rate difficulty: And kept going across the river to take the people of the king's house over, and to do whatever was desired by the king. And Shimei, the son of Gera, went down on his face in the dust before the king, when he was about to go over Jordan,

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


rate difficulty: And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

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


rate difficulty: above all, having taken up the shield of the faith, in which ye shall be able all the fiery darts of the evil one to quench,

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


rate difficulty: I--I <FI>am<Fi> He who is blotting out Thy transgressions for Mine own sake, And thy sins I do not remember.

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


rate difficulty: And the son of Solomon <FI>is<Fi> Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

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


rate difficulty: The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;

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


rate difficulty: My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

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


rate difficulty: And He <FI>is<Fi> in one <FI>mind<Fi> , And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired--and He doth <FI>it<Fi> .

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


rate difficulty: The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

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


simplify: Prepare ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

Get out the breastplate and body-cover, and come together to the fight.


simplify: Now the destruction of Ahaziah was of God, in that he went unto Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Jehovah had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

Now by the purpose of God, Ahaziah's journey to see Jehoram was the cause of his downfall: for when he came there, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu, the son of Nimshi, who had been marked out by the Lord for the destruction of the family of Ahab.


simplify: But Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them that have buried thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee out.

But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.


simplify: To serve Him, in holiness and righteousness Before Him, all the days of our life.

and should serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness, In his presence all our days.


simplify: And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

And Jesus said to his disciples: “That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about the life here — what you can get to eat; or about your body — what you can get to wear.


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

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


simplify: And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand;

And the priest will put out some of the oil in the hollow of his left hand,


simplify: The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light.


simplify: But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

And I said to their children in the waste land, Do not be guided by the rules of your fathers or keep their orders or make yourselves unclean with their images:


simplify: Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,

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


simplify: the <FI>son<Fi> of Melea, the <FI>son<Fi> of Mainan, the <FI>son<Fi> of Mattatha, the <FI>son<Fi> of Nathan,

Meleah, Menan, Mattithiah, Nathan, David,


rate difficulty: How is the gold become dim! the most pure gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary poured out at the top of all the streets!

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


rate difficulty: And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.


rate difficulty: That you put yourselves under such, and under everyone who is helping the Lord's work.

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


simplify: And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

And these are the names of the sons of Gershon, by their families: Libni and Shimei.


simplify: And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.

And the seven thin heads made a meal of the good heads. And when Pharaoh was awake he saw it was a dream.


simplify: And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

And, while he was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the Twelve, came in sight; and with him was a great crowd of people, with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and councillors of the nation.


rate difficulty: Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

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


simplify: And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost; and they cried out for fear.

And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear.


rate difficulty: And Samson went to Gazah, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.


simplify: No--I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye in like manner shall perish.'

No, I tell you; but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same manner.”


simplify: Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:

Give ear to me, you feeble-hearted, who have no faith in my righteousness:


rate difficulty: Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter.

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


simplify: For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.

for just as woman came from man, so man comes by means of woman; and all things come from God.


rate difficulty: — And if a man open a pit, or if a man dig a pit, and do not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall into it,

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


rate difficulty: And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

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


simplify: And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

And at the ninth hour, Jesus said in a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?


simplify: A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

You are to put a window in the ark, a cubit from the roof, and a door in the side of it, and you are to make it with a lower and second and third floors.


rate difficulty: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests and scribes; and they shall condemn him to death,

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


simplify: But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

But be good to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be guests at your table; for so they came to me when I went in flight from Absalom your brother.


rate difficulty: And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

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


simplify: A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

A wicked and unfaithful generation is asking for a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” So he left them and went away.


simplify: And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh–gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

And David sent to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, May the Lord give you his blessing, because you have done this kind act to Saul your lord, and have put his body to rest!


rate difficulty: And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof:


rate difficulty: Then the value fixed by you up to the year of Jubilee will be worked out for him by the priest, and in that day he will give the amount of your value as holy to the Lord.

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


simplify: `And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,

God’s words were these — ‘Abraham’s descendants will live in a foreign country, where they will be enslaved and ill-treated for four hundred years.


simplify: and thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.

And say this to my brother, May all be well for you: peace be to you and your house and all you have.


simplify: Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

I earnestly pointed both Jews and Greeks to the repentance that leads to God, and to faith in Jesus, our Lord.


rate difficulty: and having unclothed him, they put around him a crimson cloak,

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


simplify: Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except it die:

Foolish man, it is necessary for the seed which you put into the earth to undergo death in order that it may come to life again:


rate difficulty: and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

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


simplify: They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

They will come back and have rest in his shade; their life will be made new like the grain, and they will put out flowers like the vine; his name will be like the wine of Lebanon.


simplify: He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; he was full of wisdom and knowledge and an expert worker in brass. He came to King Solomon and did all his work for him.


rate difficulty: The Lord has said, Let this man be recorded as having no children, a man who will not do well in all his life: for no man of his seed will do well, seated on the seat of the kingdom of David and ruling again in Judah.

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


simplify: Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:

Then your south quarter will be from the waste land of Zin by the side of Edom, and your limit on the south will be from the east end of the Salt Sea,


rate difficulty: And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.

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


rate difficulty: And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them: and they all drank of it.

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


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

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


simplify: but, As Jehovah liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries whither he had driven them. And I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

But, By the living Lord, who took the children of Israel up out of the land of the north, and from all the countries where he had sent them: and I will take them back again to their land which I gave to their fathers.


rate difficulty: Thou in thy lovingkindness hast led the people that thou hast redeemed: Thou hast guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


simplify: be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;

Do not imitate them; for God, your Father, knows what you need before you ask him.


rate difficulty: And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.

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


rate difficulty: The high places, however, were not taken away, and the hearts of the people were still not true to the God of their fathers.

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


simplify: And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

And his brothers by their families, when the list of their generations was made up: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,


simplify: And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord.

And if his offering is a goat, then let it be placed before the Lord,


rate difficulty: They have heard that I sigh: I have no comforter: all mine enemies have heard of my calamity; they are glad that thou hast done it. Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

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


simplify: Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

Then the king said to Haman, Go quickly, and take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who is seated at the king's doorway: see that you do everything as you have said.


simplify: And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

And at the death of Hadad, Samlah of Masrekah became king.


rate difficulty: God thundereth marvellously with his voice, doing great things which we do not comprehend.

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


simplify: And Jehovah, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling-place:

And the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them by his servants, sending early and frequently, because he had pity on his people and on his living-place;


simplify: And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

And while he was in the waste land of Paran, his mother got him a wife from the land of Egypt.


rate difficulty: knowing that of [the] Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance; ye serve the Lord Christ.

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


simplify: A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.


simplify: We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

Sweet is the memory of the fish we had in Egypt for nothing, and the fruit and green plants of every sort, sharp and pleasing to the taste:


rate difficulty: `Pure <FI>am<Fi> I, without transgression, Innocent <FI>am<Fi> I, and I have no iniquity.

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


simplify: and the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass-offering:

And the priest will put some of the oil which is in his hand on the point of the ear of the man who is to be made clean and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place where the blood of the offering for wrongdoing was put;


rate difficulty: And the right leg you are to give to the priest for an offering to be lifted up out of what is given for your peace-offerings.


simplify: And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and did prophesy, saying,

Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit, and, speaking under inspiration, said:


simplify: For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him.

For what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs.


simplify: The north wind bringeth forth rain; So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.


simplify: And they answered, `John the Baptist, and others Elijah, but others one of the prophets.'

“John the Baptist,” they answered, “but others say Elijah, while others say one of the prophets.”


rate difficulty: Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

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


simplify: and Ramoth with its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs;

And Ramoth with its outskirts, and Anem with its outskirts;


rate difficulty: and Abram <FI>is<Fi> a son of eighty and six years in Hagar's bearing Ishmael to Abram.


simplify: Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.

Our attackers are on our necks: overcome with weariness, we have no rest.


rate difficulty: and having been moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

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


rate difficulty: Now touching the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

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


simplify: and there shall be six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:

It is to have six branches coming out from its sides; three branches from one side and three from the other.


simplify: Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Have I not given you your orders? Take heart and be strong; have no fear and do not be troubled; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go,


simplify: They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.

Give a name to Pharaoh, king of Egypt: A noise who has let the time go by.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

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


rate difficulty: Nay, my sons; for the report which I am hearing is not good causing the people of Jehovah to transgress. --

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


simplify: These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan–aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

All these, together with his daughter Dinah, were the children of Leah, whom Jacob had by her in Paddan-aram; they were thirty-three in number.


rate difficulty: And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

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


simplify: They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.

They gave help everyone to his neighbour; and everyone said to his brother, Take heart!


simplify: Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set there the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

So in the lowest part of the space at the back of the walls, in the open places, I put the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.


simplify: These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.

Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them.


simplify: And they were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

And they were all surprised and in doubt saying to one another, What is the reason of this?


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

Now the day after, when they were on their journey and were near the town, Peter went up to the top of the house for prayer, about the sixth hour:


simplify: And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten.

The wheels were made like carriage-wheels, the rods on which they were fixed, the parts forming their edges, their rods and the middle points of them, were all formed out of liquid metal.


rate difficulty: O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

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


simplify: A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment; for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

It is not right for a woman to be dressed in man's clothing, or for a man to put on a woman's robe: whoever does such things is disgusting to the Lord your God.


rate difficulty: Then I said unto them, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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


simplify: Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

Therefore, whoever eats the bread, or drinks the Lord’s cup, in an irreverent spirit, will have to answer for an offense against the Lord’s body and blood.


rate difficulty: Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the band of them that banded themselves together against Jehovah in the band of Korah; but he died in his own sin, and he had no sons.

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


simplify: And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

Paul fixed his eyes on the Council, and began:  “Brothers, for my part, I have always ordered my life before God, with a clear conscience, up to this very day.”


rate difficulty: But it was my decision for myself, not to come again to you with sorrow.


rate difficulty: And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin <FI>is<Fi> Abidan son of Gideoni.

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


simplify: That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.


rate difficulty: and having laid his hands upon them, he departed thence.

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


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

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah dwelleth under curtains.

Now when David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, See, I am living in a house of cedar-wood, but the ark of the Lord's agreement is under the curtains of a tent.


simplify: Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?


rate difficulty: Who are panting for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And the way of the humble they turn aside, And a man and his father go unto the damsel, So as to pollute My holy name.

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


simplify: and at the manifestation of the chief Shepherd, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.

Then, when the chief shepherd appears, you will win the crown of glory that never fades.


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

Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.


simplify: And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

And one of her little ones came to growth under her care, and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.


simplify: I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.

Let me go over, O Lord, and see the good land on the other side of Jordan, and that fair mountain country, even Lebanon.


simplify: And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.

And he went on his way, through towns and country places, teaching and journeying to Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: of Mattathias, of Amos, of Naoum, of Esli, of Naggai,


simplify: His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.

His eyes will be dark with wine, and his teeth white with milk.


rate difficulty: Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring; for the tree beareth its fruit; the fig-tree and the vine yield full increase.

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


simplify: Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

See, you put your faith in false words which are of no profit.


simplify: And straightway in the synagogues he proclaimed Jesus, that he is the Son of God.

And straight away, in the Synagogues, he was preaching Jesus as the Son of God.


rate difficulty: for Kish: sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.


simplify: giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace.


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

Yes, it has been their good pleasure; and they are in their debt. For if the Gentiles have had a part in the things of the Spirit which were theirs, it is right for them, in the same way, to give them help in the things of the flesh.


simplify: This is the word that Jehovah spake concerning Moab in time past.

This is the word which the Lord said about Moab in the past.


rate difficulty: And Amaziah separateth them--for the troop that hath come in unto him from Ephraim to go to their own place, and their anger doth burn mightily against Judah, and they turn back to their place in the heat of anger.

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


rate difficulty: Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

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


rate difficulty: The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

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


rate difficulty: Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,

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simplify: And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, Art in no wise least among the princes of Judah: For out of thee shall come forth a governor, Who shall be shepherd of my people Israel.

You Beth-lehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the chiefs of Judah: out of you will come a ruler, who will be the keeper of my people Israel.


simplify: He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

He is stamping with joy in the valley; he makes sport of fear.


rate difficulty: For very near unto thee is the word, in thy mouth, and in thy heart--to do it.

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


simplify: And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah: she was the mother of Onam.


simplify: who is he who is overcoming the world, if not he who is believing that Jesus is the Son of God?

Who is the person that conquers the world but the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?


simplify: For thou didst separate them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord Jehovah.

For you made them separate from all the peoples of the earth, to be your heritage, as you said by Moses your servant, when you took our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.


simplify: No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.


rate difficulty: They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;

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


simplify: And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

Immediately after this I fell into a trance. There stood a throne in heaven, and on the throne was One seated.


rate difficulty: the tenth <FI>to<Fi> Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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


rate difficulty: And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

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


rate difficulty: And if thou make known this our business, we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

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


simplify: Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

Be glad, then, you children of Zion, and have joy in the Lord your God: for he gives you food in full measure, making the rain come down for you, the early and the late rain as at the first.


simplify: And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:

Then, after some days, the Jews made an agreement together to put him to death:


simplify: Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

Azmaveth of Bahurim, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,


simplify: And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;

And on the third day eleven oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark;


rate difficulty: and being fully persuaded that what he has promised he is able also to do;

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


simplify: this, therefore, being done, the others also in the island having infirmities were coming and were healed;

After this, all the people in the island who had any illness came to Paul, and were cured.


simplify: On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer:

On the fourth day Elizur, the son of Shedeur, chief of the children of Reuben:


simplify: And I will be found of you, saith Jehovah, and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith Jehovah; and I will bring you again unto the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

I will be near you again, says the Lord, and your fate will be changed, and I will get you together from all the nations and from all the places where I had sent you away, says the Lord; and I will take you back again to the place from which I sent you away prisoners.


simplify: And it shall turn to you for a testimony.

Then will be your opportunity of witnessing for me.


simplify: Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

This is how Jesus Christ was born:  His mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but, before the marriage took place, she found herself to be pregnant by the power of the Holy Spirit.


simplify: Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,


rate difficulty: From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am wasting away, wasting away, the curse is on me! The false ones go on in their false way, yes, they go on acting falsely.

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


simplify: and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,

So he went and engaged himself to one of the people of that country, who sent him into his fields to tend pigs.


rate difficulty: Thus did Moses: according to all that Jehovah commanded him, so did he.

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


simplify: He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;


simplify: While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The fire of God came down from heaven, burning up the sheep and the goats and the young men completely, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.


rate difficulty: which are, indeed, having a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and humble-mindedness, and neglecting of body--not in any honour, unto a satisfying of the flesh.

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


rate difficulty: and the statutes, and the judgments, and the law, and the command, that He wrote for you, ye observe to do all the days, and ye do not fear other gods;

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


rate difficulty: Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?


simplify: And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.


rate difficulty: If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;


simplify: Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Say to them, By my life, says the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the evil-doer; it is more pleasing to me if he is turned from his way and has life: be turned, be turned from your evil ways; why are you looking for death, O children of Israel?


rate difficulty: And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

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


rate difficulty: Poor <FI>is<Fi> he who is working--a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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


rate difficulty: And the poor people Thou dost save, And Thine eyes on the high causest to fall.

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


rate difficulty: for Jehovah hath humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he made free with Judah, even to commit a trespass against Jehovah.

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


simplify: For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

For come it will on all who are living upon the face of the whole earth.


rate difficulty: And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is news in his mouth. And he came on and drew near.

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


rate difficulty: Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

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


rate difficulty: Behold attentively the heavens--and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

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


rate difficulty: and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it round about.


simplify: They shall teach Jacob thine ordinances, And Israel thy law: They shall put incense before thee, And whole burnt-offering upon thine altar.

They will be the teachers of your decisions to Jacob and of your law to Israel: the burning of perfumes before you will be their right, and the ordering of burned offerings on your altar.


simplify: And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

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


rate difficulty: And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

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


rate difficulty: But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and do not hinder them from coming to me; for the kingdom of the heavens is of such:


rate difficulty: The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof;

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


simplify: but I hope shortly to see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be unto thee. The friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name.

But I am hoping to see you in a short time, and to have talk with you face to face. May you have peace. Your friends here send you their love. Give my love to our friends by name.


rate difficulty: and say thou unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man that heareth not the words of this covenant,

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


simplify: and they brought him unto him, and he having seen him, immediately the spirit tare him, and he, having fallen upon the earth, was wallowing--foaming.

They brought him to Jesus; but no sooner did the boy see him than the spirit threw him into convulsions; and he fell on the ground, and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.


rate difficulty: And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell upon him, and put him to death; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.


simplify: Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.

Or for a husband who, in a bitter spirit, has doubts in his heart about his wife; let him take her to the priest, who will put in force this law.


simplify: And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day: for before they were at enmity between themselves.

And that day Herod and Pilate became friends with one another, for before they had been against one another.


rate difficulty: Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

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


simplify: And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.


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

But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father by sending comforters to you? has he not sent his servants to go through the town and make secret observation of it, and overcome it?


simplify: and Pilate questioned him, `Art thou the king of the Jews?' and he answering said to him, `Thou dost say <FI>it<Fi> .'

“Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate. “It is true,”replied Jesus.


simplify: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world.


rate difficulty: And he said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you will be with me in Paradise.

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


rate difficulty: Now it came about on one of those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat.


rate difficulty: My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; for thou hast rejected knowledge, and I will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thyGod, I also will forget thy children.

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


rate difficulty: There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.


simplify: He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

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.


rate difficulty: And the woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God; and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.


simplify: Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

Then the ruler, when he saw what was done, had faith, being full of wonder at the teaching of the Lord.


simplify: So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

So they took the vessels of the people, and their horns from their hands, and he sent them away, every man to his tent, keeping only the three hundred; and the tents of Midian were lower down in the valley.


simplify: And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.

And the free giving has not the same effect as the sin of one: for the effect of one man's sin was punishment by the decision of God, but the free giving had power to give righteousness to wrongdoers in great number.


simplify: for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said,  For we are also his offspring.

For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.


simplify: and the finely wrought garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office,

And the robes of needlework, the holy robes for Aaron and for his sons, for their use when acting as priests,


simplify: I know thy works (behold, I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut), that thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name.

I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name.


simplify: Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

Without knowledge, not true to their undertakings, unkind, having no mercy:


rate difficulty: The two men heard a loud voice from heaven which said to them — ‘Come up here,’ and they went up to heaven in the cloud, while their enemies watched them.

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


rate difficulty: And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and the knife, and they went both of them together.

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


simplify: For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;

For the Lord says, As for the unsexed who keep my Sabbaths, and give their hearts to pleasing me, and keep their agreement with me:


simplify: And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

And Joab and his men got him shut up in Abel of Beth-maacah, and put up an earthwork against the town: and all Joab's men did their best to get the wall broken down.


rate difficulty: And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say:


simplify: And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

And if she goes after her lovers she will not overtake them; if she makes search for them she will not see them; then will she say, I will go back to my first husband, for then it was better for me than now.


rate difficulty: In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned hath Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah;

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


simplify: for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I--I did beget you;

Though you may have thousands of instructors in the faith of Christ, yet you have not many fathers. It was I who, through union with Christ Jesus, became your father by means of the good news.


simplify: The pots also, and the shovels, and the flesh-hooks, and all the vessels thereof, did Huram his father make for king Solomon, for the house of Jehovah, of bright brass.

All the pots and the spades and the meat-hooks and their vessels, which Huram, who was as his father, made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.


rate difficulty: But from those who seemed to be important (whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account): those who seemed to be important gave nothing new to me;

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


rate difficulty: And these [were of] the father of Etam: Jizreel, and Jishma, and Jidbash; and the name of their sister was Hazlelponi;


rate difficulty: And when they had done all the things which were ordered by the law of the Lord, they went back to Galilee, to Nazareth, the town where they were living.

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


rate difficulty: And for everything he undertook, in connection with the work of the house of God and his law and orders, he got directions from God and did it with serious purpose; and things went well for him.

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


simplify: in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and sojourners from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,


rate difficulty: Blind indeed! Which is the more important? The offering? Or the altar which gives sacredness to the offering?


rate difficulty: And thou shalt eat and be full, and thou shalt bless Jehovah thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

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


simplify: If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

If any woman of the faith has relations who are widows, let her give them help, so that the care of them does not come on the church, and so it may give help to those who are truly widowed.


rate difficulty: These are the boards needed for the house; twenty boards for the south side,


simplify: Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God.

Circumcision is nothing, and its opposite is nothing, but only doing the orders of God is of value.


simplify: And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.


rate difficulty: The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;


simplify: Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

So to this day they go on in their old ways, not worshipping the Lord or keeping his orders or his ways or the law and the rule which the Lord gave to the children of Jacob, to whom he gave the name Israel;


simplify: who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power eternal. Amen.

Who only has life for ever, living in light to which no man may come near; whom no man has seen or is able to see: to whom be honour and power for ever. So be it.


rate difficulty: `A man doth not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.

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


rate difficulty: Jehovah hath been very wroth with your fathers.


simplify: and Jesus having seen the reasoning of their heart, having taken hold of a child, set him beside himself,

and Jesus, knowing of the discussion that was occupying their thoughts, took hold of a little child, and placed it beside him,


rate difficulty: And the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; and hisGod gave him rest round about.

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


simplify: And the dead bodies of this people shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten them away.

And the bodies of this people will be food for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth; and there will be no one to send them away.


rate difficulty: But the passers-by reviled him, shaking their heads

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


rate difficulty: And all the mixed people, And all the kings of the land of Uz, And all the kings of the land of the Philistines, And Ashkelon, and Gazzah, and Ekron, And the remnant of Ashdod,

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


rate difficulty: But they have been walking in the pride of their hearts, going after the Baals, as their fathers gave them teaching.

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


rate difficulty: Now when he became strong in the kingdom, straight away he put to death those servants who had taken the life of the king his father;

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


rate difficulty: That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

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


rate difficulty: And the children of Dan were forced into the hill-country by the Amorites, who would not let them come down into the valley;

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


simplify: And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.

And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I have not taken wine or strong drink, but I have been opening my heart before the Lord.


rate difficulty: Then the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed to Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.

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


simplify: And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit.

And you will take up your heritage in the land by the decision of the Lord, to every family its part; the greater the family the greater its heritage, and the smaller the family the smaller will be its heritage; wherever the decision of the Lord gives to any man his part, that will be his; distribution will be made to you by your fathers' tribes.


rate difficulty: And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:

And the design of all he had in his heart for the outer squares of the house of the Lord, and for the rooms all round it, and for the store-houses of the house of the Lord, and for the store-houses for the holy things;


simplify: And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Jehovah was with him.

In the past Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, had been ruler over them; may the Lord be with him!


simplify: And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

And anyone touching his bed is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.


simplify: How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.


rate difficulty: And Saul is called, and all the people who <FI>are<Fi> with him, and they come in unto the battle, and, lo, the sword of each hath been against his neighbour--a very great destruction.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And they went on their way from Elim, and all the children of Israel came into the waste land of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they went out of the land of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: And the pots and the spades and the basins; all the vessels which Hiram made for King Solomon, for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.

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


rate difficulty: I protest by that glorying in you, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

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


simplify: Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.

Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.


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

Will say, This death is not the work of our hands and our eyes have not seen it.


rate difficulty: For Jehovah's portion <FI>is<Fi> His people, Jacob <FI>is<Fi> the line of His inheritance.

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


rate difficulty: and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the superintendents; and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, the king's friend;

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


rate difficulty: But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.

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


simplify: Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.

And they sent word to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and is dead.


simplify: And they departed from Kibroth–hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.

And they went on from Kibroth-hattaavah, and put up their tents in Hazeroth.


simplify: But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.

But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made his son go through the fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.


simplify: In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and staves to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and ye took me not.

In that hour Jesus said to the people, Have you come out as against a thief with swords and sticks to take me? I was teaching every day in the Temple and you took me not.


rate difficulty: And ye shall love the stranger; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: salute one another in a holy kiss; the assemblies of Christ do salute you.


simplify: Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;


rate difficulty: And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

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


simplify: do ye not understand that all that is going into the mouth doth pass into the belly, and into the drain is cast forth?

“Do not you see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is afterwards expelled?


simplify: Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. I have spent a whole day and night in the deep.


simplify: But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

But when they, the children of Jacob, see the work of my hands among them, they will give honour to my name; yes, they will give honour to the Holy One of Jacob, and go in fear of the God of Israel.


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners that are among the children of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner saluteth you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (touching whom ye received commandments; if he come unto you, receive him),

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


simplify: Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went back to her father's house.


rate difficulty: Friends, I want you to realize that what has happened to me has actually served to forward the good news.

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


rate difficulty: But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

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


rate difficulty: and also the hand of Jehovah hath been against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, till they are consumed.

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


simplify: Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:


simplify: and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

And her husband, hearing of it, said nothing to her and did not put a stop to it, then all her oaths and every undertaking she gave will have force.


rate difficulty: A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.


simplify: For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.


simplify: yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.

But still they took no note and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff, doing worse than their fathers.


simplify: By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.

By the way he came he will go back, and he will not get into this town.


simplify: and it doth great signs, that fire also it may make to come down from the heaven to the earth before men,

It performs great marvels, even causing fire to fall from the heavens to the earth, before people’s eyes;


simplify: and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.

You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.


rate difficulty: And this is the sign to you: you will see a young child folded in linen, in the place where the cattle have their food.

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


simplify: And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore should he be put to death? what hath he done?

And Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said to him, Why is he to be put to death? What has he done?


simplify: And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

And when the seventh stamp was undone there was quiet in heaven for about half an hour.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass when Jesus returned, the crowd received him gladly, for they were all expecting him.


rate difficulty: We, therefore, ought to give such people a hearty welcome, and so take our share in their work for the truth.

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


rate difficulty: This man, I tell you, went home pardoned, rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, while everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.”

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


simplify: The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.

There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.


rate difficulty: The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.


rate difficulty: And they gave to Jacob all the strangegods that were in their hand, and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the terebinth that [is] by Shechem.

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


simplify: And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand on guard, let them shut the doors, and bar ye them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.

And I said to them, Do not let the doors of Jerusalem be open till the sun is high; and while the watchmen are in their places, let the doors be shut and locked: and let the people of Jerusalem be put on watch, every one in his watch, opposite his house.


rate difficulty: And the messengers of John having departed, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken by the wind?

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


rate difficulty: But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;

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rate difficulty: But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,

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simplify: Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,

Now that, by your obedience to the truth, you have purified your lives, so that there is growing up among you a genuine affection, love one another earnestly with all your hearts;


rate difficulty: At the noise of the tumult the peoples fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

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


simplify: And concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of <FI>my<Fi> writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught to love one another,

As to love for each other there is no need to write to you; for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another;


rate difficulty: So Joseph came to his death, being a hundred and ten years old: and they made his body ready, and he was put in a chest in Egypt.

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


simplify: And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

Yet Jesus made no reply — not even a single word; at which the Governor was greatly astonished.


rate difficulty: Wherever the dead body is, there will the eagles come together.

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


rate difficulty: All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Jehovah, have I given thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by an everlasting statute: it shall be an everlasting covenant of salt before Jehovah unto thee and thy seed with thee.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: For many are called, but few chosen.

For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.


simplify: there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

All distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and free, male and female, have vanished; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.


simplify: For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Indeed, the whole law has been summed up in this one precept —  ‘You must love your neighbor as you love yourself.’


rate difficulty: The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

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


rate difficulty: Thus also ye, when ye see all these things, know that it is near, at the doors.


simplify: So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

So the workmen did their work, making good what was damaged and building up the house of God till it was strong and beautiful again.


rate difficulty: And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem; and the citizens of Shechem put confidence in him.


rate difficulty: and to them that were in Aroer, and to them that were in Siphmoth, and to them that were in Eshtemoa,

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


rate difficulty: And these are they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub-Addan, Immer; but they could not shew their fathers' house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.


rate difficulty: There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.


rate difficulty: These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, who were consecrated to exercise the priesthood.

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


simplify: Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

But Gamaliel, a Pharisee, who was a Doctor of the law and who was held in universal respect, rose in the Council, and directed that the men should be taken out of court for a little while.


simplify: And having entered, he was passing through Jericho,

Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town.


simplify: Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.


simplify: Draw me; we will run after thee: The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee; We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee.

Take me to you, and we will go after you: the king has taken me into his house. We will be glad and full of joy in you, we will give more thought to your love than to wine: rightly are they your lovers.


simplify: Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her impurity: and everything whereon she sitteth shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impurity.

Every bed on which she has been resting will be unclean, as at the times when she normally has a flow of blood, and everything on which she has been seated will be unclean, in the same way.


simplify: when the king of Babylon’s army was fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these alone remained of the cities of Judah as fortified cities.

When the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the towns of Judah which had not been taken, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these were the last of the walled towns of Judah.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, in the sixth year, in the sixth <FI>month<Fi> , in the fifth of the month, I am sitting in my house, and elders of Judah are sitting before me, and fall on me there doth a hand of the Lord Jehovah,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good:

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


simplify: Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

Pay her back the treatment with which she has treated you; yes, repay twice over what her actions deserve; in the cup which she mixed for you, mix for her as much again;


simplify: but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.

But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.


simplify: And forthwith he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down upon them: and they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, left off beating Paul.

And straight away he took some armed men and went quickly down to them: and the Jews, seeing them, gave no more blows to Paul.


simplify: But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

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


simplify: But he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

But he said, Things which are not possible with man are possible with God.


rate difficulty: And he put up the buildings of Tadmor in the waste land, and of all the store-towns in Hamath;

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


rate difficulty: and say unto them, `Jehovah look upon you, and judge, because ye have caused our fragrance to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants--to give a sword into their hand to slay us.'

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.


simplify: Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall because of thee.

See, they may be moved to war, but not by my authority: all those who come together to make an attack on you, will be broken against you.


simplify: They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.

And with them, every sort of beast and cattle, and every sort of thing which goes on the earth, and every sort of bird.


simplify: And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.

And when the priests who took up the ark of the Lord's agreement came up out of Jordan and their feet came out on to dry land, the waters of Jordan went back to their place, overflowing its edges as before.


simplify: of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king.

Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asharelah, sons of Asaph; under the direction of Asaph, acting as a prophet under the orders of the king;


simplify: Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

Then the Philistines went and put up their tents in Judah, all round Lehi.


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

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


simplify: And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.

And if any people will not take you in, when you go away from that town, put off its dust from your feet for a witness against them.


rate difficulty: But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.

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


simplify: Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.

Get up now, and go over the stream Zered. So we went over the stream Zered.


simplify: and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice--ye had not condemned the blameless,

Had you learned the meaning of the words — ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned those who are not guilty.


rate difficulty: As for profane legends and old wives’ tales, leave them alone. Train yourself to lead a religious life;

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


rate difficulty: And they went to another village.

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


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

Placing you again in the land of your fathers as your heritage; and he will do you good, increasing you till you are more in number than your fathers were.


simplify: For ye have heard of my manner of life in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and made havoc of it:

For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:


rate difficulty: And he seeth and turneth back, From all his transgressions that he hath done, He doth surely live, he doth not die,

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones.

So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.


simplify: And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

And Moses took half the blood and put it in basins; draining out half of the blood over the altar.


simplify: And Jehovah discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

And the Lord sent fear on Sisera and all his war-carriages and all his army before Barak; and Sisera got down from his war-carriage and went in flight on foot.


simplify: If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, and the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;


rate difficulty: And Saul sought to smite David and the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall. And David fled, and escaped that night.

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


rate difficulty: Thou seest many things, but thou observest not; his ears are open, but he heareth not.

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


rate difficulty: So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

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


rate difficulty: As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord; whose children you are if you do well, and are not put in fear by any danger.


simplify: Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination unto you.

Anything in the water which has no special parts for swimming and no thin plates on its skin is disgusting to you.


simplify: This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;


simplify: After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

Then Jesus again placed his hands on the man’s eyes; and the man saw clearly, his sight was restored, and he saw everything with perfect distinctness.


simplify: And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

By every altar they are stretched on clothing taken from those who are in their debt, drinking in the house of their god the wine of those who have made payment for wrongdoing.


simplify: And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.


rate difficulty: and he said, `Verily I say to you--No prophet is accepted in his own country;

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


simplify: And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.


simplify: And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;


simplify: Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

And when I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; if he is turned from his sin and does what is ordered and right;


rate difficulty: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:

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


simplify: I am afraid of you, lest in vain I did labour toward you.

You make me fear that the labor which I have spent on you may have been wasted.


rate difficulty: Jehovah hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for this is a work for the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the land of the Chaldeans.

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


rate difficulty: Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

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


rate difficulty: And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.

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


rate difficulty: And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

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


simplify: He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.


simplify: Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;


rate difficulty: These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.


simplify: And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the dread of Jehovah fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

And he took two oxen and, cutting them up, sent them through all the land of Israel by the hand of runners, saying, If any man does not come out after Saul and Samuel, this will be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord came on the people and they came out like one man.


simplify: And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph’s house.

And the servant did as Joseph said, and took the men into Joseph's house.


rate difficulty: (Simon, whom also he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

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


rate difficulty: Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

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


rate difficulty: Hear then the word of Jehovah, ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and each one her companion lamentation.

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


simplify: And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

And even among these nations there will be no peace for you, and no rest for your feet: but the Lord will give you there a shaking heart and wasting eyes and weariness of soul:


rate difficulty: The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.


simplify: which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness:

Which you gave to your servants the prophets, saying, The land into which you are going, to take it for a heritage, is an unclean land, because of the evil lives of the peoples of the land and their disgusting ways, which have made the land unclean from end to end.


simplify: the chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, saying, `By scourges let him be examined;' that he might know for what cause they were crying so against him.

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be taken into the Fort, and directed that he should be examined under the lash so that he might find out the reason for their outcry against him.


rate difficulty: Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:

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


simplify: At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

And at Tehaphnehes the day will become dark, when the yoke of Egypt is broken there, and the pride of her power comes to an end: as for her, she will be covered with a cloud, and her daughters will be taken away prisoners.


simplify: Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

Only we were to remember the poor — the thing I was myself anxious to do.


rate difficulty: `And when I did not see from the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those who are with me, I came to Damascus,

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


rate difficulty: I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.

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


simplify: And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.

And the king and his people came tired to Jordan, and took their rest there.


simplify: So Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

So Hanun took David's servants, and cutting off their hair and the skirts of their robes up to the middle, sent them away.


simplify: And though they found no cause of death in him, yet asked they of Pilate that he should be slain.

And though no cause of death was seen in him, they made a request to Pilate that he might be put to death.


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

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


simplify: Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.


rate difficulty: But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: He saith to them, `And ye--who do ye say me to be?'

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


rate difficulty: Then Jesus came with them to a garden called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples: “Sit down here while I go and pray over there.”


rate difficulty: God must prove true, though everyone prove a liar! As scripture says of God — ‘That you may be pronounced righteous in what you say, and gain your cause when people would judge you.’

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


rate difficulty: with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God;

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


simplify: And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

Now when he became strong in the kingdom, straight away he put to death those servants who had taken the life of the king his father;


simplify: Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

When the Governor saw what had happened, he became a believer in Christ, being greatly impressed by the teaching about the Lord.


rate difficulty: And God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good.


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