simplify: These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen, so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests.


simplify: And all the multitude did keep silence, and were hearkening to Barnabas and Paul, declaring as many signs and wonders as God did among the nations through them;

Every voice in the assembly was hushed, as they listened to Barnabas and Paul, while they gave an account of all the signs and wonders which God had shown among the Gentiles through them.


rate difficulty: And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

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


rate difficulty: And when Pharaoh came near, the children of Israel, lifting up their eyes, saw the Egyptians coming after them, and were full of fear; and their cry went up to God.

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


simplify: That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.

The Lord came to him again in a vision, as he had done at Gibeon;


rate difficulty: And between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

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simplify: And he put on Simon the name Peter;

So he appointed the Twelve — Peter (which was the name that Jesus gave to Simon),


simplify: All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.

All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, another of beasts, another of birds, and another of fishes.


rate difficulty: But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.


simplify: But in giving you this charge, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better but for the worse.

But in giving you this order, there is one thing about which I am not pleased: it is that when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.


rate difficulty: Surely for Me isles do wait, And ships of Tarshish first, To bring thy sons from afar, Their silver and their gold with them, To the name of Jehovah thy God, And to the Holy One of Israel, Because He hath beautified thee.

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


simplify: And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong your life a moment?


rate difficulty: For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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


simplify: For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.

For I have made Judah a bow bent for my use, I have made Ephraim the arrows of the bow; I will make your sons, O Zion, take up arms against your sons, O Greece, and will make you like the sword of a man of war.


simplify: And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:

On the gold altar they are to put a blue cloth, covering it with a leather cover; and they are to put its rods in their places.


simplify: Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.

And the men were in great fear, and they said to him, What is this you have done? For the men had knowledge of his flight from the Lord because he had not kept it from them.


simplify: He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.


simplify: And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

And fathers, do not irritate your children, but bring them up with Christian discipline and instruction.


simplify: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

And from so imminent a death God delivered us, and will deliver us again; for in him we have placed our hopes of future deliverance, while you, also, help us by your prayers.


rate difficulty: Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.


rate difficulty: and have removed the ashes of the altar, and have spread over it a garment of purple;

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


rate difficulty: And Samuel said to the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.


rate difficulty: And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, the Most HighGod, possessor of heavens and earth,

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


rate difficulty: For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.

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


rate difficulty: But Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not a man?

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


simplify: Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.


simplify: And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

Then Esau came running up to him, and folding him in his arms, gave him a kiss: and the two of them were overcome with weeping.


simplify: But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.


rate difficulty: Further, God charged us to proclaim to the people, and solemnly affirm, that it is Jesus who has been appointed by God judge of the living and the dead.

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


simplify: I will destine you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but ye did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.

Your fate will be the sword, and you will all go down to death: because when my voice came to you, you made no answer; you did not give ear to my word; but you did what was evil in my eyes, desiring what was not pleasing to me.


rate difficulty: for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah who am bringing you up out of the land of Egypt to become your God; and ye have been holy, for I <FI>am<Fi> holy.

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


simplify: And they made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

And they put his body into the earth with sinners, and his last resting-place was with the evil-doers, though he had done no wrong, and no deceit was in his mouth.


simplify: Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

Who are these coming like a cloud, like a flight of doves to their windows?


simplify: And he said unto them, The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.

And he said, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.


simplify: Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.

You may not make cuts in your flesh in respect for the dead, or have marks printed on your bodies: I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.

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


simplify: The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.


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


rate difficulty: Happy are you who are planting seed by all the waters, and sending out the ox and the ass.

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


simplify: and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:

And Chephar-Ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve towns with their unwalled places;


simplify: Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep.

You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.


rate difficulty: And he took me into the inner square facing the east: and he took the measure of the doorway by these measures;


rate difficulty: And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

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


simplify: And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.

And then the Levites went in to do their work in the Tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons: all the orders which the Lord had given Moses about the Levites were put into effect.


simplify: And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,


rate difficulty: And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah after the breaking, by Hananiah the prophet, of the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

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


simplify: He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.


simplify: the word that he sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming good news--peace through Jesus Christ (this one is Lord of all,)

God has sent his message to the Israelites and told them, through Jesus Christ, the good news of peace — and Jesus is Lord of all!


simplify: Jehovah is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father’s God, and I will exalt him.

The Lord is my strength and my strong helper, he has become my salvation: he is my God and I will give him praise; my father's God and I will give him glory.


simplify: As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee.

As for the word which you have said to us in the name of the Lord, we will not give ear to you.


rate difficulty: and it came to pass, in his blessing them, he was parted from them, and was borne up to the heaven;


simplify: And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

And my face will be turned against them; and though they have come out of the fire they will be burned up by it; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord when my face is turned against them.


simplify: Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

Why did death not take me when I came out of my mother's body, why did I not, when I came out, give up my last breath?


simplify: And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:

And after parting from them, we put out to sea and came straight to Cos, and the day after to Rhodes, and from there to Patara:


simplify: Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber and Tirhanah.

Maacah, Caleb's servant-wife, was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah,


simplify: Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

Is there no life-giving oil in Gilead? is there no expert in medical arts? why then have my people not been made well?


rate difficulty: For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

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


rate difficulty: And hearing the voice of Peter, in her joy she went running, without opening the door, to say that Peter was outside.

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


rate difficulty: `And the king having come in to view those reclining, saw there a man not clothed with clothing of the marriage-feast,

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


simplify: But I will deliver thee in that day, saith Jehovah; and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.

But I will keep you safe on that day, says the Lord: you will not be given into the hands of the men you are fearing.


rate difficulty: and they have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah their God, who hath brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I may tabernacle in their midst; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah their God.

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


simplify: Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

Then your responsible men and your judges are to come out, and give orders for the distance from the dead body to the towns round about it to be measured;


rate difficulty: And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

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


rate difficulty: While it remained, did it not remain thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thy power? How is it that thou hast conceived this thing in thy heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

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


rate difficulty: And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije–abarim, in the border of Moab.

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


simplify: For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.

In what respect, I ask, were you treated worse than the other churches, unless it was that, for my part, I refused to become a burden to you? Forgive me the wrong I did to you!


rate difficulty: And Jehovah of hosts revealed himself in mine ears, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till ye die, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

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


rate difficulty: that according as it is written, He that boasts, let him boast in [the] Lord.

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


simplify: for David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my lord, Sit thou on My right hand, till I place thine enemies--thy footstool;

David said himself, speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit — ‘The Lord said to my lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies beneath your feet.’”


simplify: If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.


simplify: Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth: neither shall there be eminency among them.

Violent behaviour has been lifted up into a rod of evil; it will not be slow in coming, it will not keep back.


simplify: While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

we, all the while, gazing not on what is seen, but on what is unseen; for what is seen is transient, but what is unseen is imperishable.


simplify: But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

But the Lord said to him: “Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to uphold my name before the Gentiles and their kings, and the people of Israel.


simplify: And he said unto them, But who say ye that I am? And Peter answering said, The Christ of God.

And he said, But who do you say that I am? And Peter, answering, said, The Christ of God.


simplify: And his disciples came, and took up the corpse, and buried him; and they went and told Jesus.

And his disciples came, and took up his body and put it in the earth; and they went and gave Jesus news of what had taken place.


rate difficulty: and I have known that coming unto you--in the fulness of the blessing of the good news of Christ I shall come.

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


simplify: And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

In the night, this woman, sleeping on her child, was the cause of its death.


rate difficulty: 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.

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


simplify: For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.


simplify: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

He was not led by want of faith to doubt God’s promise.


rate difficulty: But Jesus began to tell the people this parable — “A man once planted a vineyard, and then let it out to tenants, and went abroad for a long while.

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


rate difficulty: But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.

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


rate difficulty: Have thegods of the nations which my fathers have destroyed delivered them, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Thelassar?

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


simplify: And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

While Paul was making this defense, Festus called out loudly: “You are mad, Paul; your great learning is driving you mad.”


simplify: For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.

You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.


simplify: Abi–albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,

Abiel the Arbathite, Azmaveth of Bahurim,


simplify: And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

There were present Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all who were of High-Priestly rank.


simplify: Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.


simplify: We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

We give money for a drink of water, we get our wood for a price.


simplify: Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.

All the ox, he is to take away outside the circle of the tents into a clean place where the burned waste is put, and there it is to be burned on wood with fire.


simplify: Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him.

For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts.


rate difficulty: And David took from him one thousand, seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and David had the leg-muscles of the horses cut, only keeping enough of them for a hundred war-carriages.

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


simplify: Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;

And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel; when he comes from a far country because of the glory of your name:


simplify: Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?

Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, or put metal teeth through his nose?


simplify: And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

And make these rods of the same wood, plating them with gold.


rate difficulty: And thou art commanded — this do: take waggons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and take up your father, and come.

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


rate difficulty: And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

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


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


simplify: And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.

And their seed will be noted among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples: it will be clear to all who see them that they are the seed to which the Lord has given his blessing.


simplify: And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:

And in that day I will send for my servant, Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah:


simplify: On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer:

On the fifth day Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, chief of the children of Simeon:


simplify: Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.


simplify: Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.

Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear; because he is doing the Lord's work, even as I am:


simplify: I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

I will put right their errors; freely will my love be given to them, for my wrath is turned away from him.


rate difficulty: And he bringeth him in to his house, and mixeth <FI>food<Fi> for the asses, and they wash their feet, and eat and drink.

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


rate difficulty: Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord.

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


simplify: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

But first be assured of this: — There is no prophetic teaching found in scripture that can be interpreted by a person’s unaided reason;


rate difficulty: he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest [thy] gifts.

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


rate difficulty: an instructor of foolish ones, a teacher of babes, having the form of the knowledge and of the truth in the law.


rate difficulty: And I will make war on you like David, and you will be shut in by earthworks, and I will make towers round you.


simplify: and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, for each bullock; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, for the one ram;

And three tenth parts of the best meal for a meal offering mixed with oil, for every ox; and two tenth parts of the best meal for a meal offering mixed with oil, for the one sheep;


rate difficulty: `And I have sanctified the tent of meeting, and the altar, and Aaron and his sons I sanctify for being priests to Me,

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


rate difficulty: But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:


rate difficulty: Thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you;


simplify: To him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and from him that taketh away thy cloak withhold not thy coat also.

If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face, then let the other side be turned to him; from him who takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe.


simplify: Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.


rate difficulty: --thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle--

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


simplify: so ye, also, when these ye may see coming to pass, ye know that it is nigh, at the doors.

And so may you, as soon as you see these things happening, know that he is at your doors.


rate difficulty: And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was none left that breathed: and he burnt Hazor with fire.

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


simplify: And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.


simplify: For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.


simplify: Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

nor to devote their attention to legends and interminable genealogies, which tend to give rise to argument rather than to further that divine plan which is revealed in the faith.


simplify: And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

And it is certain that if at any time you are turned away from the Lord your God, and go after other gods, to be their servants and to give them worship, destruction will overtake you.


rate difficulty: All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine, from the seed-stones, even to the skin.


simplify: For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.

For all have knowledge of how you do what you are ordered. For this reason I have joy in you, but it is my desire that you may be wise in what is good, and without knowledge of evil.


simplify: For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,


simplify: Then said he to the multitudes coming forth to be baptised by him, `Brood of vipers! who did prompt you to flee from the coming wrath?

And John said to the crowds that went to be baptized by him: “You children of snakes! Who has prompted you to seek refuge from the coming judgment?


rate difficulty: They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

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


rate difficulty: They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

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


simplify: But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

But the wisdom from above is, before every thing else, pure; then peace-loving, gentle, open to conviction, rich in compassion and good deeds, and free from partiality and insincerity.


simplify: and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,

They found no ground at all for putting him to death, and yet demanded his execution from Pilate;


rate difficulty: That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

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


simplify: For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.

For if I had put the full weight of my hand on you and your people, you would have been cut off from the earth:


simplify: And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;

When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people;


simplify: and so the secrets of his heart become manifest, and so having fallen upon <FI>his<Fi> face, he will bow before God, declaring that God really is among you.

the secrets of their heart are revealed, and then, throwing themselves on their face, they will worship God, and declare ‘God is indeed among you!’


simplify: But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.

But the children of Israel did wrong about the cursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the family of Judah, took of the cursed thing, moving the Lord to wrath against the children of Israel.


simplify: And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

So the chiefs of Moab went back to Balak and said, Balaam will not come with us.


rate difficulty: And when it rested, he said, Return, Jehovah, unto the myriads of the thousands of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: `According to the tenor of the law which they direct thee, and according to the judgment which they say to thee thou dost do; thou dost not turn aside from the word which they declare to thee, right or left.

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


rate difficulty: And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up that which hath the plague seven days:

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


rate difficulty: And for the second side of the House, on the north, they made twenty boards,


simplify: And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan; and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.

Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters, and all the people of his house, and his beasts and his cattle and all his goods which he had got together in the land of Canaan, and went into the land of Seir, away from his brother Jacob.


simplify: Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.


simplify: Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow.


rate difficulty: Before all this, they will lay hands on you and persecute you, and they will betray you to Synagogues and put you in prison, when you will be brought before kings and governors for the sake of my name.

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


simplify: therefore said I, Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Gilgal, and I have not entreated the favor of Jehovah: I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt-offering.

I said, Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal, and I have made no prayer for help to the Lord: and so, forcing myself to do it, I made a burned offering.


rate difficulty: And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord, seeing that they had made themselves low, said to Shemaiah, They have made themselves low: I will not send destruction on them, but in a short time I will give them salvation, and will not let loose my wrath on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

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


simplify: And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.


rate difficulty: Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

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


rate difficulty: If you, then, wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask him!

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


rate difficulty: But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.

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


simplify: But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith.


rate difficulty: Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:

These are the words of the Lord: See, I will send evil on this place and on its people, even all the curses in the book which they have been reading before the king of Judah;


rate difficulty: And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

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


simplify: The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.


simplify: And a certain one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and struck off his right ear.

And one of them gave a blow to the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.


simplify: Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.

And from Tibhath and from Cun, towns of Hadadezer, David took a great store of brass, of which Solomon made the great brass water-vessel and the brass pillars and vessels.


rate difficulty: Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

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


rate difficulty: And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you.

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


simplify: And having sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

And having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time.


simplify: And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.

And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.


simplify: And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.

And the mountains will be turned to water under him, and the deep valleys will be broken open, like wax before the fire, like waters flowing down a slope.


simplify: and he appointed twelve, that they may be with him, and that he may send them forth to preach,

He appointed twelve — whom he also named ‘apostles’ — so that they might be with him, and that he might send them out as his messengers, to preach,


rate difficulty: and they come in to Gilead, and unto the land of Tahtim-Hodshi, and they come in to Dan-Jaan, and round about unto Zidon,

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


rate difficulty: a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but an alien eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

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


simplify: Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

O keep in mind that you made me out of earth; and will you send me back again to dust?


rate difficulty: For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah;

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


rate difficulty: And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

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


rate difficulty: And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.

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


rate difficulty: Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.

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


simplify: These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

These are the words which Moses said to all Israel on the far side of Jordan, in the waste land in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran on the one side, and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab on the other.


rate difficulty: Let me send destruction on them till their very name is cut off; and I will make of you a nation greater and stronger than they.

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


simplify: The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all a hundred thirty and nine.

The children of the door-keepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred and thirty-nine.


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.

And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out over the land of Egypt so that the locusts may come up on the land for the destruction of every green plant in the land, even everything untouched by the ice-storm.


simplify: to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send unto you, even rising up early and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;

And give ear to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you, getting up early and sending them, though you gave no attention;


simplify: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

but only a few are necessary, or rather one. Mary has chosen the good part, and it will not be taken away from her.”


rate difficulty: Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

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


rate difficulty: And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

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


rate difficulty: What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.

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


simplify: And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.

And the Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hands of Israel, and they overcame them; so all the land of the Amorites, the people of that land, became Israel's.


simplify: male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Male and female he made them, naming them Man, and giving them his blessing on the day when they were made.


simplify: Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.

Take another book and put down in it all the words which were in the first book, which Jehoiakim, king of Judah, put into the fire.


rate difficulty: And Jeremiah speaketh unto all the heads, and unto all the people, saying, `Jehovah sent me to prophesy concerning this house, and concerning this city, all the words that ye have heard;

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


rate difficulty: Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.


rate difficulty: And when they had said more sharp words to them, they let them go, not seeing what punishment they might give them, because of the people; for all men were giving praise to God for what had taken place.

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


simplify: And the oxen were thirty and six thousand; of which Jehovah’s tribute was threescore and twelve.

The number of oxen was thirty-six thousand, of which the Lord's part was seventy-two;


rate difficulty: And those about him, having seen what was about to be, said to him, `Sir, shall we smite with a sword?'

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


rate difficulty: And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

Wisely do you set aside God’s commandments,”he exclaimed, “to keep your own traditions!


rate difficulty: And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:

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


rate difficulty: and he said, O Jehovah, the God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and art not thou ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in thy hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee.

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


simplify: As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.


simplify: And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.

And Joshua came at that time and put an end to the Anakim in the hill-country, in Hebron, in Debir, in Anab, and in all the hill-country of Judah and Israel: Joshua gave them and their towns to the curse.


simplify: Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.


simplify: And they come unto Bethsaida. And they bring to him a blind man, and beseech him to touch him.

And they came to Beth-saida. And they took a blind man to him, requesting him to put his hands on him.


rate difficulty: asking that, if he be willing, I may some day at last find the way open to visit you.

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


simplify: And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

The person, however, who has misgivings stands condemned if they still eat, because their doing so is not the result of faith. And anything not done as the result of faith is a sin.


simplify: Thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war: and with thee will I break in pieces the nations; and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken;


rate difficulty: your wives, your infants, and your substance, abide in the land which Moses hath given to you beyond the Jordan, and ye--ye pass over by fifties, before your brethren, all the mighty ones of valour, and have helped them,

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


simplify: And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

So David took the strong tower for his living-place, naming it the town of David. And David took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo.


simplify: And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.

And when Pharaoh made his heart hard and would not let us go, the Lord sent death on all the first sons in Egypt, of man and of beast: and so every first male who comes to birth is offered to the Lord; but for all the first of my sons I give a price.


rate difficulty: And he went out about the third hour, and saw others in the market-place doing nothing;


rate difficulty: I give him into the hand of a god of nations, He dealeth sorely with him, In his wickedness I have cast him out.

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


rate difficulty: The Lord shall reign for ever and ever.


simplify: The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

To him will be given of the wine of God's wrath which is ready unmixed in the cup of his wrath and he will have cruel pain, burning with fire before the holy angels and before the Lamb:


simplify: For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

For, if by the wrongdoing of one, death was ruling through the one, much more will those to whom has come the wealth of grace and the giving of righteousness, be ruling in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.


simplify: And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will.

And when you give a peace offering to the Lord, do it in the way which is pleasing to the Lord.


simplify: And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

After listening to these parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees saw that it was about them that he was speaking;


simplify: Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Jehovah filled the house.

Now when Solomon's prayers were ended, fire came down from heaven, burning up all the offerings; and the house was full of the glory of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim.

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


rate difficulty: (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

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


simplify: And again he said, `To what shall I liken the reign of God?

And again Jesus said: “To what can I liken the kingdom of God?


simplify: And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?

Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?


simplify: All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.


simplify: And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau.

And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your oldest son, Esau.


rate difficulty: And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.

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


rate difficulty: And all Adonijah's guests were afraid, and rose up and went every man his way.

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


simplify: And they ate, and were all filled: and there was taken up that which remained over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.

And they all took the food and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits which were over, twelve baskets full.


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

Then again he put his hands on his eyes; and looking hard, he was able to see, and saw all things clearly.


rate difficulty: and fire goeth out from before Jehovah, and consumeth them, and they die before Jehovah.

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


simplify: Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

Verily, your house is left to you desolate!


simplify: with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.


simplify: And if his oblation be of the flock, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt-offering; he shall offer it a male without blemish.

And if his offering is of the flock, a burned offering of sheep or goats, let him give a male without a mark.


rate difficulty: And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

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


simplify: He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.


simplify: And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.

And there were sloping windows and palm-trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the covered way: and the side-rooms of the house and the ...


simplify: And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.

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


rate difficulty: Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.


simplify: And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.

While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she took care of them.


simplify: And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

And Enoch had a son Irad: and Irad became the father of Mehujael: and Mehujael became the father of Methushael: and Methushael became the father of Lamech.


rate difficulty: And they came to Joshua to the tent-circle at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: so now make an agreement with us.


rate difficulty: Lain on the earth <FI>in<Fi> out-places have young and old, My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword, Thou hast slain in a day of Thine anger, Thou hast slaughtered--Thou hast not pitied.

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


simplify: I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.


simplify: Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

And looking on it with attention I saw in it all sorts of beasts and birds.


simplify: And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.

And if I put a question to you, you will not give an answer.


rate difficulty: The lowest couch, five by the cubit <FI>is<Fi> its breadth; and the middle, six by the cubit <FI>is<Fi> its breadth; and the third, seven by the cubit <FI>is<Fi> its breadth, for withdrawings he hath put to the house round about, without--not to lay hold on the walls of the house.

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


simplify: Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:

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


simplify: This is that Benaiah, who was the mighty man of the thirty, and over the thirty: and of his course was Ammizabad his son.

This is the same Benaiah who was the great man of the thirty, chief of the thirty; and in his division was Ammizabad his son.


rate difficulty: And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

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


simplify: `And that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority upon the earth to forgive sins--(he said to the one struck with palsy) --I say to thee, Arise, and having taken up thy little couch, be going on to thy house.'

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”— he spoke to the paralyzed man — “To you I say, Get up, and take up your pallet, and go to your home.”


rate difficulty: And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord their God. And all his days they departed not from following the Lord, the God of their fathers.

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


simplify: After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:

After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed: and when you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them; and they will be acting like prophets:


simplify: And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben–oni: but his father called him Benjamin.

And in the hour when her life went from her (for death came to her), she gave the child the name Ben-oni: but his father gave him the name of Benjamin.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And on the sixth day they took up twice as much of the bread, two omers for every person: and all the rulers of the people gave Moses word of it.

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


simplify: He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

He was the builder of Eloth, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.


rate difficulty: That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire to the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: Of sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his brethren, eighty.

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


simplify: And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

And in my vision I saw ‘a white horse.’ Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he went out conquering and to conquer.


rate difficulty: The altar is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high, and its horns are to be made of the same.

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


rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah is unto Samuel, saying,

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


rate difficulty: He went to war with the king of the children of Ammon and overcame them. That year, the children of Ammon gave him a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of grain and ten thousand measures of barley. And the children of Ammon gave him the same amount the second year and the third.

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


rate difficulty: But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

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


simplify: and thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: and their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

And put oil on them as you did on their father, so that they may be my priests: the putting on of oil will make them priests for ever, from generation to generation.


simplify: And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;

and has raised up for us the Strength of our salvation In the house of his servant David —


simplify: And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues,


simplify: For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity.


simplify: After these things I will turn back, and I will build again the tabernacle of David, that is fallen down, and its ruins I will build again, and will set it upright--

‘“After this I will return; And I will rebuild the house of David which has fallen — Its ruins I will rebuild, And will set it up once more;


simplify: Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

Now Ephron was seated among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite gave Abraham his answer in the hearing of the children of Heth, and of all those who came into his town, saying,


simplify: that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?


rate difficulty: If seven lives are to be taken as punishment for Cain's death, seventy-seven will be taken for Lamech's.


rate difficulty: And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.

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


simplify: What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.

What would you have me do for you? And he said, Lord, that I may be able to see again.


simplify: But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

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


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


simplify: For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?

For it is no business of mine to be judging those who are outside; but it is yours to be judging those who are among you;


rate difficulty: One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

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


rate difficulty: Then make fifty brass hooks and put the hooks into the twists, joining the tent together to make it one.

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


rate difficulty: And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.


simplify: But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.


rate difficulty: From the sound of his fall I have caused nations to shake, In My causing him to go down to sheol, With those going down to the pit, And comforted in the earth--the lower part, are all trees of Eden, The choice and the good of Lebanon, All drinking waters.

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


simplify: For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

For the kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and gladness through the presence of the Holy Spirit.


simplify: And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.

And made prayer to him; and in answer to his prayer God let him come back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh was certain that the Lord was God.


rate difficulty: and David and all the house of Israel are bringing up the ark of Jehovah with shouting, and with the voice of a trumpet,

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


rate difficulty: If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

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


rate difficulty: Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.


rate difficulty: Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

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


simplify: God did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel:

God has not put away the people of his selection. Or have you no knowledge of what is said about Elijah in the holy Writings? how he says words to God against Israel,


rate difficulty: He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.


simplify: The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.


simplify: and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,


rate difficulty: `And the Amalekite and the Canaanite are dwelling in the valley; to-morrow turn ye and journey for yourselves into the wilderness--the way of the Red Sea.'

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


rate difficulty: And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;


rate difficulty: And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved sculptures of cherubim, and palm-trees, and half-open flowers, within and without.

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


simplify: The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

The rest of Israel will do no evil and say no false words; the tongue of deceit will not be seen in their mouth: for they will take their food and their rest, and no one will be a cause of fear to them.


rate difficulty: Even tax-gatherers came to be baptized, and said to John: “Teacher, what are we to do?”


simplify: The love doth never fail; and whether <FI>there be<Fi> prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless;

love never fails. But, whether it be the gift of preaching, it will be done with; whether it be the gift of ‘tongues,’ it will cease; whether it be knowledge, it, too, will be done with.


rate difficulty: For, lo, Jehovah is coming out of His place, To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth upon him, And revealed hath the earth her blood, Nor doth she cover any more her slain!'

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


simplify: and David saith, `Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a recompense to them;

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


simplify: For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:

For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;


rate difficulty: And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?

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


rate difficulty: Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

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


rate difficulty: And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

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


rate difficulty: And he put them all together into ward three days.

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


rate difficulty: Pass over for thee, O inhabitant of Shaphir, Naked one of shame. Not gone out hath the inhabitant of Zaanan, The lamentation of Beth-Ezel doth take from you its standing.

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


rate difficulty: Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah said to the Rab-shakeh, Will you kindly make use of the Aramaean language in talking to your servants, for we are used to it, and do not make use of the Jews' language in the hearing of the people on the wall.

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


rate difficulty: And you are to say this word to them, Let my eyes be streaming with water night and day, and let it not be stopped; for the virgin daughter of my people is wounded with a great wound, with a very bitter blow.


rate difficulty: If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: The chief of the Gershonites is Eliasaph, the son of Lael.

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


rate difficulty: And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.

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


rate difficulty: for who is greater? he who is reclining (at meat), or he who is ministering? is it not he who is reclining (at meat)? and I--I am in your midst as he who is ministering.


simplify: Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me; thy wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

But I had no faith in what was said about you, till I came and saw for myself; and now I see that it was not half the story; your wisdom and your wealth are much greater than they said.


rate difficulty: And coming to us, and taking Paul’s girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith Jehovah.

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


simplify: And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

He will take a tenth of your seed and of the fruit of your vines and give it to his servants.


rate difficulty: And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

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


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.

So the Lord has said, I will send evil on them, which they will not be able to get away from; and they will send up a cry for help to me, but I will not give ear to them.


rate difficulty: Then Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,


rate difficulty: If any one teach differently, and do not accede to sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the teaching which [is] according to piety,

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


simplify: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the purpose of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and those who have faith in Christ Jesus:


rate difficulty: And letters were sent by the runners into every division of the kingdom ordering the death and destruction of all Jews, young and old, little children and women, on the same day, even the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar, and the taking of all their goods by force.


rate difficulty: And then the forces of the king of Babylon are laying siege against Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet hath been shut up in the court of the prison that <FI>is<Fi> in the house of the king of Judah,

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


simplify: And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.

And when I went past you and saw you stretched out in your blood, I said to you, Though you are stretched out in your blood, have life;


rate difficulty: The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.

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


simplify: So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the Lord; that he might fulfil the word of the Lord, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

So Solomon let Abiathar be priest no longer, so that he might make the word of the Lord come true which he said about the sons of Eli in Shiloh.


simplify: And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jehovah sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

And Saul said, Truly, I have done the orders of the Lord and have gone the way the Lord sent me; I have taken Agag, the king of Amalek, and have given the Amalekites up to destruction.


simplify: He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.


simplify: And it came to pass, as she continued praying before Jehovah, that Eli marked her mouth.

Now while she was a long time in prayer before the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.


simplify: To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.  Written to the Romans from Corinthus, and sent by Phebe servant of the church at Cenchrea.

to him, I say, the wise and only God, be ascribed, through Jesus Christ, all glory for ever and ever. Amen.


simplify: For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.


simplify: So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

So they and their sons had the care of the doors of the house of the Lord, the house of the Tent, as watchers.


simplify: For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool’s voice with a multitude of words.

As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.


rate difficulty: This is what the Lord of armies has said: Everything will be taken from the rest of Israel as the last grapes are taken from the vine; let your hand be turned to the small branches, like one pulling off grapes.

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


simplify: Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

For it is my desire, my brothers, that you may keep in mind how all our fathers were under the cloud, and they all went through the sea;


simplify: And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.

And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.


rate difficulty: Therefore thus saith the Lord God unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

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


rate difficulty: and having taking security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.


simplify: for the shewing forth of His righteousness in the present time, for His being righteous, and declaring him righteous who <FI>is<Fi> of the faith of Jesus.

as a proof, I repeat, at the present time, of his own righteousness, that he might be righteous in our eyes, and might pronounce righteous the person who takes their stand on faith in Jesus.


simplify: And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by drink; and he was uncovered in his tent.


rate difficulty: And he bringeth me in unto the north gate, and hath measured according to these measures;

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


simplify: When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive,

When you go out to war against other nations, and the Lord your God gives them up into your hands and you take them as prisoners;


rate difficulty: Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

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


rate difficulty: And after seven days more, he sent the dove out again, but she did not come back to him.

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


simplify: Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

In it were all kinds of quadrupeds, reptiles, and birds.


simplify: His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

He is a young ox, glory is his; his horns are the horns of the mountain ox, with which all peoples will be wounded, even to the ends of the earth: they are the ten thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh.


simplify: as <FI>is<Fi> the earthy, such <FI>are<Fi> also the earthy; and as <FI>is<Fi> the heavenly, such <FI>are<Fi> also the heavenly;

Those who are of the dust are like him who came from the dust; and those who are of heaven are like him who came from heaven.


simplify: And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.


simplify: for Sadducees, indeed, say there is no rising again, nor messenger, nor spirit, but Pharisees confess both.

(For Sadducees say there is no such thing as a resurrection, and that there is neither angel nor spirit, while Pharisees believe in both.)


rate difficulty: I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

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


simplify: Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are ruined.

See, he will come up like the clouds, and his war-carriages like the storm-wind: his horses are quicker than eagles. Sorrow is ours, for destruction has come on us.


simplify: Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

So these are the words of the Lord, the God of armies, the Lord: There will be weeping in all the open spaces; and in all the streets they will say, Sorrow! sorrow! and they will get in the farmer to the weeping, and the makers of sad songs to give cries of grief.


simplify: Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

Because we are certain that he who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead, will do the same for us, and will give us a place in his glory with you.


simplify: Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.


simplify: The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.

The children of Magbish, a hundred and fifty-six.


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,

Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land where I am guiding you,


simplify: For the fitches are not threshed with a sharp threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

For the fitches are not crushed with a sharp instrument, and a cart-wheel is not rolled over the cummin; but the grain of the fitches is hammered out with a stick, and of the cummin with a rod.


simplify: `And this happened thrice, and again was all drawn up to the heaven,

This happened three times, and then all was drawn up again into the heavens.


simplify: Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have fed upon the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

Does it seem a small thing to you to have taken your food on good grass-land while the rest of your grass-land is stamped down under your feet? and that after drinking from clear waters you make the rest of the waters dirty with your feet?


rate difficulty: And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.


simplify: And the king--made very sorrowful--because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away,

The king was much distressed; yet, because of his oath and of the guests at his table, he did not like to refuse her.


simplify: He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.


simplify: and immediately, all the multitude having seen him, were amazed, and running near, were saluting him.

But, as soon as they saw Jesus, all the people, in great astonishment, ran up and greeted him.


simplify: and the endurance, experience; and the experience, hope;

for we know that trouble develops endurance, and endurance strength of character, and strength of character hope,


simplify: Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

Let Aaron come into the holy place in this way: with an ox for a sin-offering and a male sheep for a burned offering.


simplify: Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Have you come into the secret place of snow, or have you seen the store-houses of the ice-drops,


simplify: But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

But as for you, go back, journeying into the waste land by the way of the Red Sea.


rate difficulty: His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.

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


rate difficulty: And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

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


rate difficulty: for ye have known what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus,

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


simplify: and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, even all Bashan. (The same is called the land of Rephaim.

The rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, all the land of Argob, together with Bashan, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (This land is named the land of the Rephaim.


rate difficulty: Son of man, you are living among an uncontrolled people, who have eyes to see but see not, and ears for hearing but they do not give ear; for they are an uncontrolled people.

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


simplify: All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.

All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.


rate difficulty: And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:

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


rate difficulty: Now in the second year of their coming into the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, the work was taken in hand by Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come from the land where they were prisoners to Jerusalem: and they made the Levites, of twenty years old and over, responsible for overseeing the work of the house of the Lord.

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


simplify: And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

And after them seven other cows came out of the Nile, poor-looking and thin; and they were by the side of the other cows.


rate difficulty: And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that, when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;

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simplify: For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge.


simplify: and he said to her, `Daughter, thy faith hath saved thee; go away in peace, and be whole from thy plague.'

“Daughter,”he said, “your faith has delivered you. Go, and peace be with you; be free from your complaint.”


simplify: And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it; and they hasted and set the city on fire.

Then the secret force came quickly from their place, and running forward when they saw his hand stretched out, went into the town and took it, and put fire to it straight away.


simplify: And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

So the children of Israel put up their tents in Gilgal; and they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, in the lowlands of Jericho.


rate difficulty: for those such <FI>are<Fi> false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ,

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simplify: And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

Even if they wrong you seven times a day, but turns to you every time and says ‘I am sorry,’ you must forgive them.”


simplify: And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,

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


simplify: and thou shalt come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring thee against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

And you will come up against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land; and it will come about, in the last days, that I will make you come against my land, so that the nations may have knowledge of me when I make myself holy in you, O Gog, before their eyes.


rate difficulty: for when one may say, `I, indeed, am of Paul;' and another, `I--of Apollos;' are ye not fleshly?


rate difficulty: And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

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rate difficulty: So, leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them, just as he was, in the boat; and there were other boats with him.


simplify: How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.

How is it possible for it to be quiet, seeing that the Lord has given it orders? against Ashkelon and against the sea-land he has given it directions.


rate difficulty: And he put armed forces in Edom; all through Edom he had armed forces stationed, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

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simplify: neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Do not take wives or husbands from among them; do not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons.


rate difficulty: But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it were profitable for him that a great millstone had been hanged upon his neck and he be sunk in the depths of the sea.

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simplify: Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David.

So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, make your word come true which you said to your servant David.


rate difficulty: Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

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rate difficulty: And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah's sake.

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simplify: And he said, Blessed be thou of Jehovah, my daughter: thou hast showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

And he said, May the Lord give you his blessing, my daughter: even better than what you did at the first is this last kind act you have done, in not going after young men, with or without wealth.


rate difficulty: Then Eli said, Samuel, my son. And Samuel answering said, Here am I.


rate difficulty: For the Christ also did not please himself; but according as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.

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simplify: For all his days are but sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.


simplify: And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

You are to put the cover on the ark of the law, inside the most holy place.


rate difficulty: saying that the Son of man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

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rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,