rate difficulty: And they crucify him, and part his garments among them, casting lots upon them, what each should take.

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rate difficulty: whose <FI>are<Fi> the fathers, and of whom <FI>is<Fi> the Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed to the ages. Amen.

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


rate difficulty: And that they were to give out an order, and make it public in all their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out to the mountain and get olive branches and branches of field olives and of myrtle, and palm branches and branches of thick trees, to make tents, as it says in the book.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the Lord: for he hath heard your murmurings.

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


rate difficulty: Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.


rate difficulty: And the chief priests and the whole sanhedrim sought testimony against Jesus to cause him to be put to death, and did not find [any].

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


rate difficulty: The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

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


simplify: And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.

And the food at his table, and all his servants seated there, and those who were waiting on him in their places, and their robes, and his wine-servants, and the burned offerings which he made in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.


rate difficulty: and I have given to them one heart, and one way, to fear Me all the days, for good to them, and to their sons after them:

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


simplify: The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.

The boards were ten cubits long and one cubit and a half wide.


rate difficulty: Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,


rate difficulty: And the brass of the wave-offering <FI>is<Fi> seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels;

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


simplify: So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer–sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer–sheba.

Then Abraham went back to his young men and they went together to Beer-sheba, the place where Abraham was living.


simplify: Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

Still, it is not everyone that has this knowledge. Some people, because of their association with idols, continued down to the present time, eat the food as food offered to an idol; and their consciences, while still weak, are dulled.


simplify: Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

But gold and silver and brass and iron and tin and lead,


simplify: And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.

And after three months we went to sea in a ship of Alexandria sailing under the sign of the Dioscuri, which had been at the island for the winter.


rate difficulty: `And the lean and the bad kine eat up the first seven fat kine,


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

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


simplify: For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

For the life of the flesh is in its blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to take away your sin: for it is the blood which makes free from sin because of the life in it.


simplify: And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

See, I have taken the Levites out of the children of Israel to be mine in place of the first sons of the children of Israel;


simplify: And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

Then crying out to the Lord, they said, We have done evil, because we have been turned away from the Lord, worshipping the Baals and the Astartes: but now, make us safe from those who are against us and we will be your servants.


simplify: which He announced before through His prophets in holy writings--

This good news God promised long ago through his prophets in the sacred scriptures,


rate difficulty: Then he hastily took the sash away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him, that he was of the prophets.

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


simplify: And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

And Moses said, I will go and see this strange thing, why the tree is not burned up,


simplify: And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.

And the king said, Is there anyone of Saul's family still living, to whom I may be a friend in God's name? And Ziba said, There is a son of Jonathan, whose feet are damaged.


simplify: Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, and I also will have no pity.

For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, because you have made my holy place unclean with all your hated things and all your disgusting ways, you will become disgusting to me; my eye will have no mercy and I will have no pity.


rate difficulty: And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

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


simplify: This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:

These are the people whom Nebuchadrezzar took away prisoner: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews:


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah unto me, Go, and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.

This is what the Lord said to me: Go and get yourself a linen band and put it round you and do not put it in water.


simplify: hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

Has done wrong to the poor and to him who is in need, and taken property by force, and has not given back to one in his debt what is his, and has given worship to images and has done disgusting things,


simplify: And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

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


simplify: And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

And the king in his wrath got up from the feast and went into the garden: and Haman got to his feet to make a prayer for his life to Esther the queen: for he saw that the king's purpose was evil against him.


rate difficulty: And Mordecai came back to the king's doorway. But Haman went quickly back to his house, sad and with his head covered.


simplify: For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

For through the wine of the wrath of her evil desires all the nations have come to destruction; and the kings of the earth made themselves unclean with her, and the traders of the earth had their wealth increased by the power of her evil ways.


simplify: and say to Archippus, `See to the ministration that thou didst receive in the Lord, that thou mayest fulfil it.'

Give this message to Archippus — ‘Take care to discharge to the best of your ability the office to which you were appointed in the Master’s cause.’


rate difficulty: And the angel of Jehovah came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

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


rate difficulty: Woe unto you, the doctors of the law, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; yourselves have not entered in, and those who were entering in ye have hindered.

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


rate difficulty: as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the elderhood: from whom also, having received letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus to bring those also who were there, bound, to Jerusalem, to be punished.


simplify: For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.

For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;


rate difficulty: O daughters of Israel, have sorrow for Saul, by whom you were delicately clothed in robes of red, with ornaments of gold on your dresses.

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


rate difficulty: And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Jehovah delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand: and his hand prevailed against Cushan-rishathaim.

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


rate difficulty: Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the destruction of souls, so that they may get their profit.


rate difficulty: Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

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


rate difficulty: And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I say to you, Shout; then shall ye shout.

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


rate difficulty: `Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

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


simplify: From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

From the blood of Abel down to the blood of Zechariah, who was slain between the altar and the house of God.” Yes, I tell you, it will be exacted from this generation.


rate difficulty: And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

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


rate difficulty: And when the attendant of the man ofGod rose early and went forth, behold, an army surrounded the city, with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, `Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat;

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


simplify: My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.


simplify: who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did <FI>it<Fi> in unbelief,

though I once used to blaspheme, and to persecute, and to insult. Yet mercy was shown me, because I acted in ignorance, while still an unbeliever;


rate difficulty: And he was greatly surprised because they had no faith. And he went about the country places teaching.

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


simplify: And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

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


rate difficulty: And after him <FI>is<Fi> Eleazar son of Dodo, son of Ahohi, of the three mighty men with David; in their exposing themselves among the Philistines--they have been gathered there to battle, and the men of Israel go up--

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


rate difficulty: And the forces of the Chaldeans pursue after the king, and overtake Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his forces have been scattered from him,

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


rate difficulty: for the king is informed about these things, to whom also I speak with all freedom. For I am persuaded that of these things nothing is hidden from him; for this was not done in a corner.


simplify: And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the Lord was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.

But after they had taken it away, the hand of the Lord was stretched out against the town for its destruction: and the signs of disease came out on all the men of the town, small and great.


rate difficulty: And have built the high places of Tophet, That <FI>are<Fi> in the valley of the son of Hinnom, To burn their sons and their daughters with fire, Which I did not command, Nor did it come up on My heart.

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


rate difficulty: But, while you harbor envy and bitterness and a spirit of rivalry in your hearts, do not boast or lie to the detriment of the truth.

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


rate difficulty: And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: For this cause the Lord has said, Truly I will send punishment on Shemaiah and on his seed; not a man of his family will have a place among this people, and he will not see the good which I am going to do to my people, says the Lord: because he has said words against the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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


simplify: Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

Now after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel made request to the Lord, saying, Who is to go up first to make war for us against the Canaanites?


rate difficulty: even as I swore to thee by Jehovah theGod of Israel, saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

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


rate difficulty: “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the ‘king of Israel’! Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.


simplify: Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

Such are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have given up to Satan, so that they may say no more evil words against God.


simplify: When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn.

When you go into your neighbour's field, you may take the heads of grain with your hand; but you may not put your blade to his grain.


rate difficulty: And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.

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


simplify: And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.

And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.


rate difficulty: And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And they have not turned back unto Jehovah their God, Nor have they sought Him for all this.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John’s baptism.

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


simplify: Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

But still the high places were not taken away; the people went on making offerings and burning them in the high places.


rate difficulty: unto the place of the altar which he made there at the first, and there doth Abram preach in the name of Jehovah.

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


simplify: And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.

And his servants made a secret design and put Joash to death at the house of Millo on the way down to Silla.


simplify: and it came to pass, as he sowed, some seed fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured it.

And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.


simplify: The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.


simplify: Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of its blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

You are to put the sheep to death, and take some of its blood and put it on the point of Aaron's right ear, and of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and the great toes of their right feet, dropping the rest of the blood on the sides of the altar.


rate difficulty: And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.

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


simplify: For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the nation, even the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah: unto whom Jehovah sware that he would not let them see the land which Jehovah sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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


rate difficulty: And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day.

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


simplify: And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

And we are witness to the truth of this, and so is the Holy Spirit — the gift of God to those who obey him.”


simplify: And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.


rate difficulty: And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark,

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


simplify: Without the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah continually: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations.

Outside the veil of the ark in the Tent of meeting; let Aaron see that it is burning from evening till morning at all times before the Lord: it is a rule for ever through all your generations.


simplify: And Manoah said unto the angel of Jehovah, I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee.

And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Now let us keep you while we make ready a young goat for you.


rate difficulty: and there he saw a man with a withered hand. Some people asked Jesus whether it was allowable to work a cure on the Sabbath — so that they might have a charge to bring against him.


rate difficulty: There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth <FI>is<Fi> abundant.

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


simplify: And in like manner also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,

In the same way the chief priests, with the Teaches of the law and councillors, said in mockery:


rate difficulty: to cause the kingdom to pass over from the house of Saul, and to raise up the throne of David over Israel, and over Judah, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba.'

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


rate difficulty: and he hath sprinkled on it of the blood with his finger seven times, and hath cleansed it, and hath hallowed it from the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel.

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


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

And he will take you up to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready.


rate difficulty: See, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:


rate difficulty: And Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God is with thee.

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


simplify: The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.


simplify: For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.

For whenever you take the bread and the cup you give witness to the Lord's death till he comes.


rate difficulty: And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

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


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah: After this manner will I spoil the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

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


simplify: And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

They were full of pride and did what was disgusting to me: and so I took them away as you have seen.


simplify: And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.

And the vision which I saw was like the vision I had seen when he came for the destruction of the town: and like the vision which I saw by the river Chebar; and I went down on my face.


rate difficulty: and their sons He raised up in their stead, them hath Joshua circumcised, for they have been uncircumcised, for they have not circumcised them in the way.


rate difficulty: And ashamed hath been Moab because of Chemosh, As the house of Israel have been ashamed Because of Beth-El their confidence.

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


rate difficulty: Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

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


simplify: how that the Christ must suffer, and how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.

That the Christ would go through pain, and being the first to come back from the dead, would give light to the people and to the Gentiles.


simplify: These are wells without water, and clouds by a tempest driven, to whom the thick gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept;

These people are like springs without water, or mists driven before a gale; and for them the blackest darkness has been reserved.


rate difficulty: for it is through him that we, the Jews and the Gentiles, united in the one Spirit, are now able to approach the Father.

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


rate difficulty: not of all the people, but of witnesses who were chosen before ofGod, us who have eaten and drunk with him after he arose from among [the] dead.

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


rate difficulty: And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

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


simplify: Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired another portion, and the tower of the furnaces.

Malchijah, the son of Harim, and Hasshub, the son of Pahath-moab, were working on another part, and the tower of the ovens.


rate difficulty: And Aaron said, Let not my lord be angry; you have seen how the purposes of this people are evil.


rate difficulty: and the smoke of their torment goeth up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, they that worship the beast and his image, and whoso receiveth the mark of his name.


rate difficulty: on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,

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


rate difficulty: So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.

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


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

My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.


rate difficulty: Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

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


rate difficulty: Yet in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice that your names are written in the heavens.


simplify: And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

Solomon was king over Israel in Jerusalem for forty years.


simplify: And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

And after the seven days, the waters came over all the earth.


simplify: Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

Take an instrument of music, go about the town, O loose woman who has gone out from the memory of man; make sweet melody with songs, so that you may come back to men's minds.


rate difficulty: and come near over against the children of Ammon; thou shalt not distress them nor attack them; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon a possession; for unto the children of Lot have I given it as a possession.

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


rate difficulty: The lizard taketh hold with her hands, Yet is she in kings’ palaces.

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


simplify: Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.


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

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


rate difficulty: Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within the three days (it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month); and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

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


simplify: But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

But Peter made them all go outside, and went down on his knees in prayer; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, get up. And, opening her eyes, she saw Peter and got up.


simplify: And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

And by this we know that we have learned to know him — by our laying his commands to heart.


simplify: for He who did work with Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, did work also in me in regard to the nations,

For he who gave Peter power for his mission to the Jews gave me, also, power to go to the Gentiles.


rate difficulty: If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.


simplify: And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,

And I have given him the spirit of God and made him wise and full of knowledge and expert in every sort of handwork,


simplify: Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.


simplify: And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.


rate difficulty: So turning round I came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two stones of the agreement were in my hands.

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rate difficulty: When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.


rate difficulty: My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:

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


rate difficulty: And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

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


simplify: Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar unto Jehovah: for the full price shalt thou give it me, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place where this grain-floor is, so that I may put up an altar here to the Lord: let me have it for its full price; so that this disease may be stopped among the people.


rate difficulty: But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.

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


simplify: So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.

So Joshua and all the men of war with him came against them suddenly at the waters of Merom, and made an attack on them.


rate difficulty: That the singing of the wicked <FI>is<Fi> short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,


simplify: And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt;


rate difficulty: And the priest is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar on which perfume is burned before the Lord in the Tent of meeting, draining out all the rest of the blood of the ox at the base of the altar of burned offering which is at the door of the Tent of meeting.

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


rate difficulty: O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.


simplify: And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,

And the Sabbath of the land will give food for you and your man-servant and your woman-servant and those working for payment, and for those of another country who are living among you;


simplify: and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written,  There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

And so all Israel will get salvation: as it is said in the holy Writings, There will come out of Zion the One who makes free; by him wrongdoing will be taken away from Jacob:


simplify: And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.

So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, Truly, this is the king of Israel; and turning against him, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry.


simplify: Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.

Go up to Lebanon and give a cry; let your voice be loud in Bashan, crying out from Abarim; for all your lovers have come to destruction


rate difficulty: Terrible and fearful it <FI>is<Fi> , From itself its judgment and its excellency go forth.

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


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

Now I make request to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you will be working together with me in your prayers to God for me;


simplify: There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number.

There are sixty queens, and eighty servant-wives, and young girls without number.


rate difficulty: And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it shall fail, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.

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


simplify: Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

From that land he went out into Assyria, building Nineveh with its wide streets and Calah,


rate difficulty: But no one is able to go into the house of the strong man and take his goods, without first putting cords round the strong man, and then he will take his goods.

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


simplify: And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

And the children of Ammon came out and put their forces in position at the way into the town: and the Aramaeans of Zobah and of Rehob, with the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.


rate difficulty: The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.


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

So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works.


simplify: Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

Playing in his earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.


rate difficulty: It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire,

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


rate difficulty: And Ahaz was the father of Jarah; and Jarah was the father of Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza.

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


rate difficulty: `And the sons come in, and possess the land, and Thou humblest before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and givest them into their hand, and their kings, and the peoples of the land, to do with them according to their pleasure.

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


rate difficulty: `And in the day of the first-fruits, in your bringing near a new present to Jehovah, in your weeks, a holy convocation ye have; ye do no servile work;


simplify: So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

And the king was sorrowing for his son all the time.


simplify: And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.

And while Aaron was talking to the children of Israel, their eyes were turned in the direction of the waste land, and they saw the glory of the Lord shining in the cloud.


rate difficulty: And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,

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


simplify: And Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt-offering, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

That it may be burned by Aaron's sons on the altar, on the burned offering which is on the wood on the fire: it is an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Moses taketh the bones of Joseph with him, for he certainly caused the sons of Israel to swear, saying, `God doth certainly inspect you, and ye have brought up my bones from this with you.'

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


rate difficulty: Thus said Jehovah: Again heard in this place of which ye are saying, Waste it <FI>is<Fi> , without man and without beast, In cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem, That are desolated, without man, And without inhabitant, and without beast,

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


simplify: Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

See, then, both the goodness and the severity of God — his severity towards those who fell, and his goodness towards you, provided that you continue to confide in that goodness; otherwise you, also, will be cut off.


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

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


simplify: And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.

And pride will go with uncertain steps and have a fall, and there will be no one to come to his help: and I will put a fire in his towns, burning up everything round about him.


simplify: Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

Now why are you crying so loudly? is there no king in you? has destruction come on your wise helper? so that pains have taken you like the pains of a woman in childbirth:


rate difficulty: And Jehovah Elohim made Adam and his wife coats of skin, and clothed them.

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


simplify: According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.

What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.


rate difficulty: And I will have mercy on you, so that he may have mercy on you and let you go back to your land.

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


simplify: and it came to pass in those days she, having ailed, died, and having bathed her, they laid her in an upper chamber,

Just at that time she was taken ill, and died; and they had washed her body and laid it out in an upstairs room.


simplify: His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.

His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.


simplify: Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.

The Roman captain, on seeing what had happened, praised God, exclaiming: “This must have been a good man!”


simplify: And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;

So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;


simplify: And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

After this Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became friends with Ahaziah, king of Israel, who did much evil:


simplify: Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,—that ye abound more and more.

And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.


rate difficulty: Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

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


simplify: And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.


rate difficulty: knowledge by self-control, self-control by endurance, endurance by piety,

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


simplify: And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, unto Gerar.

Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.


rate difficulty: I am no longer fit to be called your son; make me one of your hired servants.”’

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


simplify: And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.


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

And he allowed no one to accompany him, except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.


rate difficulty: and ye do not turn aside after the vain things which do not profit nor deliver, for they <FI>are<Fi> vain,

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


rate difficulty: And of the things living in the waters, you may take all those who have wings for swimming with and skins formed of thin plates.

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


simplify: neither present your members unto sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

And do not give your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrongdoing, but give yourselves to God, as those who are living from the dead, and your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.


simplify: And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

And he said to me, This room, facing south, is for the priests who have the care of the house.


rate difficulty: Now after two full years, Absalom had men cutting the wool of his sheep in Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim: and he sent for all the king's sons to come to his feast.


simplify: Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?

Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?


rate difficulty: And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

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rate difficulty: And he said unto them, Jehovah is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they said, He is witness.

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


rate difficulty: Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field.


rate difficulty: And the vessels that have been given thee for the service of the house of thyGod, deliver before theGod of Jerusalem.

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


simplify: In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.


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

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


simplify: Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place.


rate difficulty: I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

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


simplify: and that he may send the Christ who hath been appointed for you, even Jesus:

And that he may send the Christ who was marked out for you from the first, even Jesus:


rate difficulty: for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

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


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

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


rate difficulty: come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.

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


simplify: And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.


simplify: The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God, the vengeance of his temple.

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


simplify: And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.


rate difficulty: And after the carrying away of Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begat Zorobabel,

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: For this reason the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Jonadab, the son of Rechab, will never be without a man to take his place before me.

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


rate difficulty: And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Ah, Jehovah, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? Therefore I was minded to flee at first unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a graciousGod, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

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


simplify: And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.

And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.


rate difficulty: And when it had been broken with an act of praise, he said, This is my body which is for you: do this in memory of me.

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


simplify: They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.

Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part, everyone working with one hand, with his spear in the other;


rate difficulty: And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear?


rate difficulty: And to Ashhur father of Tekoa were two wives, Helah and Naarah;

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


simplify: So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.

So you will take away the crime of a death without cause from among you, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.


simplify: And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing-floors.

And they sent word to David, saying, The Philistines are fighting against Keilah and taking the grain from the grain-floors.


rate difficulty: And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.

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


simplify: And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.

And the man by whom they are burned is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water, and then he may come back to the tent-circle.


rate difficulty: Remember, forget thou not, how thou provokedst Jehovah thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou wentest forth out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah.

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


simplify: The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.

There is great hate against the watchman of Ephraim, the people of my God; as for the prophet, there is a net in all his ways, and hate in the house of his God.


rate difficulty: So they came and called unto the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.

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


rate difficulty: And I will put sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

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


rate difficulty: Jehovah God sendeth him forth from the garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he hath been taken;

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


simplify: But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

But if a priest's daughter is a widow, or parted from her husband, and has no child, and has come back to her father's house as when she was a girl, she may take of her father's bread; but no outside person may do so.


simplify: They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass when Jabin king of Hazor heareth, that he sendeth unto Jobab king of Madon, and unto the king of Shimron, and unto the king of Achshaph,

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.


rate difficulty: And they compel to go [with them] a certain passer-by, Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus, that he might carry his cross.

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


simplify: Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.

Then Ishmael took away as prisoners all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king's daughters and all the people still in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had put under the care of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam: Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, took them away prisoners with the purpose of going over to the children of Ammon.


rate difficulty: The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.

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


simplify: Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say unto you, Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Give thought to the flowers: they do no work, they make no thread; and still I say to you, Even Solomon, in all his glory, was not clothed like one of these.


simplify: They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

The honour which was his they gave to strange gods; by their disgusting ways he was moved to wrath.


rate difficulty: Your mother was in comparison like a vine, planted by the waters: she was fertile and full of branches because of the great waters.

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


rate difficulty: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,

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


simplify: Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

Who will not honor and praise your name, Lord? You alone are holy! All nations will come and worship before you, for your judgments have become manifest.’


simplify: And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

He went in all the ways of his father, being a servant and worshipper of the false gods to which his father had been a servant;


rate difficulty: For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.

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


simplify: And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

And after the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan went on living for eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters:


simplify: in which also to the spirits in prison having gone he did preach,

And it was then that he went and preached to the imprisoned spirits,


rate difficulty: and let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which Jehovah shall give thee of this young woman.

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


rate difficulty: And Achish said, Against whom have ye made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.

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


simplify: And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?

Crying out to them. And the Danites, turning round, said to Micah, What is your trouble, that you have taken up arms?


rate difficulty: and thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will come to them that are in quiet, that dwell in safety, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

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


simplify: we <FI>are<Fi> fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we <FI>are<Fi> ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;

We, for Christ’s sake, are ‘fools,’ but you, by your union with Christ, are people of discernment. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are despised.


rate difficulty: Wherefore I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood which they had poured out upon the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols;

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


rate difficulty: But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

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


simplify: O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.


simplify: And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.


simplify: for neither do those circumcised themselves keep the law, but they wish you to be circumcised, that in your flesh they may glory.

Even these men who are circumcised do not themselves keep the law; yet they want you to be circumcised, so that they may boast of your observance of the rite.


simplify: And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died, and was gathered unto his people.

And the years of Ishmael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven: and he came to his end, and was put to rest with his people.


simplify: For with God nothing shall be impossible.

For there is nothing which God is not able to do.


rate difficulty: And on the top of the arch which was over their heads was the form of a king's seat, like a sapphire stone; and on the form of the seat was the form of a man seated on it on high.

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


simplify: The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.


simplify: As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.


rate difficulty: have your mind on the things [that are] above, not on the things [that are] on the earth;


simplify: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

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


rate difficulty: You for whom I am again enduring a mother’s pains, until a likeness to Christ will have been formed in you.


simplify: And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,

And all present were struck with awe at the majesty of God.


simplify: And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

And say to the people, Make yourselves clean before tomorrow and you will have flesh for your food: for in the ears of the Lord you have been weeping and saying, Who will give us flesh for food? for we were well off in Egypt: and so the Lord will give you flesh, and it will be your food;


simplify: And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.

And Moses, crying to the Lord, said, Let my prayer come before you, O God, and make her well.


rate difficulty: And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?

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


rate difficulty: Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;

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


simplify: And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.

Under the edge on the two opposite sides, you are to make two gold rings, to take the rods for lifting it.


simplify: and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for each bullock, two tenth parts for the one ram,

And their meal offering, the best meal mixed with oil, three tenth parts for an ox, two tenth parts for a male sheep,


rate difficulty: And they said to him, We have not had letters from Judaea about you, and no one of the brothers has come to us here to give an account or say any evil about you.

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


rate difficulty: `Jehovah thy God He is passing over before thee, He doth destroy these nations from before thee, and thou hast possessed them; Joshua--he is passing over before thee as Jehovah hath spoken,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.


simplify: That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;


simplify: And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.

And some of the Pharisees among the people said to him, Master, make your disciples be quiet.


simplify: By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

You have sent your servants with evil words against the Lord, and have said, With all my war-carriages I have come up to the top of the mountains, to the inmost parts of Lebanon; its tall cedars will be cut down, and the best trees of its woods; I will come up into his highest places, into his thick woods.


rate difficulty: If her father will not give her to him on any account, he will have to give the regular payment for virgins.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Hew for thyself two tables of stone like the first, and I have written on the tables the words which were on the first tables which thou hast broken;

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

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


rate difficulty: And a certain young man followed him with a linen cloth cast about his naked [body]; and [the young men] seize him;

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


simplify: Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

For seven days let your food be unleavened bread; from the first day no leaven is to be seen in your houses: whoever takes bread with leaven in it, from the first till the seventh day, will be cut off from Israel.


rate difficulty: And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the joint of his thigh; and the joint of Jacob's thigh was dislocated as he wrestled with him.


simplify: Upon earth there is not his like, That is made without fear.

On earth there is not another like him, who is made without fear.


simplify: Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them that so walk even as ye have us for an ensample.

Brothers, take me as your example, and take note of those who are walking after the example we have given.


simplify: And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:

And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you did not make request for money, property, or honour, or for the destruction of your haters, or for long life; but you have made request for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, so that you may be the judge of my people over whom I have made you king:


simplify: And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.


simplify: Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people, over Israel;

Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:


simplify: And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

Now one day he went into the house to do his work; and not one of the men of the house was inside.


rate difficulty: And Mordecai bade to answer Esther: Imagine not in thy heart that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

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


rate difficulty: Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:

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


rate difficulty: So that your hearts may be strong and free from all sin before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

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


rate difficulty: Let the first male child of every mother among the children of Israel be kept holy for me, even the first male birth among man or beast; for it is mine.


rate difficulty: and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;


simplify: 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;

Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;


simplify: And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the Lord: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

Then he took the captains of hundreds and the chiefs and the rulers of the people and all the people of the land, and they came down with the king from the house of the Lord through the higher doorway into the king's house, and put the king on the seat of the kingdom.


simplify: And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

And they took it up morning by morning, every man as he had need: and when the sun was high it was gone.


simplify: Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

Then Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, and all the people with him, got up early and put up their tents by the side of the water-spring of Harod; the tents of Midian were on the north side of him, under the hill of Moreh in the valley.


simplify: And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will make a change in my clothing, so that I do not seem to be the king, and will go into the fight; but do you put on your robes. So the king of Israel made a change in his dress, and they went to the fight.


simplify: To him be the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.


rate difficulty: Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.

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


rate difficulty: That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;

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


simplify: And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they are before my face.

And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.


simplify: He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.

He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great.


simplify: Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.


simplify: For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.


simplify: Then did the horsehoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.

Then loudly the feet of the horses were sounding with the stamping, the stamping of their war-horses.


simplify: For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

For what man is there in all the earth, who, hearing the voice of the living God as we have, out of the heart of the fire, has been kept from death?


simplify: Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make him go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will be able to keep his place before me?


rate difficulty: And the priests and the Levites received by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of ourGod.

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon made all the vessels that were [in] the house ofGod: the golden altar; and the tables whereon was the shewbread;

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


rate difficulty: Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord.

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


simplify: And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:

And has not taken it to the door of the Tent of meeting, to make an offering to the Lord, before the Lord's House, its blood will be on him, for he has taken life, and he will be cut off from among his people:


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: and he himself was upon the stern, upon the pillow sleeping, and they wake him up, and say to him, `Teacher, art thou not caring that we perish?'

Jesus was in the stern asleep on the cushion; and the disciples roused him and cried: “Teacher! Is it nothing to you that we are lost?”


rate difficulty: And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one with another.

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


simplify: Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the Lord hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.

Truly, you will go out from him with your hands on your head: for the Lord has given up those in whom you have put your faith, and they will be of no help to you.


simplify: And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;

The flowers and the vessels for the lights and the instruments used for them, were all of gold; it was the best gold.


simplify: And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.


simplify: He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

He will come and put them to destruction and give the garden to others. And when he said this, they said, May it not be so.


simplify: yet because this widow doth give me trouble, I will do her justice, lest, perpetually coming, she may plague me.'

yet, as this widow is so troublesome, I will grant her justice, to stop her from plaguing me with her endless visits.’”


simplify: And Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

And Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, My daughter, am I not to get you a resting-place where you may be in comfort?


simplify: Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.

See, they say to me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.


rate difficulty: And declared you happy have all the nations, For ye are a delightful land, said Jehovah of Hosts.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

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


simplify: and shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place to bury.

And say to them, This is what the Lord of armies has said: Even so will this people and this town be broken by me, as a potter's bottle is broken and may not be put together again: and the bodies of the dead will be put in the earth in Topheth, till there is no more room.


rate difficulty: John said unto him, Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in thy name; and we forbade him, because he followed not us.

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


simplify: But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.

But if the Lord does something new, opening the earth to take them in, with everything which is theirs, and they go down living into the underworld, then it will be clear to you that the Lord has not been honoured by these men.


simplify: For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

This is what the Lord has said: A voice of shaking fear has come to our ears, of fear and not of peace.


rate difficulty: And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

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


rate difficulty: So the two bands of those who gave praise took up their positions in the house of God, and I and half of the chiefs with me:

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


simplify: And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

Forty years had passed when there appeared to him, in the desert of Mount Sinai, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush.


rate difficulty: That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

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


simplify: Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything, and come after you.


rate difficulty: And so we gather, faith is a result of teaching, and the teaching comes in the message of Christ.

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


simplify: And Peter answereth and saith to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

And Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tents; one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.


simplify: Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.


simplify: Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.

Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, only themselves would they keep safe by their righteousness, says the Lord.


simplify: Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.


simplify: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.

And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab, the son of Helon.


simplify: Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

Fear and deep waters have come on us, wasting and destruction.


rate difficulty: Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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


simplify: And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

And Jotham went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.


rate difficulty: But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.

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


simplify: And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

And Saul's servants said these things to David. And David said, Does it seem to you a small thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, of no great name?


simplify: Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;


rate difficulty: Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.

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


rate difficulty: For the sons of Naphtali hath the sixth lot gone out, for the sons of Naphtali, for their families;


simplify: Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,


simplify: They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions’ whelps.

They will be crying out together like lions, their voices will be like the voices of young lions.


simplify: The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he hath remaining;

That man among you who is soft and used to comfort will be hard and cruel to his brother, and to his dear wife, and to of those his children who are still living;


rate difficulty: And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with thee.

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


rate difficulty: and blasphemed theGod of the heaven for their distresses and their sores, and did not repent of their works.

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


simplify: and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved--thou and thy house;'

“Believe in Jesus, our Lord,” they replied, “and you will be saved, you and your household too.”


rate difficulty: Then I saw, ‘rising out of the sea, a wild Beast with ten horns’ and seven heads. On its horns were ten diadems, and on its heads were blasphemous names.

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


simplify: And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

And on the eighth day let him be given circumcision.


rate difficulty: My friends scoff at me: But mine eye poureth out tears unto God,

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

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


rate difficulty: The first store of things was put down in the third month, and in the seventh month the masses were complete.

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


rate difficulty: Who is this that cometh from Edom, with deep-red garments from Bozrah, this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? — I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

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


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

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


simplify: They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; And they that were hungry have ceasedto hunger: Yea, the barren hath borne seven; And she that hath many children languisheth.

Those who were full are offering themselves as servants for bread; those who were in need are at rest; truly, she who had no children has become the mother of seven; and she who had a family is wasted with sorrow.


simplify: And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto Jehovah: he-lambs a year old without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt-offering.

Say to them, This is the offering made by fire which you are to give to the Lord; he-lambs of the first year without any mark, two every day as a regular burned offering.


simplify: And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord.

And the rest of the oil in the priest's hand he will put on the head of him who is to be made clean; and so the priest will make him free from sin before the Lord.


simplify: And the apostles in Jerusalem having heard that Samaria hath received the word of God, did send unto them Peter and John,

When the apostles at Jerusalem heard that the Samaritans had welcomed God’s message, they sent Peter and John to them;


rate difficulty: And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.


simplify: A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.


rate difficulty: Whoso walketh in integrity shall be saved; but he that is perverted in [his] double ways, shall fall in one [of them].

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


simplify: and having tarried among them more than ten days, having gone down to Caesarea, on the morrow having sat upon the tribunal, he commanded Paul to be brought;

After staying among them some eight or ten days, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he took his seat on the Bench, and ordered Paul to be brought before him.


simplify: And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.

And all his friends and the women who came with him from Galilee, were waiting at a distance, watching these things.


rate difficulty: And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

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


simplify: At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

About the same time Jesus walked through the cornfields one Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and began to pick some ears of wheat and eat them.


simplify: The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

The children of Immer, a thousand and fifty-two.


rate difficulty: And Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

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


simplify: wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

For everything that has its true character made manifest is clear as light. And that is why it is said —  ‘Sleeper, awake! Arise from the dead, And the Christ will give you light!’


simplify: He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.

One afternoon, about three o’clock, he distinctly saw in a vision an angel from God come to him, and call him by name.


simplify: When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die therein.

When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.


rate difficulty: I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.


rate difficulty: And now, O our God, what are we to say after this? for we have not kept your laws,

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


rate difficulty: Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

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


simplify: As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

As he says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved.


rate difficulty: Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.


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

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


simplify: that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits,

Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure: