simplify: For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he restrained them not.

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


rate difficulty: said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped up and walked.

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


simplify: and such trust we have through the Christ toward God,

This, then, is the confidence in regard to God that we have gained through the Christ.


rate difficulty: For before this there was Theudas, who said he was someone important, to whom about four hundred men gave their support: he was put to death, and his band was broken up and came to nothing.

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


rate difficulty: And they covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left; and there remained not any green thing on the trees, and in the herbs of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.


rate difficulty: And escaped away have their fugitives, And they have been on the mountains As doves of the valleys, All of them make a noising--each for his iniquity.

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


simplify: Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.


rate difficulty: And the king calleth for Jehoiada the head, and saith to him, `Wherefore hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses, servant of Jehovah, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?

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


rate difficulty: For the children of Israel were wandering in the waste land for forty years, till all the nation, that is, all the fighting-men, who had come out of Egypt, were dead, because they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord: to whom the Lord said, with an oath, that he would not let them see the land which the Lord had given his word to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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


simplify: The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir was the father of Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.


simplify: And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.

And when they were about to go away from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah: having no knowledge of what he was saying.


simplify: And Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Jehovah commanded Moses.

Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything as the Lord had given orders to Moses.


rate difficulty: Howl, O gate! cry, O city! thou, Philistia, art wholly dissolved; for there cometh from the north a smoke, and none remaineth apart in his gatherings [of troops].

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


rate difficulty: And it was revealed to them that it was not for themselves, but for you, that they were acting as Ministers of the truths which have now been told to you, by those who, with the help of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, have brought you the good news — truths into which even angels long to look.

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


simplify: Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

Then Joshua sent for the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh,


simplify: And the rest of the acts of Joram, 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 Joram, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?


simplify: But Amaziah would not hear. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

But Amaziah gave no attention. So Jehoash, king of Israel, went up, and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, came face to face at Beth-shemesh, which is in Judah.


rate difficulty: And I will put clean water on you so that you may be clean: from all your unclean ways and from all your images I will make you clean.

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


rate difficulty: But Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart:

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


simplify: Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.

It was the people of Zebulun who put their lives in danger, even to death, with Naphtali on the high places of the field.


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them.

And the Lord said to Moses, Come up to me on the mountain, and take your place there: and I will give you the stones on which I have put in writing the law and the orders, so that you may give the people knowledge of them.


rate difficulty: And the five lords of the Philistines, having seen it, went back to Ekron the same day.

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


simplify: Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.

For this cause the Lord has said: See, I am against your bands with which you go after souls, and I will violently take them off their arms; and I will let loose the souls, even the souls whom you go after freely.


simplify: And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you.

And on the first day there is to be a holy meeting and on the seventh day a holy meeting; no sort of work may be done on those days but only to make ready what is necessary for everyone's food.


simplify: and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,

Some fell on rocky ground, where it had not much soil, and, because the soil wasn't deep, sprang up at once;


simplify: For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

For I have given new strength to the tired soul and to every sorrowing soul in full measure.


rate difficulty: when I found that their charges were connected with questions of their own law, and that there was nothing alleged involving either death or imprisonment.

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


rate difficulty: And let your food be barley cakes, cooking it before their eyes with the waste which comes out of a man.

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


rate difficulty: But Abimelech said, I have no idea who has done this thing; you never gave me word of it, and I had no knowledge of it till this day.


rate difficulty: And Judah saith unto Israel his father, `Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do not die, both we, and thou, and our infants.

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


simplify: Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

Why let the Egyptians say, He took them out to an evil fate, to put them to death on the mountains, cutting them off from the earth? Let your wrath be turned away from them, and send not this evil on your people.


simplify: The wind hath wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be put to shame because of their sacrifices.

They are folded in the skirts of the wind; they will be shamed because of their offerings.


rate difficulty: And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.


simplify: And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;

And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.


simplify: But some one will say, `How do the dead rise?

Some one, however, may ask ‘How do the dead rise? And in what body will they come?’


simplify: because of Christ a sweet fragrance we are to God, in those being saved, and in those being lost;

For we are the fragrance of Christ ascending to God — both among those who are in the path of salvation and among those who are in the path to ruin.


simplify: For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, brought no little business unto the craftsmen;

For there was a certain man named Demetrius, a silver-worker, who made silver boxes for the images of Diana, and gave no small profit to the workmen;


simplify: Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

‘Therefore,’ he continued, ‘take away from him the one bag of gold, and give it to the one who has the ten bags.


simplify: But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

A curse on the false man who has a male in his flock, and takes his oath, and gives to the Lord a damaged thing: for I am a great King, says the Lord of armies, and my name is to be feared among the Gentiles.


simplify: And he said unto them, Why are ye fearful? have ye not yet faith?

And he said to them, Why are you full of fear? have you still no faith?


simplify: and he who is sitting upon the cloud did put forth his sickle upon the earth, and the earth was reaped.

He who was sitting on the cloud brought his sickle down on the earth, and the Harvest of Earth was reaped.


simplify: Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am Jehovah your God.

And on days of joy and on your regular feasts and on the first day of every month, let the horns be sounded over your burned offerings and your peace-offerings; and they will put the Lord in mind of you: I am the Lord your God.


rate difficulty: And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

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


simplify: and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:

And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near;


simplify: that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and ye shall sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.


simplify: I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, do not let love be moved till it is ready.


simplify: and the first messenger did sound, and there came hail and fire, mingled with blood, and it was cast to the land, and the third of the trees was burnt up, and all the green grass was burnt up.

The first blew; and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it fell on the earth. A third part of the earth was burnt up, and a third of the trees, and every blade of grass.


rate difficulty: All who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

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


simplify: that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:

We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:


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

But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh sent, and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: Jehovah is the righteous [one], but I and my people are the wicked [ones].


simplify: Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?

Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?


rate difficulty: He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

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


simplify: And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;


rate difficulty: Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spake unto Moses.

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


simplify: for no other things do we write to you, but what ye either do read or also acknowledge, and I hope that also unto the end ye shall acknowledge,

We never write anything to you other than what you will acknowledge to the very end —


rate difficulty: for they are spirits of demons, working signs; which go forth unto the kings of the whole world, to gather them together unto the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.

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


simplify: Now these are the heads of their fathers’houses, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:

Now these are the heads of families who were listed of those who went up with me from Babylon, when Artaxerxes was king.


simplify: Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.


simplify: And he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how he had mercy on thee.

And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.


rate difficulty: Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

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


simplify: And having looked round in a circle to those sitting about him, he saith, `Lo, my mother and my brethren!

Then he looked around on the people sitting in a circle around him, and said: “Here are my mother and my brothers!


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

And when they had come to an end, James, answering, said, My brothers, give ear to me:


simplify: and having seen a certain fig-tree on the way, he came to it, and found nothing in it except leaves only, and he saith to it, `No more from thee may fruit be--to the age;' and forthwith the fig-tree withered.

and, noticing a solitary fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. So he said to it: “Never again will fruit be gathered off you.” And suddenly the fruit tree withered up.


simplify: So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

So the king and Haman came to take wine with Esther the queen.


rate difficulty: Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

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


rate difficulty: Giving the people their orders, and saying, When you see the ark of the agreement of the Lord your God lifted up by the priests, the Levites, then get up from your places and go after it;

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


rate difficulty: For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,—

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


rate difficulty: And some were persuaded of the things which were said, but some disbelieved.

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


simplify: Wherefore Adoni–zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

So Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, sent to Hoham, king of Hebron, and to Piram, king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia, king of Lachish, and to Debir, king of Eglon, saying,


rate difficulty: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

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


simplify: And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.

Joshua, who is called Justus, also sends his greeting. These are the only converts from Judaism who have worked with me for the kingdom of God; I have found them a great comfort.


simplify: And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

The number of his army was forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty.


simplify: If any man have an ear, let him hear.


simplify: And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

Now when the captains of the war-carriages saw that he was not the king of Israel, they went back from going after him.


simplify: And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.


simplify: But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

But the disciples did not understand his meaning and were afraid to question him.


rate difficulty: Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

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


rate difficulty: And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt.

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


rate difficulty: As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.

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


simplify: For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.


rate difficulty: And Absalom cometh unto the king, and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath shearers, let the king go, I pray thee, and his servants, with thy servant.'

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And in the same house abide, eating and drinking such things as they have; for the workman is worthy of his hire. Remove not from house to house.


simplify: Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

So the work of the house of God at Jerusalem came to an end; so it was stopped, till the second year of the rule of Darius, king of Persia.


simplify: Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

Where now are your prophets who said to you, The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land?


simplify: And the dragon waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, that keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jesus:

And the dragon was angry with the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her seed, who keep the orders of God, and the witness of Jesus:


simplify: For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

For, where envy and rivalry exist, there you will also find disorder and all kinds of base actions.


simplify: Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?

Is it possible for iron to be broken; even iron from the north, and brass?


simplify: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

All scripture is God-breathed: helpful for teaching, for refuting error, for giving guidance, and for training others in righteousness;


rate difficulty: And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:

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


simplify: For,  He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

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


rate difficulty: And I will give them planting-places of peace, and they will no longer be wasted from need of food or put to shame by the nations.

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


simplify: He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;

And he made the ten bases and the ten washing-vessels which were on the bases;


rate difficulty: The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight.


simplify: And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.


simplify: And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

And the king's servants said to him, See, Haman is waiting in the outer room. And the king said, Let him come in.


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


simplify: The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,

This man was giving ear to the preaching of Paul, who, looking at him, and seeing that he had faith to be made well,


simplify: And it came to pass that, as soon as he was king, he smote all the house of Jeroboam: he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him; according unto the saying of Jehovah, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;

And straight away when he became king, he sent destruction on all the offspring of Jeroboam; there was not one living person of all the family of Jeroboam whom he did not put to death, so the word of the Lord, which he said by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite, came about;


simplify: Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within the palace, and said, We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of burnt-offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the table of showbread, with all the vessels thereof.

Then they went in to King Hezekiah and said, We have made all the house of the Lord clean, as well as the altar of burned offerings with all its vessels, and the table for the holy bread, with all its vessels.


simplify: And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.

And Jesus went out of the Temple, and on the way his disciples came to him, pointing out the buildings of the Temple.


rate difficulty: For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

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


simplify: And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

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


rate difficulty: So Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the broad place of the city, which was before the king’s gate.


simplify: And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

Then five of you will put to flight a hundred, and a hundred of you will put to flight ten thousand, and all who are against you will be put to death by your swords.


rate difficulty: and the priest doth pour of the oil on the left palm of the priest;

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


rate difficulty: And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.

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


simplify: Son of man, set thy face toward the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them:

Son of man, let your face be turned to the children of Ammon, and be a prophet against them:


simplify: And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

and, on going into it, they could not find the body .


simplify: And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.


simplify: For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

For the hand of the Lord was against them, working their destruction, till all were dead.


rate difficulty: Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:

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


rate difficulty: The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty everywhere, and the height five cubits of twined byssus; and their bases of copper.

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


simplify: And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth–phelet,

And in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and Beth-pelet,


simplify: And to whom ye forgive anything--I also; for I also, if I have forgiven anything, to whom I have forgiven <FI>it<Fi> , because of you--in the person of Christ--<FI> I forgive it,<Fi>

Anyone you forgive, I forgive them, too. Indeed, for my part, whatever I have forgiven (if I have had to forgive anything), I have forgiven for your sakes, in the presence of Christ,


simplify: Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.

But all this time the people were making their offerings in the high places, because no house had been put up to the name of the Lord till those days.


simplify: And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

Then another angel came out of the Temple in heaven; he, also, had a sharp sickle.


simplify: and wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, shalt thou prepare with the burnt-offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.

And for the drink offering, you are to give with the burned offering or other offering, the fourth part of a hin of wine for every lamb.


simplify: And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:

In it the hands and feet of Moses and Aaron and his sons were washed,


simplify: If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.

If a wise man goes to law with a foolish man, he may be angry or laughing, but there will be no rest.


simplify: Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.

Truly, the days are coming when everything in your house, and whatever your fathers have put in store till this day, will be taken away to Babylon: all will be gone.


simplify: Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.

Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.


rate difficulty: And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

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simplify: Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

For three years he was king in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.


rate difficulty: And the work of the bases was this: they had panels, and the panels were between the fillets.


simplify: Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war.

Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still shut up, because of Saul, the son of Kish; they were among the strong men, his helpers in war.


rate difficulty: And the angel of God said to him, Take the meat and the unleavened cakes and put them down on the rock over there, draining out the soup over them. And he did so.

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


simplify: And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.

And the king made silver and gold as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar like the sycamore-trees of the lowland in number.


rate difficulty: How true is this saying: ‘To aspire to be to be a presiding officer in the church is to be ambitious for a noble task.’


rate difficulty: Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.

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


simplify: Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.

Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.


simplify: Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

Everyone who is a sinner goes against the law, for sin is going against the law.


simplify: And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

And I saw in the middle of the high seat and of the four beasts, and in the middle of the rulers, a Lamb in his place, which seemed as if it had been put to death, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.


rate difficulty: And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, — the calf which they cut in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,

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rate difficulty: As for you, let what you were told at the first be always in your thoughts. If, then, what you were told at the first is always in your thoughts, you yourselves will maintain your union both with the Son and with the Father.

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


rate difficulty: After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of Judah.


rate difficulty: and thou shalt slaughter the ram, and shalt take its blood, and sprinkle [it] on the altar round about.

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


simplify: Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.


rate difficulty: At the sound of a second loud note, the tents on the south side are to go forward: the loud note will be the sign to go forward.


simplify: And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

And Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab's rule over Israel.


simplify: They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

All the fighting-men came up and took away Saul's body and the bodies of his sons, and took them to Jabesh, and put their bones to rest under the oak-tree in Jabesh, and took no food for seven days.


simplify: The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.

The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.


simplify: And when the prince shall prepare a freewill-offering, a burnt-offering or peace-offerings as a freewill-offering unto Jehovah, one shall open for him the gate that looketh toward the east; and he shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, as he doth on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.

And when the ruler makes a free offering, a burned offering or a peace-offering freely given to the Lord, the doorway looking to the east is to be made open for him, and he is to make his burned offering and his peace-offerings as he does on the Sabbath day: and he will go out; and the door will be shut after he has gone out.


rate difficulty: And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En–shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,

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


rate difficulty: Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt speak all these words unto them, but they will not hearken unto thee; and thou shalt call unto them, but they will not answer thee.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.


simplify: And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to heaven? you will go down into hell: for if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been here to this day.


simplify: From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.

From the town come sounds of pain from those who are near death, and the soul of the wounded is crying out for help; but God does not take note of their prayer.


rate difficulty: I have made water-holes and taken their waters, and with my foot I have made all the rivers of Egypt dry.

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


simplify: And as he went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Teacher, behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings!

And when he was going out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see, what stones and what buildings!


rate difficulty: With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them;

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


simplify: (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until even, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.)

Now the children of Israel went up, weeping before the Lord till evening, requesting the Lord and saying, Am I to go forward again to the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.


simplify: Wherefore they came back, and told him. And he said, This is the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel;

So they came back and gave him word of it. And he said, This is what the Lord said by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the heritage of Jezreel the flesh of Jezebel will become food for dogs;


simplify: Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Libnah with its grass-lands;


rate difficulty: Solomon had a vine-garden at Baal-hamon; he let out the vine-garden to keepers; every one had to give a thousand bits of silver for its fruit.

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


rate difficulty: And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.


simplify: But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.

But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.


simplify: And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.

And such was his fate; for he was crushed to death under the feet of the people, in the doorway into the town.


simplify: The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.


simplify: And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

Then Jesus took some bread, and, after saying the thanksgiving, broke it and gave to them, with the words: “This is my body.


rate difficulty: And now, know ye certainly that by sword, by famine, and by pestilence ye die, in the place that ye have desired to go in to sojourn there.'

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rate difficulty: For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.


rate difficulty: And some of the chief fathers, when they came to the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house ofGod to set it up in its place.

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


simplify: Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

Truly, such a Passover had not been kept in all the days of the judges of Israel or of the kings of Israel or the kings of Judah;


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

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


simplify: He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:


rate difficulty: and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, `John is his name;' and they did all wonder;


simplify: And all the city was gathered together at the door.

and the whole city was gathered around the door.


simplify: And ye shall offer one he-goat for a sin-offering, and two he-lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace-offerings.

And you are to give one male goat for a sin-offering and two male lambs of the first year for peace-offerings.


rate difficulty: Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.

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


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, 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 Azariah, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?


rate difficulty: Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

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


simplify: Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:

Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:


rate difficulty: Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word.

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


simplify: that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:

Who, in the days of Noah, went against God's orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water:


simplify: For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

For I am certain that not death, or life, or angels, or rulers, or things present, or things to come, or powers,


simplify: And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,


simplify: Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you.


rate difficulty: The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:

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


simplify: And the men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of Jehovah.

And the men took some of their food, without requesting directions from the Lord.


rate difficulty: And they saw that it was recorded in the law that the Lord had given orders by Moses, that the children of Israel were to have tents for their living-places in the feast of the seventh month:

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


simplify: There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:

No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it.


simplify: For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died.

And if because of food your brother is troubled, then you are no longer going on in the way of love. Do not let your food be destruction to him for whom Christ went into death.


simplify: But God raised him from the dead:


simplify: The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: the enemy hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth not man.

The highways are waste, no man is journeying there: the agreement is broken, he has made sport of the towns, he has no thought for man.


simplify: And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee; but one thing I require of thee: that is, thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

And he said, It is well; I will make an agreement with you, but on one condition, which is, that when you come before me, Saul's daughter Michal is to come with you; till she comes you will not see my face.


simplify: Let now our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let all them that are in our cities that have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, until this matter be despatched.

So now let our rulers be representatives for all the people, and let all those in our towns who are married to strange women come at fixed times, and with them the responsible men and the judges of every town, till the burning wrath of our God is turned away from us, and this has been done.


simplify: Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.

Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.


rate difficulty: The kings of the earth were lifted up, the rulers came together, against the Lord, and against his Christ:

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rate difficulty: which also our fathers having in succession received, did bring in with Joshua, into the possession of the nations whom God did drive out from the presence of our fathers, till the days of David,

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


rate difficulty: But with loud voices they said all together, Put this man to death, and make Barabbas free.

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


simplify: and voice of harpers, and musicians, and pipers, and trumpeters, may not be heard at all in thee any more; and any artisan of any art may not be found at all in thee any more; and noise of a millstone may not be heard at all in thee any more;

No more will the music of harpers, or minstrels, or flute players, or trumpeters be heard in you, no more will any worker, skilled in any art, be found in you; no more will the sound of a mill be heard in you;


simplify: Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Which is the first-fruit of our heritage, till God gets back that which is his, to the praise of his glory.


simplify: And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:

While Jesus and his disciples were together in Galilee, he said to them: “The Son of Man is destined to be betrayed into human hands,


rate difficulty: And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

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


rate difficulty: And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

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


simplify: And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.

And be working for the peace of the land to which I have had you taken away prisoners, and make prayer to the Lord for it: for in its peace you will have peace.


rate difficulty: And the Lord will be seen over them, and his arrow will go out like the thunder-flame: and the Lord God, sounding the war-horn, will go in the storm-winds of the South.

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


simplify: and if any one of the unbelieving do call you, and ye wish to go, all that is set before you eat, nothing inquiring, because of the conscience;

If an unbeliever invites you to his house and you consent to go, eat anything that is put before you, without making inquiries to satisfy your scruples.


simplify: And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried.

And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.


simplify: By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.


simplify: For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.

For, from the coming up of the sun till its going down, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place the smell of burning flesh is offered to my name, and a clean offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of armies.


simplify: These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan.

These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.


rate difficulty: Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good!


simplify: So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.


rate difficulty: Solomon became the son-in-law of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter as his wife, keeping her in the town of David, till the house he was building for himself, and the house of the Lord and the wall round Jerusalem, were complete.

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


simplify: But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

In their terror and alarm they thought they saw a spirit,


rate difficulty: Then Jephthah sent men to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you against me that you have come to make war against my land?

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


simplify: Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

Ephraim will become a waste in the day of punishment; I have given knowledge among the tribes of Israel of what is certain.


rate difficulty: Then were the king's scribes called, in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the [month], and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king's satraps, and to the governors over every province, and to the princes of every people; to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language: in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

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


rate difficulty: Declare the things that are coming hereafter, And we know that ye <FI>are<Fi> gods, Yea, ye may do good or do evil, And we look around and see <FI>it<Fi> together.

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


simplify: And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, `What, then, shall we do?'

“What are we to do then?” the people asked.


simplify: Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

For there is a passage of scripture that runs —  ‘See, I am placing in Zion a choice and precious corner-stone; And those who believe in him will have no cause for shame.’


simplify: (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:


simplify: When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.


rate difficulty: So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.

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


simplify: and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.

The two men left their nets at once and followed him.


simplify: that he was caught away to the paradise, and heard unutterable sayings, that it is not possible for man to speak.

Was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable things of which no human being may tell.


simplify: One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

One will say, I am the Lord's; and another will give himself the name, Jacob; another will put a mark on his hand, I am the Lord's, and another will take the name of Israel for himself.


simplify: And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.

Edom will be his heritage, and he will put an end to the last of the people of Seir.


rate difficulty: Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.

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


simplify: Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

And he said to me, Be a prophet to the wind, be a prophet, son of man, and say to the wind, The Lord has said: Come from the four winds, O wind, breathing on these dead so that they may come to life.


simplify: But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.

But the goat for Azazel is to be placed living before the Lord, for the taking away of sin, that it may be sent away for Azazel into the waste land.


simplify: It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

It is no good for the land or for the place of waste; no one has a use for it. He who has ears, let him give ear.


simplify: But if what I would not, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me.

But if I do what I have no mind to do, it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.


rate difficulty: And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.

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


rate difficulty: And watching; and if the daughters of Shiloh come out to take part in the dances, then come from the vine-gardens and take a wife for every one of you from among the daughters of Shiloh, and go back to the land of Benjamin.


rate difficulty: and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Elizur, the son of Shedeur.

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


simplify: Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land.

And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the responsible men of the children of Israel do in the dark, every man in his room of pictured images? for they say, The Lord does not see us; the Lord has gone away from the land.


simplify: And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?

And those who were seated at table with him said to themselves, Who is this who even gives forgiveness of sins?


simplify: And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.

And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.


simplify: Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

See, in every common saying about you it will be said, As the mother is, so is her daughter.


rate difficulty: and, if Christ has not been raised, your faith is folly — your sins are on you still!

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


rate difficulty: As well as more money, with which to get food: we have no idea who put our money in our bags.

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


simplify: And Jehovah turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea; there remained not one locust in all the border of Egypt.

And the Lord sent a very strong west wind, which took up the locusts, driving them into the Red Sea; not one locust was to be seen in any part of Egypt.


rate difficulty: But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him.

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simplify: And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, though not like the kings of Israel before him.


simplify: Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

Keep your eyes on the field they are cutting, and go after them; have I not given orders to the young men not to put a hand on you? And when you are in need of drink go to the vessels and take of what the young men have put there.


simplify: Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

But still there is some good in you, for you have put away the wood pillars out of the land, and have given your heart to the worship of God.


rate difficulty: Because of the mountain of Zion which is a waste; jackals go over it.


simplify: But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

But when Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord came in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,


simplify: And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall Jehovah be one, and his name one.

And the Lord will be King over all the earth: in that day there will be one Lord and his name one.


rate difficulty: And when he had allowed him, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people; and a great silence having been made, he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

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


simplify: But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:

But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he be seated in his glory:


rate difficulty: And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,


simplify: Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

Then in bitter grief they put the bags on the asses again and went back to the town.


rate difficulty: AndGod spoke all these words, saying,


rate difficulty: Geber, the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan; and one overseer had authority over all the overseers who were in the land.

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


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they did evil in the sight of Jehovah.


simplify: Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.


rate difficulty: And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

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simplify: Both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to wise and to thoughtless, I am a debtor,

I have a duty to both the Greek and the barbarian, to both the cultured and the ignorant.


simplify: Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.


simplify: And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

These were those of the Levites who were numbered by their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.


rate difficulty: When it comes to his ears he says, Aha! He is smelling the fight from far off, and hearing the thunder of the captains, and the war-cries.

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simplify: that each of you know his own vessel to possess in sanctification and honour,

each of you learning to gain control over your own body, in a way that is holy and honorable,


simplify: and of your own selves there shall arise men, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

and from among yourselves, too, people will arise, who will teach perversions of truth, so as to draw away the disciples after them.


simplify: He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.

He who is far away will come to his death by disease; he who is near will be put to the sword; he who is shut up will come to his death through need of food; and I will give full effect to my passion against them.


simplify: For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

If he was pronounced righteous as the result of obedience, then he has something to boast of. Yes, but not before God.


simplify: Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.

Whoever makes any like it, for its sweet smell, will be cut off from his people.


rate difficulty: The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.

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rate difficulty: Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the Lord do sanctify him.


rate difficulty: And if a woman has a flow of blood from her body, she will have to be kept separate for seven days, and anyone touching her will be unclean till evening.

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rate difficulty: And I will make you a strong wall of brass to this people; they will be fighting against you, but they will not overcome you: for I am with you to keep you safe, says the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

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simplify: But, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I entreat thee to hear us of thy clemency a few words.

But, so that I may not make you tired, I make a request to you of your mercy, to give hearing to a short statement.


simplify: but when thy son--this one who did devour thy living with harlots--came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.

But, no sooner has this son of yours come, who has eaten up your property in the company of prostitutes, than you have killed the fattened calf for him.’


rate difficulty: When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

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simplify: And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.


rate difficulty: Exult, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; rejoice and be glad with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem:

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


simplify: Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt gather unto thee into the house thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household.

If, when we come into the land, you put this cord of bright red thread in the window from which you let us down; and get your father and mother and your brothers and all your family into the house;


simplify: His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

His branches will be stretched out, he will be beautiful as the olive-tree and sweet-smelling as Lebanon.


simplify: He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.


simplify: And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.

In the twentieth year that Jeroboam was king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.


rate difficulty: Do all things without murmurings and reasonings,

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simplify: An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

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


simplify: And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:

And the captain of the armed men took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three door-keepers;


rate difficulty: and Jehovah showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before our eyes;

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simplify: Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Let us not be full of self-glory, making one another angry, having envy of one another.


simplify: and to cause all to see what <FI>is<Fi> the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ,

and to make clear what is God’s way of working out that hidden purpose which from the first has been concealed in the mind of the Creator of all things;


rate difficulty: Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from them], and shall reproach [you], and cast out your name as wicked, for the Son of man's sake:

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


rate difficulty: my hand is to God to do evil with you, but the God of your father yesternight hath spoken unto me, saying, Take heed to thyself from speaking with Jacob from good unto evil.

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


rate difficulty: And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

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


rate difficulty: My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.


simplify: The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.


simplify: Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;

Accordingly we set sail from Troas, and ran before the wind to Samothrace, reaching Neapolis the next day.


rate difficulty: And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

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


rate difficulty: Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:

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


rate difficulty: And Esau saith, `I have abundance, my brother, let it be to thyself that which thou hast.'

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


simplify: And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

And say to the woodland of the South, Give ear to the words of the Lord: this is what the Lord has said: See, I will have a fire lighted in you, for the destruction of every green tree in you and every dry tree: the flaming flame will not be put out, and all faces from the south to the north will be burned by it.


simplify: Upon the flesh of man shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition thereof: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.

It is not to be used for man's flesh, and no other is to be made like it: holy it is, and you are to keep it holy.


rate difficulty: And he made the staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.


rate difficulty: Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

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


simplify: And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers,

And do what is upright and good in the eyes of the Lord your God, so that it may be well for you and you may go in and take for your heritage that good land from which the Lord undertook by an oath to your fathers,


simplify: Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

In place of the thorn will come up the fir-tree, and in place of the blackberry the myrtle: and it will be to the Lord for a name, for an eternal sign which will not be cut off.


rate difficulty: And Hazael said, How is it possible that your servant, who is only a dog, will do this great thing? And Elisha said, The Lord has made it clear to me that you will be king over Aram.


simplify: and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the candlestick.

And under every two branches a bud, made with the branch, for all the six branches of it.


rate difficulty: Therefore the law is powerless, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked encompasseth the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted.

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rate difficulty: and a clean person hath taken hyssop, and hath dipped <FI>it<Fi> in water, and hath sprinkled on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on the persons who have been there, and on him who is coming against a bone, or against one pierced, or against the dead, or against a grave.

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simplify: Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;

God who brings us, with you, into close union with Christ, and who consecrated us,


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel asked of Jehovah (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

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rate difficulty: And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.


rate difficulty: Also before they make perfume with the fat--then hath the priest's servant come in, and said to the man who is sacrificing, `Give flesh to roast for the priest, and he doth not take of thee flesh boiled, but raw;'


simplify: And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.


simplify: The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.

At that time, certain Pharisees came to him and said, Go away from this place, because Herod's purpose is to put you to death.


rate difficulty: And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

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simplify: And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

And it will be in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made small, and the strength of his body will become feeble.


simplify: Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

It is not surprising, therefore, if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. But their end will be in accordance with their actions.


rate difficulty: And he led them out as far as Bethany, and having lifted up his hands, he blessed them.

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

This is what the Lord has said: The days of my cause against you are ended; they are cut off and past. Though I have sent trouble on you, you will no longer be troubled.


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:

And the Lord said to Moses, Go forward from this place, you and the people whom you have taken up out of the land of Egypt, to that land about which I made an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, To your seed will I give it.


rate difficulty: If thieves have come in to thee, If spoilers of the night, How hast thou been cut off! Do they not steal their sufficiency? If gatherers have come in to thee, Do they not leave gleanings?

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


simplify: And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.


simplify: And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.

Then Samson put his arms round the two middle pillars supporting the house, putting his weight on them, on one with his right hand and on the other with his left.


simplify: And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.


simplify: and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake so that you may witness for me before them and the nations.


simplify: And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

And the first thing in the morning the chief priests, with those in authority and the scribes and all the Sanhedrin, had a meeting, and put cords round Jesus, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate.


rate difficulty: At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a captain in the regiment known as the ‘Italian Regiment,’

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


rate difficulty: the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords;

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


simplify: For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

For see, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will let the fate of my people Israel and Judah be changed, says the Lord: and I will make them come back to the land which I gave to their fathers, so that they may take it for their heritage.


simplify: Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in heaven.

Again, I say to you, that if two of you are in agreement on earth about anything for which they will make a request, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.


simplify: And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

And now, see, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind and not able to see the sun for a time. And straight away a dark mist came down on him; and he went about looking for a guide.


rate difficulty: From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

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


simplify: This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established.

This is the third time that I am coming to you. From the mouth of two or three witnesses will every word be made certain.


rate difficulty: And in the covered way of the doorway there were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which the burned offering and the sin-offering and the offering for error were put to death:

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


rate difficulty: He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,

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simplify: who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

David found favor with God, and prayed that he might provide the God of Jacob with a place to reside.


rate difficulty: because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense to serve othergods which they knew not, they, [nor] ye, nor your fathers.

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


rate difficulty: And a great number had come together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he gave them teaching.

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


rate difficulty: And the house for his living-place, the other open square in the covered room, was made in the same way. And then he made a house like it for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Solomon had taken as his wife.

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


simplify: And the hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the oblation.

And they had edges all round as wide as a man's hand: and on the tables was the flesh of the offerings.


rate difficulty: Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.

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


simplify: And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen: and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

Give my father word of all my glory in Egypt and of all you have seen; and come back quickly with my father.


rate difficulty: And as to the leper in whom the sore is, — his garments shall be rent, and his head shall be uncovered, and he shall put a covering on his beard, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean!

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


rate difficulty: Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over the Jordan.


simplify: as it hath been written in the Law of the Lord, --`Every male opening a womb shall be called holy to the Lord,'

in compliance with the law of the Lord that ‘every first-born male will be dedicated to the Lord,’


simplify: The same was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

Of whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a high opinion.


rate difficulty: For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

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


rate difficulty: And he said to them, `This kind is able to come forth with nothing except with prayer and fasting.'


simplify: And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

And David did as the Lord had said; and he overcame the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon to near Gezer.


simplify: Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,


simplify: In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.


rate difficulty: And now Jehovah your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he spake unto them: therefore now turn ye, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan.

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


simplify: And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings,


simplify: I am going the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man;

I am going the way of all the earth: so be strong and be a man;


simplify: and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see him, because through that <FI>way<Fi> he was about to pass by.

So he ran on ahead and climbed into a mulberry tree, to see Jesus, for he knew that he must pass that way.


rate difficulty: And revealed hath been the honour of Jehovah, And seen <FI>it<Fi> have all flesh together, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he said, `See--ye may not be led astray, for many shall come in my name, saying--I am <FI>he<Fi> , and the time hath come nigh; go not on then after them;

And Jesus said: “See that you are not led astray; for many will take my name, and come saying ‘I am He,’ and ‘The time is close at hand.’ Do not follow them.


rate difficulty: for which is easier? to say, The sins have been forgiven to thee; or to say, Rise, and walk?

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


simplify: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.


simplify: And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,

And Joseph, who was given by the Apostles the name of Barnabas (the sense of which is, Son of comfort), a Levite and a man of Cyprus by birth,


simplify: For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought; that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth—Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.

For see, he who gave form to the mountains and made the wind, giving knowledge of his purpose to man, who makes the morning dark, and is walking on the high places of the earth: the Lord, the God of armies, is his name.


rate difficulty: If any of you is in trouble, let them pray; if anyone is happy, let them sing hymns.

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


rate difficulty: Sword, awake against My shepherd, And against a hero--My fellow, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts. Smite the shepherd, and scattered is the flock, And I have put back My hand on the little ones.

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


simplify: as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.


simplify: But, not as the offence so also <FI>is<Fi> the free gift; for if by the offence of the one the many did die, much more did the grace of God, and the free gift in grace of the one man Jesus Christ, abound to the many;

But there is a contrast between Adam’s offense and God’s gracious gift. For, if by reason of the offense of the one man the whole race died, far more were the loving kindness of God, and the gift given in the loving kindness of the one man, Jesus Christ, lavished on the whole race.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

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rate difficulty: of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore;

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


rate difficulty: And he will come and overcome the land of Egypt; those who are for death will be put to death, those who are to be prisoners will be made prisoners, and those who are for the sword will be given to the sword.


simplify: Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.

The sins of some men are clearly seen, going before them to be judged; but with others, their sins go after them.


rate difficulty: But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way.

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simplify: And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither Jehovah thy God hath driven thee,

Now when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse which I have put before you, if the thought of them comes back to your minds, when you are living among the nations where the Lord your God has sent you,


simplify: The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:

These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:


simplify: And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be taken prisoners to every land, and ‘Jerusalem will be under the heel of the Gentiles,’ until their day is over — as it will be.


simplify: And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

And all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran.


rate difficulty: Do not provide yourselves with gold, or silver, or brass, for your belts,


simplify: And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.

and that we may be preserved from wrong-headed and wicked people — for it is not everyone who believes in Christ.


simplify: Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them.

Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.


simplify: The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.


rate difficulty: but the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto Jehovah, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.

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simplify: and said unto him, Get thee out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.

And said to him, Go out of your land, and away from your family, and come into the land to which I will be your guide.


simplify: And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.

And they gave answer, We will gladly give them. So they put down a robe, every man dropping into it the ear-rings he had taken.


simplify: And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

And some of their brothers, sons of the Kohathites, were responsible for the holy bread which was put in order before the Lord, to get it ready every Sabbath.


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.

And the Lord said to Moses, I will send one more punishment on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will let you go; and when he does let you go, he will not keep one of you back, but will send you out by force.


simplify: Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron; make it boil well; yea, let the bones thereof be boiled in the midst of it.

Take the best of the flock, put much wood under it: see that its bits are boiling well; let the bones be cooked inside it.


simplify: And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.


simplify: For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

for they heard them speaking with ‘tongues’ and extolling God. At this Peter asked:


rate difficulty: Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

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rate difficulty: And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.

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rate difficulty: Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

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