rate difficulty: And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

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


simplify: Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

Go in by the small gate. Broad and spacious is the road who leads to destruction, and those that go in by it are many;


simplify: For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy.


simplify: And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

And Esther was more pleasing to the king than all the women, and to his eyes she was fairer and more full of grace than all the other virgins: so he put his crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.


simplify: And the cup in like manner after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, even that which is poured out for you.

And in the same way, after the meal, he took the cup, saying, This cup is the new testament, made with my blood which is given for you.


rate difficulty: From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,

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


rate difficulty: The appearance of the wheels and their work was as the look of a chrysolite; and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

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


simplify: And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith.


rate difficulty: For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.

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


rate difficulty: Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth–el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.


simplify: And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

And there will be no more night; and they have no need of a light or of the shining of the sun; for the Lord God will give them light: and they will be ruling for ever and ever.


simplify: And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.


simplify: And every heave-offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they present unto the priest, shall be his.

And every offering lifted up of all the holy things which the children of Israel give to the priest, will be his.


rate difficulty: For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction;

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


simplify: And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

And they went to the opening into Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, in search of grass-land for their flocks.


simplify: Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders; they gave living men and brass vessels for your goods.


simplify: and he said to them, `This is my blood of the new covenant, which for many is being poured out;

“This is my covenant-blood,”he said, “which is poured out on behalf of many.


rate difficulty: And he put the other sheep before the Lord, the sheep with which they were made priests; and Aaron and his sons put their hands on the head of the sheep,

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


simplify: Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.

Let not the quick-footed go in flight, or the man of war get away; on the north, by the river Euphrates, they are slipping and falling.


simplify: (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)

(Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);


simplify: And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to the staves of it.

Placing on the cloth all its vessels, the fire-baskets, the meat-hooks, the spades, and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; they are to put a leather cover over all these, and put its rods in their places.


simplify: See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.

So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to come back to me, and I will go with you: and without doubt, if he is anywhere in the land, I will get him, among all the families of Judah.


rate difficulty: And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

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


simplify: Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, chosen men out of themselves to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas--Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren--

It was then decided by the apostles and the officers, with the assent of the whole church, to choose some of their number, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. Those chosen were Judas (called Barsabas) and Silas, who were leaders among the community.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tent of meeting; and thou shalt gather together the whole assembly of the children of Israel.

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


simplify: and having discovered Cyprus, and having left it on the left, we were sailing to Syria, and did land at Tyre, for there was the ship discharging the lading.

After sighting Cyprus and leaving it on the left, we sailed to Syria, and put into Tyre, where the ship was to discharge her cargo.


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

‘You lazy, worthless servant!’ was his master’s reply. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather up where I have not winnowed?


rate difficulty: But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

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


simplify: Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

Give ear now to my suggestion, and may God be with you: you are to be the people's representative before God, taking their causes to him:


simplify: And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.

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


rate difficulty: He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

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


simplify: For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.

For God has let them all go against his orders, so that he might have mercy on them all.


rate difficulty: and now we have ceased from the law, that being dead in which we were held, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.


rate difficulty: For what have I to do with judging them that are without? Do not ye judge them that are within?

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


rate difficulty: My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

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


simplify: Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:

Then Esther the queen, answering, said, If I have your approval, O king, and if it is the king's pleasure, let my life be given to me in answer to my prayer, and my people at my request:


simplify: And Joseph found favor in his sight, and he ministered unto him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

And having a high opinion of Joseph as his servant, he made him the overseer of his house and gave him control over all he had.


simplify: They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

They will not be in need of food or drink, or be troubled by the heat or the sun: for he who has mercy on them will be their guide, taking them by the springs of water.


rate difficulty: And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.

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


simplify: I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.


simplify: I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

Your feasts are disgusting to me, I will have nothing to do with them; I will take no delight in your holy meetings.


simplify: But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

But now, quite apart from law, the divine righteousness stands revealed, and to it the law and the prophets bear witness —


rate difficulty: Therefore was its name called Babel; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth.


simplify: Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.

Who in the past let all nations go in the ways which seemed good to them.


simplify: If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.

If you worship me, it will all be yours.”


rate difficulty: Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, went in flight to David, he came down to Keilah with the ephod in his hand.


simplify: And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

And the great town was cut into three parts, and the towns of the nations came to destruction: and Babylon the great came into mind before God, to be given the cup of the wine of his wrath.


simplify: For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.


simplify: Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.


rate difficulty: And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.

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


rate difficulty: For thus saith the Lord; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.

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


simplify: And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

Then the fifth angel blew; and I saw a star that had fallen on the earth from the heavens, and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.


simplify: And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

When Gideon came there, a man was giving his friend an account of his dream, saying, See, I had a dream about a cake of barley bread which, falling into the tents of Midian, came on to the tent, overturning it so that it was stretched out flat on the earth.


rate difficulty: Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.


rate difficulty: Shall the prey be taken from the mighty? and shall he that is rightfully captive be delivered?

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


simplify: Ekron, with its towns and its villages;

Ekron, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places;


simplify: and wherefore didst thou not give my money to the bank, and I, having come, with interest might have received it?

Then why did not you put my money into a bank? And I, on my return, could have claimed it with interest.


rate difficulty: Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took all the best men of Israel, and put them in line against the Aramaeans;


rate difficulty: and the girdle of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, work of an embroiderer, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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


rate difficulty: Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his money in the mouth of the bag.

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


rate difficulty: And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

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


simplify: Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.


simplify: And he opened his mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, even them that dwell in the heaven.

And his mouth was open to say evil against God, and against his name and his Tent, even against those who are in heaven.


rate difficulty: Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

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


rate difficulty: Let your lamb be without a mark, a male in its first year: you may take it from among the sheep or the goats:

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did to Sarah as he had spoken.


simplify: Greet one another with an holy kiss.


simplify: We are not again commending ourselves unto you, but speak as giving you occasion of glorying on our behalf, that ye may have wherewith to answer them that glory in appearance, and not in heart.

We are not again requesting your approval, but we are giving you the chance of taking pride in us, so that you may be able to give an answer to those whose glory is in seeming, and not in the heart.


rate difficulty: And a garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.


simplify: The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.

The children of Arah, seven hundred and seventy-five.


simplify: And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

And I will take a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah one who will have my mountains for a heritage: and the people I have taken to be mine will have it for themselves, and my servants will have their resting-place there.


rate difficulty: And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.

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


rate difficulty: When they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they may not die; or when they come near to the altar to serve, to burn an offering by fire to Jehovah.


rate difficulty: And Edom said, You are not to go through my land, for if you do I will come out against you with the sword.

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


rate difficulty: And the people go out and spoil the camp of Aram, and there is a measure of fine flour at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.

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


simplify: And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.

Then the responsible men of the children of Israel saw that they were purposing evil when they said, The number of bricks which you have to make every day will be no less than before.


rate difficulty: A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

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


simplify: Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.


rate difficulty: Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! for if the works of power which have taken place in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

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


simplify: Touchingthe Almighty, we cannot find him out: He is excellent in power; And in justice and plenteous righteousness he will not afflict.

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: His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;


rate difficulty: And an evil spirit from the Lord came on Saul, when he was seated in his house with his spear in his hand; and David made music for him.


rate difficulty: Shout against her round about, She hath given forth her hand, Fallen have her foundations, Thrown down have been her walls, For it <FI>is<Fi> the vengeance of Jehovah, Be avenged of her, as she did--do ye to her.

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


simplify: And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

And the angel came in to her and said, Peace be with you, to whom special grace has been given; the Lord is with you.


simplify: I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.

I know your life, your love, faith, service, and endurance; and I know that your life of late has been better than it was at first.


simplify: Wast thou called being a bondservant? care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use it rather.

If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.


rate difficulty: Distress and trouble dog their steps,

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


simplify: for perhaps because of this he did depart for an hour, that age-duringly thou mayest have him,

It may be that he was separated from you for an hour, for this reason, so that you might have him back for ever,


simplify: And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child moved within her, and Elizabeth herself was filled with the Holy Spirit,


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

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


simplify: Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord.

Give orders to Aaron and to his sons to keep themselves separate from the holy things of the children of Israel which they give to me, and not to make my holy name common: I am the Lord,


simplify: Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man; and thou wilt know what thou oughtest to do unto him, and thou shalt bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.

But do not let him be free from punishment, for you are a wise man; and it will be clear to you what you have to do with him; see that his white head goes down to the underworld in blood.


simplify: Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!

You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.


simplify: And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

and, in my fear, I went and hid your money in the ground; look, here is what belongs to you!’


rate difficulty: And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, a worshipper of the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.


simplify: And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are come upon them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they frame this day, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

Then when evils and troubles without number have overtaken them, this song will be a witness to them, for the words of it will be clear in the memories of their children: for I see the thoughts which are moving in their hearts even now, before I have taken them into the land of my oath.


simplify: Then came the word of Jehovah unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,


rate difficulty: On their arrival at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, as well as by the apostles and the officers, and gave an account of all that God had helped them to do.

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


simplify: And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

After this I saw four angels in their places at the four points of the earth, keeping back the four winds in their hands, so that there might be no moving of the wind on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.


simplify: And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.

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


simplify: Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

But still he did not go to one side: so Abner gave him a back blow in the stomach with his spear, so that the spear came out at his back; and he went down on the earth, wounded to death: and all those who came to the place where Asahel went down dead, came to a stop.


rate difficulty: But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.

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


rate difficulty: And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.

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


rate difficulty: Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.

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


rate difficulty: And I made attacks on this Way, even to death, taking men and women and putting them in prison.

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


rate difficulty: The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:

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


rate difficulty: But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

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


simplify: And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.


simplify: Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

You are to have three towns marked out in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.


rate difficulty: Let not then your good be evil spoken of:


simplify: Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.

Came to my side and said, Brother Saul, let your eyes be open. And in that very hour I was able to see him.


simplify: But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

But as for my enemies, these men who would not have me as their king, bring them here and put them to death in my presence.’”


rate difficulty: So now, will you give me your oath by the Lord, that, because I have been kind to you, you will be kind to my father's house,

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


simplify: `Reform! and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Therefore repent, or else, I will come quickly and contend with such people with words that will cut like a sword.


rate difficulty: Now the children of Israel had been living in Egypt for four hundred and thirty years.


simplify: The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?

But the Lord gave him an answer and said, O you false men! do you not, every one of you, on the Sabbath, let loose his ox and his ass and take it to the water?


rate difficulty: Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the Lord.

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rate difficulty: For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well.

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rate difficulty: Then Samuel went up from Gilgal and the rest of the people went up after Saul against the men of war, and they came from Gilgal to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin: and Saul took the number of the people who were with him, about six hundred men.

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rate difficulty: And Moses saith, `Why <FI>is<Fi> this? --ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper;

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simplify: And as for their appearance, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been within a wheel.

In form the four of them were all the same, they seemed like a wheel inside a wheel.


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

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


simplify: But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the Lord: they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.

But all the silver and gold and the vessels of brass and iron are holy to the Lord: they are to come into the store-house of the Lord.


simplify: to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.

To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.


simplify: The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

Or of anything which goes flat on the earth, or any fish in the water under the earth.


simplify: Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;


rate difficulty: God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty--He made my soul bitter.

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rate difficulty: But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.

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


simplify: And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?

Then Laban, answering, said, These women are my daughters and these children my children, the flocks and all you see are mine: what now may I do for my daughters and for their children?


rate difficulty: And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.

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rate difficulty: Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.

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rate difficulty: In bygone times he permitted all the nations to go their own ways.

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


simplify: having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing;

Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;


rate difficulty: Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.


rate difficulty: And if a man from another country or any other person living among you, through all your generations, has the desire to give an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord, let him do as you do.

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rate difficulty: Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.

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rate difficulty: It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness.


rate difficulty: And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

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


rate difficulty: Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop new wine, and all the hills shall melt.

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


simplify: And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth–shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.

And by the limits of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, with their daughter-towns. In these the children of Joseph, the son of Israel, were living.


simplify: And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because Jehovah, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

And all these kings and their land Joshua took at the same time, because the Lord, the God of Israel, was fighting for Israel.


simplify: Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of Jehovah’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried to Babylon:

In the space of two years I will send back into this place all the vessels of the Lord's house which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, took away from this place to Babylon:


simplify: Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

This story may be taken as an allegory. The women stand for two Covenants. One covenant, given from Mount Sinai, produces a race of slaves and is represented by Hagar


simplify: I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him.

I would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended.


rate difficulty: So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.


simplify: For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

For it says in the law of Moses, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. Is it for the oxen that God is giving orders?


simplify: Brethren, a new command I write not to you, but an old command, that ye had from the beginning--the old command is the word that ye heard from the beginning;

Dear friends, it is no new command that I am writing to you, but an old command, which you have had from the first. That old command is the message to which you listened.


rate difficulty: if at least [it is a] righteous thing withGod to render tribulation to those that trouble you,

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simplify: And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

A third time he came, and said to them: “Sleep on now, and rest yourselves. Enough! My time has come. Look: the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of wicked people.


rate difficulty: Every one of these towns had grass-lands round it.

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


simplify: And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.

The man will show you a large upstairs room, set out; there make preparations.”


rate difficulty: In the four corners of the court there were courts inclosed, forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four in the corners were of one measure.

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


simplify: In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:


simplify: keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.


simplify: Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

But, for your sakes, it may be more needful that I should still remain here in the body.


rate difficulty: The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul.


rate difficulty: But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:

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rate difficulty: And with these sayings scarce restrained they the multitudes from doing sacrifice unto them.

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simplify: And it was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

And the wrath of the Lord came on Israel because they had done evil against the Lord their God, who took them out of the land of Egypt from under the yoke of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and had become worshippers of other gods,


simplify: David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.

And after that David came out of the hollow rock, and crying after Saul said, My lord the king. And when Saul gave a look back, David went down on his face and gave him honour.


rate difficulty: and if Christ hath not risen, then void <FI>is<Fi> our preaching, and void also your faith,

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


rate difficulty: My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

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


simplify: And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.

And now I am certain that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be made strong under your authority.


rate difficulty: The fifth to Nethaniah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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


rate difficulty: And the rivers will have an evil smell; the stream of Egypt will become small and dry: all the water-plants will come to nothing.


simplify: And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

And a voice came to him, saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.


simplify: Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months and ten days, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

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rate difficulty: That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

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


simplify: And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole.

And when those who were sent came back to the house they saw that the servant was well.


simplify: So there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.

So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for nothing like this had been seen in Jerusalem from the time of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.


rate difficulty: And Saul put up an altar to the Lord: this was the first altar which he put up to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.


rate difficulty: To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.


rate difficulty: and they have divided it into seven portions--Judah doth stay by its border on the south, and the house of Joseph do stay by their border on the north--

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simplify: And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.


simplify: Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

Because your wrath against me and your pride have come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my cord in your lips, and I will make you go back by the way you came.


simplify: praying at the same time also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the secret of the Christ, because of which also I have been bound,

and at the same time pray for us, so that God may give us an opening for our message, so that we may speak of the truths hidden in the Christ — the truths for which I am in chains!


simplify: Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.

Give my love to the brothers in Laodicea and to Nymphas and the church in their house.


simplify: and having cried with a loud voice, Jesus said, `Father, to Thy hands I commit my spirit;' and these things having said, he breathed forth the spirit.

Then Jesus, with a loud cry, said: “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”And with these words he expired.


simplify: Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.

He who makes Moab waste has gone up against her; and the best of her young men have gone down to their death, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies.


rate difficulty: The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the borrower to the lender.

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simplify: Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh-neco king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.

Of Egypt: about the army of Pharaoh-neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, overcame in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah.


rate difficulty: And the Amorites, that dwelt in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah.

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


simplify: And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.

and called out and asked if the Simon, who was also known as Peter, was lodging there.


rate difficulty: Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: For you have not come to the rest and the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

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


rate difficulty: And all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with earth.

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rate difficulty: And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.

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


rate difficulty: The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen oxen that formed the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah: for the brass of all these vessels there was no weight.

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


simplify: It is changed as clay under the seal; Andall thingsstand forth as a garment:

It is changed like wet earth under a stamp, and is coloured like a robe;


simplify: The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.

The children of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four.


rate difficulty: The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

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


rate difficulty: And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

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


rate difficulty: They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.


simplify: For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

If our heritage is the result of law, then it has ceased to be the result of a promise. Yet God conferred it on Abraham by a promise.


simplify: And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace.


simplify: Jehovah showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Jehovah, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

The Lord gave me a vision, and I saw two baskets full of figs put in front of the Temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, had taken prisoner Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the chiefs of Judah, and the expert workmen and metal-workers from Jerusalem, and had taken them to Babylon.


rate difficulty: This oil is to be put on the Tent of meeting, and on the ark of the law,


rate difficulty: And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not molest him.

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


rate difficulty: Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, He shall fall himself into his own pit; But the perfect shall inherit good.


simplify: Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.


rate difficulty: For, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in unto Tyre Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, From the north--a king of kings, With horse, and with chariot, and with horsemen, Even an assembly, and a numerous people.

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


rate difficulty: And having taken him away from the multitude by himself, he put his fingers to his ears, and having spit, he touched his tongue,

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


rate difficulty: and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance;


simplify: and having come to a place called Golgotha, that is called Place of a Skull,

On reaching a place named Golgotha (a place named from its likeness to a skull),


simplify: Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

and in his human nature put an end to the cause of enmity between them — the law with its injunctions and ordinances — in order to create, through union with himself, from Jew and Gentile, one new humanity and so make peace.


simplify: And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

But certain persons came down from Judea, and began to teach the Lord's followers that, unless they were circumcised, in accordance with the custom required by Moses, they could not be saved.


simplify: On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh:

On the eighth day Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, chief of the children of Manasseh:


rate difficulty: And in order to make the house clean, let him take two birds and cedar-wood and red thread and hyssop;

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


rate difficulty: Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

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


simplify: Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.

So Jephthah went in flight from his brothers and was living in the land of Tob, where a number of good-for-nothing men, joining Jephthah, went out with him on his undertakings.


rate difficulty: Now I am glad, not that you had sorrow, but that your sorrow was the cause of a change of heart; for yours was a holy sorrow so that you might undergo no loss by us in anything.

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


simplify: And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

Keep not a thing of what is cursed for yourselves: so the Lord may be turned away from the heat of his wrath, and have mercy on you, and give you increase as he said in his oath to your fathers:


simplify: And when they draw nigh unto Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth two of his disciples,

And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Beth-phage and Bethany, at the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,


rate difficulty: When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king; but he is not able to make you well or give you help for your wound.


simplify: And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.

And to those parts of the body which seem to have less honour we give all the more honour; and to those parts of the body which are a cause of shame to us we give the greater respect;


rate difficulty: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

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rate difficulty: To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within his own authority.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself; and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

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


simplify: In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,


rate difficulty: “But we,” said Peter, “we left what belonged to us and followed you.”


rate difficulty: And the rest of the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and never again do such evil among you.

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


simplify: For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

For see, the stone which I have put before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: see, the design cut on it will be my work, says the Lord of armies, and I will take away the sin of that land in one day.


simplify: Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

Give ear to the word which the Lord says to you, O people of Israel:


simplify: I have given thee a king in mine anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

I have given you a king, because I was angry, and have taken him away in my wrath.


rate difficulty: And come down have reems with them, And bullocks with bulls, And soaked hath been their land from blood, And their dust from fatness is made fat.

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


rate difficulty: send them away, that they may go into the country and villages round about, and buy themselves somewhat to eat.

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simplify: Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.

Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no ice-storm.


simplify: He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.

I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war.


rate difficulty: Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

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


rate difficulty: But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine.

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


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


simplify: (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

For there are many — of whom I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears — who are living in enmity to the cross of the Christ.


rate difficulty: And said, O Lord, the God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? are you not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in your hands are power and strength so that no one is able to keep his place against you.


rate difficulty: Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.


simplify: And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

that the spirit of your minds must be constantly renewed;


simplify: Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

Even as Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.


simplify: But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the Lord had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.

But David did not take the number of those who were under twenty years old, for the Lord had said that he would make Israel like the stars of heaven in number.


rate difficulty: Who is this coming out of the waste places like pillars of smoke, perfumed with sweet spices, with all the spices of the trader?

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


simplify: And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:

And let death come to you on the mountain where you are going, and be put to rest with your people; as death came to Aaron, your brother, on Mount Hor, where he was put to rest with his people:


rate difficulty: But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

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simplify: Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.

Take nothing which has leaven in it; wherever you are living let your food be unleavened cakes.


rate difficulty: Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

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rate difficulty: For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold.

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rate difficulty: even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

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simplify: And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me, and with their mouth and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught them;

And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;


rate difficulty: David, too, says — ‘May their feasts prove a snare and a trap to them — a hindrance and a retribution;

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simplify: So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.


simplify: And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

When they come from market, they will not eat without first sprinkling themselves; and there are many other customs which they have inherited and hold to, such as the ceremonial washing of cups, and jugs, and copper pans).


simplify: And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

And so he made it a rule and an order for Israel from that day till now.


rate difficulty: And the lord of that servant, being moved with pity, let him go, and made him free of the debt.

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simplify: And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

And I will give them a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in them; and I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh:


simplify: For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass when he had ended speaking all these words, that the ground clave apart that was under them.


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.

For this reason the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, I will send on Judah and on all the people of Jerusalem all the evil which I said I would do to them: because I sent my words to them, but they did not give ear; crying out to them, but they gave no answer.


simplify: But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest’s palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.

Peter followed him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the offices, to see the end.


simplify: It may be that Jehovah will look on the wrong done unto me, and that Jehovah will requite me good for his cursing of me this day.

It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.


rate difficulty: And still you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O children of Israel, I will be your judge, giving to everyone the reward of his ways.

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rate difficulty: And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it 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:

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simplify: but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that <FI>is<Fi> in thee is darkness--the darkness, how great!

but, if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be darkened. And, if the inner light is darkness, how intense must that darkness be!


rate difficulty: that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus through me by my presence again with you.

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simplify: remember, then, whence thou hast fallen, and reform, and the first works do; and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will remove thy lamp-stand from its place--if thou mayest not reform;

Therefore remember from what you have fallen, and repent, and live the life that you lived before; or else, I will come and remove your Lamp from its place, unless you repent.


simplify: And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

And the young man said, I came by chance to Mount Gilboa, and I saw Saul supporting himself on his spear; and the war-carriages and horsemen overtook him.


simplify: and he said, Jehovah hath sworn: Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

For he said, The Lord has taken his oath that there will be war with Amalek from generation to generation.


simplify: And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.

And he said, All these things I have done from the time when I was a boy.


rate difficulty: The next said ‘I have bought five pairs of bullocks, and I am on my way to try them. I must ask you to consider me excused’;


rate difficulty: Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

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simplify: And I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and Memphis shall have adversaries in the day-time.

And I will put a fire in Egypt; Syene will be twisting in pain, and No will be broken into, as by the onrush of waters.


rate difficulty: Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel,

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rate difficulty: at the sixteenth <FI>to<Fi> Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

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simplify: And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which is toward the side of the ephod inward.

Then make two gold rings and put them on the lower ends of the bag, at the edge of it on the inner side nearest to the ephod.


simplify: Then Jehoram passed over with his captains, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites that compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots.

Then Jehoram went over with his captains and all his war-carriages ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him ... on the captains of the war-carriages.


rate difficulty: And he measureth the breadth of the opening of the gate ten cubits, the length of the gate thirteen cubits;

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rate difficulty: The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

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rate difficulty: O Lord, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.

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


simplify: And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.

Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind dropped. The disciples were utterly amazed,


simplify: Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me.


simplify: But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.

But Jesus at once spoke to them. “Courage!” he said, “It is I; do not be afraid!”


simplify: And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him grievously; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.

And they took him to him: and when he saw him, the spirit in him straight away became violent; and he went down on the earth, rolling about and streaming at the lips.


rate difficulty: And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Judah.


rate difficulty: and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

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simplify: I do not make void the grace of God, for if righteousness <FI>be<Fi> through law--then Christ died in vain.

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


rate difficulty: And it was told him [saying], Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, wishing to see thee.

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simplify: And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

And the children of Gad were the builders of Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer;


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

Then the Master added: “Listen to what this iniquitous judge says!


simplify: And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.

So Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran.


simplify: And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.

And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were made well.


rate difficulty: And thou sayest, `To the age I am mistress,' While thou hast not laid these things to thy heart, Thou hast not remembered the latter end of it.

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rate difficulty: For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,

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simplify: Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The Lord will keep us safe. Has any one of the gods of the nations kept his land from falling into the hands of the king of Assyria?


simplify: There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

Nothing was in the ark but the two flat stones which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made an agreement with the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt.


rate difficulty: So that Satan may not get the better of us: for we are not without knowledge of his designs.

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rate difficulty: And it will be that if any one of all the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to give worship to the King, the Lord of armies, on them there will be no rain.

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rate difficulty: Then those who were about to put him to the test went away: and the chief captain was in fear, seeing that he was a Roman, and that he had put chains on him.


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


rate difficulty: Then Abimelech said, What have you done to us? one of the people might well have had connection with your wife, and the sin would have been ours.


rate difficulty: But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

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simplify: And of Naphtali he said,  O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, And full with the blessing of Jehovah, Possess thou the west and the south.

And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, made glad with grace and full of the blessing of the Lord: the sea and its fishes will be his.


simplify: Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.

He gives a kiss with his lips who gives a right answer.


simplify: Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah; How much more then the hearts of the children of men!

Before the Lord are the underworld and destruction: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men!


simplify: Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.


simplify: And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.

And all the people took the gold rings from their ears and gave them to Aaron.


simplify: Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid: for Jehovah, even Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.

See, God is my salvation; I will have faith in the Lord, without fear: for the Lord Jah is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.


simplify: And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

And put some of it, crushed very small, in front of the ark in the Tent of meeting, where I will come face to face with you; it is to be most holy.


simplify: Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

Did you come to me with offerings of beasts and meal offerings in the waste land for forty years, O Israel?


rate difficulty: And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

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simplify: And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

But he made his request more strongly, so they went with him into his house; and he got food ready for them, and made unleavened bread, of which they took.


simplify: so that the tongues are for a sign, not to the believing, but to the unbelieving; and the prophesy <FI>is<Fi> not for the unbelieving, but for the believing,

Therefore the gift of the ‘tongues’ is intended as a sign, not for those who believe in Christ, but for those who do not, while the gift of preaching is intended as a sign, not for those who do not believe in Christ, but for those who do.


simplify: And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.

And they say to him, Lord, he has ten pounds.


rate difficulty: And he said, Thus is the kingdom ofGod, as if a man should cast the seed upon the earth,

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rate difficulty: reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

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rate difficulty: Has any people ever gone on living after hearing the voice of God out of the heart of the fire as you did?

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simplify: and there came a great weeping to all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they were kissing him,

All were in tears; and throwing their arms around Paul’s neck, they kissed him again and again,


simplify: And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;

And it will be, that if with all care you give ear to me, says the Lord, and take no weight through the doorways of this town on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work in it;


simplify: As often as it passeth through, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night: and it shall be nought but terror to understand the message.

Whenever they come through they will overtake you; for they will come through morning after morning, by day and by night: and the news will be nothing but fear.


rate difficulty: For the Lord of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.

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simplify: And seven days were fulfilled, after that the Lord had smitten the river.

And seven days went past, after the Lord had put his hand on the Nile.


rate difficulty: and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who [were] afar off, and [the glad tidings of] peace to those [who were] nigh.

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simplify: Wherefore, having in Christ much boldness to command thee that which is fit--

And so, though my union with Christ enables me, with all confidence, to dictate the course that you should adopt,


simplify: Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.


simplify: Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

Though I sent destruction on the Amorite before them, who was tall as the cedar and strong as the oak-tree, cutting off his fruit from on high and his roots from under the earth.


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

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rate difficulty: What then is the position? They will certainly get news that you have come.


simplify: And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

This is what I have to say — Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and then you will never gratify the cravings of your earthly nature.


simplify: For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?

For our salvation is by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for who is hoping for what he sees?


rate difficulty: And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

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rate difficulty: Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?


rate difficulty: And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

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simplify: My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,


rate difficulty: For if ye offer up unto me burnt-offerings and your oblations, I will not accept [them]; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fatted beasts.

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simplify: and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife, or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come up in it: and I will give orders to the clouds not to send rain on it.


rate difficulty: Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been given in the churches of Macedonia;


rate difficulty: Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me--and I am not!

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


simplify: Go and speak unto David, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

Go and say to David, The Lord says, Three things are offered to you: say which of them you will have, and I will do it to you.


rate difficulty: For of the vine of Sodom their vine <FI>is<Fi> , And of the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes <FI>are<Fi> grapes of gall--They have bitter clusters;

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


rate difficulty: For though the fig-tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive-tree shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:

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simplify: wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.

Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.


simplify: These are the names of Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.

These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau's wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau's wife Basemath.


simplify: And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.

And the fish in the Nile will come to destruction, and the river will send up a bad smell, and the Egyptians will not be able, for disgust, to make use of the water of the Nile for drinking.


simplify: then saith Pilate to him, `Dost thou not hear how many things they witness against thee?'

Then Pilate said to him: “Do not you hear how many accusations they are making against you?”


simplify: And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.

And he said, You have been marked out by the God of our fathers to have knowledge of his purpose, and to see the Upright One and to give ear to the words of his mouth.


simplify: And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.


rate difficulty: In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him.

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rate difficulty: But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.

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simplify: For Jehovah restoreth the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the emptiers have emptied them out, and destroyed their vine-branches.

For the Lord will make good the vine of Jacob, as well as the vine of Israel: for the wasters have made them waste and sent destruction on the branches of their vine.


rate difficulty: `Thou shalt not covet;' and the sin having received an opportunity, through the command, did work in me all covetousness--for apart from law sin is dead.


simplify: Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.

As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven: and they had two hundred men and women to make music.


rate difficulty: confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.

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rate difficulty: And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

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rate difficulty: He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

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


simplify: Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong;


simplify: Much more then, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath of God through him.

Much more, if we now have righteousness by his blood, will salvation from the wrath of God come to us through him.


simplify: and a border before the lodges, one cubit on this side, and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.

And the space in front of the rooms, a cubit on this side and a cubit on that side; and the rooms six cubits on this side and six cubits on that.


simplify: And he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;

And he took one of the sons of the king and made an agreement with him; and he put him under an oath, and took away the great men of the land:


rate difficulty: And the cups and the fire-trays and the basins and the pots and the supports for the lights and the spoons and the wide basins; the gold of the gold vessels, and the silver of the silver vessels, the captain of the armed men took away.

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simplify: Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.

You will come to your last resting-place in full strength, as the grain is taken up to the crushing-floor in its time.


simplify: And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.

And the cubit which is over of the ten curtains at the sides will be hanging over the two sides of the House as a cover.


simplify: Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?

Do not evil and good come from the mouth of the Most High?


rate difficulty: And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

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


simplify: of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand were sealed;

From the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,


rate difficulty: You may not do those things which were done in the land of Egypt where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules.

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simplify: Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they sware.

Then Ezra got up, and made the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and all Israel take an oath that they would do this. So they took an oath.


rate difficulty: distributing to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.

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


simplify: And Nathan departed unto his house. And Jehovah struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.


simplify: for always are we who are living delivered up to death because of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our dying flesh,

Indeed, we who still live are continually being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life also of Jesus may be exhibited in our mortal nature.


simplify: And he was with her hid in the house of Jehovah six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.

And for six years she kept him safe in the house of the Lord, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.


rate difficulty: till that Jehovah hath turned Israel aside from His presence, as He spake by the hand of all His servants the prophets, and Israel is removed from off its land to Asshur, unto this day.

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


rate difficulty: And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.

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


rate difficulty: But the child of the slave-woman was born in the course of nature, while the child of the free woman was born in fulfillment of a promise.

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


simplify: Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.

Then he went on through the waste land and round the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and put up their tents on the other side of the Arnon; they did not come inside the limit of Moab, for the Arnon was the limit of Moab.


simplify: Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying,

Now the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the place of the armed watchmen, saying,


simplify: And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

But the Lord said to him, Peace be with you; have no fear: you are in no danger of death.


simplify: For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and ye shall suck thereof; ye shall be borne upon the side, and shall be dandled upon the knees.

For the Lord says, See, I will make her peace like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream, and she will take her children in her arms, gently caring for them on her knees.


simplify: Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.


simplify: And the skilfully woven band, which is upon it, wherewith to gird it on, shall be like the work thereof and of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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


simplify: Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary beast.

Bel is bent down, Nebo is falling; their images are on the beasts and on the cattle: the things which you took about have become a weight to the tired beast.


simplify: and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

And how the chief priests and our rulers gave him up to be put to death on the cross.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt bring his sons near, and clothe them with the vests.

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


rate difficulty: Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

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


simplify: And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.

And again the Lord said, Samuel. And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, Here am I; for you certainly said my name. But he said in answer, I said nothing, my son; go to your rest again.


simplify: and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit.


simplify: And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

And say to them, This son of ours is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, he will not give attention to us; he gives himself up to pleasure and strong drink.


simplify: Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

So then, let your hearts be changed and be turned to God, so that your sins may be completely taken away, and times of blessing may come from the Lord;


simplify: And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,

And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the players with their instruments and the people making a noise,


simplify: Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.


simplify: Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,