changed for the better and I will let you go on living in this place.


rate difficulty: The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying,


rate difficulty: From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.

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


rate difficulty: For there are men who, from birth, were without sex: and there are some who were made so by men: and there are others who have made themselves so for the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to take it, let him take it.

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


rate difficulty: But when the people of the land shall come before Jehovah in the appointed feasts, he that entereth by the way of the north gate to worship shall go forth by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth straight before him.

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


simplify: Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh–barnea to see the land.

So did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.


simplify: And Jehovah sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldaeans and of the Edomites and of the Moabites and of the children of Ammon; sending them against Judah for its destruction, as he had said by his servants the prophets.


rate difficulty: Another simile spake he to them: `The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'

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


simplify: And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web.

So while he was sleeping she got the seven twists of his hair worked into her cloth and fixed with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. Then awaking from his sleep, he got up quickly, pulling up cloth and machine together.


simplify: And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

that in the cloud and in the sea they all underwent baptism as followers of Moses;


simplify: Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, who were teachers.

Then I sent for Eliezer and Ariel and Shemaiah and Elnathan Jarib and Elnathan and Nathan and Zechariah and Meshullam, all responsible men; and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise men.


simplify: I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.

Even these I will give up into the hands of their haters and into the hands of those who have designs against their lives: and their dead bodies will become food for the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.


simplify: And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first,

And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be living in the place which is theirs, and never again be moved; and never again will they be troubled by evil men as they were at the first,


simplify: So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal’s wife the Carmelite.

So David went there, taking with him his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.


simplify: And they said unto him, The disciples of John fast often, and make supplications; likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink.

And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink.


simplify: And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.

But they were not able to get the better of him, for his words were full of wisdom and of the Spirit.


simplify: And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

And from Midian came Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the offspring of Keturah.


simplify: Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

Son of man, what is this saying which you have about the land of Israel, The time is long and every vision comes to nothing?


simplify: I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.


simplify: even so have these also now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now 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.


rate difficulty: And Herod, with his soldiers, treated Jesus with scorn; he mocked him by throwing a gorgeous robe around him, and then sent him back to Pilate.

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


rate difficulty: Jehovah will make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

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


rate difficulty: And every day, in the temple and in the houses, they ceased not teaching and announcing the glad tidings that Jesus [was] the Christ.

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


rate difficulty: In the first month, from the evening of the fourteenth day, let your food be unleavened bread till the evening of the twenty-first day of the month.

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


rate difficulty: And all the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia:

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


simplify: his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day; for he that is hanged is accursed of God; that thou defile not thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

Do not let his body be on the tree all night, but put it to rest in the earth the same day; for the man who undergoes hanging is cursed by God; so do not make unclean the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.


simplify: In the second month on the fourteenth day at even they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs:

In the second month, on the fourteenth day, in the evening, they are to keep it, taking it with unleavened bread and bitter-tasting plants;


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

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


simplify: no more as a servant, but above a servant--a brother beloved, especially to me, and how much more to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord!

no longer as a slave, but as something better — a dearly loved friend and follower of the Lord, especially dear to me, and how much more so to you, not only as a person, but as your fellow Christian!


rate difficulty: And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,

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


rate difficulty: so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from [the] world's foundation.

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


rate difficulty: But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:


rate difficulty: So Peter began to relate the facts to them as they had occurred.


rate difficulty: And Moses gave [a portion] to the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.

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


simplify: Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.

For this cause they will take away their wealth, and the stores they have got together, over the stream of the water-plants.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah appeared again at Shiloh; for Jehovah revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of Jehovah.


rate difficulty: For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

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


rate difficulty: And he knew their [desolate] palaces, and he laid waste their cities, so that the land was desolate, and all it contained, by the noise of his roaring.

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


simplify: Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

Then the woman said, Who am I to let you see? And he said, Make Samuel come up for me.


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

and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we are laying his commands to heart, and are doing what is pleasing in his sight.


simplify: If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

If a young virgin has given her word to be married to a man, and another man meeting her in the town, has connection with her;


rate difficulty: To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.


rate difficulty: The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

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


simplify: From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

From the waste land and this mountain Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea, in the west, will be your country.


rate difficulty: And the Lord shewed me four carpenters.


rate difficulty: And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah; the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.

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


simplify: And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Jehovah had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.

And Jethro was glad because the Lord had been good to Israel, freeing them from the power of the Egyptians.


simplify: And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

And the Lord said, Judah is to go up: see, I have given the land into his hands.


simplify: Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;

You see, then, that it is as the result of their actions that a person is pronounced righteous, and not of their faith only.


simplify: And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

Jesus went around all the towns and the villages, teaching in their Synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.


simplify: and the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and shall do Me service in this place.

But I myself will judge the nation, to which they will be enslaved,’ God said, ‘and after that they will leave the country and worship me in this place.’


simplify: Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?

And Hezekiah said, What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?


rate difficulty: Even now my witness is in heaven, and the supporter of my cause is on high.

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


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thyGod for any vow; for even both these are an abomination to Jehovah thyGod.

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


rate difficulty: And Agrippa said to Paul, A little more and you will be making me a Christian.


simplify: Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: and David waxed stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

Now there was a long war between Saul's people and David's people; and David became stronger and stronger, but those on Saul's side became more and more feeble.


simplify: For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cesar.

If, then, I am a wrongdoer and there is a cause of death in me, I am ready for death: if it is not as they say against me, no man may give me up to them. Let my cause come before Caesar.


simplify: For the priests that bare the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Jehovah commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.

For the priests who took up the ark kept there in the middle of Jordan till all the orders given to Joshua by Moses from the Lord had been done: then the people went over quickly.


rate difficulty: Be pointed to the right, to the left, wherever your edge is ordered.


rate difficulty: and Basemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebaioth.

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


rate difficulty: The voice of those who are in flight, who have got away safe from the land of Babylon, to give news in Zion of punishment from the Lord our God, even payment for his Temple.

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


simplify: While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.

and, while he was speaking, a cloud came down and enveloped them; and they were afraid, as they passed into the cloud;


rate difficulty: Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; And he shall be for a haven of ships; And his border shall be upon Sidon.


rate difficulty: and Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

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


rate difficulty: but every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

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


simplify: For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:

He will give his angels orders to take care of you:


rate difficulty: And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

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


simplify: Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away.


rate difficulty: Now there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they entreated him that he would give them leave to enter into them. And he gave them leave.


rate difficulty: Howl ye, for near <FI>is<Fi> the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh.

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


simplify: For thus saith Jehovah, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and ye shall drink, both ye and your cattle and your beasts.

For the Lord says, Though you see no wind or rain, the valley will be full of water, and you and your armies and your beasts will have drink.


rate difficulty: Who went up to heaven, and cometh down? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What <FI>is<Fi> His name? and what His son's name? Surely thou knowest!

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


simplify: and he said unto him, Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in its place.

And he said to him, Go, take these vessels, and put them in the Temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be put up again in its place.


simplify: And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath day.

Now while the children of Israel were in the waste land, they saw a man who was getting sticks on the Sabbath day.


rate difficulty: So she went down to the grain-floor and did all her mother-in-law had said to her.

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


rate difficulty: and of them thou dost take again, and hast cast them unto the midst of the fire, and hast burned them in the fire--out of it cometh forth a fire unto all the house of Israel.

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


simplify: If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?


simplify: When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

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


simplify: And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

And it came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel; and there was a dark cloud between them, and they went on through the night; but the one army came no nearer to the other all the night.


simplify: Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.


rate difficulty: Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

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


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


simplify: And now send men to Joppa, and fetch one Simon, who is surnamed Peter:

Now send men to Joppa, and get one Simon, named Peter,


simplify: Neither hath she left her whoredoms since the days of Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they handled the bosom of her virginity; and they poured out their whoredom upon her.

And she has not given up her loose ways from the time when she was in Egypt; for when she was young they were her lovers, and by them her young breasts were crushed, and they let loose on her their unclean desire.


rate difficulty: The gin taketh [him] by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;

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


simplify: And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous judge saith.

And the Lord said, Give ear to the words of the evil judge.


rate difficulty: And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man that is armed to battle, before Jehovah, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:

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


simplify: And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

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


simplify: Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

Then Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, got up, and attacking Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, put to death him whom the king of Babylon had made ruler over the land.


simplify: and the messenger said to me, `Wherefore didst thou wonder? I--I will tell thee the secret of the woman and of the beast that <FI>is<Fi> carrying her, which hath the seven heads and the ten horns.

but the angel said to me — ‘Why were you amazed? I will tell you the mystic meaning of the vision of this woman, and of the Beast, with the seven heads and ten horns, that carries her.


rate difficulty: The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.

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


rate difficulty: Indeed, if a woman does not keep her head covered, she may as well cut her hair short. But, since to cut her hair short, or shave it off, marks her as one of the shameless women, let her keep her head covered.


simplify: He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

They may be compared to a person building a house, who dug, and went deep, and laid the foundation on the rock. Then, when a flood came, the river swept down on that house, but had no power to shake it, because it had been built well.


simplify: In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

In that day your mouth will be open to him who has got away safe, and you will say words to him and your lips will no longer be shut: so you will be a sign to them and they will be certain that I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: For [as] the number of thy cities, are thygods, O Judah; and [as] the number of the streets of Jerusalem, have ye set up altars to the Shame, altars to burn incense unto Baal.

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


simplify: Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house:


rate difficulty: And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

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


simplify: therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:

For this reason, O you keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord;


simplify: Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

Do not let your foot be without shoes, or your throat dry from need of water: but you said, There is no hope: no, for I have been a lover of strange gods, and after them I will go.


rate difficulty: And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

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


rate difficulty: In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;

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


rate difficulty: After them Zadok, the son of Immer, was working opposite his house. And after him Shemaiah, the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east door.

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simplify: And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

And Moses said, I will let you have the honour of saying when I am to make prayer for you and your servants and your people, that the frogs may be sent away from you and your houses, and be only in the Nile.


rate difficulty: Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you:

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


simplify: God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth?


rate difficulty: In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

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rate difficulty: And the rest of the acts of Amon, what he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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rate difficulty: Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:

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simplify: And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.

And the sea-force of Hiram, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with much sandal-wood and jewels.


rate difficulty: But to the land on which their soul's desire is fixed, they will never come back.


simplify: 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.

And he said to his daughters, Where is he? why have you let the man go? make him come in and give him a meal.


simplify: Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the sea-shore in the land of Edom.

Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth by the sea in the land of Edom.


simplify: Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

But it was our pain he took, and our diseases were put on him: while to us he seemed as one diseased, on whom God's punishment had come.


simplify: And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

And Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. And they were living with their brothers in Jerusalem opposite their brothers.


rate difficulty: And he became hungry and desired to eat. But as they were making ready an ecstasy came upon him:


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.

And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out over the sea, and the waters will come back again on the Egyptians, and on their war-carriages and on their horsemen.


simplify: He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.

Let those who have ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.”


rate difficulty: And straight away Jesus was conscious that power had gone out of him; and, turning to the people, he said, Who was touching my robe?


rate difficulty: Putting to sea again, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the wind was against us;

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simplify: I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;

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


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the images to cease from Memphis; and there shall be no more a prince from the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

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rate difficulty: So that the children of Israel may no longer go wandering away from me, or make themselves unclean with all their wrongdoing; but they will be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

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rate difficulty: And Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces that <FI>are<Fi> in the field, have come in unto Gedaliah to Mizpah,

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simplify: And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

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